Heavenly Curse

Mu Yi didn’t know why the Bamboo Tree of Life was acting abnormally . A thread of consciousness was only instinct . It didn’t mean that Nian Nuer was awake . Be that as it may, for Mu Yi, it was a relief anyway .

Even though staying there was dangerous, everything was worth trying for Nian Nuer .

At that moment, the Bamboo Tree of Life was moving which meant that there was something it needed there . That’s why it was reacting .

“Could it be that…?” Mu Yi was stupefied, he looked at the grey creatures, more and more grey hands appeared on the surface of the ground .

“Boom boom!”

Finally, a loud sound spread in the air and the middle of pit collapsed . A gigantic creature slowly rose up .

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Xu Le hadn’t thought things would happen that way . If Dragon of Righteousness hadn’t been with them, they would have died in the Qu Mortuary . And Qu Yang was much stronger than they had expected .

Luckily, Qu Yang was afraid of the Shangqing School so he had let them leave .

But Xu Le felt humiliated . He wanted to go home and practice really hard, he wanted to become stronger and then come back to get his revenge .

“Brother Xu, are you alright?” asked Qing Qing as the few people left the Qu Mortuary hastily . They were all breathing quickly .

“Just a small injury . I’ll be fine . Qing Qing, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault . Luckily, Brother Dragon of Righteousness was here to help us, otherwise I don’t dare imagine what would have happened . ” said Xu Le . He felt guilty . He was touched and moved by Dragon of Righteousness .

“Thank you very much Master Dragon of Righteousness . You saved our lives . ” said Qing Qing . She wasn’t badly injured . She was just scared . Her injuries were less serious as Xu Le’s .

Xu Le needed to rest for a while though .

“Don’t blame yourselves . I underestimated that demon . Sorry . And I made my school lose face . ” said Dragon of Righteousness shaking his head . He felt guilty . Besides, he had taken out his talisman which wasn’t a good thing, it meant he was powerless . It was nothing glorious .

“It’s all my fault . If I hadn’t heard he was badly injured, I wouldn’t have taken you there . ” said Xu Le . He really felt guilty .

“Alright, we failed but we’ll have other opportunities in the future . ” said Dragon of Righteousness trying to cheer up his friends .

“Right . Sooner or later, we’ll have an opportunity to kill that demon . ” said Qing Qing .

“I’m afraid you won’t have such an opportunity . ” said someone suddenly . They suddenly turned around and saw Chong Jiayi, Qu Yang and Bei Ming .

Qu Yang looked at them in a disdainful eyes, his eyes were filled with murder .

He had just heard them .

“You’re going against your promise?” said Qing Qing worriedly when she saw Qu Yang .

“Master, what is that supposed to mean?” asked Dragon of Righteousness . He looked grave and solemn . He had a bad presentiment .

He hadn’t thought Qu Yang would let them leave to follow them after . Was it just because of what they had just said?

“What’s that supposed to mean? You came to kill me, why wouldn’t I kill you? I’m not used to working that way . And you’re saying you want to come back to kill me . I feel like I should stamp out the source of trouble . ” said Qu Yang in a cold and detached way . Those people had come to kill him, how could he trust them? How could things be so easy?

“You just promised you’d let us go!” said Qing Qing .

“Indeed . I agreed . I just let you leave the Qu Mortuary, it doesn’t mean I won’t kill you . ” said Qu Yang glancing at Qing Qing in an ice-cold way . She was terrified .

“Hmph! That’s how a demon behaves . ” said Xu Le groaning in an ice-cold way . He knew that Qu Yang didn’t intend to let them go anymore . It was useless to try and negotiate . They could only battle to death now .

“I’ll stop him, you go and run away . ” said Dragon of Righteousness suddenly jumping in front of the group . He sounded determined .

“No, we have to leave together . ” said Xu Le refusing immediately .

“Right!” said Qing Qing nodding .

“You think I won’t dare kill you?” said Qu Yang looking at Dragon of Righteousness gloomily .

“Good Heavens, I, poor cleric, don’t want to die but I’m not afraid of dying either . Even if you kill me, it doesn’t matter . ” said Dragon of Righteousness slowly .

“Alright, good, good . Since you want to die, I’ll help you achieve your goal . ” said Qu Yang suddenly . Even though he said that, he didn’t really intend to kill him, he would, at best, teach him a good lesson .

