Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 195 - 156: Shengshan Border Army (Two-in-One)

Chapter 195: Chapter 156: Shengshan Border Army (Two-in-One)

Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Xinyao came out.

Xu Yuan glanced up to see her slender figure wrapped in a pale blue dress; the expression on her face had returned to its usual calm.

Just like before, whenever she felt sad, she would only grieve in private, carefully concealing her emotions within her heart so as not to affect others.

Watching her with her usual composed demeanor, Xu Yuan spoke softly,

"It’s all right now?"

Xu Xinyao replied in a low voice,

"Yes, it’s all right."

Xu Yuan slowly stood up, shifted half a step aside, and introduced the two women,

"This is Ran Qingmo, this is my sister, Xu Xinyao."

"...."

With her clear eyes, Ran Qingmo looked towards Xu Xinyao, their gazes met in the air for a moment, and some emotion flickered through Xu Xinyao’s eyes as she said softly to Xu Yuan,

"Big brother, is she your wife?"

This was the conclusion she drew based on her brother’s previous lifestyle.

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes,

"Just call her Ran Qingmo."

Xu Xinyao hesitated slightly, then gave a bow to Ran Qingmo,

"Sister Qingmo."

"She’s younger than you, only seventeen years old." Before Ran Qingmo could speak, Xu Yuan cut in.

With a gentle look in her eyes that resembled water, Xu Xinyao glanced at her big brother and said softly,

"It’s all the same."

Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned, then grinned,

"Suit yourself."

Ran Qingmo watched the two of them back and forth and finally slowly stood up,

"Hello, thank you for saving Shengshan County."

She had just listened to Xu Yuan explain that if it hadn’t been for a chance encounter with Xu Xinyao, Shengshan County would have been beyond help.

On hearing this, Xu Xinyao’s expression momentarily stiffened, and she instinctively averted her eyes, saying softly,

"This happened because of me. If it wasn’t for my formation, it wouldn’t have escalated to this."

Ran Qingmo tilted her head, her voice laced with doubt,

"But wasn’t the Myriad Manifestation Sect the culprit?"

"..." Xu Xinyao blinked her beautiful eyes as she looked at her.

Ran Qingmo’s eyes were pure and unblemished,

"I heard the people in the city say that at the beginning you were....."

"Ran Qingmo."

Xu Yuan interrupted her at this point, "Indeed, it’s her fault for misjudging people, and this matter did indeed originate from her."

Ran Qingmo glanced at Xu Yuan and said softly,

"But...."

Xu Yuan’s tone became more insistent,

"Ran Qingmo."

"...." Ran Qingmo obediently fell silent.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan added casually,

"Let’s go, to Shengshan County, to see for yourself the good deed you’ve done."

With a complex look on her face, Xu Xinyao nodded slightly,

"Yes....."

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As the distance wasn’t far, Xu Yuan didn’t rely on the Saint’s Remnant Soul to carry him this time. However, he thus witnessed his fourth sister’s abilities.

Her boots were engraved with incredibly magical formation patterns, which allowed her to reach the speed of a Great Grandmaster for short periods, while the formation patterns on her clothes protected her from the harm of acceleration. Her reaction speed also seemed to be enhanced by some kind of formation pattern. On the way, she even had the spare energy to converse with him through soul transmission.

No wonder, in Cang Yuan, his fourth sister’s combat strength was so formidable.

The distance of several miles was quickly covered, and they arrived before the Grand Illusory Fog Formation, which stretched like a chasm. Xu Xinyao took a pale blue token from her Sumeru Ring, performed several hand seals, and after a surge in the Grand Illusory Fog Formation, a semicircular passage, about a zhang wide, opened on both sides.

Walking through it, the mist on both sides surged, and the roars of Demonic Beasts could faintly be heard within.

Although by manipulating the Grand Illusory Fog Formation, Xu Xinyao had altered the fate of Shengshan County being slaughtered, a formation was ultimately only a Trapping Formation; it could not effectively kill the Demonic Beasts trapped inside, and those confined in the formation remained a threat.

Walking over the uneven ground, the trio emerged from the narrow misty path.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xu Yuan said blankly,

"It looks like the crisis here will have to wait until the surrounding reinforcements arrive to be resolved."

With that, along with Xu Yuan’s line of sight, the view was filled with nothing but destruction and corpses.

The area around the walls of Shengshan County had been cleared to form an empty space, and on this empty space lay the bodies of numerous Demonic Beasts, interspersed with the few torn remains of humans, on which the uniforms of the Shengshan Border Army could vaguely be seen.

But these were just the lesser casualties.

Looking beyond the chain of Demonic Beast and Border Army corpses, at the edge of their vision, there was a wall of flesh and blood, comprised of fragmentary remains of Demonic Beasts and the Border Army, even the desperate but ultimately drooping arms of soldiers in their last struggle could be seen.

There, was the edge of the Protective City Formation of Shengshan County.

Mountains of flesh accumulated, spreading far and wide, even taller than the walls of Shengshan County!

Xu Yuan did not use the Saint’s Soul Power to fly over but walked forward step by step.

All three of them remained silent as they climbed up the wall built of flesh, which allowed them to witness the scene inside Shengshan County.

A large section of the city wall had collapsed; even those portions that hadn’t were full of holes. The Formation Patterns on some parts of the wall were still functioning, but they now emitted a faint glow and seemed on the verge of collapse.

Further inside was hell on earth.

Within the collapsed city walls, the number of human corpses surged dramatically, with severed limbs and remains visible everywhere, countless bodies torn in half by the ferocious maws of Demonic Beasts. These scenes extended along the damaged streets, spreading towards the city, where the once thriving Shengshan border city was now bathed in blood.

At dawn’s first light, on a street silent but for death, some remnants of the Shengshan Border Army, along with a few Xia Groups and the warriors of merchant caravans, were scattered about, searching the streets for any improbable survivors.