Chapter 228: Pile of Corpses

Ten people slowly descended to the ground.

Ren She was just about to say something, but Qi Xia pulled Yu Nian'an and directly pushed open the wooden door, walking out.

"Hey?"

Ren She was stunned.

"Qi Xia, I haven’t said goodbye to you yet."

Qi Xia kept walking forward without looking back, the long corridor just like the one in his dreams.

The others quickly followed.

"Hey, deceiver, why are you in such a hurry?"

Qiao Jiajin asked from behind.

But he ignored everyone, simply leading Yu Nian'an onward on his own.

When they reached Ren Long, Ren Long was about to speak, but Qi Xia interrupted him.

"No need to explain."

Qi Xia said.

"Give the 'Dao' to the person behind me."

He pushed past Ren Long and went out the door. Fortunately, someone was already guarding the place.

That person had the face of Chu Tianqiu.

Jin Yuanxun, whom they hadn’t seen in a long time, stood beside him, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

Seeing Qi Xia and another unfamiliar woman descend from the sky, Chu Tianqiu was slightly stunned, but he quickly composed his expression and stepped forward with a warm greeting.

"Qi Xia."

"Long time no see."

Qi Xia replied coldly, reaching out to embrace Yu Nian'an.

"Which Chu Tianqiu are you? What’s your story this time?"

"I am myself."

Chu Tianqiu paused.

"This time, I came specifically to congratulate you."

"Congratulate me?"

Qi Xia responded indifferently.

"Why?"

"You are the 'strongest' I’ve ever seen."

Chu Tianqiu said.

"A few days ago, the entire 'Zhongyan Zhidi' trembled because of you."

"Is that so?"

Qi Xia showed a faint cold smile.

"So you staged a massacre yourself."

"Exactly!"

Chu Tianqiu laughed happily.

"Qi Xia, you know that in this godforsaken place, even though we’ve cooperated, we can kill each other anytime for our own ideas, and it won’t affect anything."

"You’re right."

Qi Xia nodded.

"Thanks to you, I’ve found something incredible too."

"Oh?"

Chu Tianqiu turned his head to glance at Yu Nian'an.

"I heard about you from Aunt Tong... so..."

Chu Tianqiu was about to say more when he suddenly felt his thoughts getting blocked.

Is this woman Qi Xia’s “missing wife”?

Has he found his wife...?

Or is this a product of “Sheng Sheng Bu Xi”?

But this time, Qi Xia didn’t “Hui Xiang.” How did this woman appear?

He took a breath and looked back at Qi Xia, noticing that Qi Xia’s eyes seemed a bit vacant.

He didn’t seem to want to think about it.

"Has he really gone mad?"

Chu Tianqiu gave a bitter smile.

"Lucky for me, I found the answer before you lost it completely."

"Now that the congratulations are done... what’s next?"

Qi Xia asked.

"Are you here to invite us to 'Tiandang Kou'?"

"Of course!"

Chu Tianqiu laughed and walked over to shake Qi Xia’s hand.

"You’re my best partner in 'Zhongyan Zhidi'!"

Qi Xia’s other teammates slowly descended from the void, with Officer Li still holding four “Dao” in his hand. Everyone immediately spotted Chu Tianqiu.

"Oh, everyone’s here?"

Chu Tianqiu smiled, but then he noticed nine people.

He scanned the group; he was familiar with most of them, except for the pale-faced young man, who was a stranger.

"Oh?"

Chu Tianqiu quickly figured it out and nodded.

"You all managed to escape; that’s impressive."

The pale-faced man saw Chu Tianqiu and slowly withdrew his smile, a hint of contempt in his eyes.

"Hey? Isn’t this the treacherous Chu Tianqiu?"

Qiao Jiajin said with a forced smile.

"Back to get people to risk their lives for you again?"

"Not at all, you flatter me."

Chu Tianqiu curved his eyes into a smile.

"Actually, I should thank you and Li Xiangling. You actually held 'Tiandang Kou'—that was unexpected..."

Those words stung Qiao Jiajin.

After Qi Xia’s death, he and Li Xiangling had indeed defended “Tiandang Kou,” but the situation had been strangely bizarre, making Qiao Jiajin think he was going mad at one point.

"So, have you cleaned up 'Tiandang Kou'?"

Qiao Jiajin asked.

"I’m in the process!"

Chu Tianqiu replied.

"If you don’t mind, come along. I’ll give you some food, and you can help me with the cleanup."

His tone, like commanding dogs, made everyone uncomfortable.

Qiao Jiajin didn’t respond and instead looked at Qi Xia.

Qi Xia thought for a moment and smiled.

"Sure, I’m in."

The two shook hands again.

Lin Geng and Qiao Jiajin didn’t quite understand Qi Xia’s decision.

The Chu Tianqiu in front of them was clearly not a good person; he was dangerously insane. What was the point of joining him?

...

The group followed Chu Tianqiu and Jin Yuanxun toward “Tiandang Kou.” Along the way, they explained the situation to Attorney Zhang and Tiantian.

The two still looked skeptical.

Lin Geng asked the “tenth person” for his name. He seemed able to communicate with anyone without any barriers.

The man stared at the dark red sky of “Zhongyan Zhidi,” his smile gradually fading, as if accepting some hard-to-accept reality.

"I’m called Chen Jun-nan."

He said.

"Chen Jun-nan?"

Lin Geng paused, then asked:

"Have you seen me before?"

"Yes, this is the third time."

The young man said with a smile.

"Just three times?"

"Yes, just three times."

Since Lin Geng couldn’t get more out of him, he let it go. This person had died in the interview room over and over; the chance he was a “Ji Dao Zhe” was too slim.

Qi Xia turned to Qiao Jiajin, something weighing on his mind.

"Fist, you held 'Tiandang Kou'?"

"Yeah."

Qiao Jiajin nodded.

That sounded completely unreasonable.

Even if Qiao Jiajin and Li Xiangling had martial arts skills, how could they defeat a group of fully armed “Hui Xiang” people?

"Did you 'Hui Xiang' back then?"

Qi Xia asked.

"No."

Qiao Jiajin shook his head.

"Deceiver, you’ll see soon enough. If I haven’t gone mad... the situation was just too weird."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the school gate.

As soon as they approached, a fresh stench of decay hit their noses.

The smell from the newly rotting corpses was overwhelming and would likely last for about ten days or more.

At that moment, Li Xiangling was in the schoolyard moving bodies. She spotted the approaching group at a glance.

"Qiao bro!!"

Li Xiangling waved quickly, nearly dropping the body in her hands.

"Kung fu girl!"

Qiao Jiajin greeted her back.

"Wait, I’m coming to help!"

Qi Xia looked around; the bodies Li Xiangling was moving looked familiar.

In the next second, his eyes widened slowly.

Everyone behind him froze in that moment.

Li Xiangling was currently hugging a corpse of Qiao Jiajin and moving it carefully. Glancing across the field, there were seven or eight corpses of Qiao Jiajin neatly stacked together.

Some had been blown up, others hacked, and still others pierced by wood—each died in different ways.

Turning his head, the other side was piled with Li Xiangling’s corpses.

Over twenty of them, forming a small mound of bodies.

"Huff... Qiao bro, I just finished moving my own corpses... I’m exhausted..."

"No problem, I’ll handle mine."

Qiao Jiajin smiled.