Chapter 38: Come Back Part 1

After bidding farewell to Beimen Duoduo and the other girl, Huo Zhi left the inner city. She wanted to find Moyi Guihua outside the city first, but she received a Sound Transmission Talisman from Moyi Guihua.

Moyi Guihua said she was leaving. Huo Zhi naturally wanted to see her off. Her things were still with Moyi Guihua after all.

But was she in such a hurry to leave?

It made sense. She still had the Blissful Union Sect to manage, a whole family of people to look after.

Just as Huo Zhi was thinking about leaving the city, she received another sound transmission, this one from Beimen Duoduo.

“Master, 5672 says don’t leave the city. People from the Moyi Family are waiting outside to cause trouble for you. That woman named Moyi Guihua has already been captured. Master, for your safety, you should stay inside the city. No matter how many talismans you have, it won’t work against a Soul Formation Stage cultivator that the Moyi Family could send at any time.” Beimen Duoduo transmitted.

Hearing Beimen Duoduo’s words, Huo Zhi understood.

This 5672 was quite good, even warning her.

The Moyi Family people were outside the city, and Moyi Guihua was captured. 5672 most likely saw it happen and warned her not to leave.

But how could she just stand by and watch Moyi Guihua get captured?!

Currently, she only had basic talisman materials from the Immortal Talisman Sect on her. The talismans she had drawn before were all with Moyi Guihua. Going out now would be practically suicide.

Touching her Storage Bag, Huo Zhi steeled herself.

Wenren Sumian had given her one hundred thousand Spirit Stones for talisman materials. She might as well buy some High-Grade Talismans to fight them with.

With this in mind, Huo Zhi immediately rushed to the talisman general store run by the Shentu Family, which had ready-made talismans available for instant purchase.

The Shentu Family excelled in all kinds of soft talismans, meaning any talisman drawn on Talisman Paper. They were very strong in this area and held the number one market share.

The current City Lord was also from the Shentu Family, and Shentu Xingyue, who had succeeded Wenren Sumian as Head Seat, was the City Lord’s daughter.

Huo Zhi ran into a talisman shop and felt a pang of pain in her heart seeing the prices of those talismans.

If she were to draw them herself, the materials would be quite cheap, but now there was no time to draw them. She could only hemorrhage Spirit Stones and buy them.

Huo Zhi selected Teleportation Talismans, Strong Attack Talismans, Protective Barriers, and the like. After spending almost all of her one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, she hurried out of the city.

At that moment, outside the city, Linlang was already fighting several cultivators from the Moyi Family who had tied up Moyi Guihua.

These people were extremely powerful. Linlang couldn’t discern their cultivation levels.

If Linlang hadn’t saved up some advanced talismans recently and had some means of self-defense, she would have met her end long ago.

Linlang had a record of bounty transactions with Beimen Duoduo before, so the two could send sound transmissions to each other. That’s why when she heard those people planning to trick Huo Zhi into coming out, she transmitted a warning to Beimen Duoduo.

As for Moyi Guihua, Linlang initially didn’t want to interfere. Having captured Moyi Guihua already proved that their opponent’s strength was even greater than Moyi Guihua’s, meaning even stronger than Linlang.

Besides, Moyi Guihua was only captured, not killed. This was an internal matter of the Moyi Family. Moyi Guihua shouldn’t be killed over it.

“First, use the Soul-Losing Talisman on Moyi Guihua. When Huo Zhi arrives, use the Slave Seal Talisman on her. If she still refuses to obey after being hit with the Slave Seal Talisman, use the Soul-Losing Talisman on her as well. Let them go mad together. If they can’t be used by the Moyi Family, they must die! We absolutely cannot fail this time! Send another sound transmission to urge her on!” Just as Linlang was about to leave, she heard a voice, the very cultivator who had led the chase against her last time: Moyi Xiu’er.

The Soul-Losing Talisman would cause immense damage to a person’s Origin Soul. The person wouldn’t die but would become an imbecile, a fate worse than death.

