Chapter 15 A Bargain

I glanced back. A horde of zombies was lumbering toward me, their stiff legs carrying them step by step. All eyes were on me, fierce and greedy, as if they were about to pounce and tear me to shreds.

This formation was indeed quite similar to the scene in the Valley of Ten Thousand Corpses.

"Release that woman, and we'll let you leave," a raspy, androgynous voice suddenly echoed in my ears.

I coldly glanced at the woman on my shoulder. "Did you summon these zombies?"

"That's right." Yan Ji immediately admitted, "You were going to kidnap me, so of course I had to use some tricks to save myself. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"No, there's nothing wrong with that at all. It's perfectly reasonable. If I were kidnapped, I would use every means to save myself too," I said expressionlessly.

"So, are you planning to let me go?" A look of joy immediately appeared on Yan Ji's face, and her eyes were filled with gratitude.

To be honest, I really didn't dare to look at those eyes for too long. I was afraid that if I looked at them for another moment, I might actually let her go.

This was a very formidable woman. Her stunning beauty was her most powerful weapon.

And the most deadly thing was that this woman had never truly been with a man. Although she had infatuated countless men, and Shi Tu also shamelessly said he was capable, I was certain that none of them had ever truly possessed Yan Ji, not even the master of the Corpse Control Sect.

When I first saw her, I didn't believe it either, thinking she was pretending. But from the time I met her until now, I had cast a total of thirty-six hexagrams, each with a different method of calculation, but all the hexagrams ultimately yielded the same result: this woman was a virgin.

If I could get that wrong, then I didn't need to be in the Yin-Yang world anymore. I might as well just close the funeral shop.

This woman had truly conquered all men with her charm, yet she had never been conquered by any man.

Such a formidable woman—I really didn't want to spend another moment with her. She was simply a ticking time bomb that could blow me to smithereens at any moment.

I'd better hand her over to Ling Dang as soon as possible. Ling Dang was a woman, so her charm definitely wouldn't work on Ling Dang.

"Sorry, I have no intention of letting you go. You do have the right to play tricks, but I also have the right to break your tricks.

If you had kept attacking me with your strengths, I might not have been able to resist. But unfortunately, you abandoned your strengths and played a trick that wasn't very clever.

So, unfortunately, you failed."

I carried Yan Ji and strode directly over the boundary marker. The zombies behind me only roared a few times but didn't chase after me. After a few more steps, even the roars couldn't be heard anymore.

What had just happened was just a smokescreen. The boundary marker behind me was fake, and so were the zombies.

With Yan Ji's last trick broken, she completely surrendered. She no longer resisted and even told me that she was my person now and would do whatever I told her to do.

I was afraid of saying something inappropriate, so I quickly said that I had no orders for her and then carried her down the mountain as quickly as possible.

Although I encountered some obstacles along the way, with several waves of Corpse Control Sect disciples coming to stop me, it was just fighting, nothing worth mentioning.

Based on the principle of "the less trouble, the better," I didn't kill anyone. After subduing them, I quickly left the Corpse Control Sect's territory and then contacted Ling Dang to hand Yan Ji over to her.

"I've done what I promised you. This woman can prove that Shi Hui wasn't killed by your father. Your father said personally that as long as you find this woman, everything can be resolved."

Ling Dang nodded in agreement. "This woman is indeed our bargaining chip for turning things around. As long as she's willing to tell the truth in public, my father can be safe."

Before Ling Dang could give the order, the caregiver behind Ling Dang had already taken Yan Ji from my hands.

Yan Ji looked at me pitifully, asking how I could really be so heartless as to hand her over to someone else? Wasn't I worried about sending her into a pit of fire with my own hands?

I didn't dare to say much to Yan Ji and could only tell her with a straight face, "This was originally a transaction. I went to the Valley of Ten Thousand Corpses to capture you. In my eyes, you're just a bargaining chip, a prey."

After saying that, I stopped looking at Yan Ji and turned to Ling Dang instead. "I've done what I promised you. Now, you should tell me where that half of the talisman came from, right?"

"Okay." Ling Dang was also very straightforward and didn't mean to go back on her word at all. "There's a temple on Daqing Mountain, a very old one. The temple itself is already very dilapidated, and there's not much incense. There are only three or five monks in the temple, all of whom are very old. This talisman was pasted on the temple gate.

At the time, I got lost on the mountain and stumbled upon the entrance of the temple. I thought this talisman was very special, so I wanted to tear it off and take it away.

As a result, something unexpected happened during the tearing process. I only tore off half of it and alarmed the old monks in the temple.

I thought I had caused a disaster, so I quickly apologized to them and even offered to pay for the renovation of the temple.

However, the masters didn't blame me and didn't let me help them repair the temple. They only said that everything was fate and seemed to say that after so many years, he should come out.

Later, I went down the mountain. Not long after going down the mountain, Bai Tingting targeted me. Bai Tingting really wanted to get that half of the talisman and used many tricks. I learned about the half-tailed fox and the like during my interactions with Bai Tingting.

Now I've said everything I should say, and I've also given you that half of the talisman. Now, this deal between us is settled."

"Yeah, it's settled," I repeated.

"Wan Qian, although you helped me, I also paid a sufficiently high price. So, I don't owe you anything. If we meet again in the future, we won't be friends."

"Yeah, I broke your bones last time, so next time you run into me, are you going to seek revenge?"

"Yes," Ling Dang replied very definitely. "Although my being injured by you had my own deliberate elements, I will still seek revenge."

"Oh, I understand. Is there anything else? If not, I'll leave."

"No."

I didn't waste any more words, turned around and left, afraid that I would regret it if I was a step too slow, afraid that I would ask Ling Dang to get Yan Ji back.

I don't know if I've fallen for her tricks too, but all I see in my mind is her face.

At first, I thought Yan Ji was just a dirty woman with a beautiful face. I felt that she had a lot of sins on her back, and I didn't feel any psychological burden to use her to exchange for the news I wanted.

But now, now...

I don't know what to say. In short, everything doesn't seem to be what I thought it was.

Back at the shop, I started divining again, hexagram after hexagram, all divining Yan Ji. Divining so frequently made me feel a little exhausted.

Can a man ultimately resist a beautiful woman?