"What? You broke my grandmother's bones, and now you don't want to pay for her medical treatment?!"
"No money? Then we'll go to the authorities!"
"I... I don't have that much money... I only have five taels of silver."
The scholar carefully took out his money pouch. The girl from that family, with quick eyes and hands, snatched it away and said, "Bah! What can you do with so little money?! No way! Go see the official!" Upon hearing "official," the scholar knelt down with a thud and pleaded, "Please... let me go... My... my mother is still waiting for me to bring back the medicine..."
Saying that, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
The big man kicked the scholar down, "If you leave, who will my mother turn to if something happens to you?!"
little sister held onto her big brother, "Enough, brother. Look at him, he's so pathetic, just a poor guy."
Three people grumbled as they helped the old lady leave, and as they left, they even spat at the scholar. "I'm so angry... If it weren't for promising Master Xu, I would..." "Brother Aragaki, the human race is like this. Snakes, insects, and ants are not as cruel as humans."
The passersby dispersed, and a scholar rushed into a pharmacy, only to be driven out in less than a minute.
"No money to buy medicine on credit? Get out, get out, get out!!"
"Master Sun, tomorrow! Tomorrow I will definitely bring the money!"
"Tomorrow? Not even an hour is acceptable! Hurry up and leave! Don't delay my business!"
Aragaki Nigaki pouted, "Do you have money?"
Ke Lingfei nodded, "But not a lot."
"Xiao Yao, it's a problem when we eat together..."
"brother Aragaki, I don't need to eat."
"I want to eat, can I? How much is left? Give it all to me."
"One or two pieces of silver..." Ke Lingfei gave the only silver to Aragaki Nigaki.
He strode up and said, "Shopkeeper! Give him the medicine, I'll pay for it."
The scholar was stunned for a moment, then bowed deeply and said excitedly, "I am Liu Yilong! Master... I..."
"Go home quickly." Aragaki Nigaki handed the medicine given by the shopkeeper to Liu Yilong.
"Master... I have no money, I can't repay you."
"No need to repay. Actually, I saw everything just now."
"Why... why does my kind help turn out like this..." murmured Liu Yilong, "If the two Masters don't mind, please come with me to my humble abode for a chat. Even if it's just for a simple meal."
"Oh? What a coincidence! I happen to be hungry! Anyway, I have nothing else to do, let's go!"
The three of them headed east, walking three or four miles outside the city.
"Liu, what do you do for a living?"
"I run a private school in the city to barely make ends meet. To be honest with you, the money they took was my savings from five years. mother was reluctant to spend it on necessities, saying it should be saved for my marriage. She's been sick but refuses to take medicine, and I've been persuading her for a long time... This morning, I took the money while she wasn't paying attention, hoping to buy some medicine and snacks."
Liu Yilong's eyes were filled with tears, and his voice trembled.
"Two Master! We're here," Liu Yilong pointed to a row of thatched cottages ahead, with white lanterns hanging at both ends of the eaves, creating an eerie atmosphere. "Mother! I'm back! Mother!!"
"Fifi, did you smell that strange odor?"
"I did, brother Aragaki. It's really stinky..."
Saying that, the two entered the thatched cottage.
The interior of the house was in a state of disrepair, with not a single piece of furniture intact. Cobwebs clung to the corners of the walls, and two wooden plank beds were haphazardly placed in the hall.
Immediately, a foul stench hit them.
An elderly woman is lying on her side in bed, with her back to the door. Liu Yilong is kneeling in front of her.
"Mother... I'm back. I had an upsetting experience today. But with Master's help, everything was resolved. I'll make your medicine now, so rest well."
Liu Yilong turns and walks out of the room.
"Can't..." Ke Lingfei couldn't bear the stench and ran out of the thatched cottage before vomiting. Aragaki Nigaki smelled the foul odor coming from the elderly woman. He covered his mouth and nose, and cautiously approached. As soon as he saw, he was scared out of his wits!
The elderly woman's flesh was rotting, with a large opening in her chest and abdomen, exposing her internal organs and revealing glimpses of her bones. Her entire body was crawling with maggots, emitting a strong stench. It was impossible to tell how long she had been dead.
