Chapter 325: The Bai Family's Strange Events
A bloody wind howled above the broken earth, the screams of evil species rose one after another, and there was a noisy sound everywhere.
But on the only half of the city wall on the east side of Linyuan City that had not collapsed, the atmosphere suddenly became silent following Ji Youhu's sudden question.
After a few breaths, the Dragon-like Immortal Emperor opened his mouth in obvious panic: "I don't have any secrets. What do you mean, Brother Ji?"
"I'm asking you, why are you asking me?"
"Because I don't know what secret Brother Ji is asking about, is it about a Taoist partner, or my blind date..."
Ji You saw the temptation in Bai Rulong's eyes and knew that he was trying to test his words, so he said softly: "I mean, you were obviously imprisoned, not hiding, so why did you lie to me?"
As soon as the words fell, Bai Rulong's eyes trembled instantly.
But the next moment, he still hurriedly denied it: "I don't know what Brother Ji is talking about, but I did hide in there."
Ji You said, "How do you explain the pots and pans in the corner?"
"What pots and pans...?"
"There are still some leftovers in the pots and pans in that secret room. They're a bit stale. This means you've been in there for several days, not just one. But the problem is that the zombie tide only broke out today. Could it be that you foresaw the future and hid in advance?"
Bai Rulong was speechless. He opened his mouth but suddenly didn't know how to respond.
Ji You did notice the pots and pans in the corner as soon as he entered the secret room, and he suspected that Bai Rulong was lying to him.
Immortal cultivators can go without food, and with Bai Rulong's level of cultivation, it is not a problem for him to persist for three to five days.
There is no reason for him to hide underground in advance if the evil seed has not arrived.
If he had hidden in today, there shouldn't be so many leftovers.
Ji You had confirmed these doubts after repeated consideration, and only now suddenly asked them.
However, Bai Rulong was quite tight-lipped. After a moment of silence, he still insisted on what he had said before: "I hid in there on my own. It's my own home. How could I be locked up..."
"After I went in, I asked you why you were there, and you said you hid there because you were scared?"
"With so many evil creatures, of course I'm afraid..."
"No, do you remember that after you came up, you subconsciously asked me why there were so many evil seeds?"
Ji You turned to look at him. "I suspect you had no idea the zombie tide was coming. In that case, whether you were imprisoned or you hid in there ahead of time, it makes sense. You weren't afraid of the evil creatures at all. But you said it yourself. That's your home. What on earth are you afraid of in your own home?"
After asking this simple question, Bai Rulong fell into silence again.
The leftovers are real. If he insists on saying that he hid them, then he needs to explain why he did it so long in advance.
If he admitted that he was detained, then he must have seen the Bai family when they left.
According to Ji You's inference, if Bai Rulong was really imprisoned, then he must have known what his father was going to do, and perhaps he was imprisoned underground because he resisted.
If he is hiding, then what he is afraid of is even more worthy of further investigation.
In short, no matter what, Bai Rulong, as the eldest son of the Bai family and especially the only bloodline after the death of his younger brother Bai Sihu, must know something that others don't know.
Ji You cast his gaze into the distance: "I didn't ask you down there, but I did so to bring you here to see these things first. As the old saying goes in Qingyun, the higher you stand, the farther you can see. I want you to see what this world has become because of the harm they have done to it."
Bai Rulong couldn't help but pursed his lips, but instead of refutating like before, he remained silent.
Because he knew that the timing really didn't match.
Therefore, whether hiding or imprisonment, there are many loopholes.
At this moment, Ji You reached out and took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him.
Bai Rulong's expression immediately became a little confused, but he still reached out to take it, and after thinking for a moment, he shook it open in the fishy wind.
How is the Immortal Emperor Rulong doing recently? I passed by Linyuan City today and I missed you very much as we haven't seen each other for many days.
It just so happens that I have been traveling around for half a year and met two girls with plump and round buttocks. Brother Rulong, are you interested in coming out to chat?
Bai Rulong looked up after reading it and asked, "Did you specifically ask me to come out and see you?"
"That's right. Before I met you, I had already discovered that there was something wrong with your Bai family. Your family is closely related to the evil corpses that have appeared in recent years. I even suspect that everything we are facing now is also caused by your family."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Rulong pursed his lips, but at almost the same moment, Ji You heard a sharp roar coming from the front.
Not far away, the evil creatures, having sensed human presence in the wind, were rushing towards them.
Looking down from above, it looked like a conscious wave was surging and trying to drown them.
Ji You's expression changed instantly, and the long sword in his hand made a long, clear sound.
