The Invincible Bodyguard Starting by Escorting the Doomsday Imperial Princess Chapter 46 : Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Peach Blossom Immortal

As Chen Guan looked at the old woman before him, one foot already in the grave, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He looked at this old demoness and simply could not see what special ability she possessed.

Nor could he understand why Luo Li’s appearance would turn that special ability into a death sentence for her.

Even if it did bring her a death sentence, could she not just run?

Why insist on “sacrificing herself for others” here?

He truly could not understand what this old woman was thinking.

Chen Guan cast the thought aside.

Because he knew that even if he asked, this old demoness would not say any more. Otherwise, she would never have shown any intention of entrusting her descendants to him.

He looked toward the back courtyard.

He had realized that this dead girl Luo Li was an invincible super-on of disaster.

It was bad enough that her identity was absurdly complicated, but why was it that wherever she went, people died?

No, not people this ti.

This ti, demons were the ones dying.

Just because she ca here to pay a visit and drink a cup of tea, this entire household was going to be dragged to its death?

Damn it, for twenty taels, I took on this colossal ss. I’ve lost out badly.

Chen Guan’s face darkened until it was black as soot, gloomy to the extre.

Only after hesitating for a long while did he let out a long sigh and finally give in.

“Where do you want to take them?”

The mont Granny Huai heard that, delight imdiately appeared on her face, and she said at once, “Travel north from here, go straight for two thousand li, and cross a Mist-Shrouded Forest.”

“Deep within that forest, there is a place called Peach Blossom Hollow.”

“You need only deliver my two grandchildren safely into the care of the ‘Peach Blossom Immortal,’ and the karmic debt between us will be settled.”

After hearing this, Chen Guan could not help wanting to curse.

The task sounded simple enough, but the problem was that heading north from here ant formally plunging deeper into the very heart of the Ten Directions Marsh.

Leaving aside the danger, the journey alone would waste at least half a month.

With half a month to spare, he might already have reached Shangjing City and taken on two more jobs.

I’m taking a loss no matter how I look at it.

Most importantly, his system task bar still held the mission of escorting Luo Li, and that mission was not yet complete!

Given how the system usually behaved, such tasks generally had to be done one by one. In other words, this job would earn him no reward whatsoever. He would be doing pure unpaid labor.

But there was no helping it. This old woman had made herself the center of the board and had accurately judged that he would agree.

In the end, he could only grit his teeth and nod.

“Fine.”

“How long will it take to remove the mark on her body?”

Granny Huai turned slightly and smiled toward the back courtyard.

“The mark on her body has already disappeared.”

Chen Guan’s brows knit together.

“It’s gone? Just like that?”

Granny Huai shook her head, and a grave look appeared on that deeply lined face.

“Simple? Young man, you think too simply. If five thousand Grudge-Bearing Demon Apes were dispatched, how could that ape king possibly let you remove it so easily?”

“This old woman has only used my thousand years of cultivation, together with the thousand years of Hundred-Flower Essence accumulated in Huai Blossom Hollow, to temporarily suppress the resentnt mark on her body.”

“Suppress it?” Chen Guan’s expression hardened.

“Indeed.” Leaning on her cane, Granny Huai continued slowly, “That fiendish old ape has two thousand years of cultivation. This is no ordinary resentnt mark. In the entire Ten Directions Marsh, there are fewer than five who could remove it.”

“Even if this old woman exhausts a thousand years of cultivation, I can only suppress it for seven days.”

“If, within those seven days, you can take these two children through the Mist-Shrouded Forest and find my Peach Blossom Immortal, then she will be one of those capable of removing the resentnt mark.”

“Because she possesses a certain ‘Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom,’ which can eliminate the source of any resentnt mark beneath heaven.”

She paused and turned her cloudy gaze toward Luo Li in the back courtyard, who was playing with the little tree spirits.

“If the ti limit is exceeded, the resentnt mark will erupt completely. At that point, any Fiendish Being within ten thousand li will be able to sense her location.”

After hearing all this, Chen Guan’s face turned completely black.

Only now did he realize that he had underestimated the Grudge-Bearing Demon Apes.

Those Grudge-Bearing Demon Apes had very likely been deliberately brought out from the depths of the Ten Directions Marsh, all for the sake of making sure this little girl did not survive.

And Luo Li had co into contact with this old locust tree spirit.

Once Luo Li’s resentnt mark was removed, those people would inevitably bla the old locust spirit for it and take revenge on her.

And the reason the old locust spirit had chosen this course was very likely because she was the only one in the world who knew how to remove the mark.

