Chapter 2056: Chapter 2056: The Demon Is Her
Xu Nian followed the three of them all the way forward.
These three clearly harbored ill intentions. He had deliberately asked for an exorbitant price just now, yet the young man leading them hadn’t refused.
He had even paid him in advance. Wasn’t he worried that Xu Nian would just take the payment and run?
So their suspicion was very high; it was very likely this whole plan was a trap.
However, Xu Nian was not afraid. He just wanted to see what tricks these three were going to play.
He also wanted to learn some information about the Ziwei Sect from them.
After all, he needed to enter the Ziwei Sect to rescue Han Xiaoxiao. If he went in without understanding the situation there, he might suffer a great loss.
"By the way, I still don’t know Fellow Daoist’s name." The young man in the lead asked with a smile.
"I am Xu An." Xu Nian thought for a moment and decided to use an alias.
After all, he didn’t know whether his real name had spread or not. If it had, it might bring great trouble.
"So it’s Fellow Daoist Xu. I am Huo Qing, and these are my junior brother Chen Qingyang and my junior sister Lin Huayu." The young man said with a smile.
"I’ve met the three of you. Earlier you said you were from the Ziwei Sect. The Ziwei Sect is a Great Sect. What mission are you carrying out this time?" Xu Nian asked with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Xu flatters us. Although the Ziwei Sect holds some status in the Vast Sea, it can’t really be called a Great Sect. Our mission this time is to hunt down this demonic fiend. This person is extremely vicious and has killed dozens of our Ziwei Sect disciples." Huo Qing said with a smile.
"That many? Is the other party very strong?" Xu Nian asked.
"Very strong, possessing strength at the Daluo God Limit, and also adept in extremely powerful Evil Cultivation Methods that can devour others’ Soul Power. But Fellow Daoist need not worry. I have an extremely powerful Divine Talisman. Once activated, it can kill her." Huo Qing said with a smile.
"I see. Then what do you need me to do?" Xu Nian asked.
"Fellow Daoist will only need to maintain one Array Flag when the time comes. We’ll teach you the method of using the Array Flag; Fellow Daoist can easily learn it." Huo Qing said.
Xu Nian nodded.
Array Flags were one of the means to let those who didn’t know Formations easily grasp and use them.
With his current understanding of Formations, a single glance was enough for him to easily comprehend how a Formation was used and operated.
Of course, Xu Nian naturally wouldn’t say any of this. He needed to pretend to not understand Formations; only then would they drop their guard.
"By the way, I heard your sect has a Daoist friend called Master Zi Yang. Is that true?" Xu Nian asked in surprise.
"Oh? Fellow Daoist knows Uncle Zi Yang?" Huo Qing asked in surprise.
Chen Qingyang and Lin Huayu also looked at Xu Nian in puzzlement.
"We met once. I didn’t expect Master Zi Yang to be your martial uncle. Then her cultivation has already broken through to the God King Level." Xu Nian said with a smile.
"Uncle Zi Yang has indeed reached the God King Level. It seems Fellow Daoist knew Uncle Zi Yang a long time ago." Huo Qing probed.
"Yes, I met her a long time ago. Daoist Zi Yang has probably already forgotten who I am." Xu Nian said with a smile.
"So Fellow Daoist is a friend of Uncle Zi Yang. Looks like we really did find the right person this time. In fact, we have a pretty good relationship with Uncle Zi Yang. Uncle Zi Yang has always liked peace and quiet, dislikes talking, and especially detests male cultivators, so we always thought Uncle Zi Yang had no friends." Huo Qing said with a smile.
Xu Nian was slightly stunned. Master Zi Yang was a woman?
He had thought she was a man.
He had almost said the wrong thing.
Fortunately, he hadn’t revealed too much.
"I wouldn’t call it friendship, I just feel it’s impressive that Master Zi Yang has already reached the God King Level. By the way, I heard Master Zi Yang took a new disciple?" Xu Nian asked with a smile.
"Disciple? At most a servant. She’s just some wretch who had dogshit luck and refined a Godhood to ascend to the Divine World. If Uncle Zi Yang hadn’t found her soul peculiar, she would never have taken her in as a disciple." Lin Huayu said with open disdain.
Xu Nian’s heart instantly went cold at her words.
It really was Han Xiaoxiao. He hadn’t expected Han Xiaoxiao’s status in the Ziwei Sect to be like this.
Could the person Han Xiaoxiao offended be Lin Huayu?
If that were really the case, Xu Nian wouldn’t mind killing her right now.
"Oh? Fellow Daoist Lin seems to dislike this disciple of Master Zi Yang very much?" Xu Nian asked, putting on a gossiping expression.
"Dislike? She isn’t even worthy. That woman relies on a bit of looks to seduce Senior Brother Fei Mo, offending Senior Sister Qin Yu—she’s practically courting death. Right now she’s still refining pills before the Pill Furnace." Lin Huayu said with a cold laugh.
Xu Nian instantly memorized those two names.
Fei Mo!
Qin Yu.
It seemed the one Han Xiaoxiao offended was probably this Senior Sister Qin Yu.
And the cause of offense was very likely due to this Senior Brother Fei Mo.
Based on what Xu Nian knew of Han Xiaoxiao, she could not possibly take the initiative to seduce another man.
There was only one possibility: this Fei Mo was pestering Han Xiaoxiao; Han Xiaoxiao refused, and so he used this kind of method to ruin her reputation.
Thinking of this, a wave of intense Killing Intent surged up in Xu Nian’s heart.
"Huh? Why are you so concerned about that female disciple? Is she your lover? I heard she still has a husband in the Lower Realm—could that be you?" Lin Huayu looked at Xu Nian suspiciously.
Xu Nian paused for a moment inside.
He hadn’t expected this woman’s intuition to be so accurate.
"Junior Sister Lin, stop fooling around. Since Fellow Daoist Xu already knew Uncle Zi Yang, he must have long been someone of the Divine World. How could he be that Han Xiaoxiao’s husband?" Huo Qing immediately scolded.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, my junior sister was rude. Please don’t take it to heart." Huo Qing then turned to Xu Nian and said.
"Hmph, I just think he’s far too concerned about that servant, that’s all." Lin Huayu snorted coldly.
Xu Nian smiled faintly. "It’s fine. I was just curious for a moment. I don’t know the female disciple you’re talking about."
Huo Qing glared at Lin Huayu, and she turned her head away.
Soon, the four of them arrived above an island.
"That demonic fiend is on the island below. Fellow Daoist Xu, here is the Array Flag and the Method of Display. When the time comes, you must give it your all. You only need to hold her off for a moment." Huo Qing said with a smile.
"Alright. Since I’ve taken your payment, I’ll definitely do my best." Xu Nian nodded.
Then he sent his Divine Sense sweeping toward the island. The moment his Divine Sense brushed past the figure on the island, he froze.
It’s her?
The demonic fiend Huo Qing and the others wanted to kill was actually her?
Xu Nian was stunned on the spot.
He hadn’t expected the demonic fiend they wanted to kill to be someone he knew.
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