Chapter 31: Let's Make a Deal

In the valley…

Huang Fan paid no attention to anything else other than led his people into the depths of the complex Jinluo Mountain.

Other than them, everyone else was directed toward… An Ziqing.

As for Huang Clan’s hassle, they seemed to forget about their revenge for now.

Huang Chen was dead, and many of the clan’s people were killed in the conflict.

So, as long as they could get rid of the Yin God, the Huang Clan won’t be a threat at all.

“Ziqing?”

Yu Li whispered in a caring voice, but she was moving away from An Ziqing while protecting Yu Can.

She clearly saw that the Yin God had settled in the body of the purple clothed maid.

It was highly possible that the Yin God had started to take over An Ziqing’s actions little by little.

At this point, with her ability, she could no longer predict if this could be a potential threat to the Yu Clan’s leader Yu Can, so she decided to let the Mayoress and Li Feng take care of the rest.

“Yu Yuan!”

More of the others were curious to see what Yu Yuan would do.

After he yelled “stop”, he took off running toward An Ziqing.

Yuan Lianyao was slightly surprised and said in a soft voice. “Why bother being so serious? Just a maid.”

As the leader of the Yuan Clan and the Mayoress of the Dark Moon City, she had killed countless to get to the position she was in.

Many of those who were killed were ones from her own clan, and some were even her comrades with whom she explored the Forbidden Land or those who longed for her love.

To progress further in her cultivation and to benefit her clan, she had always been resolute.

As for what she knew of Yu Yuan, she felt that he was the same kind of person as her.

Just as careless about others’ lives.

But she was wrong. Yu Yuan rather risk the comeback of a true Yin God than sacrifice a seemingly useless maid.

While he ran, Yu Yuan raised his voice and shouted, “Everyone, stay away from An Ziqing!”

“Stay back!” Yu Can, in response, cooperated with his actions.

Yu Ji and the other elders became alert and moved away quickly.

They knew that surrounding An Ziqing would be another bloody battle.

Many of the Yu Clan’s people looked at their maid helplessly, full of pity.

For the good of all, the girl would probably have to be sacrificed by Yuan Lianyao and Li Feng.

“Yu Yuan!”

When Yu Yuan got close to Yuan Lianyao, she tried once again to kindly persuade him. “You need to look at the big picture. Your maid is nothing more than an ordinary person and not even your direct family member. Don’t let her bring death upon the whole Dark Moon City again.”

Close to An Ziqing stood Li Feng, who was prepared to attack at any time with another confirmation from the Mayoress.

The tiny electric sparks hopped around his short spear’s metallic head, eager to burst out their energy.

“Let me take a look first.”

After saying this, Yu Yuan passed Yuan Lianyao started to approach An Ziqing much slower than before.

Even he was not sure of when the Yin God would be able to recover from being hidden in An Ziqing’s body.

Knowing that his current cultivation was way too low, Yu Yuan didn’t dare to act rashly. A Yin God of any kind could easily vaporize the souls of the lower realm cultivators.

Never before, a young maid became the center of everyone’s focus.

Her charming and fragile-looking body looked sleepy, as her head was lifelessly hanging, looking down.

For the others, they thought this was because the Yin God was occupying her souls, taking control over her.

“Ziqing.”

Finally, Yu Yuan stopped seven or eight meters away from her and called softly.

Li Feng, signaled by Yuan Lianyao, stood directly next to Yu Yuan, guarding him so that no accidents would happen.

In the meantime, Yuan Lianyao, Zhao Dongsheng, and Zhao Zhenghao, currently the three most powerful cultivators, spread out simultaneously, in coherence.

They formed a triangle around An Ziqing, comfortable surrounding her inside their range of attack.

“Young Master…”

Still, with her head down, the purple-clothed maid’s shoulders started trembling like in fear or in pain.

She then slowly raised her head, eyes full of tears, and face pale as a white sheet of paper, as if she knew, she said, “Young Master, am I about to die?”

While she was speaking, a tiny dot in between the center of her eyebrows suddenly bulged!

A bloody light glowed from there like a third eye.

When the bulge grew larger, she trembled and said in a painful voice. “It hurts! It really hurts!”

“Senior from the Divine Blood Sect, can I make a deal with you?”

After thinking about this for a while, Yu Yuan said quietly, “I promise to let you go without any further harm, but please don’t vaporize the souls of my maid before you leave.”

With tears in her eyes, the maid busted out in a sense of hope, “Master, master!”

She sobbed softly.

“Yu Yuan, I don’t think this is quite right, is it?” Zhao Dongsheng was the first to comment. His fat face tightened into a ball-like shape, and his eyes almost disappearing. “If he left, it’s certain that his Yin God will form successfully, and by then, who’s going to be here to stop that?”

