HPDBC Chapter 67: 67. Another one who likes his sister-in-law
Chapter 67: 67. Another one who likes his sister-in-law
About the discussion on the token of calamity, Tan Shuchang was truly speaking of it for the first time, then he couldn’t help but think of Zhao Huaiji. Each of these twelve tokens of calamity had its unique features, and it seemed they were mostly prepared for the Son of the Heavenly Mandate.
"Thank you for the guidance." Tan Shuchang’s manners were always impeccable.
"Then swear it, I don’t want to see you again." The voice came through, with more evident impatience.
Clearly, the other party treated someone as if they were a plague.
However, Tan Shuchang shook his head: "Fellow Daoist doesn’t want to see me, but I want to see you!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the spectral body that had yet to fall completely merged into Tan Shuchang’s body. In an instant, a vast red glow spread, filling the defensive realm.
The form of Tan Shuchang began to twist and transform into a pool of flowing, viscous blood.
This scene seemed somewhat unnerving, yet strangely, above that pool of blood there occasionally shimmered a sort of holy golden light.
Bang!
The defensive realm shattered.
At the same time, in a waterside peach orchard, suddenly a voice screamed in terror: "Impossible! How could you possibly find me!"
"Because someone led the way for me!" Tan Shuchang said slowly, his tone gentle as if he were telling a story to the girl next door; the atmosphere was strangely warm.
The strength of the other party was actually quite formidable, possibly even reaching the level of Nan Jian’s Su Huan’an. Or perhaps, they had already completed the final transformation with a corpse, only to encounter some problem that caused them to fall back to the cultivation realm.
The reason Tan Shuchang could do this was because—this suspected corpse of the Peach Immortal, at least ninety percent of it was ghostly.
This led to Tan Shuchang being able to directly disregard most of its techniques.
Especially now that Tan Shuchang transformed into an undying blood form, which heavily countered it. Even if the Blood Pool’s backlash was the only attack method that could harm the opponent, the continuous onslaught of the backlash was relentless!
The Blood Pool had already appeared.
Merging with the water under the peach tree, it spread extensively.
"Ji Linger would never betray me!" cried out the terrified voice from the Blood Pool, indicating disbelief.
"The loyalty of Fairy Ji to Daoist friends is beyond doubt, rest assured on this, she is a fine subordinate. It was your trusted subordinate, or perhaps the champion in your hand, that led me here." As Tan Shuchang’s voice sounded, the viscous blood also seeped into the Blood Pool.
Tan Shuchang looked around. Although this place within the Peach Blossom Wonderland should be secluded, as no cultivators had come despite the commotion, he didn’t plan on staying long.
So, he immediately left.
But Tan Shuchang didn’t leave the Peach Blossom Wonderland. After walking a distance on the restricting black smoke he had summoned, he suddenly saw a large bamboo forest.
This was very rare in this area.
Out of curiosity, and since it was right in front of him, Tan Shuchang explored a bit and then discovered that he had arrived at the actual residing place of the cultivators of the Peach Blossom Wonderland.
This place was far busier than the scattered gatherings he had seen before.
This place had already formed a unique little town.
Amidst the bamboo forest, bamboo houses were everywhere, though they were mostly simple with no ornate decorations.
Tan Shuchang was about to enter, but at that moment, he felt a subtle sense of Qi, so he looked in the direction where he sensed it and saw a middle-aged cultivator he had met once before, greeting him with a fist salute.
"Bamboo Grove Residence is a gathering place for righteous cultivators; we Demon Cultivators are not allowed to enter," the middle-aged cultivator said. Then, he hesitated before asking, "Young brother, were you accepted by our master just before he died?"
After saying this, the middle-aged cultivator, without waiting for Tan Shuchang’s response, expressed his remorse with a melancholic face, "I was unworthy. When Nan Jian led the forces to kill master, I didn’t even dare to go..."
Seeing this scene, Tan Shuchang couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes, as it seemed he now knew who the mysterious senior who transmitted the Cultivation Technique to him was.
After all, there was only one person whom Nan Jian had led forces against to kill— the leader of the Demon Cult!
So... did this leader of the Demon Cult fake his own death?
This was easy to guess since that’s how it’s always shown in dramas.
However, Tan Shuchang didn’t point this out directly, instead saying, "With your cultivation level, you could completely dominate here, yet you still adhere to the rules of those righteous cultivators. Could it be there’s someone there whom you fear?"
"No, because before my brother’s wife followed my brother in death, I promised her that I would take good care of her son," the middle-aged cultivator said somberly.
"Do you like your sister-in-law?" Tan Shuchang suddenly realized that it was the other’s nephew who was in the Bamboo Grove Residence.
The middle-aged cultivator fell silent for a moment: "..."
A moment later, the middle-aged cultivator couldn’t help but ask, "Young brother, have you always talked to people like this?"