The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  No one would believe this.

  However, Helian Wei Wei fell into deep thoughts. As a family of exorcists, they would not put piles of corpses at home because this would only make their house restless.

  Unless they had a reason to do so.

  "Oh right, there's one more thing." Zhuge Yun frowned. "The corpses were right beside Ni Feng's yard, wouldn't Uncle Ni be worried about that?"

  Ni Feng?

  Helian Wei Wei's eyes shone, "Did Ni Feng have a weak body when she was young?"

  Chapter 784 - Helian Wei Wei Approaching The Truth

  "Brother Wei, how did you know?" Zhuge Yun's eyes shone brightly in admiration.

  Helian Wei Wei smiled, "You said that she was in poor health, and was isolated for a long time before she came out recently."

  "Yeah, but I didn't say that she wasn't well when she was young." Zhuge Yun muttered to himself and continued, "But before Ni Feng grew up, she was really weak. Uncle Ni has never let her out, and Ni Hu even cried to me once, saying that his sister's dying…"

  "Ni Hu says that to you himself?" Helian Wei Wei's eyes narrowed.

  Zhuge Yun nodded, "Yes, we might not seem that close now, but we used to play together when we were young. I remember Ni Hu's response was particularly huge, and the entire Ni family was in a gloomy state. I even heard that Ni Feng's coffin was made ready. After her death, she would need to be cremated at a designated place as she was from an exorcist family. At that time, my father had changed into his exorcism suit before the Ni family sent over the message that Ni Feng was getting better."

  After listening quietly, Helian Wei Wei continued to ask, "Did this happen after or before you see the corpses?"

  "Of course, it was before. I was too young at that time, and I haven't practiced cultivation yet. I can only vaguely remember that the death of the Phoenix girl could not be known by the people of Exorcist City. Hence, the Ni family concealed the news tightly and said that they would only tell everyone after she was really dead. But what affected me the most was what Ni Hu said to me as he was crying while trembling. It was as if he was certain that his sister was going to die. No one could imagine that Ni Feng would live on, it was a miracle."

  "No, it's not a miracle at all." Helian Wei Wei's voice sank low, and she lowered her eyes. "Someone had used a forbidden curse."

  Zhuge Yun's eyes open wide. If Helian Wei Wei did not give him the look in time, then he would have shouted out!

  "Forbidden curse, what forbidden curse?" Zhuge Yun tried his best to suppress his emotions and even his voice, however, he could not conceal his clearly surprised tone.

  Helian Wei Wei fixed his gaze on him. "Corpses. Those corpses did not appear in the Ni family's house without reason. They must have had a role to play, such as preserving the corpses. As long as there was enough blood and flesh of corpses, the dead could be kept as fresh as a living person. The spirits wouldn't even discover that the preserved one was dead because the other corpses were her best camouflage."

  "Wei, Brother Wei, you mean that Ni, Ni Feng, she's..." Zhuge Yun did not dare to even think of his speculation.

  However, Helian Wei Wei remained as calm as ever. "Ni Feng should have died a long time ago. She is nothing more than a relatively fresh corpse."

  "This is impossible. If she is a corpse, where does her spiritual aura come from?" Zhuge Yun knew that this was a very serious matter, and his first reaction was to deny it.

  Helian Wei Wei looked back at him leisurely. "How can you be sure that it is the spiritual aura?"

  "I..." Zhuge Yun stopped, how to be certain that it is the spiritual aura? This could clearly be seen in everyone's eyes.

  Helian Wei Wei looked at him. Her voice was slow yet steady, "I remember that the exorcism book stated that a spirit can be formed from the years of acc.u.mulation of the corpse aura. As the corpse itself is the last spirit of a person, if it is rich enough, it can also form the spiritual aura."

  "But, but that doesn't mean that Ni Feng is a corpse." Zhuge Yun touched his cold arm and felt a sense of chill from the bottom of his heart that he had never experienced before. Intuitively, he refused to accept this.

