Chapter 182 - 65: Kidnapping (Part 2)

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The pale jade green lotus seeds, accumulating a flesh color similar to Jade itself, breaking the shell, sprouting tender shoots, growing rapidly. The tender green lotus leaves flashed with a color sharp like a sword blade. The turbid surface of the water, swaying lotus leaves, in the dark night, casting ghostly shadows. Vision gradually blurred, unsure if it was because night had fallen, or the moisture from the pond water, a white fog rose in the Spirit Wood Garden. Bi Zhi stood over the pond, inexplicably feeling a dangerous aura. A chill ran down her neck and she quickly turned her head, only to see a dazzling bloom of Medicinal azalea behind her, no person in sight. "Ah," a scream came, and Bi Zhi was suddenly startled, she looked over. There was nothing over the lotus pond, only the sound of splashing water. The water turned red. Those two Lie Yiwei, both six feet tall, screamed in agony. Dozens of lotus stems leapt from the water, piercing through their chests and arms, they didn’t even have time to summon their Dark Energy Armor, their bodies were lifted high, punctured and torn like tattered cloth. The corpses of the Lie Yiwei floated up. "What the hell, how could the stems of lotus plants?" Watching the sharply piercing stems, similar to eels, a wave of fear swept over her instantaneously, and Bi Zhi frantically scrambled away in terror. "Huffing and puffing", in the Spirit Wood Garden, heavy breaths resonated incessantly. Bi Zhi had already forgotten her original intention of abducting someone, she was running, from initial panic to ultimate despair. This garden, merely a few acres in size, seemed like a wild expanse with no borders, the darkness swallowing her footsteps, a half an hour passed, and the low wall she saw upon entering could not be found anymore. A figure appeared in front, as if seeing a savior, she cried out for help: "The exit..." Just like suddenly being choked, she lost her voice. Beneath the wall ahead, stood a person. At this moment, Bi Zhi was only a few steps away from that person. In her inexplicably frightened eyes, she could clearly discern the features of that person. In the dark night, still shining brightly, with beautiful features, in a narrow-sleeved black shirt, of not very tall stature, holding a short Jade Flute in her small hands. It was Yue Chen. Bi Zhi’s heart, which had almost come to a stop from fright, resumed its normal beating. However, she quickly noticed an unusual gleam in Yue Chen’s eyes, like a Night Owl that had waited a long time, catching a rat at a dead end. Bi Zhi recovered her senses, she had come to capture someone. "I recognize you. You are Bi Zhi, a servant from Lie Family Mansion," Yue Chen, who had never spoken in front of a servant at Lie Family Mansion before, said slowly. "Heh, they say Jingxin Courtyard raised a little mute, turns out that’s not true, I... no, wrong, almost forgot, you’re just a stray picked up from outside, no one knows whose blood runs in your bones even now, and yet using the mas..." Bi Zhi spat out harsh words, no longer hiding her identity, she reached at her waist and now had a soft sword, two fingers wide, "Miss asked me to capture you and bring you back, but she didn’t specify it had to be untouched." A sandy yellow Dark Energy rapidly grew on Bi Zhi’s body, her rather delicate face now bearing a layer of hard Dark Armor. Though Yue Chen was only a Dark Human, the occurrences within this garden were too bizarre. On Yue Chen’s youthful face, now laid a depth clearly not matching his age. His finger pressed on the hole of the Jade Flute in his hand, from the jade-like flute holes, a beam of brilliant light shot out. Almost simultaneously, several dark creatures burst from the ground; their bodies were flat and long, with cloud-like black crests on their heads, unlike humans, resembling the ganoderma that were growing in the medicinal field before. Like humans, they morphed into having two legs and two arms, their vines flailing as if they were warriors swinging whips, completely encircling Bi Zhi. Bi Zhi was somewhat courageous; she swung her sword to kill. When the sword light fell, those