Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 405 Siege
"Ah, ah, ahhhhh—!"

Pei Yuhan screamed as she woke up from her 40-square-meter bed. Hearing the commotion inside, a large group of maids and servants rushed in.
"Miss, Miss, are you alright?!"

"Miss is awake. Bring her here."

"Huhuhu..."

Pei Yuhan was panting heavily, covered in cold sweat, her eyes trembling, staring fearfully at the person beside her, like a frightened cat wrapped in a gold-embroidered quilt, not uttering a sound.

The maids, having no choice but to drag her out of bed like a cat, surrounded her to dress and groom her, helping her with her hair and makeup, lighting incense burners, setting up screens, and drawing back curtains to reveal the bright courtyard and sunshine outside. Then they served a variety of porridge, tea, rice, sweets, candied fruits, and medicinal soups, filling the table.

Having been kidnapped and displaced, Pei Yuhan was suddenly surrounded by the familiar daily life and the calming fragrance of sandalwood filling the room. He was stunned for a moment, and the wild beating in his chest gradually subsided.

Then, from afar, the courtyard gate opened, and a golden-armored warrior holding a staff, standing across the hundred-meter-long corridor, gave a greeting at the gate, then pulled out an old servant from behind, who respectfully bowed before the corridor.
"Miss, this old servant is Pei Zhong. Thanks to the righteous help of the Duke of Wuchang, you were finally rescued unharmed from the clutches of the evil Taoist. Congratulations, congratulations!"

Duke of Wuchang...

Pei Yuhan was momentarily dazed, vaguely recalling something, but then her head throbbed with pain, and she couldn't remember anything.

The maidservant beside him smiled.

"Miss Pei, is this servant yours?"

"So far away, and separated by so many curtains, who can see clearly?" Pei Yuhan shook her head.
"do not know."

"No, no, no! Miss, please look again! It's this old servant, it's this old servant!"

The surrounding warriors swept over him with fierce eyes, and Pei Zhong felt a chill run down his spine, sweat pouring down his face!

"Awoo awoo awoo! Haho haho haho..."

Then a dog barked from the bushes, and a dog's head popped out from under the wall.

Pei Yuhan,
"Ah, I remember now. You received the letter and came to rescue me!"

Pei Zhong, "..."

The maids were overjoyed.

"Miss is awake! Quickly, go and fetch the Grand Princess!"

So the dog that had performed a great service was released into the yard and given minced meat to eat, while Pei Zhongze, whose identity was unknown, was dragged out by the warrior.

After Pei Yuhan drank a bowl of Hundred Flowers Jade Dew Ginseng Lingzhi Soup with honey to soothe her throat, she heard the chirping of orioles and the fragrance of flowers. A group of palace maids came in a procession. The room was filled with fragrance, and the air was filled with the scent of orchids and musk. Soon, a group of beautiful maids and concubines, dressed in bright clothes, escorted a beautiful woman and walked gracefully towards them.

It must be said that the female relatives and concubines kept by those powerful families each had their own beauty and charm. However, compared with the mistresses of the family, they were merely mortal beauties, as different from celestial maidens, and could not be compared at all.

When the hostess came to see Yuhan, a young girl, she didn't need any elegant clothes or palace makeup. She was dressed simply in her home attire for a midday nap, with a strapless silk shawl and a light skirt that trailed on the ground.

From afar, her hair was piled high like raven feathers, her black hair tied up high, a phoenix hairpin inserted at an angle, and her snow-white skin and jade-like breasts trembled. Up close, her eyebrows were like painted paintings, her lips were like cherry blossoms, her skin was smooth and lustrous, and her clear eyes sparkled. With every gesture, she revealed her voluptuous figure and graceful demeanor, her boundless beauty and innate nobility were undeniable.

Such mature and charming wifely demeanor, the bearing of a noblewoman, even Pei Yuhan was stunned and speechless, unable to help but exclaim "Oh wow!"
"So big and beautiful..."

"Hehehe, you have such a sweet tongue, little girl."

The eldest princess immediately rammed into Pei Yuhan, pulling her into her arms and pinching her round, chubby face.

"What a blessed face! You are indeed a born noblewoman. I feel pity for you. No wonder those evil sects, demons and monsters are all chasing after you."

I liked you at first sight. Why don't you become my daughter-in-law? A third-rank county lady wouldn't be a disgrace to your family.

A third-rank county lady? Duke of Wuchang...Grand Princess...Imperial Princess of the Imperial Clan! Grand Princess of Wuyang! General Who Conquers the South! A royal family!

