Chapter 271: Permission Form
The palm strike shot toward her face.
But with a flick of her sleeve, Dream Butterfly deflected it aside before immediately countering with a palm strike of her own.
Boom!
The strike landed squarely on Ximen Ren’s chest, shattering his ribs, crushing one of his lungs, and even rupturing part of his heart.
Blood spurted from Ximen Ren’s mouth as his body crashed through the tent, tearing it apart in the process.
The entire tent collapsed.
Dream Butterfly immediately swept her hand through the air, sending out a series of wind blades that sliced apart the falling canvas before it could obstruct her vision.
As the dust settled, Song Wan’s eyes widened.
The surroundings were already filled with warriors in black armor.
And Wei Chen.
He stood at the front of them all, staring coldly in one direction, his clawed hand already manifested into razor-sharp blades, prepared for any situation.
The direction he was watching was none other than where Ximen Ren had been blasted.
Covered beneath the collapsed tent, Ximen Ren didn’t emerge.
Then suddenly...
Splash!!
The blood-soaked tent cloth exploded outward from the inside.
Wei Chen immediately rushed forward and slashed the canvas apart with his claws.
What he found was only a pool of blood.
There was no one inside.
"He escaped?" Wei Chen muttered.
What Ximen Ren had just used must have been an escape technique.
A trump card capable of escaping even a space-locking formation.
Wei Chen had already instructed the formation expert assigned to his team to establish a formation that sealed the surrounding space before ordering his people to form a blockade.
But it seemed that even this hadn’t been enough to stop Ximen Ren.
Wei Chen examined the blood carefully.
He quickly realized that the pool of blood had only been a smokescreen.
The real escape method was that Ximen Ren had transformed his body into blood itself before flowing into the ground.
This wasn’t teleportation that could be blocked by spatial sealing.
It was a purely physical escape technique, albeit one that transformed the user into countless drops of blood.
"Search the surrounding area! He shouldn’t have gotten far!"
"Yes, My Lord!"
The warriors in black armor immediately scattered throughout the area.
Some activated their movement techniques, while others summoned traveling artifacts such as flying swords and soared into the sky to search from above.
After the group dispersed, Wei Chen turned toward Song Wan.
He took out a pill and handed it to her.
"This is a Gu Sealing Pill. It will suppress all activity from the Gu inside your body."
Song Wan nodded gratefully before taking it and swallowing it.
A moment later, the violent fluctuations of her spiritual qi settled, and the pain caused by the Gu gradually faded.
A cool sensation spread throughout her body, beginning from her chest.
The pill also repaired the damage within her body and eliminated the lingering effects left behind by the Gu.
As for the Gu itself, Song Wan extended her spiritual sense to examine it.
It had completely quieted down.
A thin spiritual barrier now sealed it in place, forcing it into a deep slumber.
Song Wan looked at Wei Chen with pleading eyes.
"Can you... can you take it out?"
Wei Chen shook his head.
"Not right now. I’m not an expert in Gu techniques. Removing it carelessly could cause permanent damage or even kill you."
"I see..."
Song Wan lowered her head, accepting the reality.
Then...
Tears began streaming down her face.
"Waaaahhh!"
She suddenly burst into tears as though every emotion she had been suppressing erupted all at once.
Disappointment.
Pain.
Regret.
Self-blame.
Every negative emotion poured out in its purest form.
She cried as though she had returned to childhood, finally releasing everything she had kept bottled up inside.
Wei Chen stood there, completely at a loss.
He knew Song Wan had once been his bro Ximen Hao’s fiancée.
He didn’t want to complicate matters by accidentally creating unnecessary misunderstandings.
So he settled on what he thought was the safest option.
"Yu’er... could you..."
Wei Chen awkwardly pointed toward Song Wan, who was still crying uncontrollably.
Dream Butterfly smiled brightly and nodded.
"Mm! I understand, Lord Husband!"
Having received her husband’s request, she walked over to Song Wan.
Dream Butterfly sat beside her and gently comforted her.
Gradually, the cries became quiet sobs.
She then helped Song Wan to Wei Chen’s tent, which was also her own since she shared it with her husband.
"Lord Husband, I’ll take her to our tent. It might take a few hours, so please stay outside during that time, okay?" Dream Butterfly said.
"Oh, don’t worry. I have some work to take care of anyway," Wei Chen replied, giving Dream Butterfly a thumbs-up.
With that, Dream Butterfly brought Song Wan into their tent, leaving Wei Chen outside alone.
Seeing that everything had been taken care of, Wei Chen instructed the mortal servants to clean up the area before heading to the command tent.
He still had some business to take care of.
Upon arriving, he greeted Youqi before getting straight to the point.
"Ms. Youqi, you called for me. What do you need my help with?" he asked.
Youqi smiled faintly before handing Wei Chen a thin stack of forms.
He picked them up and began reading.
There were several different forms, but in summary, they would allow him to bring his close family members into the Underworld without them having to die first.
They would be granted the same travel privileges as him when entering the Underworld.
There were also forms that would allow his close family members, such as Dream Butterfly, whom the Underworld recognized as his wife, to share half of the merit earned whenever she killed a Death Cheater, a demon, or a half-demon, or whenever her actions saved people’s lives.
"This..." Wei Chen looked at Youqi in confusion.
"It’s about time you tell Dream Butterfly about your actual job, Mr. Wei. Otherwise, with her strength and how protective she is of you, she might end up destroying an entire kingdom if she decides someone there is a threat to you. At least this way, she’ll think twice before deciding to take someone’s life," Youqi explained.