Chapter 478: Chapter 478. Friend or Foe?
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Xia Jingyan saw the evil smile on Qin Tie’s face and placed her sword against his neck. Her voice was as cold as ice.
“Do you want to try my sword?”
Qin Tie glanced at the sword on his neck and said confidently,
“If you kill me, who will help you?”
“There is no need to live if you have no value.”
Su Qing sneered and pressed down hard with the sword. The pain on Qin Tie’s neck made the smile on his face disappear instantly. He could feel the killing intent from Su Qing’s body and did not dare to speak anymore. He carefully moved his head away from the sword.
“Swords have no eyes. I was just joking.”
Xiao Zeyu walked up to the wooden building and pressed down on Su Qing’s hand that was holding the sword. He looked coldly at Qin Tie and said,
“You’d better not go anywhere. This house is full of traps. It won’t be good if you get hurt by accident.”
“Alright.”
Qin Tie looked outside the wooden building. The pitch-black stockade had an indescribable gloominess. He walked back to the wooden bed and sat down obediently. His entire face was hidden in the darkness. No one knew what he was thinking about.
The bodyguards lit the torches, and the room was lit up. However, the flames of the torches were blown back and forth by the wind, and the room flickered between light and darkness, making the atmosphere even more terrifying.
There was no place to cook, so everyone took out the rations they brought and ate them with cold water. Su Qing handed Xiao Zeyu a hot bun, and Xiao Zeyu looked at Su Qing in surprise as he touched the hot bun.
“What’s wrong?”
“The Gate of Immortality.”
The two of them spoke very briefly. When Xiao Zeyu heard it was from the immortal sect, he realized that this was really a good thing. It could store anything and even had a heat preservation function.
Xiao Qi supported her chin in the system and pouted as she looked at the male master outside. This was Xiao Qi’s credit, not the immortal sect!
After eating, he prepared to rest. He had to rest tonight for when he entered Miaojia Mountain tomorrow.
There were two wooden beds in the wooden building, and both were large enough to sleep six or seven people. Ghostmother was thrown to the ground. Anyway, the floor of the wooden building wasn’t cold. There was no room for her.
The personal guards were split into three teams to sleep. There was always someone keeping watch to ensure everyone’s safety. Su Qing and Xiao Zeyu slept on the same wooden bed.
Qin Tie also wanted to sleep on this bed, but was rejected by Xiao Zeyu, who chased him to share the same bed as the soldiers.
He didn’t say anything and obediently went to sleep with the soldiers.
The night was dark, and dark clouds covered the moon. A whimpering sound came from the whistling night wind. It was faint and distant, as if a female ghost was crying. The swaying branches outside the wooden building were like pairs of ghost hands dancing in the wind. This atmosphere was terrifying even if there were many people.
Su Qing opened her eyes when she heard the female ghost crying. Xiao Zeyu also opened his eyes at the same time. The two of them looked at each other and Xiao Zeyu said in a low voice,
“The Fifth Ghost is here.”
Su Qing sat up and saw that the soldiers on the wooden bed opposite him had all gotten up, but Qin Tie was motionless as if he was sleeping soundly.
“Get ready.”
Xiao Zeyu sent two soldiers to guard Ghostmother and Qin Tie, while the rest were given a crossbow each, all aimed out the window.
The room was suddenly as bright as day. The intense white light was so bright that people could not open their eyes. A few white figures flew down from the sky and floated towards the wooden building. When they got closer, they saw a terrifyingly white face. The black eye sockets were completely different from the white eyeballs. The blood-red mouth looked as if it had just drunk blood.
“Those who trespass the holy land of the immortals will die!”
These female ghosts’ voices were sharp and thin, as if they were placed on a player.
The soldiers were blinded by the white light and could not open their eyes. They had just adapted to the white light when they saw these terrifying ghost faces. Even the big men were so scared that they took a step back and forgot to shoot their crossbows.
Su Qing and Xiao Zeyu weren’t afraid of these scary ghosts at all. The two of them fired their arrows at the same time. The female ghost flying in front was hit by an arrow and her body flew backward. The other female ghosts didn’t care about her at all. They continued to fly toward the wooden building without caring about their lives. At the same time, they threw the things in their hands into the wooden building.
Su Qing used her sword to knock away those white round objects. When they touched them, they emitted a puff of green smoke. The air was instantly filled with a fishy smell. Countless black and thin venomous snakes covered in patterns landed on the floor of the wooden building and slithered on the ground with their tongues sticking out of their mouths.
The ethereal sound of a flute rang out. The snakes were like a team under someone’s command, forming a formation as they crawled towards Su Qing, Xiao Zeyu, and the soldiers.
The dense horde of venomous snakes gave people goosebumps. They were not afraid of realgar. Even venomous snakes were afraid of realgar, but these black snakes were not afraid?
The soldiers were so frightened that they threw down their arrows and jumped on the ground. When they heard the music, their eyes went straight and their bodies stiffened as they walked forward. It was as if they had lost their souls.
Xiao Zeyu shook his head vigorously and activated his True Qi to protect himself. Only then would he not be controlled like those soldiers.
Seeing that the soldiers were all walking towards the window, with the intention of walking down from the window, Xiao Zeyu had set up traps around the wooden building. If the soldiers fell down, they would die. Xiao Zeyu hurriedly went over and pressed on their immobilizing acupoints.
“Illusion.”
Su Qing had the wargod ability to protect her body, and her medical skills had already reached level ten. This kind of bewitching smoke was useless against her. She shouted loudly and raised her hand to shoot an arrow at the position where the flute sounded.
Although it was pitch-black outside, Su Qing’s vision was not affected at all. She saw a woman in mourning standing on the wooden building opposite her. She was playing the flute, and the music from the flute was the cause of the hallucination.
The woman obviously did not expect the smoke and music to be ineffective against Su Qing. She was still playing the flute when she was hit in the chest by the arrow. She fell backward, and the music stopped abruptly. The snakes on the ground were gone, only some small black insects. Su Qing burned them to death with her phosphorous fire.
The soldiers stopped hearing the music, and their eyes gradually regained clarity. The soldiers standing in front of the window were so scared that they broke out in cold sweat. If it was not for the young master’s help, they would have been pierced like hedgehogs if they had fallen.
Outside the window, the dead silence returned. Occasionally, two crows would caw and break the silence, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.
The white-clothed female ghosts disappeared into thin air, as if they had never appeared.
Su Qing glanced at the wooden bed. Qin Tie was still not awake despite the commotion?
Ghost Mother, who was lying on the ground, had a smug and crazy look in her eyes at first. She hoped that her people would rush into the wooden building and save her. However, when she saw Su Qing shoot the female ghost who was playing the flute to death, the smoke, and music had no effect on Su Qing. The light in her eyes disappeared. When she saw Su Qing looking at her, Ghost Mother was so scared that she didn’t dare to look at her. She hurriedly closed her eyes and pretended to be dead.
“Are they your people?”
Su Qing went over and kicked Ghostmother, but she continued to pretend to be dead and did not open her eyes. Her trembling body revealed her fear of Su Qing.
“Not going to say anything?”
Su Qing squatted down. Ghostmother felt her hand reach out to her, and she was so frightened that she opened her eyes and nodded. She didn’t have the courage to experience that kind of heart-wrenching pain again.
Qin Tie, who was lying on the wooden bed, sat up. Seeing Ghostmother’s fear of Su Qing, he raised an eyebrow, his gaze unfathomable..