Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Retaining People Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Retaining People Editor: Atlas Studios Crash!!!
The Silver Spear clashed against the shadow, but the shadow had no intention of lingering in battle, using the momentum to turn around and sprinted towards the main entrance of Yizhuang.
Having failed in its move, and with no other desires, the only thought at the moment was to escape.
Originally, he thought that since Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun had one person come to stop him, the other must be stopping the other shadow.
But upon looking up again, he saw a hand already approaching him.
“How outrageous!!!”
He looked shocked, hands sealed as if to block, attempting to replicate his earlier move, but unexpectedly, the opponent struck with great force, and upon contact, his arms felt as if crushed by a massive boulder, scattering to each side, that hand flicked its fingers, swiftly brushing over the acupoints on his chest like Heavenly Pool, Shenfeng, and Zhongting.
The Extreme Yang Inner Strength of the Bright Sun Heart Technique followed the fingers into his body, sending him flying backwards.
He crashed down to the ground, unable to move an inch further.
Yet, he couldn’t help but angrily utter: “Why would you…”
His voice trailed off, unable to continue, as a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.
“Why not chase after the other one?”
Su Mo’s lips twitched slightly, pointing to a corner with his finger: “Why should I chase after a corpse?”
The Mystical Scripture indeed had the capability to feign death; during the operation of this martial arts, it could chill the blood and stop breathing, making one appear as a dead person.
However, this technique was limited to moments of stillness; once in motion, the movement would dissipate the effect.
Unless this martial arts was cultivated to its ultimate pinnacle.
However, regarding the current Yin Mountain Ghost Lord, not to mention his longstanding severe injuries, even if he were uninjured, mastering the Mystical Scripture to the highest level would hardly be an easy feat.
When the shadow appeared just now, it was a single shadow, which instantaneously split in two, throwing the other shadow out.
Attempting to use this critical moment to escape to safety without the other party giving it much thought.
Unfortunately, had he truly only wished to preserve his own life without causing further complications or attempting to capture the disciple from the Luoxing Sect, he might have really had a chance to escape.
After all, that moment did cause some astonishment, and with his extraordinary Qinggong and sole focus on escaping, stopping him would not have been easy.
Nevertheless, he ultimately couldn’t reconcile with it, wanting to kidnap that young disciple from the Luoxing Sect.
Originally, this would not have been too reprehensible; if there were only the two people from the Luoxing Sect, he might have truly been able to succeed and leave.
Regrettably, this gave Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun time to distinguish reality from deception.
Although it was a very short time, requiring a decision to be made in an instant.
But both Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun, not ordinary successors of Jianghu,
not only discerned the truth in that brief moment but also made decisive choices—one to save, the other to capture—seamlessly executed.
Ultimately, this led to him losing his last chance to escape, forcibly detained within Yizhuang.
“Lady, you can let go of me now.”
Yang Xiaoyun spoke at this time, addressing the disciple in her arms from Luoxing Sect.
The disciple, coming to her senses, hastily nodded and extracted herself from her embrace, slightly embarrassed: “…Thank, thank you for saving me.”
Yang Xiaoyun simply nodded, not saying much, but quietly let down her guard.
Although saving her led to holding the girl, as the saying goes, harboring intentions to harm others is not acceptable, yet keeping vigilance is necessary.
As for what exactly happened tonight, clarity is yet to be seen.
These siblings from the Luoxing Sect are complete strangers to each other.
Saving people was out of the righteousness of Jianghu, yet caution is needed in case this was a double trap. Therefore, although they rescued the person, they secretly guarded against whether the Luoxing Sect sister would take this opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Such precaution might seem distrustful, but when living in Jianghu, merely having a heroic heart for rescuing others without sufficient vigilance and alertness can hardly last long.
“Thank you, thank you both for your rescue!”
The Luoxing Sect brother also quickly spoke, forcing his tone but still revealing some fright: “I am Cheng Feiyu from the Luoxing Sect; this is my sister Lou Jingjing. Just now, we might have offended you. Fortunately, you disregarded our past actions and generously saved my sister; we are truly grateful!”
“That’s too kind of you.”
Yang Xiaoyun shook her head: “I am Yang Xiaoyun from the Iron Blood Escort Agency of Luoxia City, and this is Su Mo from Ziyang Escort Agency… Xiao Mo?”
She looked up and saw Su Mo looking at the coffin.
Su Mo turned back with a smile, reached into the coffin, and dragged out two corpses.
“This…”
Everyone was stunned.
Then Su Mo went to the corner and retrieved another body.
Three bodies were laid out in a row, plus the one whose acupoints were sealed and couldn’t move, making a total of four people.
Each had a stature like that of a child of three to five years old, their complexions eerily blue-black, their hands withered, fingernails extremely long.
“This Mystical Scripture is indeed bizarre; how did they change themselves to be neither human nor ghost?”
Su Mo glanced at the one whose acupoints were sealed, unable to move: “This esteemed predecessor from the Yin Mountain Ghost Sect… well, not just one, how about you tell us, how did you manage to ‘pretend to be a god’ and ‘play the ghost’?”
The Yin Mountain Ghost Lord never showed his true face since he entered the path.
Initially, it wasn’t about putting oneself in the coffin; descriptions from those who had seen him mentioned that he was exceptionally tall and extremely thin, with myriad arms and legs.
And his face was covered with white cloth, obscuring his features.
That’s why initially, Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun didn’t recognize this Yin Mountain Ghost Lord.
One reason was that the person had been dead for many years, temporarily unthinkable, and on the other hand, his distinctive stature was different from this person playing tricks in a coffin.
As for “Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul,” while the title may sound terrifying and capable of unsettling minds,
it’s merely a mysterious sound skill.
Similar martial arts, albeit not many, are not rare in Jianghu.
Yang Xiaoyun knew a few, such as “Death-Defying Demon Sound” and “Avici Hell” types of bizarre sound skills, among others.
People from the Ghost Sect, if they can’t handle these two techniques, would be embarrassed to greet others outside, much less use them to bluff as spirits or ghosts.
Only, it was unexpected that this Yin Mountain Ghost Lord, in this aspect of ‘pretending to be a god,’ turned out to be uniquely inventive, hiding many schemes.
After all… who would have thought that this Yin Mountain Ghost Lord was not just one person, but there were actually four people?
At this moment, not to mention Su Mo’s curiosity, even Yang Xiaoyun and the siblings from Luoxing Sect were curiously observing the captured Yin Mountain Ghost Lord… one of them.
That person’s face turned dark:
“How dare you, just kill if you want to kill, why the excess talk?”
Su Mo nodded: “If that’s the case, let me send the predecessor on his way.”
As soon as his words fell, he raised his palm intending to shatter the man’s top of the skull.
Cheng Feiyu hadn’t expected Su Mo to kill without hesitation, and hurriedly intervened:
“Brother Su, wait, I have something to ask!”