Chapter 1510: 20.74 First Black Star - Meng Ruyi (2)
Sect Master Meng Ruyi went inside the said cursed mansion where disciples Gou Roulan and Shi Mengli used to live when they were still alive. At first, the front yard of the mansion was so clean that there wasn't even a yin qi lingering over a cursed place.
The sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, Meng Ruyi, finally stepped inside the house and felt that the temperature inside the mansion had dropped a lot. She shivered uncontrollably, as this was a coldness not caused by a normal drop in temperature but by Yin Qi.
Meng Ruyi walks around the mansion while rubbing her arm and finally reaches the room where Gou Roulan and Shi Mengli had died. When she opened the door to the said room, she was welcomed by a room filled with darkness. It seems to be a miasma, which can only be found in the Netherworld.
There she watched the scene of Gou Roulan and Shi Mengli's soul being tortured by the black fog. She started with what she had seen. She didn't expect things to be like this. Even after death, the two disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect were being tortured in such a way.
The souls of Gou Roulan and Shi Mengli noticed her arrival and, with blood-red eyes and trails of blood tears on their faces, reached their hands towards the sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect Master, Meng Ruyi.
{S-Save us~ Please... Kill us...}
{It's painful... Too painful!!!! }
The two ladies begged the sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect Master. Sadly, Meng Ruyi is horribly terrified by the sight and runs out without looking back. The mammas in the room didn't block her and let her run.
As soon as Meng Ruyi reached the outside of the gate, she fell asleep on the ground, ignoring the pain in her legs, and her complexion was pale while covered in cold sweat. She was out of breath after running for her life. This fatigue wasn't due to her running around but instead because of the great fear that struck her.
Pants~
"W-What the hell happened in that place!? How can their souls be tortured even after death? No, this is... I recalled an event similar to this... That's right! The late Ancestor of the Evil Faction!
He loves to torture his target even after death! That devil is still alive!?" mumbles Meng Ruyi.
The other people who had witnessed Meng Ruyi run out of the cursed mansion were stunned. They didn't expect this gorgeous lady to come out alive. Even the caretaker who was peeking from next door couldn't believe what just happened.
But thinking about it, it seems that everyone who had entered that mansion came out running as if they had seen something terrifying, and that's how the mansion was deemed cursed.
Murmuring in the surroundings was heard by Sect Master Meng Ruyi.
"Another one that was forced out of the mansion."
"Maybe there is indeed something impure in that mansion. How scary~"
"There should be. Thinking how those two ladies died in a state they couldn't even close their eyes to in death, just what the hell is inside."
"Who the hell would come to check? Everyone who had seen what was inside didn't dare to speak a word."
"They said it was as if something was restraining their voice and prevented them from telling what was inside."
"How scary! That mansion is truly haunted!"
After calming down, the sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, Meng Ruyi, stood up from the ground and removed the dust from her. Meng Ruyi only looked at the mansion one last time before asking around the direction of the Anjia Village.
Meng Ruyi was surprised when the people she asked for directions all looked at her with sympathetic eyes.
"Lady, are you going to propose marriage as well?"
"Listen to us and give up!"
"Lord Wang isn't the type to accept just anyone who threw themselves on him. Those who forced themselves into his life all ended up miserable."
"You cannot blame Lord Wang. Those females and girls didn't know their place and wanted to use the strategy of eating the rice raw and ended up in such a state."
"Who would like it if you sneak into someone else's house and lay on his bed naked? Lord Wang is a good man, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a temper."
"I know right? He threw all those shameless females and ger who sneak into his bedroom naked on the road even in the middle of the night. He was merciless!"
"But isn't he a man? Can't he just indulge himself?"
"Nonsense. Do you not see how beautiful that ger that lives with him is? Though there aren't any marriages yet, it can be said that they are indeed a couple."
"That's right. I saw them playing in the farm like all young couples do!"
The sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, Meng Ruyi, listened to the exchange of words of the locals before her. She only wanted to ask for direction, but these mortals told her everything that was happening in the Anjia Village.
Meng Ruyi tried to send a bait to get the information she wanted to learn.
