After Yuan Jing sent the Yuan family away, she found another wild market in the city the next day, spent one hundred low-grade spirit stones, and sent a letter sealed with snake and insect script.
Jiancheng is more than ten thousand miles away from Xitian City, and ordinary communication talismans cannot fly that far.
This was the only way she could use to ensure the safety of her father and others.
Fortunately, after waiting for half a day, she received a letter sealed in the same way from the Yeji base.
She felt relieved and tore open the letter. Seeing that it said the Yuan family had been accepted by Jiancheng, she no longer had any doubts and went to the City Lord's Mansion.
Wen Zizheng has been sending people to keep an eye on Yuan Jing these two days.
Yuan Jing's anger upon learning her friend had been arrested. Guilt, the anxiety she felt when she sent people to inquire about the situation, and her absent-mindedness over the past two days...
He saw everything, and it completely gave up the idea of secretly doing anything to Yuan Zhiping.
Although Yuan Jing values friendship, how much weight can a female cultivator whom she has just met for a short time have in her heart?
He originally wanted to make some second-hand preparations, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.
Yuan Jing seemed to regard that female cultivator as her life confidant and cared about her very much.
Wen Zizhen couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of the female cultivator who was frightened and begged for mercy when she was captured.
After all, he is young and doesn't know how to judge people.
But it's better this way. The female cultivator is a soft persimmon and easy to control. For the sake of her friend, Yuan Jing will obey her orders obediently.
At this time, the staff member "Wen Yi" hurried in, "Master, Yuan Jing is here."
Wen Zizhen raised his eyelids slightly and ordered in a calm voice: "No need to bring her here, take her directly to see the female cultivator.
You watch from the dark, and report immediately if you see anything unusual."
Wen Yi bowed respectfully and said, "I'll go right away."
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Yuan Jing followed "Wen Yi" to a side courtyard far away from the guest house, which was shrouded in a trap.
As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she saw Xiang Sheng sitting in the yard, sipping tea slowly, as if she was not in a cage, but in a quiet and secluded place.
Yuan Jing froze in front of the courtyard gate, guilt surging in her heart like a tide, and for a moment she didn't dare to go in.
After an unknown amount of time, the tea in Xiang Sheng's cup was empty.
She looked up at the courtyard gate, looked at Yuan Jing, whose eyes were as red as a rabbit, and smiled lightly:
"Why don't you come in?"
Yuan Jing pursed her lips and walked silently to the table without saying a word.
Xiang Sheng ignored her and picked up an upside-down new cup from the table, wiped it, placed it in front of Yuan Jing, and filled it with tea.
Yuan Jing saw that her ring finger was empty and was startled: "Your storage ring..."
"No problem."
Xiang Sheng said calmly, "I'm just a casual cultivator, and there's nothing important in my ring. Let them take it."
Yuan Jing felt more and more guilty, "Sister Li, I am sorry for you..."
"What do you feel sorry for me?"
Xiang Sheng raised his eyes and said in a gentle tone, "I originally wanted to go to the Tianlong Emperor's Tomb to join in the fun. Now that I have the City Lord's Mansion with me, it saves a lot of effort. It's not a big deal."
Yuan Jing's eyes turned redder, she clutched Xiang Sheng's sleeve tightly, and gritted her teeth and said:
"Sister Li, go ahead and scold me! You're like this... I feel so uncomfortable."
"Well, now that things have come to this, what's the point of you saying more shameful things?"
Xiang Sheng broke free from Yuan Jing's hand: "People are treacherous. Showing your emotions like this will only give them an opportunity to take advantage of you."
After hearing this, Yuan Jing finally reacted and turned around to look.
When she saw "Wen Yi" standing in front of the courtyard gate, she suddenly looked panicked.
Xiang Sheng smiled faintly, "Don't you think it's too late to realize someone is watching you now?"
Seeing that she was not panicked at all, Yuan Jing was a little confused and pointed at Wen Yi: "He..."
"Don't worry about him."
Xiang Sheng lowered his eyes and continued to fiddle with the tea set. "Our conversation will not reach Wen Zizhen's ears."
Yuan Jing was even more confused.
She recognized Wen Yi, who was Wen Zizhen's most trusted confidant. How could he possibly betray his master?
"Sister Jing, sometimes what you see with your own eyes may not be true."
Xiang Sheng smiled and said lightly, "Don't you think your father was too hasty in taking his men away this time? It's as if he doesn't worry about your safety at all?"
Yuan Jing looked stunned.
After being reminded by Xiang Sheng, she realized that her father had indeed left too decisively. If it were in the past, he would definitely not let her take the risk alone.
She recalled the few times her father had told her to listen to Sister Li...
Thinking of this, Yuan Jing suddenly realized, "Sister, have you and Dad already colluded? Sister, did you stay to take care of me on purpose?!"
Xiang Sheng smiled and nodded.
"So that's how it is."
Yuan Jing's sadness immediately turned into joy, but then she pouted in anger, "You and Daddy are too much. You actually hid it from me."
Xiang Sheng shook his head, "I'm not going to hide it from you. With your temper, Wen Zizhen will see through me right away."
"Who said that?"
Yuan Jing was about to retort, but when she thought about how she had been showing her emotions these past few days, she immediately muttered guiltily, "When I meet him a few more times in the future, I can act well too..."
As she was muttering, she suddenly remembered something and asked doubtfully, "That's not right, Sister Li. How did you know that Wen Zizhen would definitely catch you instead of threatening me with my father?"
Xiang Sheng smiled faintly, "Of course I didn't know, so I made some adjustments."
After saying that, he gestured to the gate of the courtyard with his eyes.
Yuan Jing turned around and saw Wen Yi, and immediately understood what was going on, and her heartbeat quickened slightly.
She always felt that her sister Li was too easygoing, so easygoing that she couldn't help but worry about her, wondering whether she could protect herself when she ventured into the world of cultivation alone.
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