Chapter 164 It Doesn't Matter
Tao Zi led them to a side hall where the security was less strict.
Li Xiu glanced at her and said, "We just came here."
The little fox in her arms wagged its fluffy tail and said, "Of course we know."
Zhao Xue looked around and asked in confusion, "What are we doing here?"
Tao Zi explained, "The security here is lax. I feel more at ease with you being here."
Is the security here lax?
Han Yueshan hid in the tree, looked down at the demon cultivators who appeared from time to time, and swallowed his doubts.
Xi Jing reacted quickly: "Senior Sister, aren't you coming with us?"
Tao Zi looked towards the west and said, "I'm going to a more dangerous place. You guys wait here and can move if necessary."
Han Yueshan and the others were still a little worried, but she smiled and reassured them, "I'll be fine. How about this, I'll take care of my fox cousin, and you take care of the little fox."
"Fox cousin? Me?"
The fox cousin looked at her blankly. Seeing everyone's tacit agreement, she became anxious and said, "I'm not called Fox Cousin. I'm called Jiao'er, the petite Jiao, the delicate Jiao, the beautiful Jiao!"
Tao Zi readily followed suit and repeated, "I'll take cousin Jiao'er with me, and you take the little fox."
Han Yueshan nodded immediately, and Zhao Xue also said, "If you're too far away, the spiritual communication between me and Jiao...cousin will be ineffective. Senior sister, please don't go too far."
"rest assured."
Tao Zi looked at the little fox a few times. Wasn’t the distance between them far enough when they separated last time?
The little fox noticed her doubt and thought to himself, "The stronger the two parties in the bond, the more they can do. My cousin's father is a rabbit, so his abilities are naturally inferior to mine."
Fox and rabbit?
Tao Zi was a little shocked. The little fox quickly added, "Don't mention this in front of your cousin. She's very bothered by it. If someone brings it up, she'll, uh,... act like a spoiled brat."
She immediately remembered the things in the ruins and remained silent.
Li Xiu asked in a low voice: "Do you need me to go with you?"
"No, they'll be handed over to you for now. Yueshan, if you encounter any problems, please discuss it with Senior Brother Li."
"Okay, Senior Sister."
Han Yueshan agreed, but after a few seconds, he remembered something and frowned, then said, "Sister, if you see a beautiful but weak cultivator, don't get close to her."
"Lian Qingzhou?"
He nodded immediately. "Yeah, although she's kind, she's too trusting. Just like before, I met a cultivator who was suspected to be a demon cultivator. She was soft-hearted because of that person's injury and doubted what I said. I really don't know what to say."
Tao Zi asked with a smile, "Why do you say that cultivator is suspected to be a demon cultivator?"
Han Yueshan whispered, "My intuition tells me that the cultivator isn't feeling right. Senior Sister, don't disbelieve me, my intuition is pretty accurate. She's a disciple of Tianzun, so it doesn't matter. There are so many people around her, so if anything happens to anyone, it won't be her turn. But we're a small sect, and if something goes wrong, we won't know who to cry to. Senior Sister, please stay away from her, don't let her get involved."
Her tone softened slightly, and she said, "Don't worry, Senior Sister knows what's going on."
Tao Zi took Jiao'er away. Before leaving, she took a look at the trash that was hiding the secret code. She didn't know if anyone from the Punishment Hall had come.
She didn't go directly west, but turned around.
I don’t know how many times I wandered around, but I finally saw the target person - Lian Qingzhou.
She was afraid of being discovered by the people around her, so she didn't even dare to look directly at him and could only glance at him out of the corner of her eye.
At a rough glance, there are thirteen people in total, excluding the cultivator who might be a demon cultivator, there are twelve people in total.
Apart from Lian Qingzhou, there was no familiar figure.
Such a large group of people hiding together don't have to worry about being discovered.
Tao Zi was hiding far away, thinking to herself, three years ago, Lian Qingzhou was already at the first level of Lingji. According to her talent and the resources of Minglan Sect, she should be at least at the second level now.
Thinking of this, she felt a stronger sense of urgency. Back then, she had just entered the Spiritual Silence Stage when she was about sixty years old, and even Qingzhou, who was fifty years old, was not as talented as her.
What's more, Lian Qingzhou is now in the Lingji stage, while she is in the middle stage of the Solid State. Not to mention Minglan Sect and the people around her, she may not be able to kill her.
Tao Zi calmed herself down and decided that now was not the time to think about these things.
She motioned Jiao'er to stay away, then cut a wound on her arm. The smell of blood immediately attracted their attention.
Lian Qingzhou asked doubtfully, "Uncle Xu, what's wrong?"
Uncle Xu frowned and said, "It seems to smell like blood, but it's not strong."
She was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Then let's go and take a look, in case anything happens to anyone."
Uncle Xu sighed secretly. His nephew was just too kind. What would he do if he met someone with ulterior motives?
They followed the smell of blood and saw a woman with a white gauze tied around her head. She had her back to them, her hand covering her injured arm, and was looking around, looking quite nervous.
Someone stepped forward and asked, "Who are you, fellow Taoist?"
She was frightened and was about to scream, but fortunately, Uncle Xu quickly covered her mouth and scolded her, "Don't open your mouth, or you'll attract some aliens."
Tao Zi nodded with tears in her eyes.
As soon as the man let go of her, she turned around and looked at them, hesitantly asking, "Are you human?"
A rather irritable-looking monk replied, "Nonsense, of course we are human."
She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great. I finally found a companion."
The next second, she walked towards them. Uncle Xu immediately unsheathed his sword and pointed at her, saying, "Take off the white gauze on your face."
She stood there, whispering, "I...I can't face people. I'm a human being, a normal person."
Uncle Xu was still very cautious and scolded, "If you don't take it off, don't come over here."
The tears in her eyes grew more and more, and she choked and said, "But I can't survive alone."
The more she refused to take it off, the more suspicious they became. Uncle Xu held the sword across her neck and said, "Take off the mask."
Tao Zi's body trembled, and she finally raised her hand to remove the tightly wrapped gauze bit by bit. In the end, only half of her face was exposed.
Everyone was speechless. The skin was covered with blood scabs and scratches, and even had some bruises, which made the pair of tearful eyes look even more pitiful.
There was a soft sob in her voice: "Is it okay?"
Uncle Xu was still alert: "What's wrong with your face?"
"I was caught by a monster. The doctor said that even if I recover, I will still have scars that will never go away."
Lian Qingzhou immediately said, "I'm sorry, we really didn't expect this to happen."
Tao Zi wrapped the white gauze around her again and choked up, "It's okay. It's just that my face is too ugly. I just hope I didn't scare you."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
