Chapter 235 Demon Corpse

The ropes used to raise the sails danced like pythons, encircling Fang Yue.

But Fang Yue was unfazed, calmly looking at Helmsman Lao.

"Helmsman Lao, why force a desperate struggle? We absolutely have the possibility of cooperation. Is it really that difficult to take us to the capital?"

"Tian Jian wants you to go to the Liehuo Sect. He said that if I safely deliver the people to the Liehuo Sect, Tian Ruichi will help me escape the Hanjing Giant Ship, using that incomplete Soul-Entrusting Jade Pendant!"

"Look, we can directly give you the result you want, bypassing the middleman. What's wrong with that?"

"Much is wrong. Your credibility is not on the same level as Tian Jian's."

"...How do you figure? If Tian Ruichi doesn't help you when he gets to the Liehuo Sect, isn't the result the same?"

"Not help me? Why don't you ask Tian Ruichi? If it's his master's order, telling him to do that to me, would he disobey his master's orders?"

Fang Yue frowned slightly, loosening his grip a little. Only then could Tian Ruichi breathe a little, looking at Fang Yue with frustration.

"Brother Ye, what are you doing..."

"Brother Tian, tell me first, if what Helmsman Lao said is true, what would you do?"

"I will naturally obey my master's orders and help Helmsman Lao out of his predicament."

Helmsman Lao, upon hearing this, revealed a satisfied sneer, looking at Fang Yue with contempt.

"As long as it's Tian Jian's order, you'll listen to everything?"

"Yes!"

Tian Ruichi answered without the slightest hesitation.

"Then if Tian Jian orders you to kill us?"

"...I would do it, but afterward, I would commit suicide to atone for my sins."

Tian Ruichi's honesty and actions left Fang Yue speechless for a moment.

But Helmsman Lao's expression changed slightly.

He didn't want anything to happen to Tian Ruichi.

A thought flickered in his mind...

The surrounding ropes suddenly attacked Fang Yue with a whooshing sound.

But before the ropes could extend halfway, a rotating black halo suddenly appeared behind Fang Yue, synchronously extending black silk threads, cutting all these ropes. He himself didn't even raise an eyelid.

But before Fang Yue could speak,

Creak, creak...

The ship began to tilt to the right. Before long, it had already tilted about 30 degrees. If it continued like this, the hull would capsize, and everyone would fall into the cold river!

Fang Yue's expression changed slightly, and he said loudly.

"Helmsman Lao, we're on your ship. You have ten thousand ways to ensure we die without a burial ground. But do you know, after you kill us, will Tian Ruichi still use the Soul-Entrusting Jade Pendant to save your life!"

Creak!

The ship stopped tilting, fixed at a 45-degree angle, motionless.

And after the ship stopped tilting, Helmsman Lao looked at Tian Ruichi.

The latter also looked at Helmsman Lao solemnly, slowly shaking his head.

"No! Brother Ye is my savior, and the others on the ship are also my friends. If Helmsman Lao kills them, even if I jump into the cold river and commit suicide, I will never help Helmsman Lao do anything!"

"Not even if it's your master's order?"

"I'll jump into the river and commit suicide before I even reach the shore!"

"..."

Helmsman Lao said nothing more, but the ship's tilt gradually returned to normal.

His expression seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and he sighed deeply.

"Originally, things could have been very simple. I bring you safely to the Liehuo Sect, we each get what we need, and we have no further connection. Wouldn't that be great? Why did it have to come to this?"

The Liehuo Sect was a Dragon's Pool and Tiger's Den arranged by others. No one wanted to go there if they could avoid it.

And the capital wharf was the original goal of everyone.

Seeing Helmsman Lao like this, Fang Yue couldn't help but smile.

"Helmsman Lao has agreed to cooperate?"

"...Properly teach Tian Ruichi how to operate the Soul-Entrusting Jade Pendant. Once we arrive at the capital wharf, I want you to immediately fulfill your promise!"

Fang Yue and Qing Chen exchanged glances, then nodded simultaneously.

"No problem!"

As the three finished speaking, Helmsman Lao's face suddenly changed drastically, his skin trembling, as if several layers of wood shavings had fallen from the rudder.

"Helmsman Lao, what's wrong?"

"Helmsman Lao, why do you have that expression? Are you going to go back on your word?"

Helmsman Lao looked at the three with a difficult expression, and only said three words: "Hold on tight!"

Before Fang Yue and the others could understand the specific meaning of these three words, a strong sense of push suddenly emerged from behind.

The massive Hanjing Giant Ship was like it had two more motor engines, pushing it from behind. The strong driving force pushed the Hanjing Giant Ship to sprint forward frantically.

This sprinting speed had never been displayed before. Even when the ship was slashed by the black-robed man, the Hanjing Giant Ship had never shown such maneuverability!

Only at this moment did Fang Yue realize that the Hanjing Giant Ship at full speed was so exaggeratedly fast, even more outrageous than a super yacht!

"Give me Weirdstone! We only have thirty seconds to get rid of it! Otherwise, everyone, including me, is doomed!"

Helmsman Lao's intense roar brought Fang Yue back to his senses.

Qing Chen next to him reacted the fastest, immediately began feeding Weirdstone, and shouted for everyone else to come out and help.

Tian Ruichi looked flustered, but immediately took out his savings to help.

Fang Yue ran in the opposite direction, away from the people rushing out of the cabin towards the bow of the ship, heading straight for the stern.

[Don't go!]

Just as he ran halfway, the words on the parchment appeared in his mind.

Based on his trust in the parchment, Fang Yue immediately stopped and asked in a deep voice.

"Parchment, what exactly is chasing us that even Helmsman Lao is so panicked, and saying that if we can't get rid of it within thirty seconds, we're completely doomed."

[My name is Fang Yue, and I've encountered trouble, unprecedented big trouble.]

[What's chasing the Hanjing Giant Ship from behind is a... demon!]

[To be precise, it's a demon's corpse!]

[The power of the remnant corpse is still unstoppable!]

[Neither immortal nor demon, avoid it from afar, and you may live!]

[I didn't know the terror of the demon, and rashly rushed to the stern, taking a glance at the demon corpse.]

[Just one glance... and I lost everything.]

[Life, consciousness, memory, origin... everything, in that one glance, disappeared completely!]

[What kind of demon was that? What level of demon? I thought about this question in my mind, falling into eternal darkness.]

[I am dead.]

Demon corpse?

A demon's corpse?!

Fang Yue's eyes widened.

It was the first time he had encountered a demon.

Demon, corresponding to immortal!

Immortals had long been extinct in the Qing Dynasty. Fang Yue had only encountered Mei Yu, a living immortal, and had never encountered any immortals since.

And demon was the same. It was also extinct in the Qing Dynasty.

Fang Yue never expected that he would encounter a demon's corpse in the Hanjing!

Just a corpse, just looking at it, could kill him...

Could this demon still be called a demon? Was this not an Outlier-level anomaly?

Fang Yue was confused. Demon and Outlier-level anomaly seemed to be different things. But they were both anomalies, and Fang Yue didn't know what the specific difference was.

And the immediate task was how to deal with the nameless demon corpse at the stern of the ship!