Chapter 138 Yaksha's Grudge (19)

Xie Jing's lips curved slightly, but Qin Jiujiu didn't see it.

"Jiujiu, shall we talk ahead?"

Two days later, they were still on the road. During their midday rest, Bai Qianluo suddenly approached her and whispered.

Bai Qianluo had been different these past two days. Normally, she spent most of her time with Qin Jiujiu, but for the past two days, Qin Jiujiu had noticed that she had grown much closer to Xie Jing.

She even suspected that the heroine had changed her mind. However, she had also interacted quite a bit with Xie Yun, but with Qin Jiujiu, she had far less interaction.

Since Bai Qianluo had taken the initiative to find her, she naturally agreed.

"Alright..."

Qin Jiujiu followed behind Bai Qianluo, and the two walked for a long time. Bai Qianluo showed no sign of stopping.

However, they had already gone quite far from where they were resting. Qin Jiujiu was puzzled, stopped, and asked, "Sister Bai, are we still going forward?"

Bai Qianluo did not turn back, her voice came from ahead, "Jiujiu, just a little further, we'll be there soon!"

Bai Qianluo's words, however, made Qin Jiujiu suspicious. "We'll be there soon?"

Did this mean she was going to take her somewhere?

But Bai Qianluo should never have been here before! They had been together all along. Why was Bai Qianluo so familiar with the road ahead!

As if noticing Qin Jiujiu had stopped, Bai Qianluo also stopped in place. She lowered her head, lost in thought. Qin Jiujiu looked at her back and found it very strange.

At this moment, she should turn and run!

Qin Jiujiu did just that.

She turned around and ran forward at a speed of a hundred meters per dash. But how could Bai Qianluo's speed be matched by her short legs? So she could only watch as Bai Qianluo stood in front of her, and she was forced to stop!

"Jiujiu, where are you going? The road is ahead!"

Bai Qianluo's head was always lowered. Qin Jiujiu was short, and could only see her eyes, half-hidden by her bangs. Her eyelids drooped, making her emotions unreadable.

But her intuition told her that the person in front of her was not normal!

The Qingjue Sword suddenly appeared at her neck, very close. The movement was too sudden, and Qin Jiujiu was startled by the sword, not daring to move anymore.

"Jiujiu, be good, walk forward!"

The voice was low and eerie. A voice suddenly appeared in Qin Jiujiu's mind.

It was Zhu Nu!

She was somewhat astonished and looked at the person in front of her. Just then, Bai Qianluo also raised her head. Although it was the same face, Qin Jiujiu saw something strange on the face in front of her.

She could now confirm that the person in front of her was Zhu Nu!

But Qin Jiujiu pretended to be calm and said to Bai Qianluo, "Sister Bai, I'm a little tired, can we rest?"

A smile appeared on Bai Qianluo's face. In Qin Jiujiu's eyes, it was like a grim reaper's charm, but Zhu Nu didn't seem to think so.

Qin Jiujiu thought that perhaps she thought that by wearing Bai Qianluo's beautiful face, even her smile would be so captivating!

Unfortunately, she thought too much!

"We'll be there soon! Let's keep going! Jiujiu, what do you think?"

If Qin Jiujiu didn't have the Qingjue Sword held to her neck right now, anyone who only heard the conversation would think they were discussing something!

Qin Jiujiu felt bitter inside. She clearly had no choice!

The sword at her neck was retracted by Zhu Nu, but Qin Jiujiu dared not escape again. Her legs were no match for a demon's speed, and she might be killed by the demon in this wilderness!

Zhu Nu walked behind her, and she could only walk forward cautiously.

They reached a cliff.

"Sister Bai, there's no road ahead!"

Zhu Nu's eerie laughter came from behind her. Qin Jiujiu instinctively turned her head to look at her.

Before she could clearly see the face in front of her, she was hit in the chest with a palm. The intense pain quickly spread, and she felt a bloody smell fill her chest cavity.

A powerful force pushed her backward, and behind her was the cliff.

"Plop..."

Below the cliff was a very deep lake.

Zhu Nu's laughter came from the cliff, accompanying the wind, growing weaker from strong.

The wind whistled, and she actually heard Xie Jing's voice.

Xie Jing had long suspected Bai Qianluo's abnormality during this time. He hadn't acted, only wanting her to expose herself.

So he followed her quietly, but he didn't expect that the demon in the bamboo house had not been killed but had possessed Bai Qianluo and controlled her body.

But it turned out her target was Qin Jiujiu!

Zhu Nu stared at the young man in front of her. This young man had an aura that fascinated her. She had noticed it when she got close to him in the bamboo house before, so in the end, she possessed the unconscious Bai Qianluo.

The unconscious were the easiest to possess.

So, she had been using Bai Qianluo's body to approach Xie Jing these past few days, all to uncover the secret on Xie Jing's body.

"You like that stupid girl?"

Before she could finish her words, she was hit by Xie Jing with a palm.

What hit her was a powerful demonic energy!

Xie Jing's eyes turned blood red. "You're looking for death!" His voice was low and hoarse, with a sickly madness. Zhu Nu's shocked expression froze on her face, and she was scattered into dust.

Bai Qianluo's body also fell vertically.

Xie Jing's eyes, as dark as ink, looked down at the bottom of the cliff. The emotions in his eyes were covered by long eyelashes, making it impossible to discern his thoughts.

His fingers suddenly relaxed, then clenched, veins bulging.

Qin Jiujiu felt extremely uncomfortable. Her chest was already stuffy, and coupled with the suffocating feeling of drowning, her consciousness was gradually blurring, and she no longer had the strength to struggle.

Faint light seeped in from above. Through that light, she seemed to see Bai Qianluo's figure.

System: "Entering plot!"

Just as the system's voice fell, Qin Jiujiu suddenly saw a shadow block the light.

Xie Jing hugged Bai Qianluo's waist. Qin Jiujiu felt the suffocating feeling in her chest intensify. She didn't even have the strength to open her eyes.

She slowly closed her eyes, letting the icy lake water erode her body's temperature.

All that surrounded her was the cold!

She would rather not do this mission!

System: "Host, your vital signs are detected to be close to zero!"

Qin Jiujiu could no longer hear the series of alarms from the system. Her eyes were tightly closed, her body gradually sinking, drifting further away from Xie Jing and the other.

Xie Jing pulled Bai Qianluo up. Because she had been possessed by Zhu Nu, she was still unconscious.

He originally intended to pull Bai Qianluo up, but the dull pain in his heart made him stop. He looked further into the depths of the lake.

The bottom of the lake was very dark, but he could see her figure.

His heart felt as if it were being clutched. The hand that had been wrapped around Bai Qianluo's waist loosened.