Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don’t Call Me a Demon! - Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Chapter 5: Could He Really Be a Good Person?

“Tsk tsk, truly worthy of an inner disciple, such wealth is indeed substantial.”

Su Jie was counting the spoils in the storage bag, a battle had added thousands of Blood Marrow Crystals to his account.

Indeed, murder and arson for a golden belt, this kind of windfall really comes easily.

The prerequisite is to have enough strength, otherwise, if someone kills you instead, you become their spoils of war.

“Dead? Is Xu Yihu really dead?”

Chen Yun’s head was still spinning, unable to believe that an outer disciple had actually overturned and killed an inner disciple.

If someone had told her this in the past, she would have thought they were out of their mind.

But having witnessed Su Jie kill Xu Yihu with her own eyes, Chen Yun had to believe this exaggerated outcome and secretly categorized Su Jie as a freak of nature.

After all, being able to cultivate a poisonous insect that had undergone Spirit Refining three times, not many freakish inner disciples could manage that.

“Who made him want to kill me? I had no choice but to send him on his way first.”

Su Jie shrugged, raised his finger to his lips, and reminded, “This stays between you and me, remember to keep it a secret.”

“I know, even if I die, I won’t speak.”

Chen Yun nodded repeatedly, Su Jie had already saved her twice, such a debt of gratitude could not be fully repaid, how could she possibly betray him?

Su Jie was not worried about any leaks, aside from those human slaves, and the surviving Su Jie and Chen Yun, there were no other living Ghost Ridge Palace disciples or crew on the ship.

Even if Chen Yun really decided to betray him, without proof, accusing Su Jie, a disciple favored by Taoist Qiu, no one would believe such one-sided words.

After clearing the spoils on the slave trading ship, Su Jie looked at the ship, which was a mess and badly damaged from the battle.

This ship was basically on the verge of being scrapped; it was fortunate it hadn’t sunk just from being sturdy, but Su Jie didn’t have the capability to drive it back to Ghost Ridge Palace alone; it would sink halfway.

Thinking it over, Su Jie let the Thousand-Handed Centipede jump back into the water, pushing hard at the stern to beach the slave trading ship toward the shore.

With the buoyancy of the water flow and a number of pale corpse hands paddling wooden paddles, this process was somewhat difficult, but ultimately it was barely accomplished.

Crack!

The ship’s bottom deeply stuck into the river sand silt, and the riddled large ship finally swayed a few times before grounding ashore.

“Chen Yun, go and bring out those human slaves and let them go home. Just make sure they don’t see your face.”

Su Jie instructed Chen Yun, then turned and entered the third level of the cabin, arriving in front of a door covered with frost.

Breaking the layer of ice, Su Jie walked into the room with temperatures several tens of degrees below zero.

“It’s you, you scoundrel.”

Within the Ice Crystal, seeing Su Jie, Ning Xinyue’s eyebrows furrowed in anger, and she stopped pretending to be asleep.

“Haven’t seen you for several days, you’ve slept quite soundly.”

Su Jie stepped up to the Ice Crystal, smiling as he spoke.

“What are you planning to do now? Hmph, whatever you’re thinking, I won’t be fooled again.”

Ning Xinyue looked on guard, still unable to forget how Su Jie had tricked her out of the Mysterious Shadow Secret Technique.

“I’m here to fulfill a promise and rescue you. Did you forget what we agreed on?”

Su Jie spoke very sincerely, seeming to have completely forgotten what he had done a few days before.

“Uh, wait, wait a minute, you said you’re going to rescue me?”

The girl was a bit disheveled, having anticipated many things, but she hadn’t expected that Su Jie was actually there to rescue her.

“No, you’re too kind for no reason; there must be a conspiracy that I don’t know about.”

Having been deceived once, Ning Xinyue had become much more cautious.

Su Jie summoned the Thousand-Handed Centipede to carry the Ice Crystal outside, and said, “Where do you think all these conspiracies come from? Don’t think of people as too filthy.”

“Aren’t demon cultivators always scheming and plotting? Besides, you tricked me last time.”

Ning Xinyue wanted to scold Su Jie, but, held by the grotesque Thousand-Handed Centipede and even through the solid Ice Crystal, her fair skin still crawled with goosebumps, and her small face turned slightly pale as she turned her head away, unable to look.

After stepping out of the cabin, Ning Xinyue saw the heavily damaged Slave Trading Ship and exclaimed in horror, “What happened here? I heard shouts and cries of fighting below; were you attacked by bandits?”

“Which bandit has the death wish to rob a demon cultivator?”

Su Jie could hardly contain his laughter; the girl didn’t think before she spoke.

Ning Xinyue thought about it, and indeed, compared to demon cultivators, bandits were insignificant.

It was like hoodlums running into a fully armed military force, specifically one that played by concentration camp rules. If provoked, a quick death would be hard to come by.

“I understand now, there must have been a righteous sect here to rescue us.”

Ning Xinyue’s mind clicked, and she shouted in delight.

“You’re happy too soon. The rescue team was already repelled, and given your situation, being rescued may not necessarily be a good thing.”

Su Jie smirked; those from the righteous sects were equally cruel, as seen by how they disregarded and let their magic affect the human slaves without concern for collateral damage.

If Ning Xinyue fell into their hands, given the numerous cultivation techniques she held, her ending would not necessarily be good.

“Still, it’s better than falling into the hands of demon cultivators.”

Ning Xinyue argued, biting her silver teeth.

“Ah, you got that right,”

Su Jie chuckled. By then, Su Jie had reached the deck and looked down.

The Golden Sand River Mudflats were filled with human slaves released by Chen Yun, who one by one knelt down thunderously, creating a dense sea of heads continuously knocking the ground.

“We commoners thank the noble lord for granting us a chance at life. Though we do not know your honored name, your grace will never be forgotten. Should we be fortunate enough to survive and return home, we swear to write of your deeds and worship at your shrine.”

The group of human slaves chanted thrice in unison, mothers holding their children and trembling elders all knelt, even if their foreheads bled, their faces were full of gratitude and joy, which were genuinely from the heart.

Chen Yun, standing to the side and glancing at Su Jie, was unexpected that Su Jie would release all these human slaves.

Logically, with heavy losses to the slave ship fleet, if Su Jie managed to bring back a large number of human slaves urgently needed by Ghost Ridge Palace, he would surely receive great commendation from the sect. Yet, Su Jie chose to grant the slaves their freedom instead.

In the meanwhile, Ning Xinyue secretly opened her eyes, then her eyes widened in shock at the absurd scene before her, throwing her into disarray.

What did she see?

A group of human slaves, who had been transported for sale, were thanking their demon cultivator overseers, kneeling and giving thanks profusely.

“Could he actually be a good person?”

Suddenly, Ning Xinyue entertained this ridiculous thought.

“Hurry and scatter. I can’t guarantee that other demon cultivators won’t come by here, and if they see you, you know the consequences,”

Said Su Jie, waving his hand. Hearing this, the human slaves immediately panicked, hurrying under the moonlight with the map Chen Yun gave them, running towards the nearest village.

Su Jie, along with Chen Yun and the Thousand-Handed Centipede holding the Ice Crystal, left the slave ship and entered the dense woods.

While walking, Su Jie glanced at the quiet girl inside the Ice Crystal, considering her his greatest gain from this journey. It remained to be seen what kind of cultivation technique could be obtained from her.