Chapter 241
“Ah, without the mother’s formation to hide me, my position is definitely exposed. I wonder how long I can hide…” Dan Bai stuffed a peanut into her mouth, but the famous drunken peanuts of Jiang Chi City tasted bland to her.
“Here comes the immortal from the Yaochi Sacred Land!”
A loud shout rang out from the street outside the tavern, filled with uncontainable excitement.
With a rumble, by the time Dan Bai came to her senses, the tavern was already empty, not even a single musician or dancer remained.
Everyone had gone to see the immortal from Yaochi.
But Dan Bai only felt a chill run down her spine.
“Have the people from Yaochi Sacred Land found me so quickly? Is it a coincidence or… No, I need to leave here fast.” Dan Bai took out a concealed aura pill and swallowed it, then fed one to the great tit in the bamboo basket on her back.
She had already taken this pill before.
Taking it again was just a precaution.
“Chirp chirp.”
“Be quiet, or you’ll end up as roasted great tit!” Dan Bai made a fierce face, successfully making the great tit tuck its head back into the basket.
Then she ran out of the tavern, blending into the crowd.
At this moment, she must not go against the flow of people. Everyone was looking at the immortal, and she had to do the same; otherwise, with the keen insight of the cultivators from Yaochi Sacred Land, any odd behavior would draw attention.
As long as she got through this wave, she could find a chance to leave the city.
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“What a bunch of stinking ants.”
A cold, aged voice drifted from beneath the veil of Yu Ling Zhenren.
“Are you sure that girl is in this city?”
Yu Quan glanced at the formation plate and nodded, “The blood pearl hasn’t moved; she’s in the city, perhaps right among the crowd below.”
The streets of Jiang Chi City were packed with people.
All were mortals and loose cultivators seeking immortality and medicine.
Mortals knew that becoming an immortal was good, and even farmers had dreamed of suddenly digging up miraculous pills from the ground to ascend in one leap.
The noise was like boiling water, pounding against Yu Ling and Yu Quan’s temples. The flattery of the ants did not make them feel superior; perhaps they had once felt that way, but now all they felt was disgust.
“Shut up!”
An invisible sound wave erupted from Yu Ling’s mouth.
The crowd below suddenly fell silent.
Those seeking medicine, children, and teachers all closed their mouths.
A group of people nearby had been knocked unconscious by the sound wave.
With a flick of her hand, Yu Ling conjured a portrait of a young girl from the gathered mist.
Seeing this, Dan Bai immediately lowered her head.
Her small hands nervously adjusted the slightly crooked mustache at the corner of her lips.
“This person is a wanted criminal from Yaochi Sacred Land. She stole my Yaochi’s Primordial Pill of Heaven Repair. This little thief is currently in Jiang Chi City. Whoever can find her or turn her in will be greatly rewarded!”
After speaking, Yu Ling dispersed the mist with a slap.
The portrait instantly transformed into a fine rain, falling onto the foreheads of everyone present.
Dan Bai’s exact appearance surfaced in the minds of these mortals and loose cultivators.
People began to recall, wishing they had two brains at this moment.
“This girl is quite beautiful; how could she be a thief?”
“Don’t say that; to steal from Yaochi Sacred Land, she must have some skills!”
Whispers of discussion arose nearby.
Dan Bai clenched her fists, trembling with anger.
The people from Yaochi Sacred Land had captured her mother, and now they were slandering her for stealing the Primordial Pill of Heaven Repair? It was clearly Yaochi that had forcibly taken their pill formula and made her mother help them refine pills. How shameless!
At this moment, she regretted not learning swordsmanship from Zhang Yi Bai before.
If only she had half of Zhang Yi Bai’s cultivation.
Right now, she could have drawn her sword and killed those two shameless beings!
“Has no one seen this little thief?”
Yu Ling had grown impatient after waiting for a while.
“Immortal, I’ve seen her!”
A man with shifty eyes stepped forward.
But before he could finish his sentence, the ground suddenly erupted with flowering vines that tore him to shreds.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The surrounding crowd screamed and retreated.
“Don’t think you can play tricks in front of me. The moment you open your mouth, I already have the answer.”
Looking at the mangled corpse on the ground, no one in the crowd dared to entertain any ulterior motives.
