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Chapter 249: Villains usually die in many chapters (1)

The reason why Ling Xiaosu has become Ling Yiyan's apprentice is because Ling Xiaosu has lost his memory.

Ling Yiyan had no idea why Ling Xiaosu lost his memory.

All we know is that when he entered the palace to serve as the Palace Jade Master ten years ago, he happened to run into Ling Xiaosu, and at that time Ling Xiaosu was the study companion of the deceased Third Prince.

When he met Ling Xiaosu again, Ling Yiyan's subconscious reaction was to kill him.

But Ling Xiaosu's identity at that time was special, and he was not someone that a mere court jade master could kill.

Three years later, the third prince Tu Mingya died of a sudden hysteria.

However, Ling Xiaosu regained his memory and went to meet Emperor Tu Yanqing, telling him that Ling Yiyan was a descendant of a puppeteer family.

Emperor Tu Yanqing was overjoyed when he heard the news, and appointed Ling Xiaosu as the chief guard of Yuyao Palace to take care of Ling Yiyan.

The shackles on Ling Yiyan's feet were put on him by Ling Xiaosu.

But Ling Xiaosu did not tell the emperor about the Konggu puppet.

Ling Yiyan once questioned Ling Xiaosu why he did this.

Ling Xiaosu just said that the more pain Ling Yiyan suffered, the happier he was. Ling Xiaosu used the excuse of wanting to be Ling Yiyan's disciple to actually use Ling Yiyan's hand to do what he wanted.

At this point in the story, Ling Yiyan opened his eyes, his dark grey pupils trembling slightly. He raised his right hand and pointed behind Gu Chang, "He's back."

Gu Chang felt someone approaching from behind, and the system nervously reminded him, "Host, it's Ling Xiaosu!"

Yinli outside the door also noticed something was wrong, and she turned around and was about to enter the hall.

The door slammed shut with a thud. Hearing the lock snap from inside, Yin Li frowned, a look of worry crossing her face. She quickly backed away, searching for a jump onto the roof.

Inside the hall, Ling Xiaosu held a dagger against Gu Chang's neck. He placed his other hand on Gu Chang's shoulder, leaned over, and put his lips close to Gu Chang's ear, "You are so brave! You actually lied to me."

"What's wrong? You are allowed to lie to others, but you can't allow others to lie to you?" Gu Chang's voice was slightly cold and his tone was calm, without any expression of fear on his face.

Ling Xiaosu sneered, "Originally, because you are of the same kind as us, I kindly advised you to leave. But you refused to leave, and you know so much. You must die."

"Besides, the reason you were able to hear so much today was because I unlocked his sealed memories. If I hadn't unlocked his memories, Ling Yiyan would have always believed that I was his apprentice."

"I want to tell you something." Gu Chang remained calm and took over the conversation after Ling Xiaosu finished speaking.

Ling Xiaosu wanted to hear if Gu Chang had anything else to tell him, so he agreed and said, "Go ahead."

"Villains usually die because they talk too much." The moment Gu Chang finished speaking, Ling Xiaosu realized that something was wrong.

But Gu Chang had already said those four words, "Charming Queen."

The next second, Ling Xiaosu and Ling Yiyan fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Gu Chang reacted quickly and snatched the dagger from Ling Xiaosu's hand, and then inserted the dagger into Ling Xiaosu's head with a neat movement.

Then he used force to split his head apart.

There was no scene of brain matter splattering everywhere, only Ling Xiaosu's body deflated like a deflated ball.

"This is a human-skin puppet he made. He uses a wisp of soul to control the puppet's movements. He has many of these puppets. He is unkillable." After feeling the restraints on his body disappear, Ling Yiyan stood up from the ground. "He has hidden many of them in Yuyao Palace."

Gu Chang: What a troublesome villain.

"But he probably won't come to kill you in the short term." Ling Yiyan was very aware of Ling Xiaosu's cautious nature. He then straightened his loose black robe and walked to the gate to open it.

"Why don't we just find them and burn them? Burn as many as you can." Gu Chang spoke nonchalantly. He turned his head to look at Ling Yiyan who was standing at the door. "You must have made quite a few human skin dolls for him, right?"

Yin Li, who was outside, saw the palace door being opened by Ling Yiyan. She quickly came to the door of the hall and saw Gu Chang standing inside unharmed. She immediately felt relieved.

Yin Li walked up to Gu Chang, suddenly half-knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and said self-reproachfully: "I protected you without saying anything, please punish me, sir!"

