newbobooks Chapter 253 Master
Chapter 253 Master
The moment Xue Lan spoke, Lu Feng wanted to refuse.
He only wanted to be a good person on his spiritual path to make up for the sins of the first half of his life, nothing more.
But he didn't dare refuse.
To ordinary people, Miss Xue's eyes were crystal clear and jet black, but to him they were lifeless gray-white.
Meeting those eyes, Lu Feng felt that if he said he wouldn't go, he would be killed on the spot.
The young man cupped his hands in greeting to Xue Lan: "I will obey Miss Xue's orders."
So Xue Lan once again grasped the male protagonist of the Yuanming Realm in her hand. When the two left, Lu Feng's weasel brother was still lying on the table, hiccuping from drinking, and it seemed he wouldn't wake up anytime soon.
As the two walked out of the inn and turned into a small alley, they saw Xue Tong, who was already waiting there.
The young woman smiled at Lu Feng and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, it's been so long, have you missed me?"
Lu Feng couldn't believe he would miss the two sisters.
What do you miss?
Do I miss the moment you shot me with an arrow coated in demonic poison?
I don't miss it at all.
Thinking this to myself, but saying something I didn't mean: "Of course there is."
Xue Tong's smile became even sweeter.
Xue Lan heard Xue Tong's telepathic message to her: "I just love the way he acts, even though he doesn't like me, he can't do anything about it."
Xue Lan remained silent.
After capturing a wild male protagonist in Ruixue City, the three continued their journey to Guangye City.
After being blown around in the clouds for a while, Lu Feng finally regained some clarity.
The young man didn't dare to speak to Xue Lan, so he secretly asked Xue Tong beside him, "What brings you two to Bingdeng Academy this time?"
Xue Tong smiled slightly and transmitted her voice to Xue Lan: "He finally knows to ask."
The girl's voice was gentle: "It's nothing, I'm just looking for someone."
Lu Feng felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing these ambiguous words, instinctively sensing that it was not a good thing.
But he dared not ask any more questions and prepared to bite the bullet and proceed.
Can any crisis be as severe as the one we faced in the secret realm last time?
Looking at the child's innocent expression, Xue Tong couldn't help but silently mourn for him for two seconds.
The girl walked up to Xue Lan and overheard the Wolf King's rambling.
"It has to be said that he is the male lead. Even though I was so careful, he still managed to cultivate to the Golden Core stage."
The woman's voice carried a hint of melancholy: "If I weren't afraid that being above the Heavenly Dao would discover the male protagonist's absence and then recklessly destroy the Yuanming Realm, I would have already..."
Xue Tong made a shushing gesture.
"The Wolf King is not at his peak yet, so be careful what you say."
Xue Lan obediently listened and remained silent.
"Let's find my master first."
Xue Lan looked at the distant, snow-capped mountains and waved her hand to summon the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map.
The enormous scroll engulfed the entire cloud formation, completely concealing the presence of the group.
"We'll arrive at Guangye City tomorrow. Bingdeng Academy is located on the snow-capped mountain behind Guangye City. I have a plan."
Xue Lan had a sly smile on her lips, like some kind of cunning and calculating animal.
"Let's go kick down the gate of Bingdeng Academy together!"
Lu Feng shuddered, thinking he had misheard.
"What did you say?"
Xue Lan repeated good-naturedly, "The three of us will go and kick down the gate of Bingdeng Academy."
Lu Feng sat down immediately.
He knew that following these two people would bring nothing good.
Xue Tong was also a little surprised. The girl cautiously looked at Xue Lan's expression and asked, "Are you out of your mind?"
In order to find a Ling Yuanzi, they directly trampled on the faces of all the great Confucian scholars.
Xue Lan waved her hand: "It's my fault for not speaking clearly."
"What I mean is, a few of us go to the front of the mountain gate to attract attention."
Xue Tong understood Xue Lan's meaning, and her face turned even paler. She secretly sent a telepathic message to Xue Lan: "Do you mean that Lu Feng and I should take your inner demon to their mountain gate to cause trouble?"
"What if I get killed?"
Xue Tong glanced at the young man beside her.
Looking into their eyes, Lu Feng felt utterly hopeless.
He knew he was going to die sooner or later, and this was a sin he had committed in his childhood.
So the young man slowly got up and found a small corner to squat down.
Xue Tong and the other person ignored him and continued to secretly communicate telepathically.
Xue Lan: "It's not that bad. My inner demons aren't stupid. Besides, you're helping her cover it up, so I trust you."
Xue Tong wore a pained expression, her once beautiful face now tinged with sadness, making her look pitiful.
