Jiang Yuebai took Yan Hongyu to sit at the stern of the black-sailed boat, set up a soundproof barrier, and listened to Yan Hongyu's tearful recounting of her experiences from the Iron Palm Realm to here.
Yan Hongyu's words were incoherent and her crying voice was sometimes high and sometimes low, and some of it looked quite fake.
Jiang Yuebai rubbed his temple. After listening to her chatter, he finally understood how Dong Yue recognized her.
Probably when she left the Iron Palm Realm that year, she asked Yi Zhanying to take care of Yan Hongyu and the others. Later, Yi Zhanying continued to use the method she left behind to repair the teleportation array while taking Yan Hongyu and the others to the Iron Palm Realm.
Yan Hongyu said that Guangling was a dishonest person. She had guessed that Jiang Yuebai did not show his true face to them, so she wanted to ask Yi Zhanying about Jiang Yuebai's specific background and appearance. She was still unwilling to give up on the golden book of imperial decree that was lost from him, and was plotting something bad.
But Yi Zhanying did not fall into Guangling's trap and scolded him several times to make him behave himself.
However, Guangling and Yi Zhanying had the same level of cultivation at that time, so it was not easy for the two to fall out. Guangling did not do anything out of line, and he even led other mountain gods and ghosts to help Yi Zhanying repel the invaders several times.
Therefore, Yi Zhanying could only turn a blind eye to Guangling and concentrate on repairing the teleportation array so that everyone could leave the Iron Palm Realm that was about to be destroyed as soon as possible.
Later, Guangling visited many of the surviving disciples who were rescued by Yi Zhanying when Jiang Yuebai fought with Yi Zhengyang. They all saw a little bit of Jiang Yuebai from afar and knew that he had white hair. Some of them had good eyesight and could also see some of his features.
Guangling pieced it all together and actually managed to draw a picture of Jiang Yuebai's appearance. He carried it with him, hoping to wait for a chance in the future to take back the golden book of imperial decree.
The portrait was not exactly the same, but after Yan Hongyu had looked at it, she recognized Jiang Yuebai at once when she saw him from afar in Meihuawu.
Then more than three years later, Yi Zhanying finally repaired the teleportation array, but the heavens would not let them live. The Iron Palm Realm was destroyed without any warning on that day, and Master Iron Palm and Dong Yue also returned on that day.
Master Iron Palm is looking for the Sky-Repairing Stone in order to collect the origins of the five elements when the small realm was destroyed.
Yi Zhanying escaped with the disciples of Tie Zhangmen through the teleportation array. Guangling and Yan Hongyu, the mountain gods and wild ghosts, were unlucky and fell into Dong Yue's hands.
Yan Hongyu knelt in front of Jiang Yuebai, wiping her tears with her sleeves.
"If I hadn't been smart and good at coaxing people, and if I hadn't been efficient, I would have been killed by Master Dongyue. That bastard Guangling sold you out just to please Master Dongyue."
"It was he who told Master Dongyue that the Golden Book of Imperial Conferment was in your hands, and that you had refined it and it was completely different from before. He also said that you were using Master Dongyue's name to commit crimes and tarnish his reputation."
"By the way, he also said that you used the Imperial Sealing Golden Book to collect a large amount of incense energy, and that Master Dongyue was at the critical juncture of a breakthrough. He abandoned the Imperial Sealing Golden Book and smashed it to escape in order to avoid being bound by Dongyue Continent."
"Now that you have taken the Imperial Golden Book and repaired it, Master Dongyue will definitely want to take it back and use the incense energy inside to improve his cultivation. So you must be careful of him, Master Iron Palm. He and Master Dongyue are both ruthless. I have seen Master Dongyue torture his ghost slaves many times because he was in a bad mood. Many ghost slaves were tortured to death by him. By the way, he also said that when he catches you, he will turn you into a ghost slave."
Yan Hongyu finally finished speaking and threw herself in front of Jiang Yuebai, crying louder and louder.