Aragaki Nigaki took a few steps back in fright, "Damn it!"
"Master, what are you doing?"
Liu Yilong appeared behind, with a deathly pale face and a sinister smile on his lips.
"Mother has already died... you!!"
"Master? What are you saying? My mother is resting in bed. Mother... the medicine is ready..."
Saying that, he walked to the bedside and helped the elderly woman to lean on him. He poured the medicine down her already ulcerated lips. A scalding hot medicinal soup sprayed out from the gaping wound in her chest, flushing out thousands of maggots from her body. They wriggled and crawled all over the wooden bed. Aragaki Nigaki also vomited with a "wow."
"Brother Aragaki, something's not right! The Emei Sect..." Ke Lingfei didn't finish her sentence before she saw hundreds of maggots sticking to the putrid, slippery corpse fluid, plopping to the ground with a splat. She retched again. "Liu Yilong! Come out!!" Aragaki Nigaki helped Ke Lingfei out of the house. Not far ahead, thirteen Emei female disciples glared angrily, brandishing their long swords.
"Who are you...?"
"Sister Qing! There's demonic energy!!"
The female disciple named Qing scrutinized the vomiting Aragaki Nigaki and exclaimed, "Where's Liu Yilong? What have you damn monsters done to him?!"
"Cough... he's in the room..." Aragaki Nigaki felt extremely uncomfortable, as if his internal organs were churning.
"Hmph! There have been reports of demons invading our Emei territory recently. I didn't expect to encounter them just in time. Sisters, the opportunity to achieve merit has arrived!"
Aragaki Nigaki and Ke Lingfei both condensed their spiritual power. The former formed a blade of air, while the latter summoned a Bone whip. The spiritual power surged around them, stirring up a fierce wind.
Ruoqing With a loud shout, the other six disciples formed two sword formations. Five of them formed a circle, while one stood as the formation's eye, each attacking one of the two monsters.
Aragaki Nigaki Just as they engaged, he realized that their spiritual levels were all below his own. Feeling confident, he was suddenly surrounded by the sword formations. Six long swords, infused with spiritual power, swirled around him, aiming straight for his vital points.
left grid He tried to counterattack, but as soon as he made a move, he found himself in a desperate situation. He had no choice but to defend and counter repeatedly, but instead of breaking the sword formations, he ended up trapped within them.
On the other side, Ke Lingfei was also the same. The six Emei disciples cooperated seamlessly, with one immediately filling in for another when a position was lost, making it impossible to find a gap in their formation.
Aragaki Nigaki became increasingly anxious, thinking to himself: "As a mage, what am I doing here playing with physical attacks?"
With that thought, The power of gods and demons surged, and he raised his palms high before slamming them heavily onto the ground. With a loud bang, the twelve Emei disciples were instantly sent flying by a massive spiritual shock, falling down one after another.
Ruoqing saw the situation and immediately drew his sword.
"Stop!!!" Aragaki Nigaki patted his chest, and the feeling of nausea subsided by half. "We are not here to attack the demons of Emei! In fact, I want to persuade them not to go to war. You've misunderstood!"
Ruoqing looked disdainful. "What? Are you joking? You won't help your own kind, yet you want to kindly persuade them to stop the war?"
"Senior Qing! Don't trust him! How could there be anything good about the demon race? That Wolf demon named Aragaki Nigaki killed two sect leaders and one elder. If it weren't for... cough... if it weren't for the disciple Xiao Yao of Shu Mountain betraying us to help them, how could they have survived the siege of the four immortals?!"
"Oh? Do you know me?"
"How could I not recognize you? Your portrait has long been circulated throughout Shenzhou!"
"Is he Aragaki Nigaki?"
As the crowd faced off, Liu Yilong stepped forward and shouted, "Keep it down, all of you! You're keeping my mother awake with all this noise!"
Everyone turned to look at Liu Yilong, only to see an elderly woman with gray hair and a wrinkled face standing behind him. Her eyes were lifeless, her expression was cold and stiff, and her feet were dangling in the air as her whole body floated in mid-air.
For a moment, streams of blood flowed from the seven orifices.
"Ghost! Ghost!!"
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