Chapter 50: RUA!
Slap, slap, slap…
The corpses emitted an indescribable smell as they burned in the flames.
Luohe, still inside Su Huanhuan’s body, dispersed the spiritual energy forming the Autumn Lady Sword and fell into thought as he looked at her delicate jade hand.
He wasn’t thinking about anything else, just surprised at how quickly he had adapted to a new body…
Su Huanhuan’s body was really handy to use.
Even better, because she was short enough, some moves that would normally require slightly lowering his position to dodge didn’t need adjustment at all.
Indeed, for a swordsman, being shorter was actually beneficial…
“Hey, how long do you plan to stay in my body?”
Su Huanhuan’s own voice sounded from within.
After Luohe took control of her body, her soul had been pushed to her spiritual platform, staying with that black lotus flower.
Looking inside, Luohe could see a miniature Su Huanhuan floating in front of him, tapping on his field of vision.
“Don’t rush, let me look a bit more.”
“What’s there to look at?!”
“Hmm…”
Unable to figure it out for the moment, Luohe could only temporarily attribute it to having especially good compatibility with Su Huanhuan.
“But you’re really impressive. Even though you’re using a woman’s body, it doesn’t affect your performance at all.”
“I don’t feel much different from before.”
“…What do you mean?”
Luohe looked down, hmm, seeing just the toe of the shoe.
Clearly, she had misunderstood his meaning.
However, Luohe wouldn’t specifically explain this.
He gathered his spirit and left Su Huanhuan’s body.
Su Huanhuan’s expression flickered for a moment, then immediately regained clarity.
By now twilight had fallen, and the entire bamboo grove was filled with the smell of blood and scorching.
Luohe didn’t like this smell in the bamboo grove.
But he had no ability to deal with the corpses now.
So he looked expectantly at Su Huanhuan, who was collecting something from the bodies.
“I’m removing the marks from these people so they won’t find me again right away… why are you looking at me like that?”
“Help me deal with the corpses.”
“Can’t we just throw them in the river?”
“No.”
That river could become my mother.
“…I never realized you were such a troublesome person before.”
Su Huanhuan sighed, took out a small bottle from her body, and poured it over the corpses.
“Fine, fine, in a while these people will become fertilizer for this place. Satisfied now?”
“Yes.”
Luohe nodded.
“Stay here and don’t move. I’m going over there for a moment. I’ll be right back.”
Su Huanhuan watched Luohe walk toward the other side of the bamboo grove, recalled their conversation just now… and suddenly felt like laughing.
What had seemed like a life-or-death situation had suddenly disappeared.
Someone she thought had died had suddenly appeared before her.
Acting as if they had only been apart for two days.
She savored Luohe’s face and voice in her mind, crouched down, and watched his retreating figure with her head tilted and a smile.
That should be his true appearance and voice, right? Indeed an extraordinary fox…
Ah.
Su Huanhuan suddenly remembered something very important.
Gu Jing was also in this city.
Damn, what a coincidence?!
…
As for Luohe who had walked aside, he naturally had something to do.
During the battle earlier, he had sensed that someone else had mingled in, someone with whom he had a brief acquaintance.
As for why he avoided Su Huanhuan, it wasn’t for any complex reason.
For her own safety, she would definitely want as few people as possible to know her whereabouts.
It wouldn’t be surprising if she wanted to eliminate this curious blockhead.
Luohe didn’t doubt Su Huanhuan would have such thoughts, just that she might not show it in front of him.
So, he had to deal with this unfortunate little one himself.
He walked to a densely wooded part of the bamboo grove, clearly hearing the sound of someone holding their breath.
Luohe didn’t bother playing hide-and-seek. He passed directly through the bamboo, and amid a muffled cry of surprise, caught the girl.
It was the bamboo-shoot-gathering girl he had met coming down the mountain a few days ago.
Now her eyes and trembling limbs were crawling with fear.
“Don’t, don’t… don’t kill me…”
Liu Miao’s teeth chattered as she curled up on the ground, pleading softly.
She had seen very clearly earlier how this ghost had possessed that woman, then slashed those seemingly powerful people to death with ease.
If only she hadn’t been tempted. Provoked by the girls at the flower shop, she had wanted to gather winter bamboo shoots for braised meat… thinking that since her last encounter with this ghost hadn’t harmed her.
Now she had stumbled upon a scene of a fierce ghost killing people.
Liu Miao, you fool, are you a panda or something…
Looking at the girl trembling like a sieve before him, Luohe tilted his head, thinking she wouldn’t be able to go back by herself for a while and needed some reassurance.
So Luohe crouched down and looked at her.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m a good ghost.”
“…”
The girl timidly opened her eyes, swallowed, and then tentatively said:
“But, but you just killed people…”
“…”
This silly girl, wouldn’t it be better to just go along with what I said and comfort herself before quickly leaving? What’s the point of arguing?
“You’re right, I was lying just now. I’m a bad ghost, and now I’m going to kill you and suck out your soul.”
“No, no, please…”
“You’d better not tell anyone about today. I may not kill you, but that sister over there is a bad woman.”
“If she came instead, you’d probably lose your life immediately. Understand?”
“Oh, oh…”
After Luohe’s patient explanation, Liu Miao calmed down somewhat and nodded with apparent understanding.
“Is that your sister? She looks younger than me…”
“You’re welcome to say that to her face if you’re brave enough.”
“I don’t want to…”
Liu Miao gradually got up from the ground and looked at the talkative male ghost in front of her.
“…”
“…?”
Luohe habitually tilted his head looking at her.
And Liu Miao’s face turned red under his gaze.
Tsk, tsk…
In her heart, she condemned herself for such thoughts at a time like this.
Although those powerful cultivators dressed in black with sinister techniques didn’t seem like good people either, Liu Miao was at least clear on the principle that those who kill bad people aren’t necessarily good people themselves.
“You, you said that sister is a bad woman, but, you were the one killing people just now…”
“Rua!”
“Waaah!!”
This clueless girl finally decided to start running.
Watching her retreating figure, Luohe pulled two bamboo shoots from the ground and precisely threw them into her basket.
Liu Miao felt something land in her basket, but had no time to check what it was, continuing to run back toward Xianfeng City without looking back.
Though their interaction was brief, Luohe found the girl quite cute.
A reward.
Luohe satisfied, patted his non-existent physical hands and gradually walked back.
Over there, Su Huanhuan, who had been recovering as quickly as possible, opened her eyes to watch this ghost figure emerging from the darkness.
“Hello, twice-dead little mute. Welcome back.”
She sat on the ground clutching her chest, with beads of sweat dripping from her forehead, clearly enduring some kind of pain.
She forced herself to take a deep breath to suppress the pain and smiled at Luohe:
“I think we’ll both have many stories to share tonight, don’t you agree?”