Nāgata: Infernal Night, Qinghan and I are True Love

Chapter 58 Rebels Everywhere, Uprisings Never End

"Hmm~~! Why does it smell like blood? Wei Qing, are you on your period?"

Wei Qing's lips twitched. I'm really impressed by this idiot.

Shen Miao suddenly exclaimed, "Oh dear... Sister Wei Qing, why are you bleeding from your nose..."

Wei Qing pushed her away with one hand: "Look at the spicy side..."

"Huh? Where's your front tooth?"

Wei Qing glared at her, then turned away, covered her nose, and remained silent.

Shen Miao then exclaimed in shock, "What happened? There's a dead body..."

She immediately became alert and began to think.

He immediately realized that the two of them must have been ambushed and then someone had rescued them.

She immediately rushed out the door and frantically pounded on Xu Tianyi's door.

"Hey... are you still there? Did you save me?"

Xu Tianyi opened the door irritably: "First of all, I'm not called 'Hey'! My name is Xu Tianyi! You have to call me Brother Tianyi, understand?"

Shen Miao wanted to retort, but remembering that he had saved her, she reluctantly said, "Fine, Brother Tianyi, what happened to the corpse in my room... You guys didn't come out... Hey... Why are you pushing me..."

As she spoke, she peeked in, trying to come in and take a look, but Xu Tianyi naturally pushed her little head out with his right hand.

"Alright, Qinghan is still washing up. I'll come over and talk to you."

The two entered Shen Miao's room, and Shen Miao suddenly said, "Hey, why do you have the osmanthus scent I sprayed on your hands?"

Xu Tianyi suddenly felt a pang of guilt and quickly explained, "What are you talking about? I carried you back just now..."

Shen Miao suddenly realized: "I knew it..."

Wei Qing inside still had her back to the two of them.

A voice came out: "Xu Tianyi, why have my clothes been taken off?"

Xu Tianyi was stunned, inwardly cursing himself for not paying attention to details.

He then said, "Unbutton one or two buttons so I can remotely circulate your qi and blood; otherwise, how can a martial spirit like me awaken you..."

Wei Qing vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but didn't say anything more.

She then turned her head, as if about to ask something.

Shen Miao suddenly burst out laughing: "Wei...you...hahahaha..."

Wei Qing's nose was red and swollen at the moment, and a wad of cloth was stuck in it. Shen Miao couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

Xu Tianyi also laughed out loud because of her.

Wei Qing quickly turned her head away: "What are you laughing at, Xiao..."

"Ha ha..."

Her face flushed with embarrassment.

You know, she's a very serious Golden Guard!

He was nicknamed the Jade-Faced Judge.

Now I'm disfigured. My nose is okay, but what about my front teeth? I'll have a lisp when I talk...

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got: "Why is she okay, but I lost a tooth! Did you do this on purpose?!"

To avoid letting in any drafts, she spoke in a muffled, high-pitched voice.

This made the two of them laugh so hard their stomachs hurt.

Wei Qing slammed his hand on the table: "Speak!!"

Seeing that she was a little angry, the two of them stopped laughing.

Xu Tianyi thought for a moment and said, "There was nothing I could do. He was carrying you and trying to run away, so I could only attack him from a distance with martial arts techniques. I didn't expect him to actually throw you away, and I didn't catch you..."

Wei Qingting's expression grew increasingly grim.

"I think you did it on purpose!"

"No, I just met Shen Miao. There's no reason for me to favor her. You're still my sister-in-law..."

Wei Qing snorted coldly: "Then let's get down to business. What time did you encounter them...?"

When the conversation turned to serious matters, Xu Tianyi stopped joking around.

Let's get right into the story.

Wei Qing and Shen Miao were shocked after hearing this.

Both of them were beautiful young women; if they were kidnapped, who knows what might happen to them.

He was filled with lingering fear and felt a sense of gratitude towards Xu Tianyi.

Wei Qing quickly found some remaining incense ash by the window.

