Chapter 39: Tiger-Head Shoes Trampling the Infant's Funeral Hall (V) It's all his own fault...

The eyes of the man before him were filled with a loneliness he had never seen before, like an innocent child being scolded, which made one feel pity. Ye Qingzhan was a little dazed for a moment, thinking that his words just now really made him so sad.

"You, you, you, don't cry!" Seeing his sad eyes and his face almost as pale as snow, as if he was sick, Ye Qingzhan grabbed his sleeve, afraid that he would start vomiting blood again, and said anxiously, "I didn't speak for him, I just... I'm just anxious, afraid that the mission will be delayed."

"Are you blaming me?" Wen Gu's eyes drooped again, as if he was blaming himself, "You are afraid of me, and you blame me." As he said this, he covered his heart with his hand.

Ye Qingzhan grabbed his hand, shook it, and said, "I don't blame you, nor am I afraid of you. I just dreamed of you."

Wen Gu's gaze shifted from her arms, clasping his wrists, to her face, his expression still mournful. "Did you dream of me?"

"Did I hurt you in my dream?"

Ye Qingzhan heard him ask, but didn't know how to respond.

In his dream, the person he hurt wasn't her, but her mother, Jiang Xuejun.

That night at the gates of hell, she saw clearly the young man holding the longsword. It was none other than the young man before her.

Meeting Wen Gu's eyes, Ye Qingzhan spoke word by word, "Wen Gu, I choose to believe you."

The cool, thin moonlight bathed them both. Standing in the clear light, the girl's eyes were calm, her words gentle.

She said she believed him, but she let go of his hand first.

Wen Gu didn't know what she dreamed of, but felt as if his entire being, flesh and blood, had plummeted into a bottomless abyss of ice and snow the moment she let go of his hand .

The resentment that surged from his heart at the sound spread across the sky, clamoring and mocking him—

"She doesn't believe you."

He suppressed the gnawing pain, and the light in his eyes dimmed, but he still pressed on: "Do you really believe me? Then why don't you just say it clearly?"

Ye Qingzhan took a step back. Relying solely on dreams, with no basis, she couldn't just speak without thinking and cause the young man worry, so she said, "I can't say."

Wen Gu continued to stare at her.

Not understanding why this man was suddenly so sad, but being stung by the look he gave her, Ye Qingzhan couldn't help but add, "You... just do your best. Once the illusion is over, I'll tell you, okay?"

A slight ripple appeared in his deep gaze. Even if it was a lie, he accepted it.

Wen Gu replied, "Okay."

It was all his own fault, what else could he want?

But this time... he had to make a choice.

Seeing that his expression had eased a lot, Ye Qingzhan asked tentatively: "Are you feeling better? We still have a mission to complete."

After a long time, Wen Gu said: "Follow me."

He took the lead and walked towards the endless darkness ahead.

***

Along the way, both of them were silent.

Ye Qingzhan actually wanted to talk to Wen Gu, but she noticed that he seemed to be in a very bad mood, so she endured it and just walked with him. Following the traces of Yin Sha, she found the Oriental Pharmacy.

When she arrived at the door of the shop, she really couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wen Gu, the Yin Sha on you is so powerful, how can it be found everywhere? I can find it by just smelling the scent on your body, like a dog."

Yin Sha: "..."

It is indeed like a vicious dog, looking for food everywhere and biting people everywhere.

Wen Gu thought so in his heart, and when it came to his lips, he just said: "Go in first."

Ye Qingzhan said "hmm" and stepped into the medicine shop.

The decoration of this medicine shop is very simple, and the smell of herbs is mixed and light.

Ye Qingzhan nodded his nose and looked around. He saw that this medicine shop was half a clinic, selling medicine and having a small consultation room.

The yawning servant in the shop saw who was coming and ran out from behind the counter, saying with a smile: "Boss, boss's husband, you are back?"

Did he hear it wrong... What is boss's husband?

Ye Qingzhan asked: "Young man, what did you just shout?"

"Boss, you are really embarrassing me. How could Tangyuan let you call me brother?" The young man named Tangyuan, wearing a melon-shaped hat, with a round face, round eyes and round chin, looked at Wen Gu and said, "It was the young master who asked Tangyuan to call him that. He said that this shop was opened with your money and he is just your deputy."

Ye Qingzhan said "Oh" softly and looked at Wen Gu, as if he didn't care about the title. He just said, "Tangyuan, bring the diary of the medicine shop."

Ordinary shops have account books and diaries. If Master Dongfang carefully recorded his medical practice diary, then the "strange disease" that everyone was talking about could be found in it.

Ye Qingzhan looked at Wen Gu and whispered, "You are really smart."

Wen Gu glanced at him, sat down on the stool first, and said, "Thank you."

Ye Qingzhan heard the coldness in the polite yet unfamiliar tone, and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

He used to have a cold temper, but not like today, with his unhappiness clearly written on his face.

She thought the God of Apocalypse Mountain was unpredictable enough, but who would have thought that the temperament of this sickly beautiful young man was so changeable. He was still helping her in the afternoon, but ignored her in the evening. Could it be that

he was still angry that she didn't tell him about her dream last night - didn't she say that she would tell him after she passed the level and went back, why was he still so cold?

Ye Qingzhan missed the well-behaved him when they first met - sick and awful, making people feel pity for him. Now, he knows how to show her a bad face.

She is here to send the devil through, not to be bullied.

Ye Qingzhan made up his mind and didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, so he turned around and talked to Tangyuan.

The shop assistant named Tangyuan took the medical consultation log as he said, and handed Ye Qingzhan a letter, saying: "Boss, this is from Mr. Ye from Sui'an County. The person said that they want to invite your husband to visit Mr. Ye's house."