Though this was only Chen Guan’s guess, judging by the old woman’s attitude, it was probably eight or nine parts out of ten true.

He drew in a deep breath and said in a low voice, “So not only must I deliver these two little ones to Peach Blossom Hollow, I also have to get there within seven days?”

Granny Huai did not deny it, rely inclining her head slightly.

“Young friend is wise. This is this old woman’s request and, for you... rely a matter done along the way.”

Chen Guan spread his spiritual sense and checked Luo Li in the back courtyard.

The mark was indeed gone.

Which ant that from the very mont they stepped into this hidden paradise today, this entire household had already been dragged under by Luo Li.

As expected of a thousand-year-old monster. She had calculated him perfectly.

Though he was thoroughly displeased, the matter had already reached this point. There was no use in saying more.

This thousand-year-old demoness was likely the only being in this world who knew how to remove the mark.

Yet the price was this entire household.

Chen Guan let out a deep breath and bowed solemnly to Granny Huai.

“Many thanks, Granny Huai.”

Even so, there was still sothing in his heart that would not sit right, and he could not help asking, “How far is the Grudge-Bearing Demon Apes’ lair from here?”

“Ah.” Granny Huai saw straight through his thoughts and sighed.

“Young friend, I know what you wish to do. The Ten Directions Marsh is far more terrifying than you imagine. The karma is already ford, and the wood has already beco a boat. No matter what you do now, it will all be futile.”

“Moreover, you do not have the ti to waste. Once the resentnt mark erupts, every Fiendish Being under heaven will beco your enemy.”

Chen Guan still wanted to press further, to see whether he might be able to go ahead and slaughter those apes first.

But seeing the utterly immovable expression on Granny Huai’s face, he knew that a creature who had lived for over a thousand years possessed unfathomably deep designs. There were clearly details he did not yet understand.

And because of those missing pieces, no matter how much he asked, he would never get the answers he wanted.

Forget it. He was an Escort Master, and an Escort Master only dealt in transactions, taking others’ money and eliminating their disasters.

The karmic burden belonged to that dead girl. It had nothing to do with him.

“In that case, the sooner the better. Let us set out.”

Granny Huai nodded, then led Chen Guan toward the back courtyard.

The back courtyard was likewise a sea of brilliant flowers.

At this mont, Luo Li was squatting to one side with both hands propping up her chin.

Like a conscientious audience mber, she watched as the two little tree spirits and a little flower branch over a ter tall—with a red China rose blooming at its tip—hopped and skipped about, playing rrily.

Noticing Chen Guan’s arrival, she imdiately pouted and ran over to complain.

“Brother Chen, what in the world were you two talking about for so long? You just had to make stay here and stare at them with wide eyes the whole ti.”

Chen Guan shot her an irritated glare. The more he looked at this girl, the worse he felt.

This ti he had truly been bled dry.

For twenty taels, he had taken on the greatest little disaster magnet under heaven.

Granny Huai ignored Luo Li’s complaint and instead walked straight over, pulled the two little tree spirits aside, and murmured sothing to them in a low voice.

After hearing it, the two of them shook their heads furiously, their branches quivering, while tears stread from them as they cried miserably.

Those crystal-clear tears drifted through the air, carrying a faint fragrance that intoxicated anyone who slled it.

Whack! Whack!

When Granny Huai saw that persuasion was useless, she simply raised the cane in her hand and, without the slightest rcy, gave each of them a sharp knock on the head.

“Ow!”

The two little tree spirits clutched the two swollen lumps rising on their heads, and only then did they finally behave themselves.

Beside them, that little red flower laughed so hard its petals shook wildly, utterly reveling in their misfortune.

Very soon, Granny Huai led the crestfallen Xiao Lü and Xiao Cong back over and continued instructing them.

“You two, follow this big brother and big sister and go to your Auntie Peach Blossom.”

“Be good. Once Grandmother has finished tending to matters here, I’ll co see you.”

“Mmm...” Xiao Lü and Xiao Cong sniffled and, very unwillingly, nodded again and again.

“Ah! You’re leaving?”

The odd little red flower that had been watching the spectacle ca hopping over, craning its large bloom forward, its voice tinged with reluctance.

Xiao Cong and Xiao Lü sniffled and looked at it.

“Little Flower, we’re going to Peach Blossom Hollow.”

“Do you want to co with us?”

“?” The little red flower shook its petals, seeming to seriously consider the question.

After a mont, it regretfully shook its head.

“I won’t go. My mother has been sick lately, so I have to stay and take care of her.”