She had nowhere to hide now. Just when Gu Jiangyue thought it was all over, a purple figure appeared. Using internal energy, the figure sent the swords and sabers flying. The deafening noise left Gu Jiangyue dazed.
Taking advantage of the two guards being repelled, Gu Jiangyue felt herself being led out of the corridor to a more spacious area.
Gu Jiangyue opened her eyes and happened to meet Ji Yunsheng's gaze.
Seeing this, Ji Yunsheng immediately put on an expression of frustration. He reached out and tapped Gu Jiangyue's head gently, then said,
"Where were you running to? You're so stupid. Don't say the Valley Master taught you when you're out there."
Gu Jiangyue just stared blankly at Ji Yunsheng. Being scolded out of the blue made her a bit unhappy. But before she could say anything, the two guards who had been repelled by Ji Yunsheng rushed towards them again.
Ji Yunsheng protected Gu Jiangyue behind him. A devilish smile played on his lips. Then he took out a soft whip from his waist. The whip was dark purple all over, with few decorations. Only the groove of the whip was dark red, soaked with dried blood.
"You're dirtying the Valley Master's hands."
As Ji Yunsheng finished speaking, he raised the whip and gave it a light flick. The whip seemed to have a mind of its own and shot straight towards the chest of one of the guards at an extremely fast speed. The guard didn't have time to dodge. In an instant, his chest was pierced by the soft whip.
The guard fell to the ground. There was only a dark hole left in his chest. Gu Jiangyue just glanced at the corpse and saw several small black bugs spreading around on the man's chest. Almost in the blink of an eye, the corpse was covered with black bugs, looking extremely terrifying.
After a while, the corpse disappeared under the gnawing of the bugs. Everyone present was shocked by this scene. Gu Jiangyue didn't expect Ji Yunsheng to be so powerful and was momentarily stunned.
The other guard saw what happened to his comrade. No matter how brave he was, he couldn't take it. He turned around and tried to run, but his legs were trembling so much that he couldn't run fast. Ji Yunsheng caught up with him almost instantly and killed him too.
The two guards seemed to have evaporated. There would be no trace of them in this secret room.
Gu Zhengwan had never seen such a scene before. She didn't even know who Ji Yunsheng was, but obviously he was on Gu Jiangyue's side. Gu Zhengwan quickly put the skin she had cut from Gu Liuru into the pre - prepared box and immediately prepared to run.
How could Ji Yunsheng let her go? The soft whip wrapped around Gu Zhengwan's waist as he waved it and pulled her towards him.
Ji Yunsheng's eyes curved with a smile, full of evil charm.
"You bullied my disciple, but you're quite pretty."
Ji Yunsheng looked at Gu Zhengwan carefully for a while. Just when Gu Zhengwan thought Ji Yunsheng was going to let her go, Ji Yunsheng somehow took out some dark green powder and threw it directly on Gu Zhengwan's face.
Ji Yunsheng's movement was so fast that Gu Zhengwan didn't have time to dodge. The green powder covered her face. The intense burning sensation made Gu Zhengwan scream in panic.
"What is this!"
Gu Zhengwan fell to the ground. She barely opened her eyes. The hand that had just touched her face was already covered in blood. Looking at the purple - clad man with a devilish smile in front of her, she felt that Ji Yunsheng's demonic appearance was like a hellish knife from the Nine Nether Hells, ready to take her life at any time.
"You're not qualified to kill my disciple."
Ji Yunsheng had a smile on his face, but his tone was sinister.
Gu Jiangyue didn't know why Ji Yunsheng appeared here, but it must have something to do with Xie Jiuan. So Gu Jiangyue didn't have to worry that Ji Yunsheng would really kill Gu Zhengwan. She guessed that Xie Jiuan would come with people soon.
Gu Zhengwan didn't dare to say anything to Ji Yunsheng anymore. She endured the excruciating pain on her face and quickly got up from the ground.
Just then, there was a commotion at the entrance of the secret room. Gu Jiangyue almost instantly recognized Shen Menglan's voice.
"What is this place? I've never seen it before."
The people were here. A perfect smile appeared on Gu Jiangyue's lips. She turned her head and happened to meet Gu Zhengwan's eyes. Gu Zhengwan's face was covered in blood, but her eyes were easy to recognize. Now those eyes were full of shock and fear.
Shen Menglan's voice was so loud that Gu Zhengwan heard it clearly. She got up and was about to run. At this moment, there was only one thought in her mind: she couldn't be discovered. She still wanted to marry Xie Chengrui.
Ji Yunsheng casually took off a silver ornament from his flamboyant clothes and gently tossed it in Gu Zhengwan's direction.
"Ah!" Gu Zhengwan cried out in pain and then fell to the ground.
There seemed to be a flying insect in the hollow silver ornament. The insect rushed out and bit Gu Zhengwan on the leg. It seemed to have drilled into her body through the wound.
Ji Yunsheng picked up the silver ornament without the bug and hung it on his body again.
There were continuous noises at the door. Gu Jiangyue looked at her clean clothes, then tossed some dust on herself. Then she put on a look of fear and shrank behind Ji Yunsheng. Her act was extremely convincing.
Gu Jiangyue immediately saw Xie Jiuan. There was nothing but worry in Xie Jiuan's beautiful peach - blossom eyes.
"I'm okay."
Gu Jiangyue gave Xie Jiuan a smile where others couldn't see. Her eyes curved with the smile. She was telling Xie Jiuan with her actions not to worry about her. Seeing that Gu Jiangyue was okay, Xie Jiuan finally felt relieved.
Gu Jiangyue then noticed that the others brought by Xie Jiuan were looking at what was happening in shock. They almost forgot to shout and just stood there stunned.
Almost everyone who should be in the Gu Mansion had come. It was Gu Yimiao who reacted first. Looking at Gu Zhengwan's bloody face, she couldn't believe it.
"This... This is Gu Zhengwan!"
Chen Yanqin had been looking for Gu Liuru. Then she heard Xie Jiuan and Xie Chengrui say that Gu Jiangyue was missing. Afraid that something might happen to Gu Liuru too, she came with them. At this time, she also saw the two people lying on the ground clearly. They were Gu Zhengwan and Gu Liuru.
Ji Yunsheng stood aside. Afraid that others couldn't understand what Gu Zhengwan had done, he said slowly,
"Skin - replacement technique. Miss Zhengwan really went to great lengths to cure her own leg, but poor Gu Liuru."
Almost the moment Chen Yanqin saw the two people clearly, she collapsed. She was so grief - stricken that she couldn't even shed tears. She could only shout,
"Gu Zhengwan, what are you doing! My Liuru!"