The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 350 - 208: Nothing Gained
Jian Changzai lifted his gaze to her: "Will you release us?"
"If the two of you are not suspects, we naturally will." She responded crisply.
Jian Changzai was also a straightforward person: "After flying over Kunlong Snow Mountain, we soon found our way to Spring City based on the location indicated by the Sect’s secret methods. Initially, we thought it would take some twists and turns, but once we entered the city, we successfully found the three missing disciples and two elders very smoothly."
"What were they doing at that time?"
"The three disciples were watching the Spring Festival, while the two elders were sitting inside a shop drinking tea."
She rolled her eyes: "Did they have any contact with each other?"
He hesitated for a few moments before saying: "It looked... like they were just passersby." Now that she mentioned it, it did seem rather odd. When had disciples of the Infinite Sword Sect become so bold, daring to watch the festivities instead of dutifully serving the nearby elders?
"You never suspected anything?"
Wu Hao spoke up loudly from the side: "We were just about to approach them when you started causing a disturbance among the festival procession. Junior Brother Jian took me to subdue the demon, not knowing it was the two of you!" Being highly respected in his Sect, he had never been drugged and arrested like this before, and was now brimming with anger.
Jian Changzai nodded: "Indeed, that’s what happened."
These people sounded very suspicious. She asked meticulously about their appearances, clothing, and then turned around, preparing to leave.
Wu Hao’s voice came from behind: "Demoness, release us quickly. You made a deal with Junior Brother Jian."
Ning Xiaoxian turned around, her face breaking into a smile: "I will, but not now. Wait until I’ve investigated the people under your command."
Wu Hao was so angry that he was huffing and puffing: "Nonsense. What problems could there be with my subordinates? Your theory of Reincarnation is preposterous, nothing but daydreams, stop doing foolish things!"
She curled her lip: "How do you know it’s foolish if you don’t try?" With both of them still caught in the situation, she was too lazy to talk more with them and zipped out.
She and Tu Jin split up to take action. She went to deal with those Foundation Establishment Stage disciples, while Tu Jin was responsible for capturing the two Golden Core Stage elders. Although her own cultivation was only equivalent to the Transformation Stage, with the advantage of planning and a variety of helpful medicines, she didn’t expend much effort to capture the three disciples.
Tu Jin took much longer than she did. Although dealing with two Golden Core Stage elders was not difficult for him, considering the crowded and complicated surroundings, capturing the two without causing a stir took quite a bit of effort.
However, after capturing these individuals, the cycle of Reincarnation still had not been broken.
Ning Xiaoxian was becoming impatient. Because of capturing these people, another two hours of time had been spent.
There were only a bit more than five hours left until midnight.
Changtian saw the urgency in her eyes and consoled her softly, then turned to ask those Foundation Establishment Stage disciples: "Why did you pass through here?"
Her eyes lit up. That’s right, everything started with these people. If they hadn’t passed through this place, how would the subsequent series of predicaments have been triggered?
They looked at each other with expressions of utter bafflement. One of them answered: "We had completed the tasks assigned by our Sect and just happened to pass through here. My uncle lives here, so I invited two fellow disciples to stay for a couple of days." Sects, after all, were not like armies, with no strict requirements about the return date for their disciples. Wasn’t Quan Shifang similarly just taking the opportunity to visit his maternal grandfather in Siping County while on Sect business at the Chi Xiao Sect?
It didn’t seem like there was any flaw in their story. She bit her finger and asked: "How many days have you lingered here?" The others answered that they had just arrived in Spring City and encountered the Spring Festival. These young cultivators were curious, so they stopped to watch the festivities.
And then... they were caught by her.
The answers from the two Golden Core Stage elders were more or less the same. They were tasked with looking for a few missing disciples, but they had only sat down to drink a couple cups of water after entering the small city, and were then silently abducted by Tu Jin, both feeling clueless.
All of them, without exception, did not believe that they had been missing for years or even months.
Ning Xiaoxian sighed, letting Tu Jin place restrictions on them before dumping these unlucky ones in her room.
"Have I done this in the previous cycles?"
Changtian’s response was merciless: "Although you hadn’t disrupted the Spring Festival, the results were similar. You also had captured these people, but likewise couldn’t find any results through interrogation."
She couldn’t help getting angry: "If you knew I wouldn’t get results, why didn’t you tell me earlier?!" Time was so precious, how could he let her waste it like this?
He immediately fell silent.
