Chapter 113: The Consequences of Having One's Identity Exposed

Do you have a blade? Hurry and bring it over so I can hack him to death!

"Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist, what is wrong with you?"

Suddenly, a voice calling out and a face growing larger and larger appeared by his ear; it was Sima Wuhen.

"No, it's nothing!" Su Yuanshan's expression was a bit unnatural.

"Nothing? If it's nothing, why were you shouting about wanting to hack someone while you were unconscious?" Tian Ruoyun's gaze was clearly filled with suspicion.

But fortunately, Su Yuanshan's skin was thick enough to pretend he hadn't heard.

Just then, Huang Yang said impatiently.

"Let's go quickly, don't waste time here!"

Sima Wuhen asked Su Yuanshan.

"Fellow Daoist, how are you feeling now? Are you better? Can you stand up?"

As he spoke, he came over to help him up, but Su Yuanshan waved his hand and said.

"I'm fine, I'm not dead yet!"

But he knew clearly in his heart that if this situation continued, he likely wouldn't be able to hold on, so finding that Five-Turn Golden Lotus was the real priority.

But how to find it? He had no clue at all right now, and that fellow Guangyuanzi was too treacherous for not providing even a single lead, which left him feeling somewhat helpless.

With his current physical condition, let alone dealing with Taohua Xianren, he would probably struggle even against the underlings.

It seemed he could only rely on these people!

Su Yuanshan couldn't help but glance at Xie Lingyu, Huang Yang, the middle-aged scholar from Kaiyuan Academy, and the others; most of them had already moved forward, and only Sima Wuhen, the purple-clad girl, Cailian, and Lv Qingshan seemed to be waiting for him.

As for that red-clad girl, Hongxiu, who knew where she had run off to!

Su Yuanshan caught his breath and stood up shakily; he declined Cailian's kind offer of support and walked forward slowly and lightly.

However, after walking about a hundred paces, he suddenly heard the sound of an argument coming from ahead, followed by a scream.

When they walked over, they were shocked to discover that a disciple of Kaiyuan Academy had been run through by a sword, dying a miserable death.

And the person holding the bloody sword was actually that middle-aged scholar from Kaiyuan Academy.

Su Yuanshan was stunned by this; not only was he stunned, but even Lv Qingshan, Cailian, and the others seemed to be stunned as well.

A master actually killing his disciple—what kind of situation was this?

Had they been bewitched by some drug and started killing each other? To be honest, Su Yuanshan was a bit confused and couldn't grasp the situation.

Lv Qingshan and the others were the same!

Only to see Lv Qingshan ask with a grave expression and a frown.

"Fellow Daoist, why did you suddenly kill your own disciple? Even if his behavior was improper and you needed to purge the sect, this seems... a bit too much, doesn't it?"

However, the middle-aged scholar had a gloomy face, pointing at his disciple and saying with hatred.

"This person is not my disciple; he is a 'Retribution Ghost' that has possessed the body of my disciple. If he hadn't accidentally shown his true colors just now, I would probably still be kept in the dark! It's too terrifying!"

As he spoke, his body trembled, his fists were clenched tight, and his eyes were filled with hatred, chillingly frightening.

"'Retribution Ghost'?" Upon hearing this, Lv Qingshan seemed startled, then fell silent and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Su Yuanshan's heart skipped a beat, because he was also a reincarnator; according to the people of this world, he was also one of the 'Retribution Ghosts' the middle-aged scholar of Kaiyuan Academy spoke of! An evil spirit or wicked puppet that had possessed the bodies of their loved ones!

From their expressions, one could see that their methods for dealing with reincarnators were cold and ruthless, mixed with fear from the depths of their hearts.

Su Yuanshan glanced at that Kaiyuan Academy disciple and found his eyes wide open, as if he had died with deep resentment!

Perhaps he felt he had hidden himself well enough and had survived so many dangers, yet he never expected to be discovered and lose his life here.

At that moment, Su Yuanshan felt the malice that the people of this world held for reincarnators from the bottom of their hearts!

He also felt a sense of danger and a trace of chill!

He did not know where exactly this reincarnator had slipped up to be discovered by the middle-aged scholar of Kaiyuan Academy, to the point of losing his own life.

However, this served as a warning to him: what he had to face were not only the demons and monsters of this world, but also the native people, gods, or immortals of this world.

Once the identity of a reincarnator is discovered, even if it is the person closest to you in this world, they will kill you without hesitation.

Even if your lifespan is near infinite, in the face of an accident, you are quite fragile.

Even if you are a god, you can still be killed!

Therefore, Su Yuanshan felt that all he could do was tread on thin ice, being careful, careful, and even more careful.

Therefore, he could not trust anyone, not even the people closest to him in this world!

After killing his disciple, the middle-aged scholar felt not a shred of guilt; instead, he said to another disciple beside him.

"Go search his body for anything suspicious. If there is anything useful, keep it for now; if it's useless, just destroy it!"

That Kaiyuan Academy disciple replied respectfully upon hearing this.

"Yes, Master."

He found a storage bag on the reincarnator's body, opened it, and poured out some miscellaneous items.

A few spirit stones, a basic cultivation manual from Kaiyuan Academy—the most elementary kind, of course—and besides that, a bottle of pills and a piece of jade that was yellowed at the edges, which didn't look like anything valuable.

Su Yuanshan couldn't help but feel a sense of 'the rabbit dies, the fox grieves,' thinking to himself.

"This guy really had it rough. A dignified reincarnator, having lived for so many years, yet he didn't even have any savings, and he actually dared to boldly come to Taoyuan Jingqu to seek opportunities.

Who gave you the courage? A bear?

Looking at him, he must have been in this world for sixteen or seventeen years, yet he only managed to reach this point; it really is quite tragic.

If it were me, I would have stayed hidden in the academy until I had the strength!

But it's useless to say anything now! I can only mourn for him!"

He saw that Kaiyuan Academy disciple put the cultivation manual, the few spirit stones, and the bottle of pills into his own pocket, then toyed with the seemingly worthless piece of broken jade, intending to throw it away.

But Su Yuanshan's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but cup his hands and say.

"Fellow Daoist, could you give that piece of jade to me? It looks quite pretty, it would be a pity to throw it away!"

The disciple from the Kaiyuan Academy was stunned upon hearing this, as he seemingly had not expected Su Yuanshan to make such a move.

Thus, he took another look at the piece of jade in his hand, but he could not discern anything special about it.

However, this fellow seemed quite clever; he played a trick and looked toward the middle-aged scholar from the Kaiyuan Academy.

"Master... do you see this thing... do you still want it?"

Yet the middle-aged scholar from the Kaiyuan Academy did not seem to have his mind on this matter; upon hearing the question, he frowned and said.

"Since this fellow Daoist likes it, just give it to him; it is not anything valuable anyway!"

"Yes, Master!" The disciple from the Kaiyuan Academy handed that piece of jade to Su Yuanshan.

Su Yuanshan took it and looked it over, but he also could not discern anything special about it, feeling as though it were just an ordinary piece of jade, and of a rather inferior quality at that, given that there was a yellow patch on the corner.

However, he always felt that this piece of jade was not as simple as it seemed; otherwise, why would that transmigrator not have thrown it away before? Why had he kept it all this time?