Chapter 12 Immortal Lord 012%
It can be said that the timing of Qu Yaoyao's escape was extremely precise. While Di Shu was frantically looking for someone, Xie Qingxun was in seclusion suppressing the abnormal movements of his body.
"Master! Disciple has something important to report!"
"Qu Yaoyao is missing!" When Gu Tianci received Di Shu's message and wanted to knock on the door of the bedroom, he was stopped by a powerful barrier.
The barrier not only blocked people who tried to break in, but also all kinds of noisy noises, so no matter how Gu Tianci screamed outside the bedroom, the people who had already entered a state of meditation in the bedroom would not hear him.
As a result, they missed the best time to find Qu Yaoyao.
In Yingxian City, Qu Yaoyao has now found an inn that is still open under the instructions of her benefactor.
This area has been snowing heavily for nearly half a month, and evil spirits are wreaking havoc in the city. Tonight is a rare night of peace. Even so, most inns have chosen to close their doors and refuse to welcome anyone in late at night.
After all, who knows whether they will encounter humans or evil spirits in this kind of snowstorm?
In the inn named Jinfulou, because of the blessing of the immortal cultivators staying there, the shopkeeper boldly asked the waiter to open the inn all night. At this moment, the waiter was napping on the counter with a peach wood talisman in his arms.
Suddenly, someone knocked lightly on the table. The waiter woke up with a start and said angrily, "Who is it?"
He looked up, and when he saw the face of the visitor clearly, he opened his eyes wide and was a little dazed. He sat up straight and asked, "Aunt, you are here so late, are you going to stay in the hotel?"
Standing in front of him at this moment was a girl wearing a white brocade dress.
The dress with butterflies hanging on it was slightly wrinkled, and her black hair was half-laid down with her hair ornaments askew. Although she looked disheveled, her lips were red, her teeth were white, and her facial features were delicate. She was more beautiful than the waiter had ever seen before.
Seeing that he was staring at her face, Qu Yaoyao tugged at her clothes and said embarrassedly, "I want to stay in a hotel, but I don't have any money."
As she spoke, she pulled a butterfly pendant from her waist, placed it on the table, and asked, "Can I use this jade ornament as a substitute?"
"Yes, yes, of course." The waiter said without hesitation.
He had received countless guests over the years, so he could tell at a glance that this jade ornament was no ordinary item, but rather a product from the higher realms. He quickly stuffed the butterfly jade ornament into his arms, and the waiter, holding a wooden sign, ushered Qu Yaoyao upstairs. "Miss, please come upstairs."
Qu Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly thankful for Yunzhi's extravagant dressing. She had never imagined that those jingling, intrusive jewelry hanging on her body would become her lifeline in the underworld.
The waiter took her to a superior room, which was spacious, clean and fully equipped.
He took the initiative to help Qu Yaoyao light the candles in the room. Before leaving, the waiter said enthusiastically: "Miss, if you have any questions, please let us know. We at Jinfulou will definitely meet the needs of our guests and guarantee your satisfaction."
Qu Yaoyao thanked him politely.
After sending the waiter away, she closed the door and praised, "The mortals in the lower world are so friendly."
The benefactor did not respond to her and was as quiet as if he was asleep.
"Benefactor."
"Benefactor?"
After finding a place to stay, Qu Yaoyao felt relaxed and wanted to talk to someone. The only person who could talk to her was the benefactor in the pendant, but unfortunately, the benefactor ignored her.
Qu Yaoyao was so excited about coming to the lower world that she couldn't sleep. She first went to the window to admire the night view of Yingxian City, then lay back on the table, picked up the pendant around her neck, turned it over and looked at it carefully, and called out several times in succession: "Benefactor, are you asleep?"
She said pitifully, "If you're not asleep, can you talk to me?"
"Will you let me in to see you?"
Perhaps because Qu Yaoyao annoyed her, the transparent blood drop pendant suddenly emitted light, pulling her consciousness into it.
"Yaoyao." The benefactor's voice sounded somewhat helpless, "Can you please stop calling me benefactor?"
