Chapter 24

◎Falling in the Slaughter◎

“What are you talking about?” Chi Lu’s raven-black eyelashes trembled slightly, and the corners of her mouth twitched, outlining a beautiful arc.

She turned around and grabbed Jing Shuxing’s hand, one by one, forcibly prying his fingers open.

On the long and bony fingers, each one was stained with blood. Some were stuck in the crevices of the fingers, which were not easy to clean. The young man in his sleep frowned slightly, as if he wanted to resist, but was powerless.

“You and I are just passers-by. I never planned to stay, of course I have to leave. When everything settles down, I will return to my Linghua Sect, and you will destroy your Fengyue City. It’s best if we never meet again in this lifetime.”

Chi Lu gently pried open Jing Shuxing’s fingers, soothingly patted his head, set up surveillance talismans around, and walked towards the main hall without looking back.

Ying Lianyi stood outside with a solemn expression.

Seeing Chi Lu’s figure, she hurriedly greeted her: “I found the inner formation in Fengyue City.”

Chi Lu nodded noncommittally: “Apart from the formation caster, most of the inner formations can only be opened by people from Linghua Sect. It’s worth for Jing Yi to ask me over and over again.”

“It’s not that simple.”

Ying Lianyi’s anxious expression was evident: “I suspect that the formation was created by the former Lady Jiang. It is not only located at the bottom of Fengyue City, but it also requires the purest spiritual power to open. After each opening, it will close tightly.”

“If they want to frequently open the formation, every time they open it, they have to ask the Linghua Sect for help. How many times do they have to ask the Young sect leader?”

Chi Lu understood and her heart slowly sank: “Sister Ying means…”

She and Ying Lianyi looked at each other, and noticed that the other’s expression was quite obscure when she spoke, so she took the initiative to speak for her:

“Fengyue City ostensibly invites me, but in reality, they want to imprison me here and use me as their key to unlock the formation.”

“I don’t know what kind of grand formation it is that they are so painstakingly concerned about.”

“Young sect leader should have heard about this formation during cultivation.” Ying Lianyi said.

And she gently uttered three words: “Soul Transformation Formation.”

Chi Lu took a deep breath, and the information about the Soul Transformation Formation surged in her mind. At the same time, the bracelet on her wrist suddenly lit up, as if it had captured a keyword and started to refresh the screen.

【Trigger keyword detected, informing the host of the final mission in advance:

Push Jing Shuxing into the Soul Transformation Abyss, and be killed by him after his dark awakening.】

The reason why the Soul Transformation Formation must be an inner formation is largely because once the Soul Transformation Formation is laid out, hundreds of feet below it will become the Soul Transformation Abyss.

Inside the Soul Transformation Abyss, thousands of ghosts wail. Living people are often used as bait for sacrifices, attracting and annihilating the lonely ghosts that come with the wind.

This formation method is as difficult to draw as the curse mark formation. The former Lady Jiang of Fengyue City not only drew both of them, but also used them all directly or indirectly on her only son.

Who exactly would be so cruel to their own flesh and blood?

“Young sect leader, let’s leave Fengyue City quickly before they become alert to us.” Ying Lianyi saw Chi Lu fall into thought and couldn’t help but remind her.

Chi Lu hung a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth and shrugged: “City Lord Jing Yi is half-step into the void, if he doesn’t want to let me go, can I escape?”

Moreover, she still carries a troublesome system on her body. Even if Chi Lu wants to run, she will be dragged back by the system under the threat of life.

“Sister Ying, you guys leave Fengyue City quickly. The attendants and low-level cultivators go first, you are responsible for the last position, don’t involve them.”

Ying Lianyi suddenly became anxious, her eyebrows furrowed, and she scolded Chi Lu in the tone of an elder: “What are you talking about? What if he is half-step into the void, is my Linghua Sect afraid of him?”

“Moreover, even if Jing Yi doesn’t kill you, he can torture you like he did to his eldest son.”

Her Young sect leader, with clean and pure hands that have never been stained with blood, how can she survive alone in the world of cultivation?

