Chapter 214

After receiving Hua Xiang Rong’s response, on that day of the agreed meeting, Xie Bi An deliberately disguised himself and left the Orchid Garden between 12-2am, leaving the city silently. There were many people in Fengdu City who knew his identity, and all the major sects would put spies in those important towns and fortresses in Jiuzhou. He did this not because he was worried about his own safety, but about Hua Xiang Rong's. At least before Qi Meng Sheng was defeated, nothing must happen to Hua Xiang Rong.

Having not seen her for 3 years, Hua Xiang Rong has not changed greatly in appearance, but her temperament has become gloomy and introverted. Last time she was bold, vigorous and energetic, who dared to openly question Xu Zhi Nan in front of a crowd of Chunyang Sect cultivators at Luojinwu. After the great change, she seems more and more like her senior sister.

When Xie Bi An saw her, he felt some lamentation. The two of them have fought twice formerly, and now they have no choice but to cooperate just because they have a common enemy.

Hua Xiang Rong lightly glanced at Xie Bi An: "I purposely went to see the original site of Fumenghui. Regardless of now or then, it is a legend."

"Yeah, only a dream can change countlessly overnight."

"In fact, life is just a moment. It’s not just changing countlessly."

Xie Bi An made a ‘please’ gesture: "Please sit down, Flying Plume Ambassador."

Hua Xiang Rong sat down leisurely: "I am no longer the Flying Plume Ambassador, not because I betrayed the sect, but in my heart the Flying Plume Ambassador has always been me and my senior sister."

"You are really affectionate to your senior sister."

Hua Xiang Rong’s expression did not change, but the sorrow in her heart over the years, has been transformed into slightly knitted brows, drooping eyelashes, and dull pupils, which were flowing between the color of the eyes: "Senior sister is the only person I care about. I never dared to declare my feelings for her. I thought the future was long, and there was always a chance ..."

Xie Bi An sighed softly.

Hua Xiang Rong took a deep breath, gathered her emotions, took out two things from her arms and put them on the table: "The things you wanted."

Xie Bi An was more or less surprised: "You really believe me?"

"I have tried. Your hypothesis is not wrong." Hua Xiang Rong's slender hand on the table slowly clenched into a fist. Intense hatred burst out of her eyes, and her beautiful nose wrinkled with anger.

"You've gone through a lot of trouble to get these two things, right?"

"It wasn't that easy originally, but after all, I've been by her side for so many years. I know everything about Chidi City and Cangyu Sect like the back of my hand. Moreover, I didn't plan this after I received your letter. From that moment when Jiang Qu Lian came to Chidi City, I had no more worries." Hua Xiang Rong said in a cold voice, "In order to avenge my sister, I don't care about anything."

Xie Bi An grabbed the plain and simple ruler on the table. This magical treasure has a big connection with him. The first time he took Xiao Jiu on a trip in his previous life, the two of them were attacked and nearly lost their lives when they were fooled by Gong Shu Ju. After that, they had several encounters with Gong Shu Ju. He felt a lot of emotion in his heart. He grabbed another object on the table and threw it out.

With a flash of spiritual light, the palm-sized object suddenly became larger, and finally turned into a huge ice coffin. A naked, handsome young man was sealed in the ice coffin, surrounded by seven candle flames in the arrangement of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.

It was the body of Cheng Yan Zhi.

Xie Bi An stood in front of the ice coffin. His thoughtful gaze was moving back and forth on Cheng Yan Zhi's face and body almost inch by inch. He didn’t speak for a long time.

Hua Xiang Rong said: "This is enough to threaten her. She will enter the Central Plains for this, right?"

"As long as we've guessed correctly, she will definitely come." Xie Bi An said in a deep voice, "They probably did not expect that the entanglement between the three would span both the past lives and present lives and have such a great impact on the human and ghost realms."

Hua Xiang Rong sneered, "I just want Jiang Qu Lian and her to die."

Xie Bi An turned around, "Where are my soul weapon and sword? Since you were able to steal the ice coffin, getting my things is nothing difficult, right?"

"That’s right. They are also in my hands now, but if you want your soul weapon and sword back, you have to promise me one condition."

"Say it."

"I want to know the reincarnation of my senior sister."

Xie Bi An wasn't surprised. Everything Hua Xiang Rong did was bound to be related to Yun Xiang Yi.

"And then what, are you going to find her?"

"Back then, she was the one who saved me, who was lonely, suffering and had no one to depend on, and brought me back to Cangyu Sect. She protected me, brought me along to cultivate, and grew up with me, but at the most critical juncture, I failed to protect her." Sorrow emerged on Hua Xiang Rong’s face, "If you want to get your things back, just tell me where she is. This time I will protect her. I never want to be separated from her again."

Xie Bi An pondered for a moment: "Okay, I'll go find Official Lord Cui. In exchange for your help, I believe he will agree. For these few days, you shall stay here. This place is very safe. If you are discovered, you can escape through the tunnel. The other end of the tunnel goes straight to Fumenghui."

"I won't escape, I want to see what happens to them with my own eyes."

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Xie Bi An returned to the Orchid Garden with Gong Shu Ju and the ice coffin containing Cheng Yan Zhi. He should bring the latter back to the Underworld. It’s the safest there. However, although this body was a living dead body, he was still alive, and the law of the living not entering the underworld could not be easily broken. Unlike Zhong Kui, he did not do as he pleased, so he planned to have one of the underlings report to Cui Jue first, and then go back after getting approval.

