Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 236 Fake Baby (2)

The bright moonlight spilled into the valley, and the surrounding area was quiet, with only the sound of the zither sounding like heavenly music.

A bright light fell from the sky; it was Gu Jingnian.

He stopped in the mountains and looked around. First, he saw a zither placed on a rock, with a jade-like wrist moving it. Then, Hu Jingnan turned her head, and a hint of surprise appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"Miss Hu, what are you doing?"

"I'm... calling for help."

Hu Jingnan finally stopped playing the zither, and her eyes became unfocused.

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingnian knew something was wrong. Looking closer, he saw that half of Hu Jingnan's body was wrapped in silk threads.

A large red spider was crawling on her back, its chelicerae piercing her snow-white neck and injecting venom.

Every now and then, it would suck a few mouthfuls of Hu Jingnan's blood.

Gu Jingnian found it hard to imagine what a woman would feel if she encountered such a monster. Looking at Hu Jingnan, he saw that she remained calm and concealed her fear and disgust very well.

Even more terrifying, the spider had a skin bag dragging behind its body.

The body was a shriveled human form with wrinkled skin, yet it was still recognizable as Bian Jingzhong.

Gu Jingnian realized it was a trap and tried to flap his wings to leave, but found that his body was completely immobile.

"Young master, I can't move."

Yingyao was half asleep in Gu Jingnian's arms, unaware that something was wrong. She wanted to turn her head to look, but she couldn't control her neck.

The red spider crawled off Hu Jingnan's back and into its humanoid skin.

The shriveled skin gradually swelled up, eventually taking on the appearance of Bian Jingzhong, except that there was still a wound on his body that had not been stitched up.

Bian Jingzhong was also seriously injured. He sat cross-legged and remained silent.

"Clap clap clap."

Someone clapped their hands and emerged from the darkness, their red hair fluttering in the wind—it was Ren Shuangfei.

Ren Shuangfei walked with ease, stood in the moonlight, and even spread his arms to show off his state, looking radiant.

"You must be wondering how I recovered when I was clearly injured? It's because of this."

He answered his own question, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, waved it in front of Gu Jingnian, and said, "Thanks to Miss Hu's miraculous medicine, I recovered much faster. Oh, there's still some medicine left, I plan to use it to save Zhao Boheng."

Gu Jingnian glanced at the porcelain bottle, pondering how to escape, and snatched it to Yingyao.

"You broke your promise." Ren Shuangfei pointed at Gu Jingnian's nose and cursed, "Aren't you going to ask me why I saved Zhao Boheng?"

Gu Jingnian asked, "Do you still want those two paintings I painted?"

Ren Shuangfei continued, "Firstly, I do want to inquire about the affairs of the realm and hear what Zhao Boheng has to say, so that it can corroborate what you said. Therefore, the painting is no longer important. Secondly, I want to refine the two of you into pills to enhance my power. After all, our special abilities are of the same type, and it would be a waste not to use such good materials."

"There's no rush to refine them."

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

Ren Shuangfei was taken aback. He looked around but saw no one else in the mountains.

Then he realized that the voice was very childish and innocent. He looked at "Lu Anran" in Gu Jingnian's arms, smiled, and asked, "Grandma Meng, is that you?"

The next moment, "Lu Anran" did something that a child that big shouldn't do.

She yanked Gu Jingnian's hand away, leaped out of his arms, and landed lightly on the ground.

Her arms and legs were still short, yet she managed to stand up and take a few steps, displaying an adorable infancy that was also somewhat strange.

She paced back and forth for a couple of steps before speaking.

"I'm so suffocated!"

Having said that, she raised her head high, looked at Gu Jingnian, and sneered, "A mere brat who hasn't even grown up yet dares to call himself my uncle? Do you even know how old my uncle is?"

In fact, at her current height, she could only see Gu Jingnian's chin, so she simply sat down on a rock.

Gu Jingnian did not show that he had already guessed she was an imposter. With a hint of surprise in his tone, he asked, "Meng Xiaopo? You are Meng Shaoweng's sister?"

"That's right, I'm much better than him."

As Meng Xiaopo spoke, she raised her hand towards Ren Shuangfei. Ren Shuangfei immediately became unable to move, and couldn't even suppress the smile on her lips.

