Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 360: The Ancestor Captures Someone

Chapter 360: Chapter 360: The Ancestor Captures Someone

Xia Xin looked around at the vehicles coming and going, a shiver snapped him back to his senses from the cold wind, "Ancestor, shall we get in the car first?"

"No rush."

The long sword in Jiangli’s hand had already vanished.

Without waiting for Xia Xin to ask, she kneaded the paper figurine in her hand, her fingertips moving swiftly a few times.

Xia Xin saw the traces of vermilion on the paper figurine in her hand gradually change.

Xia Xin had not made out what was happening.

When he saw Jiangli toss the paper figurine to the ground.

The paper figurine, which had seemed like a mere piece of paper, suddenly stood up as if it had come to life, wobbling a few times on the spot as if discerning direction.

The next second, with arms akimbo, it began to walk forward.

Jiangli spoke in a calm tone, "You stay behind, Xia Xin and Fu’er follow."

As soon as she finished speaking, she followed the paper figurine forward.

Xia Xin was stunned for a second before realizing that Jiangli’s instruction to stay behind was meant for Lin Yurong, and he became invigorated, immediately trotting after Jiangli.

In a place invisible to others, Fu’er was standing with Lin Yurong.

"The Ancestor probably fears some unforeseen event and wants you to stay to protect Yao Xuanhang; we’ll go ahead," Fu’er explained.

Lin Yurong immediately became nervous; she didn’t feel capable of protecting Yao Xuanhang.

But before she could speak, Fu’er had also vanished from the spot.

Lin Yurong turned to look at Yao Xuanhang in the car, more nervous than Yao Xuanhang who knew nothing.

On Yao Xuanhang’s side, seeing Jiangli and Xia Xin suddenly run off, he also felt some fear.

Not knowing what had happened, but he didn’t dare to leave the car.

Yet the car horns around blared incessantly.

There wasn’t time for Yao Xuanhang to think too much.

Yao Xuanhang hesitated for a moment, then started the car and drove it off the cross-river bridge.

Seeing this, Lin Yurong followed suit.

When the car was parked safely under the bridge, Yao Xuanhang looked left and right, feeling that everything appeared normal, and cautiously got out of the car, looking in the direction Jiangli and Xia Xin had gone.

But by that time, he could no longer see Jiangli and Xia Xin.

The two had followed the paper figurine across the bridge towards the downslope on the other side.

Upon entering the downslope, not far off, there was a small, hill-like forest.

As soon as it arrived, the paper figurine expertly entered the forest.

Xia Xin, following beside Jiangli, saw where the paper figurine was going and exclaimed in a low voice, "Ancestor, it’s gone into the forest! Is the person out to harm Young Master Yao in there too?"

Jiangli did not speak, merely stepping forward and walking in.

Xia Xin held his breath, following behind Jiangli just as Fu’er had.

Meanwhile.

In a secluded part of the forest.

Someone was standing behind a large tree.

It was an ancient tree so wide that two grown men could scarcely embrace it together.

He was dressed in a gray Taoist robe, sitting behind the tree, with a pile of pebbles placed in front of him, scattered about, occasionally manipulating the pebbles as if commanding something.

But soon, he discovered, to his alarm, that the pebbles in front of him suddenly burst apart, turning into heaps of powder.

The man’s expression turned ugly in an instant.

"How can this be..."

This place was like a control mechanism, through which he could see the paper figurine’s movements.

By using the paper figurine to perform a Blinding Technique and deceive Yao Xuanhang, causing ’an accident’ to happen to him, his task would have been accomplished.

But now there seemed to be a problem...

The pebbles shattering signified the paper figurine’s demise.

The man couldn’t figure out why, but the death of the paper figurine was a bad omen for him.

The man’s face darkened as he stood up with a look of panic in his eyes, turning to run.

However, the moment he turned around, a paper figurine suddenly pounced on him, covering his face.