Chapter 69: Caught by them in the end (4)
Qi Huang closed her eyes and waited for death, but the pain never came to her neck. She cautiously opened her eyes and saw that the sharp sword blade was already close to her skin. Although it hadn’t pierced, the cold killing intent was like a real entity, making her instinctively feel pain.
Shen Yuan didn’t kill her, not because she was soft-hearted, but because a fair and jade-like hand had grabbed her wrist.
Qi Huang was so scared her eyes went black, she felt like an idiot for actually thinking of fighting ten! She completely ignored that her cultivation level was only Juling Realm, and her body’s nerve reactions couldn’t keep up with the Spiritual Sense of Guiyi Realm. This was why she had treated light as heavy just now.
“If I had used my hair to defend just now, I should have been able to block that attack!”
Qi Huang measured it, but it was useless anyway. Her strength would be exposed no matter what.
“You want to kill her directly?”
Ruan Lingyu asked with great surprise.
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“What do you mean? Shouldn’t she be killed? Have you forgotten that she tricked you out of tens of taels of silver and bankrupted you?”
Shen Yuan said angrily, unable to suppress her rage.
“Although I don’t want to admit it, I still need to clarify. That silver was something I gave her voluntarily, she didn’t trick me.”
Ruan Lingyu, being a kind Immortal, specifically clarified this.
Hearing this, Qi Huang felt a little guilty. She had planned to use this opportunity to return the silver, but she suddenly felt it was not right. If she did that, wouldn’t she be admitting that she was an imposter?
“So what? Because of this, you’re going to let her go? Do you remember Master’s command to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!”
Shen Yuan reminded her.
“I didn’t say she shouldn’t be killed, but don’t forget that Master said we need to figure out the reason before killing her. Killing her like this is not appropriate.”
Ruan Lingyu continued to explain her reason for intervening.
“What else is there to investigate? Didn’t she impersonate Junior Sister just to steal the Tongming Comb?”
Shen Yuan asked doubtfully.
“Everyone knows that. Don’t you wonder where the scent of the Golden Life Flower on her body comes from?”
Ruan Lingyu emphasized.
Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment. She really hadn’t thought about this.
“That’s right, Junior Sister Shen Yuan. Even if you want to kill her, you have to ask about the Golden Life Flower clearly. You should understand what that means to Junior Sister and the HongHua Sect?”
Yun Fei reminded her from the side.
“Senior Sister Shen Yuan, if she knows the clue about the Golden Life Flower, once we can find a seed, Junior Sister won’t have to be a bait.”
Miao Xiang also added weakly.
Shen Yuan’s thoughts were finally cleared. She softly retracted her long sword and asked indignantly, “Speak, why do you have the scent of the Golden Life Flower on you?”
“Didn’t you instigate me to eat it? Ten years ago, the girls in our town were ridiculed for their height by sisters from other places. You guys came up with a plan and stole Grandpa Ruan’s Golden Life Flower seeds for me to take. Later, I participated in the Evergreen Convention and obtained the Pink Bamboo Water. The two combined produced this effect.”
Qi Huang still didn’t give up, continuing to impersonate Cheng Hong Ling.
“These are not secrets in the HongHua Sect.”
Yun Fei shook her head indifferently.
“Anyway, what I’m saying is the truth. I am Cheng Hong Ling, not an imposter. Why don’t you believe me?”
Qi Huang reiterated, knowing that she had to seize any opportunity to save herself now.
“You still dare to be stubborn? If you were Junior Sister, why couldn’t you dodge that sword?”
Shen Yuan naturally didn’t believe her and questioned her.
“We have deep sisterly love, I know you won’t hurt me!”
Qi Huang blurted out.
“Who has deep sisterly love with you?”
Shen Yuan retorted fiercely, but her expression became unnatural, and her sword loosened a little.
“I don’t know why you’re still talking nonsense with her. She’s so brazen and fearless because her identity hasn’t been exposed. Since it’s a disguise, let’s remove her disguise and see if she’s still honest then?”
The aloof Su Qingying couldn’t watch anymore and directly stepped forward to suggest.
“Yes, such a simple method, how did I not think of it?”
Shen Yuan slapped her forehead and commanded Miao Xiang next to her, “Miao Xiang, go and check if she has done any disguise! I’d like to see her true appearance.”
“I’m not afraid of this!”
