The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 689 - 389: Meddling
Langya showed a touch of melancholy and pain on his face, but immediately said, "Do you think I haven’t thought of this? I have already made thorough arrangements, just waiting to revive after taking the medicine, then I can review the memories of the past. I will still be myself, this will absolutely not change!"
Although he spoke with great confidence and domineering presence, everyone present knew that reading someone’s memories and being in their shoes are entirely different things. Langya’s approach was only because he was too eager to detach from the Ba Snake Mountain Range, and had merely grasped the olive branch extended by the devil.
This matter must have always left him indecisive. Langya gave Duanmu Yan a glare and snapped, "Why haven’t you taken her away yet?" Under the invasion of the deadly poison, Qingluan was only left with the energy to move her eyeballs, let alone the capability to self-destruct her Primordial Spirit. Duanmu Yan gave a slight smile, just as he was about to order Mou Tan to pick her up, suddenly there was another twist, and a crisp voice called out:
"Hold on!"
This sudden change occurred, but Duanmu Yan merely lifted an eyebrow, while Langya remained expressionless.
A young woman stepped out of the woods, with a small white bird perched on her shoulder.
Naturally, this was Ning Xiaoxian.
At this moment, Changtian was furiously shouting in her ear, "Foolish girl, you wouldn’t die if you hadn’t acted. What are you doing coming out here?!"
The two people in front of her were not easy to deal with; even if she used the Summoning God Technique, due to the limitations of her constitution, she wasn’t sure she could handle two experts at the same time. And this young lady just boldly walked out?
Was she tired of living?
His roar shook her soul, and Ning Xiaoxian forcefully resisted the urge to dig her ears. The Qi Zai on her shoulder flapped its wings flew beside Qingluan, leaning over to tend to her injuries.
Qingluan was already in a semi-comatose state, groggily sensing someone nearby, about to push away when Qi Zai whispered in her ear, "It’s me. Relax, I’m going to help you detoxify and apply medicine." Not caring about impropriety, he reached under her ribs to help set her broken bones.
She grabbed Qi Zai’s hand, unable to resist tightening her grip, then heard the little white bird transmitting to her, "I have a medicine, and once taken, your injuries will immediately recover, and your appearance will be radiant, but afterwards, you’ll be comatose for many days and lose more than a decade of lifespan. Dare you take it?"
Qingluan laughed, unconcerned, "What’s so hard about dying? Give it to me." Subsequently, a medicine pill was stuffed into her mouth, instantly dissolving and rapidly spreading its effects throughout her body.
At that moment, Langya unsurprisingly said, "You finally decided to show up? I haven’t met you two; are you new to the sect?" From his words, it appeared he had long known they were lurking nearby.
"Correct, I’ve only been in the sect for over twenty days." She couldn’t help but give a bitter smile, "Sect Leader, we indeed pride ourselves in our Concealing Breath Technique, but how did you discover us?" Their three Concealing Breath Techniques all came from Changtian, so there shouldn’t be any problems with the technique.
To everyone’s surprise, Langya’s response was unexpected: "You indeed have good skills; I didn’t detect you either. However, did you forget where this is? This is the Snake Forest; every tree is an informant for Lin Wei. No one can hide their shape here! They naturally report any and all disturbances to me." He proudly declared, "It’s not just me; Qingluan also detected you long ago. However, she didn’t want to implicate you, so she never called you out."
The Concealing Breath Technique, after all, was not the Invisibility Technique; their actions couldn’t possibly escape every single tree. She looked at Qingluan and indeed saw a trace of bitter resentment on the Bird Demon’s face, as if blaming her for coming out.
Langya faintly smiled: "I have already resolved your questions. Are you prepared to meet your end now?" He did not know why this young girl deliberately made herself known, nor did he want to know. Thousands of years of prolonged time had taught him not to be curious anymore.
"Even if you are the Hidden Stream Sect Leader, you cannot just arbitrarily take the life of an innocent disciple!" She naively spoke out righteously. Seeing Langya’s expression turn cold, she continued, "Besides, how could I bear to watch my grand Hidden Stream Sect Leader be deceived by such pettiness?"
Pettiness? Swindlers? Duanmu Yan, who had been watching the scene with amusement, now withdrew his relaxed smile: "Young lady, don’t make groundless accusations; where did I deceive anyone? Perhaps you think the tale of the Enchanting Soup is insufficiently convincing?" Langya looked at him without a flicker, his eyes shimmering.
"No, not at all." She shook her head repeatedly, "About the Enchanting Soup being able to counteract Yimu Power, you didn’t miss a single word."
"Then you..."
"The Enchanting Soup, there is only half a bowl left in existence." Ning Xiaoxian took a deep breath and loudly declared, "Langya Sect Leader, whatever he has promised you, it’s all false! Because, the real Enchanting Soup is with me!"
