Chapter 75: I’m Going to Go on a Killing Spree (5)
Qi Huang fled back to her residence in a panic and took out the Ghost Tomato. She really didn’t want to use it, but she knew that if she didn’t use it now, she wouldn’t be able to gather any “vegetables.” She’d have to collect the corpses of her senior sisters first.
Qi Huang fumbled to open the Ghost Tomato and squeezed the juice into a bowl. Then, she took out the Tongming Comb and dipped it into the juice. After coating the comb with a thick layer of juice, she began to comb her hair.
“Heaven bless me, my spiritual sense must break through to the Huashen realm! Otherwise, we’ll all be wiped out this time.”
Qi Huang prayed silently. According to their master, once the spiritual sense reached the Huashen realm, cultivators in the Body Refining realm could be crushed even without relying on their physical bodies.
As the comb fell again and again, Qi Huang felt a cool aura enter her head, and her thoughts became increasingly clear, giving her a feeling as if she had crossed into another lifetime.
After combing a hundred times, the Ghost Tomato juice in the bowl was almost gone. Qi Huang felt as if a thin membrane in her brain had broken, and her spirit felt as if it had broken free from an invisible cage, feeling incredibly light and comfortable.
Qi Huang carefully savored the feeling. It was profound, like a frog leaping out of a well, a prisoner shedding their shackles, or a turtle shedding its shell. Most of the negative feelings were gone, and her soul felt liberated.
Qi Huang opened her eyes, her sharp black and white pupils becoming even clearer. With a thought, the heavy wooden table beside her floated up lightly, as if it weighed nothing. Before, she had to exert all her strength just to lift a leaf.
“I finally broke through!”
Qi Huang rejoiced. Her spiritual sense spread outwards, and she could scan everything within a hundred zhang radius.
At this moment, Ruan Lingyu and a few junior sisters had already been defeated. They were thrown into a corner by three disciples of the HeYi Sect, all injured.
“A few sluts. If you weren’t useful, I would have killed you one by one with a single blade.”
Senior Brother Ma spat on the ground, showing no mercy. In the immortal sects, male cultivators were never short of women, regardless of the sect. He naturally wouldn’t get lost in lust.
Qi Huang’s spiritual sense emerged from her body. With a slight brush against the ground, her body floated up lightly, disappearing from her original spot like a ghost. This was the aerial flight of a Huashen realm expert, which required powerful spiritual sense to achieve.
In the blink of an eye, Qi Huang appeared outside the courtyard. Since her feet didn’t touch the ground, she made no sound.
“Speak! Where are the two Ghost Tomatoes?”
Senior Brother Ma crouched down and roughly grabbed Ruan Lingyu’s delicate chin, questioning her.
Ruan Lingyu’s face was pale, and her body was covered in blood, but she remained stubbornly unresponsive, not even looking at him.
“Not talking? Then I’ll kill you one by one until you talk. Anyway, corpses can also be used for the冥婚.”
Senior Brother Ma shifted his target and swung his sword towards Shen Yuan beside her.
Shen Yuan closed her eyes, waiting for death, her delicate body trembling with fear.
“No!”
Ruan Lingyu and the other three junior sisters cried out in alarm, about to stop him, but the scene that followed would be etched into their memories forever.
Senior Brother Ma’s sword had already touched Shen Yuan’s throat, but he suddenly felt as if he were being crushed by Mount Tai. He became unsteady, and the long sword in his hand trembled violently.
The other two HeYi Sect disciples fared even worse. They immediately collapsed on the ground, on all fours like toads, in a pathetic state.
“This… this is… the spiritual pressure of the Huashen realm!”
Senior Brother Ma’s sword clattered to the ground. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and he spoke with difficulty.
Ruan Lingyu and the junior sisters looked at each other, completely bewildered.
The instigator of all this, of course, was Qi Huang. Once her spiritual sense reached the Huashen realm, it was a complete dimensional reduction attack against cultivators in the Body Refining realm.
“Which… which… venerable elder has graced us with your presence? Junior’s… junior is from the HeYi Sect… HeYi Sect…”
Senior Brother Ma propped himself up with both hands. Not wanting to wait for death, he announced his sect’s name, hoping to deter the other party.
In the next moment, three strands of Qi Huang’s hair shot out, far exceeding their previous speed and hardness. They instantly pierced the hearts of the other two HeYi Sect disciples and penetrated Senior Brother Ma’s Qi Sea. Their defenses offered no resistance.
With his Qi Sea injured, Senior Brother Ma let out a hysterical scream. The True Qi he had cultivated for decades leaked out rapidly, turning him into a cripple in an instant. He was then suppressed to the ground by the spiritual sense.
Ruan Lingyu and the junior sisters were terrified, hugging each other and shivering.