Hearing this, Qi Huang was relieved instead. After all, she hadn’t done any disguise, so she wasn’t afraid of being seen through.
“Oh!”
Miao Xiang obediently agreed, then leaned over, touching and looking around. Then she frowned and complained, “No! Senior Sister Shen Yuan! It’s too dark, I can’t see clearly!”
“What a little idiot!”
Shen Yuan muttered.
“How about this, let’s escort her to the county town and find an inn to inspect her carefully.”
Ruan Lingyu looked at the sky; it was indeed pitch black. Thus, she made arrangements.
“Not only to check! But to check carefully?”
Qi Huang shivered violently. She was once a “big man,” how could she let a few Immortals inspect her body carefully?
“Let’s go! Let’s go quickly!”
Shen Yuan raised her sword and impatiently urged them.
Qi Huang had no choice but to follow the Immortals away, not even getting a chance to bid farewell to her family.
“Alas! I hope Grandpa gets better soon!”
Qi Huang prayed silently.
After walking on the night road for two hours, Qi Huang was escorted by the Immortals to the county town and then checked into an inn.
After entering the room, the Immortals locked the door and then surrounded Qi Huang, beginning to inspect her carefully.
Qi Huang had no sense of security, trembling like a little daughter-in-law.
“This face is exactly the same as Junior Sister’s, it must be a human skin mask.”
Ruan Lingyu took off Qi Huang’s veil and was the first to voice her opinion.
“Oh my, she guessed it right.”
Qi Huang was startled and suddenly felt a little fortunate about the human skin mask.
After speaking, Ruan Lingyu stepped forward and reached out her jade hand to fiddle with Qi Huang’s face, pinching and looking left and right, hoping to find the edge of the human skin mask.
“What’s going on? There are no edges! This is a real face! Impossible, how can there be two identical people in this world?”
A moment later, Ruan Lingyu gave up in disbelief.
“It’s okay, even if the faces are identical, the figures wouldn’t be without any difference, especially her feet, why can they change size at will?”
Yun Fei touched her chin and then made a request to Qi Huang: “Take off your shoes! I want to inspect them!”
Qi Huang took off her shoes without hesitation, revealing a pair of small jade feet.
The Immortals observed them carefully, then looked at each other and completely lost their composure.
“Take off your outer clothes, I want to inspect them!”
Su Qingying commanded impatiently.
“Don’t go too far, even if we are sisters, you have to leave me some private space.”
Qi Huang struggled reluctantly.
“No private space, do you want a dead space?”
Shen Yuan drew her sword again and threatened her.
“Forget it, I’m willing to take it off. Anyway, I have nothing to hide. If they want to check, let them check!”
Qi Huang had no choice but to take off her clothes, leaving only her undervest and trousers. Large expanses of fair skin were exposed.
“How do you explain this Tongming Comb?”
Yun Fei held out the Tongming Comb that had fallen out and questioned her.
“I found it while I was sneaking around the Huang Family, is there a problem?”
Qi Huang uttered the lie she had prepared in advance.
Yun Fei couldn’t refute it, so she checked again with the other Immortals and found that the woman in front of them was indeed exactly the same as Junior Sister, even her skin was so delicate and pink, without any scars, and there was no disguise at all.
This made even the smart Yun Fei a little confused!
“Never mind, let’s just take her back. If Junior Sister is in the sect, she will naturally have nothing to say.”
Yun Fei finally made a decision.
“Why don’t you believe me?”
Qi Huang was almost in tears. She had almost stripped naked, but she still couldn’t get rid of the suspicion.
“Because you are too obedient, which makes me really uneasy.”
Yun Fei gave an explanation.
“Indeed, Junior Sister would not be manipulated by us. She is a rebellious girl.”
Ruan Lingyu also realized it.
“It’s over! If it were the real Hong Ling, she would indeed not be manipulated by them.”
Qi Huang suddenly realized and wished she could slap herself a few times. She had already realized this, but at that moment, she was only thinking of proving herself and had neglected the most important disguise of her demeanor.
Since Qi Huang had not completely dispelled the suspicion, she was escorted by the Immortals to continue their journey the next day.
After several days of travel, at noon on this day, they finally arrived at the HongHua Sect!
“It’s over! It’s completely over now!”
Qi Huang thought desperately, because she knew the character of Hong Ling Xianzi. If she fell into the hands of that person, would she have a good life?
