Chapter 946: Beat Him to Death

After Qiao Jiakeng steadied himself, he immediately stood next to Qi Xia, staring coldly at the female corpse, afraid of any mishap.

Everyone looking at the corpse standing in the room fell completely silent, no one daring to speak.

The corpse made creaking sounds all over its body. After its eyes opened, the eyeballs were completely gone, leaving only the eerie whites, and the people in the room could only slowly retreat at that moment.

The corpse, like a robot that had been recharged, extended its left hand again and neatly wrote five words on the table in front of Qi Xia—

"Tian Long wants to see you."

After writing that, the corpse slumped down again, face down, and thudded to the ground.

Everything happened within a few seconds, and everyone fell silent.

"What... what did it write?"

Zhang Shan came to his senses and looked towards Qi Xia.

After seeing those five words, Qi Xia immediately reached out and wiped them off the surface.

"You..."

Zhang Shan paused at Qi Xia's action.

"What are you doing?"

"What's wrong?"

Qi Xia asked.

"No, I mean... what did she write?!"

Zhang Shan said with a puzzled expression.

"This corpse charged in like a mad dog and wrote a few words, and you just wiped them off without even asking?"

"I didn't see any words."

Qi Xia said casually.

"It looked like scribbles, like ghost drawings. I thought it had dirtied your table, so I wiped it for you."

"You..."

"Besides, it's bad luck for a dead person to write something."

Qi Xia added.

"Once it's wiped, that's that."

Qiao Jiakeng thought for a moment and quickly went over to hold Zhang Shan back.

"Hey, hey, hey! Big guy, I think the trickster has a point. How often does a dead person barge into your house and write something?... You're acting like a fool, insisting on seeing what it said. What if it wrote something like 'screw you'—what then?"

"No... what kind of thing is this?"

Zhang Shan was a bit baffled.

"Are you saying this corpse rushed in the middle of the night just to curse at me? Is that even reasonable?"

"What if it is?!"

Qiao Jiakeng said with a silly grin.

"So don't worry about it. Besides, I caught a glimpse earlier, and it really was just scribbles!"

While they were arguing, Chu Tianqiu appeared slowly at the room's doorway, wrapped in his coat. He glanced at the situation inside, as if he hadn't even noticed the corpse, and asked Zhang Shan,

"What enemy attack?"

"Ah..."

Zhang Shan turned around and briefly explained the situation to Chu Tianqiu in a few words.

"Oh..."

Chu Tianqiu's gaze finally shifted to the female corpse on the floor.

"Zhang Shan, since the person went out of their way to come to this room and write those words, bypassing you, it means those words weren't meant for you to see in the first place."

"This..."

Zhang Shan hesitated slightly after hearing that.

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense."

"Let's disperse."

Chu Tianqiu said.

"Maybe it's Qi Xia's friend sending him a message, not wanting you all to know."

"Send... send a message... using a corpse?"

Zhang Shan couldn't understand it.

"It's probably some kind of 'resonance'."

Chu Tianqiu said.

"If someone with that ability wanted to attack 'Tian Tang Kou', they wouldn't need to go through all this trouble, so don't worry unnecessarily."

Everyone felt his words made sense, and besides, this wasn't really an enemy attack. The onlookers quickly dispersed, and Zhang Shan left after exchanging a few words with Chu Tianqiu.

After clearing the room, Chu Tianqiu gave Qi Xia a meaningful look and then asked,

"Do you need me to do anything?"

Qi Xia lowered his head and thought for a moment before slowly saying,

"Not for now."

"Alright."

Chu Tianqiu nodded and then closed the door as he left.

Once everyone was gone, Qi Xia went to the bed and gently stroked his chin, considering the cause of this incident.

The meaning of "Tian Long wants to see you" was very clear, with no room for ambiguity.

But the method they used was worth pondering—writing.

It was writing again.

This was a way to perfectly avoid surveillance by "Qing Long" and "Tian Gou", indicating that the person delivering the message wanted to keep this information hidden.

The reason Qi Xia wiped away the words immediately was to prevent any busybody from reading them aloud on the spot.

That way, the other party's elaborate plan to deliver the message would be completely thwarted.

But why would Tian Long go to such great lengths...?

Qi Xia gazed at the sky for a long time before hearing Qiao Jiakeng slowly speak beside him,

"I saw it too."

"Oh...?"

Qi Xia nodded, as he hadn't intended to hide it from Qiao Jiakeng.

"That sounds like no good person..."

Qiao Jiakeng said.

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't think there's any good way."

Qi Xia said.

"Opportunities to talk to him are rare, especially when he initiates the invitation."

"Alright!"

Qiao Jiakeng didn't try to stop him and nodded firmly.

"Trickster, I'll go with you!"

"This..."

Qi Xia smiled bitterly after hearing that.

"That place isn't somewhere you can go."

"Not somewhere I can go...?"

"Fist, I have an important task for you."

Qi Xia said.

"Important task?"

"Do you fly kites?"

Qi Xia said.

"In a bit, I'll fall into a deep sleep here, and your task is to wake me up. I'll be the kite, and you'll be the string."

"I... I don't really get it."

Qiao Jiakeng scratched his head.

"Aren't we going to meet someone? Why do you need to sleep?"

"That's how I meet him."

Qi Xia said.

"Keep an eye on my condition at all times. If you notice anything wrong, wake me up immediately."

After saying that, Qi Xia walked over to the side and started arranging several tables together.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Qiao Jiakeng stepped forward and grabbed Qi Xia.

"Trickster... this seems hard to pull off. What do you mean by 'something wrong'? How do I know if things are okay or not?"

"I don't know either."

Qi Xia said.

"After all, I don't know what he plans to do, so we'll just have to play it by ear."

"This..."

"Go with your gut."

Qi Xia patted Qiao Jiakeng on the shoulder.

"If you feel something's off, find a way to wake me up. If everything seems normal, let me keep sleeping."

Qiao Jiakeng had a feeling that Qi Xia was heading to an extremely dangerous place, yet he was putting his life in Qiao Jiakeng's hands...

"Trickster, if I don't wake you up... what will happen to you?"

"I can't say for sure."

Qi Xia shook his head.

"He's different from others. At best, I might lose my mind... at worst, I could vanish completely, so we have to be careful."

"That sounds really dangerous..."

Qiao Jiakeng said seriously.

"Trickster... do you have to go?"

"Yes."

Qi Xia nodded.

"These are dangers I have to face, and besides, even if he didn't come for me, I have things to say to him."

With that, he went over to the desk, flipped onto it, and lay down in a very comfortable position.

"Trickster."

Qiao Jiakeng finally asked,

"I might be overstepping, but are you a heavy sleeper? How am I supposed to wake you?"

Qi Xia smiled and turned his head.

"I'm exhausted, so I might sleep deeply. You'll have to hit me to wake me up."

"Hit...?"

Qiao Jiakeng was stunned, then slowly raised his fist.

"This kind of hit?"

"Yes."

Qi Xia nodded.

"Hit me as hard as you can."