Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 189

"Oh."

Li Zhuiyuan simply responded, and seemed to feel that it was a bit too perfunctory, so he added:
"I wish you success."

He did not explicitly promise Zhao Yi that he would accept and protect him again. Of course, there was a tacit understanding between the two of them, after all, they had to go to the "banquet" together.

Therefore, if Zhao Yi could avoid the pursuit and return here, he would open the formation to let Zhao Yi in.

But the attack at the doorstep was also part of the pursuit. His escape was not over until he had managed to put his feet into the gap between the tiles in front of him.

Zhao Yi can definitely understand this.

Besides, things haven't gotten that serious.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that killing Zhao Yi and taking the jade was not the girl's real intention.

If she really wanted to do this, she should continue to hide quietly and wait for Zhao Yi to come back and give him a thundering blow. There was no need to show up in front of him and add more variables.

There were two small stools at the door of the front room. Li Zhuiyuan picked up one of them and threw it out.

Yuan, who was under the girl, reached out and caught the bench.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the house, took two bottles of soda from the counter, opened the bottle caps with an opener, and walked out with the bottles.

The girl also slipped off Yuan at this time. They were standing outside the gap between the floor tiles, with the dirt road under their feet. But when the girl landed, she didn't stir up any dust. Most importantly, he didn't hear any sound.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't think that she was practicing martial arts. The Yu family couldn't be so short-sighted. It was likely that she had some special qualities.

This kind of uniqueness is difficult to replicate by oneself, or in other words, one cannot afford its cost, so it has no reference value.

Li Zhuiyuan threw the bottle of soda in his hand over, and it was A Yuan who caught it again, put it in front of his nose to smell it, and then handed it to the lady who was already sitting on the bench.

Yu Miaomiao took the soda and blew it into her mouth, "Gululu gurulu".

"Hiccup!"

He burped loudly, then turned the bottle upside down to signal her to finish it.

Then, he saw Li Zhuiyuan sitting opposite him, took out a straw, put it in, took a sip, and put the soda bottle on his lap.

Yu Miaomiao opened her mouth, revealing two overlong fangs.

"Hey, you really don't care about him anymore?"

"Why should I care about him?"

"At least he acted out a play with you."

“He got paid for the performance.”

"No, I thought you guys had a good relationship."

"It's okay."

"Actually, I don't have to kill him."

"I thank you on his behalf."

"But I need both of you to agree to one thing for me."

"He is him and I am me."

"I think he is willing to be represented by you, at least in this matter."

"Okay, I agree to your request on his behalf."

Yu Miaomiao closed her mouth and pursed her lips. Li Zhuiyuan could hear the sound of her teeth grinding.

"The third piece of broken jade is also with you, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the soda, bit the straw, and took a small sip.

"You are indeed amazing. You were able to suppress the corpse energy in there for such a long time."

Li Zhuiyuan continued to take a small sip.

“That is to say, there was a period of time before when you had two pieces of broken jade in your hands, and you suppressed them both.

Do you know that because of what you did, there was not a single piece of broken jade on the market for a few days, forcing me to throw away the piece I had in advance to attract them to start fighting for it?"

Li Zhuiyuan continued to take small sips.

"Do you know that you can't have a banquet unless enough people die?"

Li Zhuiyuan spit out the straw, raised the soda bottle, and looked at how much was left.

She is flattering herself.

If she had the ability to continue sealing the broken jade like herself, she should at least have a sealing endurance race with herself.

The reason why she threw away the broken jade in her hand was because she knew she could no longer seal it.

If three pieces of broken jade with corpse qi bursting out appeared on the market at the same time, she should be confident that she could hold on to one piece and show enough strength so that others would only dare to fight for the other two pieces.

But when there was only one piece on the market, she didn't dare to make herself the target of public criticism.

All this was because Li Zhuiyuan, in order to buy time for his companion to recover from his injuries, endured the nausea and forced himself to mend the second piece of broken jade for a while.

In fact, apart from the fact that he and Xu Yijin died in the underworld.

After arriving in Lijiang, Li Zhuiyuan lived a quiet life in this B&B most of the time.

But the bloody rhythm outside is basically caused by him.

"Hey!"

Yu Miaomiao was very angry.

Li Zhuiyuan did not respond, but just focused on drinking his soda.

