Chapter 22 continues to create more plot holes.
"Bang bang bang—"
A series of magical attacks caused the Six-Eyed Demon Spider to roar incessantly. Su Yuyuan protected Bai Ruoqian and retreated, cursing under his breath.
"Damn it, where did Ye Luo attract these monsters?!"
Bai Ruoqian seemed to be deep in thought when she suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. "Oh no, the other piece of jade might be in Ye Luo's hands!"
"Could this demonic spider be the guardian beast?" Su Yuyuan was shocked. Looking at the nearly third-tier demonic beast in front of him, how did his good-for-nothing manage to do that?
"No matter what, we have to deal with the Demon Spider as soon as possible, otherwise it will get far away, and the time to close the teleportation channel will not wait for anyone."
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Ruoqian soared into the air, her robes fluttering even without wind. She summoned a silver sword, chanting incantations as it transformed into six silver swords in an instant. With a delicate shout, she cried out, "Kill!"
Six sharp flying swords shot out in response, piercing directly through the weakened demonic spider after its rampage. With a loud crash, the demonic spider's massive body fell to the ground, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and cheered.
"Junior Sister Bai is truly amazing, killing in one move!"
"I can only cultivate three flying swords with this Ice Soul Technique right now, but she can cultivate six!"
"That's amazing!"
Su Yuyuan's face showed a smug look, and he said, "Junior Sister, your cultivation has improved again."
"Thank you for the compliment, senior brother."
Bai Ruoqian's eyes sparkled with a smile as she tugged at his arm and said coquettishly, "Second Senior Brother, I want to enter the inner chamber of the Stone Heart Cave, but I need to get the other half of the key. You'll help me, right?"
"Of course! Whatever Junior Sister wants, Senior Brother will get it for you!"
"Bai Ruoqian, is this what you want?"
A sudden voice rang out, and everyone looked back to see Ye Luo holding half a piece of jade, looking completely calm and composed.
"I didn't expect it to actually be in your hands." Bai Ruoqian was somewhat surprised. He actually came to walk right into the trap by himself, which felt very strange.
"Hmph, you're smart enough to send it over to us right now."
"Give it away? Su Yuyuan, are you out of your mind? I'd rather crush it than give it to you for free."
Bai Ruoqian looked at Ye Luo, who had changed so much, and asked, though puzzled, "Tell me your conditions?"
Ye Luo clapped his hands and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, you're so smart. I won't beat around the bush. I want the body of that six-eyed demon spider, and the four storage bags you just stole."
Upon hearing this, the people from Qingyang Sect were unhappy and gave away all four storage bags to them as compensation for their hard work along the way.
"Don't even think about it!"
"What's there to be afraid of? He's just one person; what right does he have to negotiate?"
"Just kill him, his storage bag has a lot of good stuff!"
Ye Luo sneered, her spiritual power surging in her hand, as if she intended to crush it. She laughed and said, "Time waits for no one. The seven days are almost up. If we get the key later, it will be useless."
Bai Ruoqian's eyes trembled slightly as she said urgently, "Second Senior Brother, I must get that key..."
Su Yuyuan was completely under her thumb, and she granted his every request. Seeing her pleading expression, he turned and walked towards the leader of the Qingyang Sect. After muttering to himself for a while, he returned with four storage bags.
Ye Luo could see it clearly from a distance; their eyes revealed murderous intent, and he guessed they were plotting how to kill him after obtaining the key.
ridiculous.
Su Yuyuan held up four storage bags. "How do we trade?"
Ye Luo pointed to the six-eyed demon spider behind her, "Your service is terrible, put it inside!"
"You—" Su Yuyuan gritted his teeth, turned around and stuffed the spider body into one of the bags, "Is this alright now!"
"Alright, alright, I guess you can manage. Just bring it over."
"I'll deliver it?!" Su Yuyuan instantly bristled, his face turning terrifyingly gloomy.
"What are you chickening out for? There are so many of you, are you afraid I'll eat you up?"
Su Yuyuan thought about it and realized that it made sense; he was the one who should be afraid!
The two stood at a distance, testing each other. After Su Yuyuan confirmed the jade in his hand, a smile appeared on his sinister face, and he summoned his sword to attack him.
"Go to hell!"
Ye Luo smirked, then nimbly flashed to activate the magic arrays on both sides of the passageway and the top of the cave, simultaneously enveloping him in three beams of light.
Trapped in the illusion array, Su Yuyuan brandished his sword wildly within the array, as if he had gone mad.
Upon seeing this, Ye Luo was overjoyed. He summoned his dragon bone whip and swung it fiercely, snatching the storage bag from Ye Luo's hand. He immediately turned and ran back.
These three illusion array boxes were made on a whim, and he wasn't sure how they would perform in actual combat.
Sure enough, he hadn't run far when Su Yuyuan broke out of the formation and roared, "I'll kill you!"
As Ye Luo ran, she complained, "Self-study really doesn't work. I still need to find a proper teacher to learn from."
At a bend in the road, Ye Luo quickly cast a stealth talisman and then stood close to the stone wall.
Enraged, Su Yuyuan, her eyes bloodshot, chased after him with murderous intent, narrowly missing him.
Ye Luo watched his departing figure and instantly breathed a sigh of relief before jumping to a hidden rendezvous point.
Cen Feng jumped down from the height and said, "You scared me to death! I was so worried for you, Junior Brother. Aren't you scared?"
"How could I not panic? Dozens of people are staring at me." Ye Luo put the Six-Eyed Demon Spider into her storage bag, then handed four storage bags to them. "Here, take these."
Jian Yu and the other two were extremely grateful to have their belongings returned. "Thank you, fellow Daoist!"
Lan Ruyan's fingertips caressed Chen Yang's storage bag, which was embroidered with an orchid. Ye Luo instantly understood everything and could only sigh softly.
"Alright, you should leave now."
Jian Yu said solemnly, "Take care, fellow Daoists. I will repay this kindness when I have the chance!" After a brief farewell, the two groups went their separate ways.
Ye Luo: "Fifth Senior Brother, what day is it now?"
Cen Feng thought for a moment, "It should be the fifth day."
Ye Luo checked the map to confirm their current location, which was not far from the secret room in her mind. "We'll rest and recuperate here, and then we can stall them for another day to negotiate terms."
"Oh, by the way, why did you ask me to go out and spread the word that there's a great opportunity in Stone Heart Cave?"
"There are only two of us, and we're missing our third senior sister. No matter what, we're at a disadvantage. Why don't we share the good stuff with everyone?"
Ye Luo thought to herself, if there are treasures or something inside, these people have taken away the female lead's opportunity, which can be considered as weakening the female lead's ability in a roundabout way. Why not do it?
Thinking of this, Ye Luo sighed, "Was Third Senior Sister always this willful and self-willed?"
"yes."
"Hey, what's wrong with me?"
They fight recklessly and are easily impulsive. This personality might be good for one-on-one fights, but their teamwork is lacking.
In the original story, she was beaten up by the male protagonist and his gang, and died from exhaustion of her spiritual power. If she had learned to find others to help her, perhaps she wouldn't have ended up like that.
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