Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 297 - 297 296 Earth Escape Trap

297: Chapter 296: Earth Escape Trap 297: Chapter 296: Earth Escape Trap With the freedom to use her spiritual power, Bai Qingqian finally didn’t have to run so desperately.

She did have treasures for transportation, but how dare she take them out in front of this notorious thief?

It wasn’t that she was stingy, but everything she carried was the Bai clan’s millennium accumulation, the foundation for their revival.

If it was possible to gift a treasure to persuade this fierce person to help, she would have accepted; she wasn’t a miser.

But she feared the insatiable greed of a heart that is never content.

Hou Niao had assigned her a task, and since it was about cooperation, it was crucial for both parties to understand each other’s intentions to achieve a good result.

He had just engaged in close combat with a Wu Sect cultivator, and without any weapons, he managed to counter the other’s three moves with his far deeper cultivation and mana.

Barehanded, and using only his Magic Gang to counter three strikes, Hou Niao found this somewhat incredible.

He initially thought that at such close range, it would be a matter of a single blow.

One of the primary reasons was the huge disparity in the length of time they had been in their realms, but the limited progress he had made in a year was also a fact.

This realization made him aware of how difficult it was to be a hero who could defeat alone and head-on a Daoist disciple of the Great Dao Sect who had been cultivating for at least a dozen years, with profound cultivation and skilled in various techniques.

Moreover, he couldn’t drag out the fight for too long to prevent another Daoist from the Wu Sect from noticing.

A stealth attack was the only option, but by doing so, Bai Qingqian came to consider him a typical thief of the Cultivation World…

sneaky, prone to ambushes, greedy, and brutal.

If she could choose, she would never work with such an unreliable person.

Unfortunately, she had no choice.

“There are still two Daoist Sect members outside.

One is roaming the edges of the Poplar Forest in Shan Country, and another is circling on the Anhe side.

There was also one above the Poplar Forest, issuing orders for the Demon Beasts in the forest to search for people…”

Bai Qingqian understood; essentially, her judgment was not wrong, but there were flaws.

She hadn’t expected that the enemy had the means to mobilize those Demon Beasts imbued with spiritual wisdom.

It seemed that it was only a matter of time until she was found.

When the disparity between realms is so vast, any strategy loses its efficacy.

“I don’t know how many of your clansmen have been captured?

At least three.

They have been placed on the Anhe side of the Poplar Forest, possibly a trap with formations set up.

We can’t do anything about that for now.”

Pointing ahead, “A few more li and we’ll reach the edge on the Shan Country side of the Poplar Forest.

Your task is to lure him down without raising his suspicion.

Don’t come out of the forest, just move around the edge of the Poplar Forest.

I’ll hide close to you.

Seeing your skill in escaping, you’re a smart person.

You know what’s the most appropriate action to take, right?”

Bai Qingqian nodded, “I understand.

I’ll do my best.”

Even if she knew it was poison, she would grit her teeth and swallow it.

After all, a thief only seeks wealth and is not involved in other matters; there’s room for negotiation.

She took out two marching puppets and that purple sable to scout the edge of the forest in her stead.

This was a typical reaction of a fugitive, testing for pursuers and distracting the enemy.

She herself kept changing her position within the forest.

Because she was able to use spiritual power, her movement was much faster than before; and as she had just begun, a head popped out from the ground,

“Slow down, slow down…”

Bai Qingqian was taken aback and then realized, “Senior, I will slow down.

Is it okay to maintain my original speed?”

Hou Niao, “If you’re too fast, you can easily become flustered, and it will be difficult for us to achieve good cooperation.”

Bai Qingqian tentatively asked, “Senior, there is something I’m not sure if I should say.”

“Say it.”

“Can you go deeper with your Earth Escape technique?

Your current Earth Escape seems a bit shallow…

I had a premonition earlier and thought it was an Armored Beast.

I’m afraid the opponent might notice such a shallow escape?”

After a moment of silence, an impatient voice said, “I can only escape this deep; any deeper and I won’t be able to get out!”

Bai Qingqian felt a sense of absurdity—this sneak thief was definitely from an Independent Traveler background, with only a superficial knowledge of Earth Escape.

Therefore, she added another mark against him: lacking in skills, blinded by greed.

With such poor skills, he dared to target the cultivators of the three strongest Great Dao Sects in the Southwest region.

She truly wondered what he was thinking—it was sheer audacity.

Having realized the truth about his power, she no longer had full confidence in their next actions, but at this point, did she have any other choice?

She controlled her movement speed to stay within a lower range, giving the guy underground time to keep up with her pace.

Such a feat of bluster was also exhausting.

Under her direction, the two marching puppets had already left the Poplar Forest and entered Shan Country territory, but nothing had happened.

Bai Qingqian couldn’t help but stop in her tracks, pondering what to do next.

Just then, a voice came from beneath her skirt, “Why have you stopped?

What is this stuff smearing all over my face?”

Bai Qingqian’s face flushed with embarrassment—she had stopped suddenly and the sneak thief’s poor Earth Escape technique resulted in him burrowing right through; in a hurry, she lifted her skirt, revealing a head,

“My apologies, Senior.

The marching puppets have left the Poplar Forest, but it seems they weren’t detected?”

Hou Niao replied irritably, “Then call them back and start over!

We’ve come dozens of miles.

Those Daoists from the Wu Sect are surely moving around the edge of the forest; their position is unpredictable, so it’s normal they haven’t been detected.”

Things often turn out like this—when you want to escape, there always seems to be an accident, and you get discovered due to some mishap; but when you don’t want to escape, there are loopholes everywhere.

Bai Qingqian complied, “Okay, I’ll call them back and we’ll go through it again.”

The head sticking out of the ground shook, as if suddenly coming up with an idea, and started staring at her skirt, “This skirt is nice, if I hide inside it, wouldn’t I be much more concealed?”

Bai Qingqian felt a flicker of anger, her impression of the man sinking lower—it wasn’t enough that he was blinded by greed, he was also audacious in lust.

But she couldn’t exactly refuse him outright, for fear of angering the man who might just take her along with her possessions.

“Senior, wouldn’t that be inappropriate?”

Hou Niao didn’t care whether it was convenient for her or not; achieving his goal was what mattered most.

She had a point, his Earth Escape was full of flaws.

Staying perfectly still was fine, but any movement through the soil layer would be detectable.

He couldn’t count on the same luck twice,

“That settles it then.

Oh, there’s a strap here, I’ll just hold onto it.

You run a bit slower…”

Bai Qingqian felt like crying without tears.

She had heard of hiding a Sky-shattering Bomb under a skirt, but never of concealing a living person.

Although the method wasn’t a bad strategy under the circumstances, who does such a thing in the proper society?

Not a hint of a senior’s demeanor, not the slightest consideration for etiquette or decency…

She had to let him have his way, fortunately, for this escape, she was well-prepared, not dressed as light as usual; in fact, she was wearing an undergarment beneath her skirt.

The lure continued, much the same as before, with a sable on guard nearby, two marching puppets scouting ahead…

only now the woman walked somewhat strangely, legs tightly together…