newbobooks Chapter 429 Come on, let's muddy the waters!
Chapter 429 Come on, let's muddy the waters!
Xue Lan, entangled in the cause and effect, inquired about the information from Wu Jin.
The woman, suspended in mid-air, slowly opened her eyes:
"Did you hear that?"
The inner demon holding Lin Buyu hostage responded softly upon hearing this:
"Similar to Ao Zhu back then."
"Their bad habit of craving bloodlines has not been corrected for a thousand years."
The inner demon's voice was filled with sarcasm and contempt.
"This is a chronic problem that the demon race can hardly solve, and it is also a knot in Lin Buyu's heart that he can hardly overcome."
"Here's what we'll do: you find a way to kidnap Lin Buyu."
"I'll find you a helper."
Before the inner demons could even refuse, Xue Lan had already begun to take action.
The woman hovered above the clouds, her ten fingers flying across her fingertips. A magic seal resembling a flying bird appeared before her, faintly glowing with deep blue lightning.
“The heavens summon thunder, and thunderbolts rumble.”
"Xue Lan, are you crazy?!"
The inner demon screamed, but it was too late. A deep blue lightning bolt rose from the magic seal in front of Xue Lan and shot straight into the high sky, leaving a huge lightning roc on the dark sky.
"Never mind that, let's just stir things up first."
Xue Lan stood on the cloud, looking at the thunderous roc above her with a slight smile.
The instant that mark appeared, all the cultivators in Floating Light City sprang into action. The middle-aged man before the inner demon murmured:
"Are people from Lei Pengcheng also getting involved in this mess?"
The inner demon, along with Lin Buyu, slowly took a step back.
Whether Lei Pengcheng was willing to get involved in this mess, she didn't know; all she wanted now was to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.
In order to disrupt the situation, Xue Lan raised her hand and dragged Lei Pengcheng into it.
If Xue Lan stays here any longer, she might attract the attention of the Vast Dragon Domain.
A powerful aura emanated from the east. The inner demon frowned slightly and whispered in Lin Buyu's ear:
"Dream!"
The moment the inner demon spoke, Lin Buyu shut down her five senses, but the soft, cold voice still entered her mind accurately.
The girl's consciousness became incredibly heavy in an instant, making it impossible for her to think.
"Mother...no!"
Lin Buyu tried desperately to fight off the sudden drowsiness, but ultimately failed.
The inner demon caught Lin Buyu as he slowly fell with one hand, and quickly raised the other hand to block several flying blades flying in front of him.
The middle-aged man from the Qilin clan looked at the inner demon with horror in his eyes.
The demon in front of him, whose cultivation was at most at the tenth realm, was able to distract himself from blocking his attacks, and his true strength was unfathomable.
The inner demon's fingertip still glowed with spiritual light. The woman's icy blue almond-shaped eyes looked at the man opposite her, and a mocking smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
She had initially thought that the powerful figures in this trial were all created one-to-one, but after exchanging blows, she discovered that the power of these people was artificially inflated.
It's nothing more than a pretty but useless facade.
Thinking of this, the inner demon slowly raised his right hand in a sword-like gesture, about to unleash a sword strike on the person eyeing him menacingly.
"Wait a minute!"
Xue Lan's voice suddenly came:
"Don't use your sword intent and sword techniques from your past life. I'm afraid I'll cause trouble for Jinguang here."
The inner demon rolled its eyes speechlessly, its wide white sleeves fluttering in the wind as its sword finger, imbued with sword energy, slowly descended.
"cut--"
The single word, brimming with murderous intent, nearly shattered the protective barrier around the middle-aged man. As he raised his hand to block the overwhelming sword intent, the demonic figure behind the sword energy began to flicker, gradually fading away like a ghost.
"You dare, you demon!" Forty-nine flying blades behind the middle-aged man flew toward the inner demon, but in the end they only passed through the dark demonic smoke.
The inner demon, with a sinister smile on his face, disappeared before his eyes with Lin Buyu.
At the same time, a streak of azure lightning appeared on the horizon, and an old man dressed in black and gold martial arts clothes appeared on the horizon of Floating Light City, with bright eyes and a deep, powerful voice.
