Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 563 Where to Escape

Bai Qiru was actually quite exhausted, not only mentally, but also physically, due to the injuries sustained from torture. He had simply changed his clothes to cover up his physical condition.

Upon hearing this, I wondered if my own fatigue was causing my dazed state.

I tried asking, "Who is Li Hongjiu?"

It wasn't an excuse; she genuinely had never heard of Li Hongjiu. Having spent years holed up in the rice shop, she rarely had any social interactions with neighbors.

Shi Chun was taken aback and wondered if the other person was faking it. Even an ordinary person like Dong Liangying knew about him, how could you not have heard of him? After all, when he was doing odd jobs at the library, he would occasionally hear people mention him, and those scholars would even talk about him.

After thinking about the other person's lifestyle, I can probably understand.

Besides, whether or not one knows Li Hongjiu is not important.

He immediately explained, "He is the personal disciple of Qu Wuming, the head of the Yanbao Sect."

Bai Qiru was taken aback. She searched her memory but couldn't recall ever having any contact with this person. It was impossible for her to have no recollection of someone of this status. So she asked in confusion, "Do I know him?"

Shi Chun: "Sigh, he must have met you. Otherwise, how could he like you? It was love at first sight for him, but for you, he might just be a passerby you don't care about at all."

It sounds very serious, but it's all baseless. It's nothing more than the idea that if there are conditions, you should go for it, and if there aren't, you should create them.

As for the truth, it doesn't need to be known by everyone; otherwise, it could cause trouble if someone overheard.

Bai Qiru couldn't help but lean back slightly, looking at him intently, waiting for him to continue.

Shi Chun simply defused the situation, saying, "It's his business whether he likes you or not, don't worry about it. If he dares to force you, I'll be the first to object. I can see you're tired, go home and rest early, and wait for my message."

That's it? Bai Qiru was a little surprised, but she was indeed tired. She nodded, put on her veil, and left.

After seeing her off, Shi Chun sneaked into the backyard and secretly entered the room of the woman in red.

The woman in red, lying on her side, was dangling a wine bottle in her hand. When she saw the door bolt, she jumped it open. When she saw that guy slip in again, even her best composure couldn't prevent her face from darkening. The other guy wasn't afraid of death, but she was afraid of ruining her reputation.

Seeing that the other person still wanted to sit next to her, she slightly raised her foot as if to kick, which deterred Shi Chun.

Shi Chun chuckled dryly, sniffed the aroma of the wine, and said, "I can tell this wine is good just by smelling it."

The woman in red coldly questioned, "Didn't I take your Mother-Child Talisman? What are you doing here again?"

She just didn't understand. Why would I give you the Mother-Child Talisman if you're always coming to see me? Is the Mother-Child Talisman just for saying those lewd things to me?

Shi Chun sighed, "Ruojun, I have no other choice but to come here for help."

The woman in red frowned slightly. "What is it now?"

Shi Chun sighed, "I dare not slack off in order to be with you as soon as possible. I'm going to find Situ Gu and Li Hongjiu right now, but..."

Seeing that he was still hesitating despite his rambling, the woman in red said something unkind: "Speak your mind, or shut up."

Shi Chun nodded repeatedly, then crouched down beside the couch, his face level with the other's, before revealing his predicament: "You know about the fight in the library earlier. It seems the perpetrators were after me. I'm worried they might be guarding outside and I'm afraid to go out. Could you please speak to Sword Saint Fu Que and ask him to escort me?"

The woman in red didn't know what to say to him. He would come to Fu Que with all sorts of trivial matters. Did he think Fu Que was a dog she kept?
After a pause, he offered another solution: "There's no need for Fuque. My cousin has some people here, and they're quite powerful. I'll put in a good word, and escorting you shouldn't be a problem."

As long as they have the ability, that's fine. Shi Chun immediately praised, "Good, good, good. As long as we are of one mind, we will be a perfect match sooner or later."

The woman in red shook the wine jug, signaling for them to get lost.

Shi Chun then asked, "This wine smells very good. Do you have any more? Could you give me some? Oh, Li Hongjiu is also a connoisseur of wine. When I go to see him, I should at least give him a small gift."

Since that's what she said, and it's something she asked someone to do, something she hoped would be accomplished, the woman in red didn't say anything more. With a wave of her hand, ten jars appeared on the ground and were arranged in a row.

Shi Chun immediately accepted the money with a smile and pocketed it all before politely taking his leave.

After everyone else left, the woman in red muttered to herself, "I'd like to see how you leave Jukuzhou."

She knew that Xunmen was under control, and she also knew who it was targeting.

After leaving this place, Shi Chun went upstairs to the library and went upstairs to look through books.

This time, I wasn't reading books, but searching for them. After finding books about the underworld, I put them all in my pocket, intending to take them with me and read them slowly when I had time.

When he finished tidying up and went downstairs, he left a money bag on Dong Liangyu's desk. He believed that Dong Liangyu would know what it meant when he discovered that the man was missing.

He came to borrow the book, not to steal it. He will return it when he has the chance.

After briefly concealing his appearance in the lobby downstairs, he slipped out through the door.

Just as he was looking around, a smiling woman in a light purple dress walked towards him. Although she wasn't particularly beautiful, she was dignified and elegant, with graceful and poised manners.

Shi Chun was naturally alert to the sudden appearance of someone. His right eye, which he used to observe, became even more alarmed. He discovered that this woman was also a demon cultivator, but the depth of her spiritual energy seemed to be no less than that of Fu Que.

