Chapter 301 (2/2)

Ye Hongyu looked at the blood dripping on her skirt, and she smiled with a myriad of expressions crossing her face. She gave up on her attempt and leaned on the wall tiredly. Her expression and movements were both weak.

She was the most severely injured amongst the three. Her sense of perception had been torn into shreds, followed by Master Lotus' use of the Tao Tie method on her and the impact of her forceful descent in state. She was no longer as strong as she was before.

There were no excess emotions in her eyes as she watched Ning Que walking to her. There was no anger, no pleading, no despair nor any sadness. Even the contempt and self-deprecation had left, leaving only calmness behind.

Ning Que stood before her with his knife and looked at her intently. Taking advantage of his enemy's weakness had always existed in his dictionary. He could do anything for both his and Sangsang's survival and to make life better for them. That was why he thought that he would definitely be punished by the heavens if he did not take advantage of his enemy's weakness.

The girl leaning against the wall, who looked so weak she might die any moment, was no ordinary girl. She the Tao Addict, one of the strongest cultivators in their generation from the Haotian Taoism. She was also his enemy. How could he forget that he wasn't able to defeat her but had been defeated outside the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine even though he had used his Primordial Thirteen Arrows and the Talisman his teacher had given him? If he didn't kill Ye Hongyu now, wouldn't she kill him when she regains her state?

What was odd, was that Ning

that Ning Que did not plunge the podao into her chest. Instead, he looked at her silently for a long while. He looked at the huge wounds on her shoulder and arm. He thought about the missing pieces of flesh that had been swallowed by the old monk into his belly and was not part of that pile of ash.

The slender sharp tip of the podao pierced the cracked stones like they were cobwebs.

”I would definitely kill you if it was the past.”

Ning Que said to her seriously. He had made a difficult decision due to several complicated reasons.

Because were it not for the Tao Addict's effort, he would have died when he was in a daze when learning Youngest Uncle's sword style. Because of Mo Shanshan's softly spoken words behind him. Because he did not give a d.a.m.n about heaven's punishment. Because he was certain that she was already unconscious at the final stage of the battle and did not hear the conversation about joining the Devil that he had with Lotus. And because of something else.

”Since we have fought shoulder to shoulder, we are comrades, at least within the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine. I am unlike most Tangs who hold one's reputation in high regard. But I am a soldier of the Tang. I do not have the habit of killing my comrades on the battlefield. If you agree that we are comrades here, we can talk about any other issues when we get out.”

Ye Hongyu looked at Ning Que's face calmly. The time in which they have known each other felt longer than it actually was. She knew his character was very much like hers. He was a man who would use any means to reach his goal. As such, she was prepared to welcome death and did not expect that he would provide such a choice.

She was the intelligent Tao Addict, the Grand Master of the Judicial Department of Haotian Taoism who defends the light and upholds justice. That was why she did not tell him that he would regret it if he didn't kill her now and then like the usual stupid female antagonists. Instead, she looked at Ning Que solemnly and said, ”I saved you earlier, and then, you saved me. We do not owe each other anything. You have not killed me today, when I come to kill you in the future, I will return the favor.”

Ning Que nodded, ”It sounds fair. Deal.”

He put down the long thin podao after that and crouched before Ye Hongyu. He reached out to tear at her skirts to check on her injuries. However, he was

However, he was rather rough with not a trace of tenderness.

Ye Hongyu looked finger prodding at her bare shoulder. She furrowed her brows slightly, and a distasteful expression that she could not suppress appeared in her eyes. However, she said cooly, ”I know you mean well, but I hate men who touch my body directly. This is an uncontrollable instinct. If you do not like it, you can treat my disgust as joy.”

Ning Que lowered his head to look at the two horrifying wounds with focus. He could vaguely make out the white of bones. He shook his head, not caring about the disgust in her expression. ”Being liked by you is not anything good. You had better hate me. I have to tell you, these wounds look slightly troublesome,” he said.

Ye Hongyu did not hesitate at all. She asked, ”What do you want.”

”You're the Tao Addict indeed. You're indeed straightforward.” Ning Que looked at her pale side profile and said seriously, ”I need to spend money to treat you. If the Great Divine Priest of Judgment ever asks how Long Qing was crippled, could you speak up for me? You don't have to lie, you just have to describe that accident objectively.”

Ning Que had stayed by the Daming Lake and worked hard at breaking the realm and gathering the intent to kill for over ten days before shooting that Talisman Arrow because Long Qing had threatened Sangsang. It was quite shameless of him to have the Tao Addict admit that it was an accident.

Ning Que did not expect that Ye Hongyu had not mocked him, but had remained silent. After a while, she said slowly, ”If you are worried that G.o.d will be angry because Long Qing had been crippled, I can promise to solve this problem for you.

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