"It's not your fault, but the enemy has too many clones." Gu Chang pulled Yin Li up.

"Master, do you want to choose to help Ling Xiaosu now?" Gu Chang felt that he should first confirm Ling Yiyan's attitude. Ling Xiaosu has been controlling Ling Yiyan for so many years. What if Ling Xiaosu also left a wisp of soul in Ling Yiyan's body?

However, Gu Chang currently has no way to detect whether there is Ling Xiaosu's soul in Ling Yiyan's body.

"No, but I'm worried that there is a fragment of his soul in my body." Ling Yiyan frowned, walked to the workbench, squatted down, and pulled out a wooden box from under the table.

Ling Yiyan did not feel offended by Gu Chang's question. After all, the fact that his memory could be sealed by Ling Xiaosu meant that there was a high probability that he would be controlled by Ling Xiaosu.

Besides, Ling Xiaosu is the culprit of all this, so it is even more impossible for him to help Ling Xiaosu.

Ling Yiyan opened the wooden box and took out an old ancient book. Then Ling Yiyan stood up and handed the ancient book to Gu Chang.

"Over the years, Ling Xiaosu has been improving the Konggu puppet. He wants to create a Konggu puppet that can resist magic. However, neither he nor I can use magic, so Ling Xiaosu kills those with deep internal energy and takes away all of their internal energy." Ling Yiyan said this in a deep voice, paused, and continued, "But internal energy is ultimately limited, and it won't remain in the Konggu puppet forever."

"The existence of the Konggu puppet allows Ling Xiaosu to live in this world, but on the other hand, it is also a shell that imprisons Ling Xiaosu. However, I don't know where Ling Xiaosu's real body is hiding. I only know that he has always acted as a human-skin puppet."

"I wrote this book several decades ago. It records the techniques practiced by alchemists for hundreds of years. Most of the alchemists today have only learned the basics, which can be said to be a generational change." Ling Yiyan said this when he saw Gu Chang flipping through the ancient books.

"But you are still a puppet in the hollow valley now, and you cannot use magic."

Gu Chang smiled slightly. He was using delicate puppets, so maybe he could give it a try.

The alchemist was similar to the Taoist priests he had met. No matter how things change, the essence remains the same. If he could use some magic, the problem at hand could be easily solved.

"Master, I will keep this book for now. Do you know where the truly skilled alchemists are in Tiandu City?" Gu Chang closed the ancient book, opened his coat, and put the book inside.

"Wu Ya of Guangyuan Temple was renowned even in his youth, slaying demons with only a few spells and roaming the mortal world. I once wanted to give him this book, but never had the chance." Ling Yiyan's voice was hoarse. After his memories were unlocked, he could recall many things. But he still felt a lingering sense of unease. It was impossible for Ling Xiaosu to unlock his memories so easily. Could he have sealed his memories with just his inner strength?

Ling Yiyan felt that he must have overlooked something.

His current body was created by Ling Xiaosu. If the other party had tampered with this body, it might explain why his memory was sealed.

But we can't rule out the possibility that Ling Xiaosu secretly found a suitable body. You know, evil spirits can occupy real human bodies with flesh and blood.

Gu Chang also thought of this, but now he still has to find the human skin puppet hidden in Yuqiao Palace to prevent Ling Xiaosu from having too many clones and causing uncontrollable situations.

In the following time, Gu Chang and Yin Li began a carpet search of Yuqiao Palace.

An hour later, they found fifty-six human-skin puppets in Yuqiao Palace.

These human skin puppets are made of real human skin, and the head of each puppet looks like Ling Xiaosu.

After piling up the fifty-six human-skin puppets in the open space in front of the hall, Ling Yiyan asked Yin Li to take his badge and go outside the hall to find the guards.

Said he had a batch of rotting puppets to deal with and needed some dry firewood.

After a while, some firewood was delivered to Yuqiao Palace.

Gu Chang lit the oil-soaked torch, and at the moment the flame rose, he threw the torch into the pile of human skin dolls.

Looking at the black smoke rising from the flames, Gu Chang smelled a pungent fishy odor.

"Young Master, I'll just watch over here." Yin Li took a step forward. She was very familiar with this smell. She was even used to the stench of a rotting corpse and didn't feel any discomfort.

"Sorry to trouble you, Yinli." Gu Chang covered his nose and went to the hall to find Ling Yiyan.