The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 683 - 386: Yearning for Freedom
"Delicious indeed." Weighing it in her hand, the item was indeed ripe. Ning Xiaoxian started cheerfully picking up firewood, preparing to start a fire, "This needs to be roasted, tastes like bread. Hmm, you don’t know what bread is, but it’s very fluffy, very tasty, and sweet with a hint of sourness. In the places where the bread trees grow, locals use it as a staple food..." She stopped midway as she felt a bit emotional, the life in another dimension now seemed to be gradually blurring.
However, Changtian didn’t give her time to reflect, suddenly saying, "Someone is coming."
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Miss Qingluan had already spotted those bread trees. She circled in the sky for a while before landing on the high branch of a big tree.
It was quiet all around, except for the nearby stream cheerfully flowing. This is the edge of the Ba Snake Mountain Range, the trees weren’t as dense as in the central area, with occasional sand being swept up by the wind, a picture of desolation.
She frowned and waited for a while, but the clearing in the woods remained silent. Finally, she spoke out, "Come out, I know you’re here!"
No one answered.
Miss Qingluan huffed irritably, flew down from the tree and transformed into human form, impatiently saying, "Keep playing ghost and I’ll leave."
Finally, a loud laugh came from the woods, and behind a big tree that could be embraced by four or five people, a tall figure in a gray robe slowly walked out, his face handsome, and he said, "Miss Qingluan, you are quite punctual."
Miss Qingluan coldly said, "You eagerly sent someone to deliver a message to me, just to play hide and seek with me?"
The man replied calmly, "I went through a lot of trouble to get this message to Miss Qingluan’s hands, which shows my sincerity. I will help fulfill your wishes no matter what."
"Your message says you can help me avenge a great wrong?" Miss Qingluan picked up the Jade Scroll in her hand and threw it back to him, her eyes full of suspicion, "Who are you, and how much do you know about my affairs? Let me hear it, and if there’s a lie, I’ll take your head!"
The man smiled, "My name is Duanmu Yan, a disciple under the master of Xijian Temple. I don’t know much about Miss Qingluan’s background, only that you were once pursued for thousands of miles and sought refuge in Hidden Stream, and along the way, you got separated from your younger sister. That was... um, over six hundred years ago, right?"
Miss Qingluan’s heart skipped a beat, but she remained composed and said, "You’ve investigated thoroughly. In that case, where is my sister now?"
The man raised one hand as a sign of no harm, and slowly reached into his chest, pulling out a brightly dripping red feather, flicked it with his finger, and the feather floated over lightly. The feather was perfectly shaped, and a faint fragrance emanated from it.
From the moment he took out the red feather, Miss Qingluan’s expression had drastically changed, and when she caught the feather in her hand and examined it closely, her eyes instantly turned bloodshot, her silver teeth grinding fiercely as she yelled, "Who, who killed her?!" She was a spirit bird who soared in the Nine Heavens, initially carrying a clear spirit aura but now furious as a tiger, seemingly ready to devour anyone.
"Whoever forced you into a desperate situation, is the murderer of your sister."
Miss Qingluan shifted her eyes from the feather to him, her words deliberate, "How do you plan to help me take revenge? Name your price!" The people of Hidden Stream couldn’t leave Ba Snake Mountain Range for more than a month. Her enemies were far beyond the horizon; thus, she could only rely on others to seek revenge. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
The man in gray finally revealed a smug smile, "What if I said, I could let you kill your enemies with your own hands?"
Her heart trembled, but she said, "That’s impossible! Unless you can bring him here, I have more than one enemy..."
The man in gray laughed heartily, "Miss Qingluan, don’t you understand yet? I’ll make it clear, I can help you leave this cursed Ba Snake Mountain Range forever! You’ll never have to endure the torture of Blood Boil, never be trapped until the end of time. At that time, the vast world will be yours to explore, without any restrictions!"
No sooner had he finished speaking, Miss Qingluan looked at him as if he were a fool, her expression calming down instead, "So, you’ve lost your mind, coming here to tease me? Since you’re here, no need to leave, Lin Wei—" before she could finish, the surrounding big trees started shaking. Here in the Ba Snake Mountain Range, all trees are controlled by Tree Spirits, known as Lin Wei.
The man in gray cajoled earnestly, "If I wasn’t certain, would I have travelled thousands of miles to the danger-filled Hidden Stream to find you? Why not think about how sweet the taste of revenge can be, and give me a chance to finish speaking?"