He doesn't like this name very much.
Xiao Xuelian said weakly: "But you are indeed my benefactor."
If not benefactor, what else can we call?
Xiao Xuelian looked at the fiercely burning red lotus fire in front of her and asked the question she had wanted to ask for a long time: "Are you a ball of fire?"
"If you are fire, I can call you Master Fire from now on."
As if amused by Xiao Xuelian's name, a deep and magnetic laugh escaped from Huo. The man denied it, "I am not fire, so don't call me Master Fire."
So what is he?
After staring at the flames for a long time, Xiao Xuelian always felt that something was moving in the flames. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the flames again seriously, making sure that she was not seeing things, and that there was really something moving in the flames.
No, to be more precise, it was swimming. What could possibly swim in the crimson lotus fire?
Xiao Xuelian seemed to see something clearly and she exclaimed.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Xuelian excitedly pointed at the flames, "I think I saw a phoenix in the fire!"
"My benefactor, are you a phoenix?"
“…”
When the sky gradually brightened, the barrier of Wangxu's bedroom dissipated.
Xie Qingxun could never have imagined that Qu Yaoyao had the ability to escape from the underground palace so quietly.
The light in the deserted underground palace was dim. With Xie Qingxun's appearance, several candles lit up around him. He stepped up the steps onto the circular platform, his eyes sweeping across the intact formation barrier, stopping at the spot where Qu Yaoyao had drawn the teleportation formation and left.
Nothing.
There was no trace of spiritual energy fluctuations in the cage, and the ground was spotless, without a single trace of magic residue. Xie Qingxun closed his eyes, vaguely sensing a sense of familiarity, but before he could grasp it, that tiny bit of familiarity vanished completely.
"Tell Di Shu to withdraw everyone outside."
Xie Qingxun opened his eyes, his pupils dark and gloomy, "Since she can disappear from the Delusion Ruins out of thin air, she won't stay in the Wanmen Immortal Sect."
Gu Tianci was surprised. No wonder they couldn't find any trace of her after searching the entire immortal sect.
"Just after leaving the Wanmen Immortal Sect, where else can Qu Yaoyao go?"
Xie Qingxun's eyelashes trembled, "Who knows."
He bent down and picked up the small butterfly that had fallen to the ground. This was the butterfly Di Shu had cut from Qu Yaoyao's sleeve when she was threatening her with her sickle. She had left without a trace, leaving behind only this butterfly with a broken wing.
Xie Qingxun inexplicably recalled last night, when she had cried and told him that she no longer wanted to like him. He hadn't turned around to look at her, and he hadn't softened or wavered, but he inexplicably sensed her sadness.
She seemed…genuinely sad.
Xie Qingxun's lips curled up slightly. He seldom smiled, but every time he smiled it was like the ice and snow melting and the winter plum blossoms blooming. It was inconsistent with the cold and aloof aura around him, and it had a kind of beautiful and aggressive beauty.
Holding the butterfly tightly, he casually guessed, "Perhaps, she is still in the world of cultivation."
"Or maybe she went to the underworld." But no matter where she went, she would always be found.
Thinking of the people from the Yaowang Sect who were waiting outside the Chengyu Hall at this time, he pressed his forehead, and a bloodthirsty desire suddenly emerged.
.
"Oh no, those snow beasts are coming again."
"Everyone, hide in your homes, lock the doors and windows, light the fire, and don't come out!"
Qu Yaoyao was awakened by the noise downstairs.
She stayed in the pendant for too long last night, and her consciousness couldn't bear it. When she woke up, she felt dizzy and a little confused.
"What's wrong?" She rubbed her eyes, got up, and staggered towards the window. Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the window, a heavy snowstorm hit her face, waking her up instantly.
"What's going on?!" The strong wind made it impossible for her to close the windows and doors, and Qu Yaoyao was almost suffocated by the wind.
Not only the wind, but even the snow seemed to embody a fierce and murderous aura, each flake as sharp as a knife. If the pendant hadn't cast a red light barrier in time to block her, Qu Yaoyao would have been disfigured by now.