"Your cousin asked me to give you a ride." The man introduced himself and gestured for you to enter.

Shi Chun breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the woman in red was right; there was indeed a powerful escort. He immediately followed her and quickly left. After the two walked out of the city, Shi Chun had just taken out his Wind Scale to use it when the smiling woman beside him waved her hand and cast a spell, lifting him into the air. Once in the air, she asked, "Where to?"

Shi Chun pointed in a direction, "Zhelan Slope".

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights of Dazhicheng behind him quickly disappeared into the distance.

Before long, they arrived at the mountain range. Following Shi Chun's directions, the smiling woman landed in a mountain hollow.

Upon landing, they saw a cave entrance. Shi Chun cupped his hands and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go in and get something."

The smiling woman bowed slightly, and Wenya raised her hand, indicating that she would like to make herself at home.

Shi Chun immediately stepped inside, took out a piece of sandalwood gold flame for illumination, and quickly made no sound as he tiptoed through the air.

After making several turns in the cave, presumably to block out sound, he quickly darted through the cave.

After running a considerable distance, they met Wu Jinliang, who had been waiting for them for a long time.

Wu Jinliang, who was there to meet him, let him go first, and then used his earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into the ground) to merge into the cave.

After emerging from the other side of the mountain, the two immediately rode away on their wind scales.

The smiling woman, who had been waiting at the cave entrance for a long time without any movement, gradually realized something was wrong. She tried to use her magic to explore the cave and found that it was unfathomably deep. Her expression changed slightly, and she quickly slipped inside, carrying light along the way. Before long, she found that the cave ahead was blocked.

She used magic to probe the depth of the blockage and knew that the person had already shaken her off. Opening a passage along the trail would not be difficult for her, but she was unsure whether it was appropriate to make a big commotion. She immediately turned her head and transmitted her voice towards Dazhi City: "Your Majesty, the person has escaped."

As soon as she finished speaking, a crack of light appeared in front of her, and the woman in red flashed out, the void rift disappearing behind her.

While the woman in red was assessing the situation, the woman with a embarrassed smile gave a detailed account of what had happened.

"It's not your fault. You kindly offered him a ride, and he still managed to guard against it. That's quite something. I heard before that this guy was slippery and hard to catch, and now it seems he really is no good." The woman in red sneered.

He turned his head, raised his hand and pushed towards the sealed cave, and the piled-up soil immediately melted away along the original passageway.

Wu Jinliang isn't the only one in this world who knows the art of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that can be used to burrow underground); there are people who use it much better than him.

The two women walked away one after the other.

Before long, they emerged from the other end of the exit and saw a sky full of stars, but Shi Chun was nowhere to be seen.

The woman in red took out the mother-child talisman and immediately sent a message to Shi Chun, questioning: "The person who gave it to you has been waiting for you all this time. Did you leave without saying a word?"
Shi Chun quickly replied: Oh dear, I forgot, I forgot. Ruojun, I was just about to contact you. Could you apologize to her for me?

He had planned to go further away before contacting them again.

The woman in red immediately replied: "Don't you like me? If you like me, don't make things difficult for me. Come back and apologize to him in person."

Shi Chun sent a message asking in return: So, do you like me?

The woman in red laughed in anger. She had gotten to where she was today through hard work and struggle. She immediately replied readily: "I've already started to like it a little."

Shi Chun replied: Good boy, help me apologize to that lady.

The woman in red grabbed the mother-and-child talisman and nearly crushed it on the spot, a sinister grin on her face.

The smiling woman standing to the side was surprised, as she rarely saw him so out of control.

"If I can't even track his whereabouts, then all these years of my life have been for nothing! Let's go back to the royal court and send two tracking experts. Let's see where he can escape to!" The woman in red sneered and swept her sleeves, tearing a crack in the void.

The two women entered one after the other, disappearing into thin air along with the void rift...

Having reached the foot of the sacred mountain again, Shi Chun didn't stop for long and immediately followed Wu Jinliang into the sacred mountain's great formation.

It's late at night, a perfect time to get moving, let's not waste it.

Using their right eye's ability to evade guards, the two stealthily made their way towards the main peak of the sacred mountain.

After finding the area where the Soul-Reversing Trees grew, the two ventured into a more secluded place and then used Ah Xun's belongings to make the Soul-Reversing Trees appear one by one.

Wu Jinliang used his earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a technique used in Chinese martial arts) to quietly uproot the Resurrection Trees one by one, while Shi Chun stored them one by one into his Qiankun Bracelet.

Since the bracelet had a lot of space inside, the two of them went all out. They were already here, and it wasn't easy to come all this way, so they wanted to uproot all the Soul-Reversing Trees on the mountain.

Unfortunately, they dared not go to locations where they could easily be exposed, and also, the amount of material Ah Xun left behind to make the Soul-Reversing Tree manifest was limited.

While the two were busy, at the foot of the sacred mountain, where they had hidden themselves, the smiling woman who had escorted Shi Chun earlier arrived.

Beside her were two people shrouded in cloaks, both with eerie crimson eyes.

It's not only those in the demonic path who possess the Demon Eye; there are also those who have joined the Heavenly Court or the Four Great Royal Courts.

Upon touching the invisible protective barrier of the ancient formation, the Smiling Woman's smile vanished, replaced by shock. "Are you sure you didn't see wrong? Are you sure they entered the formation from here?"

(End of this chapter)