Chapter 50 Yuan Qing 06

  Watching Gu Yin step down from the stone steps one by one, constantly shortening the distance between them, Jiang Xu looked up at him with his head raised, his body involuntarily tensed.

  Jiang Xu's fingertips trembled slightly, then clenched tightly, trying to control the terrifying fear that made his heart quiver.

  Even if he encountered a vengeful spirit or a malevolent ghost, Jiang Xu wouldn't have furrowed his brow, let alone feel fear. But the aura of death emanating from Gu Yin's body at this moment made him feel terrified.

  After waiting in the Yin River for over 800 years, my soul was tainted by the water of the Yin River and suffered from heart-piercing and bone-gnawing pain. I then reincarnated into a human being, but my soul still carried the evil energy of the Yin River. Although I am a person, sometimes I seem more like a fierce ghost.

  This is Gu Yin.

  Jiang Xu wanted to turn around and run away, but he knew he couldn't do that. Simply running away wouldn't get him out of Gu Yin's clutches unless the big shot was willing to lend a hand.

  But Jiang Xu was very clear that the adult would not save him.

  He helped that person to test whether Gu Yin had found the reincarnation of Yuan Qing, and to confirm whether Qin Fei was indeed the reincarnation of Yuan Qing. That person would help him fulfill his wish - this was the transaction between them. In the end, he and that person were just in a transaction relationship, and that person absolutely did not want to expose their identity in front of Gu Yin. Even if he had completed the task, that person might not necessarily come out to save him now, let alone the fact that the task was not yet complete.

  The only chance now is to rely on one's own ability, find an opportunity to escape from Gu Yin, and even if the task is not truly completed, something can be asked of that person.

  "Gu Yin, can you really bring yourself to do this to me?" Jiang Xu said in a low voice, staring fixedly at Gu Yin as he stepped closer.

  "Why can't I bring myself to do it?" Gu Yin stopped at a spot two stone steps away from Jiang Xu, looking down at him with an air of superiority.

  "It's hard to find someone as similar to Yuan Qing as you are after you're gone."

  "You think you're like Yuan Qing?" Gu Yin looked at Jiang Xu from head to toe, and immediately sneered, "You think that by wearing Yuan Qing's shell, a sly old mouse can pretend to be Yuan Qing? Can it really be like Yuan Qing?"

  Gu Yin's eyes suddenly turned sinister, and in the instant that Jiang Xu felt something was off, he had already made his move, pinching Jiang Xu's neck and pressing him against the cliff wall on the inner side of the mountain path. Jiang Xu grasped Gu Yin's hand which was pinching his neck, struggling with all his might, but he couldn't shake off Gu Yin's grip.

  "Tell me, who sent you?" Gu Yin's eyes were a deep, foreboding shade as he gazed at Jiang Xu, his killing intent simmering just below the surface. "Speak up, and I can make your death less painful."

  Jiang Xu looked at Gu Yin with a twisted smile, and said in a changed tone: "If you say let me go, I might be more tempted."

  Gu Yin let out a low laugh and said: "That's truly regrettable. I, Gu Yin, have never been a generous person."

  Gu Yin grasped Jiang Xu's hand, and a silver light appeared. Jiang Xu's face suddenly turned pale, and his body began to convulse violently. Just then, Qin Fei's figure emerged on the stone steps below.

  Qin Fei was taken aback for a moment when he saw Gu Yin pinching Jiang Xu's neck and pressing him against the cliff wall. He stared blankly for a while before speaking uncertainly, "Gu... Yin?"

  Gu Yin did not expect Qin Fei to appear here, and when he saw him, he was also stunned for a moment. His hand loosened unconsciously, and he was caught off guard by Jiang Xu, who quickly snatched the opportunity from his hands. As soon as he landed, he rushed towards Qin Fei, and in an instant, he arrived beside Qin Fei.

  "Don't move!" Jiang Xu pressed down on Qin Fei's shoulder with one hand and glanced sideways at Gu Yin.

  Gu Yin's face didn't show any particular expression, but his footsteps stopped there and he didn't continue approaching.

  Jiang Xu narrowed his eyes, at that time he went to Qin Fei's bookstore for an interview, and this person found the store, asking him to leave with him. At that time, he only felt a little uncomfortable and didn't think much about it. But just now, Gu Yin said that from the beginning, he didn't mistake him for Yuan Qing's reincarnation, so during the bookstore interview, on the surface, Gu Yin seemed to be disdainful of Qin Fei's store, but in fact, he just didn't want him to get close to Qin Fei.

  And now——he's holding Qin Fei hostage, and Gu Yin doesn't dare to make a move. If he was just suspicious of Qin Fei being Yuan Qing's reincarnation earlier, then now he can be certain that Qin Fei is probably Yuan Qing's reincarnation. Gu Yin isn't a kind person, if Qin Fei were someone else, you'd hold him hostage and Gu Yin would likely continue walking over without even batting an eyelid.

  Jiang Xu glanced at Qin Fei, who was being held hostage by him, and applied a few points of force to the hand pressing on his shoulder. Although he had been warned by that official not to move Yuan Qing's reincarnation, in this situation, if they dragged it out any longer, he would undoubtedly die. If he were killed by Gu Yin, he would take the person closest to his heart with him to the grave. He wanted to continue living, and that was why he had made a deal with that person, and dying in a place like this would make everything meaningless.

