The fight on the deck was coming to an end. After all, Lady Plum Blossom's cultivation base was higher than Scarface's.
No matter how fierce Scarface's moves were, he couldn't withstand Lady Plum Blossom, whose cultivation base was one level higher than his.
Scarface's body was bitten all over by the poisonous insects released by Lady Plum Blossom, and it gave off a stench.
Seeing that Scarface was already at a disadvantage, Lady Plum Blossom seemed to be teasing a cat or a dog. She never gave Scarface a quick end, which made Scarface start to go crazy.
A Zuo and A You were so excited that their eyes turned red. They wanted to go up and help, but they were frozen. They could only shout words of encouragement.
Seeing this, Shen Qing simply unfroze the people on the deck and let them fight in a melee.
The two An sisters had harbored resentment in their hearts because they had been constantly harassed by Scarface and his two companions. So they secretly lent a hand to help Lady Plum Blossom.
Before long, Scarface and his two companions were gnawed by the poisonous insects until only their skeletons remained.
Lady Plum Blossom was out of breath. She knelt down at Shen Qing's feet obsequiously. "Senior, I've done everything you said. Can you spare me?"
Wu Tong pursed his lips tightly and nervously looked at Shen Qing. But Shen Qing noticed that Wu Tong had placed his hand behind his back on his backpack.
"What should I do? I still feel dissatisfied. How about this?"
"You go and be a bait to catch a dragon - horned fish for me. Maybe then I'll spare your life."
Lady Plum Blossom was struck like by lightning. She stared with wide - open eyes and murmured, "Bait... dragon - horned fish..."
"You... you are..."
Lady Plum Blossom finally realized that the two people in front of her were the young Taoist companions they had thrown overboard as bait.
"So you never intended to spare us from the very beginning!"
Lady Plum Blossom stood up. Her face was full of embarrassment, and her eyes revealed intense killing intent.
Shen Qing nodded. "Why should I spare those who have harmed me?"
"If it were you, would you spare them?"
Lady Plum Blossom was at a loss for words. Of course, she wouldn't spare them. She would even take a hundred - fold revenge, just like the people who had died miserably at her hands before.
"In that case, there's nothing more to say!"
"Wu Tong!"
Lady Plum Blossom jumped backward and summoned all the poisonous insects in her package.
All kinds of venomous insects slowly crawled all over the deck and were crawling menacingly towards Shen Qing's feet.
Shen Qing waved Wu Wang. All the poisonous insects were instantly frozen. With another wave, they turned into fragments.
But Lady Plum Blossom was not angry. Instead, she showed a smug smile.
After the poisonous insects turned into fragments, they didn't turn into ice chips but into a stinking thick liquid. This liquid was so strange that Shen Qing couldn't freeze it.
"What is this?!"
"Girl, I've already said that one should leave some leeway in life, but you just won't spare me!"
Lady Plum Blossom stretched out her hand, and the thick liquid began to move. Wu Tong's backpack also wriggled as if it was attracted by this thick liquid.
"When the King of All Poisonous Insects appears, you all will..."
Before Lady Plum Blossom could finish her words, a cold light flashed, and her head was chopped off.
Her head rolled a few times and stopped right at Wu Tong's feet.
Shen Qing was surprised and looked in the direction of the cold light. She saw Shen Chuyun holding on to the railing and standing with difficulty. He still maintained the posture of throwing his sword.
"Don't you dare bully my younger sister!"
Shen Chuyun gasped for breath, with a determined look in his eyes.
But Shen Qing's heart didn't stir in the slightest because of Shen Chuyun's action or the word "younger sister".
During all those years in Xiaolin Village and Qingyun Sword Sect, Shen Chuyun never remembered that she was his younger sister. But now he suddenly did.
If their parents hadn't been partial and wanted Shen Qing to take care of Shen Chuyun, they wouldn't have lied and made Shen Qing, who was born later, be the elder sister and always yield to her younger brother.
She couldn't bear this "younger sister" title now.
Wu Tong opened his mouth wide. Seeing his lover's life taken away in an instant, he was heart - broken.
He gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes and summoned the poisonous insects in his package.
A centipede several hundred meters long slowly crawled out of his bag and stared menacingly at Shen Chuyun.
But Shen Chuyun didn't look at the huge centipede. Instead, he stared fixedly at Shen Qing, hoping to see a trace of emotion on her face.
But Shen Qing just stared at him coldly and expressionlessly.
That cold look in her eyes stabbed at Shen Chuyun's heart like a sharp knife, making him unbearable.
Why couldn't Shen Qing forgive him just one more time? Clearly, no matter how excessive things he had done before, she would always forgive him.
Shen Chuyun showed a sad smile and slowly closed his eyes.
Fine. Since Shen Qing refused to forgive him, he might as well die in front of her. Consider it as atonement...
The huge centipede waved its antennae, opened its big mouth, and swooped down. The stinking smell rushed straight towards Shen Chuyun.
His hands trembled. It was a lie to say that he wasn't afraid of death.
Deep in his heart, he still hoped that Shen Qing would save him at the last moment.
A strong gust of wind blew by. The huge centipede let out a shrill scream and was cut in half.
Shen Chuyun was overjoyed, thinking that it was Shen Qing who had saved him.
He opened his eyes full of joy, only to see a soaking - wet person standing in front of him. The person was covered in the green, sticky blood from the huge centipede's body and was holding the sword he was familiar with.
Pei Xuanjing turned around, gasping for breath, and looked at Shen Chuyun angrily. "Fourth junior brother, what are you standing there stupidly for? Why didn't you dodge just now!"
If he hadn't sensed Shen Chuyun's spiritual power when he came up for air and rushed over in a hurry, Shen Chuyun might have been bitten to pieces by that huge poisonous insect.
Shen Chuyun's nose twitched. He said aggrievedly, "I was wrong. I'm sorry, senior brother."
But Shen Chuyun's grievance wasn't because of Pei Xuanjing's scolding. It was because Shen Qing was so close, but she didn't choose to save him.
If Pei Xuanjing hadn't appeared, he would really have died!
Pei Xuanjing turned his head and looked at Shen Qing angrily. He questioned, "Shen Qing, even if you hate us, you shouldn't just watch your own younger brother die with your own eyes!"
"We came here to find you just to ask you to change your mind and feel our apologies. Do you really have to watch us die in front of you before you'll forgive us!"
Shen Qing looked at Pei Xuanjing, whose eyes were about to pop out in anger, and Shen Chuyun, who looked heart - broken. She couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
In her previous life, didn't they just watch her go to her death with their own eyes?
Now, what she had done was not even one - ten - thousandth of what they had done in her previous life, but they looked as if they were the ones being wronged. It was simply ridiculous.
"Pei Xuanjing, aren't you laughing at your own words?"
"Did I ask you to come and find me?"
"Did I ask you to get involved in all these things?"
"On what grounds do you blame me?"
"I..." Pei Xuanjing was at a loss for words. His face turned bright red.
Yes, Shen Qing had never asked them to do any of these things. Why was he blaming Shen Qing?
Pei Xuanjing staggered a step, with red - rimmed eyes. "No... it's not like this... I'm not blaming you..."