Chapter 238: Who exactly are you?

The monk grabbed the qilin's wrist to feel its pulse, the corner of his mouth hooking into an arc of realization.

"Master, do you see it?" Mu Yuanzhi asked anxiously.

The monk set the qilin's hand down, his expression grave as he sighed: "This has become troublesome."

Mu Yuanzhi was frantic: "How troublesome is it? Master, tell me quickly!"

Gu Rongjin: "Should we also bring Pei Shangling over to take a look?"

"This symbiotic gu has reached the point where it must be resolved." The monk said, "Although I advised resolving it from the start."

Mu Yuanzhi furrowed her brows: "At first, the risk was too great."

The monk: "With me here, there's hardly any risk."

Gu Rongjin: "What about now? Would solving it be enough? Reed Wood, Fish Scale Wood, the giant vein dragonfly—these are still here!"

The monk gave no clear answer.

At this moment Mu Yuanzhi somewhat understood why the qilin wanted to hit the monk—even at such a critical juncture, how could he still speak in that tone?!

"Wait a moment, someone will naturally come rushing to the door." The monk said.

"Who?!"

"Young Master Jin!"

Someone rushed in to report: "Young Master Jin, Miss A Zi sent word through someone, saying she can save Young Master Qilin!"

Mu Yuanzhi instantly understood what was going on; she looked at the monk: "The person you meant is her?!"

The monk smiled without speaking.

Gu Rongjin immediately flared up: "Unrepentant!"

He shouldn't have spared her life!

Mu Yuanzhi: "Saving the qilin is urgent now."

Scores can be settled slowly.

Gu Rongjin asked in a cold voice: "What else did she say?"

"Miss A Zi said that as long as she is released, she can find the antidote that will cure the mutant symbiotic gu, and she also said she herself has been poisoned by Young Master Qilin's gu, so there's no need to worry she'll escape," the person said.

Gu Rongjin's chest heaved with anger.

He naturally knew this, but he also knew her abilities were vast; letting her go would certainly not be as simple as just letting her out, no different from releasing a tiger back to the mountains, although if she exposed their affairs they would be disemboweled.

Yet he dared not take her abilities lightly.

Once your left and right arms become your enemies, it will be very frightening.

Mu Yuanzhi couldn't care less about all that: "Release the person first."

Saving the qilin is urgent; other matters can be figured out later.

"We'll assign someone to follow her closely; surely she won't play any tricks," Mu Yuanzhi said.

That person hesitated and said: "Miss A Zi said that if you send someone to follow her, she won't come."

"How absurd, she even wants to ascend to heaven!" Gu Rongjin ground his teeth in anger.

"Then let's do as she says." Now it was Mu Yuanzhi's turn to calm the angry Gu Rongjin.

She gave Gu Rongjin a look; he understood, and with his skills, tailing Miss A Zi without being noticed would be easy.

"Good." Gu Rongjin nodded.

"Should we inform General Qi?" that person asked.

"No need, I'll handle it urgently." Gu Rongjin waved his hand, "Go release the person; I don't want to see her."

"Yes!"

When the jailer went to fetch the person, he dazedly took the keys and muddledly opened Pei Yunxi's cell door.

Pei Shangling had already fainted and was carried away.

Besides Pei Yunxi, the only one in the cell was A Zi.

Now the one in Pei Yunxi's cell is precisely "A Zi."

It's a very simple disguise technique, utterly unable to fool anyone; A Zi said she currently couldn't make any astonishing human-skin masks, after all, being in a great prison with no tools.

As long as clever people don't notice, it's fine.

Pei Yunxi draped a cloak with a hood, and since it was late at night, as long as one didn't look closely, it wouldn't be noticed.

A Zi's simple hypnosis could only last a quarter hour; after that quarter hour, the jailer would wake up.

Pei Yunxi tightened her cloak, imitating the way A Zi taught her to walk, mimicking it to perfection; their heights were similar, making it hard to tell from their broad backs.

But this rotten human-skin mask is really too tight and disgusting!

Pei Yunxi felt the mask could adhere to her skin, she really wanted to tear it off and throw it away!

However disgusting and uncomfortable it was, she couldn't discard it—this was a rare opportunity for her!

That foolish woman actually went to great lengths to let her out—I've never seen such stupidity!

Farewell, foolish woman; you'll spend the rest of your life here!

Even if Gu Rongjin and the others discovered it, what then? At that point, with vast skies and seas, how could they possibly regard her as a mere fugitive when war is about to break out?

As Pei Yunxi walked, her mood improved and her steps grew much lighter.

When she finally walked out of the great prison, she lifted her head to gaze at the starry sky and drew a deep breath.

Freedom truly feels great!

Immediately she could continue her new revenge plan!

Mu Yuanzhi, you wait!

At this moment, A Zi in the cell was leisurely sitting on the ground, through the mask worn on Pei Yunxi absorbing a continuous flow of essence and energy into her body, her injuries already beginning to gradually recover.

But it's not enough, far from enough!

Pei Yunxi is just a good-for-nothing with no martial power; she needs the vital essence of someone with strong internal energy! As long as Pei Yunxi touches them, she can.

Even if Pei Yunxi tears off the human skin mask on her face, the attachment plague is deeply rooted in her body; the attachment plague is highly contagious. Once she breaks through the gu inside her body, she will truly be free!

Pei Yunxi, this foolish woman, is still clueless.

The Young Master will surely follow her; as soon as she touches the Young Master, she can immediately break through the gu poison.

At this point, Gu Rongjin has been silently following A Zi ahead.

A Zi hasn't noticed, and Gu Rongjin wouldn't find it suspicious either; after all, his tracking skills are flawless.

Even if A Zi's hearing were as good as his, she still wouldn't notice.

Gu Rongjin keeps his distance, following to prevent A Zi from finding anyone.

Where on earth is she going to look for?

How long is he supposed to follow?

Gu Rongjin worries about Qilin's safety, feeling somewhat impatient, to the point that he didn't timely discover that the so-called A Zi is not actually A Zi.

Pei Yunxi's top priority now is to find a safe place to settle, then figure things out later.

She occasionally looks back to see if anyone is following.

Dark night, high wind; behind her, besides the gentle summer breeze, there is nobody.

Pei Yunxi still feels uneasy, so she quickens her pace.

Gu Rongjin doesn't understand why A Zi walks aimlessly; could she have already noticed that he's following her?

Seeing her constantly looking back, she looks like an amateur.

Could it be that the recent upheavals have changed her completely?

The more Gu Rongjin thinks, the more he feels something is off.

Could it be that this person isn't A Zi?!

Impossible—if not A Zi, who else could it be? Could it be that Pei Yunxi is in disguise?!

Gu Rongjin chuckled, then composed his expression.

He flashed over, and A Zi hadn't even noticed that he had approached.

Something is very wrong—she isn't A Zi!

"Who exactly are you?!"