My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 64: Zhao Kongchuang, Dead! (Two-in-One Subscription Request)

"Sister, isn't this place too run-down?" Yang Xiaohuan walked along the mountain path, surveying her surroundings and muttered, "In the mountains far away from residential areas, there isn't even a trace of natural energy."

"What did you expect?" Qiao Xin, who was walking ahead, chuckled. "The natural energy in most counties is quite thin. This place is considered good. In the bay we passed by earlier, there was at least some natural energy."

"But it's also interesting. According to the local Martial Master, the underwater caves in that bay are connected to each other. When the river water stirs slightly, whirlpools will form, and ordinary people who fall in will die without a doubt."

"But the caves are filled with natural crystals of different colors. Even without abundant natural energy, the glow of the crystals can illuminate every cave."

"With the presence of natural energy, the glow of the crystals becomes even more dazzling, making the river water colorful."

"That is indeed interesting." Yang Xiaohuan giggled. "When I first arrived this morning and saw the colorful river surface, I was amazed!"

"It's just that there are too many people on the shore, which ruins the viewing atmosphere. If there were no other people, just the few of us, even if we didn't gain anything, we could still enjoy the beautiful scenery. Sister, you and Senior Brother Chen might develop a closer relationship."

"What do you mean by a closer relationship? Aren't we just simple senior siblings?" Qiao Xin's face blushed slightly as she reprimanded.

"Oh, right, right, senior siblings, we are all senior siblings." Yang Xiaohuan chuckled.

"You've had enough, little girl." Qiao Xin stopped and looked around, then turned to look at Yang Xiaohuan. "Let's stop here. You go first, I'll watch over you, and then we'll switch."

"Okay, thank you, Sister~"

Yang Xiaohuan hopped and ran towards a patch of waist-high grass not far away, and walked to the bottom of a lush tree.

After looking around in all directions, making sure no one was around, she untied her belt and squatted down...

"Sister, when did you and Senior Brother Chen start to have feelings for each other?"

Yang Xiaohuan hummed and shouted in a crisp voice.

"Isn't it you who has feelings for me?" Qiao Xin replied from outside the bushes, not in a good mood.

"Hehe..." Yang Xiaohuan chuckled lightly. "Sister, stop pretending. We all saw it a long time ago. I think after we go back this time, you should ask Master for permission to marry. It's tiring for you two to keep avoiding suspicion and hiding. It's not just you who's tired, we're tired too."

"I don't feel like talking to you."

Qiao Xin turned to the wide river surface in the distance.

The refracted light from the underwater made the entire water surface dazzling and colorful.

Rustle~

A strange sound came from behind.

"So fast, is it done?" Qiao Xin blurted out, then slowly turned around.

However, only halfway through the turn, she smelled a strange odor.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy and weak.

"Li..."

Before she could finish saying a word, her vision went black and she lost consciousness.

A man with a pale face and a lewd look embraced her from behind, his mouth wide open.

"Don't worry, it's not over so soon. I will slowly make you suffer."

With a low, eerie laugh, the man held Qiao Xin and was about to fly away into the distance.

Bang!

A muffled sound.

Without any warning, the man felt a pain in the back of his neck and fell into a coma, collapsing backwards.

Along with him, Qiao Xin in his arms also fell down.

However, the moment they touched the ground, a hand gently caught the man and silently placed him on the ground.

Chen Wuji picked up Qiao Xin, placed her aside, and lightly stepped on the ground, flying away with the man.

In the grass.

After a while, Yang Xiaohuan stood up, giggling as she walked out. "Sister, you don't have to feel embarrassed, really. Don't underestimate me just because I'm young, I understand this thing called love very well... Huh, where is Sister?"

The next moment, she saw Qiao Xin lying on the ground and was startled, then hurriedly ran over.

"Sister, what happened to you!"

...

Clap clap clap!

In a dense forest far away from the river bay.

Chen Wuji raised his hand and slapped the pale-faced ghost without hesitation, forcefully waking him up.

"Who... who are you?"

The pale-faced ghost, with a swollen and pale face, woke up from his daze and said sternly, "You... you want to die..."

Buzz~

An invisible spiritual thought penetrated directly into his brain.

The words of the pale-faced ghost came to a halt, his whole body trembling. After struggling for two breaths, he lost his resistance and his eyes became dull and numb.

"Tell me, what is your real name? Which one of the pale-faced ghost, red-faced ghost, and green-faced ghost is closest to you? What are their real names? What is your purpose for coming to White Water County?"

Chen Wuji quickly asked a series of questions.

The pale-faced ghost, with a dull face, answered slowly.

After a moment.

"Crack~!"

Chen Wuji snapped the pale-faced ghost's neck, killing him without a drop of blood.

Then, he quickly took off the pale-faced ghost's clothes and put them on himself.

Including the bottles and jars, medicine powders and packets, hidden weapons in the pockets, everything was transferred.