Swish——
The windows and doors were slammed shut, and Qu Yaoyao's benefactor's voice rang in her ears, "Those snow beasts are causing trouble again."
Last night, Qu Yaoyao had already learned a lot of information about Yingxian City from the pendant. She knew that the city was hit by continuous heavy snow and snow beasts and demons often appeared.
After a night, Qu Yaoyao and her benefactor had already established a preliminary understanding. Just as she had seen in the pendant last night, there was indeed a phoenix within the crimson lotus fire, and her benefactor's true form was indeed a phoenix.
So, Qu Yaoyao changed her address for her benefactor from the comical 'Fire Prince' to the distant 'Phoenix Lord', and then from Phoenix Lord to Phoenix Prince. Eventually, her benefactor couldn't stand it anymore and said in a cold, serious voice, "I am tens of thousands of years older than you. Why don't you just call me Brother Phoenix?"
"Brother Fenghuang?" Xiao Xuelian tilted her head slightly and called out in a naive and soft voice, really like a little sister.
The benefactor was silent, and seemed to sigh, "My name is Chong'an."
"Chong'an." Remembering the name they had agreed upon last night, Qu Yaoyao called him directly.
Stepping away from the window, she patted her chest and said thankfully, "It seems we were lucky last night."
If she had been attacked by snow beasts just after being teleported to Yingxian City last night, her body would probably be cold by now.
Chong'an sneered in her ear, "How could it be."
"I will protect you. A mere snow beast cannot hurt you."
Yes, how could she forget? This Phoenix Lord named Chong'an was extremely powerful and could even use high-level teleportation arrays at will, let alone deal with a group of snow beasts transformed from evil spirits.
"With the protection of Lord Chong'an, Yaoyao is naturally not afraid."
Qu Yaoyao scratched the pendant around her neck, a little worried, "What about Qingxi Immortal Venerable?"
"Um?"
"Who is stronger between you and Qingxi Immortal Lord?" She was worried that Qingxi Immortal Lord would come to the lower world to capture her.
Before she could hear Chong'an's response, she heard the roar of a snow beast outside the window. Several sword shadows passed by her window, and Qu Yaoyao heard a woman's voice shouting, "Young Sect Master, be careful behind you!"
Qu Yaoyao was stunned when she heard it, "This sound... seems to be condensed dew."
She hurried to the window and opened it a little bit despite Chong'an's obstruction. Outside, the snow and ice were blowing in the strong wind. Five or six sword-wielding cultivators set up a semicircular barrier against the wind, surrounding the several-meter-tall snow beast.
"Roar--" The snow beast opened its mouth wide, and countless snow knives surged into the sky, heading straight towards a cultivator in white clothes.
The cultivator in white quickly used fire magic to resist.
As he leaned forward and charged at the snow beast below, his hair, tied up high, tangled with his clothes and fluttered violently. Qu Yaoyao saw his face clearly, her eyes wide open, a little stunned, muttering to herself, "Brother?"
Bang--
The fire magic hit the snow beast, the blizzard scattered and the cold wind swept up, and finally returned to calm.
Qu Yushu tapped the ground with his toes, his slightly curly hair swirling around his eyes. As he landed, the other cultivators followed suit. Ninglu smiled and praised, "Congratulations, Young Sect Master! Your cultivation has improved again."
Qu Yushu's expression was indifferent. He gathered his five fingers together and rolled up a snowball from the ground. He looked towards the gloomy sky in the distance and said, "Let's go look somewhere else."
They passed by the inn where Qu Yaoyao was. Seeing them transform into a flash of sword light, Qu Yaoyao said anxiously, "I'm not mistaken. He really is my brother."
"Chong'an, shall we go find him?"
Chong'an said: "Not good."
The author has something to say: Xiao Xuelian: My benefactor, my benefactor, my benefactor, my benefactor!
Tooth filling is so painful.
I have a mouth full of dentures now. Sisters, you must protect your teeth. Dentistry is really scary.
Good night. It's raining heavily outside.
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine: _Luyu 1;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Crazy Whisperer;
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