"Which junior member of my clan is here to issue this summons? Show yourself immediately."
The old man's voice resounded through the heavens, but there was no response from those around him. The old man lowered his head slightly and saw the numerous Qilin Clan cultivators on the ground:
"Lin Zheng! Have you seen the junior of my clan who just activated the magic seal?"
The middle-aged man with two strands of white hair at his temples slowly bowed to the old man:
"This junior greets Elder Lei San. The junior that Elder San is looking for has never met me before."
The old man looked at Lin Zheng with suspicion in his eyes.
"This summons is a reward for outstanding young members of our clan who participate in the annual trials. It can only be triggered by the Thunder Roc. Are you aware of this?"
Lin Zheng gritted his teeth and looked at the old man: "This junior knows, but this junior has indeed never seen the junior you mentioned. I only saw a flash of lightning in the east, and a roc with lightning in the sky."
"Apart from that, I know nothing else."
Elder Lei snorted coldly, deliberately lowering his voice:
"Then I will trust you this time. Since we have come all the way to Fuguang City, why don't we go to your Junling Mountain for a visit and see the Qilin Lord?"
Lin Zheng appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he felt uneasy.
Since the Qilin King fell into a deep sleep, the Qilin clan has kept secrets, and the outside world is still unaware of it.
If the Third Elder finds out now, then the other elders' plans will be...
"Elder Lei, the Qilin Lord is currently at a crucial time in ensuring the continuation of his lineage, so it may be inconvenient for him to receive guests."
Elder Lei San nodded: "In that case, I shall take my leave."
After saying this, the old man transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the east, as if he had never been there at all.
Lin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and the middle-aged man addressed the surrounding demon cultivators with a stern expression:
"Go back to your clan first."
The entire Floating Light City fell silent. Lin Zheng took away the magical artifact that had been maintaining the space, and all traces of the previous fight disappeared.
Tourists thronged the streets, lanterns filled the sky, and it was another long, joyous night.
It was as if nothing had happened.
After this peaceful moment, Xue Lan and the inner demon stood quietly in the void, waiting for their prey in the darkness.
A faint, deep blue lightning streaked across the treetops and appeared on the roof. Elder Lei San, who had just said he was leaving, appeared, frowning as he looked in the direction of Junling Mountain, a hint of worry in his eyes.
"I wonder which good-for-nothing brat actually stepped into the Qilin clan's internal strife!"
After saying this, the old man transformed into lightning once more and flew towards Junling Mountain.
Xue Lan smiled softly:
"I knew the Lei Peng clan was fiercely protective of their own."
Back then, Ao Zhu attacked Lei Yun City in front of Lingqiao Pavilion, but less than half a day later, his two older brothers and uncle arrived. Ao Zhu fought them all.
In the end, it was only through her personal intervention that the controversy was quelled.
The inner demon placed the unconscious Lin Buyu on the ground, his voice tinged with doubt:
"When she first saw me, she seemed to have mistaken me for someone else."
Xue Lan made a shushing gesture to her inner demon:
"Shh!"
The woman pointed her finger in a certain direction, signaling the inner demon to look in that direction.
The inner demon followed her gaze and saw that the direction Xue Lan was pointing to was a huge elm tree with lush branches and leaves.
Under the gentle breeze, demonic energy slowly seeped from the branches and leaves of the elm tree, constantly changing in mid-air, and finally transforming into a man dressed in purple.
"Your luck is amazing!" The inner demon slapped his forehead.
"It's like running into the sons of demons everywhere!"
Xue Lan also said helplessly, "It's fate, there's really nothing we can do about it."
"You stay here and keep watch over Lin Buyu, I'll go and strike up a conversation."
The man in purple walked briskly through the darkness, slowly blending into the crowd of people watching the lanterns as he passed through the deserted outer streets.
"May I ask where this fellow Daoist comes from?"
A light, cheerful voice came from behind him. The young man slowly turned around and saw a girl dressed in a bright ginger-yellow dress, carrying a rabbit lantern.
"I am Lan Xiaoxiao, a rogue cultivator."
The young man in purple looked at the girl before him, a gentle smile in his eyes:
"Ji Ping'an of Lingqiao Pavilion greets this junior sister!"