Zhiyan was locked in a women's chamber, I followed in, floating to the side, looking at the delicate and exquisite decorations in the room, feeling that it was not to my taste compared to the chamber Moqing arranged.
Jiang Wu finished discussing matters with Beishanzhu and also entered the room, sitting by the bedside, looking at the sleeping Zhiyan.
I was a little worried.
In case this Jiang Wu was a lecherous person, wanting to take advantage of Zhiyan while she was unconscious... as a spirit, I couldn't stop it, the most righteous thing to do was probably to turn my head and not peek.
But if he really did it, whether I looked or not seemed to have little impact.
Actually... I was a little curious.
I've heard that some demon cultivators use an intimate connection to steal others' power, which is said to be the quickest way in the world. Some demon cultivators even specialize in this technique. But in the past, the power of others was like garbage to me, not worth taking. It took more effort to steal their cultivation than to cultivate myself.
So up until now, I had no idea how this secretive method of stealing power was enjoyable.
Normally, I wouldn't have thought about it, but now a drama was being presented to me...
I was contemplating when Jiang Wu suddenly moved, he squatted down and put his head close to Zhiyan's cheek.
Oh! He's going to start!
I was in great torment, but my eyes were glued to the scene.
I saw Jiang Wu raise his hand, using controlled force, using the back of his hand to gently caress Zhiyan's cheek a few times, then lightly pinch it, and said with a smile, "So smooth and supple."
He described it as if it were delicious...
But... if we're really talking about it, Zhiyan's skin is really good. I let my body sink into the bed, leaning on the other side of Zhiyan's body, and watched Zhiyan's rosy cheek together with Jiang Wu. I saw Jiang Wu's fingers move from Zhiyan's cheek to her nose bridge, then to her eyebrows, and finally to her eyelids.
"Her lashes are like feathers."
Indeed, when Zhiyan's eyes were moist, fluttering, even to me, they evoked pity. I sneered, no wonder those freaks are so easily seduced...
"Awu." Someone symbolically knocked on the door and then pushed it open. It was the subordinate who had intercepted the Anluowei on the Qing Stone Bridge, "I accidentally let that Anluowei escape just now, and now Lao San sent a message saying that the Anluowei are gathering at the Wanlumen... What are you doing?"
Jiang Wu plucked a few of Zhiyan's eyelashes, held them between his fingers, and carefully examined them. "Xiaoyi," he called out, "this woman is really interesting. Every part of her body is so intriguing."
Xiaoyi approached and glanced at Zhiyan. "She's not much different from other women. Aren't the girls in the Flower House all the same?"
Jiang Wu blew the eyelashes and sat back in his chair. "Not even close. Even if they were to sleep next to me, they would still be trembling."
Oh, it sounds like you have a lot of experience.
"Awu..." Xiaoyi suddenly narrowed his eyes. "You don't...like her, do you?"
"Not yet, just intrigued." Jiang Wu tapped his knee with one hand. "But, I don't want to let her go to someone else. The ones I am interested in should stay by my side." He turned his head and changed the subject. "You said just now that Anluo Wei is doing something?"
"They seem to have sent many people to Jiangcheng to find her."
"Oh, so eager to find her...Lichenlan must have given them strict orders." Jiang Wu dangerously narrowed his eyes. "How important are you to him, after all?"
How important am I to Mo Qing?
I recalled his smile and his response that seemed like a promise when I wished for his safe return not long ago. But he probably didn't expect that when he returned, I would be gone...
"Should we leave?" Xiaoyi asked Jiang Wu from the side.
"No need." Jiang Wu stood up and walked outside. "There are many of our people in Jiangcheng. Not everyone can teleport, and the more they act, the easier it is to expose flaws. Let them lay low in the courtyard these days. I have set up a barrier. Even if Lichenlan comes to find us in person, it won't matter. After these few days, when the heat dies down, we can bring our people back."
Jiang Wu left, and I sat on the bed, stroking my chin, and from their conversation, it seemed like their main base was somewhere else? If Anluo Wei doesn't find me in these days, and Mo Qing has probably given up the thought of me, I would have been taken to his unknown base by Jiang Wu...
