As soon as Ni Feng uttered those words, all the exorcists turned to look at Madam Zhuge, condemning her...
Chapter 849 - Her Highness Wei Wei
"The Zhuge family really screwed up this time."
"In order to protect her child, she risked the lives of everyone in the Exorcist City. This is definitely not how a hundred-year-old exorcist family should behave."
"Luckily Lady Ni found out about it early. Otherwise, the situation would be much more serious!"
This outcome was exactly what Ni Feng wanted. She looked up at Madam Zhuge, "Auntie, now that the situation has unfolded this way, I have no other choice. Dear seniors, we must tie Madam Zhuge up in order for Zhuge Yun, who is hiding with the Zhuge family, to show himself. Even though he has been possessed by hostile ghosts, a loved one in trouble would still make him anxious. Do you all agree with this plan?"
The reason Ni Feng asked this question, was because she was confident that these exorcists would agree.
Just as she expected, almost everyone felt that this method was the most secure.
Ni Feng did not waste any time. She looked at Madam Zhuge again.
She had never liked doing things halfway.
However, it was not a good time to kill anyone.
Besides, looking at the old woman's appearance, she probably did not know about her secret.
Thus, there was nothing bad about keeping her around.
With that, Ni Feng's previous anxiety had faded quite a bit, a gentle smile appearing on her face. Now all she had to do was eliminate the exorcists who had disguised themselves, then she could rightly become the reincarnated Phoenix Girl and take away the life form of Phoenix!
Madam Zhuge did not resist, nor did she proclaim about what secrets she knew, which was what the previous two exorcists had done when entering the city.
If it was not for Helian Wei Wei who had instructed her before the operation, she might have done the same.
That person had told her, even if Ni Feng found out about it, it was not a big deal. The only way to spare them more time was to keep the secret.
Actually, Helian Wei Wei did not tell Madam Zhuge that the reason she made Madam Zhuge stay silent was to protect her life.
The moment anyone knew about Ni Feng's secret, Ni Feng would try to eliminate them as soon as possible.
Helian Wei Wei must ensure that everyone was safe.
However, the disciples of the Zhuge family were anxious when they saw Madam Zhuge being seized because no one knew when Helian Wei Wei and the others would return.
However, at this moment, a raging fire ignited on the ground that was surrounded by the demons of the Ni family.
In the midst of the blazing fire, Helian Wei Wei's closed eyes opened suddenly, staring clearly at Baili Jia Jue who was standing in front of her.
She paced over.
She was like a Greek goddess coming out of the battlefield, her long legs and slightly raised lips still looked arrogant and attractive even in such a situation.
Undoubtedly, she had regained the memories of her previous life.
The person standing before him now was not only Helian Wei Wei, but also Phoenix who had once been hurt by him.
At that moment, Baili Jia Jue felt his heart twisted into a knot.
For some reason, he thought of the time when he looked for the magical mirror in Sky Lake for a whole day, but was later told that she had been incarcerated for the sake of Bodhi.
At the time he was thinking that he should have held her tight when she asked to break up, regardless of who she liked!
Even now, Baili Jia Jue's thoughts had not changed.
If she was really touched by Bodhi, he would immediately tie her up and let her know who she belonged to the entire time.
Helian Wei Wei raised her head to look at the man's handsome face, his deep peach blossom eyes full of emotion, with the faintly discernible magic and that familiar divine psyche.
"The reason that you were worried I was going to regain my memories of Buddhism, was Bodhi?" Helian Wei Wei raised an eyebrow.
As soon as the words sounded, the man instantaneously grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, holding her so tightly that he was using up all his strength. He seemed afraid that she would turn and leave any time, yet he was evil and overbearing, "Since when was I worried? A mere Bodhi tree dares to dream of taking you away from me?"
Helian Wei Wei paused, noticing the stiffness in the man's fingers. The corners of her lips raised slightly, "If it's not about Bodhi, then it means that you were worried I would find out about your initial motive of getting close to me. You wanted to get revenge on me for not thinking you were important back then, so you induced me."
Baili Jia Jue stared at her as the marble under his feet cracked in an instant.
The group of monsters at the side looked on while trembling and immediately formed the shape of goldfish.
