novelbin Chapter 1197 617
Chapter 1197 617
"The Heavenly Girl?" Feng Ling'er exclaimed in surprise.
At this moment, Duan Yun and the Murong brothers also entered.
Upon hearing about a Heavenly Girl or a beautiful woman, the Murong brothers immediately perked up, excitedly asking, "Where's the beautiful maiden?"
Then, Chunhua began to talk about the Heavenly Girl occurrences in Qingzhou.
In Duan Yun and their impression, a Heavenly Girl still referred to the celestial maidens depicted on Feitian murals, or a type of hidden weapon called "Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers."
But what Chunhua was talking about was something else entirely.
Two months ago, Qingzhou suddenly saw an emergence of strange jade eggs.
These jade eggs were quite peculiar, resembling some kind of jade stone, yet also like some kind of metal.
Many people believed these were possibly treasures like "Insect Jade," and couldn't help but want to take them home.
For these jade eggs, Qingzhou witnessed several large-scale battles at that time, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries.
It's worth noting that, unlike heroes like Duan Yun, who go around exterminating entire families, Jianghu people with some reputation usually engaged in verbal spats and minor scuffles, rather than deadly confrontations.
When out and about, engaging in minor fights with ordinary people is trivial, but engaging in lethal battles is only as a last resort.
It's safe to say that Jianghu people revel in misdeeds but still have limits.
But this time, for these jade eggs, Qingzhou's Jianghu people lost control, with hundreds, nearly a thousand casualties, blood flowing like rivers.
This shows just how seriously they regarded these jade eggs, willing to risk their lives for them.
In the Martial World, it's always the big fish eating the small fish, the small fish eating the shrimp, and the shrimp being at the bottom.
The commotion caused by these jade eggs naturally attracted the attention of major forces in Qingzhou, with the White Sock Divine Sect seizing the most.
"Spring and Autumn Hot Hands" managed to grab one of the eggs and take it home.
They had been hiding in their place, quite anxious.
After all, a powerful force like the White Sock Divine Sect had always wanted more.
But fortunately, they weren't discovered and successfully became the proverbial fish that slipped through the net.
However, this stroke of luck was also the beginning of their misfortune.
The jade egg they brought back began to exhibit some unusual changes before they had a chance to "dispose of" it.
The jade egg, initially not small, continued to swell.
During the swelling process, the stone and metal texture became more pronounced, possessing an odd beauty. Strangely, it gradually developed a flesh-like sensation.
It was as if it truly was the egg of a large insect, about to nurture something.
Qiuyue felt something was amiss and even suggested, "Could a demon emerge from inside?", but was quickly silenced by her sister Chunhua.
In Chunhua's eyes, the jade egg was indeed a treasure worth the bloodshed in the Martial World, possessing such mystical attributes.
They had heard varying accounts of the origins of these jade eggs, some saying they fell from the sky, others claiming they emerged from the ground, or were the heart flesh of a Mountain God, and so on.
In any case, it was unclear.
The ones making these claims hadn't even seen the jade eggs, nor had the right to compete for them, obviously just blabbering nonsense.
Though Chunhua wasn't as cautious as her sister, she still harbored some wariness towards the growing and changing jade egg.
They spent their days looking at the jade egg, neglecting their flower-destroying duties, to the point of being derelict in their profession.
To the two sisters, it felt as though they had gained a child, focusing all their energy on it.
This wasn't a good thing for Jianghu people, as reputation requires effort to build.
As "Flower Destroyer," neglecting flower-destroying for days on end made others think they'd withdrawn from the Jianghu.
Yet, their constant observation bore some fruit.
They discovered that the jade egg not only grew, and developed a flesh-like feel, but also gradually showed human facial features and limbs, as if a person would burst out of the egg.
At that point, Qiuyue was thoroughly terrified.
She was sure that whatever emerged would be a demon.
Even Chunhua grew a bit fearful, as they'd never encountered such a situation where a person grew inside a jade.
If a demon truly emerged, wouldn't they be the first to suffer?
The two sisters figured that the problems they encountered must have also affected the major sects.
After all, those sects had seized far more than the two sisters had.
Thus, they decided to visit the nearest Golden Phoenix Sect to see the situation.
The Sect Leader of Golden Phoenix, Golden Phoenix herself, was a bona fide top expert and local powerhouse, supposedly having seized the most jade eggs within hundreds of miles.
The sisters happened to have a good relationship with one of the elders, so they planned to visit and listen for any news.
They promptly executed their plan and soon met that elder, preparing to drink and chat under the cover of night, using their bodies to gather intelligence from him.
However, that very night, when the sisters in enticing attire sought out the elder, they found the usually arrogant elder, who toyed with them as "Flower Destroyer," now serving as a flesh stool for a woman.
It was clear that the elder was being forced, for his limbs had been broken, and he could do nothing but crouch there as a stool.
In the darkness, they saw only the woman's long, ghostly blue hair, with chains clanging in her hands, much like an Impermanence come to claim lives.
At that moment, the woman seemed to sense their presence and looked their way.
Coincidentally, two female disciples were just arriving to attend to the elder.