  However, Helian Wei Wei shattered his thoughts calmly, "When you approach a person who is rich with spiritual aura, you will feel refreshed. Do you feel refreshed during the journey?"

  "That's because we're in the graveyard," Zhuge Yun continued to struggle.

  Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Look at Ni Hu."

  After hearing this, Zhuge Yun really turned his eyes toward Ni Hu.

  "It is known that the children raised in places of the rich spiritual aura will not be too bad. Since you are close to Ni Hu and are both born in an exorcist family if his sister really has the spiritual aura, do you think he will be at this point? Not only did he not master exorcism, but his mind is also vicious," Helian Wei Wei continued, "and look at the faces of the other Ni family members, every one of them looks terrible. This is not how an exorcist family should look like. I used to think that it was because they're in the graveyard, but if that's the case, how are you perfectly fine? How are Xiao Ling and the others fine?"

  At that moment, Zhuge Yun knew that the man was speaking the truth.

  Did they worship a corpse as the Phoenix Girl for more than a decade? Not only did the corpse not show any flaws, but it had also been enthroned by the entire exorcism community?

  Unknowingly, Zhuge Yun felt that the matter was not merely about the corpse, but a huge conspiracy. It was so deep that he could not guess what the other side was going to do.

  If Brother Wei had not mentioned it, he would never find out.

  It was not just him, but the entire Exorcist City was kept in the dark.

  The exorcising tribe had been invaded by the Qi of Yin.

  Did that imply the whole world would fall into the hands of the demons?

  Ordinary humans simply could not distinguish it. If something were to happen, the Royal Family in the Divine Mainland would unite, and issue a notice to the Exorcist City to let them exorcise the demons. This had been the rule for a long time.

  But now...

  "What is the Ni family trying to do, don't they know the consequences!" Zhuge Yun clenched his fists and did not dare to think about it.

  Helian Wei Wei's eyes were calm as ever. "Most people in the Ni family should be clueless about this because it seems that even Ni Hu doesn't know. If Ni Hu doesn't know the secret, it means that only the person who did it such as Ni Biao would know. Regardless of his initial intention, it is clear that the situation is now beyond his control."

  "What do you mean?" Zhuge Yun could not understand the last sentence.

  Helian Wei Wei raised her head, and looked at him, "You came back before us. Didn't you notice that Ni Biao is not here?"

  Zhuge Yun was stunned as he really did not notice that. He was only worried about the safety of the two people in front of him. He was so worried that he was not in his right mind, and could not notice anything else...

  Chapter 785 - A Slap In The Face

  "While we're talking, the two exorcists, who were sitting on the front left side, were having a conversation about the disappearance of Ni Biao. They said that they have no idea what happened to him, but it seemed like something had bewitched him, causing him to wander away from the rest of the group." Helian Wei Wei slowly conveyed the information that she had just overheard.

  Zhuge Yun's mouth gaped, "You can listen to others' conversations even when we were having a discussion?"

  "Multitasking is a basic skill that a good observer must possess." Helian Wei Wei casually lifted her gaze. She looked at the figure appearing at the entrance of the tunnel, and her eyes narrowed. "I will teach you more about the investigation and observation skills next time. Now, we would need to figure out how a bewitched person managed to return safely..."

  Zhuge Yun followed Helian Wei Wei's gaze, and he frowned all of a sudden!

  The figure that walked ov
er from the entrance of the tunnel was none other than Ni Biao, who had swallowed the magical pill just now. His hand was even holding an amputated spider's leg, and his eyes stared at the crowd before him. He looked even better than when he was demonized.

  "Father!" Ni Hu did not seem to expect the return of his father. He sprang in surprise, and his face was full of joy!

  The disciples of the Ni family were also elated at the appearance of Ni Biao. After all, they had thought that their master would never return, but who could have imagined that a miracle would happen!

  Unlike the rest of the disciples, Old Li was wary of Ni Biao's return. "Wait, don't go over yet. When Master Ni left, something was not quite right. None of us can be sure if he is in his right mind now."

