books44 Chapter 46: The Head Fell Off Again
Chapter 46: The Head Fell Off Again
Mei Shiyu saw her own reflection becoming clearer in those blood-red eyes.
He shook his head with difficulty, his face filled with disbelief.
Even after being struck in the chest by his disciple's palm and having to take several steps back to barely stand by supporting himself on the table, he did not immediately regain his senses.
He had almost no defenses against Li Tingyun.
Cultivators are generally quite vigilant. To prevent being ambushed, they always use defensive spells to protect themselves. To put it bluntly, they are protecting themselves from both enemies and friends.
However, this practice is commonplace in the cultivation world and has gradually become a polite symbol of maintaining social distance. Few people feel disrespected or distrusted because of it.
Mei Shiyu, however, had long since lowered his guard against his apprentice.
The main reason is... Yuanbao really loves being around him.
Especially when flying on a sword, she would often snuggle into his arms, and he indulged and spoiled her like that, which wasn't a bad thing.
Both emotionally and rationally, it seemed that he wanted to make up for all the debts he owed Yuan Che in his previous life.
Mei Shiyu originally did not intend to take on any more disciples, but since she had become acquainted with Yuanbao by chance, she really wanted to treat him well, teach him, and accompany him. Even knowing that he had practiced demonic arts, she was willing to spend her energy to guide him onto the right path.
But to his utter surprise, his disciple seemed to be even more deeply entangled in the path of demonic cultivation than he had imagined.
But he was only a teenager.
Mei Shiyu could hardly believe it, but he caught a familiar kind of violence in his young apprentice's eyes.
Yuanbao's eyes, so similar to those of that other person, instantly reminded him of some past lives, all of them terrible memories.
It cannot withstand close scrutiny, because the closer you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.
He placed his hand over his chest. Yuanbao's slap hadn't seriously injured him, but his mind was in turmoil.
They desperately tried to find every possible clue, even the slightest hint of the truth, to explain all these "inconsistencies"...
But unfortunately, with so many complex and intertwined issues, he ultimately failed to grasp the crux of the problem.
The key lies in Yuanbao's background and origins, which he truly knew nothing about, and he was far too careless from beginning to end.
All of this flashed through his mind, and he seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time.
But in reality, only a few seconds had passed.
Mei Shiyu was hit for nothing. As he leaned backward, Wang Wu quickly caught him and braced himself against the table. He only stumbled but did not fall.
Li Tingyun was unusually lucid. He called out "Master" in a daze and tried to walk over to get closer to him, but was pushed away.
Wang Wu stepped between the two, "Hey kid, what's going on? I've never seen a disciple fight with his master in all my years. Holy crap, you dare to be this arrogant now, what will you do in the future? What do you want, betray your master and ancestors?!"
Li Tingyun saw his mouth opening and closing, but couldn't hear what he was saying.
Perhaps he was upset, perhaps he was confused, or perhaps he simply tilted his head in bewilderment.
I rubbed my knuckles together and rotated my wrist...
Wang Wu: "?"
Before he could react, he was suddenly beaten.
The big belly was unfortunately hit hard, and the shockwave spread from the point of impact to every part of the body.
His heavy, stubborn body suddenly fell apart, like a ball of cotton, so soft that he had nowhere to put his strength, and he was suddenly sent flying several feet away.
"Ingots!"
Just before his hands were bound by the Immortal Binding Lock, Li Tingyun threw a heavy punch at this guy, because his incessant chatter was annoying!
Wang Wu's back slammed hard against the rammed earth wall, carving out a large, visible human-shaped crater.
Mei Shiyu didn't have time to stop Li Tingyun, so she could only activate the Immortal Binding Lock to tie him up, only to find that he was more irritable than before.
"Master, let me go!"
"Yuanbao, you've gone too far."
Just as Mei Shiyu was about to step forward to check on Wang Wu's injuries, she suddenly felt a whooshing sound behind her ear.
Xia Changfeng, who was sitting not far away, had disappeared and suddenly appeared behind Yu Guangzhong.
Xia Changfeng gathered demonic energy in his hand and transformed it into a blade. Taking advantage of Mei Shiyu's unpreparedness, he seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
When their first attack failed, the two began to fight, exchanging dozens of blows in the blink of an eye.
The small teahouse couldn't withstand the clash of these two powerful figures. The moment they unleashed their skills, spiritual energy and demonic energy collided violently, a strong wind swept across, cracks appeared in the surrounding walls, and they collapsed in an instant.
The entire house was torn to pieces, the tables and chairs were completely destroyed, and the roof was blown off.
Two figures vanished swiftly like the wind, then reappeared above the market, their white light and shadows overlapping and disappearing intermittently.
Sword energy surged, clouds billowed and wind howled.
From the moment he first discovered he was being followed, Mei Shiyu knew he would inevitably have to confront this person.
Even if there is no enmity between the two, they would still have to fight if they just happened to meet on a narrow road.
This is the tacit understanding between the strong. They all know that the other has the strength to become their opponent. Since they are opponents, it's not for anything else but to determine the winner and the loser... There's nothing more to say, just one word: fight, they must fight!
The teahouse was demolished, and amidst the ruins, an old man held a little girl's hand, trembling with fear.
Li Tingyun's hands were bound, and he could not break free no matter how hard he tried.
He thought of imitating the girl before she died, so he found an axe, held it up to the sky, and aimed it at the chain between his wrists, chiseling it again and again.
The result was that the cast iron blade became dull, but the Immortal Binding Lock remained completely undamaged.
The old man hurriedly pulled him up from the ground and advised, "Child, don't accidentally cut off both of your hands!"
"Yes, you are right..."
A strange smile spread across Li Tingyun's face. "Cut off your hand, and you'll be free."
Upon hearing his ramblings, the old man immediately grabbed his arm, pulling on it tightly.
"Whatever it is, we have to wait for your parents to come back! My shop has been destroyed, and I'm waiting for compensation... If you were playing with an axe in my house and chopped off your hand, what would that be like? All my efforts would have been for nothing!"
"Go away!"
Li Tingyun was furious when he pulled her, but upon closer inspection, she noticed that the old man also had a red line around his neck.
It wasn't just on my neck, it was on both wrists too.
However, the red thread on his wrist was hidden in his sleeve and would not have been revealed unless he pulled hard.
Just then, the little girl who had shown great curiosity about the Qiankun bag at his waist sneaked up to him again and reached out a hand towards his waist.
Li Tingyun hooked one of the old man's legs with his feet, used his arms to trip him to the ground, and at the same time kicked the girl away.
But the old man did not let go of his arms, and his limbs and head could turn a full circle, so flexible that he was not like a normal person!
This frail, hunched body locked Li Tingyun's arm in an extremely twisted posture, slowing down his movements and figure.
As for the little girl who was kicked away, her head and neck were separated again...
But she stood up unsteadily.
Without looking for his head or using his eyes, he knew where Li Tingyun was standing.
He crawled toward him using both his hands and feet.
If she were just crawling like a cat or dog, it wouldn't be too outrageous, but her hands and legs seemed to have just grown out and she didn't know how to use them. She was imitating arthropods, with her body close to the ground and her limbs in an "M" shape.
It looks like a giant spider with only four legs.