He then compared his appearance and body shape to that of the pale-faced ghost, adjusted his bones, messed up his hairstyle, and changed his appearance.

In less than half a cup of tea, a brand new "pale-faced ghost" was born.

The original pale-faced ghost was held in Chen Wuji's hand and thrown into a pit, with a large stone pressed on top.

Everything was done, the traces at the scene were cleaned up, and he turned and left.

Leaving the dense forest, he leisurely returned to the riverbank.

"Third Brother, you didn't get any women just now, did you?"

A man with a red face saw Chen Wuji coming back and grinned, "I saw it all. Those two beauties from the Five City Sword Sect went into the mountains for a while and hurried back."

"Who said I didn't get any? Those two beauties were just lucky. There was another beauty in the mountains who wanted me to favor her. So, I had to show my love to the one in front first."

Chen Wuji opened his big mouth and smirked.

"But your timing is off." The red-faced ghost also smirked, "It hasn't been long, and you're already back. Just one woman, Third Brother, are you not up to it?"

"Get lost!"

Chen Wuji glared angrily, furious, "You're the one who's not up to it, your whole family is not up to it, not a single one of you!"

"Look, look, you're getting angry." The red-faced ghost shook his leg and raised an eyebrow, "If you're capable, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I...!"

"Enough." The black-faced ghost shouted, "Shut up, there's movement in the river. Let's wait for the right moment!"

"What? Could there really be treasure underwater?" Chen Wuji blurted out, his face full of astonishment.

Half true, half acting.

From the questioning of the pale-faced ghost, Chen Wuji learned that the Four Ghosts of Hanshan didn't really believe that there was treasure in the underwater cave of Crescent Bay.

In fact, the reason why the river water in Crescent Bay appeared colorful was because of the abundance of spiritual energy in the cave.

It was entirely because Chen Wuji had gathered several clusters of spiritual energy with the Water Gathering Spirit Pearl and placed them in the underwater cave.

The special environmental structure beneath Crescent Bay caused the spiritual energy to explode all at once, not dissipating immediately, but being refracted by the underwater crystals, able to maintain for about seven days.

In other words, Chen Wuji was well aware that the treasure in Crescent Bay this time was fake!

It simply didn't exist.

At this moment, the sudden movement in the river bottom truly startled Chen Wuji.

Looking out into the distance.

The originally clearly divided colorful river surface was now chaotic and constantly changing.

Underneath the water, a suction force was born, pulling the river water and rapidly forming a whirlpool!

"Damn, is my luck really this good?" Chen Wuji secretly cursed, and said, "Big Brother, should we go underwater?"

"Not for now." The black-faced ghost spoke in a low voice, "Wait a little longer, see how the situation develops..."

Phew!

Phew!

A strong wind suddenly picked up.

"Plop~" "Plop~" "Plop!"

One after another, figures suddenly jumped from the riverbank and entered the water.

"Hurry, grab it!"

"The rare treasure is about to appear!"

"First come, first served, the treasure is mine! Hahaha..."

Cheers, laughter, splashing sounds.

The riverbank suddenly exploded with excitement, and the unusual scene underwater attracted dozens of people who immediately jumped into the water.

Chen Wuji quickly glanced at the direction where Zhao Kongchuang was.

He noticed that Zhao Kongchuang hesitated for a moment and then jumped off the cliff with Yan Xixing.

"Big brother!"

Before Chen Wuji could speak, the red-faced ghost next to him anxiously shouted, "Should we go down or not?"

"Let's go!"

The black-faced ghost said in a low voice, took a step forward, and jumped off the riverbank.

Chen Wuji followed closely behind.

"Plop!" "Plop!" "Plop!"

The four of them almost simultaneously entered the water.

They were all good swimmers.

As soon as they entered the water, they started swimming and dived towards the riverbed.

There were many people who went into the water.

At this moment, the water was strangely clear.

As long as everyone kept their eyes open, they could see the underwater environment clearly.

They saw one after another silver-white lights flashing in the caves beneath the swirling riverbed.

The people who fell into the water entered these caves one after another.

Chen Wuji quickly scanned the area, looking for Zhao Kongchuang, and happened to spot him entering a cave with Yan Xixing.

At the right moment, the black-faced ghost made a gesture and led the way downstream.

Slightly deviating from the direction, they chose the cave that Zhao Kongchuang entered, the one on the left.

The black-faced ghost took the lead, followed closely by the red-faced ghost and the green-faced ghost.

Chen Wuji recalled the situation in the cave and followed behind the three of them.

Swish!

Swish~

As they entered the cave, a pulling force suddenly struck, causing their bodies to be swept away by the turbulent flow, twisting and turning through the connected caves, quickly moving forward and downward.

After a while, the walls of the cave, both above and below, were filled with crystals.

The rushing water collided with these crystals, causing the light emitted by the crystals to become chaotic.

