Quick Transmigration: The Villain is Destiny, the Protagonist Takes a Backseat

"I am fine."

Ji Qiuzhe forced a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, I have a resurrection item... Wow..."

"Stop talking...stop talking, you're spitting blood..." Li Yu shook his head uncontrollably, "Don't leave me, you promised you wouldn't leave me..."

Ji Qiuzhe wiped away his newly gushed tears of blood. "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to break my promise to you for a while. You'll wait for me, right?"

Since this body is doomed anyway after being trapped in the formation, I might as well get rid of this old bastard before I die and start over.

"what are you up to?"

Ji Qiuzhe laughed: "Of course I'll help you get your heart back. I'm so selfish, I want you to give up immortality and grow old with me..."

"it is good!"

Li Yu was still crying, the tears of blood flowing endlessly, "I promised you, I would grow old with you..."

"Don't cry, your crying breaks my heart."

Ji Qiuzhe gently kissed away his tear stains and emphasized again, "Remember to wait for me."

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Thank you in advance.

With a wave of his hand, Ji Qiuzhe sent everyone in the hall, including Feng Mo who had returned carrying a huge bronze cauldron at some unknown time, out of the tomb.

Only the aged figure of the Imperial Preceptor remained.

"No—" Li Yu's voice still echoed in the empty hall.

The next moment, a powerful electric current struck, and both the mind and body suffered excruciating pain, as if pierced by a thousand arrows.

Ji Qiuzhe looked at the only remaining imperial advisor in the hall and revealed an extremely arrogant smile.

"Anyone who dares to provoke me, are you prepared to pay the price?"

Only then, feeling the overwhelming pressure capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, did the Imperial Preceptor belatedly realize that the person before him was no ordinary mortal.

"Who are you? Are you a deity?"

A hint of longing flashed across the Imperial Advisor's face as he said with a hint of delight, "So it is possible to become an immortal. You are an immortal, you must have a way to help me become one."

As he spoke, he knelt down and prayed, "Immortal, as long as you help me become an immortal, I will do anything you ask."

Ji Qiuzhe glanced at him with disdain: "I told you, you're not worthy."

"How can I be unworthy!" the Imperial Preceptor roared in fury. "I have been practicing Taoist arts since I was three years old, and for many years I have worked diligently without ever slacking off. To attain enlightenment, I have given up almost everything. How can I be unworthy?!"

"Those who become immortals view all living beings as equals and have great love for the world."

Ji Qiuzhe coldly concluded, "You are heartless and ruthless, and bloodthirsty by nature. A person like you should never have been born."

As he spoke, he unhesitatingly released his mental energy, intending to crush him to death.

"Shut up, you damned god! I think you're nothing but a hypocrite. I'll kill you!"

The Imperial Preceptor suddenly erupted, frantically forming hand seals with all his cultivation power.

"How laughable it is for a mayfly to try to shake a tree!"

Ji Qiuzhe only released a layer of spiritual power, which was enough to crush him. However, he held back his strength, so that the Grand Preceptor was not completely annihilated, but left behind his lingering spirit.

"Damn it! Why don't you just kill me?"

The Imperial Advisor's semi-transparent soul was held in Ji Qiuzhe's palm, struggling incessantly. How could he willingly descend to the eighteenth level of hell to endure torture?

He just wanted to live.

"Every man for himself"—he did nothing wrong!

"Please, please spare me! Immortal, I promise to do good deeds in the future to make amends..."

Ji Qiuzhe ignored him and casually made a hand seal.

A moment later, a ghostly figure dressed in a white robe with a long, drawn-out tongue appeared.

Upon its appearance, it was nearly shaken to its core by the powerful magnetic field of the place.

"My lord, is this the humble servant you summoned?"

“It’s me.” Ji Qiuzhe released the soul in his hand. “This person is utterly wicked. Take him away and discipline him properly.”

"Yes, sir! You can rest assured that I'll handle this!"

The White Impermanence gave a fawning smile, his tongue still dragging out, making him look exceptionally frightening.

"Okay, keep an eye on him. I'll burn paper money for you."

The White Impermanence's smile suddenly became more sincere: "Yes, sir, my employee number is 089. I want yellow paper, not ghost money~"

The amount of money in a single ghost money note is so large that it has caused inflation in the underworld; now only yellow paper is worth the most.

