HLnovel Chapter 117 Find a Madman to Cause Trouble
Chapter 117 Find a Madman to Cause Trouble
After arriving in Luoxia City, Xue Lan and Xue Tong did not dare to enter the Luoxia Mountain battlefield rashly.
In Xue Lan's own words, he was afraid that Ji Jinjin would become bloodthirsty and stab him in the back.
The girl released a delicate puppet bird in the southwest corner of Luoxia City. The little creature was incredibly fast; as soon as it left her hand, it flew towards the battlefield, transforming into a streak of gray light and entering the fray. It landed on a small mound amidst the thick smoke of battle, emitting a soft chirping.
Beneath the mound, within three layers of illusion array, the young man dressed in silver-white robes froze.
Yan Chengxue looked stiffly at Master Chen beside him, who was also looking at him.
"Master...this..."
Master Chen interrupted Yan Chengxue: "Who is it?"
Yan Chengxue said with a bitter face, "Xue Lan."
Master Chen seemed to have expected this, and waved his hand at his disciple: "Bring the things here."
Yan Chengxue reluctantly took out a ball of transparent silk thread from her sleeve and handed it to Master Chen.
Three days earlier, the master and disciple had made a bet on whether Xue Lan could escape from the Xuanhuang Sect.
Clearly, Yan Chengxue lost, giving the Scarlet Jade Spider Silk refined by Xue Lan to Master Chen.
Master Chen looked at his disciple and patted him on the head: "Go on, she must want something from you. Just take the opportunity to ask for another scroll!"
Half an hour later, Xue Lan, who was idly playing with ants in the northwest corner of Luoxia City, finally received the arrival of the array genius.
The girl stood up, flicked her skirt, and said with a smile, "I thought you weren't at Sunset Mountain."
Yan Chengxue, with the air of a refined young gentleman, asked in a cold voice, "Shouldn't you be at the Xuanhuang Sect? What are you doing here?"
Xue Lan thought it was simply amazing. Everyone who met her asked her the same question: When has she ever stayed in her proper place?
Besides the weapon-refining cave.
Time was running out, and Xue Lan didn't spend much time arguing or playing games with Yan Chengxue. The girl told Yan Chengxue everything she needed to do.
"You want me to go with you now... so the two of us can stop the demonic tide emerging from that spatial rift?"
The boy looked at Xue Lan as if she were a madwoman: "Xue Lan, you've really gone crazy."
Xue Lan shook her finger at him: "No, did Master Chen teach you about the myriad phenomena in motion?"
Yan Chengxue looked somewhat surprised: "Your Xuanhuang Sect's library is truly well-stocked; you even know that."
The Myriad Phenomena Array is a closely guarded secret of the War Puppet Mansion's array lineage. Once set up, it can instantly manipulate the terrain and mountains within hundreds of miles, creating an illusion of myriad phenomena moving and arrows flying incessantly.
Xue Lan gestured to Yan Chengxue not to focus on this issue, and privately communicated with the boy in front of her via telepathy.
After the exchange, Yan Chengxue stared wide-eyed at Xue Lan: "You've reached an agreement with the Jiangyun Sect?"
Xue Lan nodded: "It's settled."
"Can you guarantee they'll move along your route?"
Xue Lan confidently replied, "No problem."
"Why did you come to me? Just because I can set up the Myriad Manifestations Array?" Yan Chengxue asked the last question.
Xue Lan burst into laughter: "Yan Chengxue, there are only the two of us here now, and you're still pretending with me."
The girl's smile was like a vibrant camellia, making her originally gentle and kind eyes seem somewhat distorted.
Yan Chengxue sighed: "I've thought about it before, but it's been so long since I've done these things. I actually feel a little cruel."
Xue Lan patted his shoulder: "Junior Brother Yan, save your kindness for the people of Fuyang City. Cui Wu has them all locked up in Fuyang City now. I estimate that a large-scale purge will begin soon."