With Zhiyan's body, I probably have no choice but to be Jiang Wu's subordinate...
Head can be severed, blood can be shed, but no one else can humiliate my reputation by being their subordinate.
I have to find a way to leave...
It doesn't matter if Zhiyan's body is trapped, I can go out, go to the ghost market and buy an Entrancing Dream Pill to send someone a dream. It can't be for Anluo Wei, for one, I can't remember their names, and secondly, the Lord of Beishan stands with Jiang Wu, and if he gives Anluo Wei trouble, it would be bad. I have to find someone who can rival the Lord of Beishan...
I thought of Gu Han Guang.
Without further delay, I drifted out of the courtyard at the fastest speed, broke through the barrier, and found myself on the back street of the most bustling street in Jiangcheng. Walking through an alley, the outside world was a brightly lit night market. But just moments ago, I couldn't hear any noise from the outside in the courtyard. When I looked from the outside to inside, I had no idea what was inside.
I floated all the way, asked the wild ghosts, and arrived at the ghost market outside Jiangcheng.
It's a big city after all, and the ghost market is different from the one at the foot of Chenji Mountain. There's more buying and selling, and more ghosts. I asked at the Great Yin Underworld Money Shop and found that I had gained another twenty thousand in my account in these days. I was instantly happy and planned to put Zhiyan's matter aside for now and do some window shopping.
But soon, I learned that an Entrancing Dream Pill for half an incense time was worth five thousand, and my joy turned into sorrow.
It's actually much more expensive than the Divine Travel Pill! People take a whole month only to earn ten thousand! You all have no shame in buying things at the ghost market!
In response to my questioning, the boss of the Entrancing Dream Pill slow etus replied, "The Entrancing Dream Pill is for sending dreams to the living, and it crosses the boundary between Yin and Yang. In our ghost market, this is the most expensive thing. Same with the Revival Pill. It's not easy to sell it to you. Do you want it or not?"
I gritted my teeth and secretly vowed that one day, I would bring down this ghost market.
I bought a dream-inducing pill and swallowed it. I silently repeated Gu Han Guang's name three times in my heart, and immediately everything around me turned dark, as if I had entered a cave. I heard footsteps echoing in the cave, slowly approaching me, and before long, Gu Han Guang appeared in the darkness.
Here, he was still the dashing young man from years ago, not the look of a child. When he saw me, he was momentarily stunned, then squinted slightly and said, "Lu Zhaoyao?"
Yes, what he saw now was my original appearance, appearing before him without borrowing Zhi Yan's body.
Appearing in a dream of a familiar living person with one's own appearance.
Suddenly, I felt a inexplicable sense of emotion, as if the long-suppressed loneliness had been driven away in that instant.
I suddenly understood why the dream-inducing pill was so expensive.
Because it can fulfill the unfinished regrets of many people during their lifetime...
But now was not the time for sentimentality. I took a deep breath and said to Gu Han Guang, "I'm here to ask you for help. Beishan's leader has joined Jiang Wu, and the girl who burned paper money for me has been captured. Mo Qing is not in Chenji Mountain now. Can you think of a way to rescue them?"
Gu Han Guang raised an eyebrow, "What does that have to do with me?"
I was surprised. It had been a long time since I had been in contact with him, and I had forgotten his stubborn temperament. He said coldly, "I only agreed to come to Chenji Mountain as a doctor, and nothing else. And now that you're dead, I don't have to help you with anything." He waved his hand, "Find someone else."
He started to walk away, but without anger, I was just a little more arrogant in my attitude than he was, "Oh, then I'll go to Guanyu Lou later and give Shen Qianjin a dream to tell her about the things she forgot in the past. What do you think about that?"
Gu Han Guang stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and after a moment of silence, I heard his gritted teeth, "Lu Zhaoyao, you are relentless!"
I nodded and smiled, "That's right."
He suppressed his anger and asked in a tone that was not very friendly, "Where are the people being held?"
