Artifact Chapter 18: Escape from the He family

Chapter 18: Escape from the He family

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

The thick dark clouds had dispersed at some point, the moon was thin, the vast earth was covered with silver moonlight, cold and quiet. On the stone path, Lu Ming and Sang Wusheng walked side by side. Both of them were silent, even the air seemed a bit depressing.

Only after a long time did Sang Wusheng break the silence and say, “When are you leaving here?”

Lu Ming was stunned, then lowered his eyes and said, “I will leave as soon as possible, at least once Fu Shu and Jing Mo are settled first.”

Sang Wusheng almost gritted his teeth, even Fu Shu was taken into consideration, but he left out Sang Wusheng, how could he bear it!

Lu Ming was puzzled by the cold air coming from his side, and looked at Sang Wusheng with a sullen face strangely and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Sang Wusheng gave him a cold look, and without waiting for Lu Ming to react, he suddenly turned around violently, exerted his aura and hurriedly flew away. He was in such a hurry that he seemed to stagger a bit, and even accidentally kicked over a flower pot placed by the side of the stone slab, looking funny and wretched.

Lu Ming looked at Sang Wusheng’s fading back, his calm and unruffled expression finally appearing to crack. Just now, Sang Wusheng’s expression was completely angry, did he inadvertently say something wrong again?

Lu Ming bemoaned the fact that the protagonist and the villain were always irreconcilable and dangerous, so it was better to think twice before speaking in the future.

Lu Ming returned to his courtyard, hastily cleaned up for a while and then lay down on the bed. With too many things on his mind, he tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep in a daze.

In a dream, Lu Ming went to a weird place. Lu Ming’s heart felt a little uneasy, so he lifted his feet and ran forward, but no matter how much he ran, he could not get rid of the boundless darkness around him.

Lu Ming ran for a while, and only then stopped in physical exhaustion, hands clasping his knees, bent down and panted heavily. At that moment, a blurred figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and the figure became clearer and clearer, and although the surrounding area was dark, somehow the outline of the figure could still be seen clearly.

The figure slowly approached him, and the air seemed to carry a faint scent of medicine.

Lu Ming stiffened, his back chilled, and his eyes stared straight ahead at the figure just ten meters away from him, breathing tightly, not moving.

At this time, the heavy black around suddenly looked like ink drops falling into water, and slowly dispersed. A few moments later, everything was replaced by a strange place filled with birds, flowers, and trees. Lu Ming then had the opportunity to see the face of the other person clearly.

The person’s eyebrows held an indifferent calm, as if covered with a thick layer of cold air. From a distance, he was like a lonely lotus, not letting anyone close. He was wearing a white cloth shirt, long black hair was tied casually behind him with a dark green hair band and with the breeze, it slowly blew about. His black pupils were quiet with no waves, and was now quietly looking at Lu Ming, lips slightly pursed.

Lu Ming saw his face, his heart jumped, shocked beyond words.

This person’s appearance was almost identical to his own, or he should say, identical to He Qingci, but the other looked a few years older.

Lu Ming’s lips twitched, a familiar name suddenly came to mind and he blurted out, “Are you He Qingci?”

The man looked at Lu Ming lightly, his lips slightly opened, “It’s me.”

Lu Ming’s heart tightened and he said, “Why are you here?”

He Qingci eyes slightly turned, he stretched out long fingers, carelessly fiddling with the blooming flowers, eyelashes drooping. He softly said, “This is your dream world, I am only your imaginary illusion.”

Lu Ming frowned and said, “Why would a person I’ve never seen appear in my dream world?”

He Qingci’s fingers suddenly stopped, and only after a long time said, “You look at the mirror all day, it is normal to think of me. Or perhaps, there is still a trace of my memory in your body.”

Lu Ming thought that this dream was really slightly strange. If it was true that his memory remained in the body, then there should be no problem communicating with him, right? Thinking so, he opened his mouth, “Why did you suddenly appear today?”

He Qingci said indifferently, “You have been in this world for almost half a year, you should already know everything that I have experienced. He Yuanqi is not my real father. When he brought me into the He family, he only valued my qualifications, and by the hand of Liu Shuyun, he raised insect parasites in my body, so that I could develop a solid foundation and a richer and more abundant aura. He sealed the aura in my body, so that he could successfully take over this more perfect body. But if you leave, remember that if you can not unlock the insect compulsions in three years, the insect compulsions will devour your body and destroy your foundation, and you won’t be able to practice the orthodox cultivator’s art for the rest of your life.”

Lu Ming’s heart was cold and asked, “So, you learned the truth and did not want to be taken by He Yuanqi, so you escaped from the He family and had no choice but to embark on the path of demon cultivation?”

He Qingci lips slightly hooked up, eyes slightly mocking, “If it was not for the fact that I later met Master and became a demonic cultivator, I would have died in the He family and had my body taken away by He Yuanqi.” He Qingci glanced at Lu Ming and said, “If you don’t want to be controlled by He Yuanqi, then hurry up and leave this place and run as far away as possible.”

Lu Ming frowned, “Now, He Yuanqi seems to be suspicious of me, and there are all his spies around, not to mention that I am not powerful enough to fight him, and it is not easy to escape under his nose.”

He Qingci was silent for a moment and said, “In this house, there is a secret passage I dug in the early years, if you find it, you can escape from there.”

Lu Ming was surprised, “You dug a secret passage?”