"no problem."

Ji Qiuzhe agreed.

The White Impermanence swiftly used an iron chain to hook the still-talking spirit of the Imperial Preceptor, and the ghostly figure slowly disappeared.

Ji Qiuzhe was finally relieved and lay on his back on the ground, his life force exhausted.

[Host, you can go in peace, sob sob sob...]

You brat, why do you speak such ominous words?!

As his consciousness slowly faded, Ji Qiuzhe had to swallow the words of cursing he wanted to say.

Never mind, I'll scold you next time.

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Li Yu was teleported outside the tomb, and it took him a long time to react.

He hurriedly tried to push the tightly closed tomb door, using all his strength, but he couldn't open it no matter what he did.

Yu Jia and Yu Lou silently joined in the help.

After an unknown amount of time, the unconscious people woke up and found that the poison in their bodies had been neutralized. They spontaneously stepped forward to help and think of a solution.

Unfortunately, the tomb entrance, which should have been easy to open, seemed to be under a spell cast by the gods, and no matter how hard everyone tried, it remained unmoved.

Gradually, some impatient people started a fire on the spot.

After all, it's a desolate mountain, and it's already late at night. Going down the mountain would definitely not be safe. It's better to make a fire on the spot. It would be safer if there were more people.

Holding a crispy white steamed bun in her hand, Qian Xiaoman urged, "Brother Yu, Xiao Ji will be out soon. Come and eat something, otherwise your bodies won't be able to take it!"

As soon as he spoke, Tang Xiu also advised, "Yes, Brother Yu, why don't you eat something first? After you finish eating, we'll continue to open the door for you."

Li Yu paused for a moment: "Yu Jia, Yu Lou, you two go eat."

After saying that, he continued trying to open the door.

Yu Jia and Yu Lou, however, seemed not to hear them and showed no intention of leaving.

Seeing this, the others stopped trying to persuade them.

Tang Lian felt a pang of regret. Although he didn't know what happened next, judging from the current situation, Ji Qiuzhe was probably...

"Boom——"

The entrance door to the tomb suddenly opened.

Everyone only saw a blur before their eyes, and the three people at the door had already disappeared from the spot.

Tang Lian and the other three immediately stood up, exchanged glances, and said firmly, "Let's go."

Soon, the four figures disappeared one after another at the entrance.

The two family heads, Tang and Qian, sat calmly eating steamed buns.

Young people, you can only gain experience by daring to take risks and fight. Be willing to go through danger for your friends and live up to your spirited youth!

As for the head of the Feng family, he was busy checking on Feng Mo's situation and had no time to pay attention to Feng Yichen.

The four were prepared to venture into danger once again, only to find that the road was clear and unobstructed. The places that were once fraught with danger had all become peaceful. The gold and silver had vanished, and all the armored soldiers had been reduced to wreckage, including the golden-armored general they had nailed to death.

The deeper we went, the more alarmed we became.

Li Yu and his two companions rushed to the palace as quickly as possible, only to find it in ruins.

In that instant, Li Yu felt suffocated for the first time in a long time.

Without hesitation, the three of them began excavating once they found the approximate ruins of the Qin Zheng Hall.

Unfortunately, the palace was too large, and they were afraid of damaging Ji Qiuzhe's body, so they did not use any magic, and therefore their progress was very slow.

Fortunately, Tang Lian and his three companions arrived shortly afterward.

Their involvement immediately accelerated what had been a slow process.

Unfortunately, not a single body was found even after the entire site was excavated.

Unconvinced, the seven men dug up several more palaces nearby, but still found nothing.

Li Yu was numb with pain. Sitting on the ruins, she kept repeating, "You said you would come back. You wouldn't lie to me, right?"

Yu Jia felt heartbroken watching this, and she was also saddened for Ji Qiuzhe.

"Your Highness, the Princess will be alright, he will definitely come back."

"Yes."

The others simply echoed their sentiments.

The group waited on the ruins for another three days until the two heads of the Tang and Qian families couldn't wait any longer and came in to take all four little brats away.

"Brother Yu, if Brother Ji comes back, you must tell us."

Tang Lian gave some instructions before leaving.

"it is good."

Li Yu didn't seem to have heard a word of it. The four of them sighed, turned around reluctantly, and walked away.