Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 138 How to Deserve the Gratitude of a Thousand Miles

Wuzhan was puzzled and went out of the door. He saw a graceful girl waiting outside the door with a package on her shoulder and a scabbard in her hand. The girl was beautiful, with bright eyes, skin as white as fat, a slender waist and shoulders. She had a tassel bun on her hair and wore a cross-collared skirt with cloud pattern. She looked like a fairy and was radiant.

Seeing Wuzhan coming out, he seemed very surprised, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying in a sweet voice: "Excuse me, are you Lord Wuzhan?"

Wuzhan had never seen this woman before, so he bowed and said, "It is me. I wonder what brings me here?"

"My name is Miaoxin. I am a disciple of Taishan. I have been ordered by my master to come and see you!" Miaoxin replied softly.

Wuzhan immediately understood what was going on when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Please invite the Taoist nun in for a chat!" As he spoke, he led Miaoxin into the hall. After the maid Suqi served tea and left, Wuzhan asked, "I wonder how your master's injury is recovering?"

Miao Xin frowned and thought, "Master has never been injured, I wonder why you ask this?"

Miao Xin asked back, and Wuzhan realized that his question was a bit abrupt. With Yuanjun's personality, even if he was seriously injured, how could he let his disciples know? He hurriedly said: "It seems that I was wrong. Yuanjun's cultivation is unparalleled in the world, how could he be injured."

Miaoxin said, "Master asked me to bring two things to you." Then he unwrapped the package, took out a wooden box, handed it to Wuzhan, and said, "Master told Miaoxin not to open the box to peek at the things inside. You need to hide your identity on the road and keep it carefully. You must give it to you. You will understand after you open it!"

Wuzhan took the wooden box and immediately understood what was inside. Since Yuanjun did not allow his disciples to know, Wuzhan did not open it in front of him. He stuffed the wooden box into his sleeve and stored it in the Qiankun Jade.

Miao Xin took out seven medicine bottles with different patterns. "This is the elixir of our sect, 'Golden Fragrant Jade', which was made by our master himself. There are seven pills in each bottle. The amount of medicinal materials is different, and the efficacy is different. There are a total of 49 pills. One pill a day. Do not take more or miss a dose. Our master told Miao Xin to watch you take it every day and record your physical condition." She picked up one of the bottles with her slender hands, opened the bottle cap, poured out a crystal clear red pill that exuded fragrance, and placed it in her palm. She handed it to Wu Zhan and said, "Take this one today."

Wuzhan didn't expect that Bixia Yuanjun would actually do what she said and really sent her disciples to deliver the Golden Fragrant Jade. She also asked her disciples to observe his condition every day. The Golden Fragrant Jade is a secret elixir unique to Mount Tai, which can nourish the blood and replenish Qi, improve cultivation, preserve one's youth, and prolong one's life. It is priceless. Yuanjun sent so much of it, and it must have consumed a lot of precious medicinal materials to refine this elixir. He was extremely grateful.

He looked at the pill in Yu's hand again, and suddenly remembered that Wanjiao also gave him the golden fragrant jade that night, but the color was slightly different. It seemed that it was just as Miaoxin said, the efficacy must be different, or maybe the pill was not real. He felt worried again, wondering how she was doing now and whether Lingkongzi had found her.

"My lord, do you dislike Miaoxin's dirty hands?" Miaoxin asked Wuzhan who was a little distracted.

Wuzhan knew he was distracted, so he quickly reached out to take it, apologetically saying, "How dare I? It is my honor to have the Taoist nun personally pass on the medicine!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Miaoxin's jade hand suddenly trembled slightly, and when Wuzhan touched her palm, her pretty face turned red. Miaoxin usually practiced meditation and seldom came down the mountain to come into contact with young men, let alone such a close distance. She shyly glanced at Wuzhan, but Wuzhan didn't notice.

