Imperial Treasure

Chapter 552 - 359: Immortal?

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As soon as the door opened, the candlelight inside poured out. It seemed someone flashed by inside, causing the villagers outside to immediately retreat several steps in fright. The village chief immediately bent his knees and knelt on the ground, muttering something that resembled the Miao language...the others followed suit...

It seemed like some kind of plea for mercy.

After a moment, they still hadn’t received any response or indication of annoyance from the Demon God when suddenly...

Bang!

It seemed something was thrown out, crashing onto the ground!

The crowd was terrified, thrown into chaos. Seeing the wretched, inhuman yet humanoid creature, they were even more horrified and fearful, yet none dared to move, perhaps thinking the Demon God was still inside and this bizarre creature was something else...

The village chief was calm, still kneeling on the ground, cautiously uttering unknown words again...Hearing footsteps from inside the house, he raised his head and looked...instantly baffled.

A slender figure walked out of the door, holding a sword, standing in front of The Gate, looking at them with a calm expression...

It was her!

The Demon God?

A few strong men had already gotten up, ready to restrain Sui Yi, but with a slight twist of her wrist, the cold light circulating on the Demon Que Sword Edge shot out, emitting a sharp cold hum. This made the strong men who had stood up fall back onto the ground in fright.

The village chief’s face turned green, looking at the unknown creature on the ground, then at Sui Yi, his expression changing over and over...

Turns out this girl was the biggest troublemaker; they had actually mistaken her for prey! How foolish!

Sui Yi spoke first, "You’ve never seen the Demon God?"

This person always had the ability to disregard all surroundings, and even now he didn’t care about the bizarre standoff, his tone as steady and cool as ever.

Yet the village chief shivered, saying, "We have."

He certainly understood Mandarin.

And now, he couldn’t pretend anymore.

"Since you’ve seen it, why aren’t you surprised at all by this thing, as if it’s not..."

The village chief was stunned for a moment, then said, "We don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely not the honorable Demon God, for the Demon God is very good-looking..."

Not? Sui Yi was shocked, and the term "good-looking"...

"The Demon God is a human?"

"No, he is a god, an immortal, is..."

The tone of reverence was clear, the old man’s eyes almost sparkling, but Sui Yi suddenly turned and rushed back into the house...

Just as there was a bang of a porcelain bowl shattering inside.

The candle was extinguished!

However, aided by the moonlight and his extraordinary strength, Sui Yi still saw Yhan Qingwu swaying, seemingly dizzy and weak...Her waist, however, was bound by a dark shadow, being dragged toward the edge of the bed...

The dark shadow resembled a snakelike, soft fluid, its end under the bed, concealed by a torn cloth... The Demon God!

In an instant, Sui Yi flicked his wrist, and the Demon Que spiraled across...

Flying Spirit Streaming Light!

Pfft!

A sword directly cleaved into the dark shadow. Hiss! With a collision, the Demon Que made a sound and appearance akin to burning sulfur, hissing and producing sparks.

The dark body binding Yhan Qingwu’s waist instantly broke!

Sui Yi had already leapt forward in three strides, catching the flying handle of the Demon Que Sword...his left fingertip tapping on Yhan Qingwu’s forehead.

The latter instantly regained consciousness.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the weird dark body bounce around, turning into a long shadow and striking at Sui Yi...

"Retreat!"

With a light shout, Sui Yi pulled Yhan Qingwu back, himself sidestepping, as the Demon Que spun around.

Bang!

The Demon Que and the tail of the dark body struck together...

Tremendous force! What tremendous strength!

Sui Yi was whipped towards the wall, stepping on the wall for a leap, his stab aimed to seal the throat!

Seal the throat?

Sui Yi suddenly felt his sword pierce something soft...

A sudden chill at his left temple...

Sui Yi was quick to react, immediately sidestepping!

Though he avoided the temple, his shoulder suddenly felt slimy...the sliminess was like a tongue, even through a layer of clothing, it was repellently sticky, but it seemed something pricked him briefly...

Swoosh, the cold light of the Demon Que flashed, directly slicing at this sliminess... A spark flew, the dark shadow bouncing off...

In an instant, three green lights shot out from Yhan Qingwu, stabbing into the dark body...

Whoosh, the dark body suddenly turned its head, moving ghostlike...and in the blink of an eye, it was gone.

"Sui Yi, how are you?" Yhan Qingwu had relit the extinguished candle, the light reappeared, and Sui Yi stood with his sword, his gaze intensely fixed under the bed.

"It’s inside."

"Hmm, it came from here before..."

The curtain was still swaying...

A thick scent of blood.

With the sudden past events, only now did Sui Yi notice this blood scent.

Just as Yhan Qingwu was about to go over, Sui Yi stopped her, the Demon Que sweeping through, a streak of Sword Qi directly sliced the curtain, revealing what was underneath...

There are people!

But there were two of them. The teenage and young men they had knocked unconscious and kicked inside were now...

Sui Yi and his companion darkened their faces.

