newbobooks Chapter 133 Bargaining Chips
Chapter 133 Bargaining Chips
The cold tip of the sword pressed against his neck as He Zhui looked at Jin Guang before him. He finally sighed.
The voice of the Lord of the Thousand Realms sounded somewhat hoarse: "You've already come here and fought with me, and you still want to ask this question."
Seeing He Zhui's nonchalant attitude, the tip of the sword touched He Zhui's skin.
The woman instantly shed her previous overwhelming murderous aura and gave He Zhui a gentle smile.
"In other words, the adults know about this."
He Zhui nodded.
A sharp, snow-white sword light flashed across Jin Guang's face, illuminating her bewitching, blood-red eyes.
A stream of blood spurted from He Zhui's neck, splattering onto Jin Guangming's beautiful and cold face.
He Zhui's body exploded in front of Jin Guang, first as a blur of flesh and blood, then turning into a cloud of black mist.
The black mist drifted into the air, resembling a ferocious living thing, from which came the angry roar of a young man:
"Jinguang, this is outrageous!"
Jin Guang looked up at the black mist, ignoring the strands of hair that were ruffled by the cold wind. A pair of red eyes were hidden behind her hair, and she smiled gently: "My lord has to be distracted by guarding the Demon Refining Pool. There have been too many resurrections. I'm afraid the Thousand Realms of Ghosts will be in chaos again."
"The master said he knew about this matter before, so I'll just ask one question now..."
"who is it?"
"They took away her demonic body?"
The black mist twisted a few times, and the deep voice came again: "Three hundred years ago, an extremely powerful demon came to the Thousand Realms of Ghosts and exchanged Xue Lan's demon body for a condition that I could not refuse."
Jin Guang laughed in anger, and the overwhelming killing intent that had been contained within his body was released.
She said slowly, "So, you're saying that you used her demon body as a bargaining chip?"
The black mist didn't answer Xue Lan's question directly. Instead, it moved closer to Jin Guang, seemingly sizing up the woman before it: "All these years, have you been mistaking yourself for her?"
Jinguang shook his head: "Never!"
"Never?" The black mist transformed back into He Zhui's figure three to five meters away from Jin Guang.
Jinguang felt this was not a normal distance for conversation, so he took a step forward.
Then she saw He Zhui take a step back and point at her: "Just stand there!"
Jin Guang stopped moving forward, it seems He Zhui was frightened by her sudden attack earlier.
Looking at the ashes before him, He Zhui wondered what sins he had committed. When Xue Lan was alive, he was watched by her sword; now, even after her death, he was to be slashed by her sword.
The laws of spacetime are incredible; even the dead can't find peace!
The young man straightened his sleeves and, feigning composure, asked, "So you think Xue Lan can come back?"
Jin Guang was stunned for a moment, and the woman tilted her head, her expression becoming playful and lively in an instant:
"Who knows? That's Xue Lan... I wouldn't be surprised if she did something."
He Zhui clearly disagreed with her statement: "She won't be coming back."
"Emberlight, you know she's fallen to demonic possession, don't you?"
Jinguang nodded: "I know!"
He Zhui continued, "The demons within the human heart are far more terrifying than the demons of the outside world. We both understand how obsessed she was back then..."
The young man said firmly, "Even if she's still alive, somewhere in this Yuanming Realm, she should keep a low profile and remain hidden from the world, instead of coming back..."
He Zhui flicked the sleeve of his imperial robe: "Jin Guang, given the current situation, you should stay in the Northern Region and be a good chieftain of the wolf clan, instead of coming to the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm to run wild for someone who has disappeared and will never return."
"Now that you've become the leader of the wolf clan, you're no longer Jinguang."
All the spirits in the Thousand Realms screamed as He Zhui uttered the last word. Their voices were sharp and hoarse, as if they wanted to pry open Jin Guang's head.
The woman looked at He Zhui and said softly, "Who do you think you are? Who do you think your Asura clan is?"
With just a soft utterance, all the howling spirits around them fell silent.
The woman drew her longsword again and took two steps forward: "Whether I am Jin Guang or Xue Lan is up to me. There's no need for you to deliberately change the subject, sir."
The woman's voice was chillingly cold: "I just want to know, who took away her demonic body?"
He Zhui looked at the woman in front of him and sighed softly.
The young man said slowly, "It's a powerful plant spirit..."
The capital city of the Great Shun Dynasty.
Jin Guang and He Zhui fought fiercely in the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm over Xue Lan's demon body. The parties involved did indeed plan to rent a small shop in the capital and live a secluded life for a while.
Xue Lan and Xue Tong both looked to be young girls. Xue Lan knew the principle of not flaunting wealth, so she went to Li Jun, who had taken good care of the two of them at the inn, and asked him to rent a shop on the long street where Qianxiu Pavilion was located.
To the left of the shop was a clothing store, and to the right was a fabric shop. Comparing the two storefronts, it looked like a pretty little girl standing between two burly men.
Xue Lan ordered a signboard for the shop and, with the help of a shop assistant from the neighboring cloth store, hung it up.
Xue Tong read it aloud in a low voice: 【寂岚小筑】
"Your name is so careless!" Xue Tong complained.
Xue Lan: "Do you really think I can get rich by making silver jewelry?"
Xue Tong looked at Xue Lan and said, "Of course, you are a weapon-refining genius from the Yuanming Lower Realm. This is the capital of a country, where ordinary people can't afford gold and silver jewelry. Those who come to you are all high-ranking officials and nobles."
The little girl stretched out her arms to the shop in front of her: "Now, let's take the first step towards getting rich."
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is harsh. On the first day of Jilan Xiaozhu's opening, two hours after the three strings of firecrackers outside had finished going off, there wasn't a single person in the shop.
Xue Tong fiddled with the silver hairpin that Xue Lan had made, but her interest was waning.
I think our startup was a failure.
Xue Lan looked away from the blueprints and comforted the person, "Wait a minute."
Xue Tong glanced at her Buddhist-like host, then sighed deeply. The little butterfly on the silver hairpin in her hand trembled, looking as if it was about to flutter away.
"Instead of sighing here, why don't you go outside and make a fuss?" Xue Lan looked at Xue Tong. "This shop has an excellent location. Think about it, all those high-ranking officials and nobles around here have ordered new clothes, so how could they not want new jewelry?"
Xue Tong nodded; she understood the reasoning. But…
The little girl waved her hand: "I can't, I'm socially awkward."
Hearing the little girl use a new term again, Xue Lan smiled and asked, "What is social anxiety?"
Xue Lan seemed a little impatient: "She's just rather shy and doesn't like talking to strangers."
Xue Lan thought to herself that you were rather shy.
That's clearly nonsense.
Xue Lan took out some loose silver from her sleeve: "Alright, it's time for lunch."
Upon hearing about food, Xue Tong temporarily put her worries aside and happily accepted the loose silver.
What should we eat?
Xue Lan pondered for a moment: "Go to the city and see which restaurant has a waiter who is good with words. Talk to the manager and ask to borrow him."