"Backstreet of Lui Street in Jiang Cheng, inside the ninth alley from the east, in a deep mansion. There's a boundary set by Jiang Wu, and there's no way to tell from the outside."
My voice gradually became quieter, and the darkness around me slowly dissipated. Gu Han Guang's figure gradually disappeared. It was time for the dream-inducing pill to take effect, but I had already made everything clear to Gu Han Guang. The rest was up to me, the leader of Nanshan.
I floated back and had a busy night. By the time dawn was breaking, Zhi Yan, who had been lying unresponsive all night, suddenly regained consciousness. She furrowed her brow and rubbed her head on the bed, "Why is my head hurting so much?"
I floated over and said, "It's lucky that it's only your head."
When Zhi Yan heard my voice, she seemed to wake up completely. She sat up, looking around, "Where am I?"
"Don't make a fuss." I glanced at the door, and Zhi Yan understood my meaning. She followed my gaze and saw the paper-covered door, with two people standing guard outside, monitoring the situation inside the room.
Zhi Yan looked at me in panic, without speaking, I heard her question, "What have you done with my body?"
I cleared my throat and briefly explained yesterday's situation to her. Then, she looked at me in shock, before she could change her expression, the door was pushed open. a tall man with short hair, Jiang Wu, walked in.
"Oh, you're awake." Jiang Wu sat directly on a stool by the bed, stretched out his long legs and placed them on Zhi Yan's bed, "You have such a low alcohol tolerance and yet dare to drink with others?"
Zhi Yan's face was part horror, part dazed. She looked at Jiang Wu's legs, then at his bold short hair, and quickly glanced at me.
I smirked, "This is the new mountain, Jiang Wu, the one that Li Chenlan wanted to kill. Although he knows you are Li Chenlan's disciple, he seems to like your body for now, so he probably won't kill you for the time being. You act tough and don't let him see that you're afraid."
I say it this way, but it seems to be of no use. The sweat on Zhiyan's face has almost wet the quilt.
Jiang Wu tilted his head and looked at her, "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing...," Zhiyan bit her lip, enduring the tremble, "I feel a bit... weak after the hangover."
"Oh, someone will make you some soup later," Jiang Wu inquired, "You said last night that we should discuss a deal, so let's talk about it now."
Zhiyan shrank into the quilt, "I feel... a bit dizzy from weakness. I'm probably still drunk. I need to sleep for a day, come to talk to me tonight..."
Well, although her acting skills are not great, at least she's smarter than before. I'm relieved. But my relief is not to Jiang Wu's satisfaction. He stared at the motionless Zhiyan in the quilt, looking skeptical.
Just then, Xiaoyi burst in and reported to Jiang Wu, "Awu! Gu Han Guang has come here!"
"Gu Han Guang?" Jiang Wu's eyes chilled slightly, "The master of Nanshan, isn't he a doctor? What's the purpose of his visit."
I remained calm on the bed, because I have good connections.
Gu Han Guang indeed lived up to my expectations. He quickly brought people here, and it seems that Zhiyan's recovery will only take an hour or two...
"Ignore them," Jiang Wu said unexpectedly. As he walked out with Xiaoyi, he continued, "Let them break it and see how long it takes for them to break my barrier. Also, see how long the other nine immortal gates, apart from Qianchen Pavilion, can cause trouble in Jiangcheng."
He grinned, "In addition, spread some rumors in the city."
"What should I say?"
"Just say that Wanlumen is using the pretext of eliminating me to try to take over Jiangcheng. Li Chenlan wants to unify the demonic path and ascend to the throne of the Demon King again. Let's just give them Jiangcheng as well." I heard Jiang Wu's ambitious plans, "Sacrificing a Jiangcheng stronghold in order to reignite the conflict between Wanlumen and the Ten Immortal Gates, I'm also very willing."
You clever boy, calculating with Mo Qing I could understand, but to also include my Wanlumen in your plans...
I squinted disapprovingly. I think I need to re-evaluate your position as the ideal successor.