Yanshi's ability to hide his secrets and play tricks under Meng Yuan's eyes has a lot to do with this filial disciple.
No one in power likes unexpected things or people, and Meng Yuan naturally did the same, so it was natural for him to find a way to bury chess pieces around Yanshi.
This disciple who was trained and raised by him was easily instigated by Meng Yuan to rebel, and he followed the instructions wholeheartedly to make the master wear a pair of trousers. This was the level of the leader of the Imperial Guard.
Unfortunately, Yanshi guessed Meng Yuan's actions first, so he used Ge Zhao to deliver incomplete information to the other party.
It was not completely false information, because if it were that way, Meng Yuan would be able to quickly tell that something was wrong, so Yanshi had always done a limited job of letting the other party know his movements.
This can ensure to the greatest extent that even if the two sides are at odds, Yanshi can escape before Meng Yuan takes action.
Even now, even if he could not predict what would happen in the capital, Qiu'er came back in such a mess, he had made up his mind that he could no longer stay here, which was why he decisively killed Ge Zhao.
After knowing that Ge Zhao had defected to Meng Yuan, Yanshi still killed him. This approach was equivalent to breaking up with Jin Yiwei, but it was also a helpless move for him.
He is someone who has met Meng Yuan with his own eyes. Knowing the other person's temperament, it is absolutely impossible for him to give him a second chance.
It can be said that Yanshi's arrangements were very cautious, but there were two things that he did not expect. One was that his body could no longer hold on, and the other was that Meng Yuan's backup came faster than he thought.
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"Originally, for an outstanding child like you, I should take care of you, but unfortunately I don't have time anymore."
Yanshi's every step was extremely slow. He was an old man on the verge of death. He had spent so much energy preparing for these things over the years, and his body had long been exhausted.
After finally walking back to the middle of the formation, Yanshi inserted the crutch he was holding into a groove on the ground. With the sound of gears turning, the ground in the entire room began to vibrate.
Although Xi Qiu couldn't speak, he could clearly see that around Yanshi, six circular floors sank into the ground. Not long after, when those stone slabs rose again, there was a slim figure on each of them.
woman.
These six women have different colors and looks, but they all have the same characteristics, that is, their faces are as pale as paper, and their eyes are dull and dull, like a walking corpse.
At first, Xi Qiu thought that these people were puppets made by Master Yan, just like the other figures in the room, until one of the women's eyes moved slightly and turned his attention to her.
"..."
Xi Qiu felt goosebumps all over his body after being glanced at by the woman who looked like a living dead.
Yanshi noticed Xi Qiu's stiff expression and laughed: "You are indeed a smart child. You have discovered, right? These children, like you, are all living people, not dead things."
I don’t know how long a person has been in such a dark place, but Yanshi seemed to have finally found a suitable person to talk to. Although his breathing became more and more rapid, he still talked endlessly——
"These six are all my masterpieces. They are no longer pure humans, but they are not just dolls either. I transformed half of their bodies into mechanical structures."
The horrifying cruelty came out of Yanshi's mouth. Not only was there no mercy in his eyes, but there was an almost fanatical intoxication in his eyes.
"When I first started, I made puppets with complete mechanical structures. Although they were beautiful and looked the same as living people, they were still dead objects after all. That's not what I wanted."
Master Yan stood up tremblingly, walked to one of the women, stroked her smooth long hair, and said lovingly: "This is the highest masterpiece that everyone can be proud of in ancient and modern times. Once a person dies, his body will gradually decay.
Dolls made from such materials are imperfect after all, but they are different——"
Yanshi's voice suddenly became louder, and the gleam in his eyes. The inhuman madness almost made Xi Qiu's breathing stop. He opened his arms, as if he wanted to embrace the boundless sky in the dark underground.
"They are machine dolls transformed by me while they were still alive. Even now, the blood given by me still flows in their bodies. Such a masterpiece, no one in ancient and modern times can be better than me!"
"..."
In Xi Qiu's eyes at this moment, the old man in front of him - perhaps could no longer be called a human being. For doing such a heartless act, this person should be a demon in hell.
Yanshi was immersed in his own world. His eyes swept over the women one by one, and finally fell on Xi Qiu, saying: "Shuo Xuan should have told you the secret about immortality."
When talking about immortality, Yanshi was briefly distracted. The yearning and longing in his eyes were almost undisguised: "Immortality - immortality is eternity. It will freeze all the beauty at the most suitable moment. I
If you want to live forever, a hundred years is too short. I want to live forever. I want to live forever!"
Xi Qiu was speechless, but she didn't want to talk anymore. She was also a person who pursued immortality, but the immortality she yearned for was different from an old man who had lived in a dark and lonely underground for half his life.
For the first time, Xi Qiu's desire for immortality was tinged with an ugly gloom that lingered, and this gloom soon pulled her into confusion about the word immortality.
"These are perfect works, aren't they? I have given them eternity with my own hands. Even if half of their bodies will one day rot due to the erosion of time, the half body of the machine that I have embedded in their bodies will make them and I
Let’s achieve immortality together…”
"Grandpa, it's time to start."
Yanshi's words were interrupted by Qiu'er.
Qiu'er has been preparing something since the six women rose from the ground. After dragging Xi Qiu's body to the seventh stone platform, all preparations were completed.
Yanshi returned to the seat in the middle. He turned the crutch inserted into the hollow with great force. A sharp round pipe suddenly popped out from the floor and pierced the first woman's body. The dark blood flowed smoothly.
It followed the grooves on the ground and flowed around Yanshi. The piled up blood turned into a shallow pool of blood.
Yanshi sat cross-legged and put his hands into the pool of blood. On the thin skin, the worm-like blood vessels began to suck the blood bit by bit.
After sucking up the blood of the first woman, then the second, and the third - until the sixth woman was sucked dry by Yanshi, a strand of black hair even grew on his head, giving him a youthful feel. Returning to his withered body again, Yanshi could no longer hold back the twisted smile on his face.
When he stood up again, Yanshi was no longer as old as before. His legs and feet were strong and his eyes were shining. He strode towards the seventh stone platform, grabbed Xi Qiu's neck directly, and penetrated with his fang-like fingertips. The woman's poor vitality was rapidly passing away from her fair neck.
And just when Yanshi was about to end Xi Qiu's life with his demonic palm, a spinning sword was thrown in from the outside.
The old guy looked solemnly and immediately put down Xi Qiu. With a single push of his palm, the terrifying palm wind knocked down the simple knife. He looked coldly at the uninvited guest standing outside the door and said in a cold voice: "Who are you waiting for! "
Xi Qiu, who had narrowly escaped death for the time being, also subconsciously looked outside. When she saw the young man in the fur coat and big robe, exhaling into the palms of his hands and rubbing his hands together, she was also startled.
The other party also responded to her gaze, and the young man smiled and said: "Senior Sister Xi Qiu, if you show more surprise, Junior Brother will be very happy."