Chapter 125
Chapter 125
Inside the Fiendish World, Liu Ye was facing a major crisis.
The moment his group left the territory of Nine Worlds County, everyone began suffering from an inability to adjust to the local climate.
At least, that was Liu Ye’s explanation.
He absolutely refused to admit that his roasted snake meat had given them indigestion.
Feeding so many people on the road was a serious problem. Liu Ye happened to possess plenty of delicious, perfectly roasted snake meat. As the official responsible for these people, how could he keep it all to himself?
He generously shared the meat with everyone.
Naturally, everyone collapsed.
With no other option, the group carried the patients into a nearby ruined temple and settled them there.
“Lord Liu, yin energy has merely entered their bodies. The condition is not serious,” Physician Zhou explained. “Please gather these medicinal herbs. I will brew a remedy for them.”
Physician Zhou and the others had known exactly what the snake meat was, so none of them had eaten it.
Liu Ye immediately answered with confidence.
“Don’t worry, Uncle Zhou. If there’s one thing I excel at, it’s stripping trees. Let me put it this way: every tree my father planted in our village ended up completely bald because of me.”
Physician Zhou stared at him.
Was that truly something to boast about?
After receiving drawings of the herbs from Physician Zhou, Liu Ye took Qiqi up the mountain.
Night had already fallen. Back in the temple, Physician Zhou moved constantly among the patients, treating them with acupuncture. Those who could no longer endure the effects of the snake meat stumbled outside to relieve themselves.
One man had just finished and was staggering back on unsteady legs when a gentle breeze brushed his face.
A sweet fragrance drifted into his nose.
He looked up in astonishment and saw a peerless beauty standing before him.
“Good sir, could you help this humble woman?”
Her red lips parted, and her voice sounded like music from the heavenly palace.
The man looked her over. One of her legs seemed injured, and her clothing exposed a scandalous amount of skin.
Faced with such a breathtaking sight, his heart remained utterly still.
“My apologies, miss. I can barely save myself right now. I am in no condition to help you.”
What a joke. After vomiting and suffering diarrhea until his body was completely drained, how could he possibly think about women?
The beauty was astonished. This man was a true gentleman!
His stomach suddenly churned again in the middle of their conversation.
“Miss, something urgent has come up. I have to go. Goodbye!”
He shot away like an arrow.
The beauty stared after him.
Was she truly that frightening?
She examined her human disguise. It had not cracked.
No matter. If this man would not do, she could find another. She respected such an upright gentleman, so she would spare his life.
Plenty of people had arrived tonight. Surely at least one of them had to be lustful.
Half an hour later, the beauty stood frozen in disbelief.
What was happening? Had Confucius reincarnated together with all his disciples?
More than five hundred people had arrived. Even after excluding the women and elderly, over three hundred men remained. Yet every last one sat as calmly as the legendary Liu Xiahui, utterly unmoved by temptation.
Some quite literally remained unmoved with a beauty in their lap. She sat directly on one man’s thighs, and he shoved her off without a moment’s hesitation.
Of course, anyone in his condition would have done the same. When a man was already fighting violent diarrhea, having someone sit on his stomach was unbearable. No matter how beautiful she was, sparing her from a beating already counted as excellent self-control.
The beauty floated back to a secluded gathering place filled with women of every imaginable kind of loveliness.
They chatted noisily among themselves. The moment she appeared, they drifted over to meet her.
“Elder Sister, how was your harvest tonight?” asked a woman dressed in green.
“Don’t mention it. Every one of those men was an incorruptible gentleman. I used every trick I knew, but not one of them wavered in the slightest.”
The woman in green immediately looked worried.
“Elder Sister, I know you are kindhearted and cannot bear to hurt those people. But you don’t need to invent a lie like that. Granny will never believe you. You had better think carefully about how you are going to explain yourself.”
The beauty was helpless. She knew the story sounded absurd, but she was telling the truth.
“By the way, where is Granny?”
“We don’t know. We find it strange too. We’ve waited for ages, but she still hasn’t come.”
As they spoke, a figure appeared in the distance. The aura unmistakably belonged to Granny.
The women hurried forward to welcome her, only to cry out in shock the moment they drew close.
Granny looked utterly miserable.
Her glossy black hair had once reached the ground. Now only a few lonely strands remained on her scalp. Her clothes hung in filthy tatters.
Every finger on her left hand was gone, and one entire leg had disappeared.
She floated toward them slowly, sobbing so hard she could barely breathe.
“That… that was too cruel! How could anyone bully a Fiend like this? Sob…”
“Granny, what happened?”
The cluster of beautiful women hurried over and helped her into a chair.
“Just now, a brat appeared on the mountain. I swear, I hadn’t even planned to do anything to him. But the moment he saw me, he started ripping out my hair. My beautiful hair!”
Granny touched her nearly bald head and wailed.
“Then I tried to reason with him, but he beat me without saying a word. Look at my face! There isn’t a single unbruised patch left. After that, he chopped off my fingers. My hand!”
The women listened in horror. What kind of unreasonable brute could reduce Granny to this state?
More frightening still, Granny had been completely unable to resist him.
“Granny, should we try seducing him?” one beauty suggested.
“It won’t work. Do you know what I saw on that brat?”
“What?”
The women huddled together fearfully.
“The Dragon Sinew of the ancient dragon from the Nine Worlds River!”
Granny had intended to fight back. She truly had.
But first, she could not defeat Liu Ye. Second, the Dragon Sinew tied around his waist had terrified her.
She had clearly sensed the aura of the Fiend Dragon lingering on it.
Granny was no match for that Fiend Dragon. How could she possibly challenge Liu Ye, who wore its Dragon Sinew as a belt?
She made an immediate decision: she severed her own leg and fled.
The beauties turned pale.
“Granny, could he have come specifically for us?”
Granny fell silent. The hand resting on the table began to tremble.
“It’s possible. No, we need reinforcements. Qing’er, Fang’er, go through the Ghost Gate and invite our Master, Lord Black Mountain, to help us. Hurry!”
Qing’er and Fang’er departed at once.
After issuing her orders, Granny prepared to treat her wounds.
A violent pain suddenly tore through her chest.
Her face changed. Someone was digging out her Heartwood!
She hurriedly tried to move it away, but an agonized scream escaped her in the next instant.
Her body shriveled rapidly, then transformed into a dead length of wood.
Elsewhere on the mountain, Liu Ye held up the Heartwood he had just unearthed and grinned at Qiqi.
“See? I told you there was something good in here. This one’s a little small, though. When I chopped down my father’s tree, the heart inside was huge-and really old. We still have some snake meat left. Once we get back, your boss will make you a proper feast!”
Drool running from her mouth, Qiqi nodded with all her strength.