15: Nine-foot Master's Wife

Just as Li Yan extinguished the three Bound Skin creatures, a male and female voice came from the rooftop.

“Oh no! Master’s Wife is back.”

“Why is she back at this time…?”

Li Yan pricked up his ears and heard people talking on the roof above him. He activated his Minds Eye to investigate and found that they were two Cultivators with considerable cultivation.

The next moment, these two leaped down from the rooftop and entered Li Yan’s room without a word.

The man immediately closed the door, while the woman raised the waist token in her hand.

【Personal Disciple · Ming Yue】

“Senior Sister Ming Yue?”

Li Yan realized that these two were likely Senior Brother Ming Shan and Second Apprentice-sister Ming Yue.

Both of them were Old Daoist Xuan Wang's Personal Disciples, holding a status in Jingxu Sect second only to the Old Devil himself.

Seeing the two enter the room without a word, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy, Li Yan cupped his hands and asked, “Senior Brother Ming Shan, Senior Sister Ming Yue, who is the Master’s Wife you speak of?”

“Shh!”

Ming Shan made a shushing gesture, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, his eyes fixed on the window.

Li Yan also felt the air begin to solidify, everyone’s breathing grew heavy, and the room was so quiet they could hear each other’s breaths.

Then, a tall, thin shadow appeared outside the door and window.

Just from this shadow, the person was over three meters tall.

Her dark hair reached her waist, like a stretched and elongatedwack.

Is this the ‘Master’s Wife’ that Senior Brother and the others spoke of?

Master’s Wife…

Through his Minds Eye, Li Yan could sense a strong aura of death and resentment outside.

The so-called power of death and resentment was similar to a type of Yin energy.

However, it was somewhat different from the cultivation novels Li Yan had read.

Cultivators in this world did not reject the power of death and resentment.

And now Li Yan had no time to ponder such profound matters, as the Master’s Wife outside was currently lingering by the house.

Through the shadow, he could see her long robes fluttering, her long, slender nails scratching against the wall, emitting a sharp, grating sound.

Li Yan, Ming Shan, Ming Yue, and the others hid inside the room, holding their breath, not daring to make a sound.

Until they saw the ‘Master’s Wife’ walk past the room, and the black shadow gradually receded.

Seeing this, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

Senior Brother Ming Shan whispered, “What the hell, Master’s Wife hasn’t been back for years, why did she suddenly appear today?”

“And Master just left, and Master’s Wife arrived right after; this is too much of a coincidence.”

The brother and sister discussed in front of Li Yan, who was also only half-aware of the Master’s Wife’s existence.

“Senior Brother, Second Apprentice-sister, what exactly is this Master’s Wife?”

Facing Li Yan’s question, Ming Shan explained, “That was about five years ago, Master and Master’s Wife accidentally entered an ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave in Bugui Mountain.”

“Only Master came out alive; Master’s Wife was trapped inside the Immortal Cave.”

“Then one night, we saw a nine-foot-tall woman in white robes wandering outside the mountain gate, and someone recognized her as Master’s Wife.”

After Senior Brother Ming Shan explained the cause and effect, Li Yan roughly understood.

This nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife had probably returned with resentment.

On the other side, Second Apprentice-sister Ming Yue whispered, “As long as we don’t make any sound and don’t provoke Master’s Wife, she won’t attack us.”

“As long as we wait until dawn, we’ll be safe.”

Li Yan and the others sat down around the Eight Immortals table, quietly waiting for dawn.

But the long night stretched on, and strange noises continuously came from outside Jingxu Sect; every minute and every moment was an agony.

Under the moonlight shining through the doors and windows, the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife could be seen constantly lingering within the Stone Workshop.

The only fortunate thing was that the four people inside the house were all intelligent.

No one was foolish enough to make even the slightest sound and provoke the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife outside.

Just as they were about to pass the night without incident, a strange gust of wind suddenly blew open the window on the left.

With a creak, the window swayed continuously in the strange wind, making a banging sound.

In an instant, everyone in the room realized what was happening.

Senior Brother and Senior Sister both gripped their precious swords and looked towards the window.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for terror to descend.

But after a long while, the four only heard the sound of the window swinging, yet no Master’s Wife appeared.

Senior Brother Ming Shan and Senior Sister Ming Yue exchanged glances: “Let’s go, close the window properly.”

The two stood up and walked cautiously towards the window, but after a long time, they still did not see the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife.

Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister carefully and slowly pulled the window back and closed it.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, countless strands of dark hair drilled through the window crack, binding Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister’s hands.

In an instant, their eyes widened: “Oh no!”

As soon as the words fell, Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister were forcibly dragged out.

Seeing this, Li Yan’s first reaction was to let others die, not himself.

It was Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister who were caught; did he really need to risk going out to save them?

But on second thought, what was the difference between him and an ostrich?

If Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister died at the hands of the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife, then it would be his turn next.

With a hardened heart, Li Yan gripped his Ebony Sword and came to the window.

He looked outside.

The nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife’s dark hair floated in mid-air, and Senior Brother and Second Apprentice-sister were tied up by the black hair, hanging upside down in mid-air.

If he rushed out rashly, his fate would be similar to theirs.

Save them first!

Li Yan formed a hand seal with one hand and silently chanted: “With blood as the guide!”

Whoosh.

Flames ignited on the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife, lit by the Bloodline Burning Lantern Technique!

The sudden stinging pain made the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife let out a pained groan. Taking advantage of her distraction, Senior Brother Ming Shan and Senior Sister Ming Yue seized the opportunity to twist their bodies.

They forcefully pulled out their precious swords and cut the black threads, thus escaping.

However, the ignited Master’s Wife was enraged. She ignored Senior Brother Ming Shan and Senior Sister Ming Yue and charged towards Li Yan’s room.

The nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife, engulfed in golden flames, let out an inhuman shriek and crashed heavily against the door and windows.

Fortunately, the entire room was covered with demon-suppressing talismans, so the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife couldn’t get in for a while.

But only for a while…

Li Yan could clearly see the strong Qi of death and resentment surging into the room. All the yellow talismans in the room were burning, and it would probably take less than half an incense stick’s time for all the demon-suppressing talismans in the entire room to turn to ash.

Once there was no protection from the demon-suppressing talismans, this nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife could rush into the room at any time.

“Junior Brother, don’t panic, I’m here to help you!”

Ming Shan grabbed a handful of yellow talismans from his waist and scattered them into the sky.

Ming Yue threw out countless needles from her hand, each needle connected by a red thread, forming a demon-subduing net through her mental control.

Both of them knew that once targeted by the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife, there was no possibility of escape.

“Junior Brother! We must work together to suppress Master’s Wife. Only by holding out until dawn can we avoid being killed!”

If the three of them didn’t work together, the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife could defeat Li Yan and the others one by one in a matter of minutes.

However, Ming Shan and Senior Sister Ming Yue’s counterattack once again enraged the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife.

The Master’s Wife swung her black hair, directly sending Senior Brother and Senior Sister flying.

Suddenly, only Li Yan was left to face the nine-foot-tall Master’s Wife alone.