“I have no intention of surrendering without a fight. You all are no match for Jing Yi, so staying here serves no purpose. However, it’s a different story with my uncle. As long as he can make it here, I’ll be safe.”

Chi Lu raised her eyebrows, and in her pitch-black pupils, it seemed as if thousands of stars were twinkling. The soft glow that enveloped her crescent moon dress made her appear like a delicate yet unbreakable mirror.

“Rest assured, I’ll be fine.” Her voice was filled with conviction, then turned solemn, “Retreat in secret. This is an order from my uncle himself. Outside, his word is law.”

Chi Lu couldn’t disclose anything about the system to anyone. Even though she knew she wouldn’t die, she couldn’t explain this to Ying Lianyi.

The sound of her bracelet clashing against something broke the tense silence.

Chi Lu suddenly lowered her head: “Jing Shuxing woke up!”

“I’m going to find him.”

Without waiting for Ying Lianyi to speak, she took three steps in two strides, crossed the threshold, traversed the corridor, and entered the partitioned room.

She has always disliked being forceful. If she continued to argue with Ying Lianyi, Chi Lu feared that she might reveal the existence of the system due to her guilt.

As she walked through the corridor, she lowered her head to open the screen on her bracelet and checked her mission status. To her surprise, the system showed that she had completed the current stage of the mission and was arranging a new mission.

Chi Lu couldn’t help but laugh, she didn’t expect that during the time when she was wholeheartedly saving people and completely put the system behind her mind, she had inadvertently completed the mission.

Upon entering the room, the thin figure of the young man slightly entered her sight. He still looked frail, but there was a subtle difference from before.

Chi Lu maintained the posture of stepping in, tilting her head to examine Jing Shuxing.

The young man half-raised his face, the light from the carved window was exceptionally clear like water. He stretched out a hand, raised it to his eyes, then moved it away, repeating this several times.

Has he regained his sight?

Chi Lu held her breath, subconsciously removing her hair ornament to prevent Jing Shuxing from recognizing her true identity based on her attire.

But after observing for a long time, she found that Jing Shuxing still couldn’t see things, at most he was just more sensitive to light sources.

Jing Shuxing also realized this, and in the uneven light, he lowered his arm with a somewhat desolate look.

The floating light stuck to Jing Shuxing’s face, outlining beautiful curves. His sickly face actually added beauty to his features. He stood quietly in front of the window, his posture upright, like a white jade Guanyin statue.

If it weren’t for the bloodstains still on his face, Chi Lu would have almost forgotten that not long ago, Jing Shuxing had blown a living person into fireworks right in front of her.

Even now, thinking about that scene makes Chi Lu feel nauseous.

But Chi Lu was not afraid of him.

Jing Shuxing had saved her life, not to mention that Fengyue City had persecuted him to such an extent first. His intensified retaliation was only natural.

He was once a well-respected gentleman whose name was known throughout the world. Now, he has fallen into such a pitiful state. It’s truly pitiful.

And her mission is to personally push Jing Shuxing into the Soul Transformation Abyss, completing the final step of Jing Shuxing’s transformation into his dark side.

After that, it would be a case of “if God blocks, kill God; if Buddha blocks, kill Buddha”, until he falls in the slaughter.

Chi Lu sighed silently, and felt that the few smears of blood that had dried up and faintly turned black on Jing Shuxing’s flawless face were really eye-catching.

She turned around and went out, fetched a basin of warm water and returned to the room.

She deliberately stomped her feet heavily to alert Jing Shuxing that she was coming.

Entering the room, she strode towards the man who had sat back at the head of the bed, put down the silver basin, and raised her slender index finger.

“Lean your face over.”

The author has something to say:

Jing Shuxing: Cute and charming husband online, asking for shelter~

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The author raises an 800-meter long knife towards the poor little Jing.

I might not be able to resist chasing after little Jing and hacking at him for dozens of chapters, tormenting his body and heart, I really am guilty [runs away with a pot lid on head].