This way, not only would he be able to confuse others, he would also be able to explain why he would appear here in the middle of the night, as well as why Fairy Hanyun would suddenly go berserk. From there, he would be able to connect the dots perfectly...
Lady Luo Xue was displeased that Fairy Hanyun would often ask for her leg bone, so she secretly sent someone to steal her belongings. Yet, she was discovered and chased all the way here!
In any case, Han Luo Xue had already been lured away by Fairy Hanyun, so it was impossible for her to investigate the matter.
This way, his background would be clear, and it would be easier for others to trust him.
"It's good that you admit it. Hand over the item, and I'll give you a swift death!"
The tortoise exerted force with its feet, causing Su Yin's chest to cave in, creating a huge hole in the ground.
Knowing that it was impossible for him to avoid the tortoise, Su Yin could only tremble as he took out the pouch.
"That's more like it..."
Seeing that the item was in his hands, the tortoise heaved a sigh of relief. Narrowing its eyes, the lightning bolt in its mouth struck down on Su Yin's head without any hesitation.
The lightning bolt tore through the air, releasing a charred smell. Before it even reached Zhang Xuan, a sizzling sound could be heard. Judging from the might of the lightning bolt, if it were to land on his head, he would surely be killed on the spot.
"Stop it!" At this moment, a crisp voice sounded. Following which, a whimpering sound echoed in the air. The tortoise was taken aback. Then, it saw a willow branch whipping toward it.
Under normal circumstances, the willow branch was soft and slender. However, at this moment, it carried the strength of a sharp blade. As it struck the tortoise's back, sparks reminiscent of metal clashing against metal could be seen.
Struck by the immense force, the tortoise, who was about to spurt out lightning bolts at any moment, had no choice but to stop. Turning its head abruptly, it glared at the tree by the side and bellowed furiously, "You're courting death!"
With a roar, a bolt of lightning struck the tree trunk.
Hu!
Another willow branch crept over, and upon coming into contact with the bolt of lightning, it was swept away. Following which, ten thousand willow branches fell from the tree. Every single willow branch seemed to be an arm, and there were so many of them that they covered the entire sky.
In an instant, an inexhaustible force fell upon the tortoise like a storm. Even the space around it groaned under the impact, as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Damn it!"
The tortoise's tough shell. Even the ground cracked, the tortoise, knowing that it wouldn't stand a chance. Thus, it shrank back its body. Glancing at the pouch in its leg, it turned around to escape...........
"Stop!"
The crisp sound rang out again, and the willow branch grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In an instant, it grew to a length of a hundred meters, blocking the tortoise's path. It gently coiled around the tortoise like a fishing net, wrapping it up like a rice dumpling.
"Let go of me. Do you want to go against the Frigid Cloud Sect?"
The tortoise roared and charged back and forth.
However, the willow branches were incomparably tough. Although it was not weak, it was unable to break through them in a short period of time.
"Let me see what you are holding …" The voice rang out again. Countless willow branches shook again and snatched the pouch from the turtle's claw.
Only then did Su Yin realize that the sound came from the direction of the big willow tree in front of him.
In other words, his guess was correct. This tree should be the Willow Tree Spirit that Fairy Hanyun had mentioned.
Having its purse snatched away and unable to escape, the tortoise seemed to be afraid. It released several bolts of lightning in succession and its body suddenly shrank to the size of a fist.
The willow tree was unable to react in time after Xiao Chen shrunk. Before it could close the net formed by its branches, Xiao Chen had already escaped. Then, Xiao Chen turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed away.
"I'll report this matter to Fairy Hanyun. Just wait for your misfortune to come!"
With a resounding voice, the tortoise's figure had already disappeared into the darkness, never to be seen again.
Of course, Su Yin had secretly kept it in his beast taming pouch.
"Hmph, you sure run fast …"
A displeased voice sounded. Following which, the huge willow tree shook lightly and turned into a young lady around ten years old. Her hair was tied up in two ponytails, and her lips were raised. Her eyes were filled with rage.
Su Yin sneaked a glance at her. This time, Fairy Hanyun wasn't lying. The young lady was indeed beautiful, and she didn't pale in comparison to Shangguan Wanqing. It was just that she wasn't tall and hadn't developed well. Her front and back were a little flat.
Using the words of his previous life, she was a standard loli.
Such a small fish … With such a huge hook, she probably wouldn't be able to hold it in her mouth!
The corner of Su Yin's mouth twitched. He felt that his teacher's wife was thinking too highly of him.
No matter what, he was a modern man with principles and perseverance. As for "nurturing" him, forget about it.
While his thoughts were running wild, the 'loli' had already walked up to him. Looking at the severely injured young man lying on the ground, she asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"
"Miss, thank you for saving my life …"
Struggling to sit up, Su Yin's face reddened. A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth, and his face turned ghastly pale.
