ninety thousand miles

Chapter 539 Scorpion Spirit

"When I arrived, Lanshan Pavilion had already been taken down, and several of King Baoxing's brothers were killed, but the Scorpion Demon still escaped." Zhu Qingyun sat down in her usual seat and said, "She fled to Yunqiao Township."

Li Chuan sat down opposite Zhu Qingyun and asked, "And then?"

Zhu Qingyun replied: "Many monsters would choose to devour flesh and blood to heal their wounds after being seriously injured. After the Scorpion Demon hid in Yunqiao Township, he set his sights on Tong Luo's child."

"She sneaked in quietly when Tong Luo was away. Just as she was about to take action, someone came to look for Zhuo Er Niang. The person noticed something was wrong, grabbed the child, and hit her with a chair."

As Li Chuan listened to this description, a figure appeared in his mind. He asked, "Is it Miss Pan?"

"It's her." Zhu Qingyun said.

"What happened next? She still had some strength, but the Scorpion Demon was a powerful demon. Even if she was seriously injured..." Li Chuan became worried.

"When I arrived, Brother Tong had also returned. He shot the Scorpion Demon's eyes blind, and Miss Pan broke her tail. If I had arrived a step later, the Scorpion Demon might have been dead." Zhu Qingyun said.

"That's good." Li Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately Brother Tong is back."

"He later said that he felt extremely anxious on the road, so he came back," said Zhu Qingyun.

"Is the Scorpion Demon dead?" Li Chuan asked.

Zhu Qingyun said: "I killed her with one sword. After she died, the villagers came up to thank me. Then I felt something was wrong and found that the onlookers were all poisoned by the scorpion. Miss Pan was the most poisoned."

Li Chuan's heart, which had just been at ease, began to rise again.

Zhu Qingyun glanced at Li Chuan's face and said, "I immediately distributed the detoxification pills to them, which temporarily suppressed the toxicity. Then I went to Ziyun Cave and found the antidote to remove the poison. In the end, everyone woke up except Miss Pan."

"Why is this?" Li Chuan asked.

Zhu Qingyun said: "She was poisoned too deeply. Even if the poison is removed, her internal organs are still damaged, and she is still failing fast."

"So I told Zhuo Er Niang that I was going to the capital to find someone to take care of Miss Pan for a few days and tell her what to do. Zhuo Er Niang remembered what I said and seemed to have something to say to me. I asked her several times if she had anything else to do, and she said nothing."

"When I was about to leave, she stopped me and asked me if I was in the capital. If so, could I come back?"

"After I arrived in the capital and told my master about this, my master said that he would ask my eldest brother to go there. So I planned to go to Yashan County to find you. If you have just finished your business, we can go to Yashan County together." Zhu Qingyun finally finished explaining the cause and effect.

"The warden stopped you." Li Chuan said.

"Yes, my master didn't let me go. He said there were too many variables in Yashan County and I couldn't add another variable. He and I looked at the information sent back by Tang Su, so I didn't go." Zhu Qingyun said.

"Did Miss Pan wake up later?" Li Chuan asked.

"She's awake. The eldest senior brother said that it was a blessing in disguise. Her physique has become stronger and she is immune to most toxins from now on." Zhu Qingyun said.

"That's good," Li Chuan was relieved, and then he began to hate the Scorpion Spirit. He said, "That Scorpion Spirit is so annoying that she actually hid in Yunqiao Township." Zhu Qingyun said, "She is good at hiding. If Miss Pan hadn't made her show up, I wouldn't have been able to find her."

Then she talked about his pursuit of the Scorpion Demon. "After I knew that the Scorpion Demon had escaped, I immediately used a compass to confirm her location and chased after her."

"When we were halfway through the chase, her position started to become erratic. I knew she must have used some kind of spell, or was carrying a magical weapon that could conceal her presence."

"I guessed at the time that she must have needed to devour flesh and blood to heal her wounds, so I suspected that she was among the refugees. I asked the local officials to cooperate with me to check the identities of the refugees and set aside an area to resettle them. When I was chatting with the refugees, I really heard them say that there was a girl named A Zhen who was originally with them. Later, when they were about to reach the resettlement area, she walked alone towards Yunqiao Township and took many people with her."

"I immediately determined that Miss Ah Zhen was the Scorpion Spirit. So I rushed to Yunqiao Township. When I was almost there, the compass needle moved, and I determined her location."

"Where are the people she took away?" Li Chuan asked.

"She probably ate them all." Zhu Qingyun said, her tone becoming sad. She looked out the window and said, "This time the battle line was stretched too long. Although we had made a lot of preparations, it still affected several villages in the end."

"There's nothing we can do about it..." Li Chuan couldn't find any words to comfort him.

"But we still have to continue to fight against demons." Zhu Qingyun didn't need any comfort. She said, "Next time, it will definitely be better than this time."

"Of course." Li Chuan said.

Zhu Qingyun said: "I suspect the Scorpion Demon went to Yunqiao Township just to target you."

"Me? Why? I didn't provoke her?" Li Chuan said this, but he was thinking in his heart. He said: "This time, the extermination of monsters originated from the death of King Baoxing. King Baoxing's death has nothing to do with me, but when I restrained a group of monster hunters afterwards, I revealed my identity. And I also hinted to them about the subsequent extermination of monsters."

"They didn't leak the news at the time, but after such a long time, the news must have spread. The Scorpion Demon has been operating in Ziyun Cave for so many years, and she must have spies in Chaobing County. So... is she here to seek revenge on me?"

"This happened to Brother Tong's family and Xiaohua. It could be because she found out about my relationship with Brother Tong. She wanted to hold the children hostage to threaten me, or she could just be venting her anger."

After thinking it through, Li Chuan shook his head and said, "Only by killing all these big monsters can I live a peaceful life for a few days."

"When will you return to Yunqiao Township?" Zhu Qingyun asked him.

"Wait two or three days, go back and lie down, fix the house, and then read some books," Li Chuan asked her, "Do you want to go back with me?"

Zhu Qingyun shook his head and said, "Your Majesty taught me all the spells she knew."

"She asked you to enter the palace to teach you spells?" Li Chuan was surprised.

"Well, there are some other things. I always feel that she sometimes treats me as someone else," Zhu Qingyun shook his head and said, "But she has tried so hard to teach me, I don't want to let her down."

"Is it difficult?" Li Chuan asked.

"It's not the same system as what I learned before, and it even conflicts with it. And His Majesty... She can only explain it orally now and can't show it to me, but I still want to at least learn something so that His Majesty can see it."

(End of this chapter)