Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 359 - 359: Blackened Junior Sister (64)

The snipe and clam were locked in a fight and were arguing, and neither of them wanted to give up first. Just at that moment, an old fisherman arrived and spotted them. He easily picked them up and took them home for dinner.

The story tells people that the third party will have an advantage fall into his lap when the other two parties are engaged in conflict over their own personal interests.

Yue Ran gazed at the view outside the open window, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly. But the smile was gone in a flash.

Even though the shock caused by Long Yuan killing Jin Huo Zhu was not small, it was still far from the disruption Yue Ran wanted. So how could someone with a hidden agenda render Long Yuan, a sharp blade that is easy to operate, useless?

There is nothing better than being able to use Long Yuan to get rid of dissidents without raising any suspicion.

Besides, the relationship between the Grand Martial Temple and the Imperial City was originally a bit stiff, and there were many people who had accumulated grudges against them over the years.

If the emperor is unable to solve the issue of the Demon Sect, considering now that the day of celebration by presenting sacrifices to the immortals is about to begin, one is afraid that his reputation among the populace will change a little.

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As time went by, the people were anxiously discussing which high-ranking officials had tragically died at home the day before while preparing for the upcoming Immortal Sacrifice Ceremony with both joy and trepidation.

Qing Xi has been searching very seriously for the traces of Yue Ran in the Eternal Peak City for the past few days, which has made Cheng Mo and Jiang Wen Xiu more fond of her determined and diligent approach when focused on one thing.

In actuality, Qing Xi did not want to drag this search until the day of the Immortal Sacrifice Ceremony for fear that the female lead would be given more golden opportunities and unexpected benefits to up her chances of launching a counterattack. But she still could not find anything! She was not able to even spot the shadow of the female lead in any winding turns and suspicious nook and cranny of the imperial city!

Yue Ran seems to have vanished from the world these days. The last time the spies in the imperial city discovered her traces was in a certain inn. Qing Xi followed the same route to find Yue Ran in order to deduce where Yue Ran could go next based on the "clues" left behind, but she (Qing Xi) could not find her (Yue Ran) anywhere!

The people of the Grand Martial Temple grew increasingly concerned as time went on without any success, and those in the imperial city were naturally anxious too. The search order had been issued for many days following the decree given by the emperor. Because they were worried that Yue Ran would change her appearance and appear in disguise, all those who had recently arrived in the imperial city had to be reported for search and detained for investigation.

"Are there any people here who have just arrived in the imperial city not long ago?" one soldier from the group asked when he arrived at the front door of the opera troupe that Yue Ran is in, continuing, "We are here to find and catch the evil witch! Anyone who does not report to us will be beheaded!"

"Um, er… this… this…"

The leader furtively took a glance at Yue Ran, who was assiduously preparing for the dance with Hai Bing Tu on the stage. The other party just completed a difficult move and continued to dance like a goddess on the moon. Graceful and captivating, with a tinge of divinity.

If someone had taken Wan Mei (Yue Ran) away now, it would take ten days or half a month just to detain and interrogate her. With so much time wasted on nothing, Wan Mei (Yue Ran) will not be able to catch up with the dance performance during the day of the Immortal Sacrifice Ceremony, and the festivities will have long since ended.

A layer of cold sweat breaks out of the leader's neck as presses his teeth firmly together. In order to avoid appearing suspicious in the eyes of the group of soldiers, the leader of the troupe steeled his nerves, loosened his clenched fists, and relaxed his jaws after making up his mind.

The leader of the troupe feigned a bright smile and replied, "I do not have anyone like that here!"

"Oh?" The soldier raised a brow before his attention turned to people, or more specifically Yue Ran, on the stage. "So, who is that on the stage?"

The leader felt his hands become increasingly sweaty with the growingly heavy invisible pressure weighing on him. His brain turned at high speed as he tried to come up with a valid explanation that he so desperately needed at a time like this, especially so soon after the last ill-fated event—in which Li Niang had fallen ill at the wrong time for some reason.

"Oh, that is Li Niang, the pillar of our troupe," the leader lied through his teeth as naturally as he could. "She is the one who performs every year."

Upon hearing this, the group of officers and soldiers scanned their eyes around the interior once more for another check, nodded, and turned to leave.

Yue Ran had just finished practicing one more round of the dance performance, so she walked over to the leader and asked with a curious smile, "Leader, what did the officers and soldiers come here for?"

"It is nothing, it is nothing," the leader answered, as if trying to appease himself that everything was fine despite lying to a soldier along with his team. "If you are tired of practicing, you can go back..."