Chapter 1681
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Chapter 1681 I Found You
Looking at Gongyang Wan in the snowstorm, Lin Qiye let out a long sigh.
He roughly understood the reason why Gongyang Wan had become like this. He never imagined that the gentle Senior Gongyang Wan he had met on the National Fate Island had such a tragic and bitter past.
Therefore, he did not stop Gongyang Wan from killing Chen Bapi. In this era, there were many scoundrels like him, and countless young women had suffered from his coercion. This manner of death was well-deserved.
“What do you want to do?”
“What?”
“Don’t you want to stand at the top of the world?”
Gongyang Wan frowned at Lin Qiye, and after a moment’s pause, slowly said, “Of course I want to break free from Huo Qubing’s control before making further plans… I don’t have the habit of being someone’s dog.”
“If you’re worried about the [Return Heart Parasite], I can help you solve that problem.”
“You? Why would you help me?”
“Because I promised you,” Lin Qiye paused briefly. “Although it was to another version of you.”
During the Chang’an crisis, Lin Qiye had indeed promised Gongyang Wan that he would help her solve the Return Heart Parasite problem… though at that time, neither he nor Gongyang Wan realized she was a counterfeit. Nevertheless, the fact that Gongyang Wan was willing to save the people of Chang’an was real, and Lin Qiye didn’t want to owe this favor.
Gongyang Wan squinted at him, as if trying to see what he was really thinking.
“However, I want to remind you of a few things,” Lin Qiye slowly began. “First, the Marquis doesn’t treat you like a dog. He planted the Return Heart Parasite in you only because he was worried you might do evil… Second, if you want to stand at the top of the world, the most suitable place is actually right here.”
“Here?”
Gongyang Wan was stunned, and when she saw Lin Qiye’s finger pointing at the jade tablet at her waist, her brows slightly furrowed.
“I thought you had some earth-shattering idea, but in the end, you just want to trick me into working for the Demon Suppression Bureau?” Gongyang Wan sneered. “Lin Qiye, you’re thinking too highly of yourself.”
“You think I’m just trying to trick you?” Lin Qiye shook his head. “If your [Eternal Face] wants to grow stronger, the fastest way should be to devour more supernatural practitioners… I ask you, would you resort to any means necessary to devour people for power?”
“I only devour vicious people like the leader of the Green Dragon Gang,” Gongyang Wan answered firmly.
“Then let me ask you, two years from now, where will you find the most vicious supernatural practitioners?”
Gongyang Wan fell into deep thought.
“You mean… the Demon Suppression Bureau?”
“The Marquis established the Demon Suppression Bureau not just to suppress demons. Do you think the Bureau would ignore people like the Green Dragon Gang leader who abuse their powers?
Two years from now, the place with the most supernatural practitioners will definitely be the Demon Suppression Bureau! And the place with the most vicious practitioners will certainly be the Bureau’s prison!
Now, do you still think I’m trying to trick you?”
Gongyang Wan remained silent, seriously considering his words, seemingly tempted.
Although Lin Qiye might be trying to trick her into joining the Demon Suppression Bureau, his reasoning was undeniably attractive. Previously, Gongyang Wan had been too focused on regaining her freedom to realize the Bureau’s function. Now that she thought about it, the Bureau’s future prison would undoubtedly be a treasure trove for her!
“I’m just giving you a suggestion. What you do is up to you.”
Having said what needed to be said, Lin Qiye didn’t want to push too hard and turned to walk toward Liu Qing Ward.
At that moment, his peripheral vision caught sight of bloodstains on the ground nearby. He suddenly stopped, sniffed, and frowned…
Something was wrong. The smell of this blood wasn’t Gongyang Wan’s, nor Chen Bapi’s… Could there have been a third injured person in this courtyard not long ago?
And why was this blood’s scent so familiar?
Lin Qiye walked to the bloodstain and sniffed carefully, as if trying to recall something…
Suddenly, a figure flashed through his mind like lightning!!
Lin Qiye’s pupils contracted violently!!
This was…
Lin Qiye whirled around and, using this body’s terrifying sense of smell, instantly locked onto the trail of the blood scent. He rushed out through a small door with lightning speed!
“Hey! Where are you going?” Gongyang Wan called out as Lin Qiye suddenly left like a madman.
“You go back to the ward and meet up with them first. I have something to do!”
Lin Qiye’s voice came from afar, his figure already vanished.
Feather-like snow fell from the gray sky, dyeing the entire Qingshan County white. That winter-green figure flashed across the road in an instant, creating an invisible gap through the falling snowflakes.
Jialan!!
There was no mistake, that blood scent belonged to Jialan!
If Lin Qiye remembered correctly, Jialan came from the Western Han Dynasty. However, since the Western Han spanned nearly two hundred years, he couldn’t be certain if Jialan appeared in his current time period… Two hundred years, an entire Han Dynasty, how small was the probability of meeting someone else under such a vast timespan and spatial range?
And Jialan was bleeding, which meant she hadn’t yet obtained the power of [Immortality]… she might be in grave danger.
Lin Qiye’s heart raced rapidly. His eyes fixed firmly on the direction where the blood scent extended, searching for that familiar figure.
He passed through several streets in succession, finally rushing out of Qingshan County’s gate, heading toward the desolate, snow-covered wilderness. Even so, his steps didn’t slow down in the slightest.
…
“Cough, cough, cough…”
Jialan, wrapped in tattered robes, moved with difficulty through the snowstorm. She climbed a small hill and looked back; the silhouette of Qingshan County was barely visible at the edge of the vast land.
“This distance should be about right,” she murmured. “If I can’t escape this time, I’ll have to destroy it…”
As she turned to continue forward, a wave of weakness washed over her. Her legs gave way, and she collapsed onto the snow.
In the bone-chilling cold, she no longer felt pain from the wounds covering her body. Drifting snowflakes dyed her completely white. She looked down at the medicine container in her arms, clutching it tightly like a treasure as her consciousness gradually blurred.
She lay on the soft snow, surrounded by deathly silence. Through her hazy vision, a winter-green robe fluttered as someone rushed toward her!
“Sister Hanqing?” A glimmer of light appeared in her eyes as she blinked hard, trying to make out the face of the approaching figure.
Whoosh–!!
The figure crossed the flying snow, arriving beside her like a fleeting vision.
A bright yellow oil-paper umbrella opened in the heavy snow.
A warm winter-green Han robe wrapped around her.
A jade tablet hung from the figure’s waist, swaying in the wind. His arms lifted Jialan completely, and an unfamiliar scent entered her nostrils.
“Jialan.”
“I’ve found you…”
