Chapter 91: Black Cat Passes the Sword

After this incident, the existence of "The Bestowal of Emolument" would spread within a small circle and attract the attention of different forces.

First, naturally, is the Candle World Sect. The Immortal Lord might be very difficult to descend again, and this sect seems to have suffered heavy damage, but no one knows how much power they have left before the Immortal Platform seriously intervenes.

And the most powerful force that appeared in this incident was the three purple-robed people, but according to records from fifty years ago, there should be a sect leader above the purple robes.

Why didn't he come over? Could it be that there were more important things elsewhere?

Secondly, the Immortal Platform. Although there is no need to think of the Immortal Platform as too evil, one cannot think of them as too good either. What is certain is that a young boy in a small city who possesses "The Bestowal of Emolument" and has no cultivation is definitely incomparably passive in front of them.

But if it were taken by the Young Sword Lord of Yunlang Mountain, then a few polite inquiries would be enough.

And some other foreseeable and unforeseeable attention can also be blocked by the behemoth that is Yunlang Mountain.

Ming Qitian was silent for a while this time, as if seriously considering all aspects. After about seven or eight breaths, she nodded lightly: "Okay."

Yue Muzhou revealed a faint smile: "Then this matter will only be between the four of us."

Then he looked at the black cat, signaling to the still ferocious corpse: "This thing, should be truly dead, right?"

The black cat nodded: "Truly dead."

'No, not yet.'

Seeing Pei Ye thought.

He looked at the black cat, but the black cat didn't look back. It just let go of the bead and crawled to Zhanxin Liuli, gently stroking it with its body relaxed.

'He hasn't been completely eradicated yet. We still have a "tacit understanding" that hasn't been completed,' Seeing Pei Ye thought.

When Seeing Pei Ye came down from the city wall, he knew what he had to do.

The Immortal Lord's Heavenly Tower body and the consciousness within it were indeed destroyed, but what was most difficult to deal with was that ability to transform into billions.

Seeing Pei Ye remembered Ming Qitian's battle last night on the city wall. At that time, the Immortal Lord was also inevitably sliding toward failure, but how did He handle it?

He transferred into the body of the Qiongqi.

Now, He could naturally also transfer into his own body.

Or into the body of some rabbit or snake, from then on deep into the mountains, growing, and then making a comeback.

The consciousness buried by the Black Dragon had been cleared after being exposed, and it no longer had the ability to lock onto these clones.

He wasn't afraid of the Immortal Lord transferring into his own body, he was only afraid of Him leaving far away, with no chance to cut the weeds and eliminate the roots.

So what he had to do was to lure His last consciousness into his own body.

And there was only one bait.

Seeing Pei Ye looked at the bright bead. This was even a conspiracy.

You can hide in any place, but only this body of mine can touch this thing. Perhaps this will be a trap, but it is also your last chance to destroy it.

When it might be taken away by the Immortal Platform or Ming Qitian in a few days, even if you grow from a snake, what can you do then?

So the Immortal Lord will definitely come.

When He comes into this body, although his thoughts won't be read, this body will record the information that the senses have received.

So this plan must not be put into words, and only he and the black cat know it.

—And only he and the black cat guess that the other knows.

Just like two people spreading their palms at the same time, with two "fire" characters side by side. At this moment, they can't even spread their palms; each holds one character.

They must believe out of thin air that the other is the person who shares the same thought, and they must also believe that the character in the palm is the same ink character.

There can't be any confirmation in words or signals, but if there is, the Immortal Lord won't appear.

Perhaps He has already arrived in his body, lurking and confirming the safety of the environment.

Seeing Pei Ye believes the black cat is Zhuge Liang; it is calm enough and wise enough.

Seeing Pei Ye also believes his own strategy is definitely not Zhang Fei, but... it might not necessarily be Zhou Yu either.

Anxiety permeated his heart, but Seeing Pei Ye couldn't show any abnormality, his heartbeat still very steady.

Using his own body as bait, gambling on a tacit understanding between an Immortal Hunter and a Contractor.

Seeing Pei Ye walked toward the bright bead as if casually.

It had been on the ground for a while and indeed needed to be picked up. It was reasonable for the youth, as its next owner, to be curious about it.

Seeing Pei Ye cast the bait.

This was an absolutely lonely confrontation.

Grandpa Yue was right beside him, and Miss Ming was also standing by, but he couldn't tell anyone, nor could he show anything.

They were still in a state of relaxation after victory, and only he knew that the Immortal Lord might have already arrived in his body.

He guessed he had an ally who knew the truth, and it must have made preparations.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

Four—

Seeing Pei Ye felt his body suddenly become distant.

—Step.

"Himself" was still walking forward naturally, but his four limbs and five bodies no longer belonged to him.

Excitement and fear surged up at the same time.

It was as if that time in childhood, when he heard there was a three-meter-long giant catfish in the river that could eat children, he went with a coarse fishing rod, and then, on that humid, starless night, in the calm, quiet, dark river, the fishing rod was truly pulled tight by a giant creature with incomparable strength!

Black Dragon? Black Dragon, come quickly! It's hooked!

But at this time, even if he wanted to shout, he couldn't. His mouth no longer belonged to him. He could only pray in his heart that he hadn't misunderstood the Black Dragon's hint.

But as he got closer and closer to the bead, this possibility surged in his heart, because there had been no movement from the Black Dragon.

Had he guessed the wrong path, or... was he being too clever?

Could he be Sima Yi?

From the side came the voice of the black cat gently patting the sword hilt and talking to Ming Qitian, sounding very distant: "It seems it can't hold on much longer."

Seeing Pei Ye deeply realized the weight of the four words "entrusting life" at this moment. His life was now completely entrusted to the black cat, and the foundation of this entrustment was merely a "tacit understanding" that he didn't know existed.

He knew the Immortal Lord's intention; He wanted to be exposed as late as possible. Now this body hadn't undergone any mutation and was still as ordinarily weak.

Only until picking up that bead would He infect him in an extremely fast time, turning his flesh, blood, and bones into dragon blood to supply Him with power such as frost fire, and then, when everyone was caught off guard, pour this power into the crack.

And the black cat still had no movement.

It seemed to have developed a strong interest in that sword and was still trying to get close to it: "Is this what's called a 'famous sword'? It makes me feel very close."

Seeing Pei Ye watched himself stop in front of that bead and bend down. This bright, moist sphere on the withered branches and fallen leaves magnified in his field of vision.

He reached out his hand, and the fingertips in his field of vision had turned into hard deep blue.

Seeing Pei Ye's consciousness began to feel sticky and heavy, unable to breathe, as if sinking deeper and deeper into the dark deep sea...

It's over... you damn Zhuge Liang... Seeing Pei Ye slowly closed his eyes.

Suddenly, a pair of clear emerald eyes appeared in the dark deep sea.

As if a rope had fallen from the sky and tied to him, pulling him out of the ten-thousand-meter deep sea.

He suddenly gasped for breath, his entire person rushing out of the sea surface, and outside the sea surface were the forest and the black cat.

The emerald eyes in the sea overlapped with the ones in front of him, and he realized this was the scene in reality.

Then a sharp pain came from his abdomen. He lowered his head, and Zhanxin Liuli was inserted into his stomach.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 92 =====