Qin's Moon: I'm really not the Holy Lord of the Demonic Sect

Chapter 142 Uninvited Guest

After escaping from the Sikong Mansion and regaining her freedom, Yan Lingji was momentarily lost, unsure of where to go.

Three years ago, she came to Korea and searched everywhere for the whereabouts of the Crown Prince. She eventually found Xueyi Fort. Although she found some clues, just as she was preparing to take further action, she accidentally stumbled into a place and was severely injured by a terrifying aura. Although she managed to escape with her life, she was seriously injured.

That's why she was captured by the Nanyang Captain and imprisoned in a water cage.

Thinking about all the energy she had accumulated over the past three years, even with Yan Lingji's optimistic nature, she couldn't help but feel a wave of fear. She had almost been stabbed.

But why did I suddenly wake up? And what's with this sudden appearance of true energy within my body?

Yan Lingji looked inward and found that a wisp of true energy was constantly lingering deep in her dantian. It was precisely because of the existence of this wisp of true energy that she was able to get rid of the drug's entanglement and wake up in time.

However, no matter how hard Yan Lingji thought about it, she had no clue where this wisp of true energy came from.

Could it be like my fire-based superpower, that it suddenly awakened? But I've never heard of true qi awakening.

Yan Lingji thought and thought, but still had no clue. She was so confused that she felt dizzy and lightheaded. Then she realized that she hadn't eaten for a very, very long time.

Eating? The moment the word popped into her mind, her empty stomach immediately responded.

"Never mind, I'd better find something to eat first." Yan Lingji stood up, dusted herself off, and prepared to go find something to eat.

In the largest restaurant in Nanyang City, the Nanyang Commandant was unable to eat. Although the food here was among the best in Nanyang, today's plan had failed. Not only had he failed to present the rare treasure to the Minister of Works, but the crazed demoness had also caused a ruckus in the Minister of Works' mansion. He had not only failed to gain any advantage, but had also offended the Minister.

"My lord, the army is not like other places. Even if the Grand Commandant wants to investigate the military register, he may not dare to really do it. He is more likely to target the minor officers and let the minor ones go free. He probably won't pursue the case at the captain level." A middle-aged man dressed as a soldier said, seeing his superior looking worried.

"You still don't understand our Minister of Works. Last year, some people thought that when he investigated household registration and land records, he wouldn't go all out. After all, there are many powerful and influential people in Nanyang, including more than a dozen families of the imperial clan. But what was the result? Every single one of those imperial clan members honestly registered their land and household registration."

"Our Minister of Works is coming with overwhelming force this time. He is now the undisputed ruler of Nanyang. His words carry more weight than the King's decree. If we were clean, we would be fine, but the problem is that we are not clean," said the Nanyang Captain.

He had already sensed a deep crisis.

"That makes sense, but the Grand Minister of Works hasn't killed many people in the past year." The scholar still held onto a sliver of hope.

"There aren't many people, but that's because his way of killing is different from that of the generals. The generals often kill chickens to scare the monkeys, but our Minister of Works kills monkeys to scare the chickens. Nobody knows if I'll be the next chicken." The Nanyang Captain couldn't hide his fear as he said this.

The scholar looked at the Nanyang Commandant in such a panic and felt contempt. He was, after all, a commander of an army of several thousand elite soldiers, yet he was so frightened. If he were on the battlefield, who knew what would happen to him?

Although the scholar was thinking this in his heart, he wanted to comfort his patron. Just as he was about to speak, a servant came in carrying a tray.

"Who are you? I didn't order any more food." The Nanyang captain, who was already in a bad mood, saw the servant walk in without knocking. He had nowhere to vent his frustration, so he found someone to vent to.

"Sir, the food was sent by the boss." The servant lowered his head, looking very scared, but his feet kept moving.

"Calling your boss here is utterly absurd," the scholar said.

"The boss—" the servant said, already walking into the Nanyang Commandant's residence.

"You—" Just as the Nanyang captain was about to get angry, a sudden fear arose in his heart. Although the servant's clothes were dusty and gray, a strand of hair hanging down from his hat was jet black, smooth and soft, and he had a very special fragrance.

No, this is a woman—realizing this, the Nanyang captain almost instinctively rolled to the side.

Sure enough, as he did so, the servant slammed the tray over the scholar's face. The scholar felt dizzy and his vision blurred. In the corner of his eye, he saw the servant grabbing two chopsticks and attacking his patron.

Chopsticks want to kill? Where did this madwoman come from?

Although he was dizzy from the beating, the scholar, who still wanted to rush forward to rescue his captain, instantly shrank back because he already knew the assassin's identity and saw that the two chopsticks were on fire.

As a fire-controlling enchantress, and as the confidante and strategist of the Nanyang Commandant, he naturally knew of Yan Lingji's existence.

But how could it be such a coincidence? Or did the demoness not intend to leave Nanyang after escaping, but instead return for revenge? This is too fast. Could it be that after escaping from the Sikong Mansion, the demoness did not leave, but has been secretly watching their movements, waiting for this opportunity to kill them?

Before the scholar could think any further, the Nanyang Captain's life was already hanging by a thread. Yan Lingji's appearance was too sudden, and because he was frightened and unsettled, he had no time to react to Yan Lingji's attack. He was directly stabbed in the neck by burning chopsticks, and the flames instantly ignited his head.

The Nanyang captain, whose trachea had been punctured, couldn't even howl. He could only roll around incessantly, but what good was that?

Whether it's a pierced neck or a burning head, both are fatal injuries.

His life had clearly come to an end.

Watching her enemy struggle in agony amidst the flames, a glint of vengeful pleasure flashed in Yan Lingji's eyes. She hadn't expected that in such a large city as Nanyang, she would encounter her enemy while simply looking for something to eat. Such is the strangeness of the world.

It can be said that you searched high and low without finding it, but then it came to you effortlessly.

However, there is one more person.

After confirming that the Nanyang Captain could not possibly be alive, Yan Lingji turned her gaze to the scholar. At this moment, the scholar had already fled in alarm, and as he ran away, panic gradually spread throughout the restaurant.

Fortunately, although Yan Lingji was an assassin, she was not a bloodthirsty person. After catching up with the scholar and turning him into a torch, she quickly escaped from the place.

However, she had no idea what kind of trouble she had gotten herself into.

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