She finally understood what the boy meant by inviting her to drink soda, but she was the only one who naively drank it as if it were wine.

Li Zhuiyuan was waiting for her to reveal her true purpose, although he had already guessed it.

"When the party starts, I want both of you to obey me."

Li Zhuiyuan continued drinking soda.

The girl was very confident. What she meant was that she could let Zhao Yi go and grab the other piece of broken jade.

She could throw away the broken jade, and she could also get it back.

She focused on the next stage, which was what to do after taking her seat.

She showed up today to integrate the team present in advance, as she wanted to be the boss.

Li Zhuiyuan guessed her intention, but he didn't expect that she would use such a simple and crude method.

According to her thinking, I would first threaten her, and after I was frightened, I would follow her words and gradually acknowledge her real demands.

Is she training the dog?

Unfortunately, I didn't follow her line of thought, and now she is the one who is angry and frustrated.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question, do you want to answer it?"

"Hululu, hulu..."

The soda finally ran out.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I don't agree."

He was seeking to form an alliance after taking the seat in order to deal with the situation at that time. In his eyes, Zhao Yi was a qualified partner, but the girl in front of him was not.

Li Zhuiyuan was even unwilling to pretend to agree, such as agreeing first and then taking it slow and calculating.

Because the possibility of conflict breaking out when working with her is much higher than not cooperating and being wary of each other from the beginning.

She is smart, but impatient.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't know why these two conflicting inner personalities appeared in one person at the same time.

It was as if there was another thing living inside her.

Either you are smart and calm like Zhao Yi, or you are just a reckless person. These two types of people can work together. The most feared thing is the person who is smart but can suddenly turn the table over for you.

Yu Miaomiao pointed at herself and said, "I'm not smart, but my parents paid a lot to raise me, so I'm very valuable. Cooperate with me and listen to my instructions. At least I won't calculate the trifles on you two, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his brows and replied, "So, what you mean is that we two have to unite and plot against you because you are very expensive and have a lot of fruits on you."

Yu Miaomiao clenched her fists. "When I said my last name was Yu, your attention immediately shifted to Yuan. Even if it was only for a moment, I noticed it. You know about my family situation, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan sighed: "Here, compared with family background, it will seem a bit childish."

Yu Miaomiao pointed at the ground below her feet and said, "Come out here, I'm going to beat you up!"

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to the empty bottle in his hand and said, "Do you want more? Come in and get it yourself."

Yu Miaomiao raised her eyes and looked at the sign of the B&B with a burning gaze.

Behind him, A Yuan reached out and held his young lady's shoulders, fearing that she would act impulsively.

They had checked this formation before, and it was not easy to break it. Even if they could forcibly tear open a hole in the formation temporarily, there were also people on the other side.

Yu Miaomiao said coldly: "Since you refuse to cooperate, I can only regard you as my enemy."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "As you wish."

Yu Miaomiao turned and left, and A Yuan followed her.

Li Zhuiyuan then noticed that when viewed from the front, A Yuan was just tall and thin, but when viewed from behind, he discovered that he was actually severely hunched. If he could stand up completely, he would have to tilt his head sideways to enter the towering earthen house of Fatty Jin.

Looking down again, the dirt road outside the gaps between the floor tiles had sunk several centimeters, forming a clear drop.

She was really preparing to charge into the battle just now.

Back in the yard, Li Zhuiyuan recounted to his companions what had happened at the door of the front room.

Everyone was not too frightened by the title of Dragon King Yu, nor did they feel much pressure. After all, their family was also a Dragon King family, and there were two of them.

Tan Wenbin was very confused and said, "Hiss... I really can't figure out what she is going to do!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "She should have grasped some clues in advance, and there is a certain information gap between her and us."

Tan Wenbin: "But doesn't she know that a forced alliance is not sweet? This kind of forced alliance will inevitably fall apart. What's the point?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Maybe it was just to quench my thirst for that first bite."

The boy suspected that the clues she had required her to decide something as the commander of the three parties when she first entered the banquet.

As for whether the alliance will collapse due to internal strife, she may not care at all. As long as the alliance is formed, at least at the beginning, everyone will give her face, even if it is just acting, and they will follow her first decision.

This is probably what people are looking for.

But if that is really the case, they can just lay it out, state their needs, and lobby for a deal. There is no need to use their power to overwhelm others right from the start.