creatures were cleaved into two halves. The creatures, split into halves, did not fall; instead, new branches rapidly sprouted from their bodies. Bi Zhi tried to kill them several times, all in vain. The fog in the garden grew thicker, and the swirling black shadows around made Bi Zhi feel suffocated. "Ganoderma People, you are not human," Bi Zhi was already out of Dark Energy, before she could finish speaking, one of the Ganoderma People’s vines coiled around her, tightly constricting her limbs. Despite the vines being firm, they didn’t immediately pierce through Bi Zhi’s Dark Energy Armor, she breathed a sigh of relief, "You can’t hurt me, I have cultivated the Dark Skill, immune to swords and sabers, as long as I haven’t returned by midnight, the young mistress will surely send someone to rescue me, by then, not only you, but your useless elder sister and mother will have to be buried with you." "Hmm," a black Spiritual Mushroom Vine pierced into Bi Zhi’s mouth, followed by several more vines. The Spiritual Mushroom Vine absorbed the flesh and Dark Energy from Bi Zhi, until her body shriveled into a skin sack. "Earth Element Dark Armor, although tough on the skin, the orifices at the face are fatal weaknesses, Young Clan Leader your power has grown," a delicate female voice came from across the Lotus Pond. In the middle of the pond, a young girl dressed in a thin purple veil slowly walked forward, her cheeks blushed with excitement, her appearance like a new lotus under the moonlight, her eyes carrying an indescribable charm. "Ye Zi, I am not your Young Clan Leader, you have already taken human form, you can leave," Yue Chen walked up to those Ganoderma warriors, the Jade Flute touching their foreheads, the Ganoderma People transformed into several streams of blood-colored Dark Energy, a blood-colored crystal fell into his hand. He walked over to the pond, forming a hand seal with his fingers, two blood-colored crystals emerged from the water. "In this world, you are the only one who knows the refinement method of the Tree Demon Clan’s Blood Essence. Even if your appearance has changed, this supreme technique of the Tree Demon Imperial Family remains unchanged, aren’t you going to disregard the countless lives of the Tree Demon Clan?" The girl named Ye Zi, with urgency in her eyes moved forward, footsteps traceless, already blocking Yue Chen’s path. Yue Chen, holding the Jade Flute, unconsciously tightened his grip, inserting the Blood Crystal into his mouth. The pure essence of human blood spread throughout his body. Yue Chen’s childish features, in a fleeting moment, matured significantly. The previously plump Baozi face sharpened slightly, giving off an air of masculine vitality. "Ye Zi, leave the Canglong Continent, this is not a place where our people should stay," he no longer spoke further and left on his own. "Young Clan Leader, what exactly happened thirty years ago, why did you suddenly come here, do you know that the old Clan Leader of the Tree Demons has already..." Ye Zi’s shoulders drooped, her eyes reddening, showing a tearful expression. Before, whenever the Young Clan Leader saw her in distress, he would always come to comfort her. Upon hearing the news of the old Clan Leader, pain flashed across Yue Chen’s eyes, just as he was about to turn around, footsteps came from outside the Spirit Wood Garden. The footsteps grew from distant to near, a fierce determination flashed through Ye Zi’s reddened eyes. "Yue Chen, you stubborn childish boy, what time is it, and you still don’t know to come home," outside the Spirit Wood Garden, a woman’s voice full of resentment startled a few Night Owls. "Ye Zi, you stay here for now, don’t cause trouble, or else, don’t blame me for disregarding our past," Yue Chen’s eyes, originally filled with anger, quickly softened, his urgency apparent, he subconsciously glanced at his clothes. After dusting off the dirt from his robe, he hurriedly ran out, his behavior resembling a child seeing his favorite toy. Ye Zi stood still in a daze, watching Yue Chen disappear into the Spirit Wood Garden. Is that still the Young Clan Leader she knew?

Chapter 182 - 65: Kidnapping (Part 2)

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