Chapter 209 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 25 (1/2)

The tale of Scarlet Yearning was very melodramatic. Basically, it was a disaster instigated by a man.

Once upon a time, there was a married couple. One day, the husband cheated on his wife. Unfortunately, the wife couldn’t win him back and was nearly killed by her husband and his new lover.

With only vengeance on her mind, the wife devoted herself to research for many years and finally succeeded, creating a forbidden art.

That forbidden art was Scarlet Yearning.

Once cursed with this art, the man had to drink a woman’s blood to ease the immense pain the curse brought upon him.

And that woman had to be the woman who cast the art upon him in the first place; the blood of any other women was insufficient.

In the story, the husband drained his lover of her blood, but had still died in the end.

Scarlet Yearning had been passed down ever since then to deal with unfaithful men who’d let down their women.

But…

‘How come Bu Jingyun was cursed with Scarlet Yearning? Who’d he offend?

And it doesn’t seem like he needs the blood of any particular woman… as long as it’s a woman, her blood can ease his pain.’

Shi Sheng felt like dog blood was being dumped on her by the basinful.

She silently put the book away. After searching endlessly, she’d only found this one book that was of any use, yet the most important part had been torn out. She felt like killing someone.

……

Because his new City Lord wasn’t exactly the most reliable person, Big Man couldn’t help but worry inside.

However, he soon discovered that his worries were unfounded; the people attacking the city’s defensive formation soon gave up…because they themselves were under attack.

Their exorbitant use of spirit energy had attracted the magic beasts of Sunset Forest, who eagerly charged towards what they perceived to be dinner.

They hadn’t even entered Sunset Forest yet and had already suffered so many casualties. The hatred they felt towards Four-Square City and Shen Yaoguang was now strong enough to cause their teeth to ache.

By the time all the different forces had assembled together and were ready to enter Sunset Forest, virtually everyone appeared like they had experienced some form of torment, aside from those that had arrived last.

During this period of time, Qin Langyue had already met Love Interest N, the young captain of a mercenary band, so she was better off than most.

Everyone entered Sunset Forest while split into smaller teams. Because they didn’t have the exact position of the treasure they were seeking, they naturally split up and went off into different directions.

Qin Langyue had originally been together with Love Interest N’s mercenary band, but was later split up from them when they encountered some wolves. Now, not even Jiang Mu was by her side.

The only person with her right now…was Shi Sheng.

Don’t ask Shi Sheng why she was in the same place as the female lead.

‘Female leads and villains are each other’s ‘true love’; they’ll be struck by lightning if they aren’t together!

Even though I already did my very best to avoid Qin Langyue at any cost, all sorts of accidental coincidences still brought us together!

Really, I have to give the all-mighty Plot-sama a ‘like’.’

Shi Sheng appeared much more leisurely compared to Qin Langyue, who was somewhat dishevelled. The two were separated by a stream that flowed off somewhere unknown.

Shi Sheng didn’t move, so Qin Langyue didn’t either. The latter eyed the former guardedly.

Shi Sheng felt her eyes starting to ache from the staring, so she turned them and suddenly retreated into the woods behind her.

Qin Langyue let out a sigh of relief upon seeing Shi Sheng’s figure slowly disappear into the underbrush.

Ever since she’d entered Sunset Forest, she’d almost always been on the run and hadn’t had the chance to take a rest. She hadn’t expected to meet Shen Yaoguang here of all places.

This Shen Yaoguang gave Qin Langyue a bad feeling, so her first reaction upon seeing her was to put up her guard.