Although she had been in a daze just moments before, the moment the keyword was triggered, a glint of light flashed in Pei Yuhan's eyes, and her fierce ambition for palace intrigue ignited! She conjured a smiling face and said...

"I am overjoyed to have gained the favor of the Grand Princess, and I dare not refuse. However, it is the order of my parents and the words of the matchmaker, so I must inform my father."

"But I dare not hide the truth. My family is just a bunch of country bumpkins from a distant branch. I'm afraid we can't even afford a proper dowry. We are truly unworthy of the young general of the Duke's mansion..."

Princess Wuyang pinched her round face.

"You're young but wise. Back then, the Eight Peis and Eight Kings were known as one of the world's great families. If it weren't for that incident in Qianzhou, your family would have been on par with the royal families. What's wrong with that?"

Sigh, if you ask me honestly, it's my good-for-nothing children and grandchildren, a bunch of spoiled brats, none of them are good enough for you. What a pity about this fate..."

Pei Yuhan sensed the tone of the conversation, her eyes darting around. She quickly changed the tables, throwing herself into the man's arms and conjuring up a tearful, pitiful face.

"Your Highness, please don't say that! My daughter has been without a mother since she was a child, and has never been loved by one!"

Today, having met someone as beautiful as you, I don't know why, I feel an admiration for you and a growing sense of closeness to you. How come we're not destined to be together!
Even if I can't be your daughter-in-law, my daughter is still very fortunate today. Why don't you be my mother?

"Uh, this, this child is really..."

Princess Wuyang was taken aback when the boy immediately claimed to be her mother, and blushed slightly. After all, who was she? She was the late emperor's sister, the immortal emperor's aunt, and the Lady of the State of Wuchang County. Who in her household would dare speak to her like that? Besides, there was such a significant generational difference; for him to immediately claim to be her mother upon meeting her—what kind of relationship did that have with her father…?

"I won't get up unless you agree, Mom!"

Pei Yuhan rolled on the ground and started making a scene.

Princess Wuyang also looked both surprised and delighted.

"Alright, alright, young lady of noble birth, how can you act like a monkey? I'll take you as my goddaughter."

Pei Yuhan, seizing the opportunity, immediately put on a smiling face again.

"Mother~~"

Ultimately, everyone is attracted to good looks. As long as you are pretty, well-behaved, and cute, you can still win people's hearts even if you throw a tantrum, roll on the ground, or fart.

The Grand Princess was amused by the girl and chuckled. She hugged Pei Yuhan in her arms, flipped her hands over, and took off the crystal jade pendant that was around Pei Yuhan's neck and buried between her chest. The pendant was adorned with icy tassels, its five-colored brilliance shining brightly, and its seven-colored jewels reflecting the sky. She then personally hung it around Pei Yuhan's neck and placed it against her heart.

"What a clever and shrewd girl, a charming and intelligent young lady. I think you are destined for greatness. It would be a pity to keep you hidden away in your boudoir. We should build you a golden house to live in."

"Thank you for the gift, Mother!"

Although Pei Yuhan knew nothing about cultivation, he could tell that the jade pendant was a fine piece because of its radiant light.

The term "half a jade disc" refers to a piece made by taking a section of a circular jade disc. However, a perfectly intact half is not very common. The one given by the Grand Princess is a three-section jade disc with a kui dragon pattern, which is clearly a ceremonial object of the imperial family.

Seeing that Pei Yuhan liked it very much and couldn't put it down, the Grand Princess was also very happy and smiled.

"Good, good, I've had another daughter. Everything at home will be prepared according to custom; we mustn't mistreat her. Oh, right, wasn't there another one? How's that one doing?"

A maidservant smiled ingratiatingly,

"That one is doing well too, it's just a pity that he can't move yet and is resting in the side courtyard. Would the princess like to take a look?"

"In that case, let her rest well and avoid causing her any trouble. Arrange for a renowned doctor to see her."

The Grand Princess smiled at Pei Yuhan,

"Thanks to that loyal servant who risked his life to save you, he was able to send me such a wonderful girl. You must thank him."

"My loyal servant... save me..."

Seeing that the girl was still confused and actually went to look at the dog, the surrounding maids found it amusing and said from the side,

"Miss doesn't remember. She said she was your senior sister, named Taozhi. She was the one who carried you out."

It's your senior sister
Called Peach Branch
She escaped on your back.
Pei Yuhan stood there dumbfounded, feeling a sudden emptiness in her heart, as if she had been stabbed with a knife, feeling extremely uncomfortable. However, she couldn't pinpoint what was wrong, and could only reply blankly.

"Oh."

