Chapter 257

Conservatively ninety percent, plus Uncle Huo assisting from the side, it's almost equivalent to one hundred percent.

Liu Junyan's slit pupil narrowed; obviously his heart was moved.

Hui Moqiong immediately raised his hand and said: "I! I'll go find White Sister! We've shared life and death for so many years; I don't believe she really won't give me this face!"

Hui Moqiong had said before that back in Qinling, they had depended on each other for many years.

In Hui Moqiong's heart, White Immortal is just like his own older sister, right?

However, later their paths diverged, and they almost came to the point of breaking up.

But now, Hui Moqiong, in order to help me, is willing to lower his head before White Immortal.

Sometimes I also wonder, what virtue or ability do I have, to have so many people wholeheartedly for me as family.

Liu Junyan shook his head: "Shulan, the person she wants to see, is me."

As it turns out, White Immortal's full name is Bai Shulan.

"Don't worry, Seventh Lord." Hui Moqiong said, "Or I'll go first; if my face isn't big enough, you can go later and it won't be too late."

Liu Junyan didn't speak further, not knowing what he was considering.

Li Qingying prepared a table full of good dishes; everyone ate and drank, chatting a lot.

After the meal, Tang Tang drove off with Uncle Huo.

Uncle Huo said he'd go back and wait for news; whenever we need him here, he'll come right over.

I took a refreshing hot shower, took off my archery outfit; although some parts were torn, I couldn't bear to throw it away, planning to wash it clean, mend it, and keep it.

The sky was about to darken.

Liu Junyan was in the west room chatting with Hui Moqiong; I early got into bed, really tired, planning to nap a bit; after Liu Junyan finishes chatting and comes over, I still have something I want to say to him.

As a result, I slept until after five in the morning the next day; I don't even know when Liu Junyan came over.

As soon as I moved, he woke up: "Awake? Thirsty? Hungry?"

"Thirsty."

I sat up; Liu Junyan had already turned on the bedside lamp and gone to pour me warm water.

I held the cup and took a few sips; my whole person finally became fully awake.

Liu Junyan took the cup and put it on the bedside table, saying: "It's not yet light; you can still sleep a while."

I shook my head: "I can't sleep."

Liu Junyan then reached out and pulled me into his embrace; I turned my body, lifted my face to look at him, my fingers tugging at the buttons on his chest in an irregular pattern: "Āyàn, during the time I wasn't here, did something happen? Will you tell me?"

Liu Junyan instinctively said: "Nothing."

Actually, while I was showering last night, I thought a lot and also analyzed a lot.

Right now, aside from me, the most important matter is probably Xiaoye.

Liu Junyan wants to retrieve Xiaoye, to oppose the Linghai Dragon Clan; his natal magic artifact must be taken back.

Before that, he must try to find back his seven Golden Scales as much as possible.

As for the Golden Scale still not retrieved that we know of, it's the one in Changshi.

Thinking of this, I directly asked: "Have you been to Changshi?"

"Who told you?" Liu Junyan frowned, "Li Qingying or Mo Qiong?"

"It's not them; I guessed it myself." I said, "It's not hard to infer."

Liu Junyan touched my hair, took a long breath, then said: "Yes, after returning from the Linghai Forbidden Ground, I confirmed you had entered Cangwu Mountain, so I had Mo Qiong go to Changshi when he had time; he found that the seal I had made in that mountain hollow had loosened, and it was man-made."

"Man-made?" I exclaimed, sitting up, "Could it be the person behind the one you killed back then?"

"Our first reaction was the same, but Mo Qiong investigated and found it wasn't." Liu Junyan said, "The person who tampered with my formation array is someone from a fairly large Grey Immortal hall in Changshi, and Mo Qiong's younger sister Grey Yuemo works as a waiter in that hall."

Yes, Hui Moqiong mentioned this before.

"Mo Qiong then went to find his sister, wanting to ask about the situation; but his sister directly advised him not to move that plot of land, that being the meaning of the hall master, Grey Old Lady."

"Mo Qiong then went again to find Grey Old Lady, thinking that perhaps for Grey Yuemo's sake she might be accommodating; but instead, Grey Old Lady's people directly kicked him out."

I didn't understand: "How can this Grey Old Lady be so unreasonable?"

Liu Junyan also wasn't clear: "Mo Qiong tried to get a word out of Grey Old Lady, but couldn't get even a bit; later Grey Yuemo secretly told Mo Qiong that after he left, Grey Old Lady sighed and muttered a couple of sentences, saying that even the pawnshop owners nowadays can barely get by..."

Huh?

Grey Old Lady mentioned me?

Why?

"I got the feeling that she originally wanted to find me to do something, but regretted not having the chance."

Liu Junyan seemed thoughtful, obviously also grasping this layer of meaning.

I continued: "Does she have something she wants to pawn? Or because Qiu Fengnian pawned that plot of land to me, she wants to redeem it?"

"No!"

Liu Junyan immediately said: "That plot of land must not fall into anyone else's hands."

I wondered: "Āyàn, what exactly is in that plot of land? You've never told me."

Back then it might not have been possible to say, but now that we want to retrieve that Golden Scale, I will eventually have to know.

"Under Qiu Fengnian's father's coffin is also buried a person." Liu Junyan said, "When I approached that grave back then, I felt a strong yin and evil qi; I lifted the coffin and saw a corpse covered head to toe in hair, with long fangs in its mouth."

I exclaimed in shock: "Is it a zombie?"

Qiu Fengnian's father became a stiff corpse precisely because he had long been soaked in this yin and evil qi, causing death without decay.

"It's not that simple an ordinary zombie." Liu Junyan said, "Based on what I saw then, it could be a corpse immortal."

I was completely confused: "What is a corpse immortal?"

I had never heard of such a thing before.

Liu Junyan explained: "A corpse immortal is formed when a cultivator dies with resentment at reaching a high realm; after death it continues to absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth and its surroundings to keep cultivating, growing hair all over its body; the lighter the hair color, the higher its Dao attainment."

I understood now; the corpse fiend was a cultivator in life, and his Xiūwéi was very high.

Even after death, he continues to cultivate.

Such a thing……just hearing about it feels impressive.

No wonder Liu Junyan back then preferred to seal it first, not daring to rashly retrieve the Golden Scale.

I asked: "What color is the corpse fiend's hair now? Did you see it clearly?"

"White." Liu Junyan said, "It's almost the highest Xiūwéi realm among the corpse fiend lineage."

I exclaimed in shock: "Could this corpse fiend be the one buried by Hui Laotai?"

Such a sinister thing, if it's being raised by Hui Laotai there, then that Grey Immortal Hall in Chang City… Hui Yuemo had better not stay there.

Liu Junyan gave a noncommittal reply: 'Hui Laotai refuses to communicate, so whether this corpse fiend is something she raised is unknown, but now that I'm in charge of that land, even if Hui Yuemo is there, I won't show any mercy to the Grey Immortal Hall!'

Once that corpse fiend fully takes form, who knows what disaster it will cause.

Corpse fiend, must not be kept……