Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 432 - 16: The Cannon Fodder Eldest Senior Sister in Cultivation Novels (16)
In the end, Meng Tao gritted his teeth, unwillingly turned, and left.
Jiang Lai witnessed this and glanced at Yu Fanxin.
"You, follow her."
"She’s returning to the inn first, no need to follow."
"Senior sister’s orders, make sure to follow her, don’t let her make any decisions on her own again."
Yu Fanxin was worried about Jiang Lai being alone.
"You should also go back, there’s nothing much to see here."
"Why do you care so much about me? Are you really concerned?"
The question made Yu Fanxin indeed turn and leave.
Jiang Lai watched his back and chuckled, thinking how easy it was to read his mind.
He initially planned to promptly send Meng Tao back and then return for Jiang Lai, but after taking a few steps, he realized Meng Tao had disappeared again.
With a grim look, he surveyed the surroundings. Amid the bustling crowd, Meng Tao would be easy to spot if she hadn’t gone far, but clearly, she wasn’t nearby.
Escaping his sight so quickly meant she used Immortal Law to leave.
Yu Fanxin, with a grim face, immediately turned back, only to find Jiang Lai on the bridge had also vanished. Realizing something was amiss, Yu Fanxin mobilized his immortal power to search for Jiang Lai’s traces.
Their whereabouts were surely exposed; hence, Yu Fanxin abandoned efforts to hide and began a carpet search for Jiang Lai’s whereabouts. Soon, he sensed an unusual disturbance from afar.
At the broken bridge on the outskirts of town, Jiang Lai directly blocked Chu Xiuhuan’s path and set up a barrier around, preventing him from escaping.
"Get out of the way, maybe I’ll spare your life!"
Jiang Lai stood firm, drew his longsword without a word, facing him.
"I’m right here, if you want my life, come and take it if you have the guts."
Chu Xiuhuan sneered coldly.
"Ignorant of life and death!"
Saying this, he burst forward, and in an instant, all Jiang Lai saw was a mass of black smoke wildly surging at him, the impenetrable darkness could easily unsettle one’s mind.
Jiang Lai stood his ground, with blue lightning crackling "zzzla" "zzzla" in his palm. When an unusually dark surge came from behind, a bolt of lightning lashed out fiercely, weaving threads of blue light amidst the darkness, entangling and wrangling with the black mist, with neither side prevailing.
At this moment, Little Buding abruptly shouted.
"Look out left front!"
Jiang Lai’s gaze sharpened as he sidestepped, narrowly avoiding Chu Xiuhuan’s face flashing by, his scarlet eyes shining with a ferocious glint, indicating a complete fall into madness.
A black palm appeared behind Jiang Lai, and she turned deliberately, receiving the blow, causing a turmoil of blood in her chest. Jiang Lai spat a mouthful of blood, calmly wiped the corner of her mouth clean with her hand, then raised her sword to slash fiercely at the black mist! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Instantly, the black mist seemed to materialize into Chu Xiuhuan’s form, collapsing, and spitting a mouthful of blood.
On his chest was a distinct bloodstain, Jiang Lai’s sword had deeply scored his heart vein, leaving Chu Xiuhuan staring at her incredulously. The woman from the Immortal Realm could indeed injure him.
In a moment of shock, Jiang Lai showed no hesitation, lifting her sword to strike again. In response, Chu Xiuhuan swung his sleeve, and thousands of black bats swarmed towards Jiang Lai, while he vanished.
Jiang Lai, gazing into a corner, silently withdrew her sword, allowing Chu Xiuhuan to flee, conveniently abducting Meng Tao, who was hiding nearby, afraid to show her face.
"Ah!! Senior sister, senior sister, save me!!"
Meng Tao’s screams quickly faded into the darkness.
Jiang Lai remained unmoved, watching as the two left.
Little Buding spat.
"Meng Tao was watching all along; when you were engulfed by the black mist, she didn’t react at all. I bet she wished you’d die at Chu Xiuhuan’s hands."
Jiang Lai brushed off the dust from his sleeve, his tone calm and measured.
"Rest assured, Chu Xiuhuan will avenge me."
"Yeah right, did you read the original story? Meng Tao moved Chu Xiuhuan with love, bringing him back to sanity, restoring peace to the world. You think he’ll avenge you? I think he’s more likely to seek revenge on you."
Jiang Lai chuckled, walking back.
"Before he was uninjured and could stay sane, now that’s out of the question."
"I think you’ve underestimated the vitality of the Demon; Immortal Law does little to him... oh, right, did you return to him the hit you took?
No wonder Chu Xiuhuan fled so quickly, how clever of you!"
Indeed, Immortal Law hardly affects demons substantially; their resilient vitality rivals that of weeds, with swift recovery.
This is why, even with many sent from the Immortal Realm to hunt him, he always manages to escape.
But Jiang Lai’s last action was truly fighting fire with fire.
Little Buding suddenly felt a sense of pride.
"See? The skill I gave you is quite handy, isn’t it? Taking a hit lets you convert others’ power to your own double, where else would you find such a deal!"
Jiang Lai loosened his neck, the taste of blood still in his throat.
"Hmm, thanks to you."
When Yu Fanxin arrived, he saw Jiang Lai casually walking towards him, her clothes stained with blood.
"You’re hurt? Met Chu Xiuhuan?"
"Hmm, Meng Tao was taken."
"Let me take you to heal immediately."
Jiang Lai, seeing the anxiety in his eyes, found it a bit amusing.
"Your master told you to watch over Meng Tao, aren’t you going after them?"
"She runs around on her own, what can I do, tie her up? Don’t worry, master gave her plenty of treasures, they’re more than enough for defense."
Saying this, he took out a porcelain vial from his chest, pouring a golden pill from it.
"Take this first."
Jiang Lai lowered his eyes, his gaze brightening.
What a kid, casually pulling out a top-quality Golden Core; all the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Pills come from Laojun’s room, and this Golden Core appears once in a thousand years, now brought out by Yu Fanxin to her.
For anything that could boost cultivation, Jiang Lai would never refuse.
Seeing her take the Golden Core eased Yu Fanxin’s mind, and upon returning, he told his junior brothers about Meng Tao’s abduction.
"If Chu Xiuhuan keeps Meng Tao with him, she’s easy to find, as she carries the Magic Artifact her master gave her, we can track that."
The other disciples listened to Yu Fanxin’s calm explanation, feeling somewhat nervous and asked.
"Meng Tao’s been taken, our master will definitely be furious, should we inform him beforehand?"
Blame Jiang Lai for her disappearance, to avoid getting in trouble with him.
"Master is in seclusion, he knows the outside world well enough, there’s no need for us to explain further. The urgent task is to track the Magic Artifact and capture the Demon Chu Xiuhuan."
Indeed, as Yu Fanxin thought, not long after Meng Tao’s abduction, Rong Yin, who was in secluded cultivation, sensed something amiss.
At the critical juncture of his cultivation, forcibly exiting would harm his cultivation. Rong Yin frowned slightly and decided to communicate with Yu Fanxin through long-distance transmission.
