Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 1056: Ghost Emperor of the Five Directions: Miss Qin summons, how dare I not come!

Chapter 1056: Chapter 1056: Ghost Emperor of the Five Directions: Miss Qin summons, how dare I not come!

Qin Ruan’s eyes, dazzling in the dark night, were fixed on Cai Yongliang as he made a startling statement, "The Qiongqi has a life’s passion for alcohol, the Taotie craves food and lust, the Hundun embodies slaughter, and the Taowu has a thirst for battle, its combat power being one of the strongest among the ancient beasts."

Cai Yongliang’s eyes widened in disbelief as he said, "Where did Madam Huo come up with that conclusion?"

Pointing to her temple, Qin Ruan said with a smile, "From here."

The information had inexplicably popped into her mind.

Seeing the villagers of Peach Blossom Town departing in the distance, Qin Ruan said in a deep voice, "They’re getting away, let’s follow them!"

Cai Yongliang really wanted to hold her back for a thorough questioning.

Looking at Huo Zhi and Lin Hao, who were closely following Qin Ruan, he finally dropped the idea.

Both men were from the Huo Family’s Hidden Guard, arranged by Master Huo to assist Qin Ruan.

If they returned to the Capital City and complained about him to Master Huo, making things difficult for him, the Tianxing Team could also end up suffering because of it.

Over the years, the Tianxing Team had largely been supported by the Huo Family financially, and he couldn’t afford to lose the greater for the lesser.

Cai Yongliang weighed the pros and cons and resigned himself to catch up.

Qin Ruan and her party followed the townsfolk of Peach Blossom Town to the mountaintop, where, illuminated by firelight, the summit was bright as day.

Mayor Zhao stood on a hastily constructed sacrificial platform, arranged with chickens, ducks, fish, and meat, as well as two pigs.

Facing a narrow cave ahead, he murmured, "Oh fairy of Peach Blossoms, the entire village of Peach Blossom Town comes to worship you and offers a maiden to you, praying that you will protect the villagers of Peach Blossom Town."

After finishing his chant, Mayor Zhao bowed three times to the cave, which only a child could enter.

The villagers behind him also knelt on the ground, shouting out loud.

"Pray for the fairy of Peach Blossoms’ protection!"

"Pray for the fairy of Peach Blossoms’ protection!"

Their voices were deafening, echoing through the entire mountain.

Suddenly turning around, Mayor Zhao summoned a strong man named Dali with a gesture, "Bring Ahong up here."

Dali stood up, picked up his daughter, who was tied up and gagged, casually thrown on the ground, and walked straight toward the sacrificial platform.

Mayor Zhao pointed to the center, between the two pigs, and directed Dali, "Put her there."

Dali responded with an "Mhm" and tossed Ahong onto the sacrificial platform like a lifeless object.

His aim was not bad; with a casual throw, he tossed his daughter between the two pigs.

Mayor Zhao and the others did not leave; instead, they stood still, their faces filled with reverence as they gazed at the cave before them.

Seeing the girl on the sacrificial platform struggling feebly with her limbs bound, Qin Ruan recalled her earlier plea to go back to school and anger surged from the bottom of her heart.

Did these people even understand what they were doing, taking a good student and bringing them to harm like this?

This was the sin of creating evil karma, of sowing vile seeds!

Witnessing such a sham of a sacrificial ritual for the first time, Cai Yongliang lowered his voice and asked Qin Ruan, "What are they waiting for?"

"Who the hell knows!" Qin Ruan replied irritably.

Her tone was laced with anger toward the villagers of Peach Blossom Town, her eyes continuously focused on the girl named Ahong, as she contemplated how to save her first.

The last thing she wanted was for Ahong to get caught in the crossfire if Qiongqi were to appear and a battle ensued.

Knowing she was worried about the girl on the platform, Cai Yongliang reassured her, "Don’t worry, as soon as Qiongqi appears, I will protect her immediately."

