“Qinyáo, I am your master’s master… Your master’s chief disciple is your teacher… If you do not save me, it would be a grave transgression!” Huādiē Zhenren’s voice echoed from the dust.
Fang Yu looked at Qin Yao and said, “You took the initiative to bring me here, which is also a great help to me. If you really want to save your so-called master ancestor, I can stand aside and let you do it yourself, as a return for your kindness.”
But I warn you, this ancestor of yours is not a good person. You saved her, who knows what she might do to you…
“Don’t listen to his nonsense! You are a disciple of the Huadichong Sect, even my apprentice! How could I possibly harm my apprentice… cough cough…” Huachiedian Zhenren shouted loudly, interrupting Fang Yu’s words.
Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Qin Yao, without saying a word.
Qin Yao’s hands were clenched together, her heart torn.
On the one hand, she already knew that her master ancestor was not a good person, and could even be described as a downright evil cultivator!
But on the other hand, Huadie Zhenren is the founder of the Huadie Sect. She is the master of her master, her grandmaster… This is an undeniable fact!
“Qinyáo, do you want to betray your master and ancestors? If you do this, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame!”
At this moment, Huadie Zhenren shouted again.
At the sound of that word, Qin Yao trembled all over.
She looked at Fang Yu and bowed, “Thank you… for sparing my life.”
Fang Yu looked at Qin Yao, nodded, and said, “Well, that’s your choice. Goodbye.”
Fang Yu held Ling’er, who was unconscious in his left hand, and looked at Bai Ran standing beside him, motioning for them to leave.
Bai Ran nodded and immediately followed.
Qinyáo watched Fang Yu and Bai Ran leave, until their figures disappeared from view.
“Qin Yao… come quickly and help me up.” The figure of Hua Die Zhenren echoed from the indentation ahead.
Qin Yao took a deep breath and slowly walked to the front of the depression.
The real flower butterfly, just lay down in the pit.
But at this time, her entire body was twisted, looking extremely creepy.
Qin Yao crouched down and reached out to grab Hua Die’s hand, then pulled her up from the pit.
She was in a complicated mood and didn’t notice that Huā Diē Zhēn Rén’s left hand was still clutching the black soul stick.
“Qinyáo ah, thank you.” Huādié Zhēnrén said.
“No need…Grandmaster.” Qin Yao replied absentmindedly.
She now, didn’t know what attitude to take when speaking with Huadie Zhenren.
But just like Fang Yu said.
Anyway, this is just a matter of willpower, it won’t last long.
She really doesn’t need to worry too much.
Just then, Huā Diē Zhēn Rén, who had been pulled up by Qín Yáo, shimmered with a light.
After a moment, her form materialized.
It’s Qin Yao exactly!
“Qin Yao, from now on I will be using your body. What do you think?” Hua Die Zhenren asked in a strange tone.
Qin Yao couldn’t react immediately, she didn’t understand what Hua Die Zhenren meant.
But at this moment, Hua Die Zhen Ren had already raised their left hand’s Black Soul Staff.
“If it weren’t for you bringing that damn Fang Yu here, I could have soul-reforged today and possessed that girl’s body. Then I would have accomplished an unprecedented rebirth!” Huā Diē Zhēn Rén’s tone turned cold in an instant, her eyes filled with boundless killing intent as she said, “Do you know how many years ago I devised this plan?! Three thousand years!”
As they spoke, Huadie Zhenren’s black soul staff in her left hand was already raised.
“You made me miss out on the best candidate, so I’ll have to settle for second best and try using you to complete the soul reconstruction… Rest assured, since you are a disciple under the Huā Diē Sect, I naturally won’t make it too painful for you. The moment the Black Soul Staff hits you, your soul will immediately dissipate; it won’t be very painful.” Huā Diē Zhenren’s eyes were crazed as he gripped the Black Soul Staff and slammed it down toward Qín Yáo’s forehead.
Qin Yao wanted to dodge, but her hand was grasped tightly by Huad ie Zhenren, unable to dodge at all!
Death was unavoidable. Qin Yao closed her eyes in despair.
“Bang!”
A crisp sound of impact echoed.
Qin Yao trembled with fright, but she didn’t feel a bit of pain.
“My soul…has already scattered?”
Qin Yao opened her eyes and saw only a golden light shimmering beneath the skin of an arm blocking her face.
“To be honest, I really don’t want to save you. Because I just don’t like your personality very much.” Fang Yu, beside him, glanced at Qin Yao and said.
Qin Yao looked at Fang Yu, murmuring: “How could you…”
“Fang Yu, send you to hell! Send you to hell!” Huadice Zhenren completely went mad, shouting loudly, and again waved the Black Spirit Staff in his hand.
Fang Yu wrapped his left arm around Ling’er and extended his right hand, gripping the Black Soul Staff. With a swift kick, he launched his right foot towards Hua Die Zhenren’s abdomen.
