novelden Chapter 180 The methods were not smooth
Chapter 180 The methods were not smooth
The girl's voice was soft and pleasant, but to the woman it sounded like a death knell.
Xue Lan waved her sleeve, bringing the terrified mother and daughter back to Lu Feng.
The girl stood in front of the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, the experience that follows may not be very pleasant. Please bear with me."
Xue Lan released Yan Chengxue's array plate from her hand. The array flags on it had been destroyed in the previous battle, and were all tattered. They formed strange magic circles that enveloped everyone in the center.
The magical light outside the magic array was somewhat unstable, and Xue Lan knew that these damaged array flags wouldn't last much longer.
She stood in front of the crowd, clasped her hands together, and whispered a difficult-to-understand incantation.
Lu Feng watched as Xue Lan slowly opened her clasped hands, revealing an exquisite hand seal.
Like a mirror that constantly expands and changes, it shimmers with light and color, and he felt dizzy after just one glance.
Xue Lan pressed the magic seal onto the array beneath her feet. Lu Feng saw the seal merge with the array below and vanish in an instant, as if it had never existed.
Xue Lan heard the voice of the inner demon in her sea of consciousness: "What a waste! If the Sun-Tracing Mirror knew that its master was using it for such a thing, it would probably shatter on the spot."
Xue Lan clapped her hands and replied, "I don't want to deliver myself directly into Jin Guang's hands!"
She came from the clash with Ember; what if she blindly went back and ran straight into the blade of the Immortal Sword?
Xue Lan felt the great formation beneath her feet and smiled with satisfaction. The girl turned to the assembled cultivators and shouted, "Everyone, Xue Lan's methods are not without their flaws. I hope you will all help each other."
Before the rogue cultivators could even comprehend what "not going smoothly" meant, they saw a wisp of white magical light appear in the hand of the gray-clad girl at the front.
Without the slightest hesitation, the girl pressed the magical light directly onto the array on the ground.
The formation suddenly shone brightly, as if it wanted to blind everyone present.
Before everyone could recover from the blinding light, the ground beneath their feet suddenly gave way to emptiness.
Lu Feng had just dropped a little when he realized his hand was empty.
In the complete darkness, someone snatched Xue Tong from his hands!
The boy panicked. That was Xue Lan's sister, that devil. Was he going to die?
Just as the boy was about to die of anxiety, a gentle voice came to his ear: "It's alright, it's me!"
So Lu Feng adjusted his posture with peace of mind, while cursing Xue Lan in his heart.
Xue Lan knew all of this, but there was no time to argue with him now.
The group was now in the void, and the location Xue Lan had chosen was a mountain peak three hundred miles away from the Great Shun Dynasty. They were enveloped in darkness by a biting wind. Each of them was pale-faced, clutching tightly to their clothes.
Otherwise, Xue Lan's temporary transportation method was a bit too violent for the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
The instigator is now standing in mid-air, protecting the crow demon mother and daughter behind him, and holding Xue Tong in his arms.
A rare hint of displeasure appeared between the girl's brows.
"Why isn't she awake yet?" Xue Lan asked the main system.
The main system calmly replied: "[Because she previously violated a taboo of the system! She may lose some of her memories upon waking!]"
Xue Lan was displeased the moment she heard this, while Lu Feng felt a sudden, bone-chilling coldness coming from behind him.
The boy was a little scared, but there was nothing he could do.
Xue Lan's voice carried a hint of laughter, yet it exerted unparalleled pressure on the main system.
"I don't really like it!"
Xue Lan sent Xue Tong back into her Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map, intending to take advantage of this precious time to have a good talk with the main system.
"She was originally just a wandering soul. You brought her to me, and I nurtured her with my own soul power for several years!"
The girl raised her hand and gestured to indicate a height next to her body.
"I raised her from a little girl to the young woman she is today. You can imagine how much effort I put into it."
Xue Lan sighed deeply: "I don't want her to forget."
The main system quickly explained: "What she's forgotten are her previous memories..."
Xue Lan interrupted her: "You still don't understand what I mean. From the moment I started nurturing her soul, she was no longer a system without emotions."
She is Xiaotong, Xue Lan's younger sister whom he has always spoiled.
"I really do hate parents who take their children away from me!"
Xue Lan's voice carried a hint of regret, as if she had returned to the day when the adorable little tiger was taken away from her by its parents.
"I'll leave this matter to the main system. Just consider this child as someone I'm raising. After Xue Lan dies, you can do whatever you want with him."
"But for now, it's better to be lively and cute!"
The main system is silent and has gone offline.
Xue Lan knew the main system had gone to discuss matters. The girl descended leisurely, with remarkable elegance and composure.
Fifteen minutes later, a large, bright hole appeared beneath them.
The group fell through the large hole and appeared on the south side of a mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, a group of people looked exceptionally small.
Below the mountain peaks flows a mighty river.
Cargo ships and passenger ships were sailing on the river, some private and some with butlers, making it look quite lively.
The rogue cultivators finally breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to turn around to thank Xue Lan, only to find that the gray-clad girl was long gone, along with the mother and daughter crow demons.
On the outskirts of the capital, Xue Lan walked slowly ahead. She and Xue Tong had stayed in the Galan Secret Realm for about half a day and a night, while only half an hour had passed outside.
However, in just half an hour, the sky had completely darkened, and the pitch-black sky, devoid of stars, made the people below feel somewhat oppressed.
The people below specifically refer to the crow demon mother and daughter who were following behind Xue Lan.
Noticing the tension in the person behind her, the young woman couldn't help but speak first: "May I ask how this lady is addressed?"
The woman quickly replied, "Replying to the Immortal Master, my name is Qing Song, and this is my daughter Qing Zhi."
“Then I will call you Madam Qing for now!” Xue Lan said slowly, “Xue Lan brought you and your daughter to this place today because of… this young friend’s eyes.”
Qingsong's body trembled violently, like a cattail being crushed by the wind.
"Immortal Master, Zhi'er is just a child!"
Xue Lan heard the sorrow in the woman's voice and knew that Qing Song had misunderstood.
"Does Madam think of me as a man-eating demon? There's no need to worry. Even if Xue Lan has taken evil paths, she still has principles!"
"I'm not asking your daughter to do anything dangerous, I just want her to stay here?"
Qing Song looked up in surprise: "The capital of the Great Shun Dynasty?"
Xue Lan nodded: "That's right, the capital of the Great Shun Dynasty!"