Chapter 246: This Foolish Blockhead
Chapter 246: Chapter 127: This Foolish Blockhead
Yan Zixiao’s expression changed drastically. His body swayed, as if something was trying to bore into him.
“Damn it!”
With no time to spare for anything else, Yan Zixiao dropped into a cross-legged position. He formed a hand seal, and Sword Qi began to swirl around his body.
He was attempting to expel the blood poison that had invaded him.
In mid-air, the Tree Demon Granny’s fading phantom let out a triumphant shriek:
“Xiaoqian, I’ve trapped this fellow. He won’t die anytime soon, but he’s immobilized!
You must bring that scholar back to the Temple at once!
Granny needs his heart and liver to replenish myself. Hurry!”
Nie Xiaoqian, who had been hiding in the corner, trembled upon hearing this.
She glanced at the cross-legged and immobile Yan Zixiao, then at the “petrified” Jiang Mu. Gritting her teeth, her form flickered as she prepared to pounce on Jiang Mu.
“How dare you, fiend!”
Just then, Yan Zixiao, who had been forcing out the poison with his eyes closed, snapped his eyes open and spat.
“SWISH!”
A golden Sword Talisman flew from his mouth.
As fast as lightning, it struck Nie Xiaoqian in the center of her back.
“Aah!”
Nie Xiaoqian let out a wretched cry, her body stiffened, and she pitched forward onto the ground.
The Sword Talisman transformed into several strands of golden Sword Qi, which bound her tightly in place like ropes, rendering her unable to move.
“Kid! Run!”
Yan Zixiao’s face grew even paler, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead. The attack had clearly worsened his injuries, but he still roared at Jiang Mu,
“This ghost is pinned by my Sword Talisman. She won’t be able to break free for a while.
That Old Witch’s Clone may be destroyed, but her main body has definitely sensed it. Take this chance and get the hell out of here!
The farther the better!”
After roaring his warning, he shut his eyes again, focusing all his energy on suppressing the blood poison in his body, unable to spare a thought for anything else.
In the corner of the grand hall.
That fellow, Xu Fu, was still on his side with his back to them, sleeping soundly with even snores.
The corner of Jiang Mu’s mouth twitched.
‘This guy… he wasn’t actually knocked out, was he?’
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Nie Xiaoqian, who was lying on the ground, immobilized by the Sword Qi.
“It hurts so much!”
The beautiful young ghost, trapped by the Sword Qi, writhed in pain.
She raised her head, her clear eyes looking at Jiang Mu. She deliberately bared two small, sharp canine teeth and threatened him viciously:
“You wretched scholar, don’t you run! Or else, when this young lady gets free, I’ll hunt you down and bite you to death!”
She made what she thought was a ferocious expression.
But the pain scrunched up her small face, making her look not fierce at all, but rather adorably fierce.
An idea sparked in Jiang Mu’s mind.
‘A moment ago, the Tree Demon Granny told this girl to take me to the “Temple”?’
‘Isn’t that the Tree Demon’s lair?’
‘I was just wondering how to find that Old Witch’s main body, and here’s a ready-made guide!’
‘What a stroke of luck!’
At this thought, Jiang Mu’s eyes darted, and he immediately got into character.
He straightened his clothes, put on the same nerdy scholar look from before, and said to the young woman with a sincere expression:
“Miss, you shouldn’t speak like that. Although I am but a humble scholar, I have read the books of sages.
The sages say that all people have a sense of compassion, and so do demons.
That senior just now said you are demons. But in my opinion, a young lady as beautiful as you cannot possibly be a bad demon. How could you ever harm me?”
Yan Zixiao, who was healing with his eyes closed, almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he heard this.
He opened his eyes and cursed, exasperated and furious:
“Idiot! Did you read yourself stupid, or is your heart blinded by lard?!
This is a goddamn ghost! A man-eating ghost!
She was about to butcher you just now, and you’re lecturing her about innate goodness?! I think a pretty face has addled your pig brains! Get lost! Stop being an eyesore!”
Nie Xiaoqian was also stunned.
Her beautiful, limpid eyes widened as she stared at Jiang Mu as if he were an idiot.
‘This scholar…’
‘Is his head full of mush?’
‘I threatened him like that, and he still thinks I’m a good person?’
‘I thought *I* was stupid—Granny is always calling me an idiot. I can’t believe there’s someone in this world even dumber than me.’
‘Does he have a screw loose?’
However, this did give her an opportunity.
Nie Xiaoqian’s eyes darted. She immediately dropped her fierce act and put on a pitiful, teary-eyed expression, saying softly:
“Young Master… you… you really believe me?”
She struggled to turn her head, her tear-filled eyes gazing at Jiang Mu as she spoke in a choked voice,
“Actually, I was forced to do this.
I don’t want to hurt people either, but… but if I don’t obey her, she’ll make my soul dissipate into nothingness.
Young Master, could you…
Could you help me take this Talisman off my back?
If you just free me, I’ll leave right away and never come back. I promise I won’t harm you!”
A look of hesitation and conflict appeared on Jiang Mu’s face.
“Don’t believe her!!”
Veins bulged on Yan Zixiao’s forehead from anxiety. If he weren’t immobilized, he would have loved to rush over and kick this idiot to death.
“She’s just a lying ghost!
If you take off that Talisman, she’ll turn on you in an instant!
You won’t even know how you died! Don’t be bewitched by her beauty! She’s nothing but a painted skeleton! It’s all an illusion!”
Jiang Mu seemed to be swayed by Yan Zixiao’s words and pulled his hand back.
Seeing this, Nie Xiaoqian grew frantic. Tears fell like pearls from a broken string.
“Young Master… It really hurts… This Sword Qi is burning my soul like fire… If I truly wanted to harm you, why would I have wasted so much time talking to you just now?
Please, Young Master, be kind and save me… I will definitely repay you in the future…”
Jiang Mu grit his teeth, a look of struggle on his face.
Finally, he raised his head and said to Yan Zixiao with a serious expression: