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Chapter 451: The Furious Spirit Beast
Chapter 451: The Furious Spirit Beast
Within the earthen castle, a rugged street of mud and stone stirred with wind and dust, and crowds lined both sides. They stared silently at the approaching figures, their gazes inevitably drawn to the ink-colored robe among them.
A hint of complexity and gratitude suddenly appeared in their eyes.
In recent years, the desolation of the Xiao Family Castle could not compare to those clans that had been slaughtered and eradicated. However, for the surviving commoners and cultivators, it was a relentless torture that haunted them day and night.
"Uh."
Baohua Xianzi was all ready to greet them with a bow.
But when she saw the look on their faces...
Her enthusiasm suddenly vanished.
She lowered her palms and quietly fell into step beside Shen Yi.
She glanced at him and noticed that, even under the scrutiny of all these people, Shen Yi remained calm and indifferent, showing no sign of pity as if he had no interest in their plight.
However, when the giant water palm had appeared earlier, that suddenly ignited Golden Sea Fire Wing...
It was clear that he had guessed her extraordinary identity.
But in the end, he didn't put all his hope in that guess.
"Hey."
Baohua Xianzi nudged Shen Yi's arm and, when he lowered his eyes to look at her, she stared into those pitch-black eyes and suddenly bit her lip. "I think you're quite the hero."
Shen Yi raised an eyebrow, withdrawing his gaze without a word.
He looked in the other direction.
There, a figure swiftly approached and halted before them, teeth gritting in anger. "Are you crazy?!”
The robust commoner took a step forward, intending to grab Shen Yi by the collar.
But a hand pressed down on his head, forcing him to the ground.
Baohua Xianzi pulled on his hair. "Watch your mouth, you brat! Keep it clean. Take me to see your castle lord! I'm a friend of your castle lord's wife!"
At the mention of the castle lord's wife, the man's struggling suddenly paused, and his eyes even reddened as he choked out, "The castle lord's wife doesn't receive guests! Get out!"
"Hey! You old nag!"
Baohua Xianzi rolled up her sleeves, ready to show this stubborn donkey her strength.
But Shen Yi had already stepped past the man and continued walking forward.
"Brother Shen, wait for me!"
Baohua Xianzi released the man and glared at him. "Consider yourself lucky."
"No one is allowed to trespass into Xiao Family Castle..."
The man had just climbed to his feet when he rushed after Shen Yi, intending to stop him. "Listen to me! The castle lord's wife truly isn't available to receive guests. If you are her old friends, you shouldn't add to her troubles."
"Hmm."
Baohua Xianzi sighed and took out a token from her sleeve, flashing it before the man's eyes too quickly to be seen.
Then she immediately put it away.
Now, she really wanted to know what was so inconvenient for her junior sister.
"Pretend you didn't see us. Understand? Now, speak."
"...”
The man froze, and his voice became choked with emotion as he used a secret voice transmission technique. "The... the castle lord's wife is dead. Can you save the castle lord?"
Upon hearing this, Baohua Xianzi paused, then turned her head to look back.
Suddenly, rage ignited in her clear eyes.
The spiritual light between her brows flashed, as if something extraordinary was about to emerge.
She clenched her fists tightly.
Without a word, she rushed towards the Xiao Family Castle in front of her!
"This..."
Uncle Zhang saw that the situation was turning sour, so he looked at Shen Yi. It seemed this deal wasn't going to happen.
Shen Yi quietly watched Baohua Xianzi's departing back and didn't say anything. He simply followed at a steady pace.
...
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
In the dim castle, a soft coral couch lay beneath a beaded curtain that shimmered with a reddish hue.
A delicate woman leaned against the couch, idly twirling a strand of hair around her finger, her eyes slightly unfocused. "When can we go back?"
Beside the couch stood a hunchbacked old man, quietly waiting. "Master, Dragon Lord is feeling irritable. Give him some time to appease Dragon Consort, and we'll stay a while longer. We'll definitely be able to return."
"Dragon Consort..."
The woman suddenly let out a mocking laugh. "What's so great about that? One day, I'll become a Dragon Consort too and enter the Dragon Palace as I rightfully should."
"Of course."
The hunchbacked old man nodded, looking at the young lady he had served since she was little. There was helplessness in his cloudy eyes.
How could a water snake ever enter the Dragon Palace?
