Chapter 131
Chapter 131
Meanwhile, elsewhere…
After fighting his way onward, Snow Corpse finally reached the vicinity of Xiaoyu Mountain in the Yin-Yang Realm.
The Hundred-Battle Warrior Spirits on patrol had already notified General Li Guang.
The General led his troops out to meet him, only to see Black and White Impermanence envoys pursuing Snow Corpse with a large force of ghost guards and underworld soldiers.
There were many Black and White Impermanence envoys. Messrs. Fan and Xie were the only unique pair.
At the sight, General Li Guang immediately called out, “Valiant Great General, I must inconvenience you for a moment. Please stand behind me and pretend to be one of my personal guards.”
Snow Corpse nodded. With a tiger’s roar, he leaped into the middle of the Hundred-Battle Warrior Spirits.
A moment later, the Black and White Impermanence envoys arrived with their ghost guards and underworld soldiers.
The two forces drew up their formations and faced each other.
Li Guang rode forward and saluted with cupped fists.
“May I ask what business brings the officers to my Xiaoyu Mountain?”
The White Impermanence envoy in charge shook his mourning staff and answered, “General Li, Lord Cui has ordered us to arrest the madman who trespassed into Fengdu City and stole a soul. We ask that you make matters convenient for us.”
Li Guang’s expression turned solemn.
“If you are pursuing a madman, then you have come to the wrong place.”
“Only my Celestial Wolf Army is stationed on Xiaoyu Mountain. There are no outsiders here. Please return.”
Li Guang’s words left the ghost guards and underworld soldiers profoundly exasperated.
This was like burning newspapers at a grave-trying to fool ghosts!
They could tolerate Li Guang treating them like idiots.
But expecting them to act blind as well was going too far!
Snow Corpse stood more than three meters tall, with another person sitting on his shoulder.
He was shamelessly standing among Warrior Spirits who averaged less than two meters in height. Did Li Guang truly think they could not see him?
Fine, he wanted to shelter Snow Corpse. But could he at least have the man crouch down? That was hardly too much to ask!
And even if crouching was beneath Snow Corpse’s dignity as a righteous deity personally granted Fengzheng by an emperor, surely they could have found something to hide him behind!
What was the meaning of letting him stand there in plain view with such swagger?!
Fortunately, Snow Corpse was a righteous deity, and he had not harmed a single underworld soldier or ghost guard during his entire flight.
On the contrary, he had killed countless evil ghosts along the way.
With a greatly virtuous general like Li Guang shielding him as well, the Black and White Impermanence envoys in charge had no desire to make the matter bigger than it needed to be.
They exchanged a glance and immediately understood each other’s thoughts.
“Since the madman is not here, we will trouble the General no further.”
“Farewell!”
As the ghost guards and underworld soldiers gradually departed, General Li Guang called after them.
“I will remember today’s favor!”
“If any of you ever have need of me, Li Guang will not refuse!”
The ghost guards paused. Then they resumed their elaborate search, loudly discussing the matter among themselves.
“I saw that madman heading east just now!”
“If you couldn’t see clearly, don’t talk nonsense. You were nearsighted when you were alive. Why didn’t you bring spectacles after you died?”
“The madman was clearly running west!”
“Yes, exactly! He might be west, south, or north. The one place he definitely isn’t is Xiaoyu Mountain.”
The ghost guards nodded together. “You’re right. That’s exactly how it is!”
Once Snow Corpse was safe for the time being, the sleeping Hua Jiunan had a dream.
Within a vast expanse of dense fog, a dignified woman in plain green robes smiled at him.
The sight of her filled Hua Jiunan with an instinctive sense of closeness.
“Mother?!”
Tears filled the woman’s eyes as she reached out and stroked his cheek.
“Silly child. You may call me Mother, or you may call me Aunt.”
“I came to tell you that you can go home. You don’t need to suffer in the temple anymore.”
“Eldest Brother Honest Tiger and I… that is, your Uncle Snow Corpse and I, have safely reached Xiaoyu Mountain.”
Despite the deep reluctance in her eyes, the woman’s body began to fade after she finished speaking.
Hua Jiunan reached for her but caught nothing.
Even in his sleep, he continued calling loudly for his mother.
The noise woke Chen Daji and Eighth Master Chang, who were sleeping nearby.
Eighth Master Chang looked curious.
“What’s wrong with the young master physician? Is he dreaming?”
Chen Daji nodded.
“Of course he’s dreaming.”
“He probably hasn’t had milk in too long, so he’s dreaming about his mother!”
Neither of them woke Hua Jiunan. They simply went back to snoring.
Only Hu Fei’er remained worried. Her star-bright eyes stayed quietly fixed on Hua Jiunan until Heavenly Light filled the sky.
When Hua Jiunan awoke and told everyone about his dream, they looked up at the Great General’s statue inside the temple.
Sure enough, the figure looked heroic and high-spirited, with even more martial vigor and vitality than the day before.
Chen Daji was overjoyed.
“Uncle Snow Corpse is fine. Let’s hurry home!”
“Staying in this temple is miserable enough, and I still have to fucking kowtow with everyone.”
“If we stay another day, I’ll definitely knock my brains loose!”