The Immortal Emperor Rulong was in a trance and suddenly felt himself being grabbed by the neck. Two figures rushed north in a direction parallel to the front of the zombie tide.
The rope tied around the two men's waists had not been broken and was still tethered between them.
As they ran, with the zombies gathering, the two men continued to do the same as at the beginning, one attracting and the other drawing their sword.
But during this process, neither of them spoke a word.
Ji You could actually understand Bai Rulong's cowardly mentality.
After all, the Bai family is his family. Although his father has always openly favored his younger brother because of his second mother and treated him badly, no matter what, he is still his father.
In Qingyun Tianxia's inheritance model, countless children from aristocratic families grew up looking at their father's tall figure.
Therefore, for the current Immortal Emperor Rulong, telling what he knows will make him feel a strong sense of betrayal.
But this also shows that what he knows is indeed deadly.
From south to north, Ji You and Bai Rulong kept galloping, and they survived three small-scale zombie tides. In the process, they also met a group of immortal sects who were also taking refuge.
There were people from Lingjian Mountain, Tianshu Academy, and some descendants of the Chen family, about thirty or forty people.
These immortal sects were extremely capable of judging the situation and when they saw that the magnificent sword energy had actually torn a huge gap in the tide of corpses, they immediately decided to follow them.
So in just a dozen miles, Ji You had already been hitchhiked several times.
This is something that needs to be paid for...
High in the sky, Ji You, who had fought his way through the tide of corpses with Xiao Chongshan, couldn't help but mutter.
However, the situation is dangerous and it is not appropriate to charge them, so he plans to wait until he returns to Shengjing to ask them to pay his family's wealth.
I don't know if these people from Lingjian Mountain are from Xuanjian Peak or Tianjian Peak. If they are from Xuanjian Peak, they will be more friendly and give a 50% discount. As for the Chen family and Tianshuyuan, they will all be charged the original price...
At dusk, the brilliant clouds of fire were magnificent, but the tide of corpses below was far more terrifying.
While fleeing, Ji You and others once again crossed a large-scale tide of zombies and finally arrived at a mountainous area.
The evil species are driven by people and attack the noble families in various places on purpose. Therefore, there are not so many evil species causing trouble in remote areas. It is suitable to rest and recuperate in hidden corners.
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As night gradually fell, the world fell into darkness. Bai Rulong sat on the top of a low hill, his breathing gradually becoming even.
It is true that the evil species' main purpose is to attack the aristocratic families, but their actions are all guided by the popularity they can smell along the way, so some villages close to the city are temporarily implicated.
At this moment, at the foot of the mountain in front of his sight, several villages connected in a strip had been destroyed by the evil species, with broken limbs and corpses scattered everywhere, so that the small river running through these villages was dyed pink.
The blood continued to flow along the river, and body parts appeared on the water surface from time to time, floating downstream.
After staring blankly for a while, the Dragon Immortal Emperor stood up and walked towards the dense forest on the mountainside.
Because there were evil waves raging on the earth all around, they did not dare to light a bonfire.
At this time, dozens of immortals were walking along the hillside of the low mountain and sitting in a circle to regulate their breathing, while Ji You was sitting in meditation on the west side of the dense forest not far away.
Some things had been hidden for so long that even he himself felt depressed, had nightmares every day, and was unable to save himself.
So when Ji You asked him, besides nervousness and fear, he felt more of a sense of relief.
He also knew that Ji You didn't ask any more questions because he wanted to see clearly and understand things.
After hesitating for a while, Bai Rulong clenched his sleeves and then walked towards Ji You, and Ji You looked up at him as if he had sensed something.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Bai Rulong opened his mouth gently.
"Do you still remember when I was at the Tiandao Conference? I went home and didn't come back for a long time. When I came back, I told them that my brother Bai Sihu and Er Niang were missing."
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Bai Rulong slowly sat down next to the dead tree stump: "Actually, Bai Sihu didn't disappear. He turned into a monster."
Ji You's eyes suddenly became deep: "What happened?"
"The story began more than two years ago."
Bai Rulong looked at the dark night above his head and spoke slowly.
More than two years ago, on the eve of the Tiandao Conference, he returned home to visit his family and unexpectedly heard that Bai Sihu and Er Niang were missing.
But two living people couldn't just disappear, so he started asking and searching.
But he found that his family members were very strange. Not only did they not care about the missing mistress and young master, but they also deliberately advised him not to look for them.
And his father, who had clearly lost his wife and children, kept claiming to be in seclusion when he asked to see him, and never came out to see him.
