Free Web NovelChapter 92: Chapter 80: A Night of Passion and Fierce Battle
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
The drunken Scholar was finally getting ready to head home.
That’s right—he hadn’t gone straight home earlier.
He was still wrestling with his decision, so his inherent tendency to avoid his problems surfaced, and he had gone drinking instead.
Xu Lei and Hui Ming, their appearances disguised, had also come to the same tavern.
They saw the man was quite drunk; he even nearly stumbled and fell when he tried to stand up.
"Sir, are you all right?"
Xu Lei quickly steadied him and asked, "Can you manage? Is anyone coming to get you?"
At that moment, Xu Lei was wearing Wei Qingning’s Jade Pendant, which disguised his face and voice, so the Scholar didn’t recognize him.
He certainly didn’t remember ever speaking with Xu Lei before.
"I’m not drunk. I’m fine."
The Scholar pushed Xu Lei away. "I can manage on my own."
He then paid for his wine and staggered out.
"Did you get it?"
Watching the Scholar’s retreating back, Hui Ming asked in a low voice, "You didn’t arouse any suspicion, did you?"
"Got it."
Xu Lei nodded. "I don’t think so. Take a look—this is Qi Yang’s drug.
Is it the same as yours?
If the color or anything else is different,
the Scholar might take one look at it and know it’s been swapped."
"Indeed."
Hui Ming took it, glanced at it, and said, "Just as I expected. This is the very drug Qi Yang gave the Scholar."
"Since the plan is going smoothly,"
Xu Lei said, "all we have to do now is wait and see what happens."
That’s right. Xu Lei had secretly swapped the Scholar’s drug earlier.
But the replacement drug was actually the same.
The only difference was that its effects were relatively weaker.
It wasn’t as potent as the one Qi Yang had provided.
After all, Xu Lei and Hui Ming wanted Qi Yang to fight those two Demonesses!
If the Snake Demon was completely incapacitated right away, Xu Lei and Hui Ming would have no choice but to deal with her themselves.
But if the Snake Demon was drugged yet still had some strength remaining,
then Xu Lei and the others would have to contend with the Snake Demon’s residual power and then deal with Qi Yang afterward.
That would naturally be a bad outcome.
So, they made sure the Snake Demon was still drugged, but to a lesser degree.
That way, Qi Yang would still make his move and would inevitably end up fighting the Snake Demon!
「Three days later.」
The Scholar agonized for a few more days.
Under the pretext of managing patient relations, he visited the three families who had recently held funerals.
He learned about the circumstances of these people’s deaths.
Although the Government Office’s forensic doctor had already performed autopsies and said there was no evidence pinning the blame on the clinic,
the more the Scholar learned, the more he felt something was wrong.
Everything seemed to align with what Daoist Qiyang had told him.
For the past few days, he hadn’t dared to be intimate with his wife after returning home at night.
However, because of the recent incidents at the clinic, he, as its actual owner, had been running around trying to quell the matter.
So his wife was very understanding and didn’t insist on being intimate with him.
Gazing at his perfect wife—beautiful, considerate, skilled in medicine, and able to help him manage the clinic—the Scholar was naturally torn.
He couldn’t bring himself to believe that his wife was actually a Demon.
But they had been married for several years without any children, which was indeed strange.
Many patients who had been treated by his wife also developed the symptoms Daoist Qiyang had described after returning home.
And so, on this day,
the Scholar finally decided to act.
He first secretly contacted Qi Yang.
Then, at night, he smeared the drug from Qi Yang onto his body before asking his wife for intimacy.
His wife’s younger sister lived in a wing on the other side of the estate.
Since his sister-in-law was much younger than his wife and didn’t seem to be of marriageable age,
and since his wife had said they had come here as refugees,
their family having been killed by bandits, the Scholar didn’t mind his sister-in-law living with them.
But thinking about it now, he felt that his wife and sister-in-law’s origins were indeed strange.
In any case, for all these reasons, he began to act.
His wife didn’t refuse, gladly accepting his request for intimacy.
Half an hour later.
Their intimacy concluded.
The Scholar made an excuse and left the room.
In a dark corner of the courtyard, Daoist Qiyang, dressed in a Daoist Robe, was already waiting.
"Infinite Celestial Venerable."
Daoist Qiyang even sent a voice transmission to him: "Layman, you have done well!
When the time comes and the drug takes effect, you will know your wife’s true form!
If you are willing, you could try and see if that sister-in-law of yours is also willing to be intimate with you.
If she is, all the better!
Otherwise, when her sister reveals her true form, she will most certainly try to interfere.
That could cause a commotion and let the whole neighborhood know that there is an evil Demon in your home!
That would be very damaging to your reputation."
The Scholar’s expression changed slightly at his words.
But now that he had already drugged his wife, it seemed there was no turning back.
After a moment’s thought, he could only do as Qi Yang said and go knock on his sister-in-law’s door.
He hinted, both directly and indirectly, that he had long been fond of his sister-in-law.
He mentioned that since she had been living in his estate for so long, why not just continue to stay?
After all, in this ancient world, it wasn’t uncommon for sisters to share a husband.
Besides, the Scholar’s family was quite well-off.
