Chapter 177: Misconception
The main courtyard wasn’t very large.
After leaving the battlefield, blurry images began to appear before her eyes.
It was from the scorpion’s perspective; she seemed to see a woman constantly wielding a large hammer and smashing things.
The first-person perspective of the scorpion was too immersive. If she hadn’t been cultivating, with this constantly swaying view.
A normal person would have thrown up long ago.
Flying to a secluded courtyard near the main courtyard, Song Jiulai’s vision became clearer.
She finally saw the woman before her clearly.
It was actually Xiao Cui.
She wasn’t as gentle and calm as the guests she had seen the past two days, but instead, with a ferocious expression, she was wielding a large hammer and smashing things.
Who she was smashing was self-evident.
Strangely, besides Xiao Cui, Song Jiulai didn’t find any other servants.
She remembered the Qin Manor had many people. Were they really NPCs that automatically disappeared after the battle started?
Rushing into Xiao Cui’s courtyard, just as Song Jiulai was about to land, Xiao Cui, who had been chasing the scorpion on the ground, seemed to sense something. She looked up, and the moment she saw Song Jiulai, a hint of terror flickered in her ferocious eyes.
“You… how did you…?”
Clearly, even she found Song Jiulai’s appearance here unbelievable.
At this very moment, the scorpion seized the opportunity and lunged towards Xiao Cui’s wrist.
With a sting from its tail, Xiao Cui let out another scream.
As she struck down with her palm, the scorpion knew when to stop. It didn’t linger after stinging and immediately retreated to Song Jiulai’s side.
Its speed was astonishingly fast, not inferior to cultivators like Song Jiulai.
But when it returned to Song Jiulai’s wrist, it just lay there motionlessly.
Song Jiulai heard its inner voice.
“Hehehehehe, it’s so fragrant…”
Anyone who didn’t know would think it had just eaten some delicacy.
“…”
Xiao Cui stared at Song Jiulai with wide eyes.
“This beast, you brought it in, didn’t you!”
After landing, Song Jiulai hesitated for a moment: “It’s hard for me to explain, but I don’t actually have much to do with it. If you’re really angry, I can hand it over to you to deal with…”
The System chimed in at this moment, acting like an interfering parent: “Why are you treating it like this? It’s just a child!”
Song Jiulai gritted her teeth: “Be quiet when we’re fighting!”
System: “Sigh.”
Xiao Cui looked at Song Jiulai for two seconds, her ferocious expression gradually calming.
But her demeanor slowly turned grim: “How did you get in?”
“Huh?”
Song Jiulai realized that she, like Xu Qingchuan, was fixated on the same question.
The answer was that Song Jiulai also didn’t understand the mechanics of this small world.
She actually didn’t know why she had entered.
It was as if she was supposed to be outside?
Song Jiulai blinked: “Will you believe me if I say I don’t know?”
Xiao Cui smirked strangely: “I didn’t expect you to find a way in. You’re much smarter than people in the past.”
Song Jiulai: “Huh? Ah? I… no… ah, yes, I am just that smart!”
System: “Tsk.”
Although Xiao Cui was smiling, Song Jiulai could clearly feel an ominous aura flowing around them.
Xiao Cui’s originally delicate face suddenly changed. Her ordinary pupils abruptly lost their black irises, turning pure white.
Song Jiulai was greatly alarmed: “Dojutsu! Naruto!”
System: “…”
Unfortunately, Xiao Cui was clearly not going down that path. The moment her eyes changed, the surrounding environment shifted, and in an instant, the sun and moon lost their light.
Song Jiulai felt as if she had been pulled into some kind of illusionary realm, with only black and white colors remaining around her.
The world lost its color, except for Song Jiulai herself, who remained colorful.
She saw Xiao Cui, also in black and white, walking slowly before her, murmuring: “I used to hate him, but he also raised me. I respected him like a father, and he treated me like his own daughter, making me wish for a peaceful end yet unable to harden my heart.”
“I did all sorts of bad things for him. Seeing those women cry in despair before me, I would soften. I don’t know if what I did was right or wrong…”
“Crack…”
Before she could finish, a Palm Thunder struck down from above.
Xiao Cui was hit directly.
She didn’t even have time to react, just paused slightly, then looked at Song Jiulai with an incredulous expression.
Song Jiulai murmured: “I was just testing if I still could… Besides, after you finish talking, can you not hit me?”
Xiao Cui smiled sinisterly.
With a raise of her hand, a fierce wind instantly swept through the courtyard.
Her courtyard had a beautiful view, originally a place filled with blooming flowers.
The scenery was exceptionally beautiful.
Now turned black and white, with a wave of her hand, Song Jiulai noticed that some flowers had regained their original colors.
But after this rich color, the flowers rapidly expanded, petals flying off in sheets, forming a flower path that quickly spread towards Song Jiulai.
In the past, Song Jiulai could walk on flower paths.
Now, she couldn’t.
She felt that if this flower path touched her, she would lose her life.
She immediately flew into the sky to evade.
Unexpectedly, the flower path could also fly, biting at Song Jiulai like a snake, refusing to let go.
Song Jiulai unleashed Palm Thunder to disperse these flower paths, but the effect was minimal.
After the petals dispersed, they quickly regrouped. She then changed her tactic, using the Ice Blades she had learned from the Jin Shu.
She hadn’t been practicing Ice Blades for long, but her proficiency was sufficient.
Five Ice Blades struck down, and the petals they touched were almost frozen.
Coupled with a Palm Thunder, they were shattered into pieces.
This combination technique had some effect; at least it could truly shatter these petals.
Xiao Cui’s figure was on the ground, her black and white body moving through the equally black and white world, appearing and disappearing like a phantom.
She let out a cold laugh, her fingers twisting, and in an instant, dozens more flowers regained their vibrant colors.
This time, there was also a pear blossom tree in the courtyard.
The pear blossoms were in full bloom. After regaining their color, the pear tree expanded, and dozens of dense branches whipped over, covering the sky and ground, making Song Jiulai’s eyelids twitch.
Palm Thunder was unleashed even more frequently this time.
Fire counters wood.
This time, Song Jiulai also intermittently released Fireball Techniques. Although forcing her cultivation to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage made her a bit clumsy, the power had indeed increased.
At least the effect of her attacks was not bad, dealing a significant blow to the pear tree.
On her side, lightning, ice blades, and fireball techniques were unleashed simultaneously, making the battle incredibly spectacular.
On the other side, Xu Qingchuan, who was fighting Qin Yongkang, also noticed the commotion, and was instantly somewhat shocked.
There, that was the maid’s residence.
Who was she fighting?
Hadn’t everyone disappeared except Qin Yongkang?
Wasn’t Qin Yongkang the only one to be dealt with in this small world?
They had indeed suspected Xiao Cui had a problem, as she was the one most closely associated with Qin Yongkang in this small world and had always been present.
For the first three days, they couldn’t enter the Qin Manor’s main residence, so they couldn’t see Qin Yongkang.
With this matter hanging over them, their attention naturally focused only on Qin Yongkang.
And on the last day, everyone would disappear. His fellow disciples who had cleared small worlds before told him that in the end, they only saw Qin Yongkang…
No!
In a flash of lightning, Xu Qingchuan’s expression suddenly changed!
They had fallen into a misconception!
