CHAPTER 21 HELP
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After sending away the spirits, Lu Sheng returned to her room to sleep. However, she heard sounds of fighting coming from the back mountain.
She always had a good hearing, where she could hear what others could not.
After hesitating for a bit, she decided to check it out.
Chu Sihan and Chu Yun had initially wanted to try out their luck. Unexpectedly, they had really encountered the legendary ‘black figure.’
The black figure had great qinggong1, and it almost left behind Chu Sihan and Chu Yun. Thankfully, they managed to catch up to the figure in the end.
It was just that before the duo could attack, a group of people had suddenly appeared and obstructed their path.
The two had no choice but to helplessly watch the black figure disappear in the darkness.
Lu Sheng had just entered the forest in the back mountain when a wave of bloody smell wafted into her nose.
As she moved forward, she could hear the sounds of fighting.
It seemed like the fight involved a good number of people.
“Lord, there are too many of them.”
Chu Yun wiped the blood on his face and stood back-to-back with Chu Sihan. His eyes were alert as he watched the men in black surrounding him and Chu Sihan.
At that moment, Chu Sihan emitted a fearsomely cold demeanor.
His thin lips pursed, and his acute sight scanned the surroundings.
Numerous corpses surrounded them. However, the stream of black men coming at the two of them felt endless. Whenever Chu Sihan and Chu Yun defeated a batch, another would replace it.
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Although both of them had practiced martial arts, they had limited energy to spare.
Given this situation, both of them perishing here was a possibility.
“We have been tricked.”
A few moments later, Chu Sihan coldly spoke.
They had walked into a certain someone’s trap the moment they had exited Huang Yang Town.
It was his mistake.
“They want your life, Lord!”
Chu Yun gritted his teeth and spoke with a determined expression. “Lord, please be rest assured that I’ll protect your life with all my might, even at the expense of my inferior life!”
Chu Sihan sneered, but he did not speak further.
Another round of killing started.
In the darkness, two men standing near the site coldly assessed the situation.
“Young Master, don’t worry, Chu Sihan can’t escape this time.”
One of the men stared at Chu Sihan as his face revealed an evil smile.
The other expressionlessly spoke. “It better be so.”
Listening to the two men’s conversation, Lu Sheng sneered. She had applied the invisibility talisman and was casually walking past these two.
The sounds of fighting continued to reverberate in the air.
Lu Sheng walked to the side and observed the situation. She realized that the two men in black were against another group of men in black.
A few bodies lay in the vicinity, and their souls were scattered in the surroundings with faces full of confusion.
Lu Sheng took out her spirit-absorbing talisman and sucked the souls into it.
These spirits held many grievances. If she allowed them to wander around, they could wreak havoc. Thus she thought she might as well keep them away.
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She had always been a righteous person, and she could not stand the “tyranny of the majority.”
Therefore, she took out a black talisman and scanned her surroundings. Then, her gaze landed on the corpse nearby.
She placed the black talisman on the wound on the body.
Moments later, black clouds rushed out of the talisman.
They clamored in the night, seemingly excited at their ‘resurrection’ and the sight of the outside world.
Lu Sheng mockingly smiled, but her words instantly made the black clouds go quiet.
“Don’t wander off after you’re out. Or… I’ll destroy you!”
The black clouds obediently stood before her and spoke in their hoarse, “We’re here to listen to your orders, Master!”
“Go, stop those men in black and hit those two.”
Toward the end, she pointed in the direction of the two cold-eyed spectators.
Chapter 22: The Skill of Puppetry
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The two spectators pleasurably watched the battle, unaware that a nightmare was about to descend on them.
“Yes!”
After acknowledging her order, the black clouds dashed into the bodies of the men in black.
Chu Sihan and Chu Yun stood at their original spot, contemplating an escape route. However, they realized that the men in black had suddenly stopped attacking them.
Instead, these men in black tensely turned their bodies and uniformly looked in one direction.
Then, soon after, they rushed toward that direction like a swarm of bees.
The two spectators finally realized something was amiss. They were surprised by the change in winds, then they started cursing. They used qinggong to escape the scene.
“Lor… Lord, what’s going on?”
Chu Yun asked in a stuttering voice as he watched the situation unfold with a dumbfounded expression.
Chu Sihan frowned, and elements of confusion appeared in his sharp eyes.
After a few seconds, he finally spoke in a low voice. “It seems something is controlling them.”
Upon hearing that, the first thought that came to Chu Yun’s mind was a sinister trick, the infamous puppetry.
He had only heard it being mentioned by others, and not seen it in practice.
“Lord, you’re saying that someone has manipulated them by the Skill of Puppetry?”
Chu Sihan shook his head. “I’m not sure yet.”
Chu Yun took a deep breath. “Regardless, it was a narrow escape for us.”
He had thought that he would lose his life there.
In contrast to Chu Yun’s relaxedness, Chu Sihan thoughtfully scanned his surroundings as if he was trying to find something.
Who helped us?
Why did they help?
Chu Yun took out a moon pearl and illuminated the surroundings, and it was then that Lu Sheng could see their faces clearly.
It’s them?
She raised her brows in shock.
She had not expected herself to have such an affinity with the two men. She had only lived in this world for two days, yet she had already met them three times.
One of the young men looked dumb. He was not someone to be feared.
However, one look at the other, and anyone could tell that he was not a simple man.
If she continued staying there, she could be discovered soon.
She turned her body in a bid to leave.
She had been careless moving, and with the addition of the sudden winds, her invisibility talisman fell off.
“Who’s there?”
Chu Yun shouted.
Lu Sheng shook before she hurried to escape the scene with her qinggong.
Chu Yun wanted to chase her, but Chu Sihan stopped him.
“Lord, aren’t we chasing after her?”
Chu Sihan shook his head. “No need.”
He felt that the figure looked familiar.
“Could the sudden departure of the assassins be related to that person?”
“Possibly.”
This person’s presence went unnoticed for such a long time. They must not be simple!
“Lord, do you think this person is the black figure we’re after?” Chu Yun asked as he walked.
“No.”
The black figure had a strong physique, whereas this person was skinny.
Their figure looked like that of a female.
Suddenly, the image of Lu Sheng’s figure flashed across Chu Sihan’s mind.
If it was indeed her, why did she want to save us?
And why did she appear here?
What was she here for?
The series of doubts gave a headache to Chu Sihan.
However, he shook his head and smiled.
“Lord, these bodies…”
Looking at the mess of bodies, Chu Yun contemplated.
“Don’t worry about them. Someone will come and collect them at night.”
After speaking, Chu Sihan walked out of the forest.
Lu Sheng did not leave. She waited till Chu Sihan and Chu Yun had left before she followed them from afar.
It was only after they had left Liu Yue Village that she summoned back the black clouds.
Then, she yawned and sauntered back home to sleep.