Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 505: Chapter 438: It’s only polite to reciprocate

It was a message from Director Nalan, instructing him to head to the training center on the underground first floor immediately, where Lu Youdao was waiting for him.

He took the elevator down to the first basement floor, and on his way, Yang Xiao had already figured out what he should and shouldn’t say. At this time, the training center had already closed, and the staff had left, leaving only a few emergency lights dimly illuminating the vast space.

To Yang Xiao’s surprise, Lu Youdao was actually waiting for him outside the door. The next second, an astonished Yang Xiao immediately jogged over, politely saying, "Mr. Lu."

"Come in with me," Lu Youdao turned and entered through the iron door.

The two returned to the room where the Malicious Clown was imprisoned and sat opposite each other on two worn wooden stools. Without wasting words, Lu Youdao directly inquired about the events at North City Lingxiu Villa, "I heard that you crossed hands with Qu Muzhi, and both of you were well-matched in strength.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao couldn’t help but smile bitterly, "Well-matched? If not for an unexpected incident, you wouldn’t be seeing me today."

Yang Xiao did not want to reveal the existence of the Human Bone Staff. He had thought it through before coming – this explanation was the safest.

"Hmm, I thought as much," said Lu Youdao, his voice grave. He then asked Yang Xiao to recount the details of what happened at that time.

After hearing about the two Magic Artifacts in Qu Muzhi’s hands, even the well-informed Lu Youdao couldn’t help but praise them as fine items. According to his analysis, that spear was so good it was on the verge of reaching the Ghost Level threshold, and among the Resentful Eyes, artifacts that could target enemies were precious treasures.

Yang Xiao agreed, but what concerned him more was the Jade Seal, which had directly sealed his Soul-Capturing Mirror.

After carefully describing the abilities, color, and shape of the Seal to Lu Youdao, he recognized the origin of the item, "This Seal is known as the Blood Demon Seal, a Magic Artifact belonging to the Blood Demon Ancestor, the Great Elder of the Luosha Association. Three years ago, the Blood Demon Ancestor was ambushed by his enemies, sustaining severe injuries, and ended up near Rongcheng. At that time, the Patrol Defense Office, the United Federation, the Chamber of Commerce, and several other big powers received intelligence and dispatched large troops to capture him. After a fierce battle, he was killed jointly by numerous forces. However, it was said that his body was blasted to pieces and all his good items disappeared. I didn’t expect this item to end up in that youngster’s hands – what good fortune."

"Were the Blood Demon Ancestor’s possessions limited to just that Magic Artifact?" asked Yang Xiao.

Lu Youdao glanced at him and said with a strange tone, "It wasn’t as shabby as that. The Luosha Association has a strong reputation in the world of martial arts, and that Great Elder had three Magic Artifacts. Although that might not seem like many, still, compared to you of the Yu Yuan Sect and Ming Emperor Ye Xiao, there’s a gap."

Yang Xiao: "...isn’t it, that title’s spreading so quickly?"

To steer away from this awkward topic, Yang Xiao brought the discussion back to the Seal known as the Blood Demon Seal. Lu Youdao analyzed that the Blood Demon Seal was strong, but it had a clear weakness: as long as the target’s spiritual power was stronger than the user’s, they could erase the sealing effect in a short time. Moreover, aside from sealing Magic Artifacts, the Blood Demon Seal seemed to have no direct attacking ability against people.

And most importantly, it appeared it could only seal one Magic Artifact at a time.

Yang Xiao agreed with this conclusion. During their scuffle, he had sensed that Qu Muzhi’s spiritual power was highly robust. If it were possible, Qu would surely have sealed the Human Bone Staff as well.

Now he understood why Qu Muzhi’s suppression over Heretic Cultivators was so powerful. His own strength was considerable, and with the addition of the Blood Demon Seal, it was like an overwhelming assault on any Angel Envoy who only possessed a single Resentful Eye. For Venerable Level Heretic Cultivators like Granny Hong and the Staff Killing Elder, who also only had one Resentful Eye, once it was sealed, all they could do was endure a beating.

Under Qu Muzhi’s spear, in a one-on-one situation, they had no chance of escape whatsoever.

However, this didn’t affect Yang Xiao much. He had a lot of items on him, and now that he had figured out Qu Muzhi’s capabilities, the next time they clashed, Yang Xiao felt he had at least a 70% chance of victory.

"Mr. Lu, what rank would you say the Blood Demon Seal belongs to?" Yang Xiao had his eye on that treasure in Qu Muzhi’s hands.

"It’s difficult to categorize. Magic Artifacts are generally divided into two types: first are attack-type Magic Artifacts, which are self-explanatory. Your horsetail whisk and Qu Muzhi’s spear fall into this category. The second type is auxiliary Magic Artifacts; these don’t have obvious offensive capabilities but often possess a variety of unexpected effects. The Blood Demon Seal, as well as your Ghost Lantern and Soul-Capturing Mirror, belong to this category. We usually don’t categorize auxiliary tools by level."

"But you said before that the Soul-Capturing Mirror is at least of the Middle Rank Ghost Level," Yang Xiao said, puzzled.

Lu Youdao nodded his head, "Yes, I was just giving an example. Your Soul-Capturing Mirror is different from ordinary auxiliary tools because it has offensive capabilities. As for why, I’m not clear either. It’s just something I’ve heard."

