Chapter 457: By the pond, in the blood forest.
The night was silent and the silver moon was in the sky.
In the Heavenly Pavilion of Nanke Immortal City, Xiao Yunluo talked with Elder Cao, the Lord of Nanke City, and others about how they became demon-killing cultivators.
Ye Anping left his seat early and asked his junior sister to accompany them. He went alone to the back of the city lord’s mansion, under a small pavilion built next to the pond. He hung Ah Gu’s right hand from a branch to tease the ornamental carps in the pond.
The five-color carp clicked its fingertips, thinking it was coming to feed, but it caused Gu Mingxin’s right hand to have veins popping out one by one.
“So, the two of them discovered a secret cave made of insects in the underground of a restaurant in the city, and then set fire to the insect cultivator?”
“Right!” Xiao Tian crossed his chest and nodded, “I heard Xiao girl say that she was walking around the streets these days and found a lot of formation eyes that seemed to be the arrangement of the formation eyes, she inferred the location of the demonic cultivator, and then she found it and…”
Xiao Tian described what he saw and heard when he followed Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo for nearly an hour. Ye Anping played with the carp while listening to its description carefully and thinking about what happened.
The “Insect Head” of Gu Poison Sect was completely different from the Jiang Mojiao they met in the Northern Domain before. That was a real Nascent Soul Master. Although his frontal strength was not the most powerful among the Gu Poison Masters, once his self-created Insect formation was formed, it was enough to deal with several Nascent Soul cultivators by himself.
Even though Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo had the Holy Emperor’s Dragon Body and Black Dragon’s Spirit, which could extremely restrain the demonic insect, it would not be easy to completely kill him.
Moreover, after Xiao Tian found Feng Yudie and the others, he did not notice any particularly big movements in the city in the city lord’s mansion during this hour.
Ye Anping thought about it briefly and roughly understood what was going on.
“Insect Head” must know that there were three Nascent Soul cultivators stationed in Nanke Xian City, so he understood that once his insect array was formed, once he was approached by the city lord and other two Nascent Soul cultivators, he would have a chance of winning.
It just so happened that Xiao Yunluo was extremely sensitive to the insect cultivator’s aura after transforming into a dragon. After wandering around the city for so many days, she and Feng Yudie noticed where he was hiding and went over to set a fire.
Therefore, after Feng Yudie and the others set the fire, “Insect Leader” thought that he had been exposed to the city guards of the Nanke Immortal City, so he left his storage bag extremely decisively, creating a situation where he dies in front of Feng Yudie and the others and then fled away.
At this time, “Insect Head” was probably already somewhere a hundred miles away.
“If the Insect Head’s formation has been formed, the two of them will suffer a heavy blow when they rush into his cave.”
“Ah…”
Ye Anping shook his head slightly, turned to look at Xiao Tian, and asked seriously like an old father scolding his children:
“When I asked you to find them, I asked them to meet at the City Lord’s Mansion first. Why didn’t you come over and tell me first?”
Xiao Tian poked each other with his two little hands, lowered his head, and replied in a low voice:
“Anping, didn’t I help them explore the cave…”
“…But, it’s really thanks to them this time.”
Ye Anping hung the branch on the railing and let Gu Mingxin play with the carp. He sat back on the stone bench in the pavilion, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
Although he knew how to deal with the Insect Head’s Formation, before Feng Yudie and the others arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion, they did not know that the “Insect Head” was hiding in Nanke Immortal City.
Before, he had planned to wait for the great elder of Taibai Sect to arrive before dealing with the demonic cultivator.
Thinking about it now, if this matter went according to his idea, he and his junior sister would be fine, but the casual cultivators in the Nanke Immortal City would be in serious trouble.
It could be said that Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo’s slightly risky move saved the lives of the casual cultivators in the Nanke Immortal City.
“…It’s also pretty good.”
Just like what Li Longling said before in the Northern Domain:
As Daoist companions, they would naturally help him make up for the imperfections in the plan in his mind, checking for gaps and filling in gaps.
Ye Anping admitted: What happened in Nanke Immortal City this time was indeed his negligence.
But Yunluo chased after him and helped him make up for it.
He felt that he had to reward the two of them later.
As for how to reward?
Roast some chicken for Feng Yudie…
As for Yunluo…
Thump thump thump——
The fish in the pond beside the pavilion suddenly seemed to be frightened, flapping and scattering from Gu Mingxin’s fingertips.
