Chapter Thirty-One: A Creepy Old Man Sneaks into the Lounge

“That is called being haunted by longing.”

As always, Zhong Yao corrected her with solemn seriousness.

He was clearly only six or seven years old himself, yet the way he spoke and acted was that of an old man.

“Oh, come on! I was just so excited that I misspoke for a moment. It’s not as though I really didn’t understand!”

Jin Yiyi stuck her tongue out at him.

Then she put on an air of exaggerated gravity.

“You must keep this a secret, all right? Pretend you don’t know that he came. Because I secretly—”

“All right. I’ve already given you everything I can. You may leave now~”

With that, Gu Chen slowly reappeared in the wicker chair.

At that moment, the crimson-robed middle-aged man wore an expression of gravity such as had never before appeared on his face. His gaze lingered only briefly on the blue-robed elder slowly descending opposite him before he looked around in every direction.

When the Lord of the Heaven-Opening Hall issued his order, Zuo Qiuchen, who was in Windmist City, also sensed that he was being watched. Since he had been stalling the people from the Human Realm Hall at the time, he had paid little attention to it. But after the person in charge of the Human Realm Hall left on business, Zuo Qiuchen began to feel that something was wrong.

If he had been at the height of his power and uninjured, this talisman might have made him extremely uncomfortable, but it could never have harmed him. Unfortunately, this happened to be the period when he was at his weakest. It was truly a case of one misfortune following another, making an already desperate situation even worse.

“It originates from the Dao Ancestor of Origin and Existence!”

At those words, Zuo Qiuchen immediately thought of the white-clad youth in the Eternal Night Star Forest. He had completely forgotten about that young man until the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor mentioned him. In Zuo Qiuchen’s memory, the white-clad youth should have left a profound impression, yet it was only now that he finally recalled him.

“I only said that we would meet up after leaving. Now I want to meet whoever is coming alone. This is the Realm of Wind and Forest. Once the formation is fully activated, there is a good chance it will reveal Senior Sister’s whereabouts. This is the safest course of action,” Shi Yi explained. Seeing Tang Ji argue so casually, he actually felt a trace of guilt.

There was no time to consult any information. Dong Sheng’s kick descended like an immortal flying down from beyond the heavens, and he could no longer evade it. He could only withstand it head-on.

Zhang Yong inwardly cursed his luck. He knew perfectly well what it meant to pit three hundred against two thousand, yet all he could do was cross both arms before his chest and block Dong Sheng’s full-powered kick.

The Heart-Calming Method of the Daoist tradition on Skyward Peak had been derived from the method within the Heavenly Heart Bewitching Spirit Technique that resonated with the Great Dao. It was precisely for this reason that Zuo Qiuchen was even more eager to cultivate the Heavenly Heart Bewitching Spirit Technique.

However, both men now wore livid expressions. It seemed that no matter how much more was said, it would be impossible to restore the precious chastity they had guarded deep within their hearts for so long.

Yin Qiushui suddenly let out a series of shrill, desperate screams. She felt as though something had exploded inside her mind. Bending over, she vomited violently, as if she intended to bring up her very internal organs.

In other words, whoever had acted from behind the scenes had yet to arrive and cause trouble. Su Ming might truly be able to wait for them like a farmer waiting beside a tree for a rabbit.

He did not need to lift a finger. Every insectoid touched by that gray current vanished silently and without a trace.

The humans had originally fought the demon beasts and insectoids here while living ordinary lives. Without an outside enemy invading, such days would have continued indefinitely.

In little more than ten minutes, the demon beast had recovered most of its strength. If it had not been inside the city, it would certainly have thrown back its head and roared. By then, it had already reached the peak of the Rule-Severing Spirit-Separation Realm. Once fully recovered, its strength would be even greater.

When the Grandmaster saw the look of expectation on Ice Lotus’s face, he opened and closed his mouth several times, unable to utter a word.

Kagome thought about it and cast a complicated glance at the Well of Bone-Eaters. Three years earlier, after making a wish during the battle over the Jewel of Four Souls, she had been sent back to the world five hundred years in the future by InuYasha once all the karmic ties had been severed. At the same time, the Well of Bone-Eaters had lost its power to traverse the ages.

After waiting for quite some time without anyone saying a word, the arrogant Second Young Master Hong strode toward the person selling the demon beast.