At these words, Yang Xiao immediately thought of the Mirror Ghost. If the Soul-Capturing Mirror did have offensive abilities, then surely they stemmed from it. Yang Xiao boldly speculated that perhaps one day, once he fully controlled the Soul-Capturing Mirror, he could command the Mirror Ghost to serve him. After dragging enemies into the Mirror World, it would be him and the Mirror Ghost against one.

The key was that the Mirror Ghost could also use Magic Artifacts, so in the future, those artifacts with significant side effects he didn’t want to use could instead be equipped on the Mirror Ghost. The very thought was thrilling.

But these were all speculations for the time being. Right now, his most pressing concern was to shake off the Mirror Ghost’s entanglement – perhaps it was indeed time to secretly compete at the Ru Lin Academy.

"A top-notch offensive Magic Artifact accompanied by an auxiliary one like the Blood Demon Seal makes Qu Muzhi’s selection of artifacts excellent. No wonder he’s defeated so many masters," Lu Youdao’s remark came with a touch of admiration.

They chatted for a bit longer before Lu Youdao let him leave, reminding him that he must be cautious recently. Huang Guozhao from the City Center Official Residence had also set his sights on him. This man had always been at odds with Nalan Shuo, and he absolutely couldn’t afford to slip up during this time.

Two days hurried by, and Yang Xiao went to work and got off work on time. His life was incredibly peaceful until, after getting off work on the third day and returning to the apartment, he received a message from Tong Han. Tong Han had already been taken away by Fu Qingzhu’s people and was now settled in a civilian house outside the city.

Activating the ability of the Soul-Capturing Mirror and changing into a different set of clothes, Yang Xiao left the apartment silently and arrived at the meeting point arranged with Fu Qingzhu. One of Fu Qingzhu’s people drove him out of the city to a rural house.

This was a small village called Cuiyun Village, not well-known, and it became very quiet at night. Glancing around, only a few dim lamps flickered in the darkness.

After entering the house, Yang Xiao saw Tong Han, who had changed into a different outfit. She had cut off her long hair and dressed up like a young boy, which made her appear even more heroic.

"How are you?" Yang Xiao approached and asked, "Are your wounds feeling better?" freёwebnoѵel.com

"Much better." Tong Han led him to sit down inside a room. The conditions here were much more austere compared to the villa in North City. There were no sofas or coffee tables, only a few wooden chairs and a dirty, broken table.

"Mo Daidai’s people have been here and handed this to me." Tong Han went straight to the point, pulling out a small box from a plastic bag. It was very delicate, a dark red color, like those velvet boxes for jewelry.

However, when Tong Han opened it, Yang Xiao’s expression changed immediately. Inside was actually a human finger.

The finger was wrapped in half a piece of white silk fabric. Besides that, there was also a letter in the box’s compartment.

After reading the contents of the letter, Yang Xiao understood everything. The finger actually belonged to the Sect Leader of the Resentment Sect’s Wounded Door, and it was cut off by himself as an apology for the incident.

In the letter, Mo Daidai stated he had already cleared up the matter. The entire incident was orchestrated by the Sect Leader of the Wounded Door from the Resentment Sect. He had found the man, who admitted his mistake very sincerely, voluntarily cut off a finger to apologize, and promised that such an incident would never happen again. The grudge between the Resentment Sect and Miss Tong Han was to be considered settled.

If it ever happened again, he would disembowel himself as an apology.

The last eight characters were written in blood, twisted and thick, as if written with the severed finger—undoubtedly, the Sect Leader of the Wounded Door’s own handwriting.

In the lower right-hand corner of the blood-written note, there was also a strangely shaped signature, which Tong Han explained was the mark of the Wounded Door within the Resentment Sect.

"Hiss—" To force the Sect Leader of the Wounded Door to sever a finger as an apology, Yang Xiao felt that he had underestimated this guy’s influence in the past.

"Did the person Mo Daidai sent tell you anything else?" Yang Xiao put down the letter and looked at Tong Han.

"No, that was it." Tong Han thought for a moment and then added, "He just repeated the words Mo Daidai told him to convey."

"What were they?" Yang Xiao couldn’t help but ask curiously.

"A man without credibility cannot stand, rules are rules and must not be broken, to break them is to be punished," Tong Han said solemnly, mimicking the demeanor of Mo Daidai’s envoy.

What an interesting character, Yang Xiao suddenly remembered the moment in the room at Dongzhou Apartment when Mo Daidai took out a 5 yuan note and handed it to him, saying with a serious face that he had bought out the news with it.

This was someone exceptionally steadfast about rules and trust, the sort of person who, when he says he would kill someone’s whole family, would not even spare the watchdog at the gate.

"With this lesson learned, the Resentment Sect won’t trouble me anymore, but their final target is you," Tong Han reminded him.

Yang Xiao nodded, "I know. With the Soul-Capturing Mirror on me, these guys definitely won’t let things go so easily, but it doesn’t matter, I won’t let them off either." freewebnσvel.cøm

The last incident of being used to kill someone had indeed angered Yang Xiao. It was only fair to return the favor, and Yang Xiao was not known for his patience; he was already thinking about how to make things difficult for them when suddenly, his gaze paused on the finger, and an idea flashed through his mind, "Can I take this with me?"

Tong Han was startled for a moment, "Sure, but... what do you want with this dirty thing?"

Yang Xiao picked up the box, carefully folded the letter, and put it away, then smiled and said, "It’s only fair to return the favor, don’t rush, let’s play with them a little."