Chapter 873: Extremely Conscientious
Xia Houzun originally wanted to drain Xu Chunliang's inner strength and then kill him. The best way to keep the secret was to silence him, but God is not as good as man. He deliberately planned to take Xu Chunliang unprepared, but unexpectedly The bad thing happened to Yan Hong.
Xu Chunliang certainly would not have specifically set up this trap for him to fall into. His original starting point should have been to keep Yan Hong safe. No one would have thought that Xia Houzun's greed would lead this needle to him.
Xia Houzun carried Xu Chunliang and asked Cao Mulan and Hongxiu to get Yan Hong's body down.
Cao Mulan secretly screamed that something was not right. It seemed that her father had also had murderous intentions towards Xu Chunliang. In her impression, her father had always been kind and valued the moral brotherhood in the world. She had repeatedly advised her father to expel Wu Yuanyi from the family, but he did not. She couldn't bear it, but her father's performance today had subverted her impression. If he really valued the morality of the world, he would not kill Yan Hong.
Xia Houzun brought Xu Chunliang back to the Samsara Formation. Cao Mulan and Hongxiu carried Yan Hong's body before entering the troop transportation road, and Xia Houzun appeared in front of them.
Cao Mulan said: "Father, where will you put him?"
Xia Houzun said without even looking at him: "Don't worry about him. Come with me first."
The two of them followed Xia Houzun to the place where he practiced. Xia Houzun sighed and said: "What happened today is really not what I wanted, but if I don't do this, everything here will soon be exposed. Then we will work hard to Everything will be in vain."
He went to pour two cups of tea and handed them to Hong Xiu and Cao Mulan: "Xu Chunliang is sinister and vicious. I was almost plotted by him just now."
Cao Mulan said: "Didn't he just want to save you?" After all, he saw it with his own eyes, and it was obviously his father who attacked Xu Chunliang first.
Xia Houzun said: "How could he be so kind? Don't be fooled by everything in front of you. Yan Hong died in his hands. He deliberately left a Qiuhou fatal needle in Yan Hong's body. Even if I think It was too late to save him.”
He took out a jade bottle from his pocket, poured out a red pill, handed one to Hongxiu, and the other to Cao Mulan: "Daughter, please take this detoxifying pill first to remove the toxins in your body. I'm worried that Xu Chunliang may have tampered with you."
Cao Mulan took the detoxifying pill and took a sip of tea.
Hongxiu’s lips moved and he hesitated to speak. He held the pill but didn’t take it. Xia Houzun asked: “Why don’t you take it?”
Hongxiu said: "I don't seem to have anything wrong."
Xia Houzun said: "What do you know? Eat it quickly."
Hongxiu smiled and said, "Mulan, please leave first. I will have a word with the door owner alone."
Looking at them, Cao Mulan always felt that there was something strange between the two of them, and she didn't know why Hongxiu wanted to avoid it.
Xia Houzun looked at Hongxiu coldly and said, "Just say what you have to say, my daughter is not an outsider."
Hongxiu said: "It's better to talk alone."
Cao Mulan picked up the cup of tea and drank a few more sips. The strange thing was that the more she drank, the more thirsty she became. She suddenly thought, was it a side effect of the poison-clearing pill? Surprised: "Father, why am I so thirsty?"
Xia Houzun smiled and said: "Drink water if you are thirsty. I forgot to tell you that eating this poison-clearing pill will indeed make you thirsty. Drink more water and you will be fine."
Cao Mulan nodded, but the more she drank, the thirstier she became. Her face turned red and her heart beat. At this moment, she noticed Hongxiu winking at her secretly. Cao Mulan became more and more curious, why is Hongxiu doing this? Could his father harm himself? But the feeling of thirst was getting stronger and stronger, and a scene that made people blush and heartbeat emerged in her mind, but it was herself entangled with a man. The man's face was a little blurry, but she could still tell that it was Xu Chunliang.
Cao Mulan took a step forward, her steps sloppy as if drunk. A staggering red-sleeved man supported her and took the opportunity to whisper in her ear: "Hurry up!"
Although Hong Xiu’s voice was very small, Xia Houzun heard it clearly.
Xiahou Zun said: "Hongxiu, what did you say?"
Hongxiu blocked Cao Mulan behind her and said tremblingly: "Mulan...she...she is your daughter!"
Xia Houzun smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it. My daughter will naturally be taken care of by me."
Hong Xiu screamed: "Go quickly, go quickly, he is a beast, he is a beast!"
Hong Xiu pulled out a small knife and stabbed Xia Houzun in the chest, but Xia Houzun grabbed his wrist. Xia Houzun looked at Hong Xiu coldly: "What did you say?"
Hongxiu said: "You are just a beast. I am your goddaughter. No matter what you do to me, I will accept it. But Mulan is your biological daughter. Please let her go. If you have anything to do with me... when I beg you... " Xia Houzun's face was full of sarcasm: "Come on you? Are you worthy? You can only be regarded as an appetizer at most, never a meal. Mulan's Xuanyin body is the result of more than twenty years of hard work. Cheng, how can you compare?"
Hong Xiu screamed with all her strength: "Mulan, run away!"
Xia Houzun said disdainfully: "Escape? Where can she escape in this troop transportation road?"