  "Let him go." Gu Yin stared at Jiang Xu, her eyes dark and almost welling up with tears.

  "You can bear me dead, but you cannot bear Qin Fei dead..." Jiang Xu hooked up the corner of his mouth, "This is really heartbreaking."

  Qin Fei glanced at Gu Yin's gloomy face, then turned his head to look at Jiang Xu. After seeing Jiang Xu's mouth curve up, Qin Fei felt a chill emanating from the hand on his shoulder, followed by a flow of air carrying a sharp, eerie sensation that enveloped his neck.

  "Jiang Xu?" Qin Fei furrowed his brow and tried to pry open the hand that Jiang Xu had pressed against his shoulder.

  "Don't move, Boss Qin." Jiang Xu leaned in close to Qin Fei's ear and whispered, "If you move again, your head might just part ways with your neck!"

  Qin Fei lowered his eyes, and his gaze swept across the area around his neck. He saw a layer of grayish mist forming a curved knife that was quietly suspended beside his neck.

  "Who are you?" Qin Fei asked.

  Jiang Xu did not answer Qin Fei's question, but instead whispered an incantation that Qin Fei couldn't understand. As the incantation grew more urgent, a dark wind began to pick up on the steep mountain path, and soon a thick black fog rose up. The fog swirled around the stone steps, and one by one, twisted and grotesque spirits emerged from the steps and cliff face, letting out mournful wails as they surrounded Gu Yin in layer upon layer.

  Gu Yin didn't move, his figure gradually being swallowed up by the dark shadow of the fierce ghost, until finally Qin Fei opened his eyes wide and couldn't see Gu Yin's figure anymore, only seeing a patch of black ink-like ghostly shadow.

  A person plunged into darkness... This scene seems familiar. Qin Fei stared blankly at the dark patch on the stone steps above, feeling a sharp pain in his brain that was intensifying.

  Many years ago, he saw someone who was consumed by darkness. That person was... the one he had been waiting for a long time, for an extremely long time, and he didn't know why he thought so... but before the joy of finally seeing him could rise up, someone wanted to take him away from his side...

  Jiang Xu looked at Gu Yin being engulfed by his Hundred Ghosts Formation without any struggle, and smiled triumphantly. Just as the tense nerves had relaxed, he suddenly felt a scorching pain coming from the hand that was holding down Qin Fei. Jiang Xu quickly withdrew his hand and took two steps back, looking up at Qin Fei in astonishment.

  Qin Fei's body was surrounded by a layer of golden light, faint and subtle, and if it weren't for the fact that the mountain path was filled with a thick, gloomy atmosphere, one might not have been able to see it at first glance.

  Was it the golden halo that hurt him? Jiang Xu looked down at his palm, where a burning pain had just appeared, but there was no wound. The pain was directly inflicted on his soul. Jiang Xu looked at Qin Fei, his brow furrowed. What was that golden halo? A protective charm? No! It wasn't a protective charm! A protective charm wouldn't be so aggressive. This attack could only have come from Qin Fei himself.

  Qin Fei slowly turned around and looked at Jiang Xu.

  After seeing Qin Fei turn around, Jiang Xu was stunned. Qin Fei's face showed no sadness or joy, and his eyes were deep and unfathomable. The person in front of him was Qin Fei, yet he didn't seem like Qin Fei at all.

  Those deep eyes only looked at Jiang Xu for a moment, and soon slowly lost focus. Jiang Xu saw Qin Fei turn around and walk towards the Hundred Ghosts Array.

  The dark and gloomy aura dispersed as Qin Fei advanced, until he reached the front of the Hundred Ghosts Array. He stretched out his hand to tear open the blackness, but just as he was about to touch it, the blackness was torn open from the inside, and a hand reached out to grasp Qin Fei's outstretched hand.

  Gu Yin walked out of the hundred ghosts, and the hundred ghosts shouted behind him, torn apart by an invisible force, and soon disappeared.

  "How is this possible? My Hundred Ghosts Formation..." Jiang Xu stared at Gu Yin in shock, feeling a chill run down his entire body.

  "I'm fine, don't worry." Gu Yin ignored Jiang Xu and stretched out his hand to pull Qin Fei into his arms, constantly comforting him. Until Qin Fei slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep in his arms, Gu Yin finally turned his gaze to Jiang Xu.

  "My Hundred Ghosts Formation... why can't I hurt you..." Jiang Xu looked at Gu Yin and muttered.

  "Even if it's that person's Wan Gui Tong Kuai formation, it can't trap me. Do you think your roadside stall-like Bai Gui formation will be of any use?" Gu Yin sneered.

  Jiang Xu's face turned pale, and he immediately thought of running away.

  However, before he could take a step forward, he heard the sound of stones falling behind him. Several more stones rolled down from the mountain path and quickly came to his feet, then he saw what was called "stones" - they were cursed seal stones!

  The curse seal stones formed an array that could make people's souls fly and scatter. When Jiang Xiu showed a terrified expression, those curse seal stones had already formed the array in an instant.

  Jiang Xu suddenly turned around, slapping the boundary of the formation, and desperately shouted at Gu Yin: "No! You can't do this! This is murder! Yes, Qin Fei will know! He knows you killed someone, he won't forgive you!"

  Gu Yin smiled lightly, her gaze towards Jiang Xu was icy and piercing. "I killed someone? Ha! First of all, you have to be a human being." And you are just a corpse who borrowed the lifespan of another...