Hearing this, Qin Ruan visibly relaxed and explained, "That girl is pretty sharp, one of the few clear-headed people in the village."

"Who?!"

Suddenly, a villager at the back of the procession, hearing a rustle in the forest behind him, shouted loudly.

Mayor Zhao and the others turned their heads, staring at the pitch-black Peach Blossom Forest.

Qin Ruan and Cai Yongliang exchanged a glance, not expecting to be discovered so soon.

It wasn’t like they had done much; they had kept their voices low, so as not to be overheard.

But now that they had been spotted, they no longer hid and began to emerge slowly.

However, just at that moment, the trees in the Peach Blossom Forest behind them shook violently, and swathes of peach blossoms ascended into the void, forming a vast and beautiful sea of flowers.

"The fairy of Peach Blossoms has manifested!"

"It’s the fairy of Peach Blossoms!"

"The fairy really has shown herself!"

The villagers of Peach Blossom Town, witnessing this scene, erupted in excitement and some even cried out in their elation.

Qin Ruan and Cai Yongliang, who had just been about to emerge, now found themselves in an awkward position.

Turns out it was all a misunderstanding; they hadn’t actually been discovered.

Qin Ruan looked up at the multicolored sea of peach blossoms swirling in the sky, her brow furrowing slightly, as she sensed a strange energy entwined within it.

As the sea of flowers surged toward the villagers of Peach Blossom Town, and she could no longer contain herself from stepping forward.

Qin Ruan, with a golden whip engraved with the pattern of otherworldly flowers in hand, rushed toward the blooming sea flying at the villagers.

As it was about to touch the first villager, whose face was filled with excitement and anticipation, Qin Ruan made her move.

She raised her golden whip and with a fierce strike, she cleaved through the oddly pulsating sea of flowers.

The entire sky of blossoms instantly lost their levitating force, petals drifting down, a rain of flowers falling like a picturesque scene.

However, the villagers of Peach Blossom Town looked at Qin Ruan with eyes filled with hatred, as though they wished to kill her then and there.

Seeing Qin Ruan take action, Cai Yongliang, along with Huo Zhi and Lin Hao, did not stand idle either.

Cai Yongliang and Lin Hao rushed toward the sacrificial platform to save the girl named Ahong.

Huo Zhi approached Qin Ruan, holding two weapons in her hands, pointing them directly at the angry villagers of Peach Blossom Town.

Seeing Qin Ruan and her companions come out to create a disturbance, Village Chief Zhao trembled with rage and pointed at Qin Ruan, angrily saying, "How dare you disrupt the sacrificial ceremony? This is an offense against the Peach Blossom fairy. Everybody, drive them out!"

The people of Peach Blossom Town were already enraged. Hearing the village chief’s order, they surged toward Qin Ruan.

"Bang!"

A gunshot.

Huo Zhi lowered her arm, which she had raised into the air, and pointed the smoking weapon at the stunned crowd.

She shouted fiercely, "I’d like to see who dares to move!"

Stamping his foot, Village Chief Zhao, flustered and out of his senses, yelled at the people below the platform: "The Peach Blossom fairy is enraged, and we’ll all be implicated!

Don’t be afraid of them! Even if we die, we’ll drag them down with us! Killing them wouldn’t be too much; let’s do it! Attack! Beat them to death as an apology to the Peach Blossom fairy!"

Hearing that the Peach Blossom fairy would punish them, all the villagers were furious, their eyes bloodshot.

One of the burly men, ignoring the gun in Huo Zhi’s hand, charged at them.

"Charge!"

"Kill them!"

"Fight! Apologize to the Peach Blossom fairy!"

Everyone went mad, recklessly rushing toward Qin Ruan and Huo Zhi.

At this moment, Huo Zhi dared not shoot.

The villagers in front of her might be ignorant and foolish, but they were all living beings, not inherently evil people.