The Slave Seal Talisman was somewhat similar to the Love Poison Talisman, except the affected person retained self-awareness, but their life was in someone else’s hands. To survive after being afflicted, they had to obey.

Both were extremely vicious talismans, forbidden by orthodox cultivation factions and not sold on the market. Only Devil Cultivators had such talismans.

Linlang didn’t understand why the internal affairs of human cultivator families involved such bloody infighting. But if they wanted to do anything to Huo Zhi, they were enemies. Rage was ignited in Linlang’s heart.

“Moyi Guihua, if both you and that Huo Zhi had behaved yourselves and left Immortal Talisman City together right now, none of this would have happened. But because of you two, the Moyi Family lost two genius cultivators, and seven others had their hand meridians crippled, unable to draw talismans! This responsibility falls entirely on your shoulders! Huo Zhi refuses to join the Moyi Family, so there’s no other way. This is the Outer Clan Head’s order! You must accept punishment today! What a pity, to use this Soul-Losing Talisman, which cost fifty thousand Spirit Stones, on you!” Moyi Xiu’er said, taking out a talisman glowing with a bizarre, dark red light.

“Huo Zhi is a Genius Talisman Master! She could have been the opportunity for the Moyi Family to rise, but you…” Moyi Guihua frowned. Her Spiritual Qi was sealed, and she couldn’t move. Her heart was filled with worry for Huo Zhi, afraid she would be dragged into this.

“What nonsense are you spouting?! What’s a tenth place worth?! It’s not like the Moyi Family has never produced a first place!” Moyi Xiu’er said dismissively, activating the talisman in her hand.

“Kill me directly, don’t use the Soul-Losing Talisman!” Moyi Guihua’s pupils dilated as she watched the Soul-Losing Talisman, which would turn her into an idiot, being activated.

Moyi Xiu’er smiled, about to say something, when suddenly she felt a fluctuation in the surrounding Qi. A Flame Arrow shot from out of nowhere struck the not yet fully activated talisman. The Talisman Paper instantly ignited and burned to ashes.

“Who’s meddling in other people’s business? Courting death!” Moyi Xiu’er roared angrily. A flame burning up fifty thousand Spirit Stones—even Moyi Xiu’er, who had some wealth, felt the pain keenly.

This Flame Arrow was precisely what Linlang had fired.

The leader of that group was none other than Moyi Xiu’er. Seeing the talisman she had so painstakingly acquired ruined, she was naturally furious. She locked onto the direction the talisman arrow came from and sent people to pursue. Linlang and those cultivators tangled together in a fight.

“Whoever is meddling, kill without mercy!” Moyi Xiu’er said angrily.

Moyi Guihua exhaled. Could it be Huo Zhi had come? She looked towards the direction of the fight. It wasn’t Huo Zhi, but a fire-attributed cultivator. The person didn’t seem to have a high cultivation level, far from comparable to the few people here.

Moyi Guihua worried. With such a cultivation level, she still meddled in others’ affairs? In this day and age, was there really someone so chivalrous?

But this cultivation level was just too weak. Wasn’t this just asking for death?

As the fight continued over there, the few opponents tried to subdue Linlang by activating talismans, relying on their superior cultivation and physical strength. They hadn’t expected Linlang’s physique to be no worse than theirs.

When those people used Talisman Arts, Linlang’s body was clearly very agile and sensitive to Spiritual Qi fluctuations. She narrowly dodged their Talisman Arts. Unless they used large-area Talisman Arts, pinpoint or linear attacks simply couldn’t touch her.

“Useless trash, kill her quickly!” Moyi Xiu’er raged, seeing the few people unable to take Linlang down after so long.

“Third Miss, something’s wrong! This is bad!” The few people realized Linlang’s agility and wanted to use more powerful Talisman Arts, but indeed felt something was wrong with their bodies. Something had burrowed into their meridians, wreaking havoc on the Spiritual Qi and meridians within.