Yuan Lianyao’s usual charming smile disappeared from the corner of her mouth.

Instead, it was an expression of indifference to life. She looked calmly at Yu Yuan and said, “Just a maid. I see you as the same kind of person like me. Don’t let me down.”

“Uncle?” Yu Li whispered softly.

Seeing the reputation that her nephew had just built up was crumbling, she sensed that Yu Yuan’s rash and emotional decisions probably wouldn’t end up well for the Yu Clan.

Because of the maid An Ziqing, the Yu Clan’s perfect position in this crisis might be destroyed by Yu Yuan himself.

Both the Yuan Clan and the Zhao Clan might turn against them for this.

She asked Yu Can for answers.

In his wheelchair, Yu Can pushed himself upright and said, “Why did Lady Mayoress and Zhao Dongsheng care about what Yu Yuan wants? They insist on their own decisions and can simply ignore his existence.”

The old man smiled bitterly, “Before today, when did the Yuan Clan or the Zhao Clan ever ask for our opinions before making any decision for the city?”

“So you are saying…” Yu Li was still confused.

“Xiao Li, we gained their respect. That’s the most important part.” Yu Can said in a clearer way, “How many years has it been since we last got respect from these two? Since it’s Yuan’er who win the respect, then just let him do what he wants.”

Yu Li thought about it for a moment and said, “Fine.”

“Lady Mayoress, I don’t mind if you look down on me.” Yu Yuan stared at Yuan Lianyao directly in her eyes and said, “If everything outside of the city has been properly taken care of, the formation can not even function, and the Yin God will not even leave the cave!”

“So, stop blaming me for the cause!”

Yu Yuan snorted.

“Perhaps.” Yuan Lianyao wasn’t sure what happened there either.

The formation outside of the city should be taken care of by her father Yuan Qiufang and several other elders.

Yet, they never came back after they left.

“There is your clan’s fault that caused this irreversible ending.” Yu Yuan gave a conclusion, and then looked at Zhao Dongsheng. “Uncle Zhao, I will do as promised, but if you interfere with me, then our agreement will be terminated.”

“As for Black Dragon Shears, I will return it to you afterward.”

As he said that, Zhao Zhenghao and Zhao Dongsheng’s expressions changed.

Zhao Clan’s plan to swallow the dragon had troubled them for months, and finally, they saw hope that Yu Yuan could resolve the hardest steps. How would they just let this opportunity go to waste?

“Relentless bastard!” Zhao Yafu stomped her feet angrily. “How dare you to abandon me for a little maid! Bastard!”

“What are you talking about?” Zhao Xi was puzzled.

“Whatever.” After her angry words, she then figured out something and yelled, “Brother Yu, I support you!”

Yu Yuan looked back in surprise.

“I support you!” Zhao Yafu waved vigorously to get Yu Yuan’s attention. “Your ruthlessness to me is nothing more than to show your compassion for that little girl!”

“Young master, why are you… willing to do this to me?”

An Ziqing stared at Yu Yuan in a dazed and infatuated manner, “What made you want to offend so many people because of me?”

Her physical and mental pain seemed to be relieved after hearing this.

Yu Yuan stared at her and said softly, “You are the first person I saw after I woke up. It is you who took care of me, so no matter who you are I just want you to know…”

He did not continue.

As a human spanning two different lives, Yu Yuan only had a good impression of a few people here. Yu Can was one, and An Ziqing was the other.

After them, he also respected Yu Wei, Yu Li, and the others in his family.

Reaching a peak in the world of medicine, his impressions to cultivators like Yuan Lianyao and Zhao Dongsheng were the same as to maids like An Ziqing.

He only cared about how others treat him.

An Ziqing’s eyes suddenly changed.

“Young Master.”

She yelled softly and then dropped her head again.

Woosh!

The blood band turned into a rainbow and came to life again.

Like a belt, it wrapped around her waist.

The bloody stream visible to the naked eye flew out from the bloody band into her waist and disappeared into her body.

The Sacrifice Formation enveloped the sky once again in red, surging like waves of blood.

It seems as if the formation truly got activated to its fullness.

“Get out of my body!”

An Ziqing, with her head lowered, groaned in an unquestionable tone.

“Yes, ma’am.”

The Messenger of the Divine Blood Sect uneasily replied and flew out obediently.

The Dust of Revelation floating above An Ziqing’s head once again merged together to reveal the badly injured Yin God.

The Yin God floated next to An Ziqing like a bag of air, twisting in a fearful posture.