  Upon hearing this, Ni Biao smiled and raised the spider's leg that was he was holding and said, "Rest assured Old Li, my mind is clear and conscious now. In fact, when I was on my way back, I destroyed the nest of the demonic spider. The demonic spider that had brought us much suffering is now dead, and we won't have to worry or fear again."

  "Really?" When the other exorcists heard this, their eyes lit up, and they gathered around Ni Biao. They could not suppress their excitement. "It really is the spider's legs, and it is only a part of the spider's legs! My god, you killed the poisonous spider alone? Looking at the size of the leg, its body size must be at least the size of four people, and its spider web is terrifying. If it's me, I am definitely not its match!"

  "Even if three or four of us join forces, we probably won't be able to subdue this treacherous being! Master Ni is still the best. I don't think I'll ever be fit for this!"

  Ni Biao relished in the admiration of the people around him, and the corners of his lips lifted into a smile. Sure enough, he had made the right decision. Besides bringing the limb of the spider back, he made an even better choice, which was consuming the spider's magical pill. If not, he would not have been able to track the group's location in such a short time.

  The spider's magical pill possessed a sophisticated tracking system, allowing him to maneuver easily in the tomb. Spider webs would no longer have any effect on him, and he could have access to anywhere.

  That was not all, he could also regain the favor of the fellow exorcists.

  The moment he acquired the Sarira, the entire Exorcism City would belong to the Ni family!

  However, before Ni Biao could finish his perfect vision, a cold voice echoed from the crowd, "Are you sure that you're the one who killed the poisonous spider?"

  Ni Biao looked toward the direction of the voice, and his pupils dilated in shock when he saw that Helian Wei Wei was alive. He narrowed his eyes again. "I've brought the evidence, what do you think?"

  "What do I think?" Helian Wei Wei smiled and strode over with light in her eyes. "I think that when you passed the spider's nest, it was already dead. You were just lucky, and took that as a piece of evidence to take the credit for yourself."

  Once they heard this, a commotion broke out in the tomb.

  Ni Biao's face turned dark instantly.

  Ni Hu sneered, "What the h*ll? Is Brother Wei jealous of my father? Aside from my father, do you think anyone here could have defeated such a huge poisonous spider?"

  "Of course." Helian Wei Wei's voice was calm, "Before it died, the poisonous spider was planning to devour me. It was my companion who saved me and decapitated the spider's legs. When we left, it was left with the last breath."

  After hearing this, Ni Biao chuckled, "Oh, Brother Wei. You are very gifted in storytelling. If you really want the credit, I will let you have it. Is there a need to accuse me?"

  When the exorcists saw how magnanimous Ni Biao was, they began to frown at Helian Wei Wei.

  But ever since the previous incident, many exorcists would no longer conclude blindly.

  Only the disciples of the Ni family snorted, "Master, why do you even bother? Everyone knows that besides you, there is no one else that can subdue the poisonous spider. No matter what he says, the one that came back with the spider leg is you, not him!"

  Helian Wei Wei had no interest in explaining everything one by one. The top priority right now was to get the Sarira. However, a direct confrontation would not be able to expose the Ni family, and it would also be difficult to walk over...

  "Not only did he take the spider's leg, but he had also consumed the spider's magical pill." Baili Jia Jue's voice resonated from the surroundings with a hint of graceful sarcasm, "Can an exorcist be considered an exorcist even after he had consumed the magical pill?"

  He attracted everyone's gaze with a single sentence.

  It was not only because of what he had said. This man hardly said anything ever since he had entered the tomb. No one could imagine that the first phrase that he said was such a shocking revelation!

  If it was not for His Highness, Helian Wei Wei would never have thought that Ni Biao would consume the magical pill, because only the Demon King's people could identify the magical pill...

  At this point, the expression of the exorcists had changed significantly, and even their pupils were shaking in disbelief.

  Magical pill?

  How could that be possible?!

  That's a curse forbidden by the ancestors!

  But the magical pill was something that they were absolutely forbidden to touch!

  If they were to touch it, the evil aura would consume them. Although they would be extremely powerful, they would turn into neither a human nor a ghost!