Teaching him a good lesson and killing him were two different things . If he killed him, the Shangqing School would avenge his death, if he just taught him a good lesson, they wouldn’t dare send anyone again .

At that moment, Qu Yang felt good and safe, he had a body protection charm .

He wouldn’t kill Dragon of Righteousness though .

As Dragon of Righteousness, Xu Le, Qing Qing and the two martial artists decided to have a battle to death against him, Qu Yang suddenly jumped backwards and disappeared .

Bei Ming and Chong Jiayi ran away too and followed him closely .

Xu Le and the others glanced at each others . They didn’t understand what Qu Yang was doing . Was he really afraid of Dragon of Righteousness?

They all gazed into the distance and saw some death Qi rise from the Qu Mortuary . Something was happening there and that was the reason why Qu Yang had left so suddenly .

They were all in the same boat, and they all felt uncertain .

“We…” Xu Le looked hesitant .

“Move!” said Dragon of Righteousness firmly .

“Master Dragon of Righteousness . ” Qing Qing didn’t understand .

“Something is happening in the Qu Mortuary . We can’t stay here, it’s too dangerous . Qu Yang is too strong, we’re lucky something distracted him, let’s leave as soon as possible . ” said Dragon of Righteousness .

Even though something serious was maybe happening to the Qu Mortuary, they couldn’t get involved . It had nothing to do with them .

They couldn’t stay there and hesitate . There wouldn’t be a second time .

“Let’s go . ” said Xu Le nodding . He wasn’t stupid either, especially that he was injured, he could use his full strength at that moment . In case of attack, he could die .

n.o.body contradicted Xu Le . The few people left and disappeared in the darkness .

It had been a difficult evening for those people . They had left alive, they were extremely lucky . They would never forget that evening .

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At the same time, Mu Yi looked at the gigantic creature emerge from the ground .

That gigantic creature looked like a mushroom . There were gigantic spots at its top . But actually if one looked closer, one could see that those spots weren’t actually spots but small mouths which were interconnected .

Gigantic tentacles emerged from the thick and strong rootstock and floated around .

Mu Yi had never seen such a strange thing . He could now understand why the Bamboo Tree of Life was shaking violently though . The Bamboo Tree of Life was moving because it could sense something of a similar nature .

Mu Yi didn’t know what that thing was but he could now imagine why there were so many skeletons in the pit . Corpses were maybe used as fertiliser to make that creature grow .

That was probably the Qu Mortuary’s biggest secret . Qu Yang had probably decided to create a mortuary to grow that thing .

“Do you mean that that thing can help you recover?” asked Mu Yi to the Bamboo Tree of Life .

The Bamboo Tree of Life twinkled to reply to him .

Before, Nian Nuer had taken huge risks to save Mu Yi . She had used much energy . After that, she had fallen asleep and Mu Yi felt extremely guilty . He didn’t know how to help Nian Nuer .

Now, Nian Nuer still hadn’t woken up but the Bamboo Tree of Life was reacting instinctively . He needed that strange thing .

That thing looked horrible, disgusting and dangerous but Mu Yi was determined to help the Bamboo Tree of Life .

“Alright, since you need it, I’ll capsize the Qu Mortuary . ” said Mu Yi in a gentle way . He didn’t speak loudly but he sounded determined .

Mu Yi knew how dangerous it was to stay there but he had to do it for the Bamboo Tree of Life, for Nian Nuer . It was an extremely dangerous place but he had dared come, not to mention that he also had trump cards anyway .

After that, Mu Yi decided to act quickly, he didn’t have so much time . He couldn’t waste time, especially that Qu Yang had probably noticed something was happening . Maybe that he was even coming back .

Therefore, Mu Yi wanted to cut off that thing . He wanted it for the Bamboo Tree of Life .

“Die . ” said Mu Yi . He was holding his dagger in his left hand and the Bamboo Tree of Life in his right hand . Then he threw his hand at the creature .

Qu Yang was extremely nervous, and furious . First, some people who were stupid had come and in the end, they were dangerous, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (translator’s note: idiom from Daoist cla.s.sic Zhuangzi, it means that a short-sighted person is completely ignorant to imminent danger  in his pursuit of close gains) . Then, he had chased them and now someone was attacking on the other side .

Who was that now?!