He Qingci said indifferently, “Five years ago, I found out He Yuanqi’s plot, all these years, I tried everything, but could not leave this place, so I had to use this method that would not make him suspicious, digging this secret passage, and quietly escaped on the 15th birthday.”

Lu Ming heard the words, before he could feel the emotion, He Qingci turned to leave, walked a few steps before coldly said, “That’s all I have to say, I’m leaving.”

At the next moment, He Qingci disappeared in the air. If not for the faint smell of medicine in the air, Lu Ming thought that the party was all a lie.

Lu Ming looked at the He Qingci disappeared in place out of thin air, his heart held some doubts, could the dream world actually allow him to smell things? This was simply not scientific ah. Then he thought about it. He had transmigrated into this cultivation world, became He Qingci, itself was also an unscientific thing, then there was no doubt in his mind, and secretly calculated, after waking up from the dream, he would like to find out if there really was a secret passage in this house. If not, how could He Qingci avoid He Yuanqi, the pervert, and escape from the He Family without any problems?

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The dark and windy night was a good time to escape.

Lu Ming found Fu Shu and Jing Mo and said seriously, “You two should leave with me tonight, it’s not safe here anymore.”

Fu Shu pulled Lu Ming’s sleeve with some fear, her eyes slightly frightened, “Young master, did something happen? Why do we have to leave in such a hurry?”

Before Lu Ming finished speaking, Jing Mo stepped forward and reached out to remove Fu Shu’s hand that was pulling on Lu Ming’s sleeve, and said with an unhappy face, “Why does he need a reason? If you don’t want to die, then hurry up and leave.”

When Fu Shu heard this, her eyes immediately welled up with tears and she bit her lips before saying in a small voice, “I’m sorry, then I won’t ask.”

Lu Ming glared at Jing Mo, then patted Fu Shu’s shoulder and softly explained, “This is not the time to talk about this, today the guards are lax, that’s why I found you and Jing Mo together. Someone from the He Family wants to harm us, so we are in a very dangerous situation. We can only escape for now, and I will explain to you in detail.”

When Fu Shu heard that someone was trying to harm Lu Ming, she anxiously said, “Young master, let’s leave quickly.”

Lu Ming nodded his head, his eyes fell on Jing Mo standing by the side and said guiltily, “Xiao Mo, I have no intention to involve you in this, but if I don’t take you away now, then He Yuanqi will definitely threaten your life to me. I don’t know what kind of trouble will arise, I hope you won’t blame me.”

Jing Mo smiled faintly, his black eyes shone with determination and he said, “Brother, you don’t have to blame yourself, it’s not your fault. I once said I would never leave your side in my entire life.”

Lu Ming was touched in his heart and couldn’t help but reach out to touch his head and said, “Has your mother settled down?”

Jing Mo nodded and said, “My mother has been sent elsewhere, He Yuanqi will never be able to find her.”

Lu Ming then relaxed his eyebrows and put his mind at ease. Jing Mo looked around and said with some doubts, “Brother, where should we go?”

Lu Ming did not answer, but went to the bed and pressed the mechanism disguised as a carved wooden flower at the head of the bed. The mechanism creaked and the bed suddenly opened from the middle. The gap became bigger and bigger, and a few moments later, a deep secret passage appeared in front of the three of them.

Lu Ming said, “This is the secret passage that leads to the outside of the He Mansion, I will go in first, you guys follow me closely.”

The two of them nodded and followed Lu Ming’s slow progress. The cave walls were very wet and rugged, and could only accommodate one person. The three of them walked in a bit of a mess, but after about half an hour of walking, a faint light suddenly appeared in front of them, and Lu Ming was happy, so he walked quickly towards the front, and there was the exit.

The three of them came out of the hole and sat down on the grass, panting heavily. Fu Shu patted her chest and said in a broken voice, “Young master, the secret passage you dug actually leads to the dog hole outside the He Mansion.”

Lu Ming gave a dry laugh and said uncomfortably, “It doesn’t matter what hole it is, as long as we can get out.”

Jing Mo snorted out a laugh and reached out to take the leaves off Lu Ming’s head, with a gentle smile in his eyes, he said, “Brother, where are we going next?”

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and said, “Right now we can only seek refuge in Kunlai Mountain, anyway, Yun Xu and Yun Ji specifically instructed me when they left that if I was in trouble, I could go to Kunlai Mountain to find them.”

Jing Mo said with a frown, “Can these two people be trusted? Will they conspire with He Yuanqi and hand you over?”

Lu Ming smiled, “Although Yun Ji and Yun Xu are arrogant and overbearing, there is one thing they value more. They are very fond of my qualifications and bones, and they also want to cultivate me. As far as I can see, Kunlai Mountain is the only place in the whole Cultivation World that dares to compete with the He family, so this is the only good place to go.”

Only then did Jing Mo and Fu Shu put their minds at ease and followed Lu Ming to stand up, ready to leave this place and walk in the direction of Kunlai Mountain.

“Kunlai Mountain?” At this moment, a low, warm voice suddenly sounded from behind the three of them.

When Lu Ming heard this voice, it was as if he was struck by lightning in an instant. The shock in his heart exploded like a bomb, and his face gradually turned white as he stood still.

The voice then laughed lightly and slowly said, “It’s really a good place to go, but I’m very upset that Qingci left without saying goodbye.”

 

 

 

 

 

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