Xu Yang touched his chest to sense his uncontrollable heartbeat and gritted his teeth.
Despite the vicious words he just said about Tang Li Xue, his heart said otherwise.
"You do not need to worry about . With this protective formation, I will be safe here, so you can go and find that vixen now." Xu Yang said to the Taoist Uncle coldly.
"Find that pretty girl? In this kind of situation? Do you really want to kill her that badly?" The Taoist Uncle was astonished by Xu Yang’s absurd decision.
"When did I say you had to kill her? You just need to bring her here safely!" Xu Yang coldly retorted to Taoist Uncle.
Taoist Uncle’s confused expression changed to realization.
Then he sneered at Xu Yang and uttered to him in a teasing tone: "Oh, I see. You are just worried about that pretty girl, so you ask to bring her here safely, right? Hehehe~! After all you said about killing her, in the end, you still..."
"Okay, that is enough! Shut up! Just go now and bring her back quickly before sothing bad really happens to her!" Xu Yang scolded in annoyance.
If Tang Li Xue saw this scene, she might have clicked her tongue and exclaid that Xu Yang was truly a ’tsundere’.
"Pfft~! Bwahahaha!" Taoist Uncle laughed out loud at Xu Yang, but he still carried out his order and swiftly jumped out from the window before Xu Yang could scold him again.
Xu Yang also felt angry and disappointed with himself, but there was nothing he could do about his own feelings.
Xu Yang sighed and sat on the chair while muttering softly in a helpless tone: "Damn it! Can she just sit quietly and stop doing things that make want to kill her?!"
.....
...
.
anwhile, Tang Li Xue was currently heading toward Xu Yang’s courtyard.
She did not know that Xu Yang was actually in his office at Supre dical Hall.
"Holy crap, these crimson trees are so creepy! I wonder where Miss Shao Ying found their seeds from?" Tang Li Xue murmured curiously while sprinting toward Xu Yang’s courtyard using her [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step].
Then she imdiately recalled the scene she had secretly peeked at on the Wind Floor.
At that ti, Shao Ying had discussed sothing suspicious with the Blood God Cult, but Tang Li Xue did not bother to pay any attention to it, so she did not know what they had discussed.
Tang Li Xue guessed that these crimson towering trees should be sothing that Shao Ying obtained from the Blood God Cult.
But Tang Li Xue was still very curious about what Shao Ying would get by helping the Blood God Cult like this.
"What is Miss Shao Ying thinking?! What if Doctor Xu also got poisoned and trapped in the cocoon like the others? What if he accidentally got killed in the end? Does that an our plan to let Doctor Xu seize the throne failed?" Tang Li Xue complained unhappily.
To be honest, Tang Li Xue still could not fully trust Shao Ying and Ji Xuanming’s team.
That was the main reason why she did not dare to rashly trigger her System’s quest about persuading Doctor Xu to compete for the throne.
There were too many uncertainties with the involvent of many parties, such as Shao Ying, Ji Xuanming’s team, Blood God Cult, and the other anti-governnt factions.
It would be a completely different story if she were carrying out this mission with her previous teammates, such as Silly Fox, Bingbing, and Instructor i Lan, because she had already fully trusted them.
It did not take long for Tang Li Xue to reach Xu Yang’s courtyard with her [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step]’s speed.
Not to ntion, all of the people in the palace seed to be captured by the crimson towering trees, so Tang Li Xue did not et with any obstacles at all on her way.
However, Tang Li Xue suddenly halted her step right before she could step into Xu Yang’s courtyard.
"I almost forgot that there are so many troubleso formations in here." Tang Li Xue scratched her long silky silver hair in frustration.
Tang Li Xue cancelled her [Ethereal Form] and grabbed Little Loki, who sat leisurely on her right shoulder, and said to it: "It seems that I can only count on you, Little Loki! Go, my minesweeper!"
Little Loki rolled its eyes as it jumped out from Tang Li Xue’s arms and landed gracefully on the stone floor.
Then it approached Xu Yang’s courtyard and opened its tiny mouth.
But before Little Loki could unleash its [Heaven’s Devour]...
"Hey, there you are, Little Girl~!" A rough male voice echoed from right behind Tang Li Xue.
Tang Li Xue was very shocked that she jumped forward in reflex, and she even almost launched a strong attack toward where the voice ca from.