However, the man ignored them. He leaned down and put his thin lips by Helian Wei Wei's ear, "Induce? Did I? All I did was use some tricks in order to get you, you should know that very well."
"Yes, I do know very well. So I decided to keep you around, to prevent you from harming others." Helian Wei Wei smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, "But shouldn't you explain what was going on with those women around you?"
Baili Jia Jue was stunned for a moment as the ghoulish aura around his whole body faded away. He picked her up with a faint smile, "If I didn't do that, would you take another look at me?"
Back then, one of them was the mighty and arrogant Emperor of Tian Dao, and the other was a Phoenix of Buddhism who had her own ways around many things.
In the beginning, they hated each other and had always thought of conquering each other.
Later they learned that actually, they had already secretly fallen in love with each other ever since they met for the very first time.
However, both of them were too young and proud at the time. They were used to being above everyone and thus prone to hiding everything at the bottom of their hearts.
"So it wasn't you who gifted the magical mirror to Golden Lotus?" Helian Wei Wei let the man pick her up, with a hint of a smile in her eyes.
Baili Jia Jue lowered his head to look at her, "I'm not blind. Why would I give her the magical mirror? You should know based on the memory reflected in the magical mirror."
"I'm just asking. After all, I'm not a person who throws away love tokens casually." Helian Wei Wei smiled cunningly.
Baili Jia Jue raised an eyebrow, "And I wouldn't kneel at the Forbidden Land for a hundred years for anyone other than you."
Helian Wei Wei was silent. This sentence was so lethal that it made her speechless.
"Shouldn't you be more of a gentleman toward me?" Helian Wei Wei complained quietly, "You've still got such a sharp tongue."
Baili Jia Jue looked at the furry head in his arms and bent over to embrace her, and with his low voice, "You wouldn't know what I was thinking the moment you came out just now. I was thinking that if you were even a little bit naughty, I would crush your claws, so you wouldn't miss that Bodhi."
"You've remembered the past for a long time now?" Helian Wei Wei was not asking, but was instead making a statement.
Baili Jia Jue chuckled lowly, "It wasn't too long ago. After entering the royal tomb, I thought of some fragments. These fragments were all in Tian Dao, very messy and broken. But these are not important anymore. What's important is how the people of Buddhism treated you last time. I will slowly have my revenge on them, bit by bit!"
Chapter 850 - 846-2
In the heart of Exorcist City at this moment, a host of exorcists rushed out, not to ward off the demons outside the city, but surrounded the Zhuge Manor while dressed in white robes and carried long swords in their hands.
Ni Feng stood right in front of the group of exorcists, looking at the tightly shut iron gate of the Zhuge Manor from behind her veil.
She glanced at the disciple of the Ni fam
ily next to her.
The disciple did not say anything and immediately dragged Madam Zhuge over, shouting at Zhuge Manor, "Zhuge Yun, because of you, Madam Zhuge put the safety of the Exorcist City at risk. Are you going to continue hiding in Zhuge Manor like a coward?"
Madam Zhuge knew that all of this was Ni Feng's doing, so she remained silent and just stood there without any warmth in her eyes.
Ni Feng, however, was very polite and gave the disciple of the Ni family a scolding look, "Do not speak like this in the future." Then she looked at Madam Zhuge again, "Auntie, Brother Yun has been controlled by hostile ghosts. I must capture him, otherwise it will be irresponsible to the people of the entire Exorcist City. I know you will blame me, but now that the situation has come to this, I can no longer care so much. Please forgive me."
Her words were not meant for Madam Zhuge, but for the exorcists who were following behind her.
Today's affairs must end in bloodshed.
Once Zhuge Yun and the others came out later, they were bound to reveal her secret.
If she did not say something in advance, the people would surely raise suspicions against her by then.
As long as she continued to strengthen the public's impression that Zhuge Yun had been possessed by hostile ghosts, and all that she had done was just to protect the Exorcist City.
Even if Zhuge Yun and the others really found a chance to say something, no one would believe them.
Because in the people's minds, that was just the provocation of hostile ghosts.
Even if these exorcists did not think so, she would still convince them to think that way.