Seeing that the threat was gone, Qi Huang withdrew her spiritual sense, then landed on her feet and pretended to flee into the courtyard in a panic.
“Senior Sister! What’s going on?”
As she entered the courtyard, Qi Huang began her act.
“Shh, shh, shh! Don’t speak! There’s a Huashen realm expert here!”
Ruan Lingyu quickly made a shushing gesture.
Qi Huang felt like laughing but, to hide her strength, she continued her act, looking around nervously: “Where is the expert? Where is the expert?”
The senior sisters also looked around, their tense expressions not easing at all. The courtyard fell silent, with only occasional groans from Senior Brother Ma.
“Maybe they’ve left!”
After a long while, Ruan Lingyu said uncertainly.
“Senior Sister! Who do you think that expert was? Why did they save us?”
Miao Xiang, who was injured, asked weakly from the side.
“I don’t know! Probably just passing by! They couldn’t stand them bullying the weak.”
Ruan Lingyu speculated.
The junior sisters discussed in low voices for a long time before they finally relaxed their guard and helped each other up from the ground.
Ruan Lingyu began to give instructions. Miao Xiang, Shen Yuan, and Su Qingying, who were seriously injured, were to be taken to Li Shi’s house for treatment. The others were to stay and clean up the mess.
“There’s still one half-dead person here. What should we do with him?”
Yun Fei pondered, stroking her smooth chin.
“What’s the point of keeping someone who has done so much evil? Just kill him!”
Ruan Lingyu said angrily.
“Wait! Let’s not be too cruel!”
Qi Huang quickly intervened. She had been forced to use her last Ghost Tomato, and she couldn’t just let this matter go. She had to get some interest back, otherwise, her plan to cultivate would be completely ruined! This was the reason she had left one alive.
“What’s wrong?”
Ruan Lingyu asked, confused.
“Senior Sister! Don’t you remember? They planted those Ghost Tomatoes. We don’t know how many plants there are in total. If we don’t find them all, the tragedy in Bajiao Village will happen again.”
Qi Huang said logically and added, “Also, we haven’t figured out why they are planting Ghost Tomatoes yet!”
“That makes sense.”
Ruan Lingyu came to her senses and kicked Senior Brother Ma hard, questioning him, “Tell me! How many Ghost Tomatoes did you plant?”
Senior Brother Ma grunted but did not answer.
“It seems you prefer a beating to a polite request.”
Ruan Lingyu drew her sword and fiercely stabbed the tip into Senior Brother Ma’s thigh.
“Ah!”
Senior Brother Ma screamed, then tearfully begged for mercy, “I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! We planted a total of ten Ghost Tomato plants.”
“Only ten plants?”
Ruan Lingyu picked up her sword, about to stab him again.
“Don’t be too cruel!”
Qi Huang pretended to stop her.
Senior Brother Ma didn’t dare to take it seriously and quickly begged for mercy, “Don’t stab me anymore, only ten plants. I absolutely wouldn’t dare to lie. That thing is very rare. Our HeYi Sect spent a great deal of effort to get just a few seeds.”
“Is it a total of ten plants, or ten plants within our Huang Tian Prefecture?”
Qi Huang took over the interrogation.
“It’s a total of ten plants, all planted within your prefecture.”
Senior Brother Ma confessed.
“Why?”
Ruan Lingyu asked provocatively, “Because… because… because that thing is very dangerous. Once poisoned, it’s very tricky. Planting it near our own homes isn’t safe.”
Senior Brother Ma answered guiltily.
“So you planted them all in our Huang Tian Prefecture? Are you beasts!”
Ruan Lingyu was furious and turned to Qi Huang, “Can I be more cruel now?”
“Forget about you, I want to be cruel too!”
Qi Huang gritted her teeth.
“Then let him experience double the cruelty!”
Ruan Lingyu picked up her sword and stabbed quickly, forming afterimages, “I stab! I stab! I stab, stab, stab!”
“Ah…”
Senior Brother Ma let out a howl like a ghost, and blood splashed from his legs like a fountain.
Qi Huang was still not appeased. She really wanted to dismember this guy, but the last shred of reason kept her calm.
“Then why are you planting Ghost Tomatoes?”
Qi Huang took a deep breath and continued her interrogation.
Senior Brother Ma hesitated to speak, closing his mouth.
“Not talking? Then I’ll stab you, Senior Brother Ma, into a hornet’s nest!”
Ruan Lingyu was even more direct, raising her sword and stabbing again, turning Senior Brother Ma’s thigh into a hornet’s nest, blood gushing out.
“Ah! Stop stabbing! I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you!”
Senior Brother Ma quickly begged for mercy, “It’s to lure out the Blue Scale King Snake!”
“What? Blue Scale King Snake!”
Qi Huang and the two junior sisters exchanged glances, their faces showing shock.