Xue Tong: "I'd rather you didn't believe me."
After saying that, the girl sighed and said, "I hope everything goes well for you tomorrow."
Xue Lan nodded with a smile.
The next morning.
As the clouds and mist dissipated, the group saw a vast, bustling city before them, and a massive snow-capped mountain standing behind it.
In order to avoid being discovered and escaped by Ling Yuanzi too early, Xue Lan needed to make some arrangements in Guangye City. So the group landed on the outskirts of Guangye City, a few miles away.
Xue Lan used a minor spell to sever the connection between herself and Xue Tong and Lu Feng's energies. Then she took out the Su Jun Sword.
The woman's voice was gentle: "Sister, if my master escapes from Nanshan today, he will be relying on you."
The Su Jun Sword emitted a short, sharp cry, as if agreeing to Xue Lan's request. Then it transformed into a streak of azure light, flew to the south side of the snow-capped mountain, and disappeared.
Xue Tong looked at Xue Lan and couldn't help but sigh, "Back then, when you slaughtered the demon army at Luoxia Mountain, you didn't even have to ask Su Jun Sword for help."
Xue Lan's voice was cold: "They're just demons, and we don't need to worry about their lives, so they're naturally easier to deal with."
Xue Tong felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this. She knew that Xue Lan wanted to find an opportunity to unleash her inner demons, so she said, "Fellow Daoist Lu and I will go to the city to wait for you."
Xue Tong led Lu Feng into the city, while Xue Lan stood alone in the wilderness, looking up at the gray-blue sky above.
A familiar female voice came from behind: "Doesn't it look just like it? If you break the barrier between the upper and lower realms here, you can directly reach the Northern Region River."
The inner demon slowly emerged from Xue Lan's shadow, dressed in black, looking mysterious and cold.
"If you cause a major disturbance here, the people below won't have an easy time." Xue Lan chuckled softly, "I released you here so you can do some work."
The inner demon snorted coldly and flew towards Guangye City.
The arrogant voice of the inner demon reached her ears: "Xue Lan, your obsessive pursuit of a win-win solution can be considered a form of demonic obsession."
Xue Lan looked at the towering snow-capped mountain without saying a word.
The woman took out a wisp of Ling Yuanzi's energy from her sleeve, and with the help of her powerful divine sense, she quickly located Ling Yuanzi's position.
Her master!
Xue Lan felt a bitter taste in her mouth. What had become of her now?
Ling Yuanzi was drinking on a cliff behind Bingdeng Academy, with a pile of wine jars already placed at his feet.
This man was no longer the young man he had been nine years ago; he now appeared to be an old man in his sixties or seventies. His hair was gray, and his cheeks were sunken. He wore a blue robe, the wide sleeves of which seemed to hold two wisps of wind within.
Ji Fangya stood beside him, his appearance unchanged. When he saw Ling Yuanzi about to take the wine again, he quickly stopped him.
“Since the day you arrived here, I’ve buried a lot of new jars of wine under the library, and now there’s not much left.”
Ling Yuanzi smiled, like an old pine tree in its twilight years.
"Then bury me again, what's wrong with that? Do you know I won't live to see that day?"
The old man calculated for a while before speaking: "My apprentice, why aren't you moving?"
"Nine years...how could she..."
Before the old man could finish his sentence, he suddenly looked up at the gate of Bingdeng Academy.
Ling Yuanzi and Ji Fangya exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
"What happened to her? What happened to her..." Ling Yuanzi suddenly stood up from under the pillar, frantically trying to make a run for it.
Ji Fangya quickly said, "Is he your disciple? Don't mistake him for someone else like last time."
"I'd recognize you even if you were reduced to ashes!" Ling Yuanzi raised his short sword and glanced at the karmic entanglement between himself and the pillar behind him.
"Why did she arrive so early? She must be angry. Otherwise, why would she be here so quickly!"
Ling Yuanzi was thankful that Bingdeng Academy was there to block his way, preventing Xue Lan from rushing over right now...
But in the next instant, as if from a spatial rift, that extremely familiar aura suddenly appeared not far behind him.
The old man froze, too afraid to move.
Ji Fangya looked at the woman in red who had suddenly appeared at the edge of the cliff and tugged at Ling Yuanzi's clothes: "You don't need to reconnect this cause and effect!"
Ling Yuanzi slowly turned around and saw the red figure.
Xue Lan wore a smile, like a blazing fire in the vast snow-capped mountains, both intense and warm.
Xue Lan saw Ling Yuanzi, her eyes crinkling with a smile. She spoke in the familiar tone they usually used when speaking:
"Master, where is my top-grade source crystal?"