The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple-Chapter 862 - 276: Nannan, This Is Brother Zhou Qing—He’s a Good Friend of Your Daddy (6k)_2
It’s just—
However, when his gaze fell on the little girl in the floral dress beside Sikong Yan, his pupils shrank fiercely again, full of disbelief.
Because that girl was the same little girl—Nannan—captured in the imaging stone that Sikong Yan sent to Uncle Master Gao Xuan a while back.
Zhou Qing hurriedly rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.
What exactly is going on?
Is Nannan still alive?
The image in that stone wasn’t from the past, but the present?
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!
According to Uncle Master Gao Xuan, Nannan had been dead for a long time, not to mention alive, she shouldn’t still retain her past appearance.
But suddenly, Shen Yunzhou gently touched Zhou Qing and swallowed nervously.
Returning to his senses, Zhou Qing looked around and only then noticed the densely packed black-robed puppets, each one with an empty expression, surrounding the two of them.
Zhou Qing’s face changed immediately.
"Friend, since you’ve been watching for so long, why not come forward openly for a talk?" Sikong Yan also turned his head slowly from afar and said with a smile.
Shen Yunzhou looked at Zhou Qing, sighed longingly, and thought he should not have joined in the excitement.
"Who is that person? What’s his cultivation level? Can the two of us take him on?" Shen Yunzhou whispered.
Zhou Qing looked at the note [Fish] above Sikong Yan’s head, his brow furrowing further.
"The Palace Master of Cangyan Daoist Palace, one of the Five Sects, Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection!" Zhou Qing still explained.
Shen Yunzhou then nodded suddenly, saying, "A bit of trouble, mainly because there are too many puppets here. The flying ship can’t be deployed. If necessary later, I’ll need Brother Zhou to help lead them away."
Zhou Qing nodded slightly, then looked at Sikong Yan with a solemn expression.
The last time they met offline was during the opening of the Spirit Skull Mountain Secret Realm, where he even bound him in the dark.
Just as Zhou Qing was about to step out, Sikong Yan spoke again.
"Friend, very few people come here anymore, you came alone, so you must have a story. Why not come out and chat?"
Hearing Sikong Yan’s words, Shen Yunzhou was a bit stunned.
Alone?
Are you blind, with so many puppets as your eyes, you can’t tell if it’s one person or two?
And Zhou Qing’s just-raised foot was immediately withdrawn, showing a strange expression.
He then coughed lightly and said, "He called you, go out."
Shen Yunzhou: "..."
Really, are you not a person?
"Brother, I’m a local!" Zhou Qing said seriously.
Shen Yunzhou chuckled.
Don’t think that just because I’m new, I don’t know you. During the Five Sects War, you weren’t just chopping down several prodigies.
Local is local, but you’re also an enemy.
"You don’t believe? Then I’ll walk and show you!" Zhou Qing said, turning to weave through the gaps between the black-robed puppets.
Throughout, the black-robed puppets did not stop Zhou Qing in the slightest, as if they couldn’t see him.
This made Shen Yunzhou somewhat doubt his eyes.
No, what’s going on?
Is it preferential treatment?
No, has Brother Zhou discovered a loophole in these puppets?
Seeing Zhou Qing had already passed through the puppets, quickly running toward the periphery, Shen Yunzhou rubbed his hands, took a step back to look for a gap to slip out.
But the next moment, all the black-robed puppets stepped forward in unison, their empty gazes like cold sharp arrows, locking tightly on him.
Shen Yunzhou: "..."
...
"Uncle, who is that big brother?" Nannan asked curiously, looking at the young man being escorted out by the black-robed puppets.
Sikong Yan’s lips curled into a slight smile, his gaze falling on Shen Yunzhou.
Unhurriedly he said, "I’ve never met him, but this big brother seems a bit tense, probably scared. Nannan, why don’t you let them go?"
Nannan nodded obediently, her small, pale hand gently waving.
In an instant, all the black-robed puppets seemed to be manipulated by invisible strings, bowing their heads together.
Then like clusters of black shadows, they quickly sank into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
In the distance, seeing this scene, Zhou Qing couldn’t help frowning heavily, quickly using the imaging stone to record it all.
He had witnessed the transformation process of these black-robed puppets firsthand, even Senior Sister Shi Zhen almost fell prey to them.
Senior Brother Yan once speculated that the arrays inside these black-robed puppets have subtle differences.
There should be a mother body at Cangyan Daoist Palace that can control them unilaterally; to solve them, either overpower and kill them or directly resolve the mother body, to eliminate them once and for all.
Now it seems, Senior Brother Yan’s guess was correct.
But Zhou Qing couldn’t connect the dot between the cute little girl, only about five or six years old, and the mother body controlling the puppets.
Yet everything that just happened forced him to believe the reality before him.
Shen Yunzhou also opened his mouth in shock, now, if he wanted to escape, the opponent seemed indeed unable to stop him.
However, after a brief hesitation, he still chose to step forward.
Nannan, with her big watery eyes, cautiously stepped forward, speaking softly, "Big brother, don’t be afraid. Uncle is very nice and won’t hurt you."
Shen Yunzhou looked at this cute and innocent little girl, forcing a smile on his face.
Composing himself, he then looked at Sikong Yan, slightly bowing in greeting, "Greetings, friend!"
Sikong Yan nodded slightly in response, his gaze sharp as an eagle’s, slowly saying, "I heard that in the Gobi at the Phecda Sect, someone once stumbled upon the Golden Thunder Sect’s secret base and then fled in a hurry. I suppose that was you, sir?"
