Chapter 41: Entering the Demon

Gao Ling didn't make a sound.

She turned back and quietly closed the quiet room door, stood in a dark corner, held her breath, and looked outside through the door crack.

There was too much blood in the quiet room; if it were Zuo Lishan's blood, he should have died.

If Zuo Lishan were dead, no one could have blocked the news so tightly that even she, an elder, didn't know.

That jar, those minced meats, those long hairs... only made the situation more bizarre.

Gao Ling was afraid that someone would see Zuo Lishan's small courtyard door open and discover the anomaly, so she restored the door she kicked open to its original state. When she checked the small courtyard, she didn't leave many traces.

If it weren't for intentional observation, the person outside shouldn't have discovered it for a while.

Although it was within the Taishan Sect, the situation was bizarre, and the person outside had unknown intentions, unable to determine whether it was an enemy or a friend. It was better to hide her figure first and see who the person was and what plans they had.

The quiet room door didn't face the middle of the small courtyard directly, so Gao Ling could only try her best to listen to the movement outside.

The person's footsteps stopped in the middle of the small courtyard.

After a while, Gao Ling heard a long sigh.

Gao Ling was not a lecturer who understood human nature, so she couldn't understand the emotions contained in that sigh, but she could hear the bizarreness in that long sigh.

First, this sigh was too long. The better the internal energy, the longer the breath, but even for Zuo Lishan, no breath was so long.

Second, this sigh was mixed with some fine sounds. It was like some blood and mucus in the chest cavity vibrating and making noise. It would be reasonable to say it was made by a seriously ill person, but it was inconsistent with the long and steady nature of this sigh.

Third, this sigh sounded familiar, yet strange.

It seemed to be Zuo Lishan, but it was a bit different.

Rustle, rustle, the sound of clothing rubbing, the person took something out of their arms.

It seemed to be a liquid in a container; the person walked around the courtyard, sprinkling these liquids carefully on the building.

Gao Ling smelled a pungent smell—it was kerosene.

Destroying the corpse and erasing the traces.

Gao Ling didn't move or make a sound.

She was waiting for the person to walk to the quiet room door.

Gao Ling had truly struggled in the Jianghu when she was young, so she knew very well that she couldn't be impulsive at this time.

If she couldn't hold her breath and rushed out, she would waste the opportunity for a sneak attack.

Gao Ling's Wu Gong was also at the first-rate level, but she knew very well that there were countless strange experts in the world, and those who relied on their own Wu Gong to recklessly confront others often died the fastest.

Only after seeing the person's face could she estimate the other party's strength and make the next move.

After waiting for a while, the footsteps finally reached the door.

Gao Ling finally saw the person's face clearly.

Her heartbeat missed a beat involuntarily.

The person was indeed Zuo Lishan... it was just that he was no longer the Zuo Lishan she remembered.

The five features could generally be identified as Zuo Lishan's appearance, but there were several dark holes on his face, almost seeing the gums.

The edges of the holes were covered with jagged minced meat, but no blood flowed out, as if they were old wounds that had existed since birth.

The eyeballs were full of bloodshot eyes, and two yellow-red pus liquids flowed from the corners of the eyes. The originally dense long hair had fallen off a lot, almost seeing the pale scalp.

The right wrist was wrapped with some blood-stained rags, and the skin of the palm under the rags was black, but there were no fingernails on the fingers, revealing soft meat.

It was simply like a demon walking out of a storybook.

Under the shock, Gao Ling's breath was chaotic, revealing a trace of sound.

Zuo Lishan didn't seem to notice, walking to the quiet room door on his own, lowering his head to sprinkle kerosene.

At this time, between the two, there was only a one-inch door panel.

Suddenly!

A sword blade pierced through the door panel toward Gao Ling!

Gao Ling barely reacted, dodged the figure, avoided the vital points, but was still pierced through the shoulder by the sword blade!

She drew her sword and stabbed out through the door panel, but it stabbed into empty air.

Gao Ling kicked open the door panel and walked out of the quiet room.

Zuo Lishan was in the courtyard, looking at her with a smile.

"I wondered who it was... so it's Elder Gao?"

"Why did you think of coming to my small courtyard as a guest?" Zuo Lishan said with a smile, pulling the several holes on his face, revealing pink gums.

Gao Ling raised her hand to point at her shoulder acupoints to stop the bleeding, and hearing Zuo Lishan's words, her heart tightened.

This was definitely not the Zuo Lishan she was familiar with!

Zuo Lishan had a serious character and didn't laugh all day; how could he speak in such a playful tone?

"You... who are you?"

Gao Ling asked.

"Oh, Elder Gao is confused, but has your internal energy practice gone astray recently? How can you not recognize your own sect leader?"

Zuo Lishan was full of self-reproach: "Blame me, blame me, I usually care less about Elder Gao! I didn't know Elder Gao also went into demonic deviation!"

"My Taishan Sect has lost another veteran! What a pity!"

Gao Ling frowned: "Another?"

Zuo Lishan said with a smile: "Isn't it! Yesterday, the father of that female disciple of mine, Elder Liu, was too sad and accidentally died!"

"It's really heaven not giving years! What a pity... what a joy!"

"Elder Liu worked hard for my Taishan Sect for decades, but he didn't see me become a martial arts myth, didn't see me integrate the Five Mountains Sword Sects, didn't see me become the co-lord of the Central Plains Jianghu!"

"It's really a pity! Hehehe... Hahahaha!"

Zuo Lishan laughed wildly, laughing until he was bent over, laughing until tears flowed.

Gao Ling looked at Zuo Lishan's crazy performance, her heart gradually sank, and the hair on her body stood up.

What exactly... is the situation!

"That disciple of yours, did you kill her?" Gao Ling asked.

Zuo Lishan suddenly stopped laughing and said hatefully: "She deserved to die, she was looking for death. We were a couple, so I had to send her on her way myself."

"Saying what if the Wu Gong is crippled, it's crippled, saying what if you want to support me, saying what if you want to live in seclusion."

"Is she worthy!?"

"I, Zuo Lishan, a top-tier expert under forty! Taishan Sect leader! Five Mountains Sword Sects alliance leader!"

"Suppress! Mountain! Sword!"

"Would I fall to the point of letting her pity me!?"

Zuo Lishan pointed to the quiet room: "However, fortunately, she was a stupid thing, otherwise, with my injuries at the time, I might not have been able to restrain her!"

"Being able to become my food can be considered her honor!"

Zuo Lishan raised his hand to touch his face: "I said, I am the person chosen by heaven."

"I got this good thing, but I didn't dare to use it for a long time. Then an Embroidered Uniform Guard came to help me make up my mind."

"I was seriously injured, and someone came to be a sacrifice."

"Just in time, I still need some blood food nourished by true energy... Elder Gao, you sent yourself to the door and hid your figure yourself."

"You say, isn't this heaven's will?"

Gao Ling couldn't help but retreat a few steps and made up her mind.

Zuo Lishan seemed to have entered the demon, had lost his reason, and was killing in the sect.

The sword that pierced her through the door panel didn't lose its level, so she was not an opponent.

"Must escape!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====