Chapter 351 She's both pretentious and affected.
In the end, the group followed Yu Zhiyi into the wilderness.
My brother is right. There used to be a formation here, but it has been inexplicably broken. There might be a master hiding nearby.
It's even possible that he's the backer of the evil cultivator she was looking for.
Evil cultivators are mostly unscrupulous. Although staying by her side would be dangerous, leaving her side would also be dangerous.
She could take care of them if they stayed by her side, but if she let them wait outside, she would be powerless to stop the evil cultivators if they made a move. In the end, these people might become tools used by the evil cultivators to threaten her.
As Yu Zhiyi walked, she observed her surroundings.
All around was wasteland.
The land was completely barren; there wasn't even a single withered blade of grass, let alone weeds.
This indicates that this place is no longer suitable for planting.
My master said that the Spirit Gathering Array is a kind of cyclical energy that feeds back to the ordinary plants and animals outside, providing them with the energy they need to survive.
But there are exceptions.
There is an extremely domineering spirit-gathering array called the Spirit-Absorbing Array. It only absorbs, but does not give back.
Where the spirit-absorbing array is located, nothing will grow within a radius of tens or even hundreds of miles; there will be no life whatsoever.
The wasteland before them looked like the mess left behind after being absorbed by the spirit-absorbing array.
It's just unknown whether the spirit-absorbing array was destroyed by the person who set it up, or by the Marquis of Wu'an's heir and others.
Because they were looking for someone, the group didn't move very fast.
They had only walked a few miles when they suddenly heard footsteps and shouts behind them: "Yi'er, Jin'er, Yun'er, wait a minute!"
Jiang Liuting, Chen Ruolan, Miss Wei, and a group of martial arts practitioners quickly arrived and soon came to Yu Zhiyi and the others' side.
Jiang Liuting first clasped his hands in greeting to the two young masters of Song, and then got straight to the point: "The Earth Ranking Conference is about to begin, what are you going to do there?"
This question was directed at Jiang Liuyi.
His attitude suggested that this was an internal matter of the Martial Arts Alliance, and the Song brothers did not get involved.
Jiang Liuyi said calmly, "We're out taking care of some business. We'll head back when we're done."
Jiang Liuting asked, "What is it?"
Jiang Liuyi frowned: "Since when do we need to report even such a small matter?"
Jiang Liuting's brows furrowed even deeper than his: "What do you mean by 'a little thing'? You want to take the two young masters of the Song family on a risk, how can I not stop you?"
"Moreover, my second sister has only been back for a short time. Even if she has excellent lightness skills and means to protect herself, she still lacks experience in the martial arts world."
The martial arts figures who followed also chimed in, advising, "Young Master Jiang, you should listen to Young Master Jiang and go back quickly. I heard that Juxian Manor is very strange. Yesterday, he was inexplicably struck by lightning and died."
"The young master also fell off a cliff not long ago, and his fate is still unknown."
"And this land used to be a jungle, but this morning it suddenly turned into a wasteland!"
"Someone was curious this morning and tried to go in to investigate, but he hasn't come out yet, and the people who went to look for him have also disappeared."
"In short, it's really weird, you guys better not do anything reckless."
Jiang Liuyi was taken aback, clearly unaware of these matters.
He looked at Yu Zhiyi in astonishment.
Yu Zhiyi didn't know either. She only got up at noon, washed up, ate something, and then came out to look for someone. She had nowhere to go to listen to gossip.
The Song brothers felt a chill run down their spines and looked at Yu Zhiyi in unison: "Second Miss, shall we still go?"
Yu Zhiyi thought for a moment, then took out two defensive jade pendants and gave one to each of the Song brothers: "You two go back first."
She was unaware that more people had gone missing.
Now it seems the situation may be worse than she imagined.
Seeing her serious expression, the group realized the gravity of the situation.
Even the youngest, Jiang Liuyun, knew that this was not the time to fool around, so she could only suppress her reluctance and say, "Then be careful, sister. We'll go back and wait for you."
Jiang Liuting's eyebrows twitched violently: "Second sister, aren't you going back?"
Yu Zhiyi said, "I'm going to save people."
Jiang Liuting frowned: "Nonsense!"
"This area has been designated as a danger zone. Even if we really need to rescue people, we will have to organize experienced experts to do so. You just need to go home and wait for news."
Yu Zhiyi looked at him seriously: "For you, the date when danger appeared here is today, but for me, this place has been listed as a dangerous area for more than ten days. I have to go in."
"Second sister, don't be willful." Jiang Liuting felt that his second sister was being a bit unreasonable.
“If something happens to you too, your second uncle will definitely lose his composure. Now is the crucial moment of the Earth Ranking Tournament, and the people of the Demonic Sect may already be lying in wait in the shadows. If something goes wrong on your second uncle's side, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Chen Ruolan sighed softly: "Why is Miss Er in such a hurry to go in?"
Miss Wei recalled what she had witnessed a few days ago and asked sarcastically, "Who exactly was in there?"
Reminded by the two, Jiang Liuting realized that he hadn't seen the Marquis of Wu'an's son and the others for the past few days, and his brows furrowed even more: "You insist on going in because your guards went in?"
Yu Zhiyi didn't think there was any need to hide this: "That's right."
Jiang Liuting initially thought his younger sister was being silly, but now he was furious: "For a man, you're willing to risk your own safety?"
Chen Ruolan also expressed her disapproval: "Second Miss, it's not that we want to make things difficult for you, but your actions are really inappropriate. We don't know what the situation is inside yet. You might encounter danger as soon as you go in, and then you'll have to involve the entire Martial Alliance in rescuing you."
"I know you just came back and don't have much affection for the Martial Alliance, but you must have feelings for your parents, right?"
"If anything happens to you, your parents will do everything in their power to save you. If the outcome is good, that's fine, but I'm afraid even your parents might not be able to handle the dangers inside..."
Jiang Liuyun retorted directly: "Big brother, Aunt Chen, can you please stop making a mountain out of a molehill? My sister is very capable. She won't get into any trouble, and she certainly won't implicate my parents."
Jiang Liuting was furious with his stupid younger brother: "You just say she won't be in any trouble, but what if something really happens?"
Not only Jiang Liuting and his group, but even the martial arts practitioners beside them were looking at Yu Zhiyi with disapproving expressions.
"This second young lady is really pretentious."
"I heard that she's not only pretentious, she's also very affected. When she went to Juxianzhuang to watch a horse race, she even brought fruit, snacks, and tea. And when she got off the carriage, she even had stirrups."
The martial arts practitioners looked at Yu Zhiyi with even more curiosity.
Chen Ruolan continued to patiently persuade her: "Second Miss, those are just guards. When your father hired them, he must have told them that they might get injured or even die while protecting you. Since they chose this profession, they are naturally prepared to bear these consequences."
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