"It wasn’t her feeding milk, I drank it myself!"
Si Minglan had encountered many things, but she had never fallen into such a strange predicant before. The usually charming and bold her actually blushed a little.
Her whole body couldn’t move, and just a mont ago it was Mo Xiaolan feeding her milk mouth by mouth, while wiping off the milk from the corners of her mouth.
Like taking care of a child.
Fortunately, Fang Xue hadn’t awoken yet, so Si Minglan didn’t feel too ashad.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xue noticed sothing was amiss, and then Mo Xiaolan bluntly revealed it.
Si Minglan lowered her head, losing all the face of her senior sister.
"I’m Fang Xue, are you Mo Xiaolan? Thank you for taking care of my senior sister, your na is really nice."
"Taoist Friend Fang, no need to be polite, we are all people in distress, we ought to take care of each other."
"Just call Fang Xue, Sister Mo, you seem very much like one of my sisters!"
Over there Fang Xue had already started chatting with Mo Xiaolan, the little girl who rarely spoke so much, yet was extrely affectionate towards Mo Xiaolan.
Just like when she first saw Qiu Zhihe, she inexplicably felt close.
There were dozens of female cultivators curled up on the ground in this cell, apparent that fear had tortured them out of their wits, the clear voices of Fang Xue and Mo Xiaolan seed like rays of sunshine, brightening up the gloomy cell significantly.
"Sister Mo, you said just now they would co to pick soone, what does that an?"
Fang Xue asked.
"They...they co periodically to select soone, but those who are taken away never return!"
Beside them, a woman lifted her pale face, her voice full of fear.
Fang Xue was taken aback, Mo Xiaolan consoled her: "Don’t be afraid, we definitely won’t die here, as long as we don’t give up, there will always be hope!"
Si Minglan sneered coldly: "Sounds nice, if they choose , are you willing to die in my place?"
Suddenly, she rembered when she worked as an official courtesan at the Music Bureau, sa group of unfortunate girls from troubled families.
But whenever the whip-holding madam got angry, the weak her was always pushed out by them to vent the madam’s anger.
Si Minglan never believed in shared hardships, naturally she wouldn’t believe Mo Xiaolan’s words.
With the situation temporarily calm, she certainly spoke nicely, but when those bad people really ca to pick soone, wouldn’t everyone still huddle in the corner praying to be chosen soone else and not themselves?
At this mont a female cultivator in the corner said: "Taoist Friend, you are unaware, a few days ago, this child was saved by Xiaolan exchanging her life for it."
Si Minglan was stunned, looking at the baby in Mo Xiaolan’s arms, the other female cultivators perked up speaking about the matter, quickly recounting how Yue Ying gave birth to the child and both mother and daughter were about to be taken, then Mo Xiaolan bravely stepped forward to exchange herself for the baby.
"Is that possible? Such a fool exists in the world?"
Si Minglan stared blankly at Mo Xiaolan, suddenly turning her gaze to Fang Xue next to her, the shock in her heart finally cald down a bit.
"How can there not be? Isn’t my little junior sister exactly such a person?"
Mo Xiaolan and Fang Xue cuddled together intimately, the two girls gently talking, with smiles on their faces despite being in the filthy cell.
"Two fools."
Si Minglan shook her head, yet heard Fang Xue speaking to Mo Xiaolan:
"Sister Mo, I always feel like I’ve seen you sowhere, where are you from?"
"I originally lived in Yunling Town." Mo Xiaolan’s smile slightly dimd, she said softly: "Later so things happened, so I left."
"Yunling Town?" Fang Xue blinked, asked:
"I’m also from Yunling Town, Sister Mo, which street do you live on?"
"I lived on Narrow Rain Lane."
"Narrow Rain Lane? Sister Mo, do you know Qin Gengyun?"
...
1:45 AM.
The night was deep, the last street’s night market also closed, all the bustle of Xingluo Town finally returned to tranquility.
In front of the Chang Mansion’s main entrance, several household servants still kept watch.
At this mont, in a quiet corner on the side of the Chang Mansion.
"The Guardian Array, it’s weakest here."
Qiu Zhihe, in black tight-fitting attire, with curvaceous lines, looked up at the tall wall in front of her.
Then, with a graceful finger, the wall shimred briefly, as if its outer shell was peeled away, revealing the hidden array patterns inside.
Qiu Zhihe used her hands to draw quickly, soon a complex array pattern covered the array patterns of the Guardian Array, then she said to Qin Gengyun and Liu Su beside her:
"You both go in, I’ll keep it steady here."
The Guardian Array was like a big net covering the Chang Mansion, but at that mont, the big net was quietly lifted at one corner by Qiu Zhihe.
Qin Gengyun and Liu Su could slip in without being noticed.
However, Qiu Zhihe must stay here, holding onto one corner of the big net to maintain the balance of the array.
Once let go, the whole array would be activated, forcibly closing imdiately, making it very difficult for Qin Gengyun and Liu Su to escape.
"My lady, we’re going in now, you be careful on your own."
Qin Gengyun said to Qiu Zhihe.
"Husband, be careful." Qiu Zhihe also cautioned Qin Gengyun.
"Miss, what about ?" Liu Su pointed to her nose.
Qiu Zhihe glanced at her: "Take good care of him."
Liu Su: "..."
Qin Gengyun and Liu Su quickly leaped over the tall wall, their figures disappearing, entering the Chang Mansion.
It was late at night now, the Chang Mansion still had several groups of household servants patrolling back and forth, the vigilance extrely tight.
It was Qin Gengyun’s first ti doing such a secret infiltration operation, he wasn’t very skilled, almost got discovered as soon as he climbed down the wall.
Luckily Liu Su dragged him into a dark corner, their bodies pressed tightly together, crouching side by side, waiting for the patrolling team to leave, Liu Su grabbed Qin Gengyun’s hand and whispered:
"Master, follow ."
Then she pulled Qin Gengyun up.
Qin Gengyun followed her through the vast Chang Mansion, avoiding several patrols, he couldn’t help but ask:
"Susu, how are you so skillful?"
Liu Su chuckled: "I used to often sneak into others’ hos to steal things, those households’ guards were far more formidable than the Chang Family’s."
Qin Gengyun was speechless for a mont, wanted to ask what sect Susu and Qiu Zhihe belonged to, yet saw Susu pointing to the front and whispering:
"Master, it’s right there!"
Qin Gengyun looked up, ahead was an estate, there was a high wall in the yard, the sa wall seen in the Light Curtain of the Spirit Seeking Array.
The estate was exactly the sa as seen in the Spirit Seeking Array!
"Master, soone patrols everywhere else, only this estate has no one inside, sothing’s not right."
Qin Gengyun looked at the conspicuously positioned high wall, feeling partly happy, but mostly worried.
Taoist Friend Mo must be under that wall, who knows how she’s doing now?
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Suddenly, a crisp voice rang behind the two.
Qin Gengyun and Liu Su froze, their bodies instantly beca cold.
Qin Gengyun was at the First Layer of Foundation Establishnt, Liu Su at the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, besides Qin Gengyun had sharp Divine Sense, Liu Su even had the Mist Spirit Eye.
Who could quietly approach them so closely without them noticing?
Qin Gengyun had already drawn the Heaven-Reaching Staff from his Storage Bag, while the Mist Spirit Eye above Liu Su’s head started to appear.
The two turned around simultaneously.
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