Chapter 59: The Sword of Heaven and Earth: The Death of a Young Man (Part 2) Wanting her to be completely...

Dr. Fox, from mid-air, looked down at the crowd hidden in the bushes.

Those gathered here were all dressed in strange attire, not all of them looking like native Central Plains people. Ye Qingzhan, having heard the same thing, stood shoulder to shoulder, watching the white-robed Taoist priest floating in the air.

"Damn fox! You're ruining our plans again!" A bald man with thick black eyebrows pointed two meteor hammers at the man.

The fox's smile remained unchanged, his neck slightly turned. Dr. Fox looked at the speaker, but remained silent.

Another man, his curly hair braided into several small braids, swung his long sword and shouted, "Whoever kills me, the Demon's Money Road, will die."

As he swung his sword, everyone rushed forward, weapons in hand.

A melee was imminent.

Ye Qingzhan, quick-witted, pulled the two people beside him and hid behind a tree, watching the situation unfold.

The purple-clad woman swung her long whip first, the hooked blade at the end piercing the airborne figure's heart. Like a phantom, Dr. Fox shifted position, swiftly moving behind the assembled attackers.

The tall, slender man, who first noticed, thrust a flying needle from his fingertips, aiming for his forehead. Dr. Fox calmly dodged.

Then, a smaller man climbed onto the taller man's shoulder and unleashed a barrage of arrows at the motionless Taoist priest in the air.

Arrowheads flew towards Dr. Fox one after another, only a fragment of his white robe remaining in the air as they were about to pierce him.

The Taoist priest had vanished before everyone's eyes. The

crowd erupted in a commotion.

Ye Qingzhan poked his head out, exclaiming softly.

Dr. Fox hadn't vanished; instead, he moved through the crowd at a speed barely perceptible to the human eye. In a split second, the powerful figures, who had previously commanded such impressive power, froze in their positions, frozen in place.

Ye Qingzhan held his breath, blinking as the yellow talismans fluttered around them.

Doctor Fox, his hands clasped behind his back, said calmly, "I cannot bear the sight of blood. I hope you will take care of yourselves." He then walked east, to a spot directly in front of the bushes.

Ye Qingzhan followed him.

A hundred feet away, bamboos encircled a stone wall, and a courtyard stood with a plaque reading: Wuya Academy.

Doctor Fox knocked on the door, and two children, resembling servants, welcomed him inside. As he closed the door, he glanced toward the bushes, observing the men frozen in place, their manners absurd. He stuck out his tongue, his eyes filled with disdain.

After they entered, the purple-clad woman looked at the three people hiding behind the tree and called out, "Saint, save us!"

Ye Qingzhan was the only woman behind the tree, and the "saint" the purple-clad woman was referring to was none other than her. After a moment's thought, Ye Qingzhan crouched down, pulling Wen Gu and Ming Che with him as they walked out.

The three of them stood among the people in colorful clothes who were immobilized by the Taoist talismans, and received their expectant gazes.

Ye Qingzhan now had the opportunity to take a closer look at these "talented people" - they seemed to be from different regions, with very different appearances, and their weapons were also varied. Just now, they stared at Wuya Academy without blinking, ready to strike.

And she heard the man with curly braids say that Dr. Fox blocked his way to wealth as a demon slayer.

Therefore, she deduced that these people were people from the underworld who were paid to beg for money to besiege the academy.

There are many strange people in the underworld.

It's normal for them to dress strangely.

But - Ye Qingzhan looked at the yellow paper talismans stuck on their bodies, wanted to reach out and peel them off, but didn't dare. She was afraid that the talisman would explode.

"Saint, I, I feel like ants are biting inside me, please save us quickly!" The purple-clothed woman looked very painful, cold sweat running down her pale cheeks.

She wanted to save them, but she was afraid that one talisman would kill two people.

Ye Qingzhan was just hesitating when a fair, slender hand brushed past her waist and tore off the talisman paper without hesitation. Ye Qingzhan looked at the owner of the hands.