"Hey? Silly girl, why are you crying?"

The Grand Princess initially didn't think much of it; after all, wealthy families had countless servants, and it was impossible to recognize them all. But suddenly, noticing Pei Yuhan's unusual expression, and seeing the little girl trembling and tears streaming down her face, she assumed the girl had been frightened by what had happened earlier. Feeling pity, she pulled her into her arms to comfort her.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Once you come to my home and become my daughter, I will protect you. Even if a decree comes down from heaven, I will ignore it."

"Yes, Mother..."

Pei Yuhan didn't know why, but she felt as if she had forgotten something terrible, something sad, something horrible that she dared not think about or recall.

So even if it's just for a little while, even if it's just to escape a little longer, Pei Yuhan desperately tried to burrow into the Grand Princess's warm and soft embrace.

Close your eyes tightly and tell yourself, "Close your eyes, this is just a nightmare. Open your eyes, and a sweet and peaceful new day begins."

But for some reason, a voice inside her was calling out to her, "Yuhan, wake up! Wake up! Wake up quickly!" But for some reason, she couldn't remember whose voice it was.

"Mother, can I see Sister Peach?"

So Pei Yuhan listened to what the Grand Princess said.

"Let's wait a few days until her skin has healed before we go see her. Don't scare you."

Then Pei Yuhan suddenly remembered.

With the death of the General Who Conquers the South, the entire household of the Duke of Wuchang was executed.

Then Pei Yuhan opened her eyes.

She saw that in her arms lay the skeleton of a woman who had been dead for a long time, her flesh mangled beyond recognition. Her former charm was gone, her former beauty incomplete; only a half-body, cleaved by a knife, remained. The withered, desiccated face was wrinkled and its eyes narrowed, as if it were smiling down at her, as if looking at a newborn daughter, or perhaps at the blood-stained jade pendant on her neck.

"Ahhh!"

Pei Yuhan screamed, dropped the rotting corpse in her arms, and tumbled down the mound of corpses.

Where are the princesses and kings now? Where are the fairies and beauties? Corpses, corpses everywhere! Chopped, trampled, crushed, stabbed, burned, rotting—piles of corpses rise like mountains, mounds of bones lie scattered like hills. No matter where you go, there are graves; no matter where you go, there are mounds of corpses. Mountains of white bones lie flat on the plains, tens of thousands of corpses exposed to the moonlight.

Yes, this is the Central Plains.

"Ahhh!"

Pei Yuhan screamed and ran wildly, her chest filled with fear and grief. She frantically searched through the mountain of corpses and bones like a headless fly, but she couldn't remember what she had lost or what she was looking for...

found it!
There's a dog!

"dog!"

"Ooooooooooo!"

The dog, who was dozing in the mountain of corpses, was pulled out by its tail. It was so frightened that it barked wildly, its fur standing on end, revealing half of its skeleton and baring its teeth.

"Even you, you dog, are dead! Waaaaaah!"

Suddenly, Pei Yuhan felt a lump in her throat. She was truly at her wit's end, and grief welled up within her. Unable to stop, she threw herself to the ground and wailed.

The dog was baffled, never expecting that this guy would howl even louder than him. He gave her a look that said, "Damn, this guy scared the dog to death," and then turned and left.

Pei Yuhan dared not stay in this place alone, so she followed it while crying loudly.

The dog's body was half-skeletal, and it limped along, unable to shake off this burden. It had no choice but to let her follow it, step by step, across the mountain of corpses, and step by step, until it reached the battlefield submerged by the river of blood.

However, they couldn't get out.

The battlefield was surrounded.

At a glance, there was a three-zhang-high river embankment and a ten-zhang-wide moat, a sea of ​​blood like a moat. The blood river surged and wailed, and countless wronged souls rolled in the waves, screaming and wailing, falling into the Avici Hell and unable to extricate themselves.

After leaping over the Blood River, there were city walls and towering jade cliffs that seemed to reach the sky, stretching all the way to the heavens and connecting with the sky, like a sheer cliff blocking Pei Yuhan's path.

Pei Yuhan tried to climb, but no matter how she grasped, she couldn't touch the jade wall that was so close yet so far away. It was as if an invisible protective barrier was pushing her away, or as if there had never been a wall at all. She had simply forgotten something, trapped in the city, unable to escape…

Just as Pei Yuhan was scratching her head in frustration, suddenly, a line of silver light bloomed in the sky, like a sharp sword cleaving through the heavens and falling onto the jade wall.

Then, from within the storm's radiance, a familiar figure emerged from the blood energy, from her memories.

