This god is really evil

Chapter 98: Staying Up for the Hawk (asking for monthly ticket)

At this time, Yu Pianran was no longer dressed like the pure and innocent courtesan she was last night. Instead, she was wearing a black tight nightgown that seemed to be made of some animal's leather. It was extremely thin and tough, and almost covered her entire body, making her figure look even more delicate.

However, there were several holes on the leather jacket, and there were traces of blood.

Her pretty face was filled with fatigue and dust, making her look a little dusty.

"Holy Son, what's going on in the city?" Yu Pianran asked anxiously, no longer having the calmness and reserve of a high priest.

This morning, they received a secret report from a spy. Yu Pianran immediately ordered all Yuhua believers to hide on the spot, destroy the secret letters and sacrificial items, and then send all the relevant personnel away. Yu Pianran, the high priest, was the last one to leave.

She thought that she was fast enough and that the Xuanzhengyuan would not investigate so quickly. However, she did not expect that after just a slight delay, a centurion of the Xuanzhengyuan named Duan Zhengyun suddenly surrounded Yichunyuan with a group of anti-evil cavalry, saying that they wanted to conduct a thorough investigation and take everyone back for investigation.

Fortunately, Yu Pianran had already laid numerous traps and mechanisms throughout the Yichun Courtyard, as well as a formation that activated feather magic. After all, she was also a sorcerer in the late stage of the Listening Sound Realm. After a fierce fight and hiding, she killed several exterminating cavalrymen and injured Duan Zhengyun. She finally escaped in a hurry, entered the secret passage, and sneaked here according to the predetermined plan.

But after all, he was facing hundreds of anti-evil cavalry, and Duan Zhengyun was a warrior at the muscle and bone realm. After breaking through with all his strength, Yu Pianran also suffered some minor injuries, and his inspiration was almost exhausted, with little left.

Seeing Yu Pianran's appearance, Li Yan already had an idea of ​​her situation. He sighed and said:

"The extermination cavalry of the Xuanzhengyuan are like crazy, searching for the disciples of the Holy Church all the way. Many of them have been captured and will definitely not escape torture... High Priest, you shouldn't be so reckless. Even if Zhang Ling is really frivolous and annoying, how could you just kill him with feather magic?"

Yu Pianran was surprised and said:

"I…I didn't, it wasn't me!"

Li Yan frowned and said:
"If it's not you, could it be Baiyu and Heiyu? I see Baiyu seems to be very fond of you, maybe he was angry... Alas, I couldn't bear it for a moment and ruined the situation. I really shouldn't have gone to the secret place of the two priests this morning, but there was no one there. I'm afraid something bad might have happened to them."

Yu Pianran shook his head and said:
"Although Bai Yu has always admired me, I have never shown any interest in him. He is selfish, frivolous, and self-willed. He will never do anything for me..."

Having said this, she suddenly stopped talking.

Bai Yu's emotions are not stable enough and he is not someone who can accomplish great things. Could it really be him?
When he heard the news of Zhang Ling's death in the morning, he pretended to be surprised... What a bastard!
At this moment, Yu Pianran was so angry that her body suddenly swayed and she almost fainted.

Li Yan quickly stepped forward to support her and said:
"High Priest, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Pianran leaned on Li Yan's arm, her pretty face pale, and waved her hand and said:
"It's okay. I fought a fierce battle with hundreds of Exterminating Demon Knights this morning and released dozens of feather spells. I ran out of inspiration and feel a little weak... Do you have anything to eat?"

She hadn't eaten a single grain of rice from morning till now, and the battle had cost her enormous energy.

Li Yan took out a steamed bun from his arms, handed it to Yu Pianran and said:
"The incident last night was so commotion that even the Si Tian Jian was worried. They ordered me to be accompanied by a constable when I go out. I came in a hurry, and there were two constables following me. I only had time to bring a steamed bun. Please don't blame me, Grand Priest."

Yu Pianran quickly took the bun, which was still warm to the touch, and began to devour it voraciously.

She ate in a hurry and just after she had finished half of her meal, she started coughing violently. Then she quickly covered her mouth, fearing that the constables outside would hear her, so she could only make suppressed sounds.

