Free Web NovelLu Yibei knelt on the ground, weak and limp, supporting herself with her hands to avoid falling. Crystal clear sweat dripped from her fair forehead, accumulating on the ground.
Her eyes stared blankly at the ground, where circles of black shadows, like bubbles, expanded and rolled in her vision. Her pale lips trembled, and her heavy breathing was like a broken bellows.
Along with her breathing, there was a faint taste of iron in her nostrils, like a hallucination, still lingering.
Looking from afar, her back looked like an old dog with only half a life left.
Two hours, two hundred and forty-seven deaths with intensified pain, averaging less than half a minute per death...
It made Lu Yibei realize that even urban legend had limits!
Seeing her like this, Qingji's heart softened. He sighed silently, walked over, and patted her shoulder. "Alright, that's enough. Tell me the whole story, from beginning to end?"
The anger in his heart had long since dissipated. He should have stopped a long time ago,
But...
Tormenting someone for a while felt good, and continuously tormenting felt continuously good. Before he knew it, he hadn't held back.
Finally... is it over? Lu Yibei slowly raised her head and looked at Qingji, her lips slightly parted, unable to say a complete sentence for a long time.
Facts proved that there was indeed a way to make the humanoid walking BB Ji shut up: just beat her until she couldn't speak.
But if you can't outtalk her and can't beat her, then the joy is hers alone, and you suffer the pain by yourself.
For a long time.
After Lu Yibei had slightly recovered, she began to recount her experience.
"Ancestor, actually, I didn't intend to deceive you. The whole story is like this..."
She spoke from when she nearly became a sacrifice for Miss Rabbit's advancement and had to swallow the witchs egg to save her life, to how she struggled between the Hua City Si Ye Hui and the other urban legend in Hua City after becoming a Strange Tale, facing the intense hunger of a newborn Strange Tale...
"Wait a moment!" Qingji interrupted. "That Miss Rabbit you mentioned doesn't sound very strong. You couldn't even defeat her? And you almost became a sacrifice... How did your Old Dad teach you?"
For a moment, Qingji had classified Lu Yibei into the category of'shame of the family'.
It was too damn embarrassing!
Although in the era Qingji lived, the strength of urban legend wasn't as clearly defined as it is now, from Lu Yibei's description, he heard five words: "Miss Rabbit is useless!"
A Strange Tale of that level, my son Yu Bo could defeat him when he was ten years old! Qingji secretly compared them in his heart and came to this conclusion.
"My Old Dad..." Lu Yibei frowned, a complex look flashing in her eyes. "Old Dad, he... never taught me any knowledge about Spiritual Energy. As for the reason, I don't have a definite answer yet."
She paused, then added, "Actually, a year and a half ago, I still thought Old Dad was an ordinary person, living a somewhat difficult life, just barely making ends meet by running the ancestral restaurant."
Lu Yibei genuinely felt her Old Dad was great, like a solid city wall, shielding her from wind and rain for over a decade, and she also genuinely felt that Old Dad's life was miserable.
Ancestral restaurant? Qingji was stunned for a moment, his eyes dimming inexplicably.
Upon hearing Lu Yibei mention the ancestral restaurant, his thoughts were stirred by something, as if something very important was about to be pulled to the surface, but the line broke in the end, leaving only a ripple.
Noticing Qingji's slightly abnormal expression, Lu Yibei asked softly, "Ancestor, is something wrong?"
Qingji composed himself, looked at Lu Yibei, and raised an eyebrow. "Nothing, continue..."
"Oh, oh." Lu Yibei nodded thoughtfully and resumed her narration.
Thus, her past flowed like water, slowly passing before Qingji...
When Lu Yibei mentioned that she accidentally obtained the hilt of the Lingtai Pure Karma sword, causing the broken sword to be reforged, Qingji couldn't help but interrupt again. "So, you were worried that I would harm you back then, which is why you concealed your identity?"
"Yes!" Lu Yibei answered without hesitation. "I hadn't seen a talking broken sword back then either!"
"What if the thing hidden in the sword wasn't someone as noble, righteous, understanding, and above low-level tastes as you, Old Ancestor? Wouldn't it be very dangerous if I rashly revealed my identity?"
"Moreover, the world is so chaotic, who doesn't have a few aliases when they're out and about?"
Although, my aliases are a little bit numerous... Lu Yibei added in her heart.
"Aliases?" Qingji looked puzzled.
"They're nicknames! When you're out in the world, who uses their real name if they're serious? You're right, aren't you?" Lu Yibei explained.
Qingji nodded to indicate understanding.
