The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 761 - 423: Ambushed
The arena suddenly fell silent, and Elder He felt his own heartbeat becoming increasingly clear. The last person who dared to talk back to Jiumo Sect Leader like that had their bones turned into flying ashes. Ning Xiaoxian, this girl, is just too brash!
Fortunately, Ning Xiaoxian eased the atmosphere again, saying, "Master, whether I can cure it or not, I am trapped in Hidden Stream and hard to escape. It’s only five days, even if I don’t lift a finger, the Blood Parasol tree would still die!"
Jiumo Sect Leader looked at her intently, his gaze growing colder and colder, and after a long while, he said, "How much time do you need?"
She calculated in her mind: "Five days!"
Jiumo Sect Leader smiled faintly, "Alright, as you wish. I will have someone open the secret realm, and not allow anyone else in. You will be there to take care of the Divine Tree. Anything you need, just ask Elder He, he will have everything prepared for you. However, if the Blood Parasol tree is not saved after five days, then you should report to the Thorny Hall yourself."
Ning Xiaoxian did not talk back, but seriously replied, "Yes."
Leaving Jiumo’s manor, the two walked shoulder to shoulder for a long time before Elder He finally let out a long sigh and said, "The way you treated Jiumo Sect Leader just now... ah, why did you do it?" He meant to say that Ning Xiaoxian’s demeanor was too casual, too tough, which might displease the Master. Even if she managed to cure the Blood Parasol tree and become the Garden Master of Immortal Plant Garden, Jiumo’s personality would not appreciate her for solving the problem, rather he might make things difficult for her at every turn.
Ning Xiaoxian just smiled and said nothing. She knew well the worries of the nice Elder He. But the concerns of others were not at all a problem for her. Before leaving Hidden Stream, Langya would not stand by and let Jiumo make a move on her; after becoming the Garden Director of the Immortal Plant Garden, she would soon leave Hidden Stream to go to Great Snow Mountain, could Jiumo really trouble her? And when she returned to Hidden Stream in the future, she would come back with Changtian by her side, even less afraid of anyone.
If that’s the case, why should she be so timid and quiet in front of the Sect Leader?
"Preparing the materials on the list will take at least half a day." Seeing that she did not speak, Elder He continued, "The night is late, you go back and rest, come and find me early tomorrow morning."
She smiled at the old man, gave a salute, and turned to leave.
Back at her residence, Xu Nongyou was nowhere to be seen. Ning Xiaoxian went into God Demon Prison and talked with Changtian for a while; after a thorough massage of her body, she surprisingly fell asleep instantaneously, and slept very soundly.
The next morning before dawn, she had already woken up, carefully washed up, and tied her hair up high again.
Changtian asked her, "Are you all prepared?"
"Mhm." She smiled, "Let’s go." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
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In the Immortal Plant Garden, Elder He had been waiting for a long time, until the last item on the list was piled up in front of him, and he finally frowned, "Where is Ning Xiaoxian, why hasn’t the girl come yet?"
A Pill Master beside laughed, "Perhaps she’s chickened out?"
No one agreed, no one laughed. He chuckled twice by himself but felt the atmosphere was cold and restrained himself.
After waiting for about half an hour, Elder He had already walked around the garden twice, and couldn’t wait any longer and thought about sending someone to look for her, when there was a commotion near the garden entrance.
Ning Xiaoxian had arrived, but not alone.
Her dress had two slashes cut in it, the neatly arranged hair had now two strands falling down, touching her bloodied cheeks, making her bright eyes appear sharper. Her left trouser leg was cut off, revealing a long wound on the calf, deep enough to see the bone. The flesh on either side of the wound was turned outward, but the blood had already stopped, like a silent, laughing mouth. Despite that, each step she took was still stable, as if the wound on her leg did not affect her walking at all.
In her left hand, she dragged a black-clothed man in tight clothes, dragging him along the ground. This person was thin and small, with his head drooping weakly, breathless, obviously dead. The Pill Masters who saw this man all gasped, because the fatal wound was on his chest. The entire chest cavity was caved in, like the bottom of a large sea bowl, mixed with blood, chest effusion, and other unidentified fluids, seeping slowly from under his hem, staining the ground red. She left a trail of blood behind her all the way.
Was this guy killed by a charging rhinoceros?
Her aura of blood energy was heavy, as if she could devour someone, and unconsciously everyone made way for her. She walked up to Elder He, threw the man down, and then said lightly, "I was attacked on the way. Fortunately, I resolved it quickly, and there was no delay."
