coobybook Chapter 197 I Want to See You, Sister
Chapter 197 I Want to See You, Sister
The moment Xue Lan heard Xue Tong's question in her mind's eye, she sensed Xue Tong's situation through the connection between the two of them.
A powerful divine sense instantly enveloped the mountain god temple where Xue Tong was. Everyone saw Xue Tong's expression suddenly freeze, and he became motionless, like a puppet that had suddenly lost its strings.
"What's wrong with her?" Mingcheng immediately became alert, his gaze falling on the single-edged sword beside him.
Of the group, only Dan Dao was knowledgeable about such matters.
But Dan Dao didn't make a move; he just stared straight at Xue Tong.
Xue Lan leaned against the stone wall in the corner of the cave and heard Xue Tong's somewhat surprised voice.
The voice was hesitant and stuttering, carrying a fear imperceptible to others: "How...how did you do that?"
What method did Xue Lan use to project her divine consciousness through her soul?
The girl, who had been feigning sleep, slightly opened her eyes, raised her hand to cover her forehead, and chuckled softly. Her voice was low and hoarse as she spoke: "It seems your main system really does treat you like a child. I thought you knew that!"
"A great demon of my level, you dare to enter my sea of consciousness and connect with my demon soul? Don't you know that you will also be connected to by me?"
After saying this, Xue Tong heard Xue Lan's somewhat arrogant laughter, the mockery of which could have overwhelmed Xue Tong.
The little girl shook her head in frustration: "Nobody told me, and it's not in my database! You liars!"
While using her divine sense to probe the single blade, Xue Lan replied to Xue Tong perfunctorily, "I didn't lie to you. I always thought you knew. So I was never worried about you getting into trouble when I let you out... I didn't expect that you didn't know at all."
Hearing the barely suppressed laughter in Xue Lan's voice, Xue Tong became somewhat angry: "Shut up!"
Xue Lan fell silent.
When Xue Tong came to her senses, she saw eight eyes staring at her, and she felt a little embarrassed.
"What should I say?" Xue Tong asked Xue Lan.
After examining the single-edged sword, Xue Lan spoke softly, "Tell the truth."
"I've only just established the identity of a young demon hunter, and I have to overturn it in less than half an incense stick's time." Xue Tong's tone was full of regret as the young girl spread her hands in front of the single-edged sword:
"I didn't expect you to know my older sister. My older sister is Xue Lan, and she's in the hands of those slave traders now."
The man with the single sword looked cold and imposing, but he wasn't very cunning. Xue Tong noticed the young man's puzzled expression and said, "Your sister has become an idiot."
Xue Tong looked somewhat embarrassed.
"Xue Xiaotong, what are you talking about behind my back again?" Xue Lan questioned.
Xue Tong felt a little embarrassed, and the young girl waved her hand at the single-edged sword in front of her: "Fellow Daoist, that's not the point. My older sister is perfectly fine."
"The key point is... how could you, a mere martial artist, know the Scarlet Jade Spider? And even know my elder sister's name?"
Listening to Xue Tong's question, Xue Lan thought to herself, "Kid, you're so honest. If you dare to ask such a question, just wait to be teased by the other person."
Who knew that after hearing Xue Tong's question, the black-clad swordsman on the other side pointed at Xue Xiaofei without hesitation and said, "The Scarlet Jade Spider is extremely rare. The last one was Hongyu from Seven Butterfly Valley. I was fortunate enough to hear from an old friend that the bloodline left by that Hongyu is in Xue Lan's hands."
Xue Tong was speechless: "Who's so big-mouthed?"
Xue Lan had already thought about it herself, and subconsciously replied, "Do you remember who sent us here?"
Xue Tong understood: "Your master."
Xue Lan nodded slowly: "It's fake that this person knows the Scarlet Jade Spider; what's real is that he can see my aura on Xiao Fei."
“Our Xuanhuang Sect’s Jiyuan Peak is truly accurate every time they look at someone.”
Xue Tong really didn't understand Xue Lan's fine tradition of Jiyuan Peak.
They were all hilarious riddle tellers; apart from Zhu He, who was very straightforward, Xue Tong wanted to rip their brains out.
Dan Dao looked at Xue Tong in front of him and said, "I want to see your elder sister."
Xue Tong quickly interjected, "I'm afraid that won't work now. My elder sister disapproves of those human traffickers and is pretending to be an ordinary person to cause them trouble!"
Dan Dao frowned, recalling Ling Yuanzi's personality, and finally said simply, "Disciples of immortal sects are forbidden from killing mortals."
He spoke solemnly because he knew Ling Yuanzi's character well. That person had said that her eldest disciple was like himself, and he was probably not an easy person to deal with.
Looking at his rigid demeanor, Xue Tong guessed that he was an elder of Xue Lan, and with the intention of causing trouble for Xue Lan, she spoke up: "My elder sister is no longer a disciple of the immortal sect."
"She's possessed by a demon!"
Upon hearing these six words, Xue Lan almost choked on her own saliva.
What a sharp-tongued girl! She doesn't give us a single chance.
Dan Dao's gaze shifted, changing from gentle and calm to one that held a hidden sharpness.
"Since the four of us are also searching for human slaves on the mountain, why don't we go together to see your sister?"
If Xue Lan is alright, he can talk to her as an elder; but if she has truly become possessed by a demon…
He then granted Xie Linghuan's wish.
The idea of cultivating the demonic path was ultimately just the pipe dream of Xie Linghuan, that fool.
So Xue Tong led the group behind him to Xue Lan's location. Under the clear moonlight, the group of five ran through the dense forest. The four of them were all martial artists, agile and with superb lightness skills. When they leaped through the forest, their speed was in no way inferior to Xue Tong's.
Half an hour later, the group arrived near a cliff.
Mingcheng looked at the bare cliff in front of him and became wary. He placed his hand on the long sword at his waist, his eyes filled with a cold and ruthless expression.
The woman spoke up: "Miss Xue, are you sure those human traffickers are really here?"
Xue Tong naturally sensed the distrust in Ming Cheng's words, but she was somewhat attracted to good looks and couldn't help but be gentler when she saw a pretty and spirited girl.
The little girl looked at Ming Cheng sweetly and said, "Of course I'm not lying to you, the human trafficker is down there."
"Down there?" The group was quite surprised. How could the slave trader be down there?
While everyone was still in shock, the little girl in the scarlet dress went to the foot of the mountain wall and started knocking and banging on it.
The action was truly bizarre, and several people gathered around, hearing the little girl's somewhat impatient voice: "Why can't I open it!"
Mingcheng wondered if there was some hidden door here. The woman gave a wink to the refined-looking man beside her. The man immediately stepped forward to help Xue Tong.
Xue Tong looked up and saw a pair of very beautiful hands, with well-proportioned joints and long, slender fingers.
The man tapped on the stone wall a few times, then gently pressed down on a spot.
With a "click," everyone saw the stone wall slowly slide open, revealing several huge baskets inside.
The refined-looking man looked at the young girl beside him and couldn't help but speak: "Hello, Miss Xue, I am Cao Yike, a... coroner."
It wasn't until the man revealed his name and identity that Xue Tong noticed he had been deliberately keeping his distance from her the whole time.
Cao Yike looked at the little girl in front of her and pointed to the baskets inside: "My older sister said that the children are not heavy, so they use these baskets to lower the children down and hide them in a cave in the middle of the cliff."
Mingcheng then understood the key point. The woman bowed deeply to Xue Tong before her:
"Thank you very much for informing me, Miss Xue. I am extremely grateful!"