If she did not come up with a way to kill all the people who had been to the ancient tomb, there was a chance that her secret would be leaked.
Thus, Zhuge Yun and the others must die!
As Ni Feng thought of this, her eyes narrowed and she deliberately lowered her status, "Auntie, don't worry. As long as Bother Yun doesn't do anything that crosses the line, everything will be fine."
Just as Ni Feng expected, everyone supported her even more as they saw her gesture, "Feng'er, there is no need to say so much to the Zhuge family. As one of the Four Factions, she had forgotten the most basic principle of an exorcist. So just go ahead with anything that you want to do, we will back you up."
"That's right," said the elder of another faction. He looked at Madam Zhuge and shook his head, "I never thought that the Zhuge family would become what it is now. When the Zhuge brothers were still alive, they would never have tolerated demons hiding in the family. Since he has been possessed by evil spirits, we must deal with it as soon as possible. She put the lives of the whole city at risk, she is not worthy to be an exorcist!"
Madam Zhuge had no explanation against the clamor of everyone else.
"Ah Yun, you can't go!"
"That's right, Young Master. Madam gave us orders before she left. You can't go out no matter what happens!"
"Zhuge Yun, have you forgotten what Miss Wei said before leaving? Try your best to gain more time, don't let Ni Feng notice anything!"
Zhuge Yun bit his lip harshly, his eyes red, "You guys stay here, I will go out there myself! I can't sit by and let these people slander my mother and the reputation of the Zhuge family for so many generations!"
"But what can you do when you go out there? You heard it yourself. Right now, all the exorcists of the entire Exorcist City are on Ni Feng's side. They believe everything that she's saying. Even if you go out there, you can't change the situation." Someone yelled at Zhuge Yun, with his fingers pressing down on his shoulder, "Ni Feng is very cunning. When we were at the royal tomb, we were all fooled by her. If it wasn't for Miss Wei, we would never have known that she even dared to fake the identity of the reincarnated Phoenix Girl. If you go out there now, we don't know what method she will use to deal with you."
Zhuge Yun's eyes looked pure black and extremely sharp, "Even so, I can't let her do whatever she wants. Even if going out there means a dead end, I will still tear down her hypocrisy and let everyone know what kind of woman she is!"
"Zhuge Yun!" The exorcists soon realized that they could not stop him, so they could only watch his back as he walked out the entrance while gritting their teeth, "Wait a minute, we will go with you!"
They had been exorcists for so long that they had forgotten why their younger selves had promised their fathers that they would uphold justice and fight evil.
No one knew exactly when the Exorcist City started to change and was no longer as simple as before.
As exorcists who used to focus on exorcism, they started to consider what they could do to better maintain the benefits of their families.
But now, for the first time in forever, they regained that purest impulse.
They would break all these unknown rules, let everyone know what the truth was, and be a person who would truly uphold justice and fight evil!
Boom!
Someone had pushed the door open forcefully with their hands!
Zhuge Yun stood there as his eyes met Ni Feng's gaze directly. There was a certain coolness in his voice, "Ni Feng, weren't you looking for me? Now that I'm here, let my mother go!"
Ni Feng seemed to be startled by his appearance. She deliberately reached out to pat her c.h.e.s.t, coughing weakly a couple of times before she spoke, "Brother Yun has indeed been possessed by hostile ghosts, or else his aura of resentment would not be so strong toward me. Auntie, is it because of this that you said nothing and kept Brother Yun in the Zhuge Manor? Unfortunately, his violence is so obvious. The seniors are here as well, and they would not allow him to go on like this."
"Enough!" A few voices sounded from behind Zhuge Yun. The exorcists who had been to the ancient tomb stood in a line before the entrance of the Zhuge Manor. They were all wearing white exorcism robes, looking at Ni Feng with icy gazes, "Each of us are perfectly fine standing before you, yet you insist that we have been possessed by evil spirits. You're just afraid that we will expose your secret. Ni Feng, did you really think that you could have the entire Exorcist City in the palm of your hands?!"
The moment when the exorcists came out, Ni Feng did feel a little troubled. She was worried that there might be some unforeseen circ.u.mstances, but when she looked around and found no shadows of Phoenix, she laughed in her heart.