More than half of the things Lu Yibei did were no different from those of a bandit.
In this world, which bandit doesn't have a nickname when they go out to rob?
Back in the day, when he robbed the rich to help the poor and met his confidantes, he did the same.
"Keep talking!"
Although Lu Yibei's experiences after becoming a Strange Tale seemed even more boring to Qingji than the stories written by a third-rate scholar.
However, he still hadn't heard what he wanted to hear, so he decided to keep listening.
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Finally, after listening to Lu Yibei's narration, Qingji's face darkened. He asked in a deep voice, "Anything else? Is that all?"
"That's it!" Lu Yibei spread her hands expressionlessly.
What else could there be? Besides Chatterbox Girl, I've confessed everything else!
Chatterbox Girl did kill the Ancestor, but it's been so many volumes, he wouldn't still hold a grudge, would he?
Could it be, the matter of the Lingtai Pure Karma fragment being broken?
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei slyly observed Qingji's expression and tentatively said, "Ancestor, you can't blame me entirely for the Lingtai Pure Karma fragment being broken. Look, Hua Sang was holding the fragment. If it broke, she should at least take 90% of the blame, right?"
"Nonsense! How could the Lingtai Pure Karma fragment break?" Qingji said, "If it really broke, it must be a fake!"
A fake? Then where did the real one go? Could it still be in Da Chunyang Palace? I should ask that Old man Zhang Huainan later, Lu Yibei thought.
Just then, Qingji suddenly stood up, pointed at her nose, and said with suppressed anger, "What about the fiancée matter? What's going on with Gu Qianqian? What's going on with Hua Sang? Are there any other fiancées?"
"You talked about a bunch of messy things, but you didn't mention a single word about these most important things, did you?"
"Hmph! Uncut jade cannot be made into a vessel, and a person won't confess without being beaten. It seems I didn't train you enough just now?!"
Seeing Qingji pick up his long sword, Lu Yibei's eyelids twitched. While scrambling backward on all fours, she cried out, "No, no, don't, Ancestor!"
"I only know that Gu Qianqian is my Old Dad messing around, and I have no idea what's going on with Hua Sang, let alone any other fiancées. Even if you beat me a hundred more times, I wouldn't be able to explain it!"
"If you can't explain the reason, can't you say anything else?" Qingji brandished his long sword and said forcefully, "What about your thoughts? You have to make a choice, right?"
"No..." Lu Yibei said bitterly, "Ancestor, I really can't choose!"
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"Can't choose?" Qingji's face darkened. Immediately following, his wrist lightly shook, and the long sword in his hand suddenly let out a dragon's roar. The cold light on the blade flickered, and his entire aura surged dramatically, causing the surrounding air to distort.
The next moment, the sword was placed against Lu Yibei's neck.
Lu Yibei, "!!!"
She could clearly feel the barely contained violent sword energy on the blade, and the needle-like stinging sensation it caused when it swept across her skin.
However, Qingji just held the sword there and made no further move.
It was as if it was just a powerful deterrent.
"Great-great-granddaughter... Look, I'm just a wisp of residual soul now, and I might vanish into thin air any day. Before that, can you fulfill one wish for me?"
Lu Yibei looked at the sword at her neck, then at Qingji, and said weakly, "You, you say..."
"When I was young, my health wasn't good, and I couldn't live for many more years. When I left this world, my son Yu Bo was not yet married and had no children..." Qingji said, a deep sadness flashing in his eyes. fгeewebnovёl.com
"Not being able to see my son Yu Bo get married and become a father is my biggest regret. Can you slightly make up for my regret before I vanish into thin air?"
Lu Yibei thought for a moment and answered seriously, "Ancestor, I'm afraid that's very difficult!"
"To be honest, I don't even know where my great-great-grandfather is buried, let alone figure out a way for you to see him get married and have children."
Even if I knew where he was buried, I wouldn't be crazy enough to dig up my own ancestral grave and then arrange a ghost marriage for my great-great-grandfather, right?
Digging one's own grave is already ridiculous enough... Lu Yibei thought.
Did she really not understand, or was she pretending not to understand? Qingji's mouth twitched. He switched hands holding the sword and pressed it against Lu Yibei's neck. The blade was almost cutting into her skin.
"Actually, it's the same if I can watch you get married and have children."
Lu Yibei, "..."
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But, urging marriage with a sword at the neck is a bit too hardcore, isn't it?
Lu Yibei had never imagined that she would be urged to marry at the age of nineteen, and in this manner.
