Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 30
A face poked out from the shadows of the hole.

It was a rough face like a hunter, protruding eyebrows like a stone bank, deep eyes like a beast, and the sharp corners of two canine teeth tightly hooking the lower lip, exuding an extremely dangerous aura.

"Yi...Master Yiqu? What wind...brought you here?"

Eunuch Bai's voice trembled violently, as if he hadn't recovered from his fright.

Yiqu remained silent, with a rigid and cold expression on his face.Su Ji felt that his indifferent expression was ten times colder than Mu Lingyu's when they met for the first time.

A big thick hand protruded from the tiger-skin cloak, and five thick fingers gripped the horned dagger at his waist one by one.

"Clang!" There was a sound!

The claw dagger was held in mid-air by an iron sword!

Su Ji didn't see Yiqu's movement of drawing the knife at all, but the sharp edge of the dagger hung over his head for an instant.If the sword hadn't appeared in time, he would have been decapitated already.

"Let me kill this trash!" Yi Qu said to Mu Lingyu.

Hearing that contemptuous tone, Su Ji wanted to go up and do his best, but that was obviously not the solution to the problem.He restrained himself fiercely, now he had to be calm and composed to think of a way to protect his apprentice.

Although his heart was full of helplessness, he still swallowed the fire abruptly, his face flushed as if he had drunk strong alcohol, and he said to Mu Lingyu word by word:
"I will repay your favor sooner or later!"

Yiqu snorted with his nose, and said contemptuously: "Ordinary people are like this, the more incompetent they are, the more they like to speak wild words!"

Mu Lingyu held the dagger against the bronze sword, frowned slightly, and only said one word to Su Ji:

"roll!"

This simple word made Su Ji instantly feel insulted.However, the irony is that "scrolling" is the only way to protect the apprentice, because Jiang Ying came for him, and Hua Rulang following him is more dangerous than following Mu Lingyu.

He stood unwillingly for a long time, until he was forcibly dragged away by Eunuch Bai, before he left that place of humiliation.

Seeing that the entrance of the cave was gradually closing, Mu Lingyu slowly withdrew her strength.

Yiqu also withdrew the dagger at the same time, his thick lips slowly opened, revealing the gums covered with fangs, and a wild beast-like wrinkle appeared around the nose.

Seeing Yiqu's expression, Hua Rulang hid in the bushes in fright.Anyone who sees this ferocious expression will be scared to death. Mu Lingyu is probably the only person in this world who knows that Yiqu is smiling at her.

"Long time no see, Xiao Mu."

Yiqu's tone is as gentle as a domesticated cat.

Mu Lingyu glanced at him, and replied lightly:
"Soon, you've been hiding there for too long."

Yiqu scratched his head in embarrassment, his simple and honest expression was completely different from the aggressive one just now.

"Why don't you let me kill him?"

"……not the right time yet."

"Then when is the time?"

"..."

While the two were talking, a haggard voice suddenly came from around, saying in a low voice:

"Have you finished reminiscing about the past?"

Hearing this voice, the two quickly turned around and bowed deeply, saying in unison:
"Young Master Win!"

The voice died down, a black gap opened out of thin air in front of the two of them, and Jiang Ying, dressed in a dark red robe, walked out of the gap.

Jiang Ying's face is only in his 30s, but his back is arched like a bow.His cheeks were as thin as a knife, and his paleness revealed a kind of sickness, which made him look much older than his peers.

A pale, withered hand stretched out from the dark red robe, as if asking for something.

Seeing this, Mu Lingyu immediately took out a chipped plate from her bosom, which was the Jade Book of Creation.

Jiang Ying slowly took the plate, put it in front of his nose and sniffed like a hound, closed his eyes comfortably, and asked softly:
"What about people?"

Mu Lingyu knew very well that "person" refers to Su Ji, but she didn't answer.Seeing that she was silent, Yiqu quickly cupped his hands and answered for her:

"Escaped."

Jiang Ying's closed eyes suddenly opened a gap, cast a glance at Yiqu, and asked:

"Did I ask you?"

