Chapter 56
"Pah!" Jiang Wan spat at him fiercely. "Who's in the dark and who's in the light? You're clearly the maggot in the gutter, doing shady things, yet you dare to try and steal the light from others!"
"Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?" She grazed his neck with the blade, leaving a bloody gash from which blood gushed. "I'll give you three seconds. If you don't produce the antidote by now, I'll make sure you die a horrible death."
"Three, two, one!"
"Alright, alright, my beauty, don't be angry. Let go of my hands first, and I'll give it to you." Jiang Kui's tone suddenly became slick, and he gestured with his eyes for her to release his hands and feet so that he could easily take the antidote.
"Just tell me where it is, I'll come get it. Don't try anything funny." Jiang Wan frowned slightly and replied sternly.
"Oh? You really want to get it yourself?" Jiang Kui's smile became lewd, and he stared at her with an ambiguous look that made people extremely uncomfortable. "The antidote is on my waist. Junior Sister Jiang, come and get it now."
Jiang Wan frowned upon hearing this. Although the Cultivation World didn't have the elaborate rules about men and women not touching each other, there was still a distinction between them. To put one's hand on a man's waist, especially someone as detestable as Jiang Kui, was truly...
Disgusting.
She closed her eyes helplessly, and steeled herself to reach out her hand: Fine, for Ye Qinghui's sake, I'll risk it all this time!
Jiang Kui stared intently at Jiang Wan's face, a lewd grin spreading across his face.
"Senior Sister Jiang, let me do it!" Ye Qingchuan stopped her, reaching into Jiang Kui's waist and rummaging around before finding a black bottle. "Is this the antidote?"
Jiang Kui turned his head away without saying a word, thinking to himself: That brat ruined my plans!
"Is it true or not?" Jiang Wan shouted, looking at Ye Qinghui's pitiful state on the verge of death, as she plunged her sword into Jiang Kui's chest. "Speak! If you don't, I'll pierce your heart with an arrow!"
"This is it."
"You're in our hands now, don't even think about trying anything funny." Ye Qingchuan kicked his left arm hard, as if avenging his First Senior Brother, then took out a pill from the bottle and fed it into Ye Qinghui's mouth.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the blood in Ye Qinghui's body returned to normal flow, his expression gradually cleared, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Brother Xi!" Ye Zhenzhen excitedly hugged his arm, "[You're finally awake! I was so scared just now!]"
Jiang Wan stood quietly to the side, happily wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Now that Ye Qinghui's poison has been cured, you should release me now," Jiang Kui shrugged and called out from the side.
"Let you go?" Jiang Wan glared at him. "Don't even think about it!"
"Young Sect Leader Shen, save me quickly!" Jiang Kui, with his sharp eyes, spotted Shen Xingyan in the distance and hurriedly called for his help.
"Release him immediately!" Shen Xingyan adopted the airs of the young Sect Leader of the Kongtong School and threatened sternly, "Ye Qinghui is already like this, do you still want to fight? Swords have no eyes, be careful not to hurt others this time, especially this little girl." As he spoke, he pointed at Ye Zhenzhen.
He had a deep-seated grudge against Vermilion Bird for coming to burn his hair.
"I can let him go." Ye Qingchuan said, searching Jiang Kui thoroughly, taking out his Heaven-and-Earth Bag, Heaven-and-Earth Ring, and hidden Hidden Weapon. "But we must ensure he can no longer cause trouble and harm people."
"Damn it!" Jiang Kui kicked Ye Qingchuan in retaliation as soon as he was untied, but Ye Qingchuan nimbly dodged it.
"Don't be so smug!" Jiang Kui's face twisted in a ferocious grin as he roared, "Do you think Ye Qinghui's poison is so easy to cure? The thousand-year centipede I used is the extremely rare Millennium Snow Centipede from the coldest regions. There's no cure for this kind of poison. I didn't prepare an antidote when I was developing it. What Ye Qinghui just ingested was merely a divine medicine from my Thousand Mechanisms Palace that can temporarily suppress the poison. Within seven days, Ye Qinghui will surely succumb to the poison and die!"
"You actually lied to us!" Jiang Wan slashed at it with Fallen Blossom Slash, but Shen Xingyan blocked it. Fallen Blossom Slash turned around and came back, and Shen Xingyan and Jiang Wan began to fight each other with their swords.
The others also got caught up in the melee.
In the blink of an eye, a Heaven-and-Earth Net descended from the sky, trapping everyone inside. Since entering the Netherworld Ghost Domain, everyone's spiritual power had been sealed, rendering the net impervious to swords and fire. A group of blue-faced, fanged Ghost Guard wielding large swords approached, shouting in shrill voices, "Stop fighting! Anyone who causes trouble will be sent to see King of Hell!"
The Fusang Tree is the gateway connecting the human, divine, and Three Realms. It turns out that the ones who had been sneakily following them during the Divine Descent were actually these Netherworld Ghost Guard.
A Ghost Guard with Long Nose stepped forward one by one, sniffing their scents, seemingly searching for someone. When he approached Ye Qingyao, the Ghost Guard suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "Found her! That's the scent! Take her away!"
The other Ghost Guard, together, performed a strange and erratic celebratory dance, pulling Ye Qingyao out of the Heaven-and-Earth Net, which terrified the girl.
"Don't touch my senior sister!" Ye Qingchuan shouted like a madman, throwing the Hidden Weapon he had just taken from Jiang Kui at the group of Ghost Guard. However, these Hidden Weapon simply grazed past the Ghost Guard's bodies and flew into the distance. The Ghost Guard were only shadowy figures in the air, without any physical form, and the Hidden Weapon could not harm them in the slightest.
"Ah Yao!" Shen Xingyan shouted excitedly, throwing all sorts of Five-Colored Light Law Artifact from her Heaven-and-Earth Ring at the Ghost Guard messengers. They were thrown at thin air, and the Ghost Guard watched with delight for a while, as if watching fireworks.
Lei Jiajia struggled desperately like a caged beast, letting out a deafening roar as she tried to break free of the ghostly net covering her, shouting, "You can't take her away!"
Why did these Ghost Guard capture my senior sister? This wasn't mentioned at all in the original book.
Ye Zhenzhen was both anxious and puzzled. In the original book, after Shen Xingyan and Ye Qingyao fell into the Netherworld Ghost Domain, they also experienced the Ghost Guard searching for them. However, the Ghost Guard did not find anyone and did not take away their senior sister. Later, they escaped in the chaos, found the way back to the Divine Descent, and arrived at the gate of the Divine Domain Realm.