Chapter 191: Chapter 190: The Perfect Opportunity to Kill Jiu Xi

Jiang Zuo took out an Array Stone. This was the one with the leaf imprint.

He never imagined that this Array Stone would be what spared him from the expulsion.

’Is this a good thing or a bad thing?’

Before long, everyone else had been expelled, leaving Jiang Zuo all alone on the fourth floor.

’He was probably the only person on the fourth and fifth floors now.’

However, the Heart-piercing Snakes on the sixth floor didn’t seem to have been expelled, as he hadn’t seen any of them come down.

’What’s the expulsion mechanism? An issue of status?’ Jiang Zuo wondered as he looked at the stone.

But he didn’t dwell on it. ’I’m trapped. I should be thinking about how to get out.’

Meanwhile, outside, the higher-ups deep within the Holy Land were practically numb from shock. ’What in the world is happening this year?’

The old crone asked Yue Xi, "Can you contact the Saintess?"

Yue Xi shook her head. "I can’t. Everything is sealed off. People outside don’t even know what’s happened in there."

It all happened too suddenly for anyone to react in time. But even if they had, it would have been useless.

Just then, a plain-looking woman spoke up, "The Sacrificial Space is starting to unseal. The first three floors are returning to normal."

Soon, they received news from the Sacrificial Space: the Yin Yang Fish had been stolen.

This stunned them completely. Thanks to the Sacrificial Space and the Immortal Spirit Spring, it should have been nearly impossible for anything to happen to the Yin Yang Fish.

Now, not only had someone succeeded, but they had also angered the Immortal Spirit Spring. They were at a loss for words.

Back on the third floor of the Holy Land, Chi Xue Child and the others looked at each other, bewildered.

Liuyue Xue tapped on her phone and typed, "You guys think this business with the Yin Yang Fish might be related to Fellow Daoist Po Xiao?"

Chi Xue Child immediately replied, "No need to ask. It’s definitely related."

Liu Yiyi also typed on her phone, "No wonder Fellow Daoist Po Xiao didn’t come down with us. If he had, the lockdown would have followed him down.

Besides, Fellow Daoist Po Xiao said we’d be safe on the third floor. It really must have been him."

"Does that mean Boss Po Xiao is in danger? Time to prepare another Clothes Tomb? By the way, how come whenever the boss ’dies,’ there’s never a body?" Fairy Mo Yan suddenly chimed in.

No one knew where she was at the moment.

But upon seeing Mo Yan’s message, everyone in the group chat felt their eye twitch.

’Po Xiao isn’t dead this time... right?’

Liuyue Xue immediately tagged @Fairy Mo Yan: "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao can probably still get online."

A moment later, a message retraction notice appeared on the chat screen.

Fairy Mo Yan retracted a message.

Everyone: "..."

At that moment, people from the Holy Land found Chi Xue Child and his group. They had actually changed their clothes not long after they’d come down.

Without Po Xiao around, they didn’t dare act too high-profile. Besides, they had reaped plenty of benefits and knew to be content.

More importantly, they were afraid of getting beaten up.

They had all taken off their masks, of course. Continuing to wear them would have been courting death.

However, masks or no masks, the people from the Holy Land recognized them. After all, this wasn’t their first offense.

The one who found them was Ming Yu. "How many people are in your group?" she asked.

The question made Chi Xue Child and the others pause for a moment. ’How many of us are there?’

’There are twelve of us. But Po Xiao has such a low-key presence... should we say twelve?’

Before Chi Xue Child and the others could decide, Xiao Xiaomo spoke up, "Eleven of us in total."

Ming Yu asked, "Then why are there only ten of you left?"

"Demon Cultivator Mo Yan was taken away by another Demon Cultivator," Xiao Xiaomo answered immediately.

"Then why is it written as ’The Twelve’?"

"Uh, well, because it sounds cooler. Everyone’s heard of the ’Twelve Holy Knights.’ Who’s ever heard of the ’Eleven Holy Knights’?"

Ming Yu: "..."

In truth, she had just felt something was odd, so she came over to ask. Of course, how quickly these people had been ’fishing’ was also suspicious.

After Ming Yu left, Chen Yi sent a thumbs-up emoji in the group chat. "Boss, you haven’t lost your touch. Your BS skills are as slick as ever."

Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Huh? What’s going on with you guys? I can’t get away over here dfjaldj"

More gibberish.

Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Witch Dan Xue is going too far! I’ll be back after I kill her."

Liuyue Xue sent a shrugging emoji. "How long do you guys think it’ll be before Fairy Mo Yan cries for help?"

Blade Master Hai Bian: "Less than three minutes."

Chen Yi: "I’ll bet on under a minute. Chi Xue Child, you’d better start preparing."

Chi Xue Child: "..."

’Are you kidding me? I can’t win against her this time, either.’

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo had reached the sixth floor. He found that the Heart-piercing Snakes were still here.

He summoned Duan Qiao and asked, "Can you get a signal here?"

Duan Qiao replied proudly, "No problem."

Just as promised, Jiang Zuo connected to the network. He then asked in the group chat, "Do you guys know why everyone was expelled? The Yin Yang Immortal Lock doesn’t have that function." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Liuyue Xue quickly replied, "I just asked. It seems the rules from the seventh floor have extended downward. Only the Saintess and the Candidacy Saintesses can avoid being expelled."

The moment he saw this answer, Jiang Zuo froze.

’A Candidacy Saintess?’

He glanced again at the imprint on his Array Stone, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

’It can’t be, can it?’

’This is a Candidacy Saintess Mark?’

Chi Xue Child and the others might not have known, but Jiang Zuo knew that the only reason he could remain here was entirely because of this mark.

From the beginning, Jiang Zuo had guessed this mark represented some kind of status and privilege, but he never imagined it would be that of a Candidacy Saintess.

He had never seen this mark on Su Qi, after all.

’Logically, these people should have their marks on their bodies.’

’So, I can become a Saintess?’ The thought of himself as a Saintess made Jiang Zuo’s mouth twitch again.

’What a disgusting mental image.’

’But the Holy Land would probably be even more disgusted, right?’

Now he finally understood why that being within the array had called him a disgusting rat dropping.

’Looks like this really is a Candidacy Saintess’s mark.’

Just then, Liuyue Xue sent another message: "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao, my senior sister told me that because of the Immortal Lock, the Saintesses are now confined to floors four through seven. You’d better be careful."

Demon Cultivator Mo Yan: "Chi Xue Child..."

Chen Yi: "One and a half minutes."

Liuyue Xue: "No need to call for help. You’ve been fighting for so long, you must have attracted the Holy Land’s attention. Just wait to be kicked out."

The Holy Land was already nursing a headache, and now these people were daring to cause more trouble. Did they not want to ’fish’ anymore? Even though only the first three floors remained, it was still possible to do so.

Jiang Zuo, however, paid no mind to the group chat. He had just thought of something.

Right now, the only people here were the Holy Land’s Saintesses, the Candidacy Saintesses, and him.

Furthermore, due to the Yin Yang Immortal Lock, this area was completely cut off.

’So, to find Yin Yang Fish 17, they’ll come looking for the person responsible, right?’

’And since this place is so large, they’ll surely split up to search, won’t they?’

’What does that mean?’

’It means Jiu Xi will be alone. Isn’t this the perfect time to kill her?’

As long as he completely avoided Su Qi and her senior sister, his chances of success were nearly one hundred percent. Especially since he still had the Heart-piercing Snakes.

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