Ji You knew what happened later. He was late for the Tiandao Conference, and the Bai family used this as an excuse to not show up at the Tiandao Conference.
Ji You couldn't help but look at Bai Rulong: "Two living people are missing, don't you plan to look for them again?"
"Second Mother has been mean to me since I was a child, and Bai Sihu has been bullying me because of my father's favor. I didn't want to put in much effort, and my uncle also advised me that since Bai Sihu is gone, the huge Bai family will definitely be mine in the future, so I should put in less effort."
"It's really the style of an aristocratic family."
Marriages into aristocratic families are naturally related to the change of power. Bai Rulong and Bai Sihu represent their mother's family respectively.
Such struggles will also affect the closeness between the next generation of families.
After Bai Sihu disappeared, the inheritance rights naturally fell to Bai Rulong. The aristocratic family behind Bai Rulong's mother was naturally happy to see this happen.
"So you said Bai Sihu turned into a monster. What on earth is going on?"
"That happened when Xinyuan returned home. I hadn't been home for over a year. When I returned, I felt the atmosphere at home was very strange. It was eerie everywhere, and there seemed to be a strange smell in the air, like the smell of decay."
Bai Rulong pursed his lips and said, "The most important thing is that several cousins from my branch family are also missing. My uncles said they were out practicing. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I always hear strange noises at night."
Ji You looked at him: "What's that sound?"
"A panting and scratching sound that brings back nightmares."
Bai Rulong swallowed his saliva and said, "One night, I couldn't bear it anymore. I followed the sound and saw a ghost with black energy breathing heavily in the backyard of my house."
After listening to this, Ji You narrowed his eyes: "White like a tiger?"
"Yes, but I didn't know it was him at first. I just thought there was a monster in the house, so I reported it to my family, and I never heard that noise again."
"But after returning to Tianshuyuan, I always felt uneasy, so I went back once more midway."
"This time I saw it clearly. The monster was covered in bloated flesh and blood. It was lying on top of one of my uncles. It seemed like there was some kind of energy in my uncle's body that was constantly being sucked into the monster's mouth."
"When Second Mother married into our family, my mother was still alive. She was a kind person, and when she saw Second Mother giving birth, she wasn't jealous at all. Instead, she took out a pair of jade pendants and gave one to me and one to Bai Sihu."
"That jade pendant is very valuable and can warm and nourish the meridians. So even though Er Niang's family is hostile to us, Bai Sihu has always kept the jade pendant with him."
"That night, I saw the jade pendant on the monster's body."
"Then my uncle was sucked dry, but his body began to explode continuously. His figure became very long, and sharp nails continued to grow from his hands. Finally, he stood up alive in the backyard."
"I dare not think about it too much, I can only pretend I don't know. Every day I am trembling with fear, walking on thin ice, thinking that everything is just a nightmare..."
After hearing this, Ji You still had many doubts in his mind, but he already knew the answer to one thing.
People like Li Ruilin and Tan Chen suddenly turned into evil species, probably similar to the situation of the uncle mentioned by Bai Rulong.
So after Li Ruilin disappeared, no one in the Li family cared about him. Only Huang Yue Niang was looking for him, because the Li family knew why they disappeared.
Immortal cultivators worship ascension and desire longevity, so in the Dongping Mountains, countless dying elders feel that it doesn't matter even if they turn into evil seeds.
But the problem is that from Bai Rulong's description, Ji You was certain that Bai Sihu no longer had self-awareness at that time. How could such a result be accepted?
Bai Rulong looked at Ji You at this time: "Brother Ji, do you feel that everything father did seems to be for Bai Sihu?"
Ji You looked up at him: "Could it be?"
"I thought so at first, too. But after the Spring Equinox, Bai Sihu disappeared, and there was no more scratching and roaring at the Bai family's nights. But not long after, my father began to break through the realms one after another, making rapid progress in a short period of time. The last time I saw him, he had already reached the state of trance."
"What was your father's previous cultivation level?"
"It took me ten years in the initial stage of Yingtian before I barely made it to the small realm of the middle stage. After that, I never made it through again."
"Are you trying to say that your father's successive breakthroughs are related to Bai Sihu?"
Bai Rulong stared ahead: "I don't know, because I was caught by my family very quickly, and I didn't have a chance to check again."
After hearing this, Ji You suddenly understood: "So you didn't write a letter before returning home, and you ran back secretly, and that's when you witnessed this naked scene."
"Yes, I realized something was wrong when I first saw that monster. It wasn't the monster that was wrong, it was my whole family that was wrong. So I did go back to Tianshuyuan first, and then ran back home secretly."
