The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 233 - 148 Escape by Luck

Chapter 233: Chapter 148 Escape by Luck

"I am but a mortal, what could Lord Miluo possibly have to say to me?" Ning Xiaoxian slowly shook her head, "He sat under the locust tree for a long time, seemingly in a bad mood, silent. I roasted some fish to offer him, but he paid no attention. Eventually, Lord Miluo dozed off under that tree until you, Sister Da, and the others arrived."

"Hmm." Da Zi seemed to be pondering, "Had you not met Lord Miluo before? Why would he save you?"

She clenched her fists, raising her index and middle fingers to the sky as if swearing: "Sister Da Zi, I truly don’t know, if you figure out the reason, please do tell me. I know my own matters well, Lord Miluo and I are worlds apart, he is unfathomable, how dare I speculate?" Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, don’t they appear sincerely genuine?

"If you don’t believe me, if you go seventy li east from the riverbank yesterday, you can find the camp of horse bandits. There you’ll find their corpses as well as the remains of a small merchant team, you will see that my words are not false!"

"Foolish girl!" Changtian suddenly interjected: "You misspoke!"

Indeed, Da Zi’s eyes brightened: "A small merchant team? Did Lord Miluo find something there?" Finally, an informative question!

Uh, one lapse in thought, how could I accidentally let this slip out. Lord Miluo chased after tea seedlings alone out of Rock City, what Da Zi most wants to know is whether he found such a treasure!

She indeed is the confidante of others. From this perspective, no matter what the outcome of the questioning, she would kill Ning Xiaoxian to silence her. Otherwise, once the rumors of her scheming behind Lord Miluo’s back leak out, with Lord Miluo’s disposition, he surely won’t just send her to Beiming Cave to endure the punishment of being devoured by ants!

How foolish, just one sentence has pushed me to the edge of danger. Along this journey I have encountered many troubles, how come I still haven’t learned?

Ning Xiaoxian forced herself to think of a strategy at full capacity, just about to speak some excuse to temporarily appease. Just at this moment, a streak of green light flew down from the sky, circling around Da Zi twice. This thing, even Ning Xiaoxian found it familiar.

Qingfu coins! The expression on Da Zi changed, she was caught doing something clandestine, precisely at this moment, Lord Miluo’s flying money found her, rendering her somewhat jittery. She spread her hands, and the Qingfu coin gently landed in her palm, tied to a small paper talisman.

Mortals can’t read demon script, but she still glanced at Ning Xiaoxian, who cleverly turned to another direction to avoid suspicion.

The talisman bore just four words: "Rock City, come quickly." There wasn’t even a signature. Even though the tone seemed urgent, the few words appeared coldly elegant and calm. She recognized it, it was the handwriting of the Young Master.

Lord Miluo dislikes waiting. From the moment he sent this Qingfu coin until Da Zi stood before him, if it took more than two quarters, she would be in for a hard time. Although both are well aware that she was placed by the old master at Lord Miluo’s side, after all, a master is a master, a servant is a servant, if he wished to casually punish her, it would be all too easy.

Hence, at Lord Miluo’s side, she would be even more respectful and careful.

She looked toward Ning Xiaoxian. Time was of the essence, she had no time to keep a smiling face: "Hurry, what did Lord Miluo find?"

"It seemed like he found something, but then Lord Miluo threw it away..." Ning Xiaoxian hesitated. Apparently, this woman had other urgent matters to attend to; seeing her anxious expression, she likely didn’t have the courage to delay any further. Since that’s the case, whatever she feared, I had to present exactly that.

"Then, Miss Li, please take your time to think about it, I will be back shortly." Da Zi quickly stated. She signaled the guards behind her with a glance, and immediately two of them approached Ning Xiaoxian’s back, "Miss Li, please!"

Ning Xiaoxian sighed, didn’t say much, and followed the two guards. Before leaving, she saw Da Zi leap onto a Magic Artifact and soar away.

The guards took her and the little bat demon to a small house behind the pass, politely asked them to sit, and then closed the wooden door.

"Eh, isn’t that the Cat Demon from earlier?" Next to the bamboo chair was a familiar cage, stuck with a paper talisman, inside the tiger-striped cat looked lethargic.

She and this Cat Demon became cellmates, just that it was locked in a cage, while the cage for her was a wooden house.

Convinced that she, a frail woman, couldn’t cause much trouble, Da Zi left her to be watched over by two ordinary guards, to be interrogated after her return from Rock City.