Tang Li Xue sighed in relief when she saw that it was actually Doctor Xu’s guardian, the middle-aged Taoist Uncle.
"Uncle Taoist, you almost made have a heart attack."Tang Li Xue muttered with a tone filled with grievance.
"Hehe, don’t worry. My Young Master can definitely cure you even if you have a heart attack. Oh, no... He may not be able to cure your heart attack, because it seems he also has heart disease." Taoist Uncle replied to Tang Li Xue with a playful tone.
"Eh? What are you talking about, Uncle Taoist? How could a Miracle Doctor like Doctor Xu have heart disease? You must be kidding, right?" Tang Li Xue widened her topaz blue eyes in disbelief.
"Who knows? Why don’t you just ask him about it yourself later? Let’s go, Little Girl! My Young Master has already ordered to bring you to him." Taoist Uncle muttered to Tang Li Xue.
Tang Li Xue frowned in worry and murmured softly: "Uhh, can a person with heart disease beco an emperor? It should not be a problem, right?"
Taoist Uncle:"....."
’Alas, it looks like my Young Master still has a long way to go to win this Little Girl’s heart.’ Taoist Uncle sighed helplessly.
Little Loki jumped back onto Tang Li Xue’s shoulder while Tang Li Xue followed the Taoist Uncle closely from behind.
On their way to the Supre dical Hall, Tang Li Xue found that the roots of towering crimson trees were attacking the Taoist Uncle relentlessly.
Of course, those roots of towering crimson trees could not touch the Taoist Uncle at all, as if the Taoist Uncle set an invisible barrier around him.
But strangely, those roots of towering crimson trees actually never attacked Tang Li Xue and Little Loki, not even once!
Previously, Tang Li Xue thought the towering crimson trees could not sense her and Little Loki because she had activated her [Ethereal Form], while Little Loki used its skill to turn invisible.
But right now, she did not use her [Ethereal Form] at all, and Little Loki also did not turn on its invisibility skill, but those towering crimson trees still never attacked the two of them.
"Wait, don’t tell those crimson trees only attack humans?" Tang Li Xue clapped her fair hands and exclaid in realization.
"You just found out that now? Weren’t you the one behind all this?" Taoist Uncle asked with a strange tone.
"Eh, what?! How do you know that?! Uhh... No, I am not! What are you talking about?! Why do I not understand it at all?! I dare to swear on Little Loki’s snack that it is really not !" Tang Li Xue hastily denied it in a flustered manner.
Little Loki: "?!"
Taoist Uncle: "....."
"It would be pretty convincing if you did not say the first sentence." Taoist Uncle sneered at Tang Li Xue.
"eow nyaow?! ew nyaaan! (Why did you swear using my snack?! At least swear using Yaya’s snack instead!)" Little Loki protested unhappily to Tang Li Xue.
"Because Yaya never eats as much as you!" Tang Li Xue chuckled and tapped Little Loki’s forehead with her slender finger.
"Let’s speed up a bit, Little Girl! Those old geezers will make their moves soon!" Taoist Uncle urged Tang Li Xue in a solemn tone.
RUMBLE—! RUMBLE—! RUMBLE—!
The entire palace shook violently as if it were attacked by a massive earthquake!
Tang Li Xue hastily stabilized herself as she used her [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step] to chase after the Taoist Uncle.
"Old geezers? What are they doing?" Tang Li Xue asked curiously.
"Those Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters, known as the Guardians of the Great Wei Dynasty. It seems that they planned to take a drastic asure to uproot those strange demonic trees!" Taoist Uncle replied to Tang Li Xue, but he did not explain it in detail because he also did not know it that clearly.
Just like what Taoist Uncle has said, those towering crimson trees began to be pulled out from the ground and floated upward one by one!
There was also an enormous golden dragon symbol in the sky above the palace!
Tang Li Xue guessed that the enormous golden dragon symbol should be a very advanced sealing formation.
"So, those Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters from the palace planned to seal away those crimson trees?!" Tang Li Xue murmured her conclusion.
But sohow, Tang Li Xue had a bad feeling about that.
Tang Li Xue’s hunch said that those towering crimson trees should not be that simple to solve.
The Blood God Cult should have already guessed that the Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters from the palace would try to seal the crimson trees away after they failed to destroy them.
It seed those Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters were about to fall into the trap set by the Blood God Cult!
User Comments
0 comments from readers