Chapter 252 Freedom
Suddenly, Mu Jianjian was enveloped by an endless emptiness. She only slowly came back to her senses when she heard Lu Shaocheng calling her from the side.
She slowly lowered her head, took a sniff of the medicine in her hand, and then drank the bitter medicine sip by sip.
"Miss Mu, this medicine tastes bitter, so I brought you an extra piece of candy." Lu Shaocheng carefully took out a small, fingernail-sized lid wrapped in rag from his sleeve, peeled it off layer by layer, and revealed a crystal-clear candy.
After thanking her, Mu Jianjian put the candy in her mouth and felt the sweet aroma filling her mouth, while the voices around her continued to chatter.
“We’ll have candy to eat now, Miss Mu. You don’t know, there’s so much food and treasure in the manor, and it’s all ours now. Besides, the newly appointed owner of Duyunfang is very nice. I heard he’ll be here in a few days to break the formation here and let us out…”
"What about the people in the place where I disappeared?" Mu Jianjian frowned slightly. "Where are they?"
Lu Shaocheng's previously excited voice suddenly turned somber, and a veil fell over his eyes. "The survivors...we've basically rescued them, but the place is littered with corpses and reeks of filth. Even those who were rescued are mostly insane..."
"What happened at Duyunfang?"
Lu Shaocheng stared at the girl with a hint of doubt in his eyes. If she had mysteriously disappeared for five days, why didn't she even know about such an important matter?
"Because the former brothel owner invited a distinguished guest from outside, which angered the guest, the new brothel owner naturally rose to power in the ensuing struggle. I didn't know that the former brothel owner had a child left behind in the Red Chamber..." He added, "I heard that the new brothel owner has been keeping a low profile, wanting to avenge his mother. He is a person who values loyalty and righteousness."
"What's his name?" Mu Jianjian asked softly as the candy gradually melted into syrup in her mouth.
"Baili Mochen".
Mu Jianjian nodded.
He is indeed the fourth male lead, but was he previously a member of the Dream of the Red Chamber?
Having thought this through, she immediately got out of bed.
"Miss Mu, aren't you going to rest properly?" Lu Shaocheng hurriedly followed after her. "Where does Miss Mu wish to go?"
"I'm going to break through the boundary." Mu Jianjian suddenly stopped and turned to look at him in the sunlight, her expression indifferent.
Dust billowed around her, and dust particles drifted between the sand and stone roof tiles. The girl wore a neat, rough linen robe, but it couldn't hide the coldness and arrogance between her brows.
Breaking boundaries?
In a daze, Lu Shaocheng felt that Miss Mu had changed completely after disappearing for five days. Not only her appearance, but even her temperament had become colder and more... sorrowful.
"But news came from the new head of the workshop that someone will be coming to break through the barrier in a few days. Miss Mu, you don't need to waste your energy making that trip."
"I don't care about him?" Mu Jianjian threw down a sentence, ignoring the stares of the people on the street, and walked quickly between the roof tiles toward the steward's mansion.
"Hey, you're awake?" Fang Lanrong was talking to someone when she suddenly saw a girl walking towards her from afar. Her expression instantly turned to surprise and delight, and when she saw the girl's face, her eyes lit up with amazement.
This is what she really looks like... She's so beautiful!
Mu Jianjian immediately took out a bag of spirit stones from her pocket and handed it to her, saying, "This is what I promised you."
"No need—" Fang Lanrong chuckled lightly, but before she could say anything, the girl hurriedly left, leaving her alone and bewildered.
In the past, she would have accepted the reward without hesitation, but now the sand dunes have changed drastically, and the people inside even have hope of getting out. She is no longer the wife and concubine who only knows how to sing in the backyard. To a large extent, she owes this to the woman in front of her.
After all, she had already given away enough spirit stones in the first place.
"What's wrong, Miss Mu?" Fang Lanrong asked, looking at Lu Shaocheng who had followed behind.
Lu Shaocheng continued walking, shaking his head, "It's been like this ever since I woke up."
