Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 206 Silence is about to become a demon
Guo Jing felt an extremely strong sense of being stabbed in the back. His heart suddenly sank when his brother stole his property.

For a moment, he was even a little dazed, feeling that his many previous defenses of Wanyan Kang were all self-indulgent.

Then, anger welled up.

Guo Jing has a good temper, but he is not without temper.

The more someone he trusts betrays him, the more difficult it is for him to restrain himself.

At this moment, Guo Jing no longer looked like a silent "mountain", but an active volcano that was about to erupt.

The surging true energy flowed through his body, almost transforming into tangible sword energy, which stretched and retracted at Guo Jing's fingertips.

Wanyan Honglie's shout hit Guo Jing's two soft spots at the same time.

Huang Rong also held Guo Jing's arm tightly, feeling very nervous.

She knew that apart from his family background, Ouyang Ke had nothing that could compare to her brother Jing.

Now that Brother Jing has Dugu Qiubai as his godfather, his shortcomings have been made up. Sometimes Huang Rong seems to be quarreling with Huang Yaoshi, but she is just expressing her attitude. In fact, her inner emotions have always been stable.

But Wanyan Kang is not Ouyang Ke.

Take a closer look at Wanyan Kang now. He is of noble birth (questionable), has great martial arts skills, is handsome, has a famous teacher, and keeps himself clean... He only has Mu Nianci as his ambiguous object, which is very close to Huang Yaoshi's standard for choosing a son-in-law.

Guo Jing's anger suddenly cooled down the moment he saw Wanyan Kang.

Wanyan Kang, who was walking with Wanyan Honglie at this time, had a dim look in his eyes, like a puppet. The biting coldness, with him as the core, was spreading to the surroundings.

It seemed as if he might fall into endless darkness and purgatory at any time.

A kind of calmness and terror, like the tide in the dark night, was brewing in Wanyan Kang's body.

The long and narrow sword was held in his arms without any movement, but everyone who saw him for the first time would feel that he had already drawn the sword and was aiming at everyone with surging malice.

The snakes that had not dispersed yet and had keen animal instincts swam as far away from Wanyan Kang as possible and did not dare to get too close to him.

Dugu Qiubai also stared at the sword in Wanyan Kang's arms, with a thoughtful look on his face, and seemed eager to try.

If the occasion was not wrong, he might have already tried to test it.

As for the red tape about seniors and juniors, Dugu Qiubai never cared about it.

"Kang'er! Kang'er! Why don't you go and pay your respects to Island Master Huang?" Wanyan Honglie urged Wanyan Kang.

Wanyan Kang looked at Huang Yaoshi calmly, with no fluctuation in his eyes, which were colder than ice and darker than darkness.

The evil nature of the demon species is taking advantage of a certain breakthrough point to wantonly invade his soul. If it is pushed forward one more time, Wanyan Kang will completely fall into the path of evil.

"You want to marry my daughter too?" Huang Yaoshi looked at Wanyan Kang and asked him rudely.

Huang Yaoshi had little communication with Wanyan Kang in the past, but it was not that he had never met Wanyan Kang. He even had a little sympathy for his situation.

Huang Yaoshi was also very clear about the friendship between Wanyan Kang and Mu Nianci, so when Wanyan Honglie brought Wanyan Kang to propose marriage, he was surprised and a little angry.

With his keen sense, he had already noticed that this marriage proposal was changing.

Both he and his daughter seemed to have become pawns in the game.

As for Wanyan Honglie's purpose, how could Huang Yaoshi not understand it?

It can only be for that maddening treasure with ominous magic.

How much is the price of the city-worth treasure?
People who don’t have a deep understanding of it will only think that it was hidden by Emperor Yuan of Liang before the city was broken and that it was the last heritage of a dynasty.

But if you dig a little deeper, you will find that due to Emperor Wu of Liang's extreme worship of Buddhism in his later years, Daliang's national strength declined and it lost the support of the people. After Emperor Yuan of Liang came to power, various winds of targeting and suppressing Buddhism had already begun to blow. Although it was far from the extent of destroying Buddhism, there were still many settlements and liquidations.

Emperor Yuan of Liang’s treasures may contain not only the heritage of the dynasty, but also the accumulation of Buddhism... It is extremely imaginative to think about how huge the wealth that would be.

The imaginative part is what makes people unable to stop.

Wanyan Honglie pointed to this treasure to turn his life around. At this moment, he seemed to have been possessed by a demon. In order to achieve his goal, he would not hesitate to use any means.

Since Guo Jing insisted on marrying Huang Rong, he brought Wanyan Kang to interfere and forced Guo Jing to negotiate terms with him.

As long as he had the initiative, he was not afraid of Guo Jing's non-cooperation.

Wanyan Kang looked towards Huang Yaoshi with a gloomy gaze, nodded slightly, and said nothing. He held the ice-cold sword in his arms, and the temperature of the sword was higher than his own at the moment.

Wanyan Honglie said to Huang Yaoshi with a smile: "Island Master Huang! I came here with sincerity this time. There are five large ships docked outside the island, all of which are filled with rare treasures that I have collected from all over the place."

There was a hint of contempt in Huang Yaoshi's eyes, and he was about to make a sarcastic remark when a mute servant suddenly stepped over from the side and spoke to Huang Yaoshi in sign language.