“What’s bad?! You are truly too useless!” Moyi Xiu’er watched the few staggering as if having convulsions and took out a talisman, activating it.

“It’s a High-Grade Vine Talisman, dodge quickly!” Moyi Guihua shouted but was punched by Moyi Xiu’er.

Linlang had been hit by a Vine Talisman before and knew the potency of this kind. The vines came overwhelmingly, with an extremely wide range, making them very difficult to dodge.

Activating the talisman took a certain amount of time. Taking advantage of the fact that those people were afflicted by her Nether Soul Thread, Linlang dodged them and pounced towards Moyi Xiu’er, firing Nether Soul Thread at her as well.

“You… you are…” Moyi Xiu’er was shocked, feeling the thing inside her body. Her cultivation was a bit higher, and she endured it for a moment, still trying to activate the talisman in her hand.

Linlang’s Flame Arrows came one after another, all striking Moyi Xiu’er. At the same time, the Vine Talisman in Moyi Xiu’er’s hand still activated. It hadn’t been destroyed by the Flame Arrows; clearly, the Vine Talisman was more fire-resistant and couldn’t be burned away.

The overwhelming vines swept in, coiling around Linlang. Simultaneously, Moyi Xiu’er stumbled back a few steps. Her non-fire-resistant clothes and hair were burned considerably, her face smudged black with soot, looking extremely bedraggled.

She looked at Linlang, her face full of fury, and made the vines tightly bind and squeeze Linlang’s body. The clear sound of cracking and creaking could be heard—this was the sound of bones being crushed.

A trace of blood trickled from the corner of Linlang’s mouth. She hadn’t expected Moyi Xiu’er’s cultivation to be so high, with such strong resistance to the Nether Soul Thread.

“You… your cultivation is no good! Why didn’t you run? Why did you get involved with me? It’s all over now!” Moyi Guihua watched, her heart trembling. Normally carefree, but now someone was suffering like this for her sake, making her unable to bear it.

“It’s none of your business!” Linlang uttered a sentence, thinking about how to escape.

Looking at Linlang, Moyi Guihua’s heart jolted. This person’s aura had changed, and their appearance was different, but this tone, and the skills just displayed, all fire-attributed cultivation… could it be that Little Cinnabar Bird?

If it was the Little Cinnabar Bird, it made sense.

What self-sacrifice or righteous heroism? This was clearly for Huo Zhi’s sake.

“Today there’s an unexpected pleasant surprise, catching a little Devil Cultivator. Handing you over to the Immortal Talisman Sect’s Law Enforcement Team would be a great achievement!” Moyi Xiu’er quickly suppressed that trace of Nether Soul Thread in her body, forced it out, and sneered at the bound Linlang.

“What Devil Cultivator, don’t slander others with baseless accusations! Moyi Xiu’er, let her go. It has nothing to do with her. Use whatever talismans you want on me. I still have some savings, I can leave them all to you. Don’t push things too far!” Moyi Guihua looked at Moyi Xiu’er and said.

“Do you think you’re in any position to negotiate terms now? Idiot! Once you’ve become an imbecile, you’ll obediently answer anything I ask. This Devil Cultivator cannot be let go. The City Lord of Immortal Talisman City issued a Bounty Order: two hundred thousand Spirit Stones for one Devil Cultivator. The Soul-Losing Talisman only had one, and it was destroyed. Then I’ll have to trouble you with this Walking Corpse Talisman instead.” Moyi Xiu’er sneered, taking out another talisman to activate.

“…Hey, I’m about to die. What I owe you, I’ll repay in the next life. A few heartfelt words for you. She and I are just friends, she truly has no improper thoughts about me. She’s a very innocent person, thinking all girls are just sisters. If there’s a chance, a possibility, like what you like then go for it. Not trying, only running away, you’ll gain nothing. Stop being awkward with her, go back to her side. She truly cares about you a lot. Do you understand?” Moyi Guihua watched the activated talisman, sighed, and said.

Linlang’s expression froze as she listened. Moyi Guihua had actually guessed her identity!