862 Yan Xiaosi Is Here!
Yu Wan was not sure if the Sang family’s Gu King was in the forbidden area, but since there were so many powerful Asura Kings guarding the forbidden area, they must be hiding a very important secret. No matter what, Little Gu had to be careful.
“You can’t be eaten, understand?”
Little Gu nodded.
“If you meet someone you can’t defeat, don’t provoke them like last time.” Thinking of how this fellow ran to eat the Ten Thousand Gu King fearlessly the first time it entered the Nether Mountain, Yu Wan was really worried that it would have a death wish if it met the Sang Family’s Gu King.
Little Gu nodded.
“If it’s not in it, come out quickly. Don’t play around.”
Little Gu nodded.
Yu Wan finally made up her mind when she saw that she was almost done reminding it. She handed Little Gu to Ah Wei and let him bring it to the vicinity of the forbidden area.
Little Gu jumped down from Ah Wei’s body. At first, it was still very careful. In order to protect itself, it even picked a large leaf. However, the two Asura Kings outside the forbidden area did not care about a worm at all.
Little Gu snorted, threw away the leaf, and swaggered in!
Yu Wan could not leave for too long, or it would easily arouse suspicion. Hence, after Ah Wei left with Little Gu, she turned around and returned to Matriarch Sang’s courtyard.
Matriarch Sang liked silence, so there were not many servants serving her in the courtyard. Fortunately, this was the case. Otherwise, Yu Wan would not have been able to avoid the servants’ gazes so easily.
When Yu Wan returned to Matriarch Sang’s room, she was surprised to find that Matriarch Sang had already fallen asleep on the chaise lounge. Yan Jiuchao sat beside her with an indifferent expression. It seemed that Matriarch Sang had been coaxed to sleep by Yan Jiuchao.
Yu Wan blinked in surprise. “How… did you do it?”
“I don’t know.” Yan Jiuchao looked at the sky thoughtfully, as if he had done such a thing countless times before.
Yu Wan muttered to herself, Could it be a new skill from being filial to Matriarch Helian during his days in the Helian Manor? As expected, even if he lost his memories, he was still that Yan Jiuchao.
Yan Jiuchao was not confused for long. He opened his palm and handed Yu Wan a small box. Yu Wan opened the box and found a map of the Sang family.
“Matriarch gave it to you?” Yu Wan asked.
“Yes,” Yan Jiuchao said. “I asked her for it.”
Yu Wan said, “Didn’t she ask you why you want this?”
“No,” Yan Jiuchao said. “I wanted it, and she gave it to me.”
Yu Wan : “…”
This work? It was something that she could not get even if she racked her brains. If it were this guy, it would always be easy.
Yu Wan simply did not know what to say. With the map, they could understand the Sang family’s defenses better.
Just as Yu Wan was carefully studying the Sang Family’s map, Yan Jiuchao suddenly discovered something. He stretched out his slender finger and gently tapped her shoulder. “Follow me.”
“Oh.” Yu Wan took the map, held Yan Jiuchao’s hand, and left the Matriarch’s room with him.
The two of them turned around and came to a small door. After passing through this small door, they entered another courtyard. In the depths of the courtyard, there was an inconspicuous corridor.
“What is this place?” Yu Wan looked at the gloomy corridor strangely. Walking here in broad daylight actually made her shiver.
Yan Jiuchao led her down the corridor. The two of them came to a small bamboo forest. There was a conversation coming from the forest, and the two of them stopped in their tracks. They waited until the conversation disappeared before walking into the forest.
Yu Wan looked at the terrain that even the leaves had not been destroyed and wondered, “Strange, didn’t I hear voices just now? Why doesn’t it look like anyone has been here?”
Yan Jiuchao looked around and pondered for a moment. His gaze landed on a thick bamboo and he walked over. He slapped the bamboo and heard a cracking sound. A hole opened in the ground, revealing an entrance the size of a manhole cover.
“This is…” Yu Wan walked over and was stopped by Yan Jiuchao.
Yan Jiuchao went down the passageway before her. After a while, he walked up and picked Yu Wan up. After the two of them went down the passageway, the entrance to the ground automatically closed.
The passageway was dark, and she could not see her own fingers. Yu Wan took out a luminous pearl the size of a pigeon egg from her purse. Under the light of the Night-Luminescent Pearl, Yu Wan looked at the map. “What part of the Sang family is this? It’s not written on the map.”
Yan Jiuchao knocked on the stone wall at the side. With a bang, a stone door actually appeared on the originally airtight stone wall. After the stone door opened, the two of them walked in warily.
This was a pill room. The shelf was filled with bottles of pills. Yu Wan casually picked up a jar, opened it, and sniffed it. “What is it? It smells so bad?”
Yan Jiuchao said, “A pill to increase Asura’s cultivation. It is worth a hundred gold.”