Fang Lanrong's brows furrowed with worry, and she quickly followed.
——
Mu Jianjian stopped in front of the mansion. She watched as the illusory butterflies fluttered and filled the sky above the entire mansion, before landing on the ground in the blink of an eye.
"Miss, you can't go in." A man dressed in linen clothes blushed as he looked at the girl's stunning beauty, but still scratched his head and said.
When did they find such a beautiful girl in their sand dunes?
He added, "There are some dangerous things here, and the new ward master instructed us to guard them."
Something dangerous?
It's probably an array left behind by people from the upper realm.
The male, Li Mochen, had a reach that was quite long.
When the man saw that the girl still wanted to enter, he tried to stop her, but found that he couldn't move at all!
It's like being held hostage and losing control of your body, only able to watch helplessly as the other person steps into the mansion.
Who exactly is she?
Mu Jianjian slowly walked into the courtyard. Now that she had abundant true energy, she easily found the core of the formation and placed her palm on the stone sculpture.
"Miss Mu..."
Calls came from outside the courtyard. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large group of people. As if she had expected it, she poured her true energy into the stone sculpture, accompanied by her calm voice.
"Congratulations to us, we are free."
In the eyes of Lu Shaocheng and the others, the stone carving in the hands of the girl in plain clothes cracked inch by inch, and a world-destroying pressure and killing intent surged from her body and soared into the sky.
In the sky, there seemed to be a transparent membrane that began to crack and dissipate from directly above the stone sculpture, revealing the original sky, which seemed no different from before, but even more azure.
The girl stood unmoved by the surging tide, looking up at everything with a sense of certainty and relief.
Lu Shaocheng would never forget this scene for the rest of his life.
Fang Lanrong stared intently at the girl's figure, recalling what the girl had once said about her being a Core Formation cultivator. She hadn't believed it then, but now she knew it was true!
With this level of cultivation and imposing aura, he has undoubtedly reached the Core Formation stage!
Such young Core Formation cultivators are probably few and far between across the entire continent, each one a renowned genius among the various factions.
Who was she talking to earlier...?
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As the barrier disappeared, Mu Jianjian stepped into the "sky crevice." She looked towards Baili Yicheng's residence and clenched her fists.
She said she would get out on her own, and she was sure she could.
And it's time to settle the scores from before.
The bustling streets of Duyunfang were filled with noise, and street vendors were constantly hawking their wares. As Mu Jianjian walked under the streetlights, she noticed that there were more women on the street than before.
Unlike before, when the women on the street were all slaves led by chains, now they strolled hand in hand in twos and threes, with contented smiles on their faces.
"Is Baili Yicheng no longer at his residence?" Mu Jianjian raised an eyebrow in surprise upon hearing the woman's reply.
"It's said he fled a long time ago. As soon as the former brothel owner fell, he ran away faster than anyone else, disappearing like a rat to who knows where." The woman's eyes made no attempt to hide her disgust for the person she was talking to.
"Thank you." Mu Jianjian nodded, pondered for a moment, and then walked towards the Red Mansion.
Before she had any true qi cultivation, the guards of the Red Mansion seemed to be impeccable and without any flaws. But now, in her eyes, it seemed easy to keep everyone from the outside in without alerting anyone.
Most importantly...
The eyes that had been secretly watching from within the Red Mansion seemed to have disappeared.
"Click—"
Mu Jianjian landed on the floor and looked around at the empty and deserted front yard. The place was deserted, even the incense had burned out, and a chill permeated the air. She gradually spread her divine sense and finally found a voice in a closed corner.
"Oh, it's an old acquaintance." She easily broke through the outer array and opened it, looking at the several people inside who had terrified expressions.
Two men and two women.
One of the two men was fat with large ears, and the other had the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment stage. The woman sitting between them was tall and looked frightened, making her look like a man dressed as a woman.
Mu Jianjian glanced at Zhuang Mei, who wished she could disappear into the corner, and said leisurely, "It's been so long since you've seen me. Shouldn't you come and see how I'm doing?"
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