If the ones standing before her were unforgivable criminals, Huo Zhi could turn them into sieves, but they were not; they were but deceived fools.

Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, Qin Ruan pulled Huo Zhi behind her and set up a barrier around their area.

The villagers had already pounced, and the few strong men in the front hit the barrier and staggered back, clutching their heads and staring at Qin Ruan and Huo Zhi with eyes filled with fright.

"Demons, demons!"

"What are you? What kind of evil technique is this?!"

The other injured people also looked terrified, all of them crying out in shock.

They regarded Qin Ruan as if she were a demon, retreating from her one after another.

Nether Divine Power surged around Qin Ruan, the golden glow growing more intense.

She stood amid the holy light, like a born ruler, her sharp gaze looking down on the villagers of Peach Blossom Town.

While everyone kept their distance, Qin Ruan looked down on them from her superior height, imperiously saying, "I am a God! A divine envoy who walks the Mortal World, capturing evil spirits!

Peach Blossom Town has never had a Peach Blossom fairy; it’s merely an ancient beast lingering in this place. It harms every plant and tree here and even the soil beneath your feet is losing its vitality day by day!"

Qin Ruan’s delicate fox-like eyes slightly raised, as if she were scorning all creatures before her.

Her gaze was indescribably cold, her whole body releasing a powerful aura that made people dread, even a casual glance from her cool eyes emanated an intimidating majesty.

"Nonsense!"

Village Chief Zhao did not believe her at all. He stepped down from the sacrificial platform and strode toward Qin Ruan, "You are the demon that has come to destroy our Peach Blossom Village!"

He picked up a clod of earth from the ground, unbelievingly, and threw it at Qin Ruan.

However, the clod was deflected by the barrier and hit Village Chief Zhao instead.

The old man was knocked over by the impact and sat down hard on the ground; the village chief’s eldest son rushed over.

"Dad, are you all right?!"

Qin Ruan coldly regarded Village Chief Zhao and the surrounding villagers, her domineering presence fully revealed: "Since you do not believe, allow me to show you what Divine Power is, what it means for Yin Soldiers to suppress, and what a true demon is!"

She quickly formed hand seals, and with slightly parted red lips, she chanted, "By the command of the Ghost Emperor Beitai, the decree to slay ghosts and gods, the gods of the Netherworld are all at my disposal—Yin Soldiers of Fengdu, come swiftly! Emperor Beitai of the Northern Netherworld, heed the order urgently like law!"

Every word uttered by Qin Ruan’s cool voice echoed in the ears of everyone on the mountaintop.

A gust of wind blew across the mountaintop, a chilly cold wind blasting in waves.

The torches in the hands of the villagers were extinguished by the Evil Qi brought by the Netherworld, plunging the entire mountain into darkness.

A dense thudding of heavy footsteps arose, as if a mighty army were rushing forth from the darkness.

The sound sent chills down everyone’s spine.

In the darkness, only the golden light surrounding Qin Ruan illuminated the small area she was in.

Countless shadows surged forward from the darkness, standing tall before Qin Ruan.

These shadows, thick with Evil Qi and the scent of death, their features too vague to distinguish, had an aura of Evil Qi even more fearsome than the Netherworld’s Puppet Envoys.

"Chu Zifeng, one of the Five Directional Ghost Emperors, pays respect to Miss Qin!"

"The soldiers of Fengdu pay respect to Miss Qin!"

It was Chu Zifeng himself who had personally led over a hundred Yin Soldiers from Fengdu.

Qin Ruan turned her astonished gaze to Chu Zifeng—a tall and lean figure dressed in a white robe with raven-black hair casually draped over his shoulders, surrounded by an air of celestial grace.

Curious, she asked, "How come you are here?"

A slight smile graced Chu Zifeng’s fair and handsome features, his lips curling up lazily as he replied, "Miss Qin summoned me; how could I dare to disobey."

Though he said so, he thought to himself: It was a good thing he came, or else who knows what chaos would have ensued.