Chapter 94: Wounded Personnel Information and “His” Dark History
Wounded Information and "His" Dark History
He quickly checked the five fallen disciples and confirmed they were only temporarily restrained and not in danger of death. Jiang Xuelan was not a bloodthirsty person, and most of these lower-level disciples were just following orders.
"Search him and see if there are any clues." Jiang Xuelan said lightly, her eyes falling on the leading senior sister.
Although Li Jiuyou was impatient, he still searched the disciples roughly. As a result, there were not many valuable things except some ordinary elixirs and the identity tokens of Lingxiao Sword Sect.
"Poor bastard!" he spat with disdain.
At this moment, the tentacles beneath Xingtong's skirt tugged at a faintly glowing jade communication talisman from the leading senior sister's waist. "Huh? This looks like it was just used a while ago~" She injected a trace of magic power, and a few lines of intermittent, slightly anxious words appeared on the jade talisman:
"Order from Senior Sister Baizhi: ...found a suspected entrance to the ruins of Shencun...under attack by strange vines...suffering heavy losses...urgent assistance...coordinates..."
"...Jiang Xuelan and the Demon King may also be heading to this area... We must intercept them... Use the 'Soul-Calming Nail' if necessary..."
Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou's expressions darkened simultaneously. That was the Lingxiao Sword Sect's sinister instrument used to punish traitors and torture their primordial spirits. It inflicted excruciating pain upon entry and could also disrupt the flow of the soul and power to a certain extent! The Immortal Venerable had actually allowed them to use this on Jiang Xuelan?
Both men could feel the other's rising anger.
"Damn it! That old bastard!" Li Jiuyou snatched the jade talisman and almost crushed it. "And that woman surnamed Bai, her ghost won't go away!"
Jiang Xuelan's eyes were icy, and his hands clenched slightly in his sleeves. Master...had he actually acquiesced to this extent?
At this moment, the leading senior sister who was knocked unconscious suddenly let out a painful groan and seemed to be about to wake up.
Xingtong's eyes rolled, and she suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, that's just right, let me ask you about the details~" As she spoke, a strange light flashed in one of her eyes (the one that could peek into memories), and she gently squatted down, and lightly tapped the center of the senior sister's eyebrows with her finger.
The elder sister's body trembled, her eyes became confused, and she began to mutter intermittently:
"Senior Sister Bai Zhi... has gone crazy... In order to force her to reveal Jiang Xuelan's whereabouts... she used torture... Several disciples..."
"The entrance to the ruins... there are many terrifying paintings... and vines that suck blood..."
"Senior Sister... seems to be very concerned about the woman in the mural... wearing flame earrings..."
Jiang Xuelan's heart moved, and she remembered that among her mother's belongings there seemed to be a pair of earrings made of special material that had never been worn.
Li Jiuyou frowned. It seemed that his brother Feng Ye had also secretly collected something similar...
Xingtong continued to guide: "Oh? Then how did you find this passage?"
The senior sister murmured, "It was… Senior Sister Baizhi who used a… blood-colored compass… She said she could sense… the aura of divine blood from the same source… and that’s how she found this hidden entrance…"
The aura of divine blood? Was it referring to Jiang Xuelan, or the fragment of the divine blood seal?
Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou both sensed the gravity of the situation. Bai Zhi actually possessed something capable of tracking divine blood? Was it given to her by the Immortal Venerable? Their whereabouts were likely constantly under the control of the other party!
Just as Xingtong was about to ask something, the other jade talisman in the senior sister's arms suddenly burst into a dazzling white light! A powerful divine thought with the majestic aura of an immortal suddenly erupted and rushed straight towards Xingtong!
"Be careful!" Li Jiuyou reacted extremely quickly, pulling open Xingtong, and at the same time slashing with the Jinsheng Sword, the red-gold demonic fire split most of the divine consciousness!
But the residual impact still made Xingtong groan, his face turned pale, and the eye that peeped into memories shed a line of blood and tears.
The leading senior sister screamed miserably and fainted completely. A charred mark appeared between her eyebrows, and it was obvious that she had been placed under some kind of restriction to prevent soul searching!
"What a vicious method!" Xuanjia cursed.
"It seems we can't get any more out of them," Jiang Xuelan said in a serious tone, "We must leave here as soon as possible. Bai Zhi and the others might be at the entrance to the ruins, and the situation seems to be very bad."
Li Jiuyou could sense a hint of worry beneath Jiang Xuelan's calm tone (not for Bai Zhi, but for the possible dangers at the entrance to the ruins and the Immortal Sect's subsequent measures). He scratched his hair in frustration, "Damn it! One trouble after another! Let's go!"
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