"I heard that the Great General appeared in Anjia Village. Is this true?" The sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect asked.
The locals looked at her for a bit and thought for a moment until they recalled Lou Wuye, who would sometimes appear in the Anjia Village wearing expensive armor and robes.
"Oh! Are you talking about that man?"
"Is it the handsome lad wearing a nice pair of armor and robes? Even his horse was quite powerful."
"So, he is a great general?"
"Impossible! That land kneels before Lord Wang. He might be a soldier that serves Lord Wang."
"Indeed, Lord Wang is too rich. It's normal to have that kind of strong person as a guard."
It was at this moment that Meng Ruyi knew that she had found what she was looking for and smiled. Those men in the crowd were lovestruck. Only when Meng Ruyi took her leave did the locals resume their usual duties. It's alright to gossip from time to time, but it's not good to be lazy with work.
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At the Anjia Village...
As soon as Meng Ruyi, the sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, entered the village, countless pairs of unfriendly gazes had fallen on her. She was only stunned for a moment and recalled the news of ladies and gentlemen being thrown out on the road naked by Lord Wang.
Thinking that these mortals might hinder her, she decides to use an illusion so she would be treated as a member of the village. She cast a wide-range illusion spell on the whole of Anjia Village. This village isn't that big, and only a dozen houses can be found inside. Thus, the illusion spell took effect as soon as it was cast.
The God of Void and the Holy Son, who were practicing calligraphy, suddenly looked outside as they noticed an illusion spell affecting the whole village. Holy Son, An Juejing wanted to cancel the illusion and wake up all the villagers affected by it but was stopped by Wang Xiajie.
"Don't. The villagers are all mortals. It would affect them badly if they were hit with two techniques at the same time," said the God of Void.
Holy Son An Juejing said, "What about the villagers? Aren't they in danger?"
"This is only a spell that casts an illusion that one is a part of this village. The caster doesn't have the intention of harming them and just feels they will be in a way and does this," said Wang Xiajie.
The holy son of the Profound Sect said, "So, it's a righteous cultivator. Are they here for you?"
"There is only me in such a small village," said the God of Void. "It seems that our calligraphy lesson will have to halt for now."
"I'm going down with you. I want to see who this great cultivator is," the Holy Son An Juejing said.
The God of Void smiled a bit and said, "We will do as you wish."
The two of them cleaned up the table and changed clothes before going down to see the uninvited guest who forced his/her way into the village in such an extravagant manner.
In the living room, Wang Xiajie waited while An Juejing went to the kitchen to get some snacks as he suddenly got hungry after practicing calligraphy this whole morning.
Wang Xiajie sat in the living room holding a cup of black coffee when suddenly Meng Ruyi appeared in his mansion. The arrival of such a gorgeous lady would cause all men to look at her as if they were lovestruck.
But it's different for the God of Void; he only sees her as something disgusting. He never entertained any men or women who were attracted to him except for his wife. They only see them as people who don't know their place and people who deserve a beating.
Before going down from the second floor, Wang Xiajie and An Juejing used an illusion to make themselves ugly. Face with scars, large nose, and all. They wanted to disgust this uninvited guest. As expected when the sect master of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, Meng Ruyi, looked around and saw the ugly face of Wang Xiajie, which was deliberately made to look disgusting.
Scars all over his face, looking like a greasy, fat uncle.
When Meng Ruyi saw the fat, greasy uncle sitting on the couch holding a cup that looked smaller thanks to his fat hands, she frowned almost immediately. A look of disgust appeared on her face, and she didn't even control it well.
Wang Xiajie didn't mind her expression and asked, "Why have you come to this small village and cast an illusion in this place?"
"You know that I did it?" asked Meng Ruyi.
She didn't expect such a deep and alluring voice to come from such a fat man. She focused her qi in her eyes, trying to see through the man in front of him, and as expected. This was not a real fat man but a man with perfect body proportions.
Meng Ruyi wanted to see through this man's face, but unfortunately, as if a fog was blocking her eyes, she couldn't see through this strange fog to see this man's real face.