Chapter 92: 90, Encounter (2/3)

90, Encounter (2/3)

"Husband, where are we going next?"

After spending over a quarter of an hour resting, Wen Zhiyun asked this critical question.

Chen An did not have an answer in his heart at the moment, so he could only say:

"The top priority is to leave the Bamboo Leaf Forest first; after that, we will take it one step at a time."

"Alright, I will listen to everything Husband says."

Wen Zhiyun was only responsible for asking, and once she asked, she would give unconditional support; she never had any objections, choosing to trust her husband and be the little woman behind him.

Soon, the family of five set off again.

As he walked, Chen An pondered: after he took his wives and concubines out of the Bamboo Leaf Forest, what should his plans be?

Just find some remote place to settle down?

That seemed a bit unrealistic.

In this world of cultivation where he currently resided, giant beasts were as common as dogs, and Demon beasts walked everywhere.

Living in a remote place made one prone to being harassed by Demon beasts.

For the sake of safety and convenience in life, it was best to find a place where cultivators gathered to huddle together for warmth.

After all, this world was very difficult.

Events where one sat at home and disaster fell from the sky happened from time to time.

When one was weak, one had to huddle together for warmth to survive.

A lone wolf basically had no room to survive.

This was true for cultivators, and it was also true for mortals.

This was also why most mortal cities were built around immortal sects, forming an immortal-mortal ecosystem.

Just like the previous Qingshi Town, that mortal city relied on the Bamboo Leaf Forest for survival, using the prestige of the Bamboo Leaf Forest to drive away the Demon beasts outside.

Unfortunately, its fate was poor, and it was eventually destroyed by the Blood Demon disaster caused by the Xuanhuang Sect.

"Husband, there is no road ahead."

Looking at the overgrown forest ahead, Song Huaying, who was being carried on his back, said.

Chen An immediately released his spiritual pressure, shaking the branches and weeds in front of him until they fell to the ground, and said indifferently:

"Originally, there were no roads in the world; roads are made by walking."

Just as Chen An and the others were walking into the depths of the forest.

In the depths of the forest.

Shen Qingyi looked at Gang Leader Zhu and the others in front, then looked at Pan Hui beside Gang Leader Zhu, and could not help but knit her willow brows tightly:

"Pan Hui, what is the meaning of this?"

"Qingyi, I have let you down, but if I don't do this, my husband will never be able to return to my side in this lifetime, and I don't want to be separated from my husband..."

Because of her guilty conscience, Pan Hui's voice became softer and softer as she spoke.

After speaking, she turned her gaze to the side, not daring to look at Shen Qingyi.

The sharpness in Shen Qingyi's eyes pricked her conscience with a sharp pain.

"Qingyi, this cannot be blamed on Fellow Daoist Pan; after all, friendship is worthless in the face of love."

Gang Leader Zhu said with a faint smile.

Shen Qingyi stared at Gang Leader Zhu, gripping the sword in her hand as tightly as she could.

She wanted to swing her sword to kill Gang Leader Zhu, but unfortunately, her body was currently limp, and she could not use her Spirit Power at all, nor could she mobilize her Blood Qi to exert force.

This was because she had been poisoned by Soft Immortal Powder, and the flow of Qi in her body was completely blocked.

"Gang Leader Zhu, I have helped you trick Qingyi here; I would like to ask, when can I see my husband?"

Pan Hui's eyes were full of urgency.

"You want to see your husband very much?"

"Gang Leader Zhu, please, let me reunite with my husband; my husband and I will definitely serve Gang Leader Zhu faithfully until death!"

Pan Hui wanted to see her husband and wanted to join the Bamboo Leaf Gang with him; this way, their future days would be guaranteed.

This was her biggest reason for betraying Shen Qingyi.

Looking at Pan Hui's look of extreme urgency, Gang Leader Zhu smiled and said: "Fellow Daoist Pan is someone who does things for me, so I will certainly not treat you unfairly."

"Don't you want to see your husband right now?"

"Look, he is here; go ahead and see him."

As he spoke, Gang Leader Zhu took a bundle from an Elder beside him and threw it at Pan Hui's feet with a "thud," revealing a human head inside that had died with its eyes wide open.

As soon as Pan Hui saw the appearance of the head, her eyes widened instantly; feelings of anger and fear overlapped, causing her hands to tremble uncontrollably.

After the feeling of anger completely gained the upper hand, she stared fixedly at Gang Leader Zhu with eyes about to split, and almost losing her sanity, she cursed loudly:

"Zhu Tiancheng, you are untrustworthy! You killed my husband, you animal..."

"Pfft!"

Before Pan Hui could finish her sentence, her forehead was pierced by a pebble, opening a large hole in her forehead; her whole body fell backward with a thud, and she completely lost all movement.

Looking at her corpse, Gang Leader Zhu smiled with a look of keeping his promise: "Fellow Daoist Pan, I, Zhu, have always kept my word; I said I would let you reunite with your husband, so I let you reunite with your husband."

