Chapter 370

Chapter 370: Is This a Bowl of Blood? It Is a Basin of Blood!
Lan Zi Yu seemed to see hope. He scrambled forward on hands and knees and hugged Fang Cheng Lang’s lower leg, his voice filled with grief as he cried: “First Senior Brother, we have known each other for many years. I have always treated you like my own elder brother! Can you really bear to watch me die?”

Fang Cheng Lang lowered his head to look at the hands clinging tightly to him, and the scene of Lan Zi Yu first entering the sect gate flashed before his eyes.

When Lan Zi Yu joined the sect, he was not yet seven. He was clearly afraid, but he still forced himself to act like a little lord, while Fang Cheng Lang at that time was only a few years older than him.

After Master Qing Yan accepted him as a disciple, he no longer cared about him. Fang Cheng Lang could only shoulder the duty of a senior brother, keeping Lan Zi Yu by his side and taking care of him in every way.

For a long time, the two of them went everywhere together and were very close.

But later…

Lan Zi Yu begged in a hoarse voice: “First Senior Brother, First Senior Brother, help me one more time, just this last time!”

A look of struggle flashed in Fang Cheng Lang’s eyes.

It was not that he did not want to help Lan Zi Yu. He simply had no face to ask Yu Zhao for medicine.

They still had not repaid what they owed Yu Zhao, so how could they ask her for more?

Fang Cheng Lang thought for a moment and said: “Zi Yu, I will not just stand by and watch you die.”

Fang Cheng Lang did not agree directly. Instead, he said this vague line.

Lan Zi Yu thought Fang Cheng Lang had been persuaded and was overjoyed. He said: “First Senior Brother, I knew you would not ignore me.”

Fang Cheng Lang said: “You should rest well and wait for my news.”

Lan Zi Yu answered at once: “Alright, alright.”

After Fang Cheng Lang helped Lan Zi Yu back to bed, he finally took his leave.

As soon as he left the area of Lan Zi Yu’s cave dwelling, the calm on his face shattered at once.

He frowned and stood there thinking for a long time. In the end, he gave up on going to the Main Peak and instead turned to look for Cui Jue.

He did not go to Cui Jue’s cave but headed straight to the Herb Garden halfway up the mountain.

During this period, Cui Jue had been living in the Herb Garden, tending the herbs and neglecting his cultivation.

When he arrived, Cui Jue was bent over, trimming a Spirit Plant with the same focus he used to have while doing alchemy.

Fang Cheng Lang called softly: “Ah Jue.”

Cui Jue did not even lift his head. Only after he cut off the last extra leaf did he give a slight nod in Fang Cheng Lang’s direction.

Fang Cheng Lang said quietly: “Ye Cong Xin is not dead.”

Cui Jue was shocked. His grip tightened without him noticing, and he crushed the scissors into a piece of scrap metal.

Fang Cheng Lang went on: “Lan Zi Yu was bewitched by her. His fortune has drained badly, and he already shows signs of being beyond saving.”

Cui Jue’s lips curled in a mocking smile.

He had long expected Lan Zi Yu to end up like this. Cui Jue thought: [He brought this on himself.]

Fang Cheng Lang tried to persuade him and said: “Ah Jue, I know you blame him, but the one we should hate most is Ye Cong Xin! She used fake death to escape. She must still be out there causing trouble. We cannot let her keep running free!”

When Cui Jue heard this, he understood why Fang Cheng Lang had come.

He threw away the piece of metal in his hand and said coldly: “I will go with you.”

As long as Ye Cong Xin was alive, he would never be able to face Little Zhao.

Fang Cheng Lang nodded and said: “Good. Get ready. We will set off in one hour.”

Cui Jue reminded him: “Call Su Ming to come with us too. He has good luck. With him, it will be easier to find Ye Cong Xin.”

Fang Cheng Lang felt this made sense. After agreeing on a time with Cui Jue, he went to look for Su Ming.

Su Ming was not in his cave either.

When Fang Cheng Lang found him, he was in a small tavern in the Five Elements Market, dead drunk.

When he saw Fang Cheng Lang, he blinked his bleary eyes and called out: “First Senior Brother, come sit. You are lucky today. This fine wine took the shopkeeper fifty years to brew. I begged him for a long time before he was willing to let me have one jar.”

Fang Cheng Lang stepped forward, grabbed Su Ming by the collar, and said: “Come with me.”

He then started dragging him out.

Su Ming hugged the wine jar with one hand and the table with the other and shouted: “I am not going! I want to drink!”

But his struggle could not stop Fang Cheng Lang’s resolve to take him away.

His body was dragged along by Fang Cheng Lang, and the table he clung to moved with him. Cups and plates clattered to the ground.

Fang Cheng Lang said to the tavern: “Everything broken today will go on my tab.”

He tossed down a High-grade Spirit Stone, then dragged Su Ming away along with the table and wine jar.

The tavern’s shopkeeper held the Spirit Stone, smiling so wide his teeth showed, and still called from the doorway: “Welcome, you two, come again next time!”

By the time Su Ming was dragged back to Lone Moon Peak by Fang Cheng Lang, he was mostly sober.

He grumbled unhappily: “First Senior Brother, I did not provoke you. Why are you messing with me?”

Fang Cheng Lang said: “Ye Cong Xin is not dead. I will give you half an hour to sober up. When you are sober, we will set out at once and weed her out completely.”

Su Ming shuddered, scrambled up from the ground, and stammered: “She, she is not dead? Impossible! I saw with my own eyes that her heart was pierced when she died! Her blood even splashed on my face at the time! She cannot still be alive!”

Fang Cheng Lang said: “Ye Cong Xin is a Malevolent Spirit.”

Su Ming was struck speechless.

Fang Cheng Lang urged him: “Hurry up. We will depart at once!”

Su Ming answered: “Okay!”

Su Ming did not even have time to ask where Fang Cheng Lang got this news. He rushed back in a panic to pack his things.

In his heart, he thought: [First Senior Brother would not lie to me. Since he says Ye Cong Xin is still alive, then she must really still be alive! What happened in the last life will very likely happen again! I have to stop all of this!]

The three senior brothers rarely agreed so well. As soon as the time came, they hurried out of the sect gates.