As soon as Zhuansun Ming and Zhuansun Ying appeared in the room, they immediately began to scan their surroundings with their divine senses without any hesitation, searching every inch of the room.
The result was naturally fruitless; just like before, nothing was found amiss.
Even from the shadows, Shushu could clearly see the disbelief and doubt in their eyes. The huge question marks in their eyes made Shushu want to laugh, which was a bit unkind.
But Shushu only thought about it in her mind; she wouldn't be stupid enough to actually self-destruct.
Therefore, she and Lu Li remained standing firmly in place, perfectly in sync.
They watched as Zhuansun Ying and Zhuansun Ming searched the area, then confidently removed the light barrier, turned off the shield, and left through the main gate. As their footsteps faded into the distance, the senior and junior disciples remained standing in place.
Two quarters of an hour later, Zhuansun Ming and Zhuansun Ying reappeared silently in the room and left without noticing anything amiss.
Then came the third and fourth times, and Shushu didn't know whether to call them careful or careless.
They were careless, but they played a game of surprise attacks on themselves all night, never giving up.
They were meticulous, but they dared to speak carelessly without being absolutely certain, which allowed Shushu and Luli to overhear everything and learn the secrets of the Zhuansun family.
Overall, she still managed to get a great deal, so Shushu stopped complaining. Since the Zhuansun siblings liked to cause trouble, she went along with it.
It's just staying still all night. As a mythical beast, she can do it with ease.
So, Shushu and Luli watched as Zhuansun and his sister left various marks all night long, coming and going.
As dawn broke, the two puppets in the inn, having accidentally come into contact with the spirit-suppressing powder as planned, collapsed and could not get up. Only then did the inn finally shift its attention away from this place.
Taking advantage of this time, the senior and junior disciples seized the opportunity, avoided all the traps they had left behind, and quietly left the room and went outside.
Neither of them was surprised to see the city lord's mansion, which was clearly under martial law, nor were they afraid.
Soon, guided by Huo Chi, the brother and sister avoided all the checkpoints and sentry posts, leaving the city lord's mansion and returning to the inn without alerting anyone or leaving any trace.
The two puppets in the inn were putting on their best acting, trying their best to play the roles of cultivators who had been poisoned by the Spirit-Sealing Powder and lost all their spiritual power, with fear in their eyes and panic on their faces.
She was both shocked and impressed by the sight of the millet, and thought to herself, "No wonder it's something left behind by my master who ascended to the immortal realm. It's so useful and powerful."
But they showed no intention of replacing them, and simply remained silently hidden to the side.
They watched as Zhuansun Ying, avoiding the gaze of everyone in the inn, led two people with very similar builds to them to their room.
Zhuansun Ying carried away the two puppets directly, leaving behind the words "See you outside the city." The two then impersonated them, wearing hoods that could block divine sense, and used their voices to check out of the room.
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two left Mengjiang City. Apart from Lu Li and Shushu hiding in the shadows, no one noticed anything amiss.
After following the two men out of the city and into the Mengjiang Mountains, they soon encountered Zhuansun Ying and a group of men who were waiting there.
Yes, it's a team.
Zhuansun Ying rode a spirit leopard at the head of the procession, followed by two enormous chariots, each pulled by eight swift steeds.
The beast-drawn carriage was followed by a group of guards on all sides. The guards did not have any obvious insignia, but Shushu guessed that these people were either from the Zhuansun family or from the city lord's mansion.
The group of people thus escorted the two animal-drawn carriages forward, not to protect them, but to prevent the people inside from escaping.
Because both Shushu and Luli sensed it, the puppets they had taken out were now being thrown into two separate carriages, one in front and one behind.
Through the wisp of divine sense placed on the puppet, they sensed that there were many different auras inside the beast-drawn carriages. They roughly estimated that each carriage carried at least thirty people.
They wondered how such a small beast-drawn carriage could hold so many people. Surely the beast-drawn carriage wasn't a magical artifact, the senior and junior brothers and sisters thought to themselves.
However, to avoid alerting the enemy, the senior and junior disciples did not investigate or verify, but followed the group at a distance, heading deeper into the Mengjiang Mountains.
As they walked, Lu Li and Shushu noticed something unusual again. None of the spirit beasts along the way attacked Zhuansun Ying's group, as if they had made some kind of deal with each other.
This discovery alarmed the fellow disciples, making them even more cautious. With the cover provided by Tianchen and Zisu, they managed to keep up with the trail and avoid being discovered.
After walking for dozens of days, the group crossed the center of the Mengjiang Mountains and arrived at an inconspicuous hillside on the other side of the Mengjiang Mountains.
Zhuansun Ying then took out a black token and began chanting incantations.
Immediately afterwards, he pricked his fingertip and forced a drop of blood into the token.
The next moment, the token suddenly changed its appearance and slammed into the rock in front of Zhuansun Ying.
Then, the rock that had seemed flawless suddenly opened up from the middle, revealing a passage that seemed to lead to an unknown destination.
Neither Zhuansun Ying nor the others behind him showed the slightest sign of surprise or hesitation, and the group stepped inside.
As the group was about to disappear from sight, Shushu and Luli thought about it and finally decided to follow.
Fortunately, they were well prepared, and with the help of several others providing cover, the person at the back only felt as if a gust of wind was blowing behind them.
Looking back, he found nothing amiss and assumed it was just his imagination, so he kept quiet.
The passageway extends downwards, yet it is very spacious and clearly man-made. It also contains many traps along the way, and unfamiliar people could easily be tricked if they are not careful.
In many places, traps are combined with spirit-suppressing powder. It is conceivable that people who are poisoned by spirit-suppressing powder and then fall into a trap have almost no chance of escaping.
The more the senior and junior disciples looked along the way, the more alarmed they became, and the more they felt there was a huge conspiracy behind it all.
However, upon finding the antidote for the Spirit-Binding Powder that Liu Yu had prepared before leaving the Rainy Continent, the senior and junior disciples felt much more at ease and had no intention of leaving.
Of course, the reason they didn't leave was because, for some reason, the senior and junior disciples all had a gut feeling that Pei Anlan and the others they were looking for were related to this matter.
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