Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2246: Chapter 2245: Together with You

”Watch out!” Bai Ruozhu reacted swiftly and backed away, but following closely were two screams, as two members of the Wei Hall, focusing on maintaining the barrier, were struck by the mechanical puppet and fell to the ground.

”Zhu Ning, you actually...” Fen Jizhi glared, furious, and realized that the Poison Mother-in-law wouldn’t have mechanical puppets, only Zhu Ning would have them.

Zhu Ning was released by the Poison Mother-in-law, and she laughed out loud, ”What, are you scared? Didn’t expect you’d have this day, did you?”

”So, you had allied with the Quanrong Clan all along, coming back then was just to destroy us from within.” Xiu Shao squinted his eyes, ”Aren’t you afraid your parents and family in the Jiuli Clan will be heartbroken by what you’ve done?”

Cold light shot out from Zhu Ning’s eyes, her teeth grinding audibly, ”What right do you have to accuse me? If you hadn’t driven me away back then, I wouldn’t have been captured by the Quanrong people, and I certainly wouldn’t have become You Meng’s woman. But now, I like it just fine, You Meng treats me well, can help me get revenge. As long as you all die, no one will know about my affairs, and no one will trouble my family.”

”Stop babbling, they don’t have the protective barrier, kill them all!” The Poison Mother-in-law rasped.

The Quanrong people began to move, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun exchanged a glance and attacked the Poison Mother-in-law together, knowing that capturing the leader first was critical. With You Meng absent, the Poison Mother-in-law was the strongest; taking her down increased their chances of safety.

”You all die!” The Poison Mother-in-law suddenly threw a bottle of red medicine liquid, then let out a long howl. She was about to use her extremely toxic heart blood again!

”Get back!” Bai Ruozhu was already on guard and quickly retreated with Jiang Yichun. Xiu Shao and the others quickly dodged away, while Zhu Ning, never having witnessed the Poison Mother-in-law’s power and feeling exceptionally pleased, thought she would see Bai Ruozhu and the others badly beaten.

A piercing scream rang out. Zhu Ning’s face and body were splattered by the Poison Mother-in-law’s poisonous blood. Though it wasn’t much, it was enough to leave Zhu Ning in agonizing pain.

”Help me, I’m poisoned, it hurts so much!” Zhu Ning cried out in pain.

But the Poison Mother-in-law had just used her heart blood and was in an unstable condition, unable to care for her. Bai Ruozhu and the others wouldn’t miss such an opportunity and attacked the Poison Mother-in-law together.

”Don’t kill her!” Bai Ruozhu suddenly commanded, causing Fen Jizhi to withdraw his sword that was about to strike the Poison Mother-in-law. He looked at Bai Ruozhu in confusion, wondering if this old Demon Queen was of some use.

”Her body is full of poison. If you get splashed by her blood, you’ll be poisoned. There’s no need to get poisoned just to kill her.” Bai Ruozhu stopped Xiu Shao and the others as well.

”Then we just let her go?” Fen Jizhi thought, if we can’t use the sword, we could just smash her.

”She’s full of poison, don’t touch her, but I won’t let her go.” Bai Ruozhu smirked, secretly instructing Xiaomao to deal with the Poison Mother-in-law. Although the Poison Mother-in-law hadn’t raised any poisonous insects, they were linked with poisons, and Xiaomao swallowing the Poison Mother-in-law’s poison would be beneficial.

Xiaomao turned into a white light and drilled into the Poison Mother-in-law’s body.

At this moment, another mechanical puppet suddenly attacked them. Fen Jizhi and others intercepted it and destroyed Zhu Ning’s mechanical puppet, but Zhu Ning took the opportunity to escape.

The Poison Mother-in-law’s body lay on the ground. The others carefully bypassed it; even in death, the old Demon Queen was full of poison, utterly terrifying.

”Too bad Zhu Ning escaped, she’s likely gone to fetch reinforcements. What should we do?” Fen Jizhi asked worriedly.

”Quickly open a path to the barrier entrance, that way we can bring in reinforcements.” Bai Ruozhu narrowed her eyes.

”No way! Lin Ze and the others are injured and can’t set up barriers. Going all the way there is too dangerous. What if something explodes?” Xiu Shao disagreed.

Bai Ruozhu’s expression became serious, ”I have magic techniques to protect myself. You all wait here for Bi Tao and the others to meet up with you; I’ll open the way.”

”No way!” Fen Jizhi shouted, ”It’s too dangerous for you to go, I’m better at lightness skills, I should go.”

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him, ”Can you use my poison? Don’t end up getting yourself poisoned while trying to handle fire and thunder.”

Fen Jizhi was at a loss for words and didn’t know how to refute.

”I’ll go with you.” Jiang Yichun walked over and gently took her hand, his gaze tender and resolute, clearly not allowing her to object.

Bai Ruozhu reluctantly pouted, ”Alright, we’ll go together. Everyone else stay put for now.”

She relied on the ability to hide in Space, a secret she couldn’t let others know, but Achun was different; it was fine for him to follow. If real danger came, they could escape into Space.

”Be careful, you two.” Xiu Shao patted Fen Jizhi’s shoulder.

Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun held hands and continued forward. As Xiu Shao watched them walk away, he gave Fen Jizhi’s shoulder a squeeze, ”Don’t worry, they know what they’re doing.”

”Yeah,” Fen Jizhi responded dejectedly.

Xiu Shao looked at him and shook his head, whispering, ”I never thought you’d be like this, but she really is outstanding, and it’s clear you have no chance.”

Fen Jizhi was startled and quickly glanced at the others. Luckily, those who were injured were meditating to regulate their breath, paying no attention to their conversation.

”The people of Wei Hall are terrifying; nothing escapes your eyes.” Fen Jizhi shook his head helplessly, ”I know in my heart, I won’t act recklessly.”

Xiu Shao nodded, not saying more. He also crossed his legs and began to meditate, restoring his inner strength.

Fo Lanying pretended not to hear anything, but having passed the Enlightenment Tablet, how could she not see through Fen Jizhi’s actions?

She found it amusing yet sympathized with Fen Jizhi, knowing that Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun’s relationship was too strong for anyone to come between them.

Though slightly envious, she wondered if she would ever meet a man with whom she could share such a close bond that no one else could come between them.

A scorching gaze landed on her, and she couldn’t help but turn her head. Yuan Licheng was looking at her, his expression extremely complicated.

”Once this is all over, I’ll see that they let you go,” Fo Lanying said softly.

Yuan Licheng responded with a pained ”mm,” but soon his expression changed again.

”You feel something for me, don’t you? Otherwise, why care whether I live or die?” he asked.

Fo Lanying paused, ”I just don’t want to owe anyone anything; I’m partly responsible for this, and we hold no deep grudges, so why should I want you dead?”

”Aren’t you Jiuli people supposed to kill us Quanrong on sight? You claim to be Jiuli, so why go soft on me?” Yuan Licheng asked, unconvinced.

”We Jiuli don’t like killing the innocent. You’re somewhat a friend; I wouldn’t kill a friend.” Fo Lanying lowered her head. In truth, she didn’t dislike Yuan Licheng.

Yuan Licheng was taken aback, ”Friend?” His face soon broke into a smile; being friends was good, at least she didn’t dislike him or see him as an enemy. Perhaps...