Jiang Yuebai asked, "You told me this, aren't you afraid that Dong Yue would know and kill you?"
"I betrayed him just to stay alive. I don't want to be a ghost slave. I'm afraid I'll be tortured to death by him one day. You haven't seen his methods. Immortal, I know you have great magical powers. You must save me. I am willing to work like a cow or a horse for you."
"Lift your head up, let me see the ghost slave mark between your eyebrows."
Hearing this, Yan Hongyu was overjoyed, but she still held back her pitiful crying face and raised her face tenderly.
Jiang Yuebai leaned in closer to take a closer look. The way of drawing this seal was not the talisman method she was familiar with. Instead, it was very similar to the method of Yin-Yang School that she had just seen in a book.
She had just started learning this technique and was not proficient in it, so she had no way of breaking it. If she tried to force it, Yan Hongyu might not be able to bear it.
"Come with me."
Jiang Yuebai removed the soundproof barrier and brought Yan Hongyu to Mo Baichun and Zhuge Zigan.
"Can you two help me see how to remove this seal?"
Zhuge Zigan and Mo Baichun looked at Yan Hongyu in confusion. Yan Hongyu cried bitterly and said, "I beg you two True Lords to help me. I am a good ghost and have never killed anyone. I just scare people at most. Really!"
Jiang Yuebai said, "If it's difficult, don't force it."
Mo Baichun and Zhuge Zigan said nothing, but looked carefully at Yan Hongyu's brows.
Zhuge Ziqian said, "It is indeed the method of the Yin-Yang School. I am really sorry, Senior Sister Wuchen and I are both Yanjia School practitioners, and we are helpless against the Yin-Yang School's seal."
Yan Hongyu's heart sank when she heard this, and she immediately started crying loudly, "Oh my God - why am I so miserable -"
Several people frowned at her crying, and Zhuge Zigan quickly added, "But I have a way to temporarily seal this seal, so that the person who contracted you can no longer find you, and can no longer harm you through the Ghost Slave Seal, but it can only last for five days. When the Zhuge family can ask my senior brother, he is the Yin-Yang family."
Yan Hongyu's crying stopped abruptly, and she sobbed softly again.
"Thank you for your help." Jiang Yuebai bowed.
Zhuge Zigan took out a jade talisman and made several hand gestures in succession, injecting the talisman light into Yan Hongyu's brows and wrapping the Ghost Slave Seal bit by bit.
Seeing this, Mo Baichun stood up and pulled Jiang Yuebai aside, saying, "Tell me the truth, is this ghost slave from Dong Yue? The marks are all in the shape of mountains. You little girl, don't push your luck. Zi Gan is helping you out of kindness, don't cause trouble for him."
Jiang Yuebai said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will clean up the mess and will never implicate anyone in the Zhuge family."
Jiang Yuebai said so, and Mo Baichun didn't know what to say.
"Do you want my help?" Mo Baichun asked with a sigh, and added, "It's just to pay off your debt."
Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "You think it's easy. I will handle this matter myself. You just do your job as a guest elder of the Zhuge family. The Zhuge family will wait for me in three days."
After saying that, Jiang Yuebai saw that Zhuge Zigan had already sealed the Ghost Slave Seal on Yan Hongyu's forehead, and thanked him, "Thank you for your help, Brother Zigan. I still have some trivial matters to deal with, so I won't bother the Zhuge family anymore. I'll treat you to a drink when I have the chance in the future. I'm leaving now."
Jiang Yuebai waved his sleeves and grabbed Yan Hongyu, sweeping across the river, going farther and farther away, quickly disappearing in the misty river fog.
Returning to an empty shore in Meihuawu, Jiang Yuebai put Yan Hongyu down, stood upright with his hands behind his back, his eyes stern.
"If you want me to save you, crying alone is not enough. You have to fight for it yourself. Find a way to bring Guangling to me. Don't alarm Dongyue. After that, I will send you to a place where Dongyue can't find you. As long as I am alive, I will keep you alive."
(End of this chapter)