"Master instructed that this pill must be kept by Miaoxin, so as to prevent it from becoming ineffective due to improper storage. I personally hand one pill to you every day and observe your pulse and complexion. Now you hand your left wrist to Miaoxin. After you take the pill, I will start recording."

Wuzhan knew that using this golden fragrant jade on him was a waste of heaven's gift and would be useless. He looked at the pill in his hand and said, "If this one has no effect, please take this precious pill back and tell Yuanjun. I will be very grateful!"

Miao Xin smiled and said, "Master has ordered that if you don't want to eat, you should be taken back to Mount Tai."

Upon hearing this, Wuzhan had no choice but to swallow it. He stretched out his left hand and placed it on the tea table, allowing Miaoxin to observe his pulse.

Miao Xin stretched out her slender hand and placed it on the wrist. Just after touching it for a moment, she let out a cry of "Ah..." and covered her mouth, unable to help but screaming softly.

Wuzhan asked hurriedly, "Did my pulse frighten the nun?"

"Why is your pulse so weak?" Miao Xin exclaimed.

"It has been like this since I was a child, and it seems to have become even weaker recently!" Wuzhan said lightly.

Miaoxin murmured softly, "How could there be such a strange disease?" He frowned and observed carefully, feeling pity.

The two of them remained silent for half an incense stick of time. Wuzhan gradually felt a heat in his dantian slowly traveling throughout his body. To his surprise, his weak body began to be full of vitality again. He seemed to feel that he could condense his Qi with the help of this heat. He hurriedly followed Master Zitan's Qi condensation formula and secretly condensed his Qi. However, he found that when the true Qi reached his brain, it disappeared. Fortunately, Wuzhan had already gotten used to it.

After Miaoxin finished her observation, she said to Wuzhan, "Miaoxin was ordered by Master to come here with two tasks. This is one of them. The other is to obey Master's orders and ensure Master's safety. Master, please don't call me Taoist nun from now on. It doesn't sound comfortable. Just call me Miaoxin!"

Wuzhan is now in a very unsafe situation and may be assassinated at any time. He did not expect that Yuanjun would send his disciples to protect him at this time. This is really a timely help and a caring attitude.

After expressing his gratitude, Wuzhan asked Suqi and Suyan to clean a room and arrange for Miaoxin to stay there. After Miaoxin left the hall, Wuzhan went to the study and opened the wooden box.

As expected, Xirang was indeed among them, with a letter attached, written in elegant handwriting:
"The Xirang has not been used up yet. After careful consideration, it is safer to give it to you. Miaoxin, a disciple of our sect, is the most outstanding one among all the disciples. She has reached the stage of enlightenment and is the best candidate for the next leader. I have already instructed her to help you send her to take back the five-colored stone and eradicate the demons. I hope you will follow Miaoxin's arrangements and take our elixirs on time." Wuzhan closed the letter and Bixia's face appeared in front of him. Feelings of gratitude and respect arose in his heart, but then turned into worry.

It is now very clear that Xu Shi and others need this Xirang to build the Lishan Palace. If they cannot get it, sooner or later they will go to Taishan to find out the truth and try every means to force Yuanjun to hand over Xirang. Wuzhe is most familiar with their methods. Although Yuanjun has a high level of cultivation, he is too kind and will definitely not be able to defeat them.

Since the breach of the Yellow River has been blocked, this Xirang is of little use to Wuzhan. If it is presented to Xu Shi, he may join their organization and take back the five-colored stone as soon as possible. Yuanjun must have given Xirang to him with this intention. If so, Daoxuan and others will not go to Mount Tai again, and Yuanjun's danger will be temporarily lifted.

Thinking of this, Wuzhan began to think about how to donate the Xirang.

