The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 263 - 163 Where Are the Old Friends
"You sure are quite capable, disappearing without a trace for several days, and only letting me find you tonight. Tell me, how do you intend to compensate me for the time I’ve wasted?" His peach-blossom eyes were darting around, and those unaware of his true nature might even think he was flirting. Only Ning Xiaoxian knew that his character was despicable to the extreme, and he was merely toying with her like a cat with a mouse; she was that mouse, "Miss Ning?"
It had been a long time since anyone had managed to deceive him like this.
She finally let out a breath, dropping her disguise: "Are you looking for me to ask about the whereabouts of Wen Liangyu?" Since he had recognized her, might as well come clean.
"That was the original plan." He glanced indifferently at the Scorpion Demon, which was still twitching, "But after witnessing this duel, what I’m more interested in is—"
He pointed to the Tusk in Ning Xiaoxian’s hands and said earnestly: "How did you come by these Daggers?"
Upon uttering these words, all his laziness had vanished, and for the first time, he stood up straight, his expression focused.
This is bad, he saw the Tusk! She retracted her hands, only then belatedly realizing that these Magic Artifacts were made from Changtian’s True Body’s tusks, and under normal circumstances, they should never be wielded by a mortal. However, why did Miluo attach so much importance to the Tusk?
She forced herself to remain calm: "You first tell me, what’s going on with her?" She pointed at Da Zi, the giant scorpion.
"She betrayed me. So I brought her here and told her that if she could defeat you then there would be a chance for her to live, then I shattered her inner core." Miluo’s face showed dissatisfaction, "Who would have known her combat ability would be so poor, to be defeated by a mere mortal girl like you. Fortunately, she is about to die, or else she would have brought utter shame to my face."
Ning Xiaoxian suddenly felt a chill in her heart. Da Zi’s investigation of Miluo’s information behind the scenes had finally been exposed, so he broke her Divine Skills and used her as a pawn to test Ning Xiaoxian. If a demon’s inner core is shattered, it would lose its spiritual intelligence and its abilities would be greatly weakened, reverting to a pure wild beast. Perhaps after becoming a Scorpion Demon again, Da Zi’s mind only remembered that Ning Xiaoxian was the one who caused her downfall, which is why she fought so desperately?
Da Zi’s human form was such a beautiful woman; she must have also pleaded tearfully, but Miluo remained unmoved. The heart of this fox demon is truly cold and hard. And now that she had also deceived him, what good could come from it? 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
The life force of the giant scorpion was strong, still hissing till now, and Ning Xiaoxian couldn’t help but say, "Since she has lost, please give her an end." Ah, a sense of sorrow for the fox’s predicament surged up.
Miluo smiled: "You are kind-hearted." With a flick of his finger, a Red Light shot out from his sleeve, piercing through the head of the giant scorpion and returning to his sleeve automatically. It was so fast even Ning Xiaoxian’s eyesight couldn’t catch it.
The giant scorpion finally stopped moving. Seeing him kill the demon as if he were brushing away grass made her feel even less inclined to resist, and her eyes immediately revealed despair and resignation.
Miluo took in her expression fully, a sense of satisfaction in his heart. He sent the giant scorpion to attack Ning Xiaoxian partly to test the mettle of this mysterious mortal woman, and partly to dampen her spirits. She had exerted so much effort to subdue the giant scorpion, while Miluo easily killed it with a gesture; the drastic contrast in reality was huge.
From the information at hand, Miss Ning was also a clever and agile person; if he didn’t crush her will to resist, who knows what roundabout schemes she might come up with next. In the past few days, she had disguised herself so well around him that he failed to realize that she was the person Fengtian Prefecture was desperately searching for. Over the years, she was the first person to make him suffer such a loss.
To destroy a person’s will to resist, torture is not the best method.
He repressed his smile and spoke seriously: "Alright, enough idle chat. Tell me, where did you get these Daggers from?"
Her heart leaped, how should she respond? She was in a dilemma; she could not reveal the existence of Changtian, for that would be disclosing her biggest secret—the God Demon Prison!
She tried to make her words sound more believable: "I picked them up from a small cave behind Chixiao Mountain!" With his information network being so formidable, he should be able to quickly verify her initial appearance near the Chi Xiao Sect, right? Experience told her, to make a lie sound more convincing, the best way was to mix in some truth, preferably half-truths.
"Oh?" He became eager, "If such treasures are so easily found, why don’t you also show me where to find one?"