Ye Qingzhan paused with the letter in his hand before opening it.

There was nothing written in the letter. Mr. Ye just said that he was not feeling well and had consulted with doctors but to no avail. He heard that Dongfang Yuanshan was a good doctor, so he wanted to come to seek medical treatment, but he was not able to travel far, so he wanted to invite him to his house to see him.

What disease, how could it be so serious... Ye Qingzhan wrinkled the letter paper, and the wrinkles seemed to understand people's thoughts and climbed up her brows.

Wen Gu put down the diary in his hand and looked over. He saw the worry in his expression at a glance and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

Ye Qingzhan put the letter away, his eyes wet, and said, "Don't bother me!" Turning around, he said to Tangyuan kindly, "Please get up early tomorrow and help me prepare a carriage. I'm going to Sui'an County."

Tangyuan didn't know why the boss and the boss's husband suddenly quarreled. As an errand boy, he looked at the boss who was about to cry, and then glanced at the boss's husband who didn't say a word, and retreated silently.

It was not appropriate for him, an outsider, to interfere in the couple's affairs.

After Tangyuan left, Wen Gu stood up and walked straight to Ye Qingzhan. He bent down, raised his hand, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Ye Qingzhan turned away and said, "I don't want to talk to you."

Anxious and angry, she trembled and the letter in her hand fell to the ground.

Wen Gu bent down to pick up the letter from the ground. After reading the contents, he said, "You have to go find Mr. Ye."

Ye Qingzhan nodded slightly, then shook his head and said, "I want to go back, but I can't find Grandma Tao and Shanniang yet. I haven't figured out the mission in the illusion yet. If I really go..."

Before she could finish, Wen Gu said, "I'll go with you."

Ye Qingzhan looked back at him with red eyes.

When she cried, he was helpless and could only endure the pain in his heart and sigh softly in his heart.

"Do you remember what Shanniang said today?" Wen Gu still kept his bent posture and stared at her wet eyes. Seeing her nod, he continued, "She said that we can go ask Mr. Ye about the strange disease."

Ye Qingzhan nodded.

Wen Gu continued, "I used Yin Sha to explore and found that the breath of the Lord of the Illusion is not only on Yudie Peak, but also in another place, near Sui'an County."

To break through the realm, one must first find the Lord of the realm. Ye Qingzhan immediately understood Wen Gu's intentions and said, "You mean we need to go to Sui'an County to look for someone... no, a ghost."

With a slight nod, Wen Gu pulled a ginkgo leaf from his sleeve. The overflowing evil spirit gathered, then slowly spread out, revealing a scene.

Ye Qingzhan looked over and raised his eyes to ask, "Is this a Taoist temple?"

After putting the ginkgo leaf away, Wen Gu didn't answer but asked, "Do you still want to—" He crouched down, then leaned forward, his gaze upward, fixed on her,

"talk to me?"

After

waiting for the Beggar Gang's youngsters to fall asleep, Li Zhixing took out the ginkgo leaf, cast a spell to shrink himself, and slipped through the crack in the door.

Then, on his beloved mount, Xueshu, he flew messily in the wind towards Jade Butterfly Peak.

The night was quiet, the moonlight gentle.

The cold wind woke Li Zhixing from his sleep, and he recalled the words he had just coaxed from Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu said that there were many deformed children in Zhuxi Town, and the cause of their illness was unknown. A "miracle doctor" who was revered by the locals as the "Fox Immortal" and could bring the dead back to life told them that only the tears of the Snow Girl hidden deep in Yudie Peak could save them.

Hearing this, Li Zhixing felt foolish. How could he not know that the tears of some living creature could cure illnesses? He cursed inwardly: "Why are you everywhere, you stinky fox!"

As the two were talking, Sansan, who was lying on his side on the straw mat, turned around, rubbing his eyes and said, "Boss, you're not going to catch the Snow Girl like those bad guys, are you?"

Catch?

Li Zhixing shook his head. Sansan narrowed her

eyes and continued, "Many of the children in the temple were rescued by the Snow Girl from the deep mountains. She's a good person, not the monster those villains claim." Li Zhixing was filled with doubts, but seeing the child was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes, he said, "Go to sleep first, we'll talk tomorrow morning."

Before Sansan drifted off to sleep, she muttered, "It's all that stinky fox's fault..."

Xiaoliu, seeing Sansan was asleep, couldn't hold on any longer and mumbled, "Those wealthy families would rather give money to the White Fox Temple than treat their sick children. How awful..."

Children speak frankly and honestly. The two children's words brought a frown to Li Zhixing's brows, and a wave of unease welled up in his heart.

What exactly was that fox man up to?

The unease in his heart spread throughout his body after hearing a cry that sounded almost like a white ape, sending a chill down his spine. Li Zhixing slid closer to the edge of his book, gazing out at the mountains, rivers, and seas fading into the night.

As he controlled it, the Snow Book kept approaching the Jade Butterfly Peak, and finally stopped on a broken wall hidden by tall trees. Li Zhixing pushed aside the branches and watched from above.

A snow-white shadow, like a lone wolf on the snowy plateau, clawed its way through the tall trees and low bushes with its limbs, and its long silver hair danced in the air like a nine-day waterfall.

Even a banished immortal who knew all about the world in heaven and on earth and had seen all kinds of rare and exotic beasts could not tell what kind of beast spirit this white beast was.

Just as he was shocked and thinking, the white beast suddenly stopped under the broken wall and raised its head. After

seeing its shape clearly, Li Zhixing was stunned and took a step back. He kicked the stone at his feet without paying attention.

The stone rolled down the cliff and fell on the head of the white beast.

The white beast raised its head.