"A mind-controlling incense, made from the core of a hundred-year-old demon spirit, and used continuously for several hours. No wonder even a grandmaster couldn't wake up..."

Xu Tianyi nodded: "Qinghan couldn't wake up when I splashed water on him. Fortunately, I have a martial art that can mobilize qi and blood. After I impacted your qi and blood, you were able to wake up."

Wei nodded slightly: "Thank you..."

Xu Tianyi's lips curled up slightly. See, she still has to thank me.

"It's okay, you're my sister-in-law..."

Thinking of his sister-in-law, Xu Tianyi couldn't help but recall a classic South Korean action film he had watched, featuring a kind-hearted sister-in-law.

A smile suddenly spread across his face.

Without giving it much thought, Wei Qing began by checking the assassin's identity.

Soon, the tattoo was seen on the assassin's back.

"The Grain God Cult, it really is them; the wheat ear tattoo on their back is easy to recognize..."

Xu Tianyi was puzzled: "Why are we arresting you? Logically, we should have killed you..."

Wei Qing was somewhat displeased: "Do you think that just because I'm dead, no one will come to arrest you, this rebel?"

Xu Tianyi chuckled: "Then tell me, why would they arrest you? They can exchange Shen Miao for money, but what can they exchange you for?"

Shen Miao stared in disbelief: "They actually want to exchange this old lady for money, and they won't even give this old lady a share! That's outrageous!"

Both of them rolled their eyes at her.

Wei Qing then said, "They might have arrested me to retaliate against the Zhijin Guard. We destroyed many of the Valley God Sect's hideouts before, and they're trying to intimidate the Zhijin Guard."

Xu Tianyi nodded noncommittally.

Just as I was about to say something, an explosion suddenly came from inside the city.

Wei Qing's eyes narrowed: "The Valley God Sect has some nerve, daring to plunder!"

She immediately put on her clothes and rushed out.

Shen Miao quickly put on her coat as well: "Wait for me..."

After thinking about it, Xu Tianyi decided to follow them and see if he could gain any cultivation points.

Gu Qinghan also happened to come out, and the two followed her.

In the distance, the county's granaries had been breached by rioters.

The city's yamen runners were killed by the Valley God Cult members with gunpowder.

Now, this is no longer looting, but open rebellion!

The Valley God Sect has been around for many years, and it started out as just a few Taoist priests who were trying to make it seem mysterious.

Then some martial artists using wood-attribute true energy would accelerate the growth of rice and then bewitch people's hearts.

With the blessing of the God of Grain, every meal is a feast.

This will help people increase production.

The result is self-evident.

Even with increased grain production, the people still received very little grain.

The plundering by powerful clans was even more terrifying, with various taxes imposed upon them.

There's even a production tax—how ridiculous!

This led to uprisings in various places in Leizhou, Yanzhou, Yuanzhou, and Yuzhou, caused by the Valley God Cult inciting the people.

They selected exceptionally talented cultivators from among the common people and taught them the art of Qi cultivation.

A deeper level of practice is given based on faith and merit.

This resulted in the rebellion of the Valley God Sect being suppressed only to rise again and again.

Neither natural disasters nor man-made calamities could stop them.

King Qi was inherently ambitious and eager for advancement, and after the coup at the Eastern Palace, he purged a large number of the Crown Prince's faction, leaving many positions vacant in the court.

The Imperial Advisor, Xue Mantian, was in charge of talent selection for the Ministry of Government. He was greedy and lustful, and the people he promoted were naturally the same.

The consequences are self-evident; what the superiors do, the subordinates follow.

For more than a decade, the people suffered terribly.

When Xu Tianyi arrived at the granary, the shock he felt was unimaginable.

The impoverished people rushed into the granary in a frenzy, but most of the grain they carried out was chaff and dirt.

Clearly, the grain has already been sold; what's here are substitutes.

These hardworking, yet emaciated people had nothing but despair in their eyes.