Chapter 252: Chapter 252: A Difficult Point
Qi Yue acted as if she hadn’t seen the movents of the four people and turned her head to look at Zhu Ye.
“What’s the situation? It’s been quite a while now, where is Qing Nanzun?”
“I have called and called, no one appears, and I couldn’t break the door even by smashing it.”
As Zhu Ye spoke, she glanced in the direction of Song Qiyun with a sowhat wary expression.
Qi Yue gave a slight smile.
“What can be done then? The audience has arrived, but the perforrs simply cannot be absent from the scene!”
Saying this, she stepped forward and aid a kick at those dark, dull double doors.
“Bang!”
With a loud crash, the doors flew open to either side, followed by two “boom” sounds, like the noise of a house collapsing, before everything finally returned to silence.
Everyone was stunned by Qi Yue’s Innate Divine Strength, montarily dumbfounded.
Standing behind the Fox King, the four Soldiers exchanged glances, instantly withdrawing their hands from the hilts of their swords.
The courtyard was empty, not to ntion a servant, there wasn’t even a rock or tree.
Curiously though, there were quite a few bugs crawling around on the ground.
The varieties of insects were diverse, in all shapes and colors.
But not a single Immortal Bug was seen; presumably, they must be near the swamp by Nanxi.
Qi Yue thought to herself.
No wonder the people of Yanjing despise Qing Nanzun—shouldn’t such deeds be done away from the sight of the public? Yet, he relied on the Fox King, Song Yuanzhao, to conduct these matters in a residential area.
A nice place had turned into this state, no wonder no one lived on this street anymore.
Who would dare to live here with such a scene!
It was truly frightening.
The crowd behind her, initially petrified by Qi Yue’s Divine Power, was once again shocked by the scene before them.
“How terrifying. Are all the stories told outside true then?”
“What stories?”
“Didn’t you know? It’s said that Qing Nanzun is immortal because he eats bugs.”
“Ah, that’s so disgusting!”
“I don’t find it disgusting at all. If eating bugs really makes one immortal, I would want to eat them too.”
“Indeed, we Soldiers, if we were truly immortal, each of us could secure wives and confer privileges on our children!”
“…”
The Soldiers at the back kept whispering among themselves, but Qi Yue, with her sharp hearing, caught every word without missing a beat.
Today, she wanted to see if Qing Nanzun was indeed immortal.
As she stepped in, the bugs on the ground, disturbed, quickly scurried away.
The Song Family father and son, along with everyone from Song Yuanzhao’s group, followed them inside.
After passing the patio, they quickly reached the open space in the front hall; Qi Yue continued walking forward, when suddenly behind her, Song Chengye shouted.
“Miss Qi Yue.”
Qi Yue rolled her eyes and turned around silently.
“What is it?”
“Are you really going to confront Qing Nanzun?”
“I’m already here; can I turn back now?”
Song Chengye tugged at his beard, nodding slightly.
“Miss Qi Yue must know that Qing Nanzun is no ordinary person. I truly do not wish to see the two of you fight. If there’s an accident, it would be difficult for Donggao to explain to the Emperor of Beiyuan.”
Was he reminding her that her current status was that of a betrothed in an alliance between two countries?
Qi Yue slowly curled her lips.
“…Is King Ye certain that I would lose?”
“…” Song Chengye’s face hesitated for a mont, “Ever since Qing Nanzun returned to the Imperial Court, he was under strict surveillance by my Donggao Army. I saw no suspicious activity from him, only that his movents were a bit strange. Besides, Miss Qi Yue, why not spare him this ti, nd old ties? In the future, Donggao will surely keep a close….”
“That’s impossible! Qing Nanzun has put in mortal danger several tis; how could I easily spare him.”
Qi Yue declared firmly, her face showing no sign of retreat.
If they truly did not want her to confront Qing Nanzun, they could have tried to persuade her earlier; why wait until she was inside the doors to speak up?
Of course, she did not believe that Song Chengye was worried about her.
These nobles always had their calculations and objectives behind their actions.
Looking at him, it seed he might sowhat hope that she would kill Qing Nanzun.
