Chapter 2530: Chapter 113: Mutual Bait, Mutual Hook (3)
The Church of Lifeless has developed so rapidly, largely due to the scriptures "Scripture of Lifeless" personally authored by Zhang Linchuan, and the entire set of "Unborn Mysterious Art" he personally created.
But he was even more convinced that this Secret Technique was completed by Zhang Linchuan long ago, just thrown out today.
He accepted the black book and earnestly said, "Thank you for your effort, Sect Hierarch!"
Originally joining Bone Tao, and later defecting to Zhang Linchuan, wasn’t it all to search for his deceased wife’s wandering soul whose resting place was unknown? He only knew his wife’s soul did not enter the source pool and was suffering elsewhere. Although it is said that when a person dies, it’s like a light going out, he still held the obsession of meeting once more.
He once thought that Zhang Linchuan, like the Bone Demon God, was just using this matter to keep him in line, driving him to work hard. He no longer held any hope for those, ever since the day he betrayed the Bone Demon God, he decided to rely on his own strength to move forward, and he has been striving for that. The process of developing the Church of Lifeless was also a process of continually strengthening himself...
Unexpectedly, just as the Church of Lifeless was about to be completely annihilated, he received the promised Secret Technique from Zhang Linchuan.
This made him feel all sorts of emotions.
On the throne, Zhang Linchuan just waved his hand indifferently: "We’re even now."
Lu Yan bowed and said, "May your grand aspirations be fulfilled, perhaps we may meet in the Underworld."
"By the way," Zhang Linchuan added, "before you go to the Underworld, remember to help me find the Moon Rabbit."
The Moon Rabbit of the Church of Lifeless was previously the Rabbit Bone of Bone Tao, naturally an old acquaintance of Lu Yan.
He simply said, "Sure, is there any directive for her?"
Zhang Linchuan said flatly, "Help me kill her."
Even Lu Yan, who had long seen through human nature and considered himself cold-blooded and unfeeling, was taken aback.
Because the Moon Rabbit was undoubtedly the most loyal person to Zhang Linchuan in the entire Church of Lifeless!
In the past, she dared to attack Dragon Face proactively for the then not-so-prominent Zhang Linchuan. Those who betrayed along with Zhang Linchuan each had their own motives. Only the Moon Rabbit was purely loyal to Zhang Linchuan.
Now that the Church of Lifeless was almost annihilated, she was the only high-ranking member still holding on, maintaining the last bit of faith for Zhang Linchuan.
Yet, Zhang Linchuan wanted her dead...
"Why?" Lu Yan knew he shouldn’t ask but couldn’t help himself, "She is loyal to you, Sect Hierarch."
"Yes, she is loyal to me," Zhang Linchuan looked at him indifferently and simply said, "That’s the reason."
Under this gaze, Lu Yan dared not say anything more and only bowed his head, "I accept the order."
"Go," Zhang Linchuan waved his hand.
Lu Yan turned and flew swiftly away; this time, he truly left.
He quickly flew out of the underground palace, erasing traces along the way. Following the pre-planned route, he plunged into the continuous mountains. He flew close to the ground for a while, finally passing through the Formation and landing in a valley.
This place was not beautiful, the scenery was quite ordinary.
He found it as a hiding place in his early years.
He landed by the trickling stream, looking at his reflection in the water.
Finally, he let out a long-held breath.
Whoosh~
The gray-white air swept across the water pattern and far away.
With somewhat stiff movements, he took out a delicate doll from his bosom.
He tapped on the doll’s chest with his finger, causing the chest to crack open and a fresh heart to jump out.
He calmly pressed this heart into his own chest cavity and thus obtained an exchange—
That was naturally another heart that had just been in his body.
And this heart... had already been manipulated beyond recognition.
Zhang Linchuan was simply a master at playing with people’s hearts, making even someone seasoned in Jianghu like him feel joy, worry, fear, and surprise alternately. He knew very well that in the previous state, Zhang Linchuan had a thousand ways to tamper with him.
Fortunately, he hadn’t survived for nothing these years, having used a Secret Technique to protect himself before going to the underground palace.
The heart manipulated by Zhang Linchuan from beginning to end, was just this doll’s. Even if there were means, they should only affect the doll...
Lu Yan’s eyes momentarily turned white as he cautiously checked again with his Innate Nether Eyes before placing the now damaged heart back into the doll’s chest.
Plop!
The doll was thrown into the stream.
Its limbs scrambled for a moment, like a drowning person.
Finally, it returned to stillness.
...
...
A fish leaped out of the water, drew an arc in the air, and fell back down.
Only after a while did the ripples dissipate.
Reflected in the water were the silhouettes of two figures, one fat and one thin.
The thin one couldn’t really be called thin, as the build was rather proportionate.
But in this world, most people standing next to today’s Marquis of Bowang inevitably appeared thin.
On the stone bridge in the Marquis of Boxiang’s Mansion, only the Marquis of Bowang and the Marquis Wu’an stood next to each other.
"The Son of Heaven intends to help you smooth over the old affairs of Zhuang Country, to win your heart completely, so he deliberately left a knot. But Jinguo’s response was timely, and Zhuang Country’s reaction was decisive... We now need to focus on wiping out the Church of Lifeless and really don’t have the time to argue with Zhuang Country. However, ignoring them will only make it harder to justify ourselves later."
Zhongxuan Sheng leaned on the stone railing and sighed, "Why aren’t there any fools in this world?"
Jiang Wang said calmly, "The hatred between me and the Zhuang Court cannot be resolved through words. The best outcome would be for them to be irreparably tarnished; if not, it’s of no consequence. Ultimately, it comes down to life or death."
He once wore the mask of the King of Bian Cheng and participated in Yin Guan’s battle for revenge.
