Chapter 343

Chapter 343: You Stab Me Once

[This guy’s temper is way too big. He doesn’t act like someone who could scheme in the dark for more than ten years. What kind of mastermind dies of anger this easily?]

If Ji Guang Dai were still alive, he would have jabbed a finger at her nose and cursed: “Fake! Keep pretending! Low-level formation? ‘Just break the formation core’? Are you even speaking human words?” He had tested that killing formation countless times. Not a hundred, then at least eighty experts died in it-some wiped out in an instant-including one demonic cultivator. Low-level or not, what he knew was this: ever since he got that killing formation, no one had ever reached the formation core alive, much less broken it.

Of course, even if he had cursed, Yu Zhi Yi would have had an answer. Even without her father and uncle guarding her, those impressive blades and hidden darts wouldn’t have harmed her at all. She valued her life, and she carried enough protective talismans and defensive magical artifacts that, even if the formation ran for half a month, it still wouldn’t scratch her.

Fortunately for his fragile heart, Ji Guang Dai was well and truly dead and couldn’t jump up to argue. Yu Zhi Yi, careful by nature, waited until she was sure before she walked over.

Having seen this once before, Jiang Yu Chuan instantly knew what his daughter meant to do and said: “Let me handle it.” This disgusting man wasn’t worth dirtying her hands.

Soon, Ji Guang Dai had been searched inside and out. Compared to most experts, he was oddly clean. Besides a small embroidered pouch and a jade pendant for show, only a single sword was worth noticing. Nothing else. Even the purse held only a dozen taels of broken silver. The only other item was a neatly folded piece of talisman paper.

Frowning in thought, Jiang Yu Chuan held up the slip and asked: “Jin’er, is this a spatial talisman?”

Yu Zhi Yi unfolded it, took one look, and said: “It is a spatial talisman.” With ease she wiped away Ji Guang Dai’s soul mark and poured everything out.

Ji Guang Dai was richer than the previous demonic cultivator-they counted five spirit stones, more than fifty sheets of talisman paper, a formation manual, a talisman tome, and a book on alchemy pills. The gold and silver alone piled into a small hill.

Even ignoring the spirit stones, the precious papers, and the manuals, the pure gold and silver looked worth tens of millions of taels. Clicking his tongue, Jiang Yu Chuan said: “Didn’t expect this guy to be so rich.”

Yu Zhi Yi wasn’t surprised and said: “Demonic cultivators love slaughter and robbery. Feeding themselves on others’ resources is their usual method. This money probably isn’t clean.”

As she spoke, her eyes swept the items again and she knitted her brows. Noticing the change, Jiang Yu Chuan asked: “What is it?”

Yu Zhi Yi hadn’t planned to say it out loud-she didn’t want to cause fear. But she quickly changed her mind. Her father and uncle weren’t the kind to hide behind others. They had the right to know and the skill to avoid danger. So she said: “That demonic cultivator we met before had a very terrifying hidden weapon. What was terrifying wasn’t the weapon itself, but the powerful spiritual energy someone had poured into it. You can think of spiritual energy like inner force, but stronger. It can also be sealed inside certain weapons. When danger comes, you release the hidden weapon, and the spiritual energy gets triggered. It can kill a strong enemy by surprise.” She looked down at Ji Guang Dai’s corpse and added: “I first thought that spiritual energy was stored by this person. But his level isn’t high. He couldn’t have stored something that strong.”

Jiang Yu Chuan’s face turned serious and he asked: “Jin’er, are you worried there’s another master on this mountain?”

Yu Zhi Yi nodded, then shook her head and said: “It’s possible, but I think it’s unlikely. My master once said many mystic arts schools and mystic sect clans keep a full inheritance. One of the most important things is the life tablet. A life tablet lets a clan or sect know whether their people are still alive. Powerful groups can even make life tablets that show health and injury. Sealing spiritual energy to protect someone is usually done only for very close ties-spouses, master and disciple, or parent and child. In such close bonds, word about a shattered life tablet reaches them fast. If that expert were nearby, he might have rushed here to kill us within days of the death. Since no one came, I guess he’s either in closed-door training or held up by something and hasn’t learned about the broken life tablet yet.” She drew a slow breath and finished: “Of course, there’s also the chance he just found us, has locked onto the killer, and is hiding somewhere right now-waiting for me to drop my guard so he can strike.”

Jiang Yu Chuan pulled out his long saber and said: “I’ll search.”

Jiang Yu Wei’s head was still a bit foggy, but that didn’t stop him from speaking up: “I’ll help. This area isn’t big. Your dad and I are fast. We can turn this place inside out.”

Yu Zhi Yi hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said: “Better if I go. If the person really is on the mountain, first, you two aren’t his match. Second, people from a mystic sect have ways to hide themselves. You might not notice anything.”

Jiang Yu Wei fell silent. As a pillar of the Martial Alliance, he’d only ever been told “not enough” by his own big brother; now even his niece said it. He still had a tiny spark of rivalry with his brother-after all, even if his brother was stronger, he was still within the realm of ‘human.’ But his niece already had methods close to immortal. In that unfamiliar field, he knew his own limits and decided not to drag her down.

Not quite at ease, Yu Zhi Yi handed each man a defensive jade pendant. Jiang Yu Chuan winced in pain at the thought of the cost and said: “I already have one, and it still has several uses left. You keep it.”

“It’s fine; I have plenty,” Yu Zhi Yi said. “And if I run low, I can make more.” A few days ago, Eldest Young Master Song had sent over a lot of jade, many pieces full of rich spiritual energy.

Seeing his daughter so open and matter-of-fact, Jiang Yu Chuan accepted the pendant.

After Yu Zhi Yi had been gone for a while, Jiang Yu Wei suddenly turned to his younger brother and said: “Second, stab me once.”

Jiang Yu Chuan blinked and said: “?”