Hong Xiu scolded: "You are a heartless beast that is worse than a pig or a dog. Over the years, you have insulted me in every possible way, tortured and controlled me in various ways, and now you actually want to attack your own daughter."
Xia Houzun chuckled and said: "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan. My whole life has been to pursue the supreme martial arts. I have already seen through the world of mortals. All the morals and kinship in the world are bullshit!" His eyes towards Hong Xiu gradually turned dark. Ruthless, she reached out and grabbed Hongxiu's neck, tightening her grip tighter and tighter. Hongxiu struggled desperately, but her little strength was like a drop in the ocean in front of Xia Houzun, and it was insignificant.
As Xia Houzun exerted his strength, there was only a click, and Hong Xiu's cervical vertebrae was broken. The whole person fell to the ground like a roast chicken with its neck cut off.
Xia Houzun still felt the stinging pain from the Tianchi point when he exerted his strength. God's will is playing tricks on people, and the magical skill is about to be completed, but there are side problems. If he wants to force the poisonous needles in the body out of the meridians in the reverse direction, he can only borrow the power of the furnace cauldron.
This cauldron is Cao Mulan. Cao Mulan has taken the essence of elixir internally and bathed in herbs since she was born. Xia Houzun spent a huge price to build her Xuanyin body. It can be said that Cao Mulan is his carefully crafted work. Enjoy a unique piece just for yourself.
So Xia Houzun felt as if the sky had fallen when he discovered that Cao Mulan's palace guard sand had disappeared. However, he soon discovered that Cao Mulan was still a Xuanyin body. This false alarm strengthened his determination to refine the cauldron in time.
After all, Cao Mulan is an adult. As she grows older, the risks are also increasing rapidly. The most important thing is that her Xuanyin body has matured.
When Xiahou Zun absorbed Yan Hong's inner energy just now, he accidentally sucked the poisonous needle into his meridians. Now the poisonous needle is in his Tianchi point. Even with Xiahouzun's ability, he can't force the poisonous needle out smoothly, so he thought of the furnace cauldron. Using Cao Mulan's Xuanyin body to break through the last level of cultivation and enter the realm of perfection, the poisonous needle will naturally not be a problem.
Hongxiu is his goddaughter and one of his furnaces. Now Hongxiu has no value. Originally, Xiahou Zun did not want to kill her, but Hongxiu realized Xiahou Zun’s true intention and dared to remind Cao Mulan. How could Xiahou Zun Can tolerate her.
Xia Houzun had no pity for Hongxiu. He stepped over her body and followed Cao Mulan's footsteps. He was not in a hurry and said as he walked: "Mulan, you don't have to be afraid. Hongxiu has evil intentions and has been alienating our father." How could I hurt my own daughter?"
Cao Mulan stumbled and fled to the elevator, only to find that the elevator was out of order. Someone must have tampered with it in advance. Yan Hong was dead and Xu Chunliang was still in a coma. It was impossible for Hongxiu to do this. If it were her, she would not remind herself After escaping, the only possibility left was his father.
Cao Mulan really can't figure out why her father wants to harm her. As the saying goes, a tiger's poison cannot eat its seeds. Could it be that his love for her over the past many years was all a disguise?
Cao Mulan's body was getting hotter and hotter, and she didn't dare to stay where she was. Although the military and food transport routes were criss-crossed and there were many hiding places, her familiarity with the underground could not be compared to her father, who had lived underground for a long time.
At this moment, Cao Mulan was lonely and helpless, and her heart was gradually becoming desperate. However, she did not sit still and wait for death. Scenes of a man and a woman entangled with each other kept appearing in her chaotic mind, and Xu Chunliang's face flashed repeatedly in her mind.
There is still a living person underground. Xu Chunliang is still alive. Cao Mulan only has one thought left in her mind now, to find Xu Chunliang as soon as possible. He is her only hope to escape from the clutches of the devil.
Cao Mulan still clearly remembers that her father said that Xu Chunliang was thrown into the world of reincarnation by him.
Cao Mulan can't walk in a straight line now, stumbling into the reincarnation formation like a drunkard.
Xia Houzun walked towards the entrance of the Samsara Array with a hand lamp at this time, with a ferocious smile on his face: "Mulan, don't be afraid, let your father love you well."
Cao Mulan's consciousness gradually blurred. She bit her lip hard and used the pain to stimulate herself to stay awake, because once she lost consciousness, she would fall into the abyss of eternal destruction.
She finally saw Xu Chunliang, who was lying on his back in the reincarnation formation, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.
Because she was running away too fast, she stumbled and fell next to Xu Chunliang. Cao Mulan ignored the pain in her body and grabbed Xu Chunliang's arm and said, "Wake up, wake up!"
Xu Chunliang was still indifferent, and at this time Xia Houzun's footsteps were getting closer and closer.
Cao Mulan was shocked and frightened, and tears flowed out: "Xu Chunliang, wake up, I beg you, wake up!"
The light came in from outside, and Xia Houzun appeared in front of her with slow and unhurried steps.
The light illuminated Cao Mulan's frightened face, and Xia Houzun whispered softly: "Be good, don't be afraid!"
Normally, Cao Mulan would think this was a sign of her father's kindness and care, but now when she heard these words, she was left with only fear and nausea.
(End of this chapter)