Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 977 Bringing Back Gao Erzhuang
After Qu Tong's little incident, the group's journey went exceptionally smoothly, and they returned to their previous idle state.

Especially these people: Zhang Chulan felt insecure and had no interest in traveling; Ma Xianhong's magical artifacts were indeed severely damaged in the previous battle and he was constantly rebuilding them—he wouldn't feel at ease without a hundred or so magical artifacts or puppets on him.

At the same time, he also had to study how to operate the Seven Arrows of Nailhead.

As for Xiao Zizai? He doesn't appear in the human world at all. Except for returning to sleep on time, every day when he opens his eyes, he recites his Transformation Heaven Demon Mantra and enters He Songling's "demon world" to enjoy a "feast".

There was no way around it. After restraining himself for so many years, the temptation of food was simply too great. Even with his years of Buddhist practice, Xiao Zizai still broke the precept against greed here.

A few days later, just as they were about to leave Henan province, the young men who had been sent out finally returned.

A spatial portal appeared in the void, followed by a girl lying in a strange container with tubes inserted into her. Then Feng Shayan jumped out of the portal. Next came Wang Ye, Zhuge Qing, Fu Rong, Zhang Lingyu, and Xia He.

This group looked somewhat disheveled, clearly indicating that the influence of Na Du Tong in Northeast China was not to be underestimated, especially since they were after the very daughter of the head of the Northeast region. Although Gao Lian might sacrifice his daughter's interests for certain "benefits," it didn't mean he was completely indifferent to her safety.

Unfortunately, he encountered a group of genius young people nurtured by gods.

"Oh, you're back?" He Songling was betting with Zhang Chulan on whether Ma Xianhong could successfully create the next magical artifact, and greeted him without even lifting his eyelids. "Looks like things aren't going too well."

"Phew..." Feng Shayan lay on the ground and let out a long breath. "We almost got caught. If it weren't for a few animal spirits coming out to protect us, and the guardian spirits of the Northeast Region of Na Du Tong having a temporary internal conflict with them, we would have really lost a few lives."

"I already told you, in the Northeast, mentioning my name is very effective." He Songling said smugly. The magic he helped those animal spirits in the Northeast to create back then, as well as the ability he specially created for the Ma family to prevent them from being directly possessed by spirits, were enough to help Guan Shihua and those old animal spirits.

Not to mention, he's not the only deity on Earth these days; there's another one living in Northeast China.

The mountain god with the gaping hole helped him a lot back then, even entirely without expecting anything in return. Now that He Songling has become an immortal, he must visit it before ascending to heaven.

"Who's holding us back? You'll be punished by having to carry Chai Yan's corpse!"

He Songling's punishment itself wasn't particularly severe, but it was highly symbolic. After all, everyone lived together, traveled the same path, and saw each other all the time. For him to carry a corpse on his back was like having "I'm useless" written on his face—very shameful.

Not to mention that this is the mentor of the Ten Elders, Ru Hu. Although they are all quite strong, they might not be able to stay calm when facing the Ten Elders, especially Ru Hu, who is known as the second strongest among them.

"he!"

Everyone pointed at one person.

"Oh my, that's unexpected."

Indeed, it was unexpected. The one who dragged them down wasn't the weakest Fu Rong or Zhang Lingyu, nor could it be a vixen like Xia He who came from the Quanxing sect. Zhuge Qing was the strongest among them, and even if he didn't play the biggest role, he certainly wasn't a drag.

Feng Shayan relies on her spatial abilities; while fighting might not be effective, escaping is definitely not a problem.

So, this person who's holding everyone back is actually Wang Ye, a former disciple of Wudang who has mastered two "unique skills." This guy was hailed as "the number one person under thirty" during the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, but now he's become a liability.

"Hehe, I'm a bit out of my depth, really out of my depth!"

Wang Ye didn't explain, but scratched the back of his head and chuckled awkwardly.

Actually, he was somewhat wronged. The group, relying on surprise and their extraordinary methods, had an incredibly smooth time sneaking in to steal from Gao Yushan.

After all, Gao Yushan has been in a vegetative state for quite some time now, and she's even become a cyber master in the online world. Gao Lian is also the regional head, and he's very busy. It's impossible for him to personally accompany her every day, let alone use his position to have a large army guarding her every day.

Leaving behind some standard protective and early warning forces is sufficient.

This led to the formation being easily disrupted by Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing. Feng Shayan's spatial portal opened directly onto Gao Yushan's face, and she was easily stolen away.

The trouble arose during the retreat. While Wang was scouting and distracting others in his animal form, he was caught by the true forms of several animal spirits.

This kind of transformation technique has never appeared among extraordinary people in history. It only appeared in the human world because Zhang Boduan left a letter in the Nine-Bend Cave and Wugensheng and his sworn brothers and sisters revealed something that the "Heavenly Rules" did not allow.

So even though the animal spirits in Northeast China have lived for two or three hundred years, and some were born during the Ming Dynasty, they have never seen this kind of magic.

They only saw a being who could refine Qi, whose meridians and acupoints were all open, and whose every movement secretly conformed to the Daoist principles of Yin and Yang transformation. With every move, Qi could be drawn into the body and released outwards.

But this is clearly just an ordinary animal that hasn't cultivated to the point of "being born with a special body".

This led the immortals to believe that they had found a gem, a true talent, and that he was the most gifted descendant in the history of these animal immortals, or even "demons."

Now, these animal immortals no longer cared about the face of He Songling and the Chuma family, nor did they care about the chase between these juniors and the Northeast Region of Nadutong. All they could think about was taking Wang Ye back to teach him properly so that he could become a demon immortal in the future.

This could be the "divine beast" of the future!

These animal immortals were as excited as if they had seen a dragon and a phoenix, or as excited as humans seeing the Imperial Seal of the State.

As a result, countless animal spirits came to capture Wang Ye. Wang Ye tried to escape, but he could not. He could only barely shake off the animal spirits' capture by relying on the formation and spatial magic of Zhuge Qing and Feng Shayan.

This was a huge setback. Not to mention Gao Yushan, even Fu Rong and Xia He were almost captured by Gao Lian.

Fortunately, this happened during their retreat. If Wang had been discovered and targeted by these animal spirits as soon as they entered Northeast China, their operation would have been a complete failure, not to mention the loss of several people.

(End of this chapter)