As long as he appeared weak enough, the other party would let her guard down.
As expected, upon seeing him in such a state, the wariness in the loli's eyes disappeared completely. Instead, she looked at him sympathetically and said, "You're injured …"
"I'm fine!" Bearing with the pain, Su Yin stood up and staggered a few steps forward before collapsing onto the ground. His face was covered in mud.
Clearly, his injuries were too severe. It was difficult for him to even walk, needless to say, leave.
The fourth step of fishing, loosening the reins only to grasp them better!
Pretending to leave while finding an excuse to stay behind.
How could the loli possibly withstand this combination of moves? With anxiety in her eyes, she suddenly recalled something and stood up. Hurriedly walking toward the palace, she shouted, "You … Wait here, I'll call Granny Yao. She knows how to treat your injuries!"
"There's no need to call, I saw everything!"
An old voice sounded. The doors of the Snowfall Palace opened, and an old lady walked out. She seemed to be in her seventies. Her hair was white, and her face was filled with wrinkles.
Even though Zhang Xuan couldn't tell her cultivation realm, her body was light, and her eyes were gleaming. She probably wasn't weak.
"Granny Yao …" Walking forward, the loli tugged on the other party's sleeves. "Hurry up and save him! Otherwise, he'll die … "
"You!"
With a doting gaze, Granny Yao shook her head. "You trust others too easily. What if this fellow is a bad person?"
It was easy to fool the loli, but this old lady had lived for many years and had experienced many things. How could she be so easily fooled?
"Given how severe his injuries are, he can't be a bad person. Furthermore, I saw that he was beaten up by someone from the Frigid Cloud Sect. Fairy Hanyun is the bad person!" The loli pouted.
"A bad person wouldn't write their name on their face. Don't worry, I'll tell you after I'm done …"
Seeing that the other party wouldn't believe her no matter how much she said, Granny Yao sighed. Walking up to Su Yin, she placed her finger on his wrist and placed it on his wrist.
Su Yin's body trembled. He wanted to retaliate, but eventually, he stopped himself.
In any case, his defense was invincible, and the other party wouldn't be able to kill him even if she were to strike him with a saber. Besides, if he were to retaliate, all of her previous preparations would go to waste.
Granny Yao frowned when she saw that Su Yin didn't resist. She seemed to be doubting her judgment, but she still didn't trust the other party. She pulled down the sleeve of her other hand, blocking the loli's gaze. At the same time, she flicked her wrist, and a dagger appeared at Su Yin's neck.
"I don't care who you are or what you are up to. Leave this instant, and I can spare your life. Otherwise, don't blame me for getting nasty …"
A telepathic message sounded.
In the middle of the night, Fairy Hanyun suddenly barged in to cause trouble, and this person appeared out of nowhere. Anyone would be wary of the other party. At the very least, she didn't believe it.
Su Yin felt a chill on his neck. The dagger carried a sinister intent, as though it would really make a move if he didn't do as she said.
"I'm not a bad person. I'm here to look for Her Highness. If you don't believe me, you can ask Her Highness …"
Su Yin struggled to say those words. Then, his vision darkened, and he fainted.
He had already won the trust of the loli willow spirit. Since the other party wasn't easy to fool, he decided to just keep quiet and allow them to communicate on their own.
The fifth step of fishing, cut the crap!
The more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make. The best way to get the fish to take the bait was to crazily throw out the bait, and then … shut up!
"Granny Yao, what are you doing …"
Even though she didn't see the dagger, the loli still noticed that something was amiss. She walked up to Zhang Xuan and said anxiously, "He's really injured. That tortoise was really vicious, and it hurt me a little. If you don't save him, I'll feed him my medicine …"
"Your medicine isn't effective on him. Forget it, wait here. I'll go get the medicine …"
Seeing the other party's insistence, Granny Yao shook her head. She turned around and walked toward the Snowfall Palace. Soon, she returned with a white porcelain bowl in her hands. There was an unknown medicinal liquid in it, and it was a bright red color.
"Help him up, I'll feed him!" Granny Yao said.
"I knew that granny is the kindest. Back then, it was granny who took care of me that I was able to successfully transmogrify. Otherwise, I would have died long ago …"
Chuckling, the loli walked up to Su Yin and helped him up.
"It's the palace master who gave you pointers on account of how difficult it was for you to cultivate. I'm just following the palace master's instructions!"
After explaining, Granny Yao placed the bowl of medicine against Su Yin's lips. With a thought, celestial energy gushed out from her, and the latter's mouth slowly opened. The bright red medicinal liquid was slowly poured in.
As the scalding medicinal liquid flowed down his throat, Su Yin immediately noticed that something was amiss.
As a formidable apothecary, he was extremely sensitive to medicinal herbs. Putting aside drinking, just by smelling it, he was able to tell how many medicinal herbs were fused in the medicinal liquid and what they were.
