Chapter 183: Never Seeing Another Woman
Ren Yaozhe didn’t want to pay attention to Xuan Xia, but he couldn’t stand how piercingly she spoke.
He endured it for a bit, but Ren Yaozhe still couldn’t hold back, letting out a heavy “hmph” and retorting, “What do you know!” His gaze at Xuan Xia carried a hint of contempt.
But thinking again about how she repeatedly disrupted the Illusionary Scenery he created, ruining his plan, Ren Yaozhe grew so angry his teeth itched.
Xuan Xia paid no attention to his gaze, only thinking to herself why Ren Yaozhe appeared in this Illusionary Scenery instead of the old man who should have appeared.
She also wanted to return to reality soon, go back to the Daoist Temple to check on Uncle Zhong and the others’ safety.
Xuan Xia had people on her mind when suddenly she thought of a possibility.
When she looked at Ren Yaozhe again, Xuan Xia asked him, “Didn’t you want to play the game with us? What, not playing anymore?”
Ren Yaozhe’s face instantly darkened terribly, feeling an urge to retort to Xuan Xia, but in the end he held back.
He hadn’t known before how Xuan Xia broke his Illusionary Scenery, but after the two incidents just now, he was very clear and extremely depressed.
Ren Yaozhe had never imagined that the Illusionary Scenery he carefully created would be destroyed by such crude and direct means.
It was also because of this that he personally appeared, not wanting to watch Xuan Xia destroy his confidence a third time.
So Ren Yaozhe let out another cold hmph, his line of sight skipping over Xuan Xia to look at Daoist Master Qin, then at his bloodstained fingertip.
Seeing this, Ren Yaozhe grinned: “Yo, even the mighty Daoist Master Qin has started writing talismans with blood?”
“Just don’t know if your blood is enough to write a few talismans, or if you can hold out until leaving here.”
After speaking, Ren Yaozhe’s smile widened a lot, looking extremely perverted.
Who knows what he found so perversely amusing, just because Daoist Master Qin drew blood to write talismans?
Fortunately, Daoist Master Qin ignored him, calmly letting down the sleeve he had previously rolled up.
Seeing this, Ren Yaozhe laughed even more perversely.
Xuan Xia, however, found Ren Yaozhe’s words unpleasant, turning her head away as her line of sight quickly scanned the surroundings.
They were now at the mountain top, with plenty of grass and trees around. Soon, she found a tree branch suitable for drawing talismans.
Xuan Xia glanced at Ren Yaozhe, planning to sneakily pick up the equipment while he wasn’t paying attention, but as soon as she took a step, a shadow emerged first from her target spot.
Once the shadow fully emerged from the ground, Xuan Xia recognized it—this time, it was surprisingly the woman from the pond back then.
The woman was still wearing a white long skirt, flinging her long sleeve to create a beautiful sleeve wave, then opening her mouth to start gibbering incoherently.
She was chanting the same old eight lines.
Xuan Xia was utterly speechless; why did this woman always appear in such a special way—either emerging from the water or from the ground.
Though compared to emerging from the ground, coming out of the water was a bit more acceptable.
Xuan Xia and Daoist Master Qin had little reaction to the gibbering woman, but Yan Wentao was seeing her for the first time and couldn’t help asking softly, “Is this woman part of this Illusionary Scenery?”
“No.” Xuan Xia answered him, then before Yan Wentao could ask more, she first explained the woman’s situation.
After hearing it, Yan Wentao gave an understanding “oh.”
At this point, Ren Yaozhe was annoyed by the woman’s gibbering chants and snapped at her, “Shut your mouth.”
The woman’s voice paused, her gaze turning resentful toward him.
“You said you’d take me to find him—when exactly will you fulfill your promise?”
Ren Yaozhe pursed his lips, saying irritably, “Can’t even wait this little time? After this matter here ends, I will satisfy your wish.”
After hearing this, the woman said no more and stopped her gibbering chants, clearly believing Ren Yaozhe.
Xuan Xia couldn’t help but speak up: “You believe him? You actually dare to believe him?” She asked the woman incredulously.
The woman glanced at Xuan Xia.
This was the woman Xuan Xia had first seen upon entering the Illusionary Scenery, and she knew quite a bit about her, so Xuan Xia said in a tone full of frustration at her foolishness, “He hasn’t even brought anyone to see you, he’s deceived you for so long, and you still believe this man’s nonsense?”
“You fell for it once, fine, but you want to fall for it twice? Have you forgotten what I told you before?”
Xuan Xia had told the woman back then that whoever promised her something but didn’t deliver would be killed the next time they met!
The woman just kept looking at Xuan Xia with no reaction, so Xuan Xia wasn’t sure if she even understood.
Clearly last time, the woman could still communicate a couple of sentences.
Ren Yaozhe clearly didn’t want to waste more time, turning his attention back to Daoist Master Qin with a smile: “For the game’s finale, let me play with you all.”
As he spoke, he swung the thin stick in his hand, and bell sounds instantly rang through the mountain top.
Gradually, many bizarrely shaped eerie creatures emerged from the ground.
Among them was the Summer Insect Fungus Xuan Xia had seen before.
Yan Wentao had never seen such eerie creatures and immediately forgot his recuperation, letting out a shocked low voice.
“What evil things are these!”
After the eerie creatures emerged, Ren Yaozhe immediately issued orders, designating Xuan Xia and the others as attack targets.
Xuan Xia had no time for more explanations, shouting Yan Wentao’s name before immediately running toward the woman’s position.
Almost at the same moment Xuan Xia moved, all the eerie creatures summoned by Ren Yaozhe charged toward her.
At this time, Daoist Master Qin also called Yan Wentao’s name once; Yan Wentao suddenly received two sets of orders, glanced left and right, then immediately raised his hand to bite his middle finger and began writing talismans in the air.
And following Yan Wentao, Daoist Master Qin did almost the same, letting blood and writing talismans.
Seeing their actions, Ren Yaozhe opposite them smiled even more, doing nothing himself, as if watching people bleed was the top priority.
He just watched with keen interest.
On the other side, Xuan Xia ran in front of the woman, crouching down to grab the tree branch beside her.
She had originally thought the woman would refuse, but the woman didn’t move at all, just watching her from start to finish. This made Xuan Xia glance back at her.
Of course, in this glance, Xuan Xia still didn’t discern anything from the woman.
But at least she had the tool in hand now.
When Xuan Xia turned back, she also saw her two companions behind her both bleeding profusely, leaving her speechless.
Didn’t they agree not to self-harm?
Though writing talismans with blood made them extremely powerful; Yan Wentao’s Lightning Talisman directly electrocuted the nearest Summer Insect Fungus to Xuan Xia, crackling all over its body until it collapsed smoking.
After dealing with Xuan Xia’s side, Yan Wentao refocused and began writing talismans again to handle the eerie creatures rushing close.
Xuan Xia quickly drew talismans on the spot, helping Yan Wentao.
In the gaps, she also kept an eye on Daoist Master Qin at the rear, not knowing what talisman he was drawing—it had been half a day and still unfinished.
As for Ren Yaozhe, he still had a spectator’s look; seeing the summoned eerie creatures nearly wiped out, he didn’t panic and summoned another batch.
After summoning, he even said with a grin, “Let me see how many more talismans this Daoist Master’s blood can draw?”
Yan Wentao: “…”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Damn pervert!
