The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 177 - 176: I don’t recognize kindness

Chapter 177: Chapter 176: I don’t recognize kindness

Xie Jiuniang did not store the Time Leaf in her Sea of Consciousness.

She held the leaf in the palm of her hand and stepped onto the top of the hexagonal pavilion of the small palace.

Looking around, it was pitch-dark.

The Sword Spirit Jian Lingyan felt numb because the Demonic Beasts had already surrounded them and were slowly closing in.

Xie Jiuniang took out a Spirit Fruit and gnawed on it bit by bit while studying the Time Leaf, "Little Leafy, hurry up and absorb, faster, and then faster."

The Time Leaf seemed to disdain her, totally ignoring her words.

It remained unmoved, maintaining its original pace.

"Bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang..."

"Not good, a Demonic Beast is ramming the Formation."

"This is bad, the outside is swarming with Demonic Beasts, how could they find us when our Formation was clearly hidden?"

All three Formations were under attack from the Demonic Beasts, but on closer inspection, it didn’t quite look like an attack, more like accidental collisions with the Array Barrier.

Instead, the small palace in the center remained unscathed.

Originally nervous for their master, Sword Spirit Jian Lingyan now came to its senses and could only think to itself that a dog owner was truly like their dog. Was this an attempt to use the Demonic Beasts for revenge?

"Master, master, are you planning to stir up trouble?" Broken Sword circled around her, more excited than its own owner.

The three Formations remained unbroken, flickering with light.

High-level Array Plates required Superior Spirit Stones to activate, and when attacked, the consumption of Spiritual Energy would hasten.

With the Demonic Beasts repeatedly ramming the Array Barrier, although the Formation wouldn’t break immediately, the Spirit Stones were continuously being depleted.

This Array Plate belonged to Lin Wangchen, and hence the person guarding it was him. He had to keep adding Superior Spirit Stones from time to time.

Ren Bingyan gravely took out some Superior Spirit Stones and handed them to Lin Wangchen. Other disciples also took out Spirit Stones, though not many.

Aside from Ren Bingyan, who had a bit more on her, everyone else only had a few, including Xie Ying. To last a little bit longer, they began to stand on the edges, attacking the Demonic Beasts outside.

Xie Ying’s face turned pale with tension, "Big brother, are we surrounded by Demonic Beasts? Can we escape this time?"

Xie Haoran knew the situation was far from optimistic, "Wait a moment, I’ll send you to Xiaojiu’s place."

"No, I want to be with big brother."

"Now is not the time to be willful."

"We can go together."

"Someone has to cover our retreat, and someone has to block them, to buy time. Otherwise, the small palace might not even last until dawn."

No matter how unwilling Xie Ying was, Xie Haoran still mentioned it to Lin Wangchen, wanting to send Xie Ying to Xie Jiuniang’s place first. Because the defenses of the small palace were more solid than those of this Formation.

Lin Wangchen’s handsome face showed a hint of helplessness, but he agreed, "Later, we’ll contact Su Songting and Gongsun Xue and see if we can work together. The Demonic Beasts outside... don’t seem like a beast tide... They seem to have a purpose, as if they’re specifically targeting us?"

Ren Bingyan also said, "It doesn’t quite seem like it. If it were truly a beast tide, they wouldn’t stop here and not move on. What in our midst is attracting them here?"

After checking over and over again, there was nothing abnormal within their Formation.

Gongsun Xue was considered the unluckiest of them all.

The reason being that the disciples around her were ordinary ones, not her personal disciples, and they were the type who were not very wealthy.

Although the Formation was continuously being bombarded, the Spirit Stones were depleting very quickly, and despite her Array Plate not being of a very high grade, she couldn’t withstand constantly adding Spirit Stones. In recent years, her family had encountered problems, and the resources falling onto her were not as plentiful as before.

Gongsun Xue said, "Someone come check the Array Plate, I’m going to contact Tianxu Sect and Sword Sect to see what they plan to do to get out of this predicament."