Yu Wan was about to ask how he knew when she remembered that he was using the Ghost King’s memories. The Ghost Clan had refined Asura before, so he naturally recognized this pill.
Yu Wan thought of something and said, “Speaking of which, the Asura of the Ghost Clan seems to be different from the Nether Capital.”
The Asura of the Nether Capital was far superior to the Ghost Clan in terms of intelligence and martial arts.
Yan Jiuchao said, “When we moved the Capital back then, the secret technique to refine Asura was taken away by the Sikong Clan of the Nether Capital. What was left behind in the old clan was an incomplete copy.”
Yu Wan nodded. “I see.”
Poor Asura. If he was born in the Nether Capital, he would definitely be a smart and invincible Asura!
Yan Jiuchao turned around and saw Yu Wan pouring the pills into her purse. He asked, “What are you doing?”
“Bring it back to Asura!” Yu Wan plundered more than a hundred peerless pills. Only when her purse could no longer be stored did she leave the pill room with Yan Jiuchao.
They continued walking forward. After walking for an unknown distance, Yu Wan suddenly stopped.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Jiuchao looked at her.
Yu Wan frowned. “Did you hear anything?”
Yan Jiuchao was about to say no when his ears suddenly moved and he pulled Yu Wan to his side.
Boom!
A huge hole was blasted out of the stone wall at the side of the passageway by a huge force. It was where Yu Wan had been standing just now. Only then did they realize that the stone wall was much thicker than they had imagined and was all indestructible Coiling Dragon Stone.
How much strength would one have to create a hole taller than a person in the Coiling Dragon Stone? Before Yu Wan could figure it out, a white light pounced on her. Who else could it be but the trembling Little Gu?
Yu Wan’s eyebrows twitched. “W-what trouble did you cause again?”
Little Gu beat the ground crazily. I did not cause trouble! I only used my life as bait for the old Gu!!!
As if I would believe you? Yu Wan gritted her teeth. “Did you go eat something you shouldn’t have again?”
Nope! Little Gu slurped ~
Boom!
Another terrifying power attacked, blasting an even bigger hole in the stone wall.
This time, Yu Wan saw clearly that it was a Gu worm that was even bigger than the Ten Thousand Gu King. It was completely black, and a pair of ferocious worm eyes flickered with a sinister light.
“It’s… the Sang Family’s Gu King?!” Yu Wan exploded. “You little thing! How dare you eat the Sang Family’s Gu King! Didn’t I tell you not to eat anything?”
Little Gu turned around and matched its fingers aggrievedly. It was too fragrant and it couldn’t help it…
Yu Wan was also convinced. Didn’t it know how big it was?! It dared to eat a Gu King of this level?!
Originally, they were here to look for the Sang Family’s Gu King. Logically speaking, they should be happy to see it. However, the problem was that Ah Wei was not around. None of them could subdue the Gu King!
“Why didn’t you lure it to Ah Wei?” Yu Wan was about to cry.
Yan Jiuchao narrowed his eyes and said, “This Gu King’s aura is very powerful. It’s already at the peak of the sixth-stage. Moreover, because it’s refined with evil techniques, it’s even stronger than Gu Kings and experts of the same level.”
“In that case… aren’t we dead meat?” Yu Wan wanted to cry even more.
A terrifying scream came from the air, as if it could tear one’s will apart.
“Ah—” Yu Wan felt like her head was about to explode.
Yan Jiuchao pulled Yu Wan into his arms and covered her ears with his hands. Another sharp scream came, and blood flowed from Yan Jiuchao’s ears.
Clack!
Blood dripped onto Yu Wan’s head.
Yu Wan’s face turned pale. “Yan Jiuchao!”
Yan Jiuchao protected her with his body and covered her ears tightly. “Don’t move!”
The thick smell of blood surged into the air. Yu Wan felt as if she had fallen into a blood pool, making her stomach roll.
She finally understood why Master Sikong had bluntly betrayed the Sang Family’s Gu King. Such a sinister thing was too terrifying. If she did not get rid of it, there would probably be endless trouble in the future.
Sensing the Sang Family’s Gu King approaching, Yan Jiuchao pulled out the dagger at Yu Wan’s waist and shot it at the Sang Family’s Gu King.
With a clang, the dagger was repelled. Not only that, but its tip was crippled.
One had to know that this was the dagger that Master Sikong had given Sikong Yun. It could even cut through the Coiled Dragon Stone, but it could not touch the outer shell of a Gu worm. The power of the Sang Family’s Gu King was obvious.
Yan Jiuchao’s expression turned solemn. This was the first time he felt that they… were about to die here.
Accompanied by another sharp scream, a black light pounced at Yu Wan!
She had pure Yin blood and was a fatal temptation to all Gu worms, let alone the Sang family’s Yin Gu that fed on human blood.
The Sang family’s Yin Gu opened its bloody mouth, and fishy saliva dripped down. Just as it was about to bite down, Yu Wan’s stomach suddenly moved—