What the other party fed him wasn't medicinal herbs but … fine wine!
That was the so-called lethal poison!
"Poison doesn't kill, but it suppresses one's cultivation, preventing one from displaying their cultivation for a short period of time … It seems like even though the other party was unable to persuade the willow tree spirit, he didn't let his guard down either!"
It was no wonder Fairy Hanyun said that the other party wasn't easy to deal with. He was indeed a cautious person.
Even so, his body didn't reject the medicinal liquid and swallowed it.
He had cultivated the path of the 'Poison Saint', so no matter how poisonous the medicinal liquid was, it was no different from drinking wine. At the very most, he would feel a slight headache, but when he woke up the next day, he would be completely fine.
"Now that I've fed him the medicinal liquid, it's not up to me to decide whether he can recover or not …"
Granny Yao was perplexed.
If there was something wrong with the other party and he knew that she had fed him poison, he would have surely rejected it. Yet, he didn't resist at all. Could it be that … she had guessed wrongly?
Did the palace master really send someone to steal from the Frigid Cloud Sect?
Surely not!
Perplexed, she stretched out her hand and asked, "Where's that pouch? Let me take a look!"
"It's here!" The loli stretched out her hand. The pouch she had snatched from the tortoise had been in her pocket all this while.
Perplexed, she opened the pouch, and with a single glance, Granny Yao was stunned.
"This is … the hair of Lord Casanova?"
The palace master had collected one of Lord Casanova's leg bones, and as a subordinate, she could tell that the hair was of the same lineage as the other party's.
"Could it be … that the palace master really sent someone?"
Granny Yao was stunned.
She had heard from the palace master that this item was Fairy Hanyun's lifeblood, and she wouldn't let it go even if she were to die. For it to appear here at this moment … Could it be that she was overthinking things, and the palace master had really sent someone?
Frowning, she turned to look at the unconscious young man once more, only to see him hugging his chest in a daze, trembling non-stop. At the same time, his lips quivered as he muttered, "Cold, it's really cold!"
Clearly, under the influence of the medicine, he had lost his cultivation, and he was unable to withstand the surrounding cold.
"Granny Yao, can I bring him back to the palace? Otherwise, I fear that he might freeze to death at this rate … "the loli looked at Granny Yao expectantly.
"Un, go ahead!" Granny Yao pondered for a moment before nodding.
In any case, since the other party had lost his cultivation, there was nothing for her to fear. If the palace master's men were to freeze to death at the entrance because of her, it would be inexcusable.
"Thank you, granny!"
The loli nodded. A strand of hair fell to the ground and morphed into a thin willow branch. With a light tug, Su Yin immediately rose into the air and flew in the direction of the Snowfall Palace.
Not too long later, he landed on the ground.
Su Yin discreetly extended his Spiritual Perception to assess the situation within the Snowfall Palace.
It was a small room, roughly a hundred square meters in size. Leaning against the wall, there was a massive boiler. Burning charcoal burned vigorously, and heat assaulted Zhang Xuan's body, causing him to feel warm and comfortable.
The center of the room was slightly empty. Most likely, it was where the coffin was placed, similar to the straw hut in the Frigid Cloud Sect. Previously, Han Luoxue had rushed out with the coffin, so it was completely empty at the moment.
On the opposite wall, there were also some incense sticks and tributes placed on it. Clearly, there were frequent visitors.
"Sages require the power of faith and the acknowledgement of cultivators of the same path … Perhaps, the reason why Song Yu laoshi and the others are able to survive is because of this as well!"
A thought surfaced in Zhang Xuan's mind.
Without a physical body, their souls had already been destroyed. Yet, just the cenotaph alone was able to give birth to so many lingering spirits, allowing them to survive for tens of thousands of years and impart the teachings of the various occupations to perfection … This must have something to do with the tributes.
It was said that there were three types of deaths in a person's life. The first was the death of the physical body. The second was when the person was buried. The third was when those who remembered the person completely forgot about the person.
Yet, these people did not forget about the tributes. Perhaps, this was the reason why Song Yu and the others were able to survive until now.
Sighing inwardly, Zhang Xuan shifted his gaze to the side.
Above the altar was not a portrait or a pouch. Instead, it was a life-sized statue carved out of jade. It was dressed in a white robe and had a golden belt. It exuded an indescribable charm.
"Song Yu laoshi?"
Zhang Xuan's lips twitched.
If he was not mistaken, the person carved out of the stone statue was Song Yu. However, his appearance was different from the one he had seen before. He was exceptionally handsome. Even men could not help but feel jealous when they saw him, let alone women.
(Old Horizon has created a new character, Song Yu. Everyone, please support him. I think I quite like this character. Please support me so that I can get rid of my singlehood as soon as possible. Pay respects to Song Yu, Cheng Hai Wang!)
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