Chapter 37.3

Chi Lu tried to run, rolling and crawling, but was pulled back. As a person of the Linghua Sect, her cultivation method was in harmony with the spiritual power of all things. She was more sensitive to demons, evil spirits, and other creatures than ordinary cultivators. 

Jiang Yumu revealed a smile similar to Jing Shuxing’s: “You have his scent on you.”

“Who?” Chi Lu, trembling, stuttered, “Jing Shuxing?”

“Why would I look for him?” Jiang Yumu frowned slightly, “You have Yi Lang’s scent on you, have you seen him? Where is he now?”

“As for Jing Shuxing…” The soul let go of Chi Lu and walked to her own corpse, pointing at the ferocious scar on her neck, “Do you see it? He did this.”

“He killed me, this is the evidence.”

Just like Jing Luoyun’s accusation, he and Yun Pianpian were adamant that Jing Shuxing had killed his biological mother. Now Jiang Yumu herself was even more adamant, as if he really did it.

“Lady Jiang, please look carefully, that wound is just a light one, not even a serious injury, how can it be fatal?” Chi Lu protected her vulnerable neck, stood up straight, and looked at Jiang Yumu.

“Are you defending him?”

“He hasn’t done such a thing, why can’t I speak for him?” Chi Lu argued confidently.

She raised her eyebrows and argued with Jiang Yumu: “Although I am a junior of the Linghua Sect, I am good at dealing with spiritual power. If senior doesn’t mind, let me reveal the truth to you, senior.” 

What’s the big deal about a corpse? She had seen them before, except that this one was older, more disgusting, and more uncomfortable.

“Don’t you interfere!” Her words seemed to provoke Jiang Yumu, who shouted angrily.

Her hysterical screams were masked by the flow of spiritual power.

The light was dazzling, and the unpolluted spiritual power was led by Chi Lu, running counter to the sharp howling evil spirits, probing towards the hanging corpse.

Chi Lu stood in place, her fingertips lightly and rhythmically twitching. Without hesitation, the spiritual power entered the corpse and then lightly picked up.

From a clump of wind-dried flesh and blood that had long been stained black by a coagulated liquid, a gu worm was picked out.

The gu worm was already dead, but with the resurrection of the corpse, it briefly regained vitality, and was spitting out venom while being stiff from death. After being picked out from inside the corpse, it actually bent its body and pounced at Chi Lu.

Chi Lu reflexively raised her Red Soul Whip and whipped the gu worm onto the ground, instantly turning it into a puddle of blood. At the same time, a strange, slightly sweet scent spread out, and Chi Lu retreated a few steps, still being briefly enveloped for a few seconds.

In this moment, Chi Lu’s heart was filled with an unusual joy and throbbing, as well as an itching sensation as if a feather was rubbing against her heart.

If she delved deeper, it would probably be a word, a word she had never known, never felt before.

Chi Lu shivered, and just as the strange scent dissipated, she broke free from the bizarre and enchanting atmosphere, stabilized her mind, and saw Jiang Yumu’s soul floating next to the gu worm.

“Love parasite!” The voice suddenly rose, and a raging anger ignited in the eyes of the ghost, “He dared to do this to me?” 

‘He’, presumably, refers to Jing Yi.

Chi Lu recalled the appearance of Lady Ning. Her hysterical state was strikingly similar to that of Jiang Yumu. Could it be that Jing Yi had planted gu worms in both of them when they were married?

The power of the gu worm was indeed strong, capable of remaining active even in death. Perhaps at the last moment, Jiang Yumu realized what Jing Yi had done to her and planted a temporary resurrection formation in her body.

When someone unlocked the last restriction, the resurrection formation was activated, allowing the soul to breathe and also causing the gu worm to become active again, once more affecting the host.

Chi Lu suddenly looked up, just in time to meet the gaze of Jiang Yumu, who had suddenly approached. The huge face of the soul appeared before her eyes, scaring her into retreating continuously.

The gu worm left the body, seemingly without changing Jiang Yumu’s character. The deceased genius formation cultivator stared straight at Chi Lu, with hatred surging in her eyes: “You said before, you’ve seen Jing Shuxing?”

The soul circled around Chi Lu, absorbing the aura belonging to Jing Shuxing. Jiang Yumu extended her hand and drew twice in the air, a circular formation appeared in the sky, with stars twinkling above it, she was searching for someone throughout Fengyue City. 

“I have his figurine.” Chi Lu took out the figurine and handed it to Jiang Yumu, who took it with a flick of spiritual power.

Jiang Yumu turned around the figurine, and revealed a smile: “So this is what he looks like.”

When a light spot appeared in the circular formation, Jiang Yumu lowered her eyes: “I’m going to kill him.”

With that, she merged into the rolling evil spirits surging outwards and flew out of the tower. Her movements were extremely fast, fast like wind and fire. Before Chi Lu could respond, all that was left in front of her were the spiritual power fluctuations outlined by the soul.

“What did you say?”

Chi Lu withdrew her spiritual power, lifted her skirt and rushed down the black stone steps engraved with inscriptions. She closely followed Jiang Yumu’s soul: “Wait a minute, Senior Jiang, why is this? You already know that it wasn’t Jing Shuxing who killed you.”