Wen Gu glanced at the contents on the talisman and calmly put it into his sleeve.

Zi Nu glared at him, then stood behind Ye Qingzhan and said dissatisfiedly, "Who asked you to save me?"

Before she finished speaking, Wen Gu took out the talisman with a cold look, seemingly wanting to put it back on her body intact. The purple-clothed woman put her arm around Ye Qingzhan's wrist, stepped back in panic, and said with a pout, "Saint, look at him. A man with such a narrow mind, a gloomy face every day, and who secretly hid your hair ornaments, wants to marry you? In the words of the people in the Central Plains, he is really a leper..."

The familiar saying got stuck in Wen Gu's throat under his suddenly gloomy gaze, and the purple-clothed woman shut up.

"Snake woman, poison man, save us!"

The strong man holding the meteor hammer, like most of the people who were immobilized at this time, was dissatisfied with the escape of the three people. But at this point, if she wanted to be rescued, she could only pin her hopes on them. Even if she was extremely dissatisfied, she had to grit her teeth and ask for help first.

What kind of titles were these?

Ye Qingzhan glanced at Wen Gu, thinking that there was nothing wrong with him tearing off the talisman paper, so she walked over to the man. When she reached out,

she was blocked by Wen Gu who was following behind her. Wen Gu tore off the talisman on the man before her. Then he tore off the talismans on the rest of the people. His movements were so fast that Ye Qingzhan suddenly felt uneasy.

"It's okay, the fox said he can't see blood." Wen Gu said when she looked at him.

The implication was that the fox Taoist couldn't get his hands stained with blood.

Wen Gu's words reminded Ye Qingzhan of what the exiled immortal once said. One of the ways to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven was not to kill anyone personally. Therefore, these talismans could only cause pain, not harm people's lives.

Ye Qingzhan then put aside his worries and watched Wen Gu put the talisman paper into his sleeve.

The person who was rescued had a frustrated look on his face. The shorter man hopped off the taller man's shoulder and said to Ye Qingzhan, "Snake woman, isn't your precious snake supposed to tip you off? Why didn't you sense the fox's presence sooner?"

A snake?

A snake that could be used like a dog?

Sense the scent of a flying fox?

Ye Qingzhan put away his bewildered expression and said, "It's... injured. It's not very useful."

The shorter man sighed and climbed back onto the taller man's shoulder. "Brother, we failed again. The poison's taking effect, so we'll just have to grit our teeth and bear it. If it hurts too much, you can bite me."

The taller man drooled, looking somewhat idiotic. He mumbled something that Ye Qingzhan didn't understand. Then the man holding the large knife began to speak again, "Let's go back to the inn. The fox is here, so we can't take down the academy for now."

Everyone nodded silently and followed him.

Ye Qingzhan walked between Wen Gu and Ming Che, following the crowd to an inn at the foot of the mountain. These strange individuals devoured their meals in a few bites and returned to their respective rooms with heavy faces.

Taking advantage of the stillness of the night, Ye Qingzhan, accompanied by Mingche, knocked on Wen Gu's door and slipped inside, hoping to find him to sort out Mingche's illusions.

Upon entering, he was drawn to a large mirror in Wen Gu's room. Ye Qingzhan suddenly remembered what the purple-clad woman named Ziyuan had said today.

She had called the Miao youth, who Wen Gu was impersonating, Su, and said he liked the Serpent Saint, who wore a different outfit every day, like a colorful peacock.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingzhan looked at Wen Gu and couldn't help but curl his lips - red clothes, jade face, lightly decorated with silver ornaments, unruly and romantic, really beautiful.

Wen Gu saw the girl in a red dress smiling at her, and his heart moved.

He had longed for this smile for a long time.

"Why are you smiling?"

Wen Gu asked, and Ye Qingzhan suddenly stopped smiling. Holding the gauze skirt, she walked to the big bronze mirror and turned around.

In the rush today, she felt that the skirt exposed too much, and only in this bronze mirror did she see it clearly.