It is really difficult to calmly deduce the motives behind the behavior of such a person.

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his brows again.

Ugh,
He missed Zhao Yi.

……

Just like that, another three days passed.

The tourist map in the yard was drawn by Tan Wenbin in a very complex way.

The atmosphere in the B&B is gradually improving.

Although everyone's injuries had not yet fully recovered, their faces had already shown a color that had not been seen for a long time after being seriously injured.

Even if it has not recovered to its peak condition, it still has the ability to sustainably drain the pond for fish.

No matter when and where, strength is the real confidence.

Tan Wenbin calculated the latest coordinates of the corpse qi, marked them, and then looked at the map.

If Zhao Yi is still alive, then Zhao Yi is probably dying soon.

Because the piece of broken jade representing him has been active very frequently recently, but the space for maneuver is becoming increasingly compressed.

Tan Wenbin: "We are in a desperate situation."

Li Zhuiyuan: "He must have a backup plan."

……

In a hidden place on the hillside, Zhao Yi and his four companions were taking a short rest.

Everyone was seriously injured, especially Sun Yan and Xu Ming.

Both of them fell into a coma, and Xu Ming even lost an arm.

The broken jade was still emitting corpse qi, and it wouldn't be long before a new round of attacks would occur.

In fact, an important reason that has supported them to escape until now is that the group of people who are fighting for the property will often prepare in advance how to prevent being snatched away by another group of people after they have won the property.

Zhao Yi several times calculated and took advantage of the fear of loss and reluctance of these people to find gaps and break out of the encirclement time and time again.

Shannu's eyes deliberately wandered over Sun Yan and Xu Ming. During their escape, she had hinted to Zhao Yi to abandon these two seriously injured burdens.

But Zhao Yi remained unmoved.

She didn't believe that he didn't understand. She liked this man because he was smart and always understood things more clearly than others at critical moments.

Zhao Yi sat there, holding his chest, and snorting in pain from time to time.

The life-and-death escapes during these days have taken a toll on the temporary heart made by the spider.

Shannu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she asked, "Why don't you tell them that the people in the B&B still have a piece of broken jade in their hands, and they are all seriously injured, making it easier to snatch!"

Zhao Yi raised his head and looked at the mountain girl as if she were a fool.

The boy surnamed Li is not afraid of becoming a loudspeaker to inform on others.

Do you think others will believe him when he says he is playing the empty city trick?
Without the obvious pillar of corpse gas standing there, no one would "pretend to be smart" even if there were doubts in their hearts. They would not release the eagle until they see the rabbit. Who would risk their life for an uncertain possibility?

Empty city plan and luring someone into a trap are synonymous terms.

The mountain girl asked in confusion: "Is it not possible?"

Zhao Yi shook his head: "No."

Shannu: "But if we continue like this, we will really die. We will die!"

Zhao Yi lowered his head again, covering his chest with one hand and his forehead with the other. Not only did his chest hurt, but his head hurt even more.

The mountain girl was angry at him for not fighting back and said, "It's time to make a decision. We can't all die here!"

Zhao Yi did not look up this time. Instead, he took a deep breath and said seriously:
"It's fine to scheme against others, but if I can just give up easily even when I'm scheming against my own people, why would I go down this river and become a Dragon King?
Don't say this again, or I'll get angry!"

In the sky, a bird with broken wings was still circling with great difficulty, making a low cry that sounded like weeping blood. The enemy was approaching.

Shannu gritted her teeth, pretended to be decadent and supported herself on the ground with her hands, making a sound that sounded like crying and laughing, as if she was heartbroken:
"Why do you say this to me? I'm doing this for your own good."

The two centipedes drilled into the ground along the palms, and then appeared on Sun Yan and Xu Ming respectively without making a sound.

Shan Nu stared at Zhao Yi with her watery eyes. Seeing that Zhao Yi never raised his head to look here, she thought:
If you don't want to be the bad guy, I will do it for you; they are so badly injured, I will help them get rid of it!
Just as the two poisonous centipedes opened their mouths to bite, the unconscious Sun Yan suddenly opened her eyes. A sable suddenly emerged from Sun Yan's clothes, cut the centipede with its sharp claws, and then the sable jumped onto Xu Ming at an extremely fast speed and picked up the centipede.

