Shocked! The Young Master's Petite Darling Is a Master of Mysteries-Chapter 186: Open Strategy

As time slowly passed, outside the abandoned building, the bright moonlight shone through the empty spaces where windows should have been, casting everything in an icy white glow, like frost or snow.

In that sheet of white moonlight, Xia Mian suddenly glimpsed a black shadow that flickered and vanished.

Before the shadow could completely disappear, Xia Mian had already raised a hand and cast a talisman.

As the talisman stuck to the shadow, a graceful figure gradually emerged on the ground.

The person wore a black dress, looking exactly like Ding Lan, the only difference being that Ding Lan gave off a feeling of gentleness and intelligence, while this woman exuded defiance and arrogance, an air of wicked boldness.

"My dear sister, you actually helped outsiders to harm me?" The woman in the black dress swept a strand of hair behind her ear with a charming smile, her voice carrying a flirtatious tease.

Ding Lan stared at the woman in the black dress, disbelief in her eyes, regaining her voice after a long while, "Ah Cheng, are you still alive?"

"What are you saying? You’re still alive and well, so why can’t I be?" Ding Cheng chuckled, laughing with exaggerated flirtation.

Ding Lan frowned; this was her twin sister, who although was taken away at birth, leading their parents to mistakenly believe she had been killed, was indeed her sister, Ding Cheng, with the same face as hers.

"Ah Cheng, can you tell me what has happened to you all these years?" Ding Lan, instead of getting angry at Ding Cheng’s demeanor, patiently asked.

Among the Wood Clan, a prophecy circulated that twins are inauspicious; the one born later would bring disaster to the entire clan!

Because of this rumor, the day the sisters were born, they were met with the Wood Clan members’ questioning amid chaos, the younger sister was taken away.

Since childhood, their mother had told Ding Lan that she originally had a sister, but her sister disappeared the day she was born.

The disappearance of her sister led their mother to die of depression, and their father followed her in grief.

Ding Lan, becoming an orphan, managed to survive in the Wood Clan only with the help of Shen Xiang.

So later, when calamity befell the Wood Clan, Ding Lan risked her own life, also bringing Shen Xiang into this world.

Unfortunately, fate played cruel tricks, she saved Shen Xiang once, but could not save him a second time, and Shen Xiang eventually died because of a scoundrel’s betrayal.

"What happened? My dear sister, didn’t you see it all?" Ding Cheng laughed lightly, "My whole body is now emanating the aura of Hell, can’t you feel it?"

Ding Lan remained silent, just looking at Ding Cheng with a complicated expression.

The joy of discovering she still had a sister gradually faded away.

"Where is my mom?" Xia Mian spoke coldly, her pair of jet-black eyes fixed on Ding Cheng, filled with a dangerous aura.

Since all signs pointed to this woman taking Song Juan, there was no need to waste words!

"You mean the woman caught the Divine Clan’s eldest lady’s attention? I’ve already sent her off to the Divine Clan." Ding Cheng smiled, the smile was bright and showy, "The eldest lady of the Divine Clan doesn’t tolerate grain of sand in her eyes, knowing a human like that was thinking about her father, she’ll definitely deal with them harshly!"

Ding Cheng spoke nonchalantly, as if Song Juan was not a living person in her mouth.

Xia Mian’s aura grew colder; originally, she wanted to visit the Divine Clan to give Lu Zechuan a piece of her mind, but now, with Song Juan missing and implicated with that Divine Clan eldest lady, everything was reminding her that she must visit the Divine Clan!

"Divine Clan?" Xia Mian snorted softly, "Are you the Divine Clan’s lapdog?" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Ding Cheng’s smile froze instantly, a hint of anger appearing on her face, "What do you know! There are countless people in the Mystical World wanting to connect with the Divine Clan."

"Ah Cheng!" Ding Lan shouted lowly, "We were separated since childhood, I shouldn’t have the right to lecture you..."

"Then don’t!" Ding Cheng interrupted impatiently before Ding Lan could continue, "Because of you, I suffered so much, what right do you have to lecture me?"

Being from the same Ding family, Ding Lan received the care of the Wood Clan Leader and the eldest lady, while she was left to wander outside on her own, left to fend for herself?!

Why? Just because she was born a few minutes later than Ding Lan?

"Ah Cheng, we are of the Wood Clan!" Ding Lan’s eyes flashed with disappointment, "The Wood Clan and the Divine Clan are irreconcilable!"

If not for the Divine Clan instigating the war back then, how could the once-prosperous Wood Clan have perished?

"The Wood Clan is already gone, among the Hundred Families, the Divine Clan is now supreme, what do you have to be irreconcilable with them?" Ding Cheng curled her lips mockingly, "The wise adapt to circumstances, learning to cling to a powerful patron to avoid becoming cannon fodder in the Mystical World!"

Ding Lan’s expression showed a trace of weariness.

Ding Cheng was taken away as a child, inculcated with a different mentality, lacking loyalty to the Wood Clan.

"Ah Cheng, the Wood Clan is your maternal clan; how can you..." Ding Lan’s eyes were full of disappointment.

But Ding Cheng just sneered coldly, "My maternal clan abandoned me, thus they are my enemy, don’t speak those useless words to me!"

Ding Cheng surviving was already a blessing in disguise, since she lived, how could she easily forgive the culprits who caused her suffering?

"Since the Divine Clan’s eldest lady is so intolerant, seeing us living so well, shouldn’t she feel horribly?" Xia Mian raised an eyebrow slightly, "Since you want to cozy up to power, I’ll give you an opportunity."

Xia Mian paused, "Being thorns in the side of that eldest lady, you can hand us over to her, surely she will reward you handsomely."

Xia Mian said this with a slight smile, her smile seemed to carry a bewitching charm.

Ding Cheng’s eyes fell on Xia Mian, squinting thoughtfully.

The Divine Clan’s eldest lady had been very irritable lately, knowing her father had another woman and daughter outside, she flared up daily.

For those trying to make a living with the Divine Clan’s eldest lady, life indeed was uneasy.

"You want me to take you to the Divine Clan?" Ding Cheng raised an eyebrow slightly.

Xia Mian smiled faintly, "You bring me there, you’ll be a hero in the Divine Clan’s eldest lady’s eyes, won’t you?"

Ding Cheng squinted her eyes again, scrutinizing Xia Mian.

"Are you afraid I might destroy the entire Divine Clan?" Xia Mian tilted her head, watching Ding Cheng with a smirk.

Ding Cheng was amused by Xia Mian’s words, "Destroy the Divine Clan? Who do you think you are?"

Xia Mian shrugged indifferently, "If you think I can’t destroy the Divine Clan, why are you afraid to take the opportunity I’m offering?"

Ding Cheng’s eyes slightly flickered, looking at Xia Mian thoughtfully, "You’re trying to provoke me?"

Xia Mian smiled slightly, neither admitting nor denying it.

With Song Juan missing, she needed to go to the Divine Clan immediately, she didn’t know where the Divine Clan was, but Ding Cheng in front of her could.

Given that, she needed to find an opening here with Ding Cheng.