The red gauze material of the skirt was light and soft. The top was a red waistcoat without shoulder cloth, with exquisite totems embroidered on it with gold thread. The waistcoat fits the beautiful figure, revealing the ups and downs, all white.

Ye Qingzhan looked at it and thought it was beautiful, but her face suddenly turned red. Why is she looking in the mirror when she comes to do serious business? Feeling guilty, Ye Qingzhan lowered her head, turned around, and bumped into the young man standing behind her.

She didn't know when the young man in red had stood behind her, and even less did she know that while she was absorbed in gazing at herself in the mirror, he was standing to the side, his gaze following her every move.

His eyes were greedy and infatuated, as if one glance would be the last.

Wen Gu hugged her, his fingertips tracing up her waistline, gently twisting and stroking.

Where his fingertips lingered, little by little, a tingling sensation connected. Ye Qingzhan trembled slightly, trying to break free from this sudden embrace.

Mingche turned his back just in time, his large round eyes beneath his bat mask counting the moonlight outside the window.

Wen Gu said in a deep voice, "Just say it."

His heart ached terribly, and his body was even more uncomfortable. He needed the comfort of the person in his arms.

In the illusionary realm, he channeled all the curses of the victims who had been cursed onto himself. The Yin Sha within him quickly swallowed up a large amount of malice, making it difficult to control, causing him to lose control.

Fortunately, the girl in his arms ran towards him without hesitation in his sea of consciousness filled with pain and resentment.

This was a blessing that he had never dared to dream of.

But Wen Gu did not dare to tell her.

Losing control meant that the most unbearable but also the most straightforward despicable thoughts in the depths of his spiritual consciousness were exposed to her without reservation.

- The sinful thought of wanting to use her as a cauldron had not disappeared; -

The desire to possess her, to make her belong completely and only to himself, this greed was even worse.

This man hugged her so tightly that Ye Qingzhan seemed to be used to it. She struggled twice casually and then stopped moving. Although Wen Gu had become the peacock Su in the illusion, the familiar plum fragrance on his body was still there. She liked it and wanted to smell it more.

Ye Qingzhan put her face against Wen Gu's chest and began to sort out the situation in the illusion she learned today. It was not much different from what she expected.

From Ziyuan, Ye Qingzhan learned that these people, who came from all corners of the world, were divided into two groups. One group was motivated by wealth, following the orders of a financial backer to destroy Wuya Academy; the other group, controlled by the financial backer, risked their lives to slaughter the academy for the antidote.

Several of them also knew this financial backer: Mr. Jin, also known as Jin Xiao, the Golden Cicada.

He had indeed fallen out with the fox Taoist priest.

Ye Qingzhan had not yet learned the reason. However,

when the bad guys turned against each other, unless it was a fake show, it was always beneficial to them.

"Wen Gu, what's the connection between Dr. Fox and this academy? Why did Magistrate Jin have to destroy it?"

Wen Gu tapped her smooth, white back with his fingertips and replied, "Let's go to the academy and explore."

Ye Qingzhan left Wen Gu's embrace and looked up at him, "Yes, we can explore the academy first. Magistrate Jin's hatred for the foxes won't end with the destruction of an academy, right?" Ming Che heard

what Ye Qingzhan said and turned around sensibly, saying, "I want to go, too."

When he saw the word "Wu Ya" today, his heart ached. But when he saw the fox man, he felt an inexplicable feeling. Although it was difficult to pinpoint what it was, he was certain it wasn't the ill will the other gatekeepers of the Red Dust Inn harbored towards the fox man. The sound of shattering porcelain from the

next

room interrupted them. Ye Qingzhan lifted the hem of her skirt, opened the door a crack, and peered in with Ming Che's head.

Wen Gu used his fingertips to poke through the paper window and looked in.

This inn was very similar to the Hongchen Inn, a large square courtyard. They were on the east side of the second floor and could clearly see north, south and west.

The doors of the wing rooms were opened one after another. One after another, bruised hands clung to the door thresholds, blood gushing from their exposed wrists.

"Help, help..."