In an instant, Huang Yaoshi's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes turned extremely cold when he looked at Wanyan Honglie. The five large ships brought not only the "bride price", but also the navy of the Jin Kingdom.

Huang Yaoshi gritted his teeth after taking another look at Ouyang Feng, who was obviously standing with Wanyan Honglie.

"Well!"

"Since we all have the intention, then we will use martial arts to determine success or failure."

"The three of you fight, regardless of life or death. The winner will talk about the rest." Huang Yaoshi swept his sleeves and said in a cold tone.

When Wanyan Honglie heard this, his smile became even brighter, and he said to Wanyan Kang: "Kang'er! As long as you win this battle, your father's wish will be fulfilled!"

Then he turned around and gave Guo Jing a meaningful look.

There was a hint of contempt in Dugu Qiubai's eyes. Although he didn't know why this so-called crappy Sixth Prince of the Jin Kingdom suddenly wanted to get involved, many complicated problems could actually be resolved in the simplest way.

No matter what kind of prince he is, doesn’t he just have one head and one life?

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Qiu Chuji, who has not appeared in nearly ten chapters, is riding a small fishing boat and heading towards Peach Blossom Island.

In the cabin, there was a beautiful girl lying there. Her pale face was tightly wrinkled, as if she was having a nightmare. It was not known whether it was sweat or sea water, but her hair was wet, hanging stickyly on her face, as if she was wearing a ball of kelp on her head. After the sea water evaporated, the salty and fresh taste stuck to the girl's body, making her look not so likable.

It seemed that the fishing boat was tossed up and down by the waves, and the unconscious girl gradually woke up. She looked around in confusion at first, then sat up suddenly and touched her clothes subconsciously.

"Awake? If you are awake, change your clothes."

"The clothes are in the box, and there is some clean water at the stern." Qiu Chuji's voice came from the bow.

This small fishing boat has no boatman, only a sail.

Qiu Chuji stood at the bow, using his true Qi to remotely control the boat, riding the wind and waves on the sea.

Hearing that it was Qiu Chuji's voice, Mu Nianci felt relieved and said, "Master Qiu! You saved me?"

"It's not me! It's the dolphins. When I was sailing past, you were being carried by the dolphins and skipping stones on the sea. You don't know that the dolphins were having so much fun." There was a hint of cold humor in Qiu Chuji's voice, which was unclear whether it was true or not.

After hearing this, Mu Nianci fell silent. She didn't even change her clothes. Instead, she curled up in the cabin, buried her head in her knees, and shed tears silently.

"When I fished you out, you were almost dehydrated from floating in the sea. How can you still cry now... Women really are made of water." Qiu Chuji sighed, then buried his head in the cabin of the fishing boat.

Mu Nianci raised her head slightly and looked at Qiu Chuji who was coming in against the light. Her red eyes immediately widened.

"Are you...Master Qiu?" Qiu Chuji looked too young at this moment. If Mu Nianci had not confirmed his identity by the voice just now, she would never have dared to recognize him just by looking at Qiu Chuji's appearance at this moment.

"it's me!"

"My cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds recently. It's not surprising that I can regain my youth!" said Qiu Chuji.

Mu Nianci felt a little envious when she heard this. Although she had just turned 28 and was not yet 10 years old, women were naturally sensitive to words like eternal youth and rejuvenation.

"Were you thrown off the boat by that little bastard Wanyan Kang, or did you jump off on your own because you couldn't bear the thought?" Qiu Chuji asked Mu Nianci.

Mu Nianci was confused by the question and then her mood began to become depressed again.

"Jumped down by yourself?"

"That's not bad. If that little bastard had left you behind, I would have really had to clean up the mess." Qiu Chuji said.

In fact, there was no dolphin that happened to save people. Qiu Chuji had been following Wanyan Kang, but he just didn't get too close.

The moment the demon broke out and Wanyan Kang was about to fall, Qiu Chuji's soul arrived first. He used his soul to control a group of dolphins to temporarily protect Mu Nianci who jumped into the sea. Then he retracted his soul, drove a fishing boat, and fished Mu Nianci out of the sea.

Mu Nianci buried her head again, her shoulders shaking constantly, and tears flowed out like crazy.

I'm afraid that one third of the 'vitality' that Qiu Chuji had given her before had flowed out with her tears.

"Hey! Don't just cry! Explain the matter clearly first. Only then can I decide how to seek justice for you." Even though Qiu Chuji knew the cause and effect of the matter quite comprehensively, he still said this to Mu Nianci at this moment.

Mu Nianci was still sobbing, but she finally calmed down and began to tell Qiu Chuji what happened a few days ago.

At that time, Wanyan Honglie took great pains to obtain five warships from Dengzhou. He was in high spirits and wanted to surround Peach Blossom Island, then set up a trap and wait for Guo Jing to surrender himself.

Although the ship was there, most of the soldiers on board "happened" to be infected with a diarrheal disease and left the ship one after another.

As a result, the five warships became empty shells. They looked mighty, but in fact they did not have much usable combat power.

In this case, hostage-taking by force will obviously not work.

Wanyan Honglie had to find a way to trick the valuable treasure out of Guo Jing's hands.

(End of this chapter)