Chapter 135 - 98: Vengeful Shangguan Luoxue

Chapter 135: Chapter 98: Vengeful Shangguan Luoxue

’Are you even human?!’

Soon, Ran Qingshan arrived in a hurry.

When he saw the scene before him, even the Lord Chief, who had seen his fair share of storms, couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Jiang Mu had raised his psychological threshold time and time again, so he quickly regained his composure.

He just couldn’t help complaining internally.

’Was this kid born under a bad star? How is it that trouble follows him everywhere he goes?’

"What happened?"

Seeing Jiang Mu’s pale face, Ran Qingshan took out a treasured bottle of high-grade Healing Elixirs and handed it over.

Jiang Mu didn’t stand on ceremony, tilting his head back and swallowing one.

The elixir entered his stomach and transformed into a warm current, slightly easing the pain.

He caught his breath and said, "It was Beitang Batian who injured me."

"Who?"

Ran Qingshan didn’t register the name at first.

"Beitang Batian."

Jiang Mu repeated himself and gave a rough account of what had happened, naturally omitting secrets like the Demon Slot absorbing the power.

Ran Qingshan’s jaw dropped.

’A supreme expert of the Thirteenth Realm didn’t die completely after his death, but instead switched to ghost cultivation and came all the way to Hu State City?’

’This is too surreal!’

Just a few days ago, he had received a classified report from the central authorities confirming that Beitang Batian had failed in his attempt to claim a star and had perished completely, his body and soul destroyed.

Although he’d had his doubts at the time, it was intelligence from the Court, after all...

’It seems the Court’s intelligence isn’t very reliable.’

’Or could it be that Jiang Mu got the wrong person?’

"Are you certain it was the Beitang Batian who failed in his attempt to claim the Emperor Star Ziwei and supposedly died?"

Ran Qingshan still found it utterly ridiculous.

Jiang Mu pointed to his own abdomen and said:

"He said so himself. This wound is indeed the souvenir he left me, but I’ll be sure to return the favor someday. My greatest virtue is that I hold a grudge. I never forget."

Ran Qingshan’s heart grew even more doubtful.

’An expert of the Thirteenth Realm, even as a Ghost Cultivator, couldn’t possibly fail to kill a minor Third Realm Cultivator.’

’It’s just too demeaning for someone of his stature.’

Though filled with suspicion, Ran Qingshan knew this wasn’t the time to get bogged down in details.

"Yan Fenghuo, take Master Jiang to get his wounds treated. The rest of you, lock this place down and conduct a thorough search!"

Ran Qingshan’s expression was grave as he said in a low voice, "I’m going out for a bit."

’True or not, this matter must be reported to Shangguan Luoxue immediately.’

However, Jiang Mu had spoken with such conviction that he was already seventy to eighty percent convinced. The thought of that once-mighty Heroic Ruler of Glazed Island possessing a woman’s body and fleeing in such a sorry state... Ran Qingshan almost lost his composure.

’Why not possess Jiang Mu? The kid is a legitimate Star Official!’

’Could it be that the old ghost has some... special preferences?’

’Or perhaps the Ghost Sect’s Secret Skill he cultivates only allows him to possess women?’

Ran Qingshan couldn’t figure it out; he felt like his head was about to split open.

The world of the powerful is beyond the understanding of mere mortals.

...

Jiang Mu refused to rest and recover, joining Yan Fenghuo in searching the Han Mansion.

Given the precedent of Madam Shen threatening him with a Sound Stone, he had to personally sweep for any hidden traps.

He had to make sure the body’s previous owner hadn’t left behind any other leverage against him.

Fortunately, after a thorough search, nothing detrimental to him was found, aside from a few secret letters to and from Yan City.

Only then did Jiang Mu relax and leave the Han Mansion.

Just as he walked out of the alley, a clear and pleasant cry reached him:

"Boss!"

On the street, Chu Lingzhu was standing on her tiptoes, waving vigorously.

Lan Rou’Er stood beside her.

Jiang Mu walked over and looked her up and down. "Are you alright?"

He had already learned from Yan Fenghuo that this clever girl had not only run to report the incident at the first opportunity but had also used medicinal powder to disperse the nearby commoners, preventing more people from being corrupted by the Demonic Qi.

’Her reaction under pressure was quite impressive.’

"I’m fine. I heard that huge noise and knew something was wrong, so I quickly slipped away—Gasp! Boss, you’re injured!"

The young woman suddenly pointed at his abdomen and cried out in alarm.

Beside her, Lan Rou’Er covered her mouth with a soft gasp, her eyes filled with worry.

"It’s nothing, just a flesh wound. I won’t die."

Jiang Mu waved his hand dismissively.

Looking at the fresh and lively young healer before him, he sighed to himself.

’This girl, though a bit loud and flighty most of the time, is truly reliable when it counts. The more I see her, the more I like her.’

"How can it be nothing? You’ve lost so much blood!"

Chu Lingzhu grew anxious. Disregarding the propriety between men and women, she directly stepped forward to support Jiang Mu and turned to Lan Rou’Er.

"Rou’Er, quick, go find a carriage!"

"Oh, okay! I’ll go right now!"

Lan Rou’Er lifted her skirt and ran off quickly.

"There’s no need. It’s not like I’m about to die," Jiang Mu said, exasperated.

But the young woman turned a deaf ear.

Soon, the carriage arrived.

Jiang Mu was forced to enjoy the treatment of an invalid, carefully helped into the carriage by the two young women and taken all the way to a small bamboo hut outside the city.

Inside the hut, Chu Lingzhu carefully undid the blood-soaked bandage around Jiang Mu’s abdomen.

When she saw the mangled, bloody hole, the young woman’s pretty face turned pale in an instant. "How are you still alive?"

Beside them, Lan Rou’Er swayed and nearly fainted.

Jiang Mu watched their reactions with some amusement.

"Do you have to be so dramatic? I’m a Cultivator, tough as leather. A wound like this is nothing. It’ll heal in a few days."

"Lie down properly!"

Chu Lingzhu’s pretty face turned stern as she assumed the authority of a doctor, glaring at him fiercely. "A wound this deep could kill someone, you know? If you move again, I’ll... I’ll knock you out with my needles!"

She took out a silver needle to threaten him.

Resigned, Jiang Mu obediently lay flat and let her have her way.

’This girl... as soon as she enters ’doctor mode,’ her aura becomes immense.’

"Rou’Er, go fetch a basin of hot water. Also, get the clean towels and silk bandages from that cabinet, and the Golden Sore Medicine in the blue bottle..."

Chu Lingzhu ordered Lan Rou’Er.

Lan Rou’Er nodded repeatedly and hurried out of the hut.

At the young healer’s repeated insistence, Jiang Mu was forced to take off his shirt, revealing a lean, muscular torso.