Yiqu quickly lowered his head, never daring to lift it up again.

"Tell me!" Jiang Ying turned to Mu Lingyu and asked.

Mu Lingyu immediately frowned slightly, biting her red lips lightly with her white teeth, and replied in a low voice: "I let you go!"

As soon as the words fell, a slap "slapped" on her face.There was a mottled red mark on the fair cheek instantly.Blood was already seeping from the corner of her mouth, but she didn't dare to wipe it with her hands.

Yiqu's thick eyebrows moved slightly, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"You are so brave!"

Jiang Ying's tone was very strong, but his voice was very weak. It sounded like he was just recovering from a serious illness, but it made the two people beside him fall silent.

Mu Lingyu explained again and again: "That person is cunning by nature, even if he didn't tear up the marriage certificate, he doesn't have to obey orders. Please rest assured, Mr. Ying, I am trying to restrain him, and everything is under control."

After finishing speaking, she lowered her head timidly, not daring to look at that cloudy face.

Jiang Ying smiled strangely, and said slowly:

"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Everything you do is for your so-called master. Don't forget, you are just a pawn sent to explain the sect. If I didn't use longevity Gu to save you , you already stink on the ground like your parents' corpses!"

Jiang Ying coughed violently as he spoke.After hearing him finish coughing, Mu Lingyu answered in response:

"Lingyu understands! Lingyu has always been a member of the Jiang family!"

"You are not human! You are a pawn! A pawn at my mercy..."

Mu Lingyu didn't say a word, but buried her head even lower.

Jiang Ying glanced at her, slowly used his sharp nails to draw a gap in front of him, and strode in.

Yiqu looked at Mu Lingyu with pity in his eyes, followed Jiang Ying into the gap and disappeared.

After the two left, there was complete silence outside the Xuanling Pavilion, and the rustling of greenery could be heard in the ears.

Mu Lingyu stayed in the spot quietly, watching the branches of the towering ancient trees sway ferociously above her head, and the shriveled shrubs rustling, as if they were laughing wildly at her.She just stood there motionless, letting the blood on the corner of her mouth gradually dry.

After an unknown amount of time, a small shadow appeared in front of her.

"...What are you doing here?" Mu Lingyu's voice was a little hoarse.

"I'll bring you water." Hua Rulang said holding a teacup.

Seeing the cup of tea in his hand, Mu Lingyu subconsciously remembered a familiar scene, and suddenly frowned.

Hua Rulang quickly explained:

"You can rest assured to drink, this time the water is clean."

Mu Lingyu still refused to take the water glass, but asked in a deep voice:

"Did you see what happened just now?"

Hua Rulang nodded.

"Are you afraid that I will kill someone to silence you?"

Hua Rulang nodded again, blinked her big watery eyes and said:
"Before my sister kills me, can I ask a question first? As long as the answer is wrong or right."

Seeing that although she didn't agree or refuse, Hua Rulang asked on his own:

"Sister, were you raised with bugs?"

"Yes."

Mu Lingyu replied two words lightly, Hua Rulang's face suddenly sank, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes, and asked again:

"If there are no bugs, you will die?"

"Yes."

The sadness in Hua Rulang's eyes deepened, and he asked again:

"That's why you must cultivate immortality and seek longevity?"

Mu Lingyu asked impatiently:

"Isn't there just one question?"

Hua Rulang quickly raised an index finger to Mu Lingyu's eyes, and said:
"This is the last question."

Mu Lingyu hesitated for a while, then answered:
"That's right." She put her hand on the hilt of her sword and said, "You've finished asking."

Hua Rulang frowned, and nodded with a lonely expression.

"Do you want to die?"

Hua Rulang pouted and shook his head pitifully.

"Then why aren't you afraid?"

"Because Master said something in my ear before he left."

As Hua Rulang said, her clever eyes blinked a few times in satisfaction.

Mu Lingyu also blinked, but her eyes were blank, and said curiously:

"I'd like to hear, what kind of words can save your life?"

(End of this chapter)