Chapter 312: Both Men and Women
Isn’t she dead?
How is she alive?
At this moment, everyone finally felt a sense of fear and quickly moved behind the Grand Priest for protection!
The Grand Priest stood at the edge of the pit, frowning as he watched the scene below. Clearly, this was beyond his expectations.
Last time it was invisible ghosts; this time, it was a person who had come back to life. How had the world become so strange?
It felt as if the world was diverging from his understanding.
Such things had never happened before!
The voices from above attracted the woman’s attention. She looked up, scanning the people before her gaze settled on the Grand Priest’s face.
“You’re very handsome,” the woman said with a smile, “Will you stay and keep me company?”
The Grand Priest’s gaze was cold as he met hers, his expression unchanged.
The woman continued to smile wider, “You’re really interesting.”
They weren’t being deceived by her illusions!
Behind the Grand Priest, Feng Jiu-Yuan and Jing Chen had hidden at the very back. After hearing the woman’s words, Feng Jiu-Yuan commented, “It’s a good thing we moved quickly.” They had darted to the back as soon as the woman’s eyes opened.
Otherwise, with their appearances…
Jing Chen was still young and might not be noticed, but Feng Jiu-Yuan’s appearance…
“If it weren’t for my looks, I’d definitely be targeted.”
Jing Chen looked up at him and asked, “How can you be so self-absorbed?”
“Self-absorbed?”
Feng Jiu-Yuan looked at him, “Isn’t it universally acknowledged that I’m good-looking?”
Jing Chen was left speechless.
He decided not to respond and instead focused on listening to the conversation ahead.
“Can’t tell at all,” Huang Quan said after hearing the woman’s words, raising an eyebrow, “You want me to stay and you want my friend to stay too. I didn’t realize you were open to both men and women.”
The woman: “……”
Being too greedy isn’t good,” Huang Quan said, looking at her with a smile. “Isn’t one of me enough to keep you company?”
The woman looked at her with a gentle smile, “You’re willing to stay?”
Huang Quan glanced at the object in the woman’s hand and said, “If you give it to me, I’d be happy to stay and keep you company.” Not really.
“That won’t do,” the woman replied, “Without this thing, I’ll become very ugly.”
Huang Quan continued to play along, “True love doesn’t fear ugliness.”
The woman looked confused, “What do you mean?”
Huang Quan said, “I don’t mind if you’re ugly.”
“Is that so?”
The woman smiled, “Really?”
Huang Quan nodded, “Really.”
“Well, you’d better watch closely,” the woman said. In an instant, her clothes and skin disappeared, revealing a stark white skeleton with faint red hues glowing from its chest.
Seeing this, Huang Quan had only one thought.
This skeleton is extremely ominous!
As the skeleton’s chest cavity turned red, it would gradually develop a heart. Once the heart was fully formed, flesh would grow in succession, making it appear no different from a living person.
However, once it succeeded, it would evade the laws of heaven and wander between the human world and the underworld.
To achieve this level of cultivation, it required consuming enough souls!
Although many people had died here in the past two days, the death aura alone couldn’t imprison souls like in the ruins. When people die here, their souls disappear immediately. Therefore, for this skeleton to reach this level, it wasn’t feeding on the souls of the living.
The only place that could provide enough souls for her to reach this level of cultivation was…
The underworld!
Chapter 313: Focused on the Barrier for 100 Years
Huang Quan’s smile deepened as she considered this.
She had thought that the underworld and the human world were separate, which was why souls vanished immediately after death.
But it seemed things were different from what she had imagined.
There was indeed a connection between the human world and the underworld, but for some reason, this connection had been severed. The skeleton before her was the best proof of this!
“How about it?” The skeleton’s mouth moved, and a gentle voice echoed, “Still not think I’m ugly?”
To be honest, the skeleton was quite good-looking. The bones were a pure color and had a faint, lustrous sheen.
Much better than those with discolored or cracked bones.
Too bad, no matter how good-looking, it wasn’t human.
“It’s quite good-looking,” Huang Quan said honestly, “Not ugly.” The skeleton’s appearance was indeed impressive; she wasn’t flattering just to get the fragment.
The skeleton paused, not expecting Huang Quan to be truly unafraid.
How could this be?
Who wasn’t afraid of a skeleton?
The hollow eyes of the skeleton stared at Huang Quan, seemingly searching her face for any signs of fear.
Yet…
The people standing behind the High Priest were terrified, but Huang Quan showed no fear at all.
“I really am not afraid,” Huang Quan said with a smile, “No matter how you look at me, I’m not afraid.”
The skeleton felt a sense of suffocation.
Its empty mind was filled with the thought: “Why isn’t she afraid?”
Look at the others!
They were so scared they could barely stand!
Why couldn’t she be like everyone else?
“I’m telling you, I’m not afraid,” Huang Quan said, holding out her hand. “So, give me the item. After you do, I’ll stay and keep you company.”
The skeleton sneered, “You’re dreaming!”
Huang Quan’s smile slowly faded as she listened to the skeleton’s response. Her eyes narrowed dangerously, “Are you lying to me?”
Feng Jiuyuan and Jing Chen, standing behind the High Priest, were speechless.
They couldn’t figure out how Huang Quan managed to say that.
Isn’t lying exactly what you’re dealing with?
“You’ve really hurt my feelings,” Huang Quan placed a hand over her heart, looking at the skeleton with a mix of anger and sadness. “I’m not even afraid of you being a skeleton, and you still lie to me?”
The skeleton was at a loss for words.
It didn’t know how to respond to Huang Quan’s theatrics and could only sneer, “Lying to you? I’m not only lying to you, I’m going to kill you all!”
Before the skeleton could say more, it added, “I’ll kill you, then skin you alive.”
The situation rapidly escalated.
Without further ado, the skeleton appeared in front of Huang Quan in the blink of an eye, its fingers outstretched like claws, reaching straight for her chest!
“Whoosh…”
In that instant, Huang Quan vanished from her spot.
The skeleton was taken aback, not expecting Huang Quan to evade its attack. It quickly became wary, scanning its surroundings.
Huang Quan reappeared on the other side, looking at the skeleton with a pained expression. “Not only did you deceive me, but you also want to kill me? You’re too much! I won’t let you off!”
After delivering her villainous monologue, Huang Quan turned to the High Priest. “Protect them!”
The High Priest nodded and instructed, “Be careful.”
With that, the High Priest raised his hand, forming a seal and erecting a barrier that enveloped everyone within.
Feng Jiuyuan, standing at the back, sighed as he witnessed this. “The High Priest has been focusing on barriers for a hundred years.”
From the first time they encountered the High Priest, he had set up barriers, and he continued to do so each time. And now, once again.
End of chapter!