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"Ah...!" A female scream came from the maid's bedroom, breaking the silence of the summer night. Miaoxin, holding a long sword, rushed to the inner courtyard first. Concentrating carefully, he noticed that something seemed to be flying on the roof. He faintly heard a rustling sound. Miaoxin flew up and lightly jumped onto the eaves. Looking under the bright moonlight, he saw a black shadow just passing through the high wall of the backyard of the mansion. Judging from its outline, it looked like a giant python.

Miaoxin didn't think much about it. She took light steps and flew like a wild goose. The tiles didn't make a sound. In just a few steps, she jumped over the high wall and into the ruins outside the backyard.

At this time, Jin Xingzi and Wuzhan had heard the noise and rushed into the maid's room. They lit the lamp and saw Suqi sitting on the bed curled up with bedding in her arms, shivering and crying in fear. The other three maids were frightened and also huddled together in panic.

Wuzhan asked hurriedly: "Why are you so panicked?"

Su Qi said anxiously: "I saw... I saw a ghost!"

Wuzhan frowned and said, "Don't panic, tell me in detail." Gaosheng also hurried over with a lantern and two strong men.

"I just woke up and was about to get up to relieve myself. Before I could get out of bed, I saw... outside that window, a dark shadow hanging on the window, trying to get in and eat people. I was frightened and screamed. When the dark shadow heard my screams, it stopped coming in and suddenly disappeared. My lord, I did see that ghost!"

After hearing this, Gao Sheng looked at Wuzhan with a look of despair and said, "Could this really be..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wuzhan stopped Gaosheng from speaking, holding a lantern and walked towards the open window that Suqi pointed to, and sure enough, he found a stain on the window frame.

Jin Xingzi stepped forward and sniffed, saying, "What bird pooped here? It stinks!"

Suddenly, they heard a strange chirping sound coming from the ruins in the backyard. Wuzhan knew that Miaoxin had gone to chase that thing, so he hurried out of the house and said to Jinxingzi, "Take me to see it!"

Jin Xingzi carried Wuzhan on his back, ran quickly to the foot of the high wall, flipped over the wall, and jumped into the ruins outside the wall.

In the moonlight, one could see not far away, Miao Xin's clothes fluttering, her body hanging upside down in the air, waving a long sword, chopping at a black thing lying on the ground, rolling and struggling. The sword flashed, the sword made rustling sounds, and it cut the thing into many pieces.

Jin Xingzi put Wuzhan down and shouted to Miaoxin, "What is that?"

Miao Xin shouted, "Don't come over yet. This thing has poison on its body. Wait until it dies, then come and see." As he spoke, countless sword lights chopped down again until the thing stopped struggling.

Jin Xingzi and Wuzhan walked over to take a look and saw that the thing was at least two meters long and one foot wide. It was shaped like a snake but had no bones. It looked very much like a spirit earthworm that had been chopped into pieces by Miaoxin. Each piece was still slowly wriggling, and a fishy black liquid was flowing out of the broken pieces.

Jin Xingzi almost vomited. He covered his mouth and pinched his nose and said, "Such a big earthworm, it's so disgusting!"

Miao Xin's sword shook, and with a humming sound, the sword flashed, and the stains on the sword were cleaned away by the sword energy. He returned the sword to the sheath, frowned and said doubtfully: "I thought it was a python before, but I didn't expect it to be this dirty thing. How could there be such a monster here?"

Jin Xingzi shouted, "You guys step back, I'm going to burn this thing, it looks so disgusting!" After Miao Xin moved away, he made a "puff" sound and a long tongue of fire spurted out of his mouth, igniting the squirming and broken corpse, and the burnt smell immediately spread.

Miao Xin covered her mouth and asked in surprise: "I didn't expect you to have this ability?"

Jin Xingzi laughed and said, "I am very capable. I can do anything!"

Wuzhan looked around the ruins and it was just as Gaosheng said, there was no grass growing, the ground was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the piles of rocks looked like graves. Under the moonlight, they gave off an eerie light. Traces of the fire could still be seen on the stones. He had no time to check this place out, it was indeed very strange.

(End of this chapter)