When he returned to the Orchid Garden, it was just dawn, and the Liu couple who were guarding the garden had just woken up. One was making a fire and cooking, and the other was checking the seedlings in the flowerbed.

"White Master, you're back. I thought you had gone back to the underworld." Aunt Liu looked at Xie Bi An with hands clasped together in front of her belly. She actually seemed to have a hint of nervousness.

"I'll go back later. Aunt Liu, boil some clear porridge, cut some marinated goose leg that was bought yesterday, and mix a small green radish in. Go to the street and buy a 500g bun. That should be enough." Xie Bi An hurriedly walked towards the house. Although the Liu couple knew his identity, he would never let ordinary people see when he had to summon the Yin servants.

"... uh, okay."

With one foot over the doorstep, Xie Bi An suddenly felt a strange feeling arise in his heart. He stopped in his tracks, slowly turned his head and observed the Liu couple.

Uncle Liu looked like he was checking the new seedlings, but half of his feet had already stepped into the flowerbed. He had been raising flowers for more than twenty years and knew this orchid garden like the back of his hand, so it was impossible for him to step on the seedlings. It was even stranger for Aunt Liu, who used to be very enthusiastic when she saw him coming and always chased after him asking what he wanted to eat.

Xie Bi An turned around. His eyes were hovering back and forth between the two, and his gaze was deep: "Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, what's wrong?"

Uncle Liu’s body paused, but did not turn around, and Aunt Liu's face became instantly stiff.

Xie Bi An's hand pressed on the Junlan sword: "Is there someone in the house?"

Uncle Liu suddenly stood up from the ground and retreated by walking backwards with a strangely stiff posture. Aunt Liu also seemed to involuntarily follow and began to walk backwards. Her face had a few signs of struggle, like the soul was awake and trapped in a shell that was not under its control.

This look is very familiar to Xie Bi An --- being possessed.

Since Mount Luofeng is the only place in Jiuzhou where humans and ghosts coexist, the Yin energy here is extremely concentrated. If an evil spirit is placed elsewhere, a cultivator with a little bit of background will be able to sense it, but here it is just water in the sea. As long as it doesn't harm people, no one will deliberately look for it.

And possessing a human body is a big taboo.

Xie Bi An pulled out two yellow talismans and said coldly: "Where did you come from, little ghost? How dare you be rude in front of me."

The Liu couple had walked backwards to the corner of the wall, and then the two collectively turned around and stared straight up at the wall.

Xie Bi An felt puzzled. Every single ghost that possesses a body always has something to do or has something to say, and because they were in spiritual form, they could not touch Yang objects, that’s why they need to occupy the body of the living. The possessing ghost who selected the Liu couple was obviously targeting him, so why did they turn their backs facing him without saying a word?

After waiting for a moment, seeing the two people are still motionless, Xie Bi An clutched the two exorcism talisman with 3 fingers and walked over step by step.

A sudden spiritual pressure came from behind. Although the other party tried to hide, he was quickly detected. He turned around quickly. Two talismans were thrown out. At the same time, the Junlan sword was out of the sheath. With a murderous aura, a silver glow brilliantly cut through the dawn-dusk, which was much more dazzling than the light of the sky at this time.

A black shadow quickly flashed backward. Until he retreated to the front of the flowerbed, he could avoid a sword slash out of the harsh sword Qi.

When Xie Bi An saw the visitor, his heart was beating like a drum, and every pore of his body was seeping out cold air.

"Big brother's swordplay seems to have become more refined." Fan Wu She gave a fake smile, "I mean, compared to the previous life."

"It was you who did it." Xie Bi An said coldly, "How can you manipulate possession? Did you make a soul token again?" At least in his previous life, the Supreme Demon didn't use the Heavenly Secret Talisman to manipulate Yin soldiers to possess others. The Supreme Demon had always been unscrupulous. If he had this function, why would he not use it? But he had never seen it before. Then it was likely that Fan Wu She used a magical treasure like a soul token.

Fan Wu She shook a black jade in his hand with a wickedly handsome smile on his face: "In Chidi City, that shattered piece that was used to summon the snow demons took me nearly ten years to make. This one took me two years, and with deeper research of the ‘Heavenly Secret Scripture’ in this life, I found some new ways to play. For example…" He glanced at the couple standing at the bottom of the wall facing the wall, and they actually began to slowly turn in circles on the spot.

Xie Bi An immediately shuddered.

If the magical treasure Fan Wu She made can exert such a terrifying function, then once he gets the Heavenly Secret Talisman, he can not only manipulate ghosts, but also people?!

"When did you infiltrate Fengdu? What do you want to do?"

"There are countless travelers in Fengdu, how’s it difficult to get in?" Fan Wu She gazed unblinkingly at Xie Bi An. That was a greedy gaze that wanted to eat him alive, which was full of undisguised lust, "When I mastered this technique, the first thing I wanted to do was to find you and try it. If you can listen to me obediently, many things, regardless of the things I want or the person I want, may be so much easier."

Xie Bi An felt a chill all over his body: "I am the Underworld general, Impermanence. No ghost will try to get into my body."

"Big brother, I need you to help me retrieve the Heavenly Secret Talisman." Fan Wu She revealed a chilling smile, "You have to help me with this favor, even if you don’t want to."

 

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Edited on 29 May 21 (Emzie)

 

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