Chapter 64: Corpse God Sect

The Marquis of Cangyuan froze for a moment before realizing what had happened.

The Earth Corpse Pill, meant to be swallowed by Cang Cang Yin Yue, had already entered his own mouth.

Now it was his turn to be filled with terror, utterly horrified.

But his entire body's meridians and acupoints were sealed—he could not move at all, not a single bit of true qi could circulate.

He could only watch helplessly as the Earth Corpse Pill dissolved instantly upon entry, turning into an intensely icy corpse-water that flowed into his abdomen.

The Marquis of Cangyuan was filled with shock and rage, not knowing who had attacked him at this critical moment.

At that moment, a mocking voice sounded behind him:

"You've been cuckolded, yet you still won't lift a finger to seek revenge? What are you thinking?"

Hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue's gaze shifted, broke free from her father's subordinates, and turned her head to look behind him:

"It's you!"

She never imagined Li Musheng would appear here—and especially not to save her at this life-or-death moment.

"Miss Cang, you owe me a huge favor this time. Otherwise, you'd have been utterly ruined by your own father."

Li Musheng stepped out from behind, glanced at the Marquis of Cangyuan, and sneered:

"Look at that stench—it's unbearable!"

After swallowing the Earth Corpse Pill, the Marquis of Cangyuan's skin visibly turned dark yellow, and his entire body emitted a stench worse than rotten eggs.

Cang Cang Yin Yue also smelled the odor; she immediately furrowed her brows and glared angrily at the Marquis of Cangyuan.

Regardless of any other harms the Earth Corpse Pill might cause, if she had swallowed it and now emitted this stench, it would be worse than death to her!

"I can't take it anymore—this place is unbearable."

Li Musheng waved his hand, glancing with disgust at the Marquis of Cangyuan, whose stench had grown even stronger, and said to Cang Cang Yin Yue:

"Let's get out of here first."

Saying this, Li Musheng turned and walked swiftly toward the cave entrance without hesitation.

Seeing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue covered her nose and hurried after him.

But just before entering the tunnel, she glanced back at the Marquis of Cangyuan, still frozen in place, seeming hesitant.

"Don't look. Even a tiger won't eat its own cub—what use is a father like this?"

Li Musheng's voice came from the other end of the tunnel.

He had arrived neither too early nor too late, so he'd overheard everything that happened in the cave—he knew roughly what had transpired.

Cang Cang Yin Yue sighed softly, a flicker of sorrow in her eyes, but finally she hurried away, no longer paying attention to the Marquis of Cangyuan.

"Thank you!"

Outside, in the study, Cang Cang Yin Yue bowed deeply to Li Musheng with solemn respect.

If he hadn't appeared in time, she would already be dead at her father's hands—but now she was also curious:

"Why do you always manage to find me?"

"I already told you last time—I have my own methods,"

Li Musheng raised an eyebrow, waved his hand, and said:

"Forget about that for now. Your father's acupoints will unseal themselves soon—let's stay and watch a good show."

Saying this, he led Cang Cang Yin Yue out of the study and quietly concealed themselves on a distant rooftop.

Cang Cang Yin Yue kept glancing suspiciously at Li Musheng, guessing he must have left some mark on her.

But he had never shown her malice, and had saved her multiple times—so she didn't care much about it.

Still, she thought to herself: she had already owed Li Musheng a favor before, and now she owed him this immense debt—real, tangible karmic debts—and she had no idea how she'd ever repay him.

At that moment, a furious roar erupted from the study.

Soon after, the Marquis of Cangyuan, wreathed in swirling corpse qi and reeking of putrid stench, smashed the doors and windows to splinters with a single punch and stormed out, his face twisted with rage.

He scanned the surroundings—Cang Cang Yin Yue and Li Musheng were gone. He flew into a frenzy, roaring endlessly:

"Damn it, all of you deserve to die! Years of planning ruined in an instant—I'll make you all pay with your lives!"

The Marquis of Cangyuan's eyes glowed with dark yellow light; his hair was withered, his skin yellowed and dried, and his blood qi transformed at terrifying speed into rolling corpse qi.

Simultaneously, his aura surged rapidly, as surrounding heavenly qi poured into his body, radiating an utterly terrifying presence.

Looking at his own monstrous, neither-man-nor-ghost form, the Marquis of Cangyuan laughed bitterly with rage, then suddenly turned his head toward a certain spot in the Hou Fu and snarled:

"Since it's come to this, I'll kill that bitch and her bastard first, then go after that damned thing for revenge!"

The next instant, the Marquis of Cangyuan shot upward as a torrent of corpse qi, leaving behind a lingering stench that refused to fade, heading straight for the courtyard where Zhu Fenglan resided.

Hidden in the shadows, Li Musheng watched this scene, clucking in amazement, then turned to Cang Cang Yin Yue and shook his head:

"Miss Cang, if you turned into this, our friendship would end right here."

Hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue's temples throbbed with veins, she shot Li Musheng a glare, then fixed her dark gaze on the retreating back of the Marquis of Cangyuan:

"I never thought he could be such a man—to treat his own daughter like this—he's unworthy to be called a father!"

Meanwhile, Zhu Fenglan and the others, having sensed the disturbance in the mansion, burst out of their rooms and rushed into the courtyard.

Seeing the Marquis of Cangyuan approaching through the hazy moonlight, wreathed in rolling corpse qi, Zhu Fenglan narrowed her eyes and barked:

"You bastard, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing? I'm going to grind you to dust and scatter your bones!"

The Marquis of Cangyuan roared menacingly and without warning unleashed a punch—a terrifying fist shadow, formed of corpse qi and ten feet wide, crashed down from the sky toward Zhu Fenglan and the others.

Zhu Fenglan's eyes narrowed; she immediately channeled all her true qi, slamming both palms upward—intensely icy energy swept in all directions, summoning a violent wind capable of shaking mountains and rocks.

Boom—

The howling icy wind collided with the fist shadow; the shockwave was terrifying, completely obliterating Zhu Fenglan's courtyard and the surrounding ornamental grove into flat rubble.

Zhu Fenglan's feet sank several inches into the ground as she stared at the corpse-qi-wreathed Marquis of Cangyuan, her expression stunned and cold.

"What Wu Gong is this? When did you become so formidable?"

Duke Cang Yuan stared straight at Zhu Fenglan, walking step by step, and said in a chilling tone:

"Wretch, this is all thanks to you. If you hadn't buried the corpses in this courtyard all these years, how could I have refined the Earth Corpse Pill from them?"

"Earth Corpse Pill?"

Zhu Fenglan's expression changed, her face showing shock and suspicion:

"When did you get involved with the Corpse God Sect?"

Duke Cang Yuan narrowed his eyes, his steps unceasing, and said:

"Wretch, what use is asking so much? Better think about how you will die next."

(End of this chapter)