"You are... Bai Yi! That's right! I remember your name is Bai Yi! Please save me, Bai Yi! Save me! I am Yu Han! Save me! You promised to save me! Ahhh!"

However, the boy just stood on the wall, staring blankly at himself, as if he didn't recognize him anymore.

It was as if the boy's bright, star-like, and crystal-clear eyes no longer reflected a pitiful and adorable girl, but rather a tall, eight-foot-tall figure, resembling a human, yet entirely different...

monster.

Then Pei Yuhan suddenly remembered.

I am dead.

Then she turned around and looked at the Grand Princess, who stood quietly on the mound of corpses, gazing across the river of blood, slowly opening her arms.

"Mother..."

“Come, come with your mother. They all don’t want you, but your mother does. Come home with your mother.”

"……Um."

So Pei Yuhan went home.

Huangfu Yi stood frozen, staring intently at the retreating figure of the humanoid monster. He watched it howl for a moment, then leap across the river of blood, tumbling and disappearing behind the vast mound of corpses.

"This, this, this is..."

System Road,
"This is the Suiyang Grand Formation. Back then, the three major sects fought so fiercely here that the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, causing widespread death and destruction. As a result, Yuntai Peak simply drew a line in the sand and imprisoned everyone. No matter who you are, as long as you are born within the Twelve Kingdoms, and you can't be wiped out all at once, you are all captured and thrown here for centralized custody."

"That, that, that is..."

"Isn't that the queen insect you've been eyeing?"

"But, but, but its face..."

"Oh, the insect eggs, those eggs that fall from the sky, are not only biological chambers for storing larval embryos, but also biological information collectors. They can collect the genetic code and biological information of local wild animals to coordinate and modify the gene morphology most suitable for the environment for the queen insect."

Didn't you find a human head when you opened the egg? To put it bluntly, that dead person was the chosen queen host, one of the larval worms' breeding beds.

So when she was ready, a drop of imperial nectar fell upon her from the sky, causing the larva inside the egg to cut off her head, burrow into her shell, don her skin, steal her body, and borrow her life. Disguised as her, it attempted to deceive her, hatch into an insect, and ascend to immortality.

Heh heh, but what a pity, the devil is one foot tall, but the righteous are ten feet tall.

Such things are nothing new. All the true disciples of each mountain have been instructed that from the moment they enter the sect, they should be told that if they encounter something they cannot handle, they should not hide it, but immediately send a telepathic message from afar and send a talisman to Tiantai Peak to call for help. There will always be an old man who will come out to clean up the mess.

"See, they've already taken care of it."

Huangfu Yi was momentarily exhausted, knelt on the ground, and gritted his teeth.
"No, it's impossible. I clearly predicted her... She's from a powerful family, blessed with the fortune of an empress or consort, protected by destiny. How could she possibly...?"

"Hehehe, hahaha! Kid, you're pretty accurate. You even predicted the candidates for Cassiopeia."

Protected by destiny? Chosen by fate? Ha! If she didn't have such good fortune, she probably wouldn't have suffered this calamity!

Let me tell you, there is no such thing as destiny or royal decree in this world!
There are only prepared scripts! Only traps hiding deadly intentions! Only layers upon layers of schemes!
What kings and generals, what talented scholars and beautiful women, they're all just insect skins and insect shells!

The entire Three Realms Immortal Palace is filled with ghosts in human skin! The officials in the imperial court are all molted sacks of insects!
What talk of the common people and the peril of the nation? They're just using their left hand to fight their right, putting on a shadow play for the gods in heaven!

With your current abilities, you're like an orphan crossing a river, running around recklessly, trying to save this person and that person.

But besides yourself, who else can you save?

Even a clay figure has a temper; provoked like this, Huangfu Yi roared out in anger.

"So what if we go to Mount Jiuyin! Will summoning that sword immortal save the world?"

To everyone's surprise, the system quickly replied,
"Of course you can. After all, you really don't have that ability, and he simply has no interest in it."

The boy, who had been kneeling on the ground, remained silent for a long while, then gritted his teeth, stood up, and spat out a note from between his teeth.

"Alright, bring the sword."

With a whoosh, the sword wind howled, and silver light enveloped his body. He leaped across the sky, piercing the heavens, and headed straight north.

"Hey, you're already here, why not eat something to replenish your energy? What's wrong, are you upset and want to go back to your old ways?"

Huangfu Yi took one last look at the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood that stretched across the land, then turned his head away.

I won't turn back. But I will keep my promise.

After taking her head, we'll send it to Mount Jiuyin.

(End of this chapter)