“Dare to deceive a Yaochi immortal? Do you know what realm she’s in?”
“Hahaha, exactly, ants are just ants, foolish beyond measure.”
The loose cultivators looked down on this scene, mocking the stupidity of the mortals in their hearts.
Those with self-awareness wouldn’t provoke the immortals of Yaochi Sacred Land.
Naturally, the immortals of Yaochi wouldn’t trouble them.
However, this thought lasted barely a minute.
Seeing that no one was providing information about Dan Bai, and knowing she was indeed in Jiang Chi City, Yu Ling’s expression darkened.
What a bunch of useless fools.
Not even a single person who had seen her had any impression?
The formation plate could only provide a rough location of Dan Bai.
If they couldn’t find her in half a day, it might lead to more trouble.
“Yu Quan, we’re not waiting any longer.”
She said coldly, “Activate the formation!”
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Chapter 259: The Swordsman Under the Moon
For an old monster in the Dong Xu realm, setting up a formation to trap mortals and loose cultivators within a city, isolating everything from the outside world, was a mere flick of the wrist.
As the great formation activated, the mortals on the street were still unaware of what they were about to face.
But the more danger-sensitive loose cultivators had already changed their expressions.
“Not good, this is a killing formation!”
“What do those two old monsters from Yaochi Sacred Land want? I can understand trapping people in a formation to seal the city, but why a killing formation? Surely that wanted criminal isn’t also in the Dong Xu realm?”
“Damn it, my legs! Why did I come here?”
Loose cultivators valued their lives the most. Having struggled in the Cangyun Realm, they were always on high alert to survive.
Now that they sensed something was wrong, they began to retreat. Some cultivators secretly moved toward the edges of the formation, and one who could burrow through the earth even dug underground.
Yu Ling and Yu Quan watched the scene below without urgency.
Once the killing formation was unleashed, it would be a net of heaven and earth; not even a fly could escape.
“Dan Bai, I know you’re in the city. You have three breaths to come out from the crowd, or else… I will start killing from this first batch of people!” Yu Ling pointed to the mortals in the front who had been knocked unconscious by the sound wave and hadn’t yet awakened. Countless vines burst from the ground, binding them. With just a flick of her finger, the next moment, these people would become a pile of corpses.
The city fell into a deathly silence.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to make a sound, but the pressure from the Dong Xu realm choked their throats, making them breathe cautiously.
“One breath…” Yu Ling’s voice carried a bone-chilling coldness.
The loose cultivators exchanged glances, their eyes filled with horror and fear.
How could the immortals of Yaochi Sacred Land be so indiscriminate in their killings?
But the reality was right before them; the murderous intent was no joke.
Some gripped their magical tools but then released them—who didn’t know Yu Ling’s reputation?
Even with the strength of ten thousand people, it would only be like moths to a flame.
A few bold loose cultivators quietly formed a formation, but were pulled back by their companions—“Are you looking for death?”
In the crowd, Dan Bai raised her gaze to the Yaochi immortal sitting high above, her eyes filled with hatred.
This was Yaochi Sacred Land.
This was the righteous sect that all cultivators aspired to.
Yet at this moment, they had placed the innocent lives of the entire city on the edge of a knife.
“Two breaths…” Yu Ling’s finger curled slightly.
The vines tightened, waking those who had fainted in excruciating pain.
A child’s cry pierced the sky as his mother desperately tried to protect him, only to be torn away by the vines.
No more waiting.
Dan Bai couldn’t bear to watch the entire city perish because of her.
The killing formation was already in place; there was no escaping it.
She stood up, parting the crowd, removing the mustache at the corner of her lips, letting her hair down, her long black locks flowing in the wind. Her cold gaze fixed on Yu Ling: “Yaochi demon, I’m right here!” Her voice wasn’t loud, but it clearly echoed throughout the city.
“This is the wanted criminal from Yaochi?”
“She’s even prettier than in the portrait… Now I feel like Yaochi Sacred Land is quite villainous.”
“Ah, those two immortals might just be using provocation tactics. Don’t judge a person by their appearance; this girl looks charming, but she might be ruthless!”
As Dan Bai stepped forward amidst the whispers of the crowd, she moved to the very front.
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