Since she could convince all the exorcists of the Exorcist City to listen to her, naturally, she had come well prepared!
Chapter 851 - 847-2
This was what Ni Feng thought in her heart, but the expression on her face gave nothing away. Instead, she started coughing violently, before saying in a gentle voice, "I have never hidden anything from the people in the Exorcist City, and there is no need for the members of the Ni family to do such a thing. You hostile ghosts truly underestimated the seniors of the Exorcist City. Although I have no idea what kind of ghosts are possessing you, everything that I am doing now is for the people of Exorcist City. If Madam Zhuge disagrees, I could even hand over the rights of governing the Exorcist City to her. Is this the only way to stop your scheme of sowing dissension among us?"
This plan of Ni Feng's was too brilliant, retreating in order to advance.
It was so good that no matter what Madam Zhuge said then, she would just be accused of seizing power.
Naturally, the elders trusted her even more and they started to speak over another, "Feng'er, how could you hand over the rights of governing the Exorcist City? You are the Phoenix Girl, you are the only one who could save the Exorcist City now."
"That's right, Lady Ni, you mustn't fall into their trap just like that. This will only harm us and benefit them!"
"The disciples of my Li family are among them as well, but now I understand that very few were able to come back alive from the ancient tomb. If they hadn't been possessed by hostile ghosts, they couldn't possibly be standing here at all, much less spewing words of provocation to sow dissension among us. These evil spirits and demons know as well as we do that only the
Phoenix Girl could change the fate of the Exorcist City, so they had to come up with such a scheme to fight against Feng'er."
The people were talking on and on amidst the sound of Ni Feng coughing. Nobody said anything to help Zhuge Yun and the others, for almost everyone was standing on Ni Feng's side!
Upon seeing this situation, Zhuge Yun clasped his hands together tightly. He could not help but yelled, "Ni Feng is not the Phoenix Girl at all! Dear seniors, you have all been fooled by her!"
The scene turned silent, but it did not last long.
The disciple of the Ni family glared at Zhuge Yun, "Do you know what you are saying?! The world has been auspicious ever since our Lady was born. Her body is full of spiritual aura and she has the heart of Bodhisattva! Those demons would already have broken into the city if it wasn't for her! There wouldn't even be a chance for anyone to be spouting nonsense around here!"
Ni Feng took the advantage to shake her head, reaching out to stop the disciple of Ni Family. She pretended to be emotional, saying, "That's enough, the seniors are considerate, they can clearly distinguish between what is true and what is false."
Those elders had already felt that this matter was preposterous, but once they heard Ni Feng's words, they felt even more sorry for Ni Feng, "Feng'er, don't worry, although we are old, our eyes still work. We know that everything you did was for the Exorcist City. Besides, how could you not be the Phoenix Girl? His words are utter nonsense, do not take them to heart!"
"Dear seniors!" Zhuge Yun knew that if he did not say anything now, they would never get the chance again. He took a step forward and yelled loudly, "You can choose not to trust me, but there are six of us here. All six of us have been into the ancient tomb, so each of us knows what truly happened there. Ni Feng was just a corpse all along, she died when she fell seriously ill more than 10 years ago. This Ni Feng is here now because Ni Biao had used the Forbidden Incantation of raising a corpse, all for the honor of the Ni Family's generations. His wild ambition had brought death on himself, for he did not know at all when Ni Feng started learning to absorb his spiritual aura. When he arrived at the ancient tomb, his mind was bewitched and he turned into a demon. Only then did some suspicions arise, and if it wasn't for someone who gave us a reminder, we would never have been able to see the situation for what it was. Back then, the Exorcising Tribe had a rule stating that nobody was ever allowed to enter the spiritual tomb, but the Ni Family was determined to go, to resurrect the dead at all costs and change the Six Paths. All of this was because Ni Feng wanted to truly be immortal. Besides the Sarira, there was also a magical mirror inside the ancient tomb. After Ni Feng got her hands on the magical mirror, she got back to the city before us. To keep her secret, she told all of you in advance that everyone inside the ancient tomb had been possessed so that you would not believe us, but in actual fact, she is the only truly evil one!"
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