But there were also a few scattered crystal columns that emitted a silver-white light.

These crystal columns were immediately dug by the people who entered the water.

Basically, they approached with the turbulent flow, grabbed onto the crystals they could hold onto, stabilized their bodies, and then started digging on the side.

Some people dug their hands into the crystals in just a few strokes.

But once they got their hands on them, the killing began.

The people who came down with the turbulent flow directly rushed over, drew their knives and swords, launched surprise attacks, and snatched the crystals.

Some succeeded, while others failed and were killed in retaliation.

In the cave swept by the turbulent flow, blood surged and dyed the water splashes red for a while.

Chen Wuji, who was following behind the black-faced ghost, the red-faced ghost, and the green-faced ghost, saw the three "brothers" skillfully using hidden weapons in the water, almost unaffected, killing one person after another who had crystals in their hands.

As one of the "Four Ghosts," the "White-faced Ghost," Chen Wuji naturally didn't fall behind.

He had been keeping an eye on Zhao Kongchuang. From a distance, he saw Zhao Kongchuang kill a skilled water-based member of the Crocodile Gang and snatch a crystal that emitted a silver-white light from the opponent's hand.

Immediately, he slightly controlled his body, breaking free from his own turbulent flow, and followed another current towards Zhao Kongchuang.

As he approached, he found Yan Xixing, who had stopped not far from Zhao Kongchuang.

With a single thought, he condensed his mental power into an invisible blade, locking onto Yan Xixing.

When Yan Xixing noticed and looked back, Chen Wuji had already completed the "Soul Annihilation" technique.

Swoosh!

The invisible blade of mental power was instantly released across space.

Yan Xixing was caught off guard and his pupils dilated. He showed pain in his eyes, opened his mouth as if to scream, but swallowed a large amount of water.

He tumbled in the water, losing control, and was enveloped by the turbulent flow, being swept into a cave and quickly disappearing from Zhao Kongchuang's sight.

Startled, Zhao Kongchuang wanted to catch up.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Chen Wuji, who was prepared in advance, threw a hidden weapon from a distance.

Zhao Kongchuang, who was unprepared, was hit directly. He opened his mouth, then quickly closed it, turning around in shock and anger.

Hoo!

Chen Wuji, who had already rushed to his front, stabbed with a dagger. "Puchi, puchi, puchi" - it quickly pierced Zhao Kongchuang's waist and abdomen.

Zhao Kongchuang tried to resist but found his body starting to numb. Intense pain swept through his whole body, and his skin turned purple.

Swoosh!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Wuji used his left hand to grab the dagger and slashed Zhao Kongchuang's neck, completely understanding this son of a governor.

With his right hand, he quickly searched Zhao Kongchuang's body and pulled out some silver bills, a piece of animal skin paper, and a secret manual.

Without examining them closely, he stuffed all these things into his pocket.

Finally, he took the silver White Water crystal that Zhao Kongchuang had snatched and stopped at a corner, waving the crystal a few times in the direction where the Black-faced Ghost, Red-faced Ghost, and Blue-faced Ghost were located.

The Red-faced Ghost was the first to respond, giving a thumbs-up.

The Black-faced Ghost quickly followed, making rapid gestures to indicate they should leave.

Chen Wuji responded with an open hand gesture, indicating that he understood.

Then, he rushed towards the nearest cave exit in the opposite direction.

When ordinary people encounter the turbulent flow underwater, few can withstand it.

However, a well-trained Martial Master can resist it, depending on individual circumstances.

Holding onto the cave wall, he swam against the current.

Chen Wuji calculated the timing and, when he saw the Black-faced Ghost, Red-faced Ghost, and Blue-faced Ghost all leave the cave and return to the riverbed, he made a sprint and also escaped from the cave.

But in the last moment, he let himself go, and under the gaze of the Black-faced Ghost, Red-faced Ghost, and Blue-faced Ghost, he struggled and was enveloped by the turbulent flow, being swept back into the cave.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh~

The turbulent flow swept him continuously downward and forward.

Along the way, Chen Wuji adjusted his bones and transformed back into his disguise as "Dan Xiongxin."

When he entered a closed cave with the turbulent flow, he quickly took off the clothes belonging to the White-faced Ghost and tied back his hair with a headband.

Then, before the others were brought into the cave, he swam against the current and quickly left.

Returning to the winding and interconnected caves, he found the nearest exit and continued swimming against the current.

He completely ignored the others' attempts to snatch from him.

Halfway through, he saw a crystal emitting a silver-white light and casually picked it up.

Holding two silver White Water crystals in his hand, Chen Wuji left the cave and returned to the riverbed.

Swimming against the current, he continued to swim towards the water's surface.

As he swam upstream, he looked down and saw Yan Xixing, pale-faced, holding Zhao Kongchuang, rushing out from one of the entrances against the current.

"He's not dead yet?"

(End of this chapter)