Outside, the village chief was quite bold, perhaps realizing that Sui Yi was not particularly bloodthirsty, so after hearing the fighting noises dissipate, and after listening again, it seemed that two foreign women had survived. He was immediately suspicious and approached the door to look, just in time to see Sui Yi and his companion staring under that bed... a glance revealed a bloody cavity... incessantly bleeding...

His eyesight wasn’t great, but he could still see clearly that there were two people below... the bloody cavity was...

A neck?

A neck...

The head!!!

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Three minutes later, in Mandarin, a brief and concise conversation ensued in which Sui Yi and his companion dominated with their abnormal and overwhelming martial prowess as they engaged the Demon God.

After the discussion, problems arose.

There were three main points: the Demon God, headless corpses, and Second Master Gong and others...

First, the Demon God.

Sui Yi gently flicked the large double solid wood bed with his right hand... snap!

The whole bed was flipped and leaned against the wall, the Miao people’s expressions stiffened uniformly, but upon seeing the barrel-sized hole in the ground...

Next to the hole lay two headless bodies, blood gurgling and flowing into the hole along the ground...

There were also snake-like crawling traces around the mouth of the hole.

"Such an immortal act, quite peculiar indeed," Sui Yi said in a bland tone, which nevertheless conveyed immense sarcasm to the village chief.

Yhan Qingwu noticed the expressions on these Miao people: "It seems this Demon God often punishes you like this...so none of you are surprised."

The village chief’s face changed, he signaled others to drag the bodies away while sighing, "Yes... the prowess of Lord Demon God is beyond us, he also has a fondness for beautiful women, frequently abducting the young girls of our village, we could only help him bring new brides for sacrifices..."

Indeed, Sui Yi had noted earlier that although there were many young people in the village, there were very few girls, almost none to be seen...

So that was the reason.

"If they aren’t available in the village, we can only look outside, but that too is difficult. We, accustomed to living in the mountains, can hardly adapt to life outside..."

"So you targeted us outsiders?" Yhan Qingwu said indifferently. "Your methods are experienced, I guess this isn’t your first time."

The village chief was silent, suddenly, noises of fighting came from outside.

"Blinded by greed, taking such vile thoughts out on your elder, seeking death, aren’t you!"

"Speak, where did my female knight-errant benefactor go!"

Snap!

A young man was kicked into the room, his chest pinned down by a big leather boot, those short robust legs showing great strength, a short-handled single-edged cleaver held in the hand by the hefty Pang Shuai.

This stout man turned his head and saw the situation in the room... seemingly taking a moment to react, only after a while did he blink and curse, "Oh my goodness, big red ’happiness’ characters, dragon and phoenix candles, plus two headless corpses, you people and your dark dealings, even arranging ghost marriages! Way too hardcore!"

Sui Yi and his companion: "..."

Outside, Second Master Gong and his men quickly dealt with the people outside.

However, they were all measured in their actions, as they still hadn’t found Sui Yi and his companion, and reckless killing could endanger their safety.

After a while, both sides understood what had happened.

The experiences of Second Master Gong and his men were straightforward, just countering conspiracies and ambushes in a counterattack.

As for Sui Yi and his companion...

The stout man still hung onto the ghost marriage topic, only to be coolly glared at by Second Master Gong, "Mention that word again, not only would the ladies be annoyed, but I also might hang your head on that flagpole to air out for a few days."

"Eh, can I just stay quiet then,"

He then turned to ask the village chief, "Hey, old man, how do we handle this, you tell me."

The village chief gritted his teeth, "I know it’s not upright, but not doing it would mean our village’s children being eaten, the youths killed.. at any rate, we are not your match now... it’s just that I’m the leader, the others all follow my words, please don’t make it hard for them..."

Well, quite courageous!

Pang Shuai scoffed coldly, Second Master Gong narrowed his eyes, "I only want to know if those girls who were harmed by you would also be beheaded?"

"...no," the village chief hurriedly shook his head.

"Then what happens?"

"The entire person would be dragged away."

"..."

Is that outcome better than beheading?

Maybe moved to another place for beheading, or entirely consumed?

Hehe~

"It seems this Demon God..." Second Master Gong looked to Sui Yi and his companion, all four expressions were profound, a glance between them indicated they were all on the same page.

Poison Dragon Gully.

"The so-called Mountain Ghost of Poison Dragon Gully is this Demon God, isn’t it?"

"Yes."

Then there was no mistake, the Demon God equaled the Mountain Ghost, linked to Poison Dragon Gully, and Poison Dragon Gully was also connected to Gong Jiu and the Warring States Ancient Tomb, it appears they stumbled upon a clue indirectly...

This clue was mentioned by Yhan Qingwu: "When Sui Yi went out earlier, I also wanted to go out, but thinking of the two living people under the bed, I was about to pull them out, just as I was about to lift the curtain, I heard a strange sound, and my mind went blank momentarily, if not for Sui Yi awakening me, I might have already fainted..."

A sound? Dizziness?

Naturally, it could be connected to the phone call Sui Yi had received...

This was the clue. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast your vote at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)