The Lady of the Ivy
"No, no, no, you don't have to die, just tie him up."
"Ah! Ghost!"
Chi Que screamed and suddenly woke up. Seeing that the woman in front of her had lost her lower body, Chi Que was so scared that she didn't dare to move. She leaned back and tightly grasped the handles on both sides of the chair.
The female ghost immediately became murderous and was about to attack, but Xiaobai quickly flew out from Yuanli's sleeve, transformed into a human form, and nimbly tied up the female ghost. He was still not sure and cast a spell to immobilize her.
When Xiaobai made his move, Chi Xun and Qi Heng had already protected Yuanli behind them at the same time.
Seeing that she was trapped, Chi Yu regained some consciousness and swallowed hard. He stared at the woman intently, trembling as he moved out of the chair and ran behind them.
"You two are so ungrateful! You're only focused on saving the beautiful girl, and I'm right beside you. I'm already in danger, and you don't even think of saving me."
At this moment, both of them only cared about Yuanli's safety, and faced Chi Que's tearful complaints, but pretended not to hear them.
"This young man has great skills, thank you very much."
"Thank you very much."
Seeing that both of them thanked their savior, Chi Que put away his fear and dissatisfaction, and also bowed like them to show his gratitude.
Unexpectedly, Xiaobai didn't even look at them, and said coldly, "No need to thank me, I didn't save you."
Xiaobai's words made the atmosphere a little awkward, but Yuanli broke the deadlock and said, "Thank you for your help, young man. If it's convenient, please stay in the village. Firstly, I can repay you for your kindness, and secondly, we really can't defeat this female ghost, so could you please help us a little more?"
Yuanli played the whole game, making their relationship seem completely unrelated, as if they were just meeting for the first time. But Xiaobai didn't think so. From the moment he appeared, his eyes were fixed on Yuanli.
In response to Yuanli's request, he immediately agreed with a smile, and his attitude and tone were very gentle and humble.
Yuanli once again used her divine power to warn Xiaobai through telepathy: "Play the whole game, remember? We agreed on this at the mansion."
"Remember, remember, it's up to you, it's all up to you"
Seeing that Xiaobai was not disguising himself at all, Yuanli was a little worried that it would arouse the suspicion of Chi Xun and Qi Heng.
But at this moment, it seems that the two of them only regard Xiaobai as an imaginary enemy in their marriage.
"Young man, do you know what kind of ghost it is?"
"It should be a grass-type spirit that lives on an old tree, but its spiritual power is not enough to transform into a human form. Perhaps it lost half of its power after transforming. Don't be afraid, young lady."
Xiaobai looked at Chi Huai lying on the bed and said, "So, all your lost cultivation is there."
Although the woman was trapped by the immobilization spell, her hearing was not blocked. When she heard Xiaobai's words, her expression began to panic.
As Xiaobai moved closer to Chi Huai's bed, her eyes followed Xiaobai with every step he took.
"He should have been dead long ago. For a mortal, ah, foolish kindness. However, with your cultivation, you not only saved his life, but also took the trouble to get it back bit by bit. Isn't it troublesome?"
Xiaobai approached her, untied the restraint on his mouth, and said, "Today I'm going to be a good person and help them as well as you. I'll kill him for you and take back all your cultivation points, okay?"
"No! I don't need your help, don't touch him!"
Chi Lu, who had been hiding behind him, cowering in fear, emerged and asked bravely, "Are you really the one Chi Huai mentioned, the one he loves but hasn't married yet?"
The woman looked at Chi Que with a fierce look and said, "Did that boy really describe me to you like that?"
"Well, it was you who deceived Chi Huai and made him believe that story about a surviving wife. Monster! Stop being so hypocritical. Since you didn't want others to kill him, why did you make him unconscious?"
"It's none of your business. Mind your own business. If you keep saying anything more, I'll kill you too!"
"you!"
"Alright, Chi Que, stop arguing with her. It's not making sense. Young man, you just said Chi Huai should have been dead a long time ago. What do you mean by that?"
"When a dying person is near death, if a certain plant spirit uses its unique secret technique, based on the person's cultivation, it can make the person appear alive, and the mortal eye cannot tell the difference. At least every three years, the spell must be re-cast, and the cultivation effort must be even greater than in previous years. And this person must be living like this, unaware of it."
"Young man, are you talking about the entwined vine?" Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on him, each with doubts, Qi Heng said, "The entwined vine only appears in the Book of Plant Spirits, but that book even mentions the owner's name, it's just a scribbled totem."
Xiaobai's gaze switched back and forth between the vine and Qi Heng, and finally stopped at Qi Heng, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
"Don't spend all your money on the private school. If it doesn't work, take the statue of the Broom Star God home to worship. Maybe it can help his brain. And the spirit dragon under her seat should also pay homage to her."
"Young man, do you also believe in the Broom Star Lord?"
When the title of Broom Star Lord was mentioned, Qi Heng became inexplicably bright and energetic, with a complicated expression. His eyes seemed to be full of admiration and affirmation, with a hint of pride and joy.
