Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 1286: Chapter 1286: River God Above (32)

Yuh Lian appeared at this moment, bringing along the former ’Sacrificial Offerings’, walking over from the crowd.

The tension and anger intertwined on Yuh Lian’s delicate face: ”Lord River God... Chuzheng, what do you intend to do to Lord River God?”

”I don’t intend to do anything.”

Chuzheng moved the kitchen knife away, the tip embedded in the table, pressing down like a guillotine, right above the River God’s head: ”Just have a chat with him.”

”Let go of Lord River God!”

”What can you do if I don’t let him go?”

Yuh Lian glared with her beautiful eyes: ”You...”

”Stop!” Yuh Lian hadn’t taken action when the River God rebuked: ”Stand down.”

Yuh Lian was stunned: ”Lord River God?”

”Stand down!!” The River God scolded angrily.

Yuh Lian gritted her teeth, slowly retreating into the crowd, casting a venomous look as if she wished to slice Chuzheng into pieces.

How did she manage to capture Lord River God!

How could she...

Yuh Lian pressed her nails into her palm, digging into the flesh from exertion.

Chuzheng ignored Yuh Lian: ”How are you controlling these townspeople?”

The River God, eyeing the guillotine poised to fall at any moment, dared not ignore: ”With my offspring.”

Those ’Sacrificial Offerings’ he sent back had eels in their bellies from the start; they had been active in Hanjiang City for so long, they already devised a way to make the townsfolk of Hanjiang City swallow eels too.

As long as there were eels, the River God could control them with ease.

Without Chuzheng’s meddling, Hanjiang City would soon have been his domain.

He didn’t let these townspeople die; as long as they were there, he could do as he pleased here.

With the townspeople as cover, he wouldn’t be discovered by the Heaven and Earth Laws.

Lang Sha was dumbfounded and felt disgusted.

Lang Sha processed this news, swallowing hard: ”Can they be saved?”

”I don’t know...”

”How can you not know?” Lang Sha was furious, how many people are there in Hanjiang City? So many people, how could he dare...

The River God: ”I just want to control them, why should I want anything else?”

”...”

These words were typical villain talk, no doubt about it.

He just wanted to control all the townspeople for his own use, to submit to him.

Why would he think to save them?

”Dismiss them.”

”...”

After a moment of stalemate, the River God had no choice but to give the order.

Chuzheng continued: ”Leave Yuh Lian and the others behind.”

”...”

With his life at stake, how could the River God dare not comply?

Yuh Lian and those women who were once used as ’Sacrificial Offerings’ were kept behind.

These women, apart from being somewhat pale, were otherwise indistinguishable from humans.

At this moment, they all anxiously looked at the River God.

”Lord River God...”

”What to do...”

”She won’t do anything to Lord River God, will she?”

”What do you want!” Yuh Lian stood out as a representative.

Chuzheng let Lang Sha handle Yuh Lian and the others himself.

”Me?” Lang Sha was surprised, pointing at himself, not quite believing Chuzheng would give him such a task.

”Good luck.”

Chuzheng dragged the River God inside.

Yuh Lian: ”...”

Lang Sha: ”...”

He’s good at slaying demons, but these... these are humans.

Alright.

They are already dead.

-

Yuh Lian wanted to rescue the River God, calling her sisterhood to join in, and even if Lang Sha was mindful of them being human, he had to act.

After all, Lang Sha was a practitioner and had fought the River God before, so dealing with these people was no big deal.

Yuh Lian had her sisters entangle Lang Sha and rushed into the pharmacy herself.

The pharmacy was empty, so Yuh Lian went further back.

Chuzheng and Xuan Ying were both in the courtyard, and she shouted coquettishly: ”Chuzheng, give Lord River God back to me!”

”No.” Bite me!

A peculiar sound emerged from Yuh Lian’s throat, and she attacked Chuzheng: ”I’ll kill you!”

Yuh Lian’s figure weirdly softened, able to contort into various strange shapes; Chuzheng was a bit worried she’d twist her neck off, and didn’t dare touch her neck while attacking.

Bang—

Yuh Lian crashed into the sundries in the corner of the yard, her already pale face turning ghostly white.

The sundries cut Yuh Lian’s skin, but what seeped out wasn’t blood, but a viscous liquid.

Yuh Lian clutched her chest, struggling to stand up.

”You deserve to die, you deserve to die...”

She kept murmuring this phrase.

Kill her!

Kill her!

She’s the one who caused me this fate...

Kill!

”Chuzheng, you bitch, it’s you who did this to me, it’s you...”

Chuzheng’s eyes, calm and unwavering, looked at her, speaking every word firmly: ”This was always meant for you.”

It was the original owner who was innocent.

She had done nothing, yet was raised by Lord Yuh as a substitute, just waiting for the day she’d be pushed out to replace his daughter.

Upbringing kindness?

Who would dare want such an upbringing kind of debt?

”No—” Yuh Lian screamed, suddenly jumping up from the ground, lunging at Chuzheng again.

Squish!

Yuh Lian’s body stiffened there, she slowly looked down, a sharp weapon had pierced her abdomen.

The next second the weapon was pulled out, leaving only an empty hole in her abdomen.

An eel slithered out of the wound, with viscous liquid, wriggling on the ground.

Yuh Lian hastily reached to cover it, her body collapsing to the ground, she looked up at Lang Sha who held the sword.

Lang Sha frowned, having killed her, but his face was apologetic: ”Miss, rest in peace.”

”I don’t want to die...” Yuh Lian trembled, grabbing him: ”I don’t want to die, save me.”

Lang Sha sighed deeply: ”Miss, you are already dead.”

Dead...?

”Impossible, I’m not dead, I’m perfectly fine.” Yuh Lian’s emotions were agitated: ”Save me, I don’t want to die.”

She was still alive.

She was Yuh Lian.

How could she have died?

She’s not dead...

The images flooded into her mind, her body without a heartbeat, no need for food or drink, or even sleep...

These oddities clearly showed, she was already dead.

Yuh Lian struggled to lift her head, looking towards Chuzheng.

She was filled with hatred, full of resentment.

The one who should have died was her, why was it her in the end!

She was unwilling, in her life, she’d only lived a dozen-or-so years...

”Watch out!”

Lang Sha suddenly exclaimed.

Yuh Lian, in a bizarre position, slithered across the ground towards Chuzheng.

”Chuzheng, I’ll make sure you don’t have it easy even if I die!!”

Yuh Lian’s eyes were bloodshot, fingers clawed, reaching for Chuzheng’s ankle.

Crack!

Yuh Lian’s wrist made a ’crack’ sound, then suddenly her whole body flipped, crashing towards the wall.

The enclosing wall collapsed with a bang, burying Yuh Lian underneath.

Chuzheng withdrew Yin Xian, her expression indifferent as she watched the rising dust.

Xuan Ying approached, wrapping an arm around Chuzheng’s shoulder, giving a light pat.

-

Lang Sha buried those women, erecting gravestones.

Now the most important thing was finding a way to save all the townsfolk—of course, this was Lang Sha’s wishful thinking, as neither Chuzheng nor Xuan Ying had this notion.

[Miss, be a good person! Just think, if you save a whole city, that’s hundreds of thousands! Surely there’ll be a few grateful blind ones who’d give you a Thank-You Card, right?]

Chuzheng: ”???”

What do you mean by bastard?

What do you mean by grateful blind ones?

[Miss, a slip of the tongue, there are sure to be kind-hearted ones.] King’s Account immediately corrected.

”No.”

Such troublesome affairs, whoever wants to do it can, even if there are Thank-You Cards, I won’t do it!!