So the Scholar didn’t feel particularly embarrassed saying such things.
"Brother-in-law, what are you saying?!"
Unexpectedly, however, the fourteen-year-old sister-in-law’s expression changed drastically upon hearing his words.
She lowered her voice and snapped, "Didn’t you say you only loved my sister?
That having her meant you had no intention of taking other wives or concubines?
And now you come to me in the middle of the night spouting this nonsense?
What are you implying?
Do you think I like you too?
How could I?
I’m warning you, don’t you ever say such things again.
I actually thought there were still some decent men in this world!
I never thought you’d turn out to be a scoundrel, too!
I’m only letting you off easy right now because I don’t want to break my sister’s heart!
I’ll assume you’ve had a moment of folly and let it go this time.
But let me tell you, if you dare betray my sister,
I will castrate you first, and then I’ll kill you!"
The young sister-in-law’s pretty face was frosty. She seemed quite virtuous, not at all the promiscuous type he had been led to believe.
It made the Scholar wonder if he had misunderstood them.
But his sister-in-law’s final words were spoken with grave seriousness.
It was as if she really would castrate and kill him if he betrayed her sister.
A chill ran down the Scholar’s spine, and he felt a coldness spread between his legs.
’Could his sister-in-law really be a Demon?’
After all, it was the first time he had ever seen a young girl speak of killing with such conviction.
But then he thought about how his wife and her sister depended on each other.
It wasn’t so hard to understand that a younger sister would dote on her older sister and be willing to do something crazy for her sake.
Just as the Scholar was thinking, ’What if my wife and her sister aren’t Demons?
What if Daoist Qiyang is the one with the problem?
Was I right to so easily believe an outsider?’
Not long after his sister-in-law shut the door in his face,
suddenly,
a bloodcurdling, pained hiss erupted from his wife’s room.
It was followed by the sounds of various objects colliding and crashing to the floor.
It sounded as if five or six large men were smashing things inside.
But the Scholar knew that right now, only his wife was in that room!
Instantly, the Scholar’s face turned deathly pale!
He understood that his recent relief had been misplaced.
His wife... was really a Demon!
BANG!
And at that moment, before the Scholar could react, Qi Yang had already gently shaken a Bell.
Two Human Puppets suddenly burst from a dark corner, smashed through the window, and charged into the room!
Through the broken window, the Scholar could see the scene inside.
A massive, jade-green serpent, as thick as a water bucket, was writhing violently in pain, hissing and thrashing its tail!
Clinging to the snake’s body were tatters of clothing resembling what his wife had been wearing earlier!
Most importantly, the snake’s eyes turned and looked directly at him!
That one glance made the Scholar understand—this was, without a doubt, his wife!
His wife was actually a giant snake like this!
Goosebumps erupted all over the Scholar’s body.
Inside the room, a series of explosive bangs—"BANG! BANG! BANG!"—rang out nonstop.
The Human Puppets were frantically attacking the giant snake, but the snake fought back fiercely.
"Sister!"
The door not far behind the Scholar burst open, and his sister-in-law, her face a mask of fury, rushed out. "You faithless man!!!"
At the same time, she shot a furious glare at the Scholar.
She knew her sister was always cautious; she must have been poisoned during their intimacy.
The Scholar, unable to say a word, his lips trembling in fear, turned and fled.
"Demon Dao, don’t even think about it!"
Of course, the sister-in-law didn’t go after the Scholar. Instead, she drew her sword and charged at Qi Yang, wanting to save her sister.
More of Qi Yang’s Human Puppets had already charged inside,
so she wanted to directly attack the source controlling them.
"Demon, surrender now!"
But at that moment, an alms bowl in Qi Yang’s hand lit up, emitting a faint golden light that enveloped the sister-in-law.
"Ah!" Bathed in the light, the sister-in-law immediately staggered.
She could no longer hold her sword steady, and her body felt as if it were being sucked away.
To resist, she had no choice but to shake her body and reveal her true form.
She was a White Snake, though considerably smaller than her sister.
WHOOSH!
The White Snake’s body swayed as Demonic Power flowed through it, and she slammed her tail directly at the alms bowl.
CLANG!
The alms bowl was largely unaffected.
Instead, many of the White Snake’s scales were shattered, and blood seeped from her wounds.
She was nearly sucked into Qi Yang’s alms bowl entirely.
HISS!
But just then, the jade-scaled Sister Bi She in the room shook her body and burst out through the doorway.
The Human Puppets were sent flying in all directions.
Then, the giant Bi She whipped her tail, slamming it toward Qi Yang, who was holding the alms bowl.
BOOM!
With a dull thud, Qi Yang stumbled back three steps.
"Impossible!"
His expression changed drastically. "How do you still have so much Magical Power!"
After all, according to his plan, the giant Bi She should be in her death throes by now!
He should have only needed to trap her with the Human Puppets and drain her remaining strength.
Once he had captured the younger White Snake sister, Sister Bi She wouldn’t have been able to escape either!
He should have been able to capture them both easily, without expending much Magical Power at all.
But now, the amount of strength Sister Bi She had left was completely beyond his expectations.
She had actually broken free from the Human Puppets and even managed to knock him back!
