Am I going to die?
Liu Yanyan felt a sense of despair. She glanced at the spot where Xu Le had just been, but it was now empty.
Did they run away?
Liu Yanyan felt empty inside, as if something had broken. A thousand feelings mixed together, bitter and hard to swallow. Tears streamed down her cheeks, dripping onto the ground with a crisp sound.
Finally, Liu Yanyan closed her eyes and awaited death. Her heart was dead; what was there to fear in death?
Pfft!
The blade pierced flesh, and scalding blood sprayed out, dripping onto Liu Yanyan's face, waking her from despair.
Liu Yanyan slowly opened her eyes. A figure blocked the light, and a dark shadow covered her. The tip of the willow-leaf knife passed through his chest, and blood kept gushing from the wound, flowing onto Liu Yanyan's face.
"Yan Yan, run!" Xu Le's chest was pierced, and he knelt on the ground. His face was extremely pale due to excessive blood loss. He gently stroked Liu Yan Yan's cheek with his right hand, gave her a gentle smile, and then his pupils lost focus. He fell straight onto her.
Seeing that her beloved hadn't run away but instead shielded her from the flying knife, Liu Yanyan was heartbroken. She embraced Xu Le's cold body and cried out, "No! Why were you so foolish? Why! I don't want you to die!"
"What's wrong with me? What did I do?" The black aura in the thin Taoist's eyes instantly dissipated and disappeared without a trace. His eyes returned to their original state, and he remembered everything he had done. Looking at the grief-stricken Liu Yanyan, he was tormented by his conscience.
The thin Taoist priest looked at Xu Le, who had already lost her breath, sighed, took a few steps forward, and said sincerely, "Miss Liu, this time it was my fault. I sincerely apologize to you. I will return to Longhu Mountain to turn myself in and accept punishment. Farewell."
After saying that, he turned and left. Liu Yanyan was not listening to any advice at the moment, so there was no point in saying anything more. He could only wait for her to calm down before he could apologize.
Fortunately, the one who died was not a descendant of the Liu family, but just an ordinary person, so it will not cause conflict between Longhu Mountain and the Liu family of Xiangxi. However, this young lady of the Liu family has formed a deep hatred with Longhu Mountain, and it seems that there will be trouble in the future.
Chapter 93: What is there to fear if I stand against the world for you!
Liu Yanyan held Xu Le's cold body, sitting blankly in place, her face expressionless, like a delicate puppet.
Wearing a long, blood-red dress, she seemed to have foreseen what would happen today, giving her an eerie and terrifying appearance.
Tap tap tap!
A series of rapid footsteps sounded as seven or eight eerie figures wearing coats, hats, and masks stood aside awaiting Liu Yanyan's orders. These were the zombies Liu Yanyan had summoned, but unfortunately, they arrived too late, and it was all in vain.
Liu Yanyan stared in the direction the thin Taoist priest had left, her delicate face contorted with malice, her eyes filled with resentment, like a demon crawling out of hell roaring: "Longhu Mountain, I will make you pay the price!"
Taoist priest!
Suddenly remembering something, Liu Yanyan quickly touched Xu Le's body. It was still elastic, had not yet stiffened, and had not developed lividity. Thinking of the item she had seen in the box earlier, she quickly picked up Xu Le and staggered towards the apartment.
Xu Le was much taller and bigger than Liu Yanyan, and weighed around 140 pounds. Liu Yanyan was already petite, and now carrying such a heavy Xu Le on her back, her body swayed with every step she took, and sweat dripped from her forehead, stinging her eyes. But none of this made Liu Yanyan back down.
Liu Yanyan pushed Xu Le's body onto her back, ran to the apartment building, ignored the strange looks from others, and rushed upstairs in one breath. She opened the door and carefully placed Xu Le's body on the sofa, as if she were handling a fragile and precious work of art.
Liu Yanyan kissed Xu Le's cold forehead and said gently, "I will definitely save you!"
After saying that, Liu Yanyan rushed to Xu Le's room, took a small box from the bookshelf, and opened it. Inside was a book, a green bead, and a note that read: "Le, this is something we brought back from a magical place, but we hope you'll never need it in your life. Signed: Your loving parents."
Liu Yanyan glanced at the note and tossed it aside. She placed the emerald green pearl under Xu Le's tongue. Xu Le's body, which had been slowly stiffening, regained its elasticity, and his face became rosy, making him look like a normal person.
The Jewel of Life!
This is the secret hidden in the small box: a book containing evil magic and this life orb. Liu Yanyan saw these two items while cleaning, and also saw the note in the box.
Liu Yanyan guessed that Xu Le's parents must have found the two treasures by chance and left them to Xu Le, but Xu Le probably took it as a joke and didn't pay attention until Liu Yanyan discovered the two treasures.
Liu Yanyan reasoned in her mind for a moment, then began to peruse the book, which contained a large number of magical spells. Normally, these spells would have captivated her, but now she had no interest in them, because there was someone more important than anything else.
"Found it!"
Liu Yanyan exclaimed in surprise, finally finding the Evil Sacrifice Resurrection Technique on the thirteenth line of the seventh page. It stated that the main sacrifice was the physical body of a Taoist master, supplemented by the hearts of ninety-nine Taoist priests and the souls of three hundred and thirty-three ordinary people. The Life Pearl was used to prevent the physical body from decaying, and the Soul Pearl was used to collect the souls. By drawing the sacrificial array, an unknown mysterious being could be summoned to resurrect those whose physical bodies had not decayed.
"Where am I supposed to find the Soul Pearl!" Liu Yanyan felt like she had fallen from the mountaintop into the abyss. She couldn't help but resent why heaven had given her hope only to let her despair.
Bang! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Liu Yanyan threw the book in her hand onto the coffee table. The sound of the impact was accompanied by a faint, slight shaking sound, which was unusually clear in the quiet room.
Liu Yanyan picked up the book again and shook it a few times. She put her ear close to the side and listened carefully. She could vaguely hear something rolling.
"Could it be..."
Liu Yanyan closed the book with delight and used a knife to cut open the place where the sound came from. Sure enough, a groove appeared, inside which was a small, light blue bead that looked like an ordinary marble.
"Hahahaha, Zhang Zhiwei, Longhu Mountain, I will make you pay the price..."
Liu Yanyan picked up the small beads and couldn't help but cry, but soon she started laughing again, acting crazy and becoming somewhat neurotic.
Bang bang bang! The sound of knocking on the door interrupted Liu Yanyan's laughter, and a deep male voice came through the iron gate.
"Can't people get any rest at this hour?"
Liu Yanyan picked up the pearl, listened to the man's complaints outside the door, and hesitated for a moment, but after glancing at Xu Le beside her, she made up her mind.
Squeak!
The door was slowly opened, and Liu Yanyan poked her head out, looking at the man in front of her.
The man in his pajamas stood in the doorway, initially furious, but upon opening the door and seeing a beautiful young woman, his expression immediately changed, and he said kindly:
“It’s late at night, and the neighbors are still sleeping. I, who live next door, couldn’t stand it anymore, so I came to remind you to be quieter. Now it’s alright.”
A flicker of reluctance crossed Liu Yanyan's eyes, but thinking of Xu Le's corpse inside the room, she hardened her heart. Without Xu Le, the world had lost its color in Liu Yanyan's eyes.