Chapter 98 Miss Hu
Just as Shen Lijun and Chu Qingyang were worried about Lou Yuqing's situation, the scene in the small world suddenly switched to other disciples. They were stunned, and then two sighs rang out at the same time.
This light screen is simply incompetent. They were eager to know what happened next, and then it pulled a fatal blow.
On the other side, Luo Buqi said fiercely, "You can't escape. You didn't find out you were imposters at first, and you won't find out later. I'm waiting for you to be eliminated."
The younger brothers sighed; Senior Brother Luo had clashed with the disciples of the Wendao Sect.
Meanwhile, ten miles outside Baiyan City, in Lao Xue's village.
Lou Yuqing and the others arrived at their destination in no time. They glanced at the stone tablet at the village entrance with the words "Xuejia Village" engraved on it, and then she and her senior sister followed Shen Lijun into the village.
It was daytime, and the village should have been bustling with activity, but Lou Yuqing found it unusually quiet. Not only were there no villagers around, but there wasn't even a sound of voices.
“Senior Brother Shen, something’s not right.” Lou Yuqing asked, frowning. “When you came here before, was there no sound of anyone in the village?”
Si Nidie stopped in her tracks, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes.
“It’s harvest time recently, and Baiyan Sect is collecting spirit rice. When I came with them, the villagers were all rushing to hand over their spirit rice. As you know, Baiyan Sect is domineering and won’t tolerate even a moment’s delay. It’s normal that the village is empty now,” Shen Lijun explained logically.
Upon hearing this, Lou Yuqing and Si Nidie felt somewhat relieved.
Lou Yuqing recalled what she had heard in the city before: a spirit farmer named Lao Ji seemed unable to pay his full amount because his spirit fields had been trampled.
A moment later, Shen Lijun pointed to the stone house in front of him and said, "We're here. The magic array that trapped Ling Yunxiao and Chu Qingyang is right there. We originally wanted to check if there were any clues left in Lao Xue's room, but as soon as we went in, we triggered the Minor Five Elements Trapping Array. In the end, only I escaped."
By the end, his face was filled with self-reproach.
Si Nidie flicked her fingers and released five thumb-sized flames, which shot out one after another, merging into one as they flew, and then rushed menacingly toward the stone house.
"boom!"
Upon contact with the flames, the light membrane of the Small Five Elements Trapping Array immediately appeared, fluctuated a few times, and then quickly disappeared without a trace.
Si Nidie murmured, "It really is this formation."
At this moment, Lou Yuqing comforted Shen Lijun: "Senior Brother Shen, there is no need to feel guilty. You have already fulfilled your responsibility by escaping and informing us. As long as we work together, we can definitely break this formation."
Shen Lijun seemed to be persuaded, his expression softened considerably, and he nodded, saying, "Alright, they are still waiting for us to rescue them. Junior sisters, let's attack the formation immediately!"
"It was prepared a long time ago."
A red light flashed in Si Nidie's palm, and a fireball the size of a palm appeared. Then, with a hand seal, her body swelled up to three feet in size, radiating a scorching aura, and the surrounding air suddenly heated up.
Lou Yuqing reacted when she cast the fireball spell.
"Crack!"
A thunderous roar was heard, and Lou Yuqing's entire body was enveloped in purple lightning. As she raised her right hand, all the electric arcs gathered towards her right arm like snakes, making her entire right arm appear as if it had been forged by lightning, radiating an aura of power that could not be looked at directly.
This technique is called Thunder Strike, and its destructive power is the greatest among all the spells she has learned.
Shen Lijun's eyes flickered as he looked at her. He held a ten-foot-long black spear in his hand, the black light on it stretching and contracting erratically, as if it might explode at any moment.
"go!"
Si Nidie's large fireball was the first to attack the magic circle. It crashed into the light membrane with a bang, causing the light membrane to tremble. At the same time, the large fireball decomposed into countless small fireballs, which bombarded the light membrane of the magic circle again like a meteor shower.
The light film began to shake violently!
Just then, the lightning on Lou Yuqing's right arm was poised to strike. With her left hand forming a hand seal, a bolt of lightning flashing with sharp energy surged out of her right arm. Almost as soon as it appeared, it crossed the distance and arrived in front of the light membrane with a loud bang.
An unexpected scene unfolded.
Thunder and fire magic is the most explosive and ferocious of all elemental spells. At this moment, the flames and thunder magic of the two of them intertwined, as if a primal ferocity was unleashed. In an instant, it transformed into a sea of thunder and fire, covering all the light membranes, and a rumbling sound came from it.
Large swaths of red and purple light reflected in everyone's pupils. Lou Yuqing's smile deepened, and she said excitedly, "It has actually achieved a synergistic effect. If this offensive continues, this formation won't last long."
Without saying a word, Si Nidie formed hand seals, and two large fireballs condensed in front of her. With the infusion of spiritual power, their power continued to increase.
Upon seeing this scene, Shen Lijun sneered inwardly, "You won't be able to break the formation."
The instant the sea of thunder and fire disappeared, he threw out the black spear in his hand. The spear flashed and disappeared, and the next moment it pierced the light membrane of the magic array.
Surprisingly, the spear turned into a black liquid the moment it came into contact with the light membrane, spreading rapidly in all directions and quickly occupying a large area of the ground.
Lou Yuqing was slightly taken aback: "Is this a magic artifact or a spell?" Although she was puzzled, she knew that now was not the time to ask questions. Her spiritual power surged, and a thunderous strike gradually took shape.
