Chapter 238: Old friends?

Tao Zi looked down at him and asked tentatively, "Have you met Yue Qiran before?"

Xiao Lizi seemed to be giving it his all, and blurted out, "I haven't seen it, but my sister seems to have seen it, but she asked me to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else."

She stood there expressionlessly, recalling the scene when she first met Yu Niang, feeling mixed emotions.

She took a deep breath and asked, "What's going on?"

Li Xiu silently picked up a tissue and made earplugs into it, plugging her ears with it, pretending to be concentrating on making medicine.

"It was probably almost twenty years ago. My sister was still suffering in the brothel at that time. She accidentally saved someone who seemed to be from the Minglan Sect's Punishment Hall. After that, my sister secretly met with Yue Qiran." Little Lizi recalled bitterly, "My sister said that Yue Qiran was not on good terms with the Xujia Sect and wanted to use her power to seek revenge."

Tao Zi squeezed her palms and said in a calmer tone, "As far as I know, Yue Qiran is not someone who can be easily exploited."

He scratched his head and said, "Sister gave us the secrets of the four great families that the Yu family knew."

Tao Zi stood there in a daze. It seemed that it was at that moment that Xing Zhan suddenly told her many secrets of the four major families. She thought that Xing Zhan had found them out himself.

She looked down at Xiao Lizi, her tone much gentler, making people let down their guard. "So, where does your sister really want to go after escaping this time?"

This time, Xiao Lizi was silent for a long time before he said, "Ever since the news of Yue Qiran's accident broke, my sister was depressed for quite a while—she had almost put all her hopes on her, even giving away a lot of her connections. But about three years ago, not long after she met you, my sister suddenly perked up, saying there was still hope and that she was going out to find someone."

Li Xiu took the paper ball and turned around and said, "That's not what you said before."

He lowered his head: "Isn't this a secret?"

"How can I tell you now?"

Little Lizi said pitifully, "We can't survive. Even if we could, we can't go with the others in our situation."

The meaning was clear, they were to follow them.

Tao Zi stood there in silence, then said meaningfully, "You feel safe telling us these things."

Xiao Lizi looked at her, smiled sheepishly, glanced at Li Xiu, and said vaguely: "Everyone in the world knows that Yue Qiran is absolutely gorgeous."

Okay, the vest is off.

Tao Zi turned around expressionlessly and went back to her room.

Li Xiu blinked and gave Xiao Lizi a thumbs up.

He looked at him blankly, and Li Xiu said meaningfully: "You have a flexible mind."

"ah?"

He patted Xiao Lizi on the shoulder and praised her, "Follow Sister Tao and you'll have food to eat! Smart!"

Xiao Lizi looked at him like a fool and said perfunctorily, "Yes, there is food to eat."

The two continued to work with a smile.

Tao Zi walked out of the room and prepared to look for Yue Qingya and the others. As soon as she stepped out of the inn, she saw bones all over the street.

She stood there in awe. A monk muttered with red eyes, "One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one bones. A small town only has a few hundred people. How many towns have they massacred?"

Fellow Daoist Yuan brought out another skeleton from the dwelling: "Now there are 1,932."

She watched quietly and sighed slowly.

The accountant saw her and asked quickly, "Miss Tao, where are you going?"

Tao Zi turned sideways and asked, "Where did Brother Qing and the others go?"

"The True Lord took that lucky guy to a temple."

She nodded and walked in that direction.

On the way, he met the two returning people and greeted them, "Brother Qing, Fellow Daoist Lucky, did you find anything?"

Fellow Daoist Lucky corrected him, "My name is not Lucky, my last name is Mo, and my full name is Mo Yu."

Tao Zi politely changed the address: "Hello, Fellow Daoist Mo, what have you discovered?"

Fellow Taoist Lucky spread his hands and said helplessly: "No, I can't find that temple."

"Then we can only go and check it out tonight." She paused, then asked, "How is the formation you mentioned setting up?"

"One completed, one more to go."

"Um?"

Fellow Daoist Lucky explained, "One defends, one attacks. Defending the town requires a large amount of spirit stones to compensate for the lack of spiritual energy in the town and the suppression of the cultivators."

Tao Zi asked, "Is the cultivator's body becoming increasingly weaker because of spiritual energy?"

He nodded and said, "The spiritual energy here is impure and will cause great trouble to the cultivators. In serious cases, it may even destroy the spiritual veins."

Yue Qingya whispered, "I asked, and it seems that physical cultivation is only slightly affected."

Tao Zi raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

Fellow Daoist Lucky walked forward and said, "I'm going to continue setting up the formation. You guys continue chatting."

Tao Zi smiled and saw him off: "Goodbye."

As soon as he left, Yue Qingya said firmly: "You are not in a good mood."

Tao Zi said irritably, "My vest fell off."

He was murderous: "Who?"

"It seems like an old friend."

Yue Qingya looked at her in surprise: "Old friend?"

"uncertain."

Tao Zi sighed: "I don't know how many people have seen me, let alone whether those people are gossipy. It's really troublesome."

He nodded and said, "That is indeed a problem."

Tao Zi said helplessly: "Qingya, those people will have to follow us later. If they refuse, we will have to get rid of them. It's really troublesome."

"They're not trustworthy?"

She smiled coldly, "No memory, no evidence, no trust. I'm not strong enough yet, and these things must not reach the ears of the Ming Lan Sect. I don't have a third life to squander."

Yue Qingya nodded heavily.

Tao Zi walked slowly and her mood gradually calmed down.

She softened her tone and said, "I remember you have a lot of friends."

“Only a few can truly give their heart.”

She said, "Find someone."

"who?"

"Mr. Shaohua, I've asked my people to look for her, but I'm afraid it's too late."

Yue Qingya looked at her doubtfully: "Didn't you say before that we should go to Chunqiu Gate first?"

Tao Zi said without any context, "She is proficient in formations."

He looked at her blankly as she walked down the street and said, "Apart from my people and you good friends, I don't dare trust anyone else. I must get her in my hands as soon as possible."

Yue Qingya suddenly understood and said solemnly: "I will hand this matter over to some reliable friends."

"Don't look for Huan Huan and Qing Ling yet. No one knows if there's anyone watching them."

He nodded. "I understand."

Tao Zi looked at the empty street and slowly let out a breath. She was not worried that Yu Niang would tell others about this, but she was afraid that someone would catch them and torture them.

If what Xiao Lizi said is true, then she and Yu Niang are bound together by interests. Since she can keep secrets for interests, she can naturally sell out for interests.

Yue Qingya patted her shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. Let's get through this crisis first."

She nodded.