Huadie’s true form shot back, a glow emanating from her body as she transformed from Qin Yao’s appearance back to her original self.
This is the true meaning of being brought back to square one.
At the same time, it can be seen that Hua Die’s true form is at its weakest point, her willpower on the verge of collapse, unable even to maintain her transformed appearance.
“You must be wondering why this Black Spirit Staff can’t hurt me, right?” Fang Yu asked.
Huādiē zhēn rén wàngzhe fāngyǔ, miàn shàng dōu shì yuàndú.
Indeed, even if the Black Spirit Staff isn’t swung at the head, striking an arm with it can inflict immense damage to a soul spirit.
And Fang Yu successively used his arms to block two or three attacks from the Black Spirit Staff, but he was unharmed.
This is not logical!
“This artifact was quite famous back in the day. However…”
Fang Yu gripped the middle of Hei Po stick with his right hand, and punched forcefully!
“Bang!”
The Black Spirit Staff, split in two so effortlessly! The spiritual power it contained, shattered and dispersed.
Fang Yu casually threw the two sections of the black spirit stick to the ground, a sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth as he said, “But in front of me, it’s like a chopstick, utterly useless.”
Seeing this scene, Huadie’s heart trembled violently.
Back then, she spent a great deal of resources and effort to acquire the Black Spirit Staff, a top-grade magic artifact.
She had never imagined that someone could, with just one hand! Just one hand! Snap in two this artifact imbued with the power of thousands of souls!
“Fang Yu, I will wait for you in hell! You just wait, you will be punished sooner or later!” Huad ie Zhenren’s heart completely collapsed, hysterically shouted.
“You seem to like mentioning the word hell a lot… But I have to tell you a fact, even if hell exists, you can’t go there. Because you are just a will, you don’t even have a soul, you don’t meet the conditions to go to hell at all…” Fang Yu blasted out with his right palm towards Hua Die Zhenren.
“Boom!”
The next second, the Hualie real person who was still roaring, stopped abruptly.
A massive surge of true energy instantly obliterated her.
This strike created a massive gully in the sandy ground, sending dust billowing everywhere.
“Such a simple palm strike, it’s much better than the Overlord Palm.” Fang Yu retracted his palm and thought to himself.
On one side, Qin Yao stared at Fang Yu, her eyes flickering with various emotions.
“Mr. Fang, this stick must be quite a weapon, wouldn’t you say? To break it like that seems such a waste, don’t you think?” Bai Ran stepped forward and asked.
“What a pity? This stick is an object of the evildoers, don’t touch it easily. Otherwise, your mind will be affected by it, subtly influencing you to gradually become a true evildoer.” Fang Yu said.
“I see.” Bai Ran nodded and then asked, “Shall we go now?”
“Mm.” Fang Yu replied, and was about to walk forward.
At that moment, Qin Yao suddenly walked in front of Fang Yu and bowed.
“Thank you, Lord Fang… for saving my life.” Qin Yao bent her waist and lowered her head, saying gratefully.
“I said it before, you brought me here to see Ling’er. That alone owes me a favor. I saved your life, just returning that favor. We two owe each other nothing. It was fate that brought us together. Until next time.” Fang Yu said, and then tried to walk away.
“No… when Master promised not to kill my master, he already returned the favor. Now, Qin Yao still owes you a life-saving grace.” Qin Yao raised her head, her bright eyes filled with determination.
“So what do you want to do?” Fang Yu sighed and asked.
“Please, Master Fang, give me a chance to repay your life-saving grace!” Qin Yao said.
Hearing this, Fang Yu looked at Bai Ran in front of him and said, “How is she similar to you?”
“Mr. Fang, I think she and I are both doing the right thing! If you owe someone a favor, you should repay it!” Bai Ran said with equal determination.
“Fang Yu scratched his head, looking at the two determined faces in front of him. He didn’t know what to say for a moment.”
“Sir Fang, from now on, I am willing to serve you and complete anything for you…” Qin Yao said.
“Isn’t it just like how you served Yuan Chenglong and his people?” Fang Yu said with a half-smile.
“…Well.” Seeing Fang Yu’s expression, Qin Yao’s eyes flashed with shame as she explained in a low voice, “Fang sir, I know what they asked me to do wasn’t right… but I couldn’t refuse. Because when I first woke up…”
“Puf!”
Qin Yao was speaking, when Fang Yu in his arms, the unconscious Ling’er, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Fang Yu’s eyes changed slightly, he lowered his head and checked Ling’er’s condition.
Long eyelashes trembled slightly… Then, Ling’er opened her eyes.
But at this moment, her eyes were completely black, with no whites visible!
“Fang Yu… save me…” Ling’er raised her tender little hand, as if using all her strength, she grabbed at Fang Yu’s chest.