Or perhaps, that both parties would simply injure each other severely!
At this mont, the Fox King, Song Yuanzhao coughed lightly.
“Miss Qi Yue, I shall not go inside. After all, we have been master and servant; I do not wish to witness such a scene.”
Qi Yue’s lips twitched.
She still thought the Fox King had co to stop her showdown with Qing Nanzun?
That was it?
Thinking back, did he really believe she could kill Qing Nanzun?
“The Fox King as he pleases.”
When the Fox King left, the courtyard suddenly felt much wider.
As everyone was about to move forward, countless bugs suddenly surged up from under their feet.
Liao Ye and Zhu Ye imdiately started crying and scread, dodging on their tiptoes.
Qi Yue furrowed her brows and sprinkled so insect repellent into the air.
Only then did she realize that the bugs were not aiming for them, but were moving towards a pavilion not far away.
Suddenly, a soldier shouted, “He’s over there!”
Everyone looked towards the pavilion and indeed saw Qing Nanzun sitting cross-legged right in the center, surrounded by a blanket of black.
Upon closer inspection, even Qi Yuyue felt her scalp tingle.
Those dark things were the Immortal Bugs.
They entwined with each other, continuously squirming.
It was disgusting.
“Ugh…”
Zhu Ye vomited right there on the spot.
The air imdiately filled with a sour stench of vomit, but the bugs seed to beco more active, rushing towards the pavilion like moths to a fla, and instantly subrged within the heaps of Immortal Bugs, disappearing without a trace.
It seed as if the Immortal Bugs had devoured them?
“Ah, they ate them, they ate them…”
Another soldier scread in terror and ran back, retreating continuously.
As this man ran, imdiately others also followed suit.
Liao Ye and Zhu Ye also scread and ran away.
However, Qi Yue remained indifferent and walked straight towards the pavilion.
The bugs on the ground seed afraid of her, all avoiding her by a ter, but still continued to flow towards the direction of the pavilion.
Getting closer, it beca clearer.
The bugs that reached the Immortal Bugs were instantly devoured clean.
But what was strange was that Qi Yue couldn’t see where the mouths of the Immortal Bugs were?
She couldn’t see any sign of the Immortal Bugs growing larger. Where did the things they ate go?
Moreover, why was Qing Nanzun sitting still? Could it be that he was absorbing the undying feature of the bugs?
Qi Yue watched this scene in astonishnt, montarily unsure how to deal with Qing Nanzun.
Now there was a difficulty.
Killing Qing Nanzun could not involve bleeding because his blood was highly poisonous; without an Antidote Pill, anyone who slled the blood would at best fall asleep, and at worst die.
If this were in a desolate wilderness, it would be another matter, but here it backed onto a bustling town, with the streets outside teeming with hundreds of civilians.
n and won, young and old.
Although this was Donggao, but the common folk had not provoked her, had no feud with her, how could she make her move?
Furthermore, from the surface, it seed neither the Fox King nor King Ye opposed her killing Qing Nanzun, but if the process went out of control and innocent lives were involved, that would be problematic.
The Imperial Court of Donggao might use it as leverage to coerce her into doing things she was unwilling to do….
As she pondered, not far away, the Song Family father and son were also whispering to each other.
“Yun’er, do you think Miss Qi will make a move?”
“Yes.”
“Could she be the person?”
“If she uses twin blades, then definitely.”
“What if she doesn’t use them?”
“There will always be a ti when she reveals her moves.”
“So you’re certain?”
“Hmm.”
“What do you think the Fox King’s intentions are?”
“Hmph, I heard he’s anxious to have Song Qingshan return.”
“You an, he’s handing over Qing Nanzun to gain Miss Qi’s favor and thereby secure a marriage alliance for Song Qingshan?”
“Qing Nanzun is just a clown, the Fox King must know; besides, who wouldn’t want such a formidable woman? Sacrificing a pawn to gain a valuable piece, a wise move.”
“But this Qing Nanzun is truly eerie, just don’t know if Miss Qi can handle it?”
“Didn’t you just test it? She seed very confident.”
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