  "You're lying!" Ni Hu looked at the stare around him and shouted at Baili Jia Jue, "Why would my father consume the magical pill? With his reputation and power, he doesn't need that kind of thing at all!"

  Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrows. "Well, what if he has already been plagued by the aura of resentment before this?"

  "Ha! None of the exorcists here is affected, but my father is plagued by the aura of resentment?" Ni Hu laughed mockingly and uttered, "This is getting increasingly outrageous!"

  Chapter 786 - The D.e.s.i.r.e Of Ni Biao To Challenge His Highness

  "Do you think this is outrageous?" Helian Wei Wei's voice was calm, but her next question was straight to the point, "Then, how do you explain the fact that your father has lost his mind before he disappeared?"

  Ni Hu's throat tightened immediately, and his expression turned stiff. Indeed, he could not explain his father's actions at all.

  Ni Biao's fingertips were turning black, but he was trying his best to suppress it from spreading!

  He could not let anyone find out about this before he acquired the Sarira. He must continue to remain his image as the most admired exorcism master of the generation!

  Everyone looked toward the Ni family's father and son, and their faces revealed their speculations respectively.

  At this moment, Ni Feng, whose face was covered with a white veil, spoke. Her voice was still soft as ever, but this time it had a tinge of hostility, "Master Wei, while you're harping on about my father, shouldn't you explain how your companion could drive back the corpse bugs, and also punch a hole through the wall? With his actions, it's hard to believe that he's just an ordinary human being."

  "Yeah! From the moment he entered the tomb until now, Young Master Jue doesn't seem like an ordinary human being!"

  "And his movements are too fast for a human being. He flew out in the blink of an eye!"

  The waves of speculations flooded toward them.

  Zhuge Yun explained quickly, "What's so strange about this? Brother Jue has always been powerful. Isn't his martial Qi enough to resist our spiritual aura?"

  "Brother Yun, although you said so, you can't be certain about it," Ni Feng smiled as she added, "I heard that when they appeared, they went directly to Zhuge Manor without any identity inspection. The fact if they're exorcists still requires verification, right?"

  Ni Feng was very smart indeed.

  Unlike the other things, an exorcist's identity could not be easily obtained.

  On the way here,
His Highness had indeed given Helian Wei Wei two Exorcist Cards, but they were actually stolen from their owners!

  Even though His Highness preferred to use the more elegant word 'borrow'.

  However, she was witnessing it when His Highness was beating them up. The two exorcists were sobbing and saying earnestly that they would never step into the Exorcist City again.

  Helian Wei Wei dismissed the thoughts in her mind and walked over to Ni Feng. "Does Lady Ni think it's more important to verify our Exorcist cards than to determine if your father had consumed the magical pill?"

  Of course, these two matters could not be compared!

  Although those who did not possess the Exorcist Cards would be condemned, they could still casually enter the tomb.

  However, an exorcist consuming the magical pill would be against the heavenly principles!

  Under the veil, Ni Feng's eyes squinted.

  However, Ni Biao broke into laughter, "Since both of us are under suspicion, why don't we prove our innocence."

  "Oh? How should we prove it?" Helian Wei Wei smirked.

  Ni Biao was fearless as he had consumed the magical pill. He maintained his gentle facade and said, "You suspected that I had swallowed the magical pill, but your companion is even more suspicious. Why don't we have a match to see which one of us will be thrashed into our true form."

  "Alright."

  Before Helian Wei Wei could answer, Baili Jia Jue who was behind her stepped out slowly. Perhaps it was due to the dim light, although both of his pupils were as black as ink, there seemed to be golden flecks spiraling in his pupils.

  Perhaps none of them could understand why he was so happy to accept the challenge.

  However, Helian Wei Wei knew that His Highness had finally found a proper reason for a duel. He no longer had to deliberately suppress his power, and could freely beat someone up. Needless to say, he would be contented.

  She even suspected that His Highness pointed out that Ni Biao had consumed the magical pill for the duel.

  In the past, His Highness would only tell her alone in exchange for something.