"Besides your father, where are the people from the main branch of your Bai family?"
"Just as Brother Ji thought, they are also continuing to grow stronger, and some of my cousins are also disappearing one after another."
"What happened next?"
Bai Rulong pursed his dry lips and said, "Then they left, and I was locked in a secret room. If Brother Ji hadn't come, I might have died in the tide of corpses. I don't understand. There's an old saying that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."
Ji You fixed his eyes: "When your father took his men away, did he tell you where he was going?"
"No, he only told me that all this was for the honor of the family."
"Family honor..."
After listening to Bai Rulong's story, Ji You sat on the hill and fell into deep thought.
People from the Chu, Bai, and Du families have already conducted in-depth research on the immortal fate in the ruins, and the Zheng family should be in the same group with them.
Putting aside the relationship between Bai Sihu's role and the growth of the Bai family head's realm, it can be vaguely pieced together later.
These noble families have tried every possible means and have been relying on the relics to continuously enhance their cultivation, prolong their lifespan, and reach the pinnacle of their careers.
But suddenly one day, they discovered that the fruits in the ruins could be brought out, and the immortal fate they relied on had been quickly seized and distributed by the Immortal Sect.
So they hid themselves in advance, released the evil species to start cholera in the world, overturned tables to clear their traces, and wanted to fight for a future for themselves.
Because among the Nine Provinces, except for the impoverished Fengzhou, the other eight provinces have a solid check and balance relationship.
No matter how big or small the family is, it is a link in this network of relationships, and one move can affect the whole body.
But with the sudden outbreak of the evil species, countless immortal cultivation families were destroyed, and Jiuzhou was cleansed. They can indeed get a bigger and sweeter piece of the cake later.
In fact, as the foundations of some families are interrupted, it would not be surprising that a family would directly rule an entire state in the future.
Just like the Patriarch of the Bai family who has reached the Divine Wandering Realm, this realm can be considered a great power even in the Immortal Sect, and he will surely be able to dominate the world.
Based on the information currently available, Ji You can only infer this much. Although some aspects are still shrouded in mystery, this is probably the most reasonable speculation.
But whether it is right or wrong, at least one thing is certain.
These murderous devils shouldn't get what they want.
As soon as he thought of this, Ji You's mind flashed with the images of the dead babies, Li Ruilin who had transformed into the evil species, and the countless broken limbs and remains under the tide of corpses.
Because if such people were to seize power, there would be no way for the people in this world to survive.
However, Ji You couldn't do it by himself, so the best way was to report to the Immortal Sect.
For the other six immortal sects except Danzong, the ruins are equivalent to their private property. How can they allow others to get their hands on them?
What's more, the fact that so many evil species were brought out would probably make them furious.
This is the only way to drive out the wolf and swallow the tiger.
Ji You stood up and then tied the rope again in front of Bai Rulong's astonished eyes.
"Brother Ji, I'm already miserable..."
"If we don't do this, we will both die in a more miserable way."
Ji You grabbed Bai Rulong's collar, and the sword energy rose as it whistled towards the northwest.
Seeing this scene, the immortals who were resting felt their scalps go numb.
In fact, they did not rest in this dense forest for long, and even one-third of their spiritual energy had not recovered.
But they were just hitchhikers, so they naturally had no right to ask Ji You to wait for them. If they left Ji You, they felt that they would surely die, so they had no choice but to get up and continue to follow him.
And when they saw the extremely magnificent sword energy lighting up the night again, a trace of palpitations appeared in their eyes.
The palpitations were not due to the number of evil species, but because Ji You's blood and energy were bursting out, driving a hot breath and constantly swinging his sword, like a tireless monster.
You have to know that he had just come here hacking and killing his way through, swinging his sword and flying in the air, with a person in his hand. How much spiritual energy and strong body does this require?
They were in the Immortal Sect and had seen thousands of practitioners, but they had never seen someone like this.
This kind of shock can no longer be simply viewed from the perspective of realm.
However, even with such a powerful ride, these immortal sects still gradually felt despair.
Because they were not far from Shengjing at this time. As the largest city of the human race, it had a large population and naturally the most evil species.
As they began to vaguely see the outline of the city, densely packed evil species appeared clearly before their eyes ahead. From a distance, they looked like huge waves crashing down on the sky, and just looking at them was enough to make people feel breathless.
But just when they were worried about being drowned, they suddenly saw countless Taoist swords rising into the air from behind the flying figure. They were magnificent, vast, and continuous, and their clear sword chants continued to vibrate under the night sky.
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(End of this chapter)
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