He could only maintain that awkward smile and said, "Meng Xiaopo, if we were to fight to the death, the outcome would be uncertain. Why not cooperate?"

"We can cooperate, but give me the goods."

"No."

Ren Shuangfei said no, but her body moved on its own, and she stepped forward, holding the small porcelain bottle in both hands and handing it to Granny Meng.

During the process, it was clear that he was struggling, with slight twitches in his eyelids, mouth, and fingers, but Meng Xiaopo still took the porcelain bottle and dripped two drops into her mouth.

After that, she closed her eyes, sat cross-legged and began to cultivate her inner energy. Her body grew little by little until it looked like a two or three-year-old, at which point it stopped, while she continued to sit cross-legged and cultivate her inner energy.

"This medicine is good, but the more you use it, the older you get; it needs to be used in moderation," Granny Meng said slowly, opening her eyes. "Even if you refine a phoenix, you can only be reborn in fire, with limited lifespan extension. Do you know what truly grants immortality?"

Ren Shuangfei said, "Womin."

“That’s right,” said Meng Xiaopo. “You want to refine them, and I want Womin. We can cooperate.”

“Okay,” Ren Shuangfei said, “but I’m afraid they won’t take you to Womin. He’s already broken his promise to me once before.”

"Yes," said Granny Meng, "that is a difficult problem. Young man, what do you suggest we do?"

Despite being called "young man" by such a young child, Ren Shuangfei, who was usually arrogant, did not mind at all. After a moment's thought, he said, "If we threaten Gu Jingnian, he will definitely resort to underhanded tricks. It would be better to use him to threaten her."

In the end, Ren Shuangfei shook the tassel with one finger and found that he could move again. He couldn't help but say, "Thank you, Senior Meng."

Meng Xiaopo said, "If we cut off Gu Jingnian's head, will he die?"

"meeting."

At this moment, Bian Jingzhong also spoke up, saying, "Let me drain his blood, and he will die too."

“Yingyao, they’re just scaring you,” Gu Jingnian said. “Don’t be afraid, they won’t kill me…”

At this point, Gu Jingnian couldn't even move his mouth.

Ren Shuangfei sneered, "I won't kill you? Just wait and see."

He stepped forward, picked up Yingyao, and pulled her away from Gu Jingnian.

Upon seeing this, Bian Jingzhong's body quickly withered away, and a red spider crawled out of his body, crawling towards Gu Jingnian and sucking his blood.

Yingyao knew these were all meant to scare her, and she tried to close her eyes to avoid looking, but she couldn't even control her eyelids. She could only watch as Gu Jingnian's body was gradually drained dry.

The red spider knew exactly what would terrify her most. With a swipe of its chelicerae, it plucked an eyeball from Gu Jingnian's eye socket and ate it right in front of her.

"For you guys!"

Yingyao finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Here's what you want!"

Granny Meng was overjoyed and asked, "Where?"

“In the west,” Ying said. “I don’t know what it’s called, I only know that I kept flying west, flying very, very far, until I found a lake that looked like a tear. I buried the fruit and the talisman by the lake.”

The red spider finally stopped moving and crawled back into its skin. A short while later, Bian Jingzhong's eyes rolled, revealing a thoughtful expression.

He was ordered to eliminate Yin Jingheng, but now there was clearly something more important, so he said, "I will arrange a flying carriage to take us there. I only hope that after the deed is done, Senior Meng will not forget the help from Yong Kingdom and will share a piece of the pie with His Majesty."

This statement is rather surprising.

Those present, seeing his monstrous appearance, never imagined that he was truly loyal to Yin Yuhe.

As soon as Meng Xiaopo agreed, a flying car sped westward into the night.

On the flying car, Gu Jingnian and Hu Jingnan were completely wrapped in spider silk and left aside.

Yingyao was completely wrapped up, with only her head showing, occasionally pointing out the way.

This time, she learned another lesson.

Although she was already very strong, the wickedness of the world could still cause her to suffer a major setback.

Fortunately, the young master discovered the clues in advance and deceived these people with words.

What they didn't know was that the bark talisman that the old man had given her was actually on her person.

(End of this chapter)