"Sister, I’ll do it."

A female disciple came over to take over the Array Plate.

The expressions on Su Songting and Nangong Qi were not good either.

They had encountered a life and death crisis even before they got in touch with the Child of Destiny?

Was this really the Child of Destiny?

More like a broom star!

The one labeled the broom star, Xie Jiuniang, noticed that the dark sky was gradually beginning to brighten.

"Little Jianjian, it’s not even two hours until nightfall, is it?" Xie Jiuniang looked up at the sky. Wasn’t it said that darkness lasted for two hours each time?

The Jian Lingyan flew out for a loop and then came back, "That power has thinned out, so it’s not surprising that daylight came early."

The Time Leaf that caused all this was as stable as Mount Tai.

Xie Jiuniang grabbed the Time Leaf and tucked it into her bosom.

The sky gradually brightened, and it would be troublesome if others saw it.

Also, she could hear the footsteps on the stairs scraping louder; it was very likely that Xuanyuan You had noticed something strange and was coming up to check.

Upon seeing her, Xuanyuan You was very surprised, "Little Profiteer? Eh, why are you here? Weren’t you in the cultivation room?"

"I noticed something odd outside, so I came up to take a look. Look around you..."

Xie Jiuniang pretended to be unaware and pointed around.

The sky was not yet fully bright, and the surrounding scenery was just a collection of shadows.

But using Divine Sense to investigate encountered no obstacles.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Xuanyuan You discovered a dense crowd of Demonic Beasts around him and immediately felt weak at the knees, crying out as he pounced onto Xie Jiuniang, shivering and clinging to her back, "Wuwu, so scary! Ancestor, save me—"

Xie Jiuniang, "..."

She felt like tossing him into the crowd of Demonic Beasts, what to do?

"Giggle giggle giggle..."

Jian Lingyan had already slipped into the Contract Space, and its childish laughter was utterly soul-destroying, "Here comes Xuanyuan the crybaby again, giggle giggle giggle."

"Don’t laugh like a mother hen, it’s unpleasant to hear."

"Giggle—"

Jian Lingyan’s laughter came to an abrupt halt, and it said indignantly, "You dog of a master!"

Xie Jiuniang pried open his arm, "Get lost, will you."

"Little Profiteer, you have to protect me... I don’t want to die, don’t want to die."

Xuanyuan You cried and hugged her again, only to be kicked away by her once more.

Suddenly he had a brainwave and blurted out that he could pay for her protection, at last avoiding the fate of being kicked.

In truth, he thought too much; Xie Jiuniang wasn’t paying attention to him because there were people coming from outside.

Xie Jiuniang saw Xie Ying.

Additionally, there were three injured Tianxu Sect disciples.

On top of that, there were a few injured disciples from Minghua Sect and Sword Sect.

Xie Jiuniang thought for a moment, then opened the Formation and the doors to the small palace, letting them in. The main reason was that among these people, those from certain families were not present.

Apart from Xie Ying, who was annoying, the rest were unfamiliar faces.

In her past life, they might have all died in this Secret Realm.

"Find a place to rest wherever you like," Xie Jiuniang’s voice came down.

The other disciples politely thanked her, all except for Xie Ying.

Xie Ying did a round on the first floor, but didn’t see Xie Jiuniang.

She looked towards the stairs and asked, "Is Ninth Sister on the second floor, may I go up?"

"Elder sister, stay put on the first floor and be a proper guest. If you dare to harbor bad intentions, I’ll throw you outside to feed the Demonic Beasts," Xie Jiuniang replied without any politeness.

Xie Ying’s face darkened, "I just wanted to check on you."

"Yes, yes, yes, it’s me who doesn’t recognize kindness. Our relationship is well known to be poor throughout the sect..."

"You—"

Xie Ying wanted to explode with anger but then remembered that there were outsiders present.

Any fury she had could only be swallowed back!

So frustrating!