Chapter 228 I'm just afraid of losing you again
The moment this thought crossed Mu Jianjian's mind, she experienced what it meant to "swarm in".
Two men surrounded Nian Qing and used their inner energy to pull at him, while Miss Lin and another man quickly rushed towards her side. In the blink of an eye, the two of them were right in front of her.
"Her face is ugly, but her figure is alright." The man licked his lips and quickly reached out his hands to grab the motionless girl.
"Tch," Miss Lin's disdainful gaze swept over Mu Jianjian from head to toe, as if she wanted to return all the humiliation she had just suffered in front of Nian Qing to Mu Jianjian. "Not running away now? You really think highly of yourself."
Mu Jianjian: ...
It's not that we don't want to escape, but that we have no way to escape.
She blinked calmly, watching the two people approaching. Surprisingly, she wasn't as tense as when they had encountered danger and peril earlier.
There was actually a hint of... peace of mind?
Just as she was about to reflect on her feelings, she felt herself being embraced and pulled into someone's arms.
Mu Jianjian stared blankly at the enlarged face in front of her, and saw Nian Qing covering her eyes with his other hand, his warm aura mirroring the man's expression.
"Miss Mu doesn't need to look at the rest."
As the man finished speaking, she felt a surge of rich and powerful true energy around her. Then, with a few loud clanging sounds, all the screams and cries seemed to cease.
"You, you, you—"
The hand covering her eyes was removed, and the moment Mu Jianjian regained her sight, she realized she could move again. She immediately tried to break free from Nian Qing's embrace.
"Miss Mu doesn't want to be controlled anymore, does she?"
Upon meeting Nian Qing's ambiguous smile, Mu Jianjian immediately fell silent.
Those who understand the times are wise.
"What did you do to them?" Mu Jianjian looked left and right and saw that the originally empty forest was as usual, with the rustling of leaves, the chirping of birds in the distance, and the constant sound of the wind, but there was no human voice.
Even the bloodstains on the ground had disappeared, as if no one had ever been there.
The girl's voice was coquettish, but Nian Qing tightened his grip on the girl's body.
Given her personality... she was probably scared and thought he went too far?
Even with these thoughts in mind, Nian Qing still said, "Kill them all."
When they said those things to her, she no longer had any reason to exist.
"Oh..." Mu Jianjian trailed off, not quite understanding why the other party suddenly seemed annoyed.
Even though I knew the other team was probably dead, I was still shocked by their "jungle monster farming" killing speed.
Why would someone with such abilities notice her?
Nian Qing felt that the girl in his arms was definitely angry. His eyes darkened, and he took off the silver ring on his index finger and took the girl's right hand to put it on.
"What are you doing? No, no, no." Mu Jianjian waved her hand in refusal, looking at the ring that shimmered with silver-gray luster, but how could she resist Nian Qing?
After putting on the silver ring, her first thought was that it was a magical artifact for controlling things. However, after injecting her divine sense into it, she discovered that it was a spatial bag containing fruits, pills, and spirit stones. Only then did she realize that she had misunderstood it.
But Mu Jianjian kept moving her hands, still trying to take off the ring on her index finger, but found that no matter how hard she tried, the silver ring wouldn't budge.
"Damn, what kind of ring is this?" she couldn't help but curse after trying to get it to work.
“Miss, you don’t need to try anymore. Once this ring is on, it can’t be taken off unless—” Nian Qing looked at the girl in his arms, who seemed to be in a fit of anger, and felt pleased.
"Unless what?"
“Unless you cut off the finger along with it.” After stating the facts, Nian Qing indeed received a resentful look from the girl.
Mu Jianjian took a deep breath, trying to calm the urge to hit someone, "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Nian to have the habit of forcibly stuffing things into other people's hands."
She didn't believe there wasn't something fishy going on here.
"It's just dawn, Miss Mu, why don't you come with me to the celestial official's place?" Nian Qing did not respond to her words, and the words in his heart remained unspoken.
He was just afraid of losing her again.
——
Duyunfang, it's night.
Shi Dong, dressed in the most luxurious dress, sat in the crowd like a peony in full bloom, her beauty unmatched. She sat next to Baili Yicheng but paid no attention to him being surrounded by beauties. Instead, she focused her attention on the palace gate, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
"The hairpin in your hair is so beautiful, Madam," the maid behind her complimented sincerely.
Shi Dong smiled knowingly, not only because of the compliment, but also because of the way the other person addressed him.
Her right hand slowly touched the three flowers carved on the hairpin.
The master said he would like this style of hairpin. So, when the master comes to the banquet today, will he take a few more glances at it?
A sound came from the entrance of the main hall. Shi Dong immediately raised her head and looked in that direction, but she did not notice that the three flowers carved on the hairpin in her hair began to slowly rotate, as if they were about to bloom.
——
“This fellow Daoist Nian.”
After the two handed over the prescribed number of fruits to the celestial official, they arrived at the cultivation and conditioning area. Mu Jianjian, lying in Nian Qing's arms, seemed out of place among the cultivators around her who were not wasting a single moment of their cultivation time. She spoke earnestly and received a concerned and inquiring look from the other party.
"May I ask you why you want to—" Mu Jianjian's voice was halting, her eyelashes fluttering, reflecting the starry sky in her pupils.
"Hmm?" Nian Qing raised an eyebrow, waiting for the other party to continue.
Mu Jianjian paused awkwardly, biting her lip, "Exactly, why did you notice me? Is it because I don't come from the Celestial Palace or the Demon Palace?"
Seeing the blush creeping onto the girl's cheeks, Nian Qing smiled slightly. "That's one reason."
"Then I'll tell you where I'm from, Fellow Daoist Nian, could you please be merciful and let me go?" Mu Jianjian frantically pulled and probed.
"Where does Miss Mu come from?"
Mu Jianjian said seriously, "I come from a remote, secluded family called the Magic Fairy Castle."
Nian Qing: ?
"Magic Fairy Castle?"
I've never heard of it before.
“Yes, it’s a pity that when I was traveling, I was harmed by villains and my cultivation was sealed, and my true energy was also suppressed in my body,” Mu Jianjian said in a very reasonable manner, her expression more sincere than ever before. “If you can help me restore my true energy, I will spend three days and three nights telling you my revenge plan.”
Although she asked Ye Xuanzhi to go to the Upper Realm to find a way to break the seal, Mu Jianjian wouldn't fixate on just one path.
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