The girl with loose black hair stepped on the water, jumped from the other side of the pond to the pavilion, and landed behind Ye Anping. As if she was playing a prank, she narrowed her eyes and smiled:
“Hey, hey, Master Ye…”
Ye Anping turned around when he heard the sound, and saw that Feng Yudie’s face was still rouged with blood and was dirty, and there were still some insect bodily fluids remaining on her clothes, and her face was filled with disgust:
“Can you go change clothes first, take a shower and then come back?”
“I’ll go in a moment.” Feng Yudie blinked her eyes, as if to hint something, “Yeah~”
“The roast chicken will be cooked for you later.”
“Pinching?”
“What else…”
Feng Yudie walked to the opposite side of the stone table and sat down, propped up her cheeks, and looked at Ye Anping, narrowed her eyes. and said:
“What about some praise? This time when you are not here, I have already buried a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator.”
“How old are you now that you still need to praise me?”
“My master would always praise me for anything I did well in the past.”
Feng Yudie pursed her lips slightly, pushed her long black hair to her shoulders, and said:
“Young Master Ye, Senior Sister Xiao and I have been in the city these past few days asking for news. We’re afraid you might encounter something on the way… Look, I even dyed my hair so as not to reveal my identity. I know I must be very low-key. of…”
Ye Anping looked at Feng Yudie’s black hair and shook his head slightly. It had indeed improved a lot than before.
But looking at Feng Yudie’s dirty face, he took out a piece of cloth from the storage bag, used his spiritual energy to hold it, and dipped it in the pond next to her, then raised his hand and pressed it on her face to help her wipe it:
“Okay, okay, you are making progress. It’s amazing. It’s great.”
Feng Yudie’s face was rubbed by Ye Anping with a handkerchief, and she didn’t know whether it was because of too much force or something, but a faint rosy color suddenly appeared on her cheeks:
“Whee…”
“Where are Yunluo and the others?”
“The city lord asked the servants in the palace to take Senior Sister Xiao to change clothes and wash her face. Junior Sister Pei is accompanying her. Senior Sister Xiao’s horns cannot be seen by others. I will wait for Senior Sister Xiao and others to change clothes before going to wash…”
“Then you came here to bother me?”
“Hmm… There’s roast chicken.”
“I’ll make it for you in a moment. It’ll be almost ready by the time you change your clothes.
“Um…”
Ye Anping wiped the blood and mud off her face and threw the handkerchief to the table. Suddenly, he found Feng Yudie staring closely at his face. He was stunned for a moment and raised his hand to touch his face:
“Why are you staring at me?”
Hearing this, Feng Yudie quickly looked away, pursed her lips, and smiled:
“I haven’t seen you for a long time…”
“Didn’t I ask you and Yunluo to stay in Xuanxing Sect? What are you doing here?”
“I’m a little worried about you.”
“Worry about me?”
“Well, Mr. Qi said you can’t form a nascent soul…”
“Didn’t we talk about this before?”
“I’m still worried…”
“…”
The two fell silent for an instant. Ye Anping noticed that Xiao Tian, who was beside him just now, was silent. He turned around and saw that Xiao Tian went straight outside the pavilion with an aunty smile on his face, secretly watching him and Feng Yudie immediately guessed what it was thinking.
He rolled his eyes at Xiao Tian and reminded:
“Remember, Feng Yunluo.”
“Yeah! I know, when Young Master Ye told the city lord and others just now, I understood…”
“When I go to Taibai Sect in a few days, you can follow me. Elder Cao should arrange a place for you. There is no need for you to take action in the future, just stay peacefully. After I finish talking to Zu Yuan, we will return to the Xuanxing Sect. .”
Feng Yudie pressed her chin, looked into Ye Anping’s eyes, and nodded slightly:
“Good.”
Seeing Feng Yudie staring at his face in a daze, Ye Anping always felt weird, but he felt that it was much more pleasing to the eye than usual.
He looked back at the “Hand” splashing water and swimming in the pond, and sighed:
“I’m going to cook you some roast chicken. You can change your clothes and come over here to eat later.”
Then he walked over, took out Gu Mingxin’s hand, tied it to his belt, and was going to borrow a kitchen in the city lord’s mansion to help Feng Yudie cook roasted chicken.
However, just as Gu Mingxin’s hand was hanging on his belt, her index finger directly pinched his thigh.
“…”
Ye Anping hesitated for a moment and held her hand, but Gu Mingxin tightly grasped his left index finger as if she wanted to say something.