Looking at the long sword in Qingji's hand and recalling the one hundred and thirty-seven deaths she had just experienced, she felt a surge of fear and explained, "It's not that I can't make a choice, it's that I don't want to choose any of them. I already have someone in my heart..."
Upon hearing this, Qingji was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed with astonishing speed. A meaningful, strange smile appeared on his face. He put down the long sword, leaned closer to Lu Yibei, and winked. "Who is it? Who is it? Tell me, tell me quickly!"
That expression was exactly like a mischievous friend hearing you have a crush, full of sauciness and gossip.
Under Qingji's gaze, Lu Yibei was like a pure young man being teased, her cheeks tinged with crimson, stammering for a long time, unable to say a word.
Most Z Country people have always been good at, yet also very bad at, expressing their affection for someone. Even just mentioning it can make them shy.
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Whether a woman would affect her sword drawing speed, she wasn't sure, but it definitely affected her speaking speed.
Seeing Lu Yibei unable to utter a word for a long time, Qingji observed her for a bit, then calmly analyzed, pondered, and boldly speculated, coming to ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) a conclusion that shocked him. His face couldn't help but change.
"Wait! You didn't fall for some young man, did you?"
Lu Yibei, "???"
Shocked, what did I do wrong to make you come to such a conclusion?
"Actually..." Qingji observed again. "Actually, I don't really care if I see my great-great-grandson get married or see my great-great-granddaughter marry out. As the old saying goes, when a woman pursues a man, it's like a layer of gauze. You be more proactive!"
"If that doesn't work, just use Gu. Besides the Reverse-pattern Evil Flower Gu I learned from Miao Jiang Gu Witch, I actually also learned the Three Lives Three Worlds Concentric Gu."
What kind of evil and crooked ways are these... Lu Yibei held her forehead and explained, "Ancestor, you've misunderstood. The person in my heart is not a man, it's a woman."
"Oh? What's her name?"
"Her name is..." Lu Yibei hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Her name is White Little Flower."
She really couldn't bring herself to say the name "Jiang Li". It was too embarrassing.
Moreover, Qingji had already "urged marriage with a sword". God knows what outrageous things he would do after knowing about Jiang Li's existence. It wouldn't be good to scare that Miss later.
Besides, if I really get married and have children, I'll definitely tell the Ancestor first! Lu Yibei thought.
Qingji looked at Lu Yibei suspiciously and asked, "White Little Flower? How old? Where does she live?"
"Eighteen years old, lives in Hero City."
Seeing Lu Yibei answer fluently without any hesitation, Qingji's brows relaxed. "What's her personality like?"
"Although her personality is a bit fiery and she's always fierce, she's actually a tsundere, uh, that is, the type with a sharp tongue but a soft heart..." Lu Yibei answered without hesitation.
She was very familiar with White Little Flower's information, remembering it more firmly than a memorized text.
After answering Qingji's questions, she thoughtfully added information about White Little Flower's height, weight, favorite food, catchphrases, and so on, coupled with the expression in her eyes that seemed to bloom with peach blossoms when thinking of White Little Flower, almost making people believe...
No, White Little Flower is my wife anyway! Lu Yibei thought.
"Sharp tongue but a soft heart, huh?" Qingji frowned and muttered, "Ah, I didn't expect you to fall for this type of Miss too..."
"Too?" Lu Yibei tilted her head.
"No, nothing." A hint of embarrassment and panic flashed in Qingji's eyes. As if afraid Lu Yibei would keep dwelling on this question, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, when are you going to bring Miss Bai to meet me?"
"Let's talk about it later! I just want to know why 'too'!" Lu Yibei pressed.
Want me to say bad things about Xiao Yanzhi? I wouldn't dare... Qingji's mouth twitched slightly again, and he changed the subject once more. "Do you want to learn my new move from earlier? I'll teach it to you today."
"Yes, I do!" Lu Yibei blurted out.
"Then... are... you... read... y...?"
As Qingji said the last sentence, his emphasis unexpectedly slowed down, as if time had been stretched. Immediately after, Lu Yibei's vision blurred.
Then.
She saw it, a bewitching colorless flower, quietly blooming in Qingji's palm...
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On the other side.
Just as Lu Yibei officially started learning new moves with Qingji and entered the 'getting beaten' mode again, the internet cafe manager watching the surveillance video completely panicked.
In the video, Lu Yibei, alone in the private room, was slumped on the sofa, her eyes closed tightly, her body convulsing continuously, and she was spitting out clumps of white foam from her mouth.
What happened to not dying suddenly? The manager swallowed, silently took out his phone, and dialed the emergency number...
