Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 290 Ghost Cultivator
The journey from the coast of the East China Sea to Crescent City is quite long. Ye Nianyi wanted to go home quickly, but Nangong Zhuozhuo was in a playful mood and played while walking, which delayed her for a long time.

The two girls were both in the prime of their youth and attracted a lot of trouble along the way, including young men who claimed to be elegant and graceful, as well as blind bandits.

Little did they know that these people were also part of Nangong Zhuozhuo's "fun". She really loved to show off and stir up trouble.

Ye Nianyi tried to persuade her privately, but it was of no use.

Having said that, it can't be entirely blamed on Nangong Zhuozhuo. The Fuyao Sect and Fusheng Temple in the Great Xia territory suffered heavy losses one after another, causing the reputation of the righteous path to plummet, which made the territory become more and more chaotic.

In the past, disciples of the righteous sects would often go down the mountain to exorcise demons and eliminate evil. It would never be like it is now, where they would encounter some vicious and evil people every time they walked.

Nangong Zhuozhuo enjoyed it very much and took over more than ten mountains along the way, preparing to come back and become a bandit leader in the future.

Ye Nianyi couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so she made up her mind to speed up her pace. She dragged Nangong Zhuozhuo to the post station to rent two spirit horses, and traveled thousands of miles day and night.

That day, the two of them finally walked nearly half the distance and found a secular town to stay.

Nangong Zhuozhuo said in a tone of dismay, "Tsk, how come you're so tired after walking so far?"

Ye Nianyi complained, "If I were in the Return to Void Realm like you, I would have used the Sky Control Technique to travel overnight. I might have reached Crescent City by now."

"That's why I'm not a burden to you. Please stop nagging."

"I won't nag you anymore, just let me get some good sleep."

The two of them only booked one room and were already used to squeezing into one bed.

Ye Nianyi listened to the sound of flipping pages beside her, wondering what storybook Zhuozhuo was reading. As she thought about it, she felt drowsy.

But suddenly Nangong Zhuozhuo put down the storybook in his hand and looked out the window, only to see a black shadow passing by at an extremely fast speed.

The man was covered in evil spirit and it was obvious that he was not a good person.

Nangong Zhuozhuo was just hesitating whether to go over and join in the fun when he heard someone shouting, "Help! Someone can save my daughter!"

The kind-hearted Peach Blossom Fairy didn't care about anything else at this time. She stood up and rushed out of the window, riding the wind to chase the black shadow.

Ye Nianyi must be really tired, she was totally unaware of this and was still sleeping soundly.

As Nangong Zhuozhuo left, the noise outside the house stopped abruptly and everything returned to silence.

Then another figure appeared beside the bed, looking down at Ye Nianyi, his body trembling with excitement, like a hungry beast that finally saw delicious food.

All I wanted was to eat heartily.

Ye Nianyi realized it later, opened her eyes suddenly, and quickly retreated, but unfortunately she was blocked by the man on the bed and had nowhere to escape.

She shouted coldly: "Who are you?"

After going through some hardships, the girl's facial features are no longer as delicate as before, but have become more strong.

The black shadow in front of him slowly took off his hood, revealing a bald head and a very familiar face.

Gong Che!

Ye Nianyi felt that something was wrong and couldn't understand why she had run into this evil star for no apparent reason.

Gong Che was now unrecognizable, no longer the young hero he once was. Although he had shaved his head, he lacked the compassion of a monk and instead exuded a lustful aura.

His blue-gray scalp was mottled with patches, and the scars from his ordination had become twisted. It was unknown what kind of torture he had gone through during this period.

Although his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, he had also become much uglier. Gong Che smiled and said, "I saw you outside Chan Chan City and thought I was seeing things. I never thought that after all these twists and turns, we would meet again."

Ye Nianyi forced herself to remain calm: "Didn't you stay in Chuzu Temple to practice? How did you become like this?"

"I have to thank you and your Big Brother Yun for this. If you hadn't repeatedly hindered me, I wouldn't have to take such an extreme approach."

"This is your own choice, no one forced you."

"Haha, it's too late to talk about this now. Ye Nianyi, you owe me too much, I want to get it all back from you."

Ye Nianyi frowned and yelled, "You are the one who did evil, and you are also the one who is right!"

Gong Che's eyebrows and lips were all pitch black, revealing an evil nature. He smiled and said, "I once met a strange man who told me that you were my wife in my previous life. Your peach blossom immortal body is the key to completing my path."

Ye Nianyi said disdainfully, "Have you read too many storybooks? You're actually bringing up this past life story? According to your theory, if you like a girl, you say we were destined to be together in a past life, and if she doesn't agree, she's letting you down."

"You're still as sharp-tongued as ever, but I wonder if you'll be as stubborn as you are now."

"Gong Che, one wrong step leads to another!"

Gong Che ignored him, a sinister smile appearing on his face, "You guys forced me to become like this. Now that things have come to this, I want to see who else can save you."

His smile became more and more arrogant, thinking that Yun Yi had always ruined his plans before. This time, he didn't know where that man was. Ye Nianyi's situation was really hopeless.

"Those opportunities, including your Peach Blossom Immortal Body, should have belonged to me! Mine, mine, all mine!"

Seeing Gong Che's expression becoming more and more manic, Ye Nianyi thought that he must have practiced some evil martial arts to become like this.

She leaned against the cold wall, thinking about the difference in their cultivation and how to escape.

Gong Che liked Ye Nianyi's pitiful look the most. His eyes flashed with darkness, and he could no longer restrain himself, so he pounced on her.

Unfortunately, a voice suddenly came from the window: "What a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, but unfortunately I am not a tigress, I will not fall for it."

Gong Che raised his hand and punched, and a huge palm print appeared out of thin air.

However, Nangong Zhuozhuo had anticipated this and dodged by transforming her body into a peach blossom, then returning to her young girl's form.

She sneered, "Did you really think no one knew you were following me all this time? Do you know that the stench on you is almost killing me?"

Gong Che recognized Nangong Zhuozhuo as the "Young Master Nangong" who had humiliated him before, and he was immediately filled with anger. Veins popped out on his bald head, and even his body grew a little bigger, almost breaking his black robe.

He looked at Ye Nianyi standing by the wall again. She no longer looked like the "little white rabbit" she was before. It was obvious that she had been prepared for his arrival.

Nangong Zhuozhuo sneered, "Look at you, you look like a ghost, neither human nor ghost. It makes me feel sick just by looking at you."

Gong Che pinched the strange seal with both hands, and several purple beads flew out of his sleeves, and then several female figures emerged from them.

These women were bluish-white in color and looked eerie. They had been refined by him into puppets with a cultivation level equivalent to that of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

At the same time, a black shadow suddenly rushed in from outside the window. This person was the one who had lured Nangong Zhuozhuo away before.

Her eyes were lifeless, and she looked no different from those puppets, except that her cultivation was slightly stronger.

This person's face looked familiar, and Ye Nianyi recognized her as Su Yuting, the Princess of Daxia who had protected Gong Che in Fusheng Temple.

Ye Nianyi was surprised and said, "You actually poisoned her too?!"

(End of this chapter)