Xu Ming, whose arm was broken, let out a low roar, and his body spun in the air. His joints made crackling sounds, and he crashed into the mountain girl, knocking her down heavily. At the same time, he grabbed a silver needle with one hand and stabbed it into the back of her neck.

This injection is enough to cause spasm throughout the body, making it impossible to mobilize the poisonous insects in the body for a short period of time.

At this time, Zhao Yi finally raised his head, looked at Shan Nu expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice:
"I told you I'd turn hostile."

After being stunned at first, Shannu immediately screamed, "Zhao Yi, I did all this for you!"

Sun Yan stood up, and the sable sat on his shoulder, gnawing on a centipede with relish.

Above, the bird was flying low, and the sable threw a centipede upwards, which was caught by the bird, who also knew not to eat alone.

"Zhao Yi, I did this all for you, but you actually schemed against me. I like you so much, but you actually schemed against me!"

"You did this not because you like me, but because you don't want to die here with me."

Zhao Yi squatted down in front of Shannu, looked at her face carefully and continued:

"I'm different from that guy surnamed Li. I can't see any emotion in his eyes, so I'm afraid of him.

Even if all his men were lying there seriously injured, I would feel that the next moment he would be able to sacrifice all his men to stand up and make a final desperate effort.

I am different from him. If you really love me to death, I will not let you die before me. "

"You are talking nonsense, Zhao Yi, you are shameless, you are a heartless man!"

Then, Shannu sneered again: "How long can you trap me? Or do you want to kill me? Don't forget that you can continue to live, all thanks to the life Gu I cast on you, Zhao Yi, your life belongs to me, and you still dare to treat me like this, hehe..."

The mountain girl's laughter suddenly stopped.

Because she saw Zhao Yi reach out his hand to his chest and pull the big spider down.

That area was instantly covered in blood, but one could vaguely see a severely damaged heart inside, beating slowly and weakly.

"How...how is it possible? Your heart isn't...isn't it already..."

"Old Tian could have spent the rest of his life lying in bed, but he risked everything to help me protect this last bit of my heart.

He said, how can the life of the young master of the Zhao family be in the hands of others.

Do you think I don't know that the person who helped that evil creature secretly attack me in the ancient tomb of the Corpse Gu Sect was actually you.

You came out and said you were willing to save me because you saw that the evil spirit was dying."

There was a vicious look in the mountain girl's eyes. She grinned and said, "Then why did you bring me with you to the river?"

Zhao Yi: "Old Tian is no longer good, and the team is short of people. Most importantly, the team lacks a role that can be sacrificed at any time. You are a perfect fit."

The mountain girl's eyes fell on the broken jade that was emitting corpse gas: "What's the point? Unless you follow that person and hand it over, you will all die. But if you hand this over, how long can your broken heart beat?"

Zhao Yi picked up the broken jade and placed it on the big spider.

The giant spider's tentacles wrapped around the broken jade and began to frantically absorb the corpse gas on the broken jade. Its color instantly turned black.

Seeing this, Shannu widened her eyes and said, "How is this possible? How can you use witchcraft? How is this possible..."

"After being raised by my heart blood for so long, is it strange that it listens to me?

Haha, do you know why that guy surnamed Li is willing to play with me? Because even if I can’t compare to him, I’m not too bad either.”

Zhao Yi stuffed the giant spider into the mountain girl's mouth, then used his own heart blood as a talisman and tapped it on her forehead, forcing all the poisonous insects in her body to rise up and begin to frantically absorb the corpse qi from the broken jade.

Because he inhaled too hard and too quickly, the originally black broken jade actually showed its original emerald green color again.

The mountain girl's body began to mutate, gradually becoming no longer human and more like a fang ghost.

Soon, she began to struggle violently, roaring, and the poisonous insects in her body were also drilling around.

Zhao Yi kicked the mountain girl off the cliff. A large amount of corpse gas rose from her body, but the broken jade in Zhao Yi's hand no longer had corpse gas rising, although it was still turning black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But this period of time is enough.

He had been deliberately compressing his range of movement recently to attract all the pursuers. Now that their attention was drawn to the mountain girl, he could take advantage of this opportunity to escape from the encirclement.

Zhao Yi glanced at Xu Ming and Sun Yan, waved his hand and said:

"Let's go and seek refuge with my brother Yuan!"

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I will add another chapter tomorrow to make up for the word count of this chapter.

(End of this chapter)