Suddenly, she felt a suction force pulling her so hard she almost lost her balance. What surprised and bewildered her even more was the feeling that her spiritual energy was being suppressed.
The source of the suction force was none other than the light membrane of the magic array. Lou Yuqing felt a sense of foreboding and shouted, "Be careful! Something's wrong with the magic array!"
Si Nidie was almost interrupted from casting her spell by the suction force. She had some knowledge of magic arrays, and her mind raced. Suddenly realizing something, she exclaimed warily, "This is not the Lesser Five Elements Trapping Array! You all need to get out of the way!"
Upon hearing this, Lou Yuqing became even more wary and quickly retreated, trying to cut off the increasingly strong suction force emanating from the magic array. If she were sucked in, she would probably not fare well.
"Trying to hide?"
A cold voice suddenly rang out, and Lou Yuqing's heart trembled. Before she could react, a tremendous force came from behind, pushing her toward the source of the suction.
not good!
Lou Yuqing abandoned her thunderous strike and began to use her lightning escape technique, but it was too late. The suction force had already pulled her in. In her last moments, she looked back at the culprit, filled with shock and anger.
The one who pushed her was none other than Senior Brother Shen!
Shen Lijun withdrew his hand, his expression incredibly cold, as if he had become a different person. Seeing her looking over, he laughed triumphantly, "You two finally fell for it. It wasn't for nothing that I put on such a great show. Go and die with your companions. Blame it on your investigation of the Snow Lotus!"
Lou Yuqing's body trembled. Ling Yunxiao and the others were all dead?! Was the Shen Lijun in front of her an imposter? When was he replaced? Why did Xue Lian repeatedly bring about her death?
Countless thoughts flooded her mind, but no one could answer them, and they were soon swallowed up by darkness.
Si Nidie was tricked and mocked by him, so she couldn't help but curse: "You son of a bitch..." Before she could finish speaking, she was also sucked into the magic circle.
Looking at this scene, Shen Lijun smiled with satisfaction: "Anyone who dares to covet the Snow Lotus deserves to die, and you are no exception. This formation is not the Minor Five Elements Trapping Formation, but a disguised Repulsion Killing Formation."
"Once you are touched by my power, you will immediately generate a huge suction force. Once you enter the formation, you will feel an omnipresent repulsive force. Under the pull of the two forces, your physical body will explode before long."
The Hu family ancestral hall.
Ling Yunxiao stared at the figure kneeling on the prayer mat before him, several thoughts racing through his mind, before saying calmly, "Miss Hu actually discovered my shadow clone; I am truly filled with admiration."
Last night, he noticed someone leaving the next room. Just as he was about to open the door to see what was going on, he suddenly sensed that his shadow clone was malfunctioning. Before he could tell Lou Yuqing and the others, his main body arrived at the location of his shadow clone.
Unexpectedly, he was trapped by the magic array as soon as he arrived, and only now has he been freed. After breaking the array, he appeared directly in the ancestral hall. Before leaving the Hu family, he left his shadow clone on the shadow of the lotus flower in the pond.
From that vantage point, he could clearly see the snow rabbit stone carving in the pavilion, and he had a gut feeling that he could glean some clues. However, when he saw Hu Ruoyan, he knew he didn't need to guess anymore; everything was definitely related to her.
The ancestral hall was completely silent at that moment.
Ling Yunxiao appeared calm and composed, but in reality, he was prepared to take action. Even if he couldn't defeat Hu Ruoyan, he was confident that Hu Ruoyan wouldn't be able to kill him.
Before he arrived, he left a shadow clone in the inn. The shadow clone was attached to the shadow, and unless one's cultivation level was far higher than his, it would be impossible for them to see where the clone was.
Hu Ruoyan's ability to discover his shadow clone and set a trap based solely on her Qi Refining stage cultivation level was definitely not as simple as he had initially thought when they first met.
After a long while, Hu Ruoyan finally made a move. She turned around and a smile appeared on her serene face: "I didn't expect you to be able to escape from my formation. I underestimated you. Since you left the Hu family, why did you have to come back? I originally wanted to let you go, but you insisted on courting death."
Her tone was very calm, and one could not sense any murderous intent in her words.
Ling Yunxiao smiled dismissively: "Miss Hu, you are mistaken. I'm afraid you had murderous intent as early as when I asked you about the demon. It's just a pity that I was at the Hu family at the time, so you couldn't make a move."
Hu Ruoyan's thoughts were exposed, but her smile remained unchanged. She praised, "Fellow Daoist is a smart person, but smart people like to be smart. Now that you're in my hands, I won't let you have a chance to escape."
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of cold wind suddenly swept through the ancestral hall, causing the memorial tablets to shake violently. Eerie murmurs echoed, as if the spirits of the dead had come back to life.
Ling Yunxiao remained unfazed: "I'll wait and see."
Seeing this, Hu Ruoyan raised an eyebrow, stood up, looked him over a few times, and said magnanimously, "Before you die, you can ask me three questions. If I'm in a good mood, I might let you die knowing the truth."
Hu Ruoyan's behavior clearly showed that she did not take Ling Yunxiao seriously, but she became more interested when she saw that he was able to escape the magic array she had set up.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yunche showed no politeness whatsoever and bluntly asked, "First question, is the wolf demon a thief crying 'stop thief'?"
"Fellow Daoist, as a demon hunter, you are truly dedicated to your duty. Now that you have captured the demon and handed it in, why bother with so much?" Hu Ruoyan smiled wryly. "Fine, I may tell you. It was indeed me who did it. The claim that the demon was disfigured is also a lie. And I found the divine doctor myself."
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