After speaking, he looked at Shen Qingyi, whose body was already so limp she could barely stand, and still wearing a smile, he said:

"Qingyi, don't you love punishing the wicked and eliminating evil the most?"

"Now that I am killing someone right in front of you, why don't you swing your sword to cut me down?"

"Is it because I am your fiancé, and you cannot bear to kill me, right?"

Gang Leader Zhu smiled in a somewhat creepy way.

Shen Qingyi's legs were so weak she could not stand; she had to raise a hand to lean against a tree trunk nearby, staring fixedly at Gang Leader Zhu as she said, "Zhu Tiancheng, even if I were to marry a stray dog on the side of the road, I would never marry a petty person like you!"

"Good, very good!"

Gang Leader Zhu nodded while clapping his hands; the smile on his face vanished completely, and his entire expression turned cold in an instant.

He no longer wore the smiling mask he had in the past, and his whole person looked extremely gloomy as he said:

"You bitch, ever since you became a Core Disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect and a Reserve Elder of the Xuanhuang Sect, you've looked down on your childhood friend and looked down on me, your fiancé."

"Whether in front of your elders or my subordinates, you never knew how to save me any face."

"As my fiancée, when asked to help me deal with the Black Iron Villa, you still talked to me about principles."

"Tell me, does a self-righteous lotus flower like you deserve to die?"

When he reached this last sentence, Gang Leader Zhu's face appeared somewhat twisted; it was clear he had been suppressing this for a long time.

Shen Qingyi said with a face full of disgust, "The one who truly deserves to die is a piece of human scum like you who treats human life like grass!"

"I am human scum?"

Gang Leader Zhu laughed, though the laughter looked somewhat pathological.

He looked at Shen Qingyi and said:

"Bitch, let me tell you a secret."

"The master you view as your biological father is the true human scum."

"Back then, your parents were killed by your master."

"If it weren't for your good Spirit Root aptitude, which caught the eye of that human scum of a master, you wouldn't even have had the chance to acknowledge a thief as your father; you would have gone to be reincarnated with your parents long ago."

"Stop your gibberish!"

Shen Qingyi's emotions fluctuated violently; she wished she could draw her sword and kill Gang Leader Zhu right now.

Gang Leader Zhu laughed: "Bitch, I knew you wouldn't believe it."

"But it doesn't matter."

"I specifically brought you evidence."

As he spoke, Gang Leader Zhu threw a Recording Stone in front of Shen Qingyi and said with a playful look, "This still preserves the scene of your master killing your parents; you bitch had better open your eyes wide and take a good look!"

Shen Qingyi looked at the image on the Recording Stone, and her entire person collapsed in an instant.

"Fake, this must be fake!"

"Stop trying to lie to me!"

"Stop trying to sow discord between me and my master!"

"Fake?"

"Bitch, use your brain and think carefully: why would your master be willing to promise you, with your outstanding talent, to me as a fiancée when my talent is far inferior to yours?"

"Do you really think it's because your master is on good terms with my father?"

"Bitch, it's because my father has evidence that your master killed your parents, understand?"

As he spoke, Gang Leader Zhu walked toward Shen Qingyi with a look of satisfaction, saying as he walked, "Watching you bitch collapse is truly delightful."

"It was worth wasting so much breath telling you all this, just to see you in this pathetic state!"

"Bitch, do you know what this is?"

Gang Leader Zhu walked up to Shen Qingyi, who was already so weak she was slumped on the ground, took a hideous-looking insect from his sleeve, placed it in front of her, and asked.

Shen Qingyi's face was already ashen; she didn't want to pay attention to anything, wanting only to die quickly for release.

Seeing this, Gang Leader Zhu said, "In case you don't know, let me explain: this is a type of Gu Insect from the Witch Cult called a Love Gu. As long as it is planted in your body, it can make you fall in love with me wholeheartedly."

Upon hearing that the insect before her could make her fall in love with Gang Leader Zhu, Shen Qingyi was instantly filled with terror and cursed on the spot, "You human scum, if you have the ability, kill me! I would rather die than fall in love with you!"

"Kill you?"

"No, I won't kill you; I want your mind to be filled with me from now on!"

"I want to keep you like a dog!"

As he spoke, Gang Leader Zhu reached out to pry open Shen Qingyi's lips to stuff the Love Gu in his hand into her mouth.

But just at this moment, a sound of rustling branches and leaves suddenly came from behind.

Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look.

Immediately, the scene that met their eyes was Chen An walking out from a dense thicket with his four wives and daughters.

Gang Leader Zhu was instantly stunned; how is this Alchemist Chen not dead, and what happened to Elder Zhao?!

Chen An was also stunned; why are there so many Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivators here? Isn't my Divine Sense strength capable of covering a radius of a thousand meters? How did they get right in front of me before I discovered there were people here?

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