Yan Chengxue understood that it was a classic case of trapping a dog in a cage and catching a turtle in a jar. Cui Wu had already purged the demon spies from the city, leaving only the vulnerable mortals.
Yan Chengxue looked at Xue Lan with a bright smile on her face, which looked somewhat eerie.
His little puppet had appeared out of nowhere and was sitting on the boy's shoulder.
The boy said nonchalantly, "I can help you, but remember to cover for me."
Xue Lan: "No problem."
She chose Yan Chengxue for two reasons: firstly, he could set up the Myriad Manifestations Array; secondly, because...
Yan Chengxue was one of the few eccentric people among the like-minded people Xue Lan knew. Most of the others, upon hearing about her plan, would simply kidnap her and send her back to the Xuanhuang Sect.
Only Yan Chengxue would accompany her to complete this seemingly impossible plan.
The sounds of fighting echoed continuously from the battlefield at Luoxia Mountain. After thinking for a long time, Xue Lan finally decided to inform Ji Jinjin and the others in advance.
Before the demons open the spacetime rift, they will definitely launch a massive beast tide to severely damage the frontline garrison of Luoxia Mountain.
The talisman radiating golden light flew out of the city, and Xue Lan was the first to transform into a light gray cloud and disappear from the spot.
Yan Chengxue didn't react in time, but heard the girl's urging voice: "Keep up, if Xu Qizhou catches me, I'll be deported because I'm an undocumented immigrant."
Yan Chengxue caught up with her and asked curiously, "Unregistered resident, where did you learn these strange words?"
"Created by myself."
On the front lines of the Luoxia Mountain battlefield, Xu Qizhou cleaved a demon in two and saw a talisman slowly drifting towards him.
Sensing the aura above, Xu Qizhou thought to himself that it truly suited its master, moving slowly and leisurely like an ordinary old lady.
The young man grabbed the talisman and began to read the information on it. After a few breaths, the expression on his face was extremely ugly.
He now understood why Xue Lan's talisman was moving so slowly; she was probably afraid he would beat her up after seeing it.
Xue Lan, who was already a hundred miles away, sneezed. She and Yan Chengxue were sitting on a flying boat in the clouds, discussing the arrangement of the great formation.
Yan Chengxue pointed to the map of Jiangyun Valley on the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map: "The Myriad Manifestations Array needs personnel in all eight directions. Right now, all the disciples of the Immortal Sect are fighting desperately on the front lines. What do you plan to do?"
After hearing Yan Chengxue's words, Xue Lan slapped her forehead in frustration.
The girl blinked her big eyes: "If it were an ordinary person, what would be their chances of survival?"
Yan Chengxue placed a few pebbles on the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map: "Ordinary mortals are less than one in ten alive. All the soldiers of the Shengyu Army are fighting in front of Luoxia Mountain. This is a big problem."
He saw the girl in front of him rub her temples: "There's still some left."
Yan Chengxue continued, "And what about the rest?"
Xue Lan's voice was a little hoarse: "The front-line battle is the first line of defense. The Demon Clan's move is to undermine our defenses. If the front-line troops are mobilized, the Luoxia Mountain defense line will probably collapse."
“I heard Shishi mention it before. A little over a month ago, a group of soldiers from the Shengyu Army were withdrawn from the front lines and temporarily settled in Fuyang City.”
Yan Chengxue understood what she meant. The boy's voice stammered, as if each word was stuck in his throat: "Does it really have to be this way?"
"They...haven't gone home yet!"
Xue Lan picked up a pebble from the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map, tossed it into the air, and caught it.
"Yan Chengxue, you should know that both the spider web in front of Jiangyun Sect and your Myriad Manifestations Array are defensive lines after I successfully intercepted some of the demonic beasts."
The girl looked at Yan Chengxue, her dark eyes filled with a death wish: "It was all for Yuanming's descent to the mortal realm."