The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 115 - 114: Is it that melodramatic?

Chapter 115: Chapter 114: Is it that melodramatic?

The slums of Yaoguang City.

They were not only inhabited by low-level cultivators but also by a small number of ordinary mortals.

The most direct impression here was poverty; over ninety percent of the houses lacked formation protection, and many people shared courtyards and the like. The beast skin from her past life wasn’t obtained from someone’s person, it was found in an abandoned house.

Xie Jiuniang meandered through the slums.

She couldn’t find the house from her previous life for a moment.

The environment was somewhat different from her past life.

After some comparison she finally realized that the desolate house from her previous life was now well-maintained and inhabited.

Xie Jiuniang was at a loss for words.

Upon learning of her master’s plight, Jian Lingyan gleefully rolled around in the contract space, "Master, do you want to sneak in to have a look? The two people inside only have a cultivation base of Qi Cultivation level two."

"No need."

Xie Jiuniang rejected His proposition.

The low cultivation base of others wasn’t an excuse to climb over their walls.

But having come here, one couldn’t just return empty-handed, right?

"Little Jianjian, is there a beast skin similar to this one in the house?" Xie Jiuniang took out the half piece of beast skin she had obtained from Gongsun Xue.

Jian Lingyan checked carefully, searched meticulously, and then regretfully informed her, "No beast skin, but... there’s someone locked up in the cellar of that house."

"I didn’t notice just now?" Xie Jiuniang was surprised.

"The cellar has a formation that blocks divine sense scanning."

"I’m curious how you found out?"

"The world seen through the spirit eye isn’t the same as for humans." Jian Lingyan couldn’t explain exactly how it was different, after all, He was not human.

Following the location pointed out by the sword spirit, Xie Jiuniang scanned with her divine sense, and indeed, she found something amiss.

She hesitated internally, wondering whether she should save the person or not?

Who exactly was the person locked up, what was their identity, she had no clue. Before taking action to save someone, she at least needed to understand the reason.

With half of her mind not wanting to meddle in other people’s business, a childlike voice suddenly piped up, "Aiyoyo, that person is so pitiful and strange. He’s clearly not old, so why is his lifespan nearing its end?"

"In the cultivation world, aren’t there thousand-year-old monsters with the faces of teenagers everywhere?"

"Master is so silly, do I rely on looking at faces?"

The words of Jian Lingyan made Xie Jiuniang’s expression freeze.

Xie Jiuniang asked, "Describe it in detail, and don’t be vague."

"Oh oh, his bone age is just over twenty, and he has already reached Foundation Establishment. In theory, he should have at least two hundred years of lifespan. Yet, he looks as though he’s about to die, at most hanging on for another two or three years."

"He must have suffered a fatal injury."

"Nope, if that were the case, it wouldn’t be strange." Jian Lingyan couldn’t quite identify the reason either for the moment.

Xie Jiuniang was intrigued by the sword spirit’s words.

Before she could make her next move, she suddenly saw a female cultivator wearing a veil hurrying past as if she were searching for something.

At Xie Jiuniang’s current location, there was no one around, it could be considered a blind spot. Moreover, she had used an invisibility talisman and a hiding talisman, so the veiled female cultivator didn’t notice her as she passed by.

Xie Jiuniang was astonished, "Bai Mudan?"

"It’s her," Jian Lingyan confirmed. "Could she be looking for the person in the cellar?"

Xie Jiuniang countered, "Could it really be that melodramatic?"

"Why not, shall we make a bet?" The sword spirit had a sudden inspiration, looking to trick her master out of some spirit stones. The milk-like voice became two notches louder, "How about a bet of one hundred spirit stones? I bet Bai Mudan is looking for the person in the cellar."

"If you lose, do you have spirit stones to give me?"

"I won’t lose anyway!"

"In any case, you have no Spirit Stones, not even one, what will you bet with me?"

"Aaah... I already said, dog owner, I won’t lose."

"Heh, why should I bet with you if you’re guaranteed to win?"

"This..." Jian Lingyan couldn’t cope and spoke dejectedly, "The person in the cellar has a blood relationship with Bai Mudan. Their soul’s origin has a very similar aura."

Xie Jiuniang’s smile disappeared instantly, "Why didn’t you say so earlier?"

"What difference would it have made if I had said it earlier? I didn’t stand to gain anything." Jian Lingyan lamented the distance of his Spirit Stones, "I haven’t tasted the flavor of a Spirit Stone in so long, sigh."

"Alright, here’s a hundred." Xie Jiuniang pulled out a hundred Spirit Stones.

As soon as the hundred Spirit Stones were revealed, they were swept away by a sword light and disappeared without a trace.

Then Xie Jiuniang heard something gnawing on rocks within the Contract Space.

Up to this moment, she still couldn’t understand how a Broken Sword could produce a crunching sound?

She then thought about the issue of rescuing the person.

Xie Jiuniang felt momentarily conflicted.

Would that half of the Beast Skin still be hers if she rashly interfered in this affair?

But she quickly came to a decision, taking out Bai Mudan’s Sound Transmission Talisman, "Sister Bai, was that you passing by just now? I am in the slums of Yaoguang City..."

The Sound Transmission Talisman flew away.

Afterward, Xie Jiuniang revealed herself and stepped out of the hiding spot.

It wasn’t long before she saw Bai Mudan returning. Xie Jiuniang waved at her.

Bai Mudan saw a young man waving at her and initially intended to ignore him. However, when he suddenly called out to her and she approached closer, she realized it was Xie Jiuniang.

"Sister Xie, what brings you here?" Bai Mudan asked.

"I came out for training." Xie Jiuniang didn’t beat around the bush, pointing at the nearby house, "Sister Bai, are you looking for someone? I just saw that the cellar of this house is holding someone who looks somewhat like you."

The concocted excuse was insincere, but the key information was all that mattered.

Bai Mudan became excited upon hearing this and grabbed Xie Jiuniang’s arm: "Really?"

Xie Jiuniang nodded and pointed again towards the cellar.

Bai Mudan swept her Divine Sense over the area and seeing only two low-level Qi Cultivators inside, she immediately stormed in.

Just as the two men were about to question the intruder, Bai Mudan threw an Immortal-binding Rope, tying them up tightly so they couldn’t even send out a Sound Transmission Talisman.

Bai Mudan approached the entrance to the cellar.

To enter, she’d have to break the Formation, so she took out a Magic Artifact and attacked the Formation.

Xie Jiuniang, speechless, reminded her, "Sister Bai, these two only have a low cultivation base, they should have an entry Jade Token on them."

"Sister Xie’s reminder is apt." Bai Mudan had been too nervous to think of it.

After searching the two men, they indeed found an entry Jade Token.

Bai Mudan successfully entered the cellar.

Xie Jiuniang soon saw Bai Mudan emerge, carrying a man on her back.

The man was extremely weak, his body so gaunt it was disfigured, with a thin and sunken face and eye sockets. It was quite tragic. Only Jian Lingyan could have recognized them as siblings with such a ghastly appearance. It would have been difficult for a normal person to see the resemblance.

Bai Mudan raised her hand to kill the two men, then destroyed the bodies without leaving a trace, not even bothering to interrogate them. She hoisted the person on her back and started to leave, "Sister Xie, we need to leave quickly! People from Tianji Building will be here soon."

"Tianji Building?" Xie Jiuniang’s eyes grew cold.

Bai Mudan urged hurriedly, "I’ll explain later, we need to leave the city immediately now."

"Alright." Xie Jiuniang quickly followed.