But the harder she tried to suppress it, the more her throat itched and she wanted to cough.

Li Yan quickly patted her back and said:
"Slow down, eat slowly."

Turning around, he saw a half-broken ceramic incense burner on the table next to him. He rubbed the broken pieces of ceramic in the snow at the door, collected half a cup of snow water dripping from the eaves, and handed it to Yu Pianran.

Yu Pianran quickly took it and drank it in one gulp, only then did she suppress the lump in her throat.

He raised his hand and patted his chest, causing ripples. Only then did Yu Pianran breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the half steamed bun in her hand and the broken pottery, she suddenly felt sad and tears as big as soybeans rolled down from the corners of her eyes.

Li Yan sighed and said:
"Grand sacrificial wine..."

Yu Pianran raised her hand to wipe away her tears and whispered:
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Saint Son... I was just thinking about the past and the future, and it really... really..."

After her father's tragic death, she hastily took over the position of High Priest, thinking that she could work hard to govern the country, unite the believers, and make the Yuhua Society bigger and stronger.

However, he did not expect to immediately encounter the great split brought about by Saint Luo Dieyi.

Soon after, they encountered a group of crazy people from the Blood Spirit Cult who came to grab territory. After several secret battles, most of the elite backbones of the cult were killed. They could not even stay in Zhuhai County, the old nest of the Yuhua Society, so they sneaked to Qinghe County.

After much difficulty, they found the Holy Son who had infiltrated the Sitianjian to serve as a spiritual official, but they immediately encountered the death of Zhang Ling. After a blow from the Exterminating Tiqi, the only remaining force in the Yuhua Society was hit hard again.

Even the two chief priests, Baiyu and Heiyu, might have been killed.

The entire Yuhua Society was almost destroyed.

She had been on edge all this time, and now, eating cold steamed buns and drinking snow water in this dilapidated temple, she felt completely broken-down mentally.

Yu Pianran sighed and said:

"I am really not a qualified high priest. I am not talented enough, and I am not talented enough, which is why I am in this situation today..."

Self-blame and guilt have overwhelmed her heart.

Li Yan said seriously:
"High Priest, please don't say that. In my opinion, you are the most worthy of the title of High Priest!"

After a pause, Li Yan continued:

"As long as the High Priest is safe and sound, my Yuhua Holy Church will continue to exist. Even if the High Priests are gone, you still have me. I, the Holy Son, am still here!"

Li Yan's words were so decisive and righteous that Yu Pianran couldn't help but sigh in her heart:

There are still people who are loyal to the Holy Religion... This is also a blessing for the Holy Religion.

But, has the old God Yuhua really... really abandoned us?
She only dared to recall these words in her heart, and did not dare to ask this loyal Son of God.

In the past, if a follower of the Holy Church dared to ask this question, he would be considered blasphemer and executed.

Then the Holy Son in front of him asked eagerly: "High Priest, what should we do next?"

Yu Pianran looked ahead and said slowly:

"We need to think about it carefully..."

I do not know.

Li Yan nodded and said:

"That's true. The situation in Qinghe County has been very tense recently. Maybe some of the arrested members of the Holy Church will reveal your identity. I think you should hide here for a few days. I will get some information from the Sitianjian and think of some solutions."

Yu Pianran nodded. This was all that could be done.

Unlike Li Yan, the Holy Son whose identity is kept absolutely secret and only the highest levels of the Yuhua Society know her true identity, many people in the sect know her as the High Priest.

Li Yan said at the moment:

"The two detectives are still outside. If I stay in for too long, they may become suspicious. I am relieved to see that the High Priest is safe. Please rest assured, High Priest. I will go back to the city to continue my investigation and bring you clothes and food tomorrow."

Yu Pianran said solemnly:

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Saint Son! The secret passage is under the stove of the restaurant in the north of the city."

Li Yan also clasped his fists solemnly, then turned and walked out.

After Li Yan left, Yu Pianran summoned up the last of his inspiration, used his feather technique, leaped up, and floated lightly onto the beam of the house. He hid himself in the beam and then curled up into a ball.

So cold.

Her original feather cloak had been torn apart during the battle this morning in order to perform feather magic, leaving only this close-fitting battle suit.