Jiang Yumu looked up and turned around, her speed unabated, only a smile on her lips as she said: “Isn’t it natural for a son to pay for his father’s debts?”

“Has he ever benefited a bit?” Chi Lu was so angry that she stomped her foot, sent out the Red Soul Whip coiled into a ball, stepped on the whip handle and went to chase after her.

She chased after Jiang Yumu all the way, with the surrounding scenery quickly retreating. At first, Chi Lu would still look around to see if she would encounter anyone, but soon, she didn’t even want to look anymore.

Standing at the top of the crystal clear snow mountain, the huge Fengyue City, which had lost its previous silence at some unknown time, was filled with mournful wails and screams everywhere. 

The evil spirits, as if they had broken free from their shackles, recklessly escaped from the Nine-layer Mysterious Tower, attacking everyone in the main city, regardless of gender, age, or status.

Yun Pianpian stood not far away, wrapped in evil spirits, but there was no fear on her face. Her palm had been cut, and fresh blood was flowing out, but there was still a smile on her face.

As she passed by where Yun Pianpian was standing, Chi Lu heard the girl’s voice, soft as water.

“Drink, eat, my brothers and sisters, friends and family.”

After an unknown amount of time, the dilapidated palace with its roof torn off came into view. The palace was already in a mess, and there were many cultivators around who were running around, but were killed by the evil spirits.

In the middle of it all, there was a young man in white, focused, flipping over pieces of stone slabs with one hand, carefully cleaning up the ruins, and then picking up a reddish-brown staff, and revealing a childlike joyful smile.

“Jing Shuxing!” Chi Lu called him.

Seeing that he seemed not to hear, Chi Lu shouted again. She jumped down, grabbed the handle of the Red Soul Whip, swung the whip out, and made Jiang Yumu’s soul stumble.

Only then did the young man become aware, raising his head to look in the direction of the sound.

He saw a girl wearing pearls and colorful silk, like a misty river, morning dew, vaguely separating the fairyland from the human world. 

Jing Shuxing was shaken all over, his pupils contracted to the size of his open eyes, then gradually enlarged, suddenly dilating.

He saw her peach-pink colored dress, her hair black as ink, her skirt fluttering. All her accessories were top-notch magical instruments, even if they had already lost their function, they still didn’t lose half of their brilliance.

Such a standard, only the Young sect leader of Linghua Sect was qualified to have.

Jing Shuxing couldn’t help but take a step forward, as if stepping on soft cotton.

Jiang Yumu’s soul had already flown in front of him, activating the formation, but he didn’t see it, he just stared straight at the girl in front of him.

“Get away from there quickly!” Chi Lu shouted until her voice was hoarse, “Your mother, Lady Jiang, wants to kill you.”

She watched Jiang Yumu with wide eyes, Jing Shuxing’s biological mother set up a formation on the spot, muttering something like “curse mark formation”, “living sacrifice”, “you’ve been alive for so long, you must be tired” and so on.

Even if Chi Lu was slow to understand feelings, she understood that Jiang Yumu’s Love parasite had been eliminated, and after understanding the truth, she had a full heart of hatred for Jing Yi, and also hated her own child by association.

Perhaps there was also a bit of pity and sympathy, it was her who personally planted the curse mark formation. Perhaps for this remnant soul, killing Jing Shuxing with the formation was also a way to help him get relief.

“What a broken logic!” Chi Lu couldn’t help but curse. 

“I’m sorry, senior, Jing Shuxing absolutely cannot die.” She formed a hand seal, using all her strength to control the spiritual power, and climbed to the eye of the formation.

After all, Jiang Yumu was a dead person. No matter how excellent she was when she was alive, once she died, all the major formations she set up could be solved by the Linghua Sect.

Even if the opponent was a living soul, they just needed to quietly, very quietly, take advantage of the opponent’s inattention…

At the moment when Jiang Yumu activated the formation, Chi Lu had already flown to Jing Shuxing’s side, condensed spiritual power into a shield, and forcefully pressed him, who seemed to be in a daze, onto the ground.

Then there was a loud rumble, and dust and stones flew around.

The palace, which had already lost its roof, shook slightly, and a large part of it collapsed with a crash.

Jing Shuxing’s eyes were wide open, his lips lost their color in an instant, and he was pale and trembling non-stop.

The strength of the Linghua Sect, in terms of actual combat, has always been despised by people. Even if Chi Lu tried hard to resist the impact of the spiritual power of the formation, it was of no avail. Fortunately, the two of them had already rolled to the corner, so they were spared from injury.

The moment the shield shattered, the impact of the spiritual power made the girl’s black hair scatter, and like lifting a red bridal veil, the corner of the mask was lifted.

The mask that Chi Lu had carefully painted dissolved at this moment. Her beautiful face was reflected in Jing Shuxing’s eyes, and her almond eyes seemed to be on fire, sparking in the night.

Jing Shuxing’s fingertips trembled, and the figurine he had been holding in his hand rolled out from between his fingers and fell to the ground with a thud. 

The figurine rolled and rolled, rolling into a narrow gap that no one noticed, and nestled with another figurine brought by Jiang Yumu.

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