Chapter 178: As a pauper, I can only use my trump Magic Treasure
“Madam, what are you thinking about?”
A sinister voice came from behind.
Without a second thought, Xu Qingchuan swung his great saber with full force, flames burning intensely on the blade, and slashed at Qin Yongkang.
Qin Yongkang merely took a step back.
Xu Qingchuan suddenly asked him, “Who is Xiao Cui?”
Qin Yongkang, who had already grown larger and seemed to have lost his mind, still changed his expression.
Then, Qin Yongkang sneered, “Who is Xiao Cui, and what business is it of yours?”
“So that’s how it is!”
Xu Qingchuan murmured, “So many people have killed you, and some even chose not to kill you, yet this small world still hasn’t disappeared. The problem isn’t on the last day; we should have acted on the first three days, but the target shouldn’t have been you!”
Those three days were just to stall for time.
Stall until Xiao Cui was safe.
It wasn’t that no one had chosen to act early.
Qin Yongkang still appeared, and with far greater power than now.
The Silver Firmament Sect was caught off guard that time, and to avoid greater loss, they had to forcefully activate precious items to retreat early.
Two unlucky souls didn’t manage to leave in time; their fate is unknown, but they never reappeared.
They survived safely, but the rewards they received weren’t much.
That’s right, Xu Qingchuan was a disciple of the Silver Firmament Sect.
The Silver Firmament Sect was the only one that failed to kill Qin Yongkang.
The reason they said they didn’t kill Qin Yongkang was to save face.
Disciples who entered after that incident were warned that if they entered the groom’s domain, actively becoming the bride would offer the greatest chance for good rewards.
Acting early had no benefits and was a waste of effort.
But now Xu Qingchuan knew they had all been wrong.
Acting early was actually the key.
The true target had even been walking right in front of them all along.
But she was too deceptive, and no one focused their attention on her.
Xu Qingchuan thought of the secret realm’s rules and sneered, pointing at Qin Yongkang, “The delay of three days was because a world only has three days. If we stall until the wedding night ends, we’ll be teleported away, and she’ll be absolutely safe. We’ll be severely weakened from dealing with you, and won’t have the strength to deal with her.”
For the mastermind of a small world to be so concerned.
What else could it be?
Most likely, she is the secret realm fragment!
Only a fragment would continuously choose to hide and not appear.
Unfortunately, the Silver Firmament Sect only went through the secret realm twice, and the crucial information they obtained was too little.
Why was there no barrier when the Silver Firmament Sect acted early that time?
It was probably because they had to hold back several Golden Core Stage cultivators, so it could only be used at a critical moment.
Acting early disrupted her plan, so she didn’t have time to set it up.
It’s just that the cultivators at the time believed it was part of the small world’s rules.
Qin Yongkang remained silent, merely shaking his head, his ferocious and flirtatious expression now tinged with disdain, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Xiao Cui is my personal maid. Have you taken a liking to her?”
Xu Qingchuan: “…”
The information compiled by their Silver Firmament Sect twice was already considerable. How did that ugly woman discover the key and devise a method to sneak in directly on the wedding night?
He didn’t intend to get entangled with Qin Yongkang. If Xiao Cui was the true secret realm fragment, wouldn’t that peculiar ugly woman have gotten there first!
That was absolutely unacceptable!
But as he tried to rush forward, Qin Yongkang blocked him with incredible speed.
It was impossible for Xu Qingchuan alone to deal with the current Qin Yongkang. The ignorant people outside were still trying to break through the barrier to get a piece of the pie. If everyone discovered Xiao Cui had a problem, what would happen to the fragment?
Xu Qingchuan dodged in a sorry state, roaring in anger, “Aren’t you afraid Xiao Cui will be in trouble if you block me like this? She’s already gone to find Xiao Cui!”
Qin Yongkang: “How long can she hold on?”
As these words left their mouths, both of them paused simultaneously.
Xu Qingchuan immediately knew his guess was correct.
Xiao Cui was the problem.
In fact, everyone knew she had a problem, but they never expected it to be so obvious, even for a ridiculously simple reason.
They had never considered how to discover Xiao Cui on the wedding night.
Because at the start of the wedding night, everyone except Qin Yongkang would disappear.
They had categorized this identity: everyone except Qin Yongkang was a servant.
Including those mortals.
They naturally included Xiao Cui, the head maid, in that category. During the fight, no one paid attention to finding her. By the time the fight ended, the teleportation time had arrived, and very few had the remaining strength and energy.
Thinking back now, her status in Qin Manor was a bit off. As a maid, she handled all the affairs of the manor, a level of authority that indicated she wasn’t just a servant.
Her identity as a maid was a smokescreen.
They had simply never considered that acting on the first three days was the key.
Qin Yongkang only appearing on the third day was too rigid a condition.
And the bride in the story…
Who would have thought the identity of the bride was actually useless!
Xu Qingchuan grew more anxious. Song Jiulai over there hadn’t expected Xiao Cui to be the secret realm fragment at all.
How could she guess without this information?
Upon entering, she too was misled by the information that Qin Yongkang would only appear on the third day. Including the groom and bride, who had too much influence in the stories she had read, they believed they were the focus. Who would bother looking for a maid whose name was so perfunctorily given…
Even if she felt something was off about the maid on the second day, she would have thought the same as other cultivators.
The first three days, one couldn’t enter the main courtyard, and Xiao Cui didn’t come out much, so she couldn’t be found.
By the third day, when they started fighting Qin Yongkang, they had even less time.
Song Jiulai now simply understood that Xiao Cui was the key, especially since she had already fought with Xiao Cui.
But if not for the scorpion, how would she have found her way here.
Moreover, Xiao Cui’s combat power was too fierce. She was batted around by the flowers in the courtyard, and the pear wood had been chopped so many times yet still stood firm.
And Xiao Cui’s occasional cold laughter, like a chilling wind.
“I have fallen into countless struggles. If only someone had discovered me sooner, I wouldn’t have to be this troublesome, falling into reincarnation again and again. I both want to die and don’t want to die…”
Song Jiulai remained silent, continuously consuming pills and unleashing Palm Thunder and Ice Blades.
After consuming three pills, even Xiao Cui, who had been telling a story, couldn’t hold back, “Where did you get these pills? You’re not allowed to open your storage space here, yet you weren’t torn to shreds by the rules. How did you do it?”
“Oh, you understand these things in a secret realm?” Song Jiulai was somewhat surprised by Xiao Cui’s reaction, which didn’t seem like that of a dungeon boss. After striking for a long time, she found that she hadn’t caused any damage to Xiao Cui’s physical body.
It was all hitting flowers and plants.
Such a disregard for the environment.
And judging by Xiao Cui’s demeanor, she wasn’t using her full strength.
Since that was the case, Song Jiulai stopped holding back.
As a pauper, she could only bring out her most prized possession.
An Earth-grade magical treasure, the Spirit Bee Basket!
Upon seeing the magical treasure Song Jiulai produced, Xiao Cui’s expression finally changed.
“How can you use a magical treasure!”
A small bug; this instance doesn’t allow the use of magical treasures. Xu Qingchuan’s use was written incorrectly earlier and has since been corrected to cultivation technique.