Ye Anping hesitated for a moment and wrote a few words on the palm of her hand with his fingers:
–Slright?
Gu Mingxin clenched her hands tightly and said: Alright!
Feng Yudie on the side watched him interact affectionately with Gu Mingxin’s hands, pursed her lips slightly, and asked:
“What’s wrong?”
“The masters of the Hehuan Sect and the Gu Poison Sect have arrived near Jianmen Pass.”
Feng Yudie was stunned for a moment, half-understanding:
“Um?”
“I just prepared a backup plan.”
Ye Anping gently touched the back of Gu Mingxin’s hand, and then walked from the corridor to the kitchen of the city lord’s mansion.
Feng Yudie sat on the stone bench and looked at Ye Anping at the end of the corridor. Then she lowered her eyes slightly and stroked her chest, and couldn’t help but relax.
Under the stone table, her two legs were stretched out and crossed on the ground.
A slight blush appeared on her cheeks.
“Whee…”
Xiao Tian, who had taken the initiative to stay away before, saw Ye Anping leave and floated back. Looking at the young appearance of his Feng Yudie at this moment, there was a smile on his face:
“Yudie, hey hey… What’s wrong?”
Feng Yudie quickly suppressed her smile and replied:
“Um… Nothing.”
“It’s really nothing? Yudie, you just said you were worried about Anping, right? What happened during this time?”
“…”
Feng Yudie simply ignored Xiao Tian, stood up, and headed toward the side pavilion of the city lord’s mansion. Just now, the city lord had asked his servants to prepare a room for her to bathe and change clothes.
Seeing that she ignored him, Xiao Tian quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hair:
“Oops! Yudie, tell me…”
Feng Yudie was pulled so hard that her head hurt, and she was quite surprised for a moment:
“Ouch yoyo… How did you become so strong…”
Xiao Tian raised his head and put his hands on his hips, standing above her head:
“I’m exercising too!! I have met you and Anping now!”
…
Xiao Tian, who was distracted by Feng Yudie, proudly talked about his exercise.
Feng Yudie also pretended to listen with interest and went to the side pavilion of the City Lord’s Mansion. With the help of several maids of the City Lord’s Mansion, Feng Yudie changed her clothes, washed away the mud and dirt on her body, and changed into clean clothes.
When she returned to the small pavilion by the pond, a steaming plate of roast chicken was already placed on the stone table under the pavilion.
However, there was no sign of Ye Anping in the pavilion. He probably put the roasted chicken there and left.
Feng Yudie didn’t think too much, walked into the pavilion, sat down, and started eating happily.
Xiao Tian kept talking about Anping in her ear, but she just responded from time to time, treating it as a side dish to the chicken, and listened silently.
Beside the pond, the cicadas were chirping noisily, and the night breeze was slightly chilly.
Suddenly a footstep approached. Feng Yudie thought it was Ye Anping and looked over happily, but what she saw was the Taibai Sect girl who was in the main pavilion before.
Zu Lingzhi passed by with a depressed look on her face and saw Feng Yudie sitting alone under the pavilion eating roast chicken. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked over and said with cupped hands:
“Fairy Feng, I just forgot to introduce myself. I am Zu Lingzhi, the chief disciple of the Taibai Sect. I inherit the surname of the ancestor of the sect leader Yuan Clan. I am the great-nephew of Daoist Immortal Tianyun…”
Feng Yudie was stunned for a moment, looked up and down Zu Lingzhi, and nodded:
“Oh, Feng… Yunluo.”
“Fairy Cai has reported it just now, please remember.” Zu Lingzhi smiled and sat directly across the table from her, and asked curiously, “Fairy Feng, you and Fairy Xiao killed a demonic cultivator in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, what do you do? Are you here? Can I ask you for advice?”
“I’m eating chicken.”
Zu Lingzhi hesitated for a while, then chatted up a little stiffly:
“Fairy Feng hasn’t eaten rice yet. If Fairy Feng doesn’t mind, can I try it? I haven’t eaten roast chicken for a long time.”
Feng Yudie immediately replied: “No.”
“…”
Then she twisted her eyebrows, picked up the roast chicken, and held it in front of her:
“Young Master Ye made it for me.”
“Ah… Young Master Ye…” Zu Lingzhi hesitated for a while, “Speaking of which, you, Sister Pei, and Fairy Xiao are all his Daoist companions. How did you meet?”
“…”
After hearing this, Feng Yudie lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then replied:
“He saved my life several times.”
“So, you just pledged yourself to him? What’s so good about him…”
“Young Master Ye is very good.”
