The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 169: Husband and Wife as One

What was An Ziyang doing when Li Miao, Yongjie and King Miao were fighting fiercely?

He is eating.

An Ziyang sprinkled a circle of mangcao powder around himself to prevent any lone poisonous insects from running towards him, and then leaned against a rock, listening attentively to the loud noises coming from the pupae chamber, while tearing off a piece of cake and chewing it.

Yongjie dragged him on the journey without sleep, but he only had a second-rate inner strength and could not endure as long as Yongjie. He could not help the Miao King, but he did not dare to leave, fearing that he would run into danger that he could not handle if he went too far.

So he had nothing to do except eating.

However, he was able to eat in such a situation, which showed that he had an extraordinary heart.

After eating a whole piece of pancake, the noise from the pupa room did not stop. Instead, it became more and more intense, as if it was about to tear his eardrums.

As a last resort, he had to get up and walk in the opposite direction of the pupa chamber.

As he walked, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas... the past ten years have been wasted..."

He was a mediocre person, with only a quick mind, so his skills were mostly in traps, poisoning, and hidden weapons. Over the past decade, with his skills, he had no problem fighting two or three top masters, and he was actually a little proud of himself.

But after seeing Li Miao and Yongjie fighting with the Miao King, even he felt a little discouraged.

No matter how hard the bow is, it can't match Li Miao's Xuantian Finger. No matter how thick the armor is, it can't stop Li Miao's punch. No matter how strong the poison is, Li Miao can dodge it more than ten feet away and it can't be affected at all.

An Ziyang, who relied on external objects, had no power to resist the celestial beings.

Only the tradition of witchcraft that has been passed down for thousands of years can compete with the gods.

An Ziyang's mind was wavering and he was distracted for a moment, so he didn't notice the bulge under his feet.

state!
I was tripped.

"Ah."

An Ziyang laughed at himself in his heart, then he took a few steps forward to steady himself. He then uttered a sigh.

"Ok?"

The place I just stepped on... seems to be empty?

He squatted down, took out a finger-long iron pipe from his arms, and knocked on the ground.

Ding. Ding.

Yes, it is empty. And it is not a naturally formed hole, but one that has been deliberately covered up, and the material is different from the surrounding stone walls.

Others couldn't hear it, but he, who had inherited the true skills of the thieves, could hear it clearly.

An Ziyang frowned, rubbed his fingers around his base, and thought to himself.

He would not rashly pry open the ground and go down to investigate. That was something that only a rookie who had just entered the martial arts world would do.

This is the origin of the inheritance of witchcraft, and the ground is full of strange insects and poisons. There might be an insect nest below, and if he goes down there with his small body, he will die.

Even if there is something fishy, we have to wait until Li Miao and Yong Jie are done and let the tall guy take the lead.

Thinking of this, An Ziyang carved a mark on the ground with an iron pipe, then turned and left, waiting for Li Miao to decide the outcome before making any plans.

He waited for another half an hour, and finally, the noise in the cocoon room gradually subsided.

An Ziyang did not act rashly, but waited for another stick of incense to see that the place had indeed become quiet. Then he carefully moved over, poked his head out of the secret passage, and looked into the pupa chamber.

This room, which is a hundred feet square, is already in ruins.

The wall was cracked, the ground was broken, the jars that held the corpse of the pupa girl were all broken, and the skeletons were scattered on the ground. The mountain of corpses in the left front had turned black, like dried bacon, without any juice at all.

There is a big hole in the center of the pupa chamber, dark and bottomless.

"Master, did we win the first battle?"

An Ziyang shouted, ready to run away at any time.

Li Miao's lazy voice came from the big cave.

"It's already finished, come here."

An Ziyang then let out a long breath, walked quickly to the edge of the cave, and jumped down. When he jumped down, he landed right next to Li Miao.

In front of the two of them was Yongjie, kneeling on the ground with his back to them.

An Ziyang first flattered Li Miao with a few words like "Your Excellency is so powerful and majestic. How dare these villains, who are just traitors, offend your majesty?" After Li Miao waved his hand to stop him, An Ziyang turned to look at Yongjie.

"Master, what is this?"

Ever since he came down, Yongjie hasn't moved at all, not even the movement of his body due to breathing.

It was as if - dead.

Li Miao waved his hand: "Not dead, just a little troubled."

After saying that, he raised his hand and released a stream of true energy, which tapped the Yongjie Dazhui acupoint through air.

"Hiss ah ah ah -"

Yongjie let out a scream like a drowning man reviving, and then his head suddenly dropped and he began to gasp for breath.

Although An Ziyang had no good feelings towards Yongjie, after all, he was the one who brought Yongjie out of Shaolin. If something happened to him, let alone how he would explain it to Ling'er, the fact that the Shaolin abbot, who had only taken the throne for a few days, was taken away by him and died suddenly would cause a lot of trouble.

Therefore, An Ziyang was still quite worried about Yongjie's life or death.

He walked around to the side and asked.

“Master, you——!!!!”

An Ziyang had just said half of his words when he stepped back suddenly, his hand involuntarily grabbing the spring of his sleeve arrow.

He only took one look at Yongjie and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Yongjie was naked, revealing his broad and solid chest. On that chest, there was a beautiful female face with half-opened eyes! She was actually looking at him with a smile!

"My lord, this!?"

He suddenly turned his head to look at Li Miao, and even the way he addressed Li Miao in a flattering manner changed.

Li Miao smiled and said mischievously.

"What's all the fuss about?"

"It's said that husband and wife are one, right?"

This is what husband and wife mean! ?

An Ziyang really couldn't stand Li Miao's attitude of joking about everything.

Fortunately, Li Miao was just teasing An Ziyang casually and spoke without waiting for him to ask further questions.

"That's his wife, and also the Miao King."

"We destroyed eleven fake bodies of the Miao King and found her real body. We also found the poisonous insect that inherited the Miao King's legacy. However, she left a backup plan, so we couldn't kill her and the poisonous insect together."

"So we killed Ge Puqi, and left the poisonous insect behind, and kept it in Master Yongjie's body, to see if there is a way to break her back-up plan in the future."

"This face is beyond our expectations. However, the poisonous insect has been parasitic on Ge Puqi for many years. Maybe he is a little homesick. It makes sense to renovate it after moving."

An Ziyang asked: "What's the back-up plan?"

"Master Yongjie's daughter, Ling'er."

Li Miao said.

As An Ziyang's face suddenly turned pale, Li Miao continued speaking.

"Back then, after Ge Puqi was parasitized by the Miao King Gu, she should not have been completely transformed into the 'Miao King'. And she did not do it voluntarily."

"So she escaped from Miao territory and met Master Yongjie. After she gave birth to Ling'er, her Qi and blood were depleted and she was finally unable to suppress the Gu worm. She was completely transformed into the 'Miao King'. So she abandoned her husband and daughter and fled alone."

"It can be said that before she gave birth to Ling'er, she was Ge Puqi."

"After giving birth to Ling'er, she became the Miao King."

"And this Miao King will naturally not be soft-hearted towards his own flesh and blood, so he left a backup plan on Ling'er."

(End of this chapter)