The Book Soul Chronicles: Godslayer

The three of them, Qingwu and his companions, were happily picking up scraps. The three worked together in a strange yet tacit way: the two in front led the way to intercept the loot, while the one behind cleaned up the mess. Every now and then, they would stir things up to buy time for the two careless people in front.

Is it easy for her to be a senior martial arts master? Not only does she have to hide in the shadows, but she also has to pick up their unwanted "junk," and on top of that, she has to prevent them from being exposed and getting beaten to death. She's exhausted.

Hao Anqi and his companion then went to search for the place of inheritance, but instead of finding it, they angered a Nascent Soul stage demon beast, whose true form was a purple-bellied love spider.

Just from its name, you can tell that this spider's special skill is to make its prey fall into a love trap and lose its ability to resist. When the prey is completely lost in the illusion, it will be completely entangled in its silk and cocooned. No external force can break through it; the only way is to break through from the inside. If they remain trapped inside, what awaits them is having their cultivation drained and becoming food.

When Hao Anqi and his companion passed through a valley, they walked for half a day without making a sound. They realized something was wrong, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue. After all, in cultivation, one either progresses or regresses; they had no other option. Giving up just because of danger was out of the question.

"Sect Master, look, what is this?" Chen Suili pointed to the transparent threads on the valley wall that shimmered with a faint purple light. If it weren't for the sunlight reflecting off them, they would hardly be noticed.

"It looks like spider silk. Could there be a spider-like spirit beast here?"

Hao Anqi looked at it, unsure what it was, and replied.

"Be careful! Don't touch it. It's definitely not that simple; it should have already seen us."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a woman's laughter rang out.

"It is a great honor for you two to grace my humble abode with your presence. Would you please come in for a cup of tea and a rest?"

The newcomer was a woman with a somewhat seductive appearance, dressed in purple, with a mocking smile on her face, who appeared before the two.

Hao Anqi's face immediately darkened. He thought to himself, "When did she appear? I didn't even notice. To be able to transform into human form, she must be either a spirit of an artifact or a demon beast. Clearly, the woman in front of me belongs to the latter."

The two men sized up the woman before them, then turned to look at her. Both sensed a fierce battle was about to unfold, and secretly channeled their spiritual energy behind their backs, intending to strike first.

"Oh, if I were to go with them, I fear I would never return."

Upon hearing this, the woman in purple burst into shrill laughter, then spoke arrogantly.

“I kindly and gently invited you to come, but you refused and forced me to use force. Today you have no choice but to go, whether you like it or not.”

After saying that, they immediately started fighting. Hao Anqi and the other person were prepared and met the attack head-on. The two sides started fighting, but neither side could gain any advantage and the two sides were deadlocked.

Seeing how troublesome the two were, the woman in purple hardened her expression and revealed her true form, spitting out venom. Hao Anqi and the other man dodged it, and then the demonic beast gathered the surrounding spider silk and entangled the two in front of it.

The two were unable to break free, and the venom in front of them evaporated into purple poison gas.

"Oh no, hold your breath!" Hao Anqi warned.

"Hahaha, it's too late. Holding your breath won't help with my poison. It will seep into your skin, and if you hold it for too long, you'll be poisoned too. Give up resisting!"

As Hao Anqi listened to the female demon's voice, it became increasingly indistinct, and the two inwardly complained in unison.

"We actually failed here. We were so careless."

The sound of Pearl's laughter echoed in their ears.

"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, wake up, it's time to eat, your brothers are here."

A familiar and gentle voice reached Hao Anqi's ears. He slowly opened his eyes, saw the woman in front of him, and embraced her.

Then he spoke gently, calling out, "A-Wu!"

After saying that, she hugged the person in front of her tightly. Qingwu in the illusion sensed something was wrong.

In the illusion, Qingwu frowned and said softly, "What's wrong? You seem a bit off."

Hao Anqi didn't know what was wrong, but he felt that something was not right, so he shook his head.

"Ah Wu, just now I had this feeling that there's something between us, like we shouldn't be like this..."

Before Hao Anqi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by another voice.

"This shouldn't be happening, what should we do?"

Qingwu: "Brother!"

Hao Anqi: "Big brother is here!"

"If I hadn't come, how would I have known you were bullying my sister like this? You regret giving up your position as sect leader to marry my sister."

"How could that be, brother? It's my blessing to marry A-Wu. She holds an irreplaceable place in my heart," Hao Anqi replied earnestly.

Qingwu quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Brother, Hao didn't bully me. He was just worried I'd get tired, so he cooked all the dishes today. He just rested for a bit before you arrived."

Hearing her younger sister's words of advice, Qingming felt a pang of sadness, and her tone became sour.

"Oh! Well, I guess I was just being nosy. People's hearts are inherently biased, and my sister's heart is so biased that she's lost her way!"

He glanced at them and continued, "Sigh! A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; she used to be a warm, comforting daughter, but now she's letting the wind through. She chose me as her brother and forgot about her own brother!"

Qingwu was immediately embarrassed. Her brother was still so jealous. Back then, she and Hao Ge were in love. When her brother found out, he was so angry that he took his sword and went to their house to fight. He immediately turned against his brother and wouldn't listen to any explanation. He beat Hao Anqi so badly that he was bedridden for more than a month.

Hao Anqi knew that her brother-in-law had always been unhappy that she had taken away his precious younger sister.

He quickly replied, "Brother, why do you say that? Not long ago, A-Wu personally asked for peach blossom wine, saying that you like wine brewed with water from the Jade Snow Spring the most, and specially asked me to go to Jade Snow Ridge to get it. We were even planning to visit you together! Who would have thought that your message would arrive first, so we waited at home."

"Oh, you even brewed osmanthus wine for me?" Qingming glanced at them with a slightly suspicious look, but her expression had already softened.

Even his expression changed, which proved that he must be incredibly excited. Hao Anqi knew his brother best, and that's why the two became close friends and met his current wife. This brother-in-law could be considered a matchmaker.

Hao Anqi is indeed his confidant and friend, guessing right away. He is secretly very happy, but he can't show it on his face, as that would be unbecoming of an older brother.

Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject, "The food has been reheated, it's almost cold, everyone go and eat!"

"Brother, Brother Hao just told me that he wants to have a sparring session with you after dinner!"

"Oh! A friendly spar! He definitely can't beat your brother, but don't worry, for your sake, I'll let him win a little and won't let him lose too badly."

The sounds faded into the distance as they headed towards a place to eat.

But Hao Anqi always felt that something was wrong, as if they shouldn't be like this. He felt that Qingming was very far away from him, as if he no longer existed. He always had a feeling of attachment in his heart.

He shook his head, banishing the absurd thought from his mind. Qingming was right in front of him, so why did he feel a sense of distance between life and death? He then quickly caught up with them.