“Where’s the good?”
“The roast chicken is delicious.”
“Then can I taste it…”
“Cannot.”
…
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Somewhere in the Eastern Domain——
Black clouds press over the mountains, and there were nameless blood-colored forests.
A lonely small courtyard was standing in the shadow under the enchanting rocks of the strange and strange mountain.
The black-haired woman, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating in the courtyard, felt the fingers of her right-hand thousands of miles away touch the ice water, and the fish’s mouth biting her. She opened her eyes slightly, raised her right arm, and moved the long cloud. Shaking out her sleeves, she looked down at her missing arm, the corners of his eyes twitching slightly.
Whizzing–
The sound of breaking through the air came from not far away.
Xue was now standing beside her, holding a wooden stick cut from a branch broken off from the nearby forest, dancing with a sound of wind.
“Ah——!”
Despair–!
The branch hit the muddy ground in front of him hard, causing muddy water to splash up and leaving a small crater.
“Sigh…”
Xue put the wooden stick in her hand upright by her side, turned to look at Gu Mingxin, who was condensing her energy, and saw her solemn expression, and asked quickly:
“Ming Xin, is Ye Anping fishing with your hands again?”
“…”
Gu Mingxin didn’t want to answer and simply ignored it.
The next moment, there was a creaking sound of a wheelchair behind her.
“Junior sister.”
A cold voice followed closely.
Hearing this, Gu Mingxin quickly stood up, turned around, faced behind him, cupped his hands, and said:
“Senior Sister Mo.”
“There is no need to salute me. You and I have no status, we are just sisters who are in the same boat.”
On the wheelchair was a woman whose whole body was covered with bandages. Her messy black hair looked like it had not been trimmed for several years, and was spread around her body like the roots of a tree.
Mo Chiling squinted at Gu Mingxin and said:
“I have already taken care of the matter that Ye Anping asked you to entrust me to. The two sect leaders of the Hehuan Sect and the Gu Poison Sect are already at the border of the Southern Domain, intending to invade the Taibai Sect.”
“Well, thank you, Senior Sister Mo.”
“It’s not a big deal. Besides, it’s just a transaction. I did something for you, and you also need to do something for me.”
Mo Chiling said calmly, and then the wheelchair turned half a circle on the spot, heading toward the room behind her without any help.
After Gu Mingxin heard the words, she quickly controlled her right hand and squeezed Ye Anping hard, and then there was a warm touch from his fingertips in the palm of his hand:
–Alright?
She clenched her fist slightly in response.
Seeing Mo Chi Ling go back, Gu Mingxin slightly twisted her eyebrows, raised her hands and spoke again:
“Well… Senior Sister Mo, I want to go to Taibai Sect.”
“Junior sister, you don’t have to ask me for advice on everything. Just go wherever you want. I never meant to imprison you in this blood forest, but if you want to go to Taibai Sect, help senior sister get some Taibai Spirit on the way. Come on, it’s delicious.”
Squeak——
The door of the hut slowly closed.
In an instant, silence returned to the courtyard, and Mo Chi Ling’s breath disappeared completely in an instant, as if she had fled thousands of miles away.
Since the last time, Gu Mingxin and Xue have been snooping around. When they happened to pass by this forest, Mo Chiling suddenly came to her, as if she knew that she would come to find her.
After that, Mo Chi Ling kept letting her stay in this forest to rest, saying that no matter whether it was her master or not, she would never be found and she would ensure her safety.
At first, Xue was wary of Mo Chiling and told her to be careful, but after staying there for so many months, it was true that as Mo Chiling said, no one had ever entered this forest, not even a bug.
About a month ago, Ye Anping wrote on the palm of her right hand:
——Please ask Mo Chi Ling to instigate the Gu Poison Sect and the Hehuan Sect to attack the Taibai Sect.
Then, she conveyed the exact words to Mo Chi Ling, but unexpectedly, Mo Chi Ling nodded without hesitation.
“What a weirdo…”
Gu Mingxin pursed her lips slightly, then turned to look southwest and said:
“Xue, let’s go.”
“Ming Xin, let’s stay here, why go to Taibai Sect?”
Gu Mingxin recalled the strange touch she had felt in her right hand over the past few months, and showed a stiff smile:
“I miss him.”
…
Asking for leave
Taking a day off!
I wrote it for a day, but I didn’t think it was good enough.
The next plot of the Taibai Sect is the first climax of this volume.
I need to smooth it out again.
