Chapter 26 (1/2)

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Reunion

On a particular dark and storrand estate, an uninvited guest co in

Our Bai Yue Sheng Gu, young lady Pang Wan, strong and unyielding in face of materialistic means[1], has decided that in order to pay Gentleman He five thousand taels of silver, she shall take the risk of sneaking back into Gu Xi Ju’s estate

She needs to take back her own bag, inside are a number of medicines, and also approximately a thousand taels worth of paper money

As to whether she should go find Lord Supreet her pay for last month back, erm, she still hasn’t decided yet

Without a sound, she slips into the rooes here and there, only to find that practically everything had been left co that contained her inal spot, disappeared without a trace

“Confiscating an ehtly clenches into fists, hatefully gritting her teeth

This world clearly does not have trade unions, and so she decided to fight for her own rights and interests, one flick of her hair, one raising of the chin, her thigh raises and valiantly she heads out

Before she had reached Gu Xi Ju’s courtyard, frolimpse of many fire torches, mixed in were unclear cries

Could it be an arson? Pang Wan advances with broadened steps and leaps onto the roof, wanting to get a clearer look

This one look leaves her stunned

The servants are carrying what seems to be a nu soleedly clothed, a whole body covered in blood, Bai Xiao Sheng! He staggers along with the support of two people on both sides, the originally handso as white as paper, eyes eh his soul and spirit had all been sucked away, a few more steps and he will immediately collapse

This strange group of people enters Gu Xi Ju’s courtyard, Pang Wan frowns, and silently follows after

“……didn’t think the opposition would be so forhly skilled experts wounded! If not for Adviser being so quick-witted, I’m afraid ould have been completely annihilated……”

“……thatthe opponents’ inner energy within a le breath behind! Never before seen, never before heard of……”

Inside the diry condeoes

Pang Wan turns her ear to the sound and listens in, roughly distinguishi+ng the presence of Wudang’s Zhang Xiu Zhu, Song Shan’s Ding Huai Li, Heng Shan’s Xu Rong and so on

Hearing these people discuss the absorbing of inner energy, Pang Wan thinks to herself, could it be the Star Sucking Great Skill has resurfaced in the Jiang Hu? But she only hears Bai Xiao Sheng raising his weak yet resolute voice: “That Bai Yue Sect is exceedinglythat is the Blood Tyrant! Not only sucking people’s inner energy, but also drains dry the opponent’s flesh and blood! Supreme Chief, we must absolutely not allow for thatHu would definitely be reat chaos!”

(Star Sucking Great Skill or Xī xīng dà fǎ / 吸星大法 – a skill that was introduced in Swordsinated from the Sun-Moon Holy Sect/日月神教 – trust me, all these names sounds a whole lot cooler in Chinese, these are just popularised translations of the names around the web)

The veryWan freezes

——Blood Tyrant? Since when did Bai Yue Sect have so the naar

“Supre is incompetent, was not able to complete the task, may Supreme Chief set a punishment!”

Only hearing a sound of ‘guang-dang’, it see was a ’ sound, and the roo: “Advisor! Advisor”

Quietly opening a slance over, only seeing Bai Xiao Sheng lying flat on the ground, face turning blue, from the corner of his lip, a steam streams of black blood flows out

A purple figure bends down, checking his breathing from under the nose: “He’s been poisoned”

TheWan’s heart is struck —— not seen hiraceful, just that his face has gained the additional touch of exhaustion that was never there before

“Poisoned?! That Blood Tyrant is also capable of utilising poison? Simply abominable to the extreme……”

“Bai Yue scoundrels! Old man, I, shall shed their skin, tear out their tendons, drink their blood……”

All of a sudden, the roo

“Enough!” Only hearing a thunderous shout comes from Gu Xi Ju’s lips, his eyes sole everyone breathless, not daring to sound the slightest noise

“Xu Rong!” He instructs the person on his left, “You quickly send for so over!”

“Ding Huai Li!” He instructs the person his right, “TakeValley and ask of the Divine Physician to leave the mountain!”

“Lu Kui!” He calls out an unfaly Maid A, her eyes red, “Send Military Advisor back to his roo to suppress the poison affect, reum resin in the medicine!”

Finally, he turns to the crowd, eyes like blinding stars

“Any others who have seen the Blood Tyrant, tell me all your recollections of the moves he used and his appearance, one by one!”

With instructionspeople seeetrespectively

Pang Wan looks inside the roost the chaos and cal rise to hazy complications

——so this is the Supreme Chief of Wu Lin’s true appearance?

Having to face such unexpected difficulties, having to co heroes in the battlefields, and also having to quickly ement, all this really isn’t an easy feat

She recalls the mission Sect Leader Uncle had placed in her hands —— seize the Jade Dragon Token, overthrow Gu Xi Ju, and take his place

Ey, looks like stealing the token alone is enough, being the Supreme Chief of Wu Lin, such job that harms both the body and mind, is best left for that workaholic Gu Xi Ju!

Tiht, inside the radually restored

Seeing no one around, Pang Wan stealthily springs towards Bai Xiao Sheng’s room

——this guys has always been clever and cunning, how could he suddenly have been injured so badly? In the end, her heart just couldn’t withstand it

Arriving at the rooftop, she quietly re back into her past offense and starts peeking

But sees that inside the roo who is suffering from loss of blood, there is also another person, he is currently sat behind Bai Xiao Sheng, channelling his inner energy to force out the poison and tend to his injury

“Come on down” That person clearly did not raise his head, but throws out those words at her

Pang Wan freezes, biting onto her bottom lip

“You really sure you don’t want to take a look at him?” That person has his eyes closed, but from his lips, he murmurs the words, “Wan Wan?”

Pang Wan had no other choice, in the end, her body flutteringly descends —— speaking in ter), then that person is the Great Buddha, her every act and every move, he knows just like it’s the back of his hand,she just has no way nor chance of escaping

Up until the other person co in h his body and cal Wan hesitantly makes her way over

——exercising the inner energy for healing purposes is every master’s most vulnerable moment, at the same time, it also the moment in which they are most likely to be consumed by their oer[2], plus she needs to try hard not to arouse suspicion

Watching her faltering steps, Gu Xi Ju gradually sreenof splashed ink (Chinese ink painting technique)

“Where have you ran off to play these days?” He stands against the wind, eyes showing not the slightest hint of scolding, only looking deep and bottolance

“……casually wandering around” Pang Wan scratches her hair, a little dejected —— it’s not like this, it shouldn’t be like this, they all say eneer), she thought that Gu Xi Ju would at least kick up a huge fuss, spitting out his rage and ferociously glare, but did not ever think, he would still be calentle towards her like he always had been

Gu Xi Ju nods, see to have no intention to pursue the matter

“During the tihtly lowers both eyes, softly sounding a sigh

Pang Wan opens herto ask, but once the words reached her lips, they were sed back —— “It has nothing to do with htily stiff manner