As she lay there, she munched on the cold steamed bun in her hand, her mind full of thoughts.

God Yuhua, have you really abandoned me?

Thanks to the Holy Son Li Yan, who risked his life to go out of the city to find her and brought food with him, otherwise she would not know how she would survive this winter night.

At the same time, in a roadside pavilion not far from the dilapidated temple, Zhang Jun and Chen Wei wiped the wooden table in the pavilion clean, opened the food box, took out plates of steaming side dishes, and brought out a pot of lotus soup.

These side dishes came from Qingyunlou, a famous restaurant in the city, including crystal pork elbow, eight-treasure duck, drunken river shrimp, grilled carp, etc. There were four plates, four bowls, eight dishes, and a few dim sum.

"Sir, please enjoy it." Zhang Jun said with a smile.

"Come and sit together." Li Yan invited Zhang Jun and Chen Wei to sit down together. The two could not refuse, so they had to find two broken stools and sit down together.

It was dusk at this time, the setting sun was bright red, and the sunset glowed the surrounding snow crimson. The three of them were toasting each other, looking very happy.

They ate and drank until the sun was about to set, then they packed up their food boxes, got on the carriage and went back to the city.

Li Yan did not return to his own house, but went to the Sitianjian.

Then I heard several clerks and clerks I met talking about the situation of exorcising evil spirits in Xuanzhengyuan today.

It is said that dozens of immortal demons were indeed found, more than a dozen of the Xuanzhengyuan's anti-demon cavalry were killed, and a leader was encountered. Even Duan Zhengyun, a centurion who had just entered the tendons and bones realm, was injured.

However, a new disciple of Dean Xiao Chucai, named Niu Ma, made great contributions.

It is said that he alone captured two priests, White Feather and Black Feather, plus a dozen or so followers of the Feathered Cult.

The director of Xuanzhengyuan, Xiao Chucai, was grinning from ear to ear and kept calling him "Qilin'er". He interrogated the prisoner on the spot. Even the identities of Baiyu and Heiyu were found out by Xiao Chucai himself.

With this great achievement, that Lord Niu Ma Niu was also promoted to a hundred households of the Imperial Guards, and it was said that the Xuanzhengyuan would continue to recommend him for merits and so on...

With the presence of the demon from the Yuhua Society, the Xuanzhengyuan had no time to take care of other things these days, and even the Sitianjian government office had become much quieter.

The next day, Li Yan did not rush to the dilapidated temple outside the city. Instead, he took two constables to a famous teahouse in Qinghe County and spent a day there.

This teahouse not only provides tea, dishes and snacks, but also storytelling in the morning, singing in the afternoon, and even crosstalk in the evening.

A whole day passed like this, and on the third day, the same thing happened again. It was not until the afternoon of the third day that Li Yan stretched and said that he felt a little tired and wanted to go for a walk outside the city to relax and unwind.

Zhang Jun and Chen Wei immediately hired a carriage as usual, accompanied Lord Li out of the county, and strolled along the Qing River.

When they arrived at the dilapidated temple, Lord Li wanted to relieve himself as usual, so the two men immediately guarded the door.

Li Yan entered the dilapidated temple, wiped some dust on his face, walked all the way to the main hall, and whispered:
"High Priest, here I come."

How hungry are you?

Yu Pianran looked pale as he floated down from the beam. His feet went weak and he almost fell down. He said in a trembling voice:
"Holy Son...why did you come today?"

She had been hungry for two days in a row. She had not had a good rest before and was hungry and cold. Now she was seeing stars.

Li Yan looked haggard and said:

"Zhang Ling's incident has caused such a big stir that it's said that both Baiyu and Heiyu have been arrested and have given away a lot of information. All government offices are now investigating the traitors within. I really can't get away, so I finally found an opportunity to come out today..."

Then he smiled bitterly:
"Perhaps tonight, I, the Son of the Immortal, will be arrested and tortured to death... Let's not talk about this. The High Priest has been very busy these past two days. Come on, eat something to fill your stomach."

As he said this, he handed Yu Pianran a package containing two dry biscuits and a piece of pickled vegetable.

(End of this chapter)