It was already extremely difficult for her to gain the Dragon Lord's favor. As the Western Palace Imperial Grandson, there were countless beauties in the water tribe who were willing to climb into his bed.
The hunchbacked elder sidestepped the topic and turned towards the other side of the couch, where a wall was covered in black chains. Hanging from these chains was a man with an exposed upper body, his face gaunt and lifeless, with a cone piercing his brow. Dried blood formed intricate patterns across his face, layer upon layer of fresh blood seeping through.
"I would be grateful if you could lend me a hand, Lord Xiao. Don't bring harm upon yourself. Just take care of Guan Shu as you used to. Look at how many people of the Xiao Family Castle you've harmed... After this matter is resolved, the Dragon Lord will surely reward you greatly." The hunchbacked elder took out another cone and spoke gently, ignoring Xiao Yulin's struggles.
At the mention of Guan Shu's name, Xiao Yulin's head snapped up, his eyes bulging out of their sockets. His face, marred with bloodstains, twisted in a vicious expression. She had killed his wife, taken on her appearance, and now she wanted to take her name and force him to bow down as well! She was the woman he, Xiao Yulin, had brought back from the Baohua Sect with a marriage contract witnessed by the heavens and earth!
A weak voice echoed through the room.
"You despicable breed."
These two simple words caused the woman on the couch to spring to her feet. The thing she detested the most in her life was her identity as a water snake, which made her seem so insignificant before the purple-bearded white dragon clan.
"Kill him!"
As the woman's sharp voice rang out, the hunchbacked elder showed a conflicted expression. This Lord Xiao was determined to die, but he also knew how to infuriate his master.
He couldn't let him speak anymore.
With that thought, the elder thrust the cone into Xiao Yulin's mouth.
Pfft!
The elder released his hand and looked at Xiao Yulin, whose eyes were wide with rage, his expression indifferent as he wiped his hands.
Just then, he frowned slightly and looked towards the castle entrance.
Boom!
In an instant, a figure broke through the wall, and amidst the smoke and dust, a delicate-looking girl in a waist-bound long shirt took a step forward.
She stared fixedly at the figure on the bed, untied the long sword at her waist and casually threw it aside. With her sword fingers, the space between her eyebrows suddenly emitted the cry of a green phoenix.
Hearing this sound, the hunchbacked elder's expression turned solemn, and he asked in a low voice, "A fairy palace? May I ask who you are, Your Excellency?"
Baohua Xianzi paid him no heed.
Her eyes remained fixed on the woman, and her voice was icy, "Are you Guan Shu?"
As she spoke, a vast aura swept through the entire Xiao Family Castle, overwhelming everything in its path. Compared to this overwhelming pressure that seemed to pierce the skies, all the previous confrontations seemed like child's play.
She seemed to have reverted to the aloof immortal overlooking the mortal realm.
There was only indifference in her eyes.
"She can be."
At that moment, a figure slowly stepped out of the void.
Adorned in intricate and exquisite fish-scale armor, he held a domineering tiger-devouring halberd with a fierce-looking dragon head. Yet, his expression remained calm as he said, "This matter has nothing to do with the Baohua Sect. Let's not ruin the harmony. What do you think, Fairy?"
His identity exposed, Baohua Xianzi slowly turned her gaze towards him, her eyes fixing on his. Then, she sneered, "I'm sorry, but you have no face in front of me."
It wasn't fun at all! She wanted to flip the table and stop playing!
If he couldn't even protect his sect's disciples, what right did he have to be the future sect leader?
"Is that so?"
The dragon-headed general glanced at the woman and suddenly smiled. "Your recent performance has been quite impressive. You've caught the attention of the Dragon Lord, and he's a little worried. That's why I've been ordered to stay here and guard you, but it's just not convenient for me to show my face."
Hearing this, the woman was overjoyed, her sleeves clenched tightly in her fists.
The dragon-headed general retracted his gaze and said, "Since I have no face, let me call someone else to talk to you."
He took out a jade slip and transmitted a message.
"Tsk."
Baohua Xianzi watched quietly, curious to see who they would call to face her today and whether their strength would be enough to alleviate the resentment in her heart.
However, the next moment, her waist-hanging jade slip began to vibrate slightly.
"..."
Baohua Xianzi lowered her eyes to the jade slip at her waist, her expression neither sad nor happy, but she suddenly felt that this was all very boring.
She never expected that the helper they called for would be an elder of the Baohua Sect.
(End of Chapter)
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