Chapter 155: Like a demon or a ghost
Pei Rong sat on Yu Congrong's flying boat and looked down. Mountains, rivers and sea of clouds passed quickly before his eyes.
He thought, is this the power of an immortal? They can call the wind and rain, shrink the earth to an inch, and time flies. A top-quality BMW can only travel a thousand miles a day, but the magic weapon of the immortal sect can carry many people and travel thousands of miles a day.
His heart was pounding.
He had never had this feeling when Wei Qinglan and Jiang Lisheng left a letter to explain their departure. At that time, he had not witnessed their abilities with his own eyes. His future and theirs were two unintersecting lines, one was in the immortal world, and the other was in the mortal world. His future path had been paved, which was to achieve great things.
Now, his family was in great trouble. That day, even if he had the best martial arts, it was useless. The sword in his hand could not hurt the monster. He could only watch helplessly as everyone was torn to pieces in front of him. If he had the ability of a disciple of the immortal sect that day, he would not have been unable to protect his family.
He turned around and looked at Jiang Lisheng.
Since she woke up, there has always been people around her. First, her junior sister Lou Qianyi whispered to her for a while, then a senior sister Zhu from Kunlun talked to her for a while, and then her junior brother came to her, and then a senior brother Lu from Kunlun also came over.
He could hear some of their words and some of theirs but not others, but he could hear most clearly the part where Senior Brother Lu kept praising and admiring her.
He said that she was so amazing. When she saved people, the golden light in the room was probably from the Nascent Soul stage.
But she just waved her hands, "Brother Lu, you must have seen it wrong. How is that possible? I am still at the Nascent Soul stage, and I am also a master of all skills. Even my dreams are more reliable than what you say."
Senior Brother Lu looked around and said, "If you don't believe me, ask them. We all saw it."
Seeing everyone nodding, Jiang Lisheng laughed, "Is it Uncle Yu's technique? She set up a barrier to protect me. Everyone's technique is different, so the scenes that appear are different."
Upon hearing this, everyone went to look for Yu Congrong, but found that she was not there and had gone into her room.
Lu Shaoling scratched his head, "Really? My master?"
Jiang Lisheng extended his hand and said, "Brother Lu, look at me. I don't have any spiritual power at all. Have you ever seen a Nascent Soul cultivator who doesn't even have a Nascent Soul? My spiritual palace is now empty."
Lu Shaoling was speechless immediately, "Junior Sister Jiang, don't underestimate yourself. Even if you are not a Nascent Soul, you are amazing for being able to save people and remove poison."
Jiang Lisheng admitted this, and she immediately laughed, "I think so too."
Xi Jili calmly stopped Jiang Lisheng's hand, preventing her from touching Lu Shaoling, "Senior Sister, are you still going to rest? I'm afraid you won't be able to rest when you get to Hexin City. Why not go to your room and rest for a while now?"
Jiang Lisheng thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll go to sleep for a while."
She stood up and patted Xi Jili on the shoulder, "Junior brother, your eye sockets are all black and blue, go and have a rest too!"
People who practice cultivation do not have to practice continuously day and night, they also need to sleep.
Lou Qianyi immediately stood up and followed him back to the room, "Senior Sister, I'll go with you."
Jiang Lisheng yawned and said "hmm".
Zhu Wenyin watched her fellow sisters return to their room, then turned her gaze to Xi Jili, only to see him stand up and leave as well.
Lu Shaoling hadn't finished talking yet, looking at Zhu Wenyin who seemed to be unsatisfied, "Hey, why are you all gone at once? Junior Sister Jiang has slept for two days and nights, are you still sleepy? Let's talk for a while."
Seeing that he was in high spirits, Zhu Wenyin said to him, "Brother Lu, if you are in high spirits, why don't you go talk to Master Pei to relieve your boredom."
Upon hearing this, Lu Shaoling immediately went to look for him. He was startled to see Pei Rong lying on the edge of the Cloud Piercing Shuttle and immediately stood up. "Okay, I'll go talk to him right away. His movements are too dangerous. Don't fall."
Zhu Wenyin also turned around and went back to her room. Lu Shaoling came to the edge and stretched out his hand to pull Pei Rong away, "Well, Brother Pei, although my master's Cloud Piercing Shuttle is a magic weapon, it is just a tool. You leaned too low. If you fall down, I won't be able to save you in time at such a fast speed."
Pei Rong thanked him, "Thank you, Brother Lu."
Lu Shaoling let him go, "Come on, let's talk inside."
Pei Rong nodded.
Lu Shaoling took him to a tea room and motioned Pei Rong to sit down.
Just as they sat down, Jiang Lisheng came back to the tea room, peeked in, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Pei Rong: "I almost forgot about you. I just woke up and haven't talked to you yet." She muttered, "It's all my fault, Junior Brother. He took advantage of my full mind and forced me to go to bed."
Pei Rong was stunned.
Lu Shaoling was immediately happy and waved, "Junior Sister Jiang, come quickly. I just haven't talked to you enough. I mean, Junior Brother Xi is too worried about you. It's not good to sleep too much."
Jiang Lisheng walked into the tea room and sat down. "I have been sleepy since I was a child, so I don't blame him."
She looked at Pei Rong, "I haven't asked you yet, what happened to your family after we left? What harmed the Pei family? It is said that in the entire Hexin City, only the Pei family had problems."
Pei Rong's face turned pale and he shook his head. "I don't know what happened. After you left, everything was normal. I trained as usual and waited for news from the Yun family at home. Nothing unusual happened. Only one morning, I estimated that the Yun family would soon arrive, so I returned to the mansion with a few guards. After entering the house, I found that the house was full of corpses and blood. A monster was tearing people apart..."
"What kind of monster?"
Pei Rong's face turned pale and he shook his head. "I can't see clearly. It's a black shadow, very large, with fangs, and very ferocious. My sword can't hurt it..."
Jiang Lisheng frowned, "According to the Yun family guards, there is no intact body in Pei's mansion, except for you. How did it spare you?"
Pei Rong shook his head. "I don't know. It wanted to tear me apart alive. I had no strength left at that time. But I don't know what it hit, and it suddenly retreated and left."
"Did you see it clearly? Is it a monster? Or a ghost?" Jiang Lisheng asked.
Pei Rong shook his head. "I can't see clearly. He looks like a demon or a ghost. Wherever he walks, there is a cloud of black smoke. I can only identify him by the shape of his movement. It has a sinister aura..."
He paused as he spoke, "I have never seen a demon or ghost, I am just judging based on the pictures in the folk market."
Jiang Lisheng thought about it and it made sense. Ordinary people in the mortal world could not easily see these things, and those who saw them would be dead. According to his description, she had never seen a ferocious beast walking like black smoke in ancient books. It sounded like a ghost. She looked at Lu Shaoling.
Lu Shaoling shook his head at her, also puzzled, "What is this thing? How can it be neither an animal nor a ghost? I have never seen or heard of it. It doesn't look like a Yinsha ghost either. That thing has long fangs and sharp teeth, but what you described doesn't have them."
He asked Pei Rong, "Could you have seen it wrong?"
Pei Rong shook his head, very sure, "No."
Although his eyes were bloodshot, he still lay on the ground with his eyes wide open at the moment when he was powerless to fight back. He wanted to see the monster clearly. He didn't want his whole family to die in its hands and go to the underworld without even remembering their enemy.
Jiang Lisheng asked him, "Can you paint? Can you draw it?"
Pei Rong nodded, "Yes, I can."