Faceted Jade a.k.a Carven Jade [ENG Translation]

CHAPTER 52

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No one would grab him, and no one would say "again" to him.
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Directly below where Fu Changling was thrown down was the hill where the soil from the tunnel they dug had piled up. Fu Changling was covered with soil after falling headfirst into the mound of it. Xie Shen led a large number of ghost soldiers in pursuit of Qin Yan. Fu Changling pushed aside the soil, only to see the ghosts everywhere chasing into the distance, but Qin Yan's traces had long vanished.

After being chased by Xie Shen, Qin Yan disappeared. Fu Changling gasped as he pawed himself out. He dressed his wounds and took medicine while finding a house to hide in.

"Why don't you," the senior's voice rang out in his mind, "go back to the Cold Pool Cave? I've made an agreement with Xie Shen, so he shouldn't have gone after you at the Cold Pool Cave."

"I can't abandon Ah Yan." Fu Changling muttered between breaths, "I have to take him back with me."

The senior said nothing more. A burst of light in the distance caused the ground to shake. With each tremor, Fu Changling's heart shook, and he clenched his teeth. Never before had he felt so helpless. He felt utterly disgusted with himself at this moment, so disgusted that he was in unbearable agony.

He ingested the medicine in large quantities, as if the more he consumed, the quicker his injuries would heal.

He once possessed no Jindan and was useless. However, back then, without a Jindan, he was depressed and forlorn. But now that he had no Jindan, he felt a deep sense of despair and resentment brewing in his bones.

How come he wasn't the Huayang ZhenJun from back then? How could he be such a wimp?

In his previous life, he was ignorant of what Qin Yan had been through and failed to protect him.

In this lifetime, he knew exactly what Qin Yan was going through but was powerless to protect him.

In silent agony, Fu Changling clenched his fists and closed his eyes.

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While Qin Yan was delaying Xie Shen, the Xie Yuqing group of three was already halfway up the cliff. It felt like a thousand pieces of gold were landing on their shoulders with each step upward. Xie Yuqing's vision was already blurred, while Yun Yu and Shangguan Mingyan were clutching at the stones with bloodied hands, trembling all over, and climbing up using only their thoughts as support.

Every step Yun Yu and Shangguan Mingyan took was too arduous, so much so that Xie Yuqing, who had been behind them, had unknowingly gotten in front of them while those white ghosts still refused to give up. They followed them, keeping their keen gaze fixed on the three. It was as if the three were easy prey, and they were just waiting-waiting for them to slip up at some point.

Time was gradually running out, and the mountain wind was howling past. Yun Yu gasped as he looked up at the unseen, far-off cliff top and hoarsely uttered, "Shījiě, can we, can we make it?"

"Yes," Xie Yuqing calmly replied. Yun Yu said nothing as he trembled and reached up. It was at that moment that the ghosts under his feet let out a rage-filled scream and suddenly went berserk and attacked them!

Yun Yu and Shangguan Mingyan both moved up simultaneously, and those ghosts bit Yun Yu's feet. Xie Yuqing grabbed Shangguan Mingyan with one hand, while Shangguan Mingyan grabbed Yun Yu with one hand.

The ghosts tore at Yun Yu and climbed up his body. Xie Yuqing's spiritual power instantly surged down like water, obstinately preventing those ghosts from moving up. She firmly clutched the stone wall with one hand while pulling Yun Yu and Shangguan Mingyan with the other. Those ghosts ripped Yun Yu's skin apart, causing him to scream out in agony, "Shījiě! Save me! Save me!"