Chapter 286: Truly Not Cute At All!
Hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang understood a little.
These few people were also unlucky, stumbling into a formation that someone had meticulously set up, and were mistakenly thought to have discovered their misdeeds, and thus were killed.
Of course, she was also unlucky.
Because her goal was the Yellow Springs Water and the Nine-Orifice Lotus, which coincided with this group of people.
Ming Zhaoshuang sighed, “What’s wrong with those mortals?”
Xingyun and Liushui were rather oblivious. Scratching their heads, they said, “Nothing’s wrong, I feel they’re just ordinary mortals, with no cultivation or spiritual power.”
“They are all women.”
Shen Yuyin perceived that those people were getting further and further away from her, estimating they wouldn’t be able to catch up.
Therefore, she put down Boundless Jade and said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “They are all young women between fifteen and thirty years old, and some are even pregnant.”
Shen Yuyin was also half a medical cultivator, so she could tell the difference in these women.
Pregnant?
Ming Zhaoshuang’s eyebrows slightly lowered, and she subconsciously thought of the girls who had been kidnapped on Shuangyu Mountain.
But Youdu Mountain was the Ghost Realm. Which cultivator would bother kidnapping mortal women, and directly bring them to the underworld? This was truly a bit strange.
However, she looked down at Mimi and Fantuan below, breathed a sigh of relief, and pointing at Tan Zhu, who was using an alchemy cauldron to smash wolves, said:
“Senior Sister Shen, this is my Fourth Senior Sister, you can let her go.”
Shen Yuyin was a little surprised, “Her state is completely eroded by vengeful energy. I’m afraid it won’t be controllable just by me stopping playing the flute.”
Indeed, now that she had stopped playing the flute, the Hidden Wolf Pack had regained some of their senses and were not as imposing as before, but Tan Zhu’s state had not changed.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “I’ll go help Fourth Senior Sister fight the Hidden Wolf Beasts first. Senior Sister Shen, please wait.”
Saying this, Ming Zhaoshuang went directly into the Hidden Wolf Pack, her Frosty Cold gleaming, and slew them directly.
Shen Yuyin subtly gestured, and Jingwei stayed nearby. Xingyun and Liushui didn’t rest either, quickly helping Ming Zhaoshuang deal with these Hidden Wolf Beasts.
The Hidden Wolf Beasts were dealt with, but Tan Zhu’s mind was still difficult to recover.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not hesitate this time and directly knocked Tan Zhu unconscious with the hilt of her sword.
Shen Yuyin: “……”
Her sister’s friend seemed particularly simple and crude.
She coughed lightly and said, “This place is not suitable for lingering. Let’s hurry and leave.”
“Wait.”
Ming Zhaoshuang summoned Bai Bai, who circled them and cast a soul technique on them. The few people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Yuyin directly sat on the ground, “I’m exhausted! I played the flute for five or six hours. Even a music cultivator can’t do this.”
Ming Zhaoshuang knew that Shen Yuyin’s personality was very different from Shen Liqian’s; the former was more arrogant, while the latter was more gentle. Therefore, she was not surprised by Shen Yuyin’s demeanor.
Instead, Shen Yuyin was a bit curious about her, “I’ve heard of you from my sister. You’re from the Ming Family in the Lower Realm, right? My sister said you’re her best friend.”
Ming Zhaoshuang was a little touched that Shen Liqian valued her so highly. She smiled at Shen Yuyin and said, “Yes, she is also my best friend. I wonder if she is well in the Upper Realm?”
Shen Yuyin propped her chin on her hand and mumbled, “Do you know my sister dug out her Spirit Root?”
Ming Zhaoshuang nodded, “I know. You mentioned it earlier.”
Shen Yuyin remembered the conversation between Xingyun and Liushui just now. It was true that they had mentioned it. She turned to Ming Zhaoshuang and asked:
“Then why are you acting so calm! She dug out her Spirit Root! My sister suffered such a great grievance, why aren’t you heartbroken for her!”
Shen Yuyin said, seemingly still angry for Shen Liqian.
Ming Zhaoshuang knew that Shen Liqian digging out her own Spirit Root to take Shen Yuyin’s place in a marriage alliance to the Dragon Domain was a scar on Shen Yuyin’s heart. Her current calmness was likely because Shen Yuyin was angry for her sister.
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled, “Being able to protect you, perhaps for Qianqian, is not a grievance.”
Shen Yuyin choked and was silent for a long time.
Ming Zhaoshuang continued, “I’ve known her choice for a long time. Even if I feel sorry for her now, there’s nothing I can do. I can only say that we should find the Nine-Orifice Lotus Platform Petal as soon as possible to heal the lingering wounds she has.”
What is gone cannot be recalled, but what is to come can be pursued.
No matter how tragic and difficult the past was, it was all in the past. All they could do was grasp the present and make the disability Shen Liqian suffered disappear.
Shen Yuyin nodded and said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “Fine, fine! Then I will reluctantly admit you as a friend.”
Ming Zhaoshuang was speechless, thinking about how Shen Yuyin had developed such a personality.
Truly not cute at all!
However, serious matters still needed to be addressed. She said, Ming Zhaoshuang wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Shen Yuyin, “Don’t you want the Nine-Orifice Lotus Platform Petal, Senior Sister Shen?”
Shen Yuyin hesitated, “I naturally want it, but the formation within has reached a point where I can’t resolve it, let alone those cultivators.”
Seeing her expression, Ming Zhaoshuang knew there was hope. She said, “I am a Talisman Master, and I might be able to resolve that formation. Also, I have a Spiritual Beast at the Half-step Divine Soul Realm. Now that we’ve shaken them off, we don’t have to worry about them finding us with their Soul Power Cultivation.”
Shen Yuyin had stumbled upon her herself; how could she not be tempted?
After all, she was determined to have both the Yellow Springs Water and the Nine-Orifice Lotus, and would not hand them over to others. Shen Yuyin was also someone she wanted to win over, an indispensable part of her Ming Ye Sect!
Shen Yuyin said unceremoniously, “You’re only at the Nascent Soul Stage, how can you resolve formations? I don’t believe it.”
“When I return to Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, I will definitely tell my father and have him send people to round up all these conspirators. They dare to kill the elders and disciples of my Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, they just wait!”
Elders at the Late Integration Stage and disciples at the Early Integration Stage were considered a significant blood debt in the Upper Realm.
Although Shen Yuyin was a music cultivator belonging to Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea and didn’t cultivate with these sword cultivators usually, having experienced this escape, she felt equally distressed.
She only wanted a Nine-Orifice Lotus, how did she get entangled in such a predicament?
“Senior Sister Shen, I’m afraid your father won’t manage this matter.”
As soon as Ming Zhaoshuang said this, Shen Yuyin’s face turned pale.
Although she was arrogant, she was not stupid or ignorant. The Palace Master of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea had only sent an elder at the Late Integration Stage with her, clearly because this was the Ghost Realm’s territory, and they, as people from the Upper Cultivation World, should not meddle too much.
Her father was unwilling to escalate this matter.
Even though an elder and disciples at the Body Integration Stage were lost, there was clearly a larger conspiracy involved, and Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea had no need to get involved, otherwise the losses would be greater.
Shen Yuyin said, “I will beg my father to manage this matter.”
Ming Zhaoshuang shook her head, “It’s better to rely on yourself than to beg others. No matter how much you beg the Palace Master of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, he will not harm the interests of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea.”
Shen Yuyin bit her lip, her face showing a hint of difficulty.
