Chapter 407: Refusing to Save?

The words may be like that, but if you look closely, you can still see an unmistakable shock in Yu Die's eyes.

Ghost Wall.

However, it's an unsanctioned fringe technique; aside from cultivators just crossing the threshold of practice, other cultivators neither study it nor even pay much attention.

Because the Ghost Wall Technique has many restrictions, even a skilled learner can at most trap cultivators only up to the early‑to‑mid stage of refining Qi, due to innate flaws.

Tang Anzhi is, at the very least, an Immortal Official of Qingyang County; even among Immortal Officials he can only be called the lowest tier, having not been promoted or given a raise for years, yet cultivators who have passed the Daxia Immortal Examination cannot all be called heavenly prodigies—at least they can be called geniuses, and they have crossed a single‑plank bridge with a thousand troops.

Tang Anzhi hasn't been promoted or raised because he falls short of other Immortal Officials in many respects, but that doesn't mean Tang Anzhi—at most he's mediocre among Immortal Officials, yet among ordinary cultivators he is quite remarkable.

She just had a fight with Tang Anzhi and knows more clearly than anyone how formidable Tang Anzhi is.

Although Tang Anzhi was seriously injured by her, it was due to his carelessness, not because Tang Anzhi is incompetent.

Probably late Foundation Establishment or early Golden Core level!

However.

Tang Anzhi was trapped by a petty sect's Ghost Wall, and even knowing it was a Ghost Wall, he got stuck inside it.

She.

How could she not be shocked?

Wei Yuan watched Tang Anzhi halt his steps, not pacing in place; yet if you look closely, you can still see bewilderment on his face, clearly realizing he fell victim to the Ghost Wall Technique, and he couldn't help asking:

"Yu Baihu, do you know who the mysterious cultivator who set up this Ghost Wall is? How could he wield such a fringe, unsanctioned technique from a petty sect to this extent!"

At that moment, Wei Yuan felt an unmistakable sense of relief deep in his heart.

He had originally been angry; Tang Anzhi not only failed to save a life but also neglected his duties as an Imperial Attendant, not protecting him immediately, which led to him falling into Wang Ping'an's hands.

Given the formidable display of this Ghost Wall Technique, even if Tang Anzhi devoted his full attention to protecting him, it would still be frightening.

Wang Ping'an might not be able to seize him, but he speculates that if Wang Ping'an intended to kill him, Tang Anzhi probably still couldn't stop it.

"Weixian Magistrate, didn't I just say? That mysterious person is indeed my lifesaver, but I don't know him!"

Yu Die said in an unfriendly tone, "What, Weixian Magistrate, you don't believe what I say?"

"I'm not disbelieving your misunderstanding, Yu Baihu; rather, the abilities this mysterious person displayed frighten me. He just held me hostage a moment ago, and I'm afraid there will be a second time!"

Wei Yuan gave a wry smile, unafraid of embarrassment; after all, if he worried about losing face, he might lose his life, and then regret would be too late, he mocked himself:

"A second hostage situation would be fine; what I fear is them acting again, not to hold me, but to kill me!"

Yu Die said expressionlessly, "Weixian Magistrate, you are an official of the court; every move you make represents Daxia. As long as you don't commit deeds that anger heaven and people, no one besides the court has the right to judge you, let alone the nerve to threaten your life. You need not worry too much!"

"Yu Baihu, you are the one being lectured!"

Wei Yuan stared at Yu Die's righteous demeanor and couldn't help cursing inwardly. It sounded easy to speak, but the one whose life was in danger was him, Wei Yuan, not Yu Die. If Yu Die's life were at stake, he could utter ten—no, a hundred—different righteous sayings, yet in the end it wouldn't be he who dies.

However.

Nevertheless, Yu Die's words eased him somewhat; besides his confidence in the court, Yu Die must know the mysterious person, and her statement implies the mysterious person harbors no murderous intent toward him.

"Weixian Magistrate, Yu Baihu, what are you both talking about? I can't understand a thing."

Dai Zhishang asked curiously.

Yu Die ignored Dai Zhishang's question, instead looking up and focusing intently on Tang Anzhi in the distance—not to see how Tang Anzhi broke the Ghost Wall, but to discern how that fellow cultivator 'Li Fugui' had refined the Ghost Wall Technique.

And what changes!

"Young Master Dai..."

Wei Yuan was about to brush it off with a few casual words when a flash of insight flickered in his mind; he changed his mind, recounted the whole story in detail, and then asked curiously:

"Young Master Dai, I recall you and Tang Imperial Attendant are ageless friends; you used to talk about everything. Why this time, when you saw Tang Imperial Attendant, were you so indifferent, even cold? Could it be that Tang Imperial Attendant offended you somewhere?"

"Hmph!"

This novel, you...

Dai Zhishang, after hearing Wei Yuan's account, wore a look of complete shock; before he could recover, hearing Wei Yuan's question, he couldn't help letting out a cold snort.

As if recalling something that angered him, he was about to speak, but a side glance at Yu Die made the words at his lips swallow back.

Seeing this, Wei Yuan's eyes instantly brightened; it seemed there was something he didn't know here. He watched how they might find a chance to sabotage the relationship between Tang Anzhi and Dai Zhishang, and said:

"Dai Zhishang, if you don't want others to know, whisper it into my ear; I won't tell anyone else!"

"Weixian Magistrate, you should understand my recent ordeal, right?"

Dai Zhishang instinctively moved to Wei Yuan's side to whisper many things, but a side glance at Yu Die again stopped him; he kept his words vague, saying:

"I went to ask Tang Imperial Attendant for medicine, but he said he didn't have any. Isn't that a joke? He clearly refused to save a life!"

"Recent ordeal, medicine?"

Wei Yuan's face was full of bewilderment, clearly not grasping Dai Zhishang's implication, yet he blurted out:

"Young Master Dai, I believe you. If Tang Imperial Attendant refuses to give you medicine, it must be because he refuses. Could it be that you, Dai, offended Tang Imperial Attendant, causing him to refuse to save a life?"

The moment he finished speaking, a flash of insight struck Wei Yuan's mind; he immediately realized what Dai Zhishang was referring to—a time he was ravaged by a female demon, nearly ruining his lineage, and had been seeking one doctor after another in Qingyang County, covertly, yet rumors had spread.

Moreover, many of those doctors only treated a single ailment, and it so happened that Dai Zhishang was something... In Qingyang County Seat, there wasn't a soul who didn't know.

He instantly guessed the situation: all over Qingyang County Seat, rumors of Dai Zhishang's impotence spread; it was hard for anyone not to know.

He then guessed what medicine Dai Zhishang sought from Tang Anzhi, realizing Tang Anzhi likely wasn't deceiving him; perhaps he truly didn't have it. Since Tang Anzhi had previously been asked for a similar remedy and said he didn't have it, and couldn't even refine it, he naturally couldn't treat Dai Zhishang.

(End of Chapter)