"Also?" Xiaobai's eyes finally softened as he looked at him. "I only believe in her. You have good taste now."
It's not as bad as when I was in the heaven. Xiaobai never said this out loud, but silently repeated it in his heart with contempt.
"Young man, you have excellent vision."
Chi Xun glanced at them as they approached Chi Huai's bedside and said, "If you don't put it first, what's the point of just believing in it in vain? It's just to make yourself feel at ease after doing something wrong."
Sitting beside the bed, Chi Xun's broad shoulders and narrow waist blocked most of Chi Huai's position. But when he bent down slightly, Chi Huai suddenly woke up with a start, gasping for air and breathing rapidly.
In order to prevent Chi Huai from seeing the vine and fainting again, and not being able to understand the reason, Yuanli quickly pulled the curtain to cover it.
"Star Lord, be careful! There was a breath of the underworld in this room just now. He only revealed a trace of it and quickly subsided. This is definitely not an ordinary ghost messenger."
Xiaobai's spiritual power was transmitted into her brain. Yuanli ignored the pain of the backlash of her divine power and used her divine power again to reply, "Can you smell who it is?"
"Ari, I'm a dragon, not a dog! However, that aura is coming from the bed. That aura is at least at the level of the Twelve Kings of Hell."
Her relationship with the Twelve Kings of Hell was not so good that he would come to the human world on purpose to meet her. With his strength, he could kill everyone present, so she couldn't think of any reason why he would deliberately suppress his aura.
In the Ming Dynasty, you are always like a fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered by anyone. This feeling is not good.
"Chi Huai! Look, do you still recognize me?" Chi Que pointed at himself and asked worriedly.
"Why are you all here in my house? Go away! All of you!" Chi Huai looked around the room, looking very uneasy. "All of you go away! Don't come to this back mountain again, don't, don't come..."
Chi Huai's mood gradually became unstable. He squatted in the corner of the bed with his head in his hands, repeating words to drive people away, and it was impossible to communicate.
"What did you see last night?"
Hearing Chi Xun's voice, Chi Huai suddenly calmed down, and his hands that were hugging his head began to slowly lower. The fear, numbness and other emotions in his eyes disappeared, becoming empty and numb.
He said obediently, "Last night, I slept with Kakuma. I woke up in the middle of the night and the urge to shine a candle to see what Kakuma looked like came back to me again. I usually can control myself, but this time, I did it for some unknown reason. I held the candle with trepidation and excitement. Kakuma's beauty was revealed in the dim candlelight, which made my heart flutter. Looking at her snow-white, delicate skin on her shoulders and her slender arms, I was extremely excited. I lifted the quilt with trembling hands, but I saw her lower body gradually disappearing. At that moment, the story of Tan Shengqi emerged in my mind. Compared to wealth, I was more afraid of what Kakuma really was... thing."
"Then why did you lie in the back ditch all night?"
"Because I was running for my life, or maybe I was too scared. When I saw Kaguya clearly, I put her in the same category as Tan Sheng's wife. After a mental struggle, I lay back down. In the second half of the night, I was extremely awake and couldn't fall asleep, so I pretended to be in a deep sleep. Late at night, Kaguya called me softly, but fear prevented me from speaking. After a while, I felt a huge light in front of my eyes, and something seemed to be touching me, itching. I carefully opened my eyes a little, but saw that Kaguya's whole body was like old bark, and her fingers were stained with it. Countless long tendrils, like grass stems, stretched out and began to roam and grope my body. I realized that I was too serious to take her seriously. She was a monster! I opened my eyes and tore off the things that held her to me, tumbling out of bed. But she chased me, tempting me to get closer. I, like a madman, grabbed everything I could reach and threw it at her. She lost her patience and became furious. My will to survive made me run out of the house in a panic. It was dark and slippery, and I fell into the back gutter, unable to move. I regained consciousness only now.
Yuanli felt very unfamiliar with the Chi Huai in front of her. They had been playing together since childhood and grew up together, so they knew each other's personalities very well.
When he was a child, Chi Huai was taciturn and aloof, but he expected others to approach him and show kindness. Everyone said that he was honest, decent and down-to-earth.
It's totally different from this, where people take risks with the pipe dream of God-given wealth.
"How long have you been...entangled with Kasumi?"
Facing her questions, Chi Huai turned a blind eye and a deaf ear, just sitting there like a lost soul, until Chi Xun repeated her question again, he slowly opened his mouth to answer.
"Two and a half years."
Facing the hopelessly whimsical Chi Huai, Yuanli paused, unable to ask any further questions. She lifted the curtain covering the man and asked, "What exactly is your purpose? Could it be that you really have developed feelings for each other, as he said?"
Kame stared blankly ahead, seemingly not intending to respond.
Before she could even start talking, Xiaobai impatiently grabbed her neck and said, "If you don't want the two of you to completely disappear from this world, then answer whatever she asks."
She turned her eyes away with disdain and looked at him, but her expression instantly turned into fear and terror, as if she saw a terrifying existence in his eyes.
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