Chapter 168.1 (1/2)

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168.1 – Nine Lives Cat (I)

After walking out of a dark cave along the underground river, the two arrived at the bottom of an adjoining narrow valley.

Unlike at early morning, the narrow valley is no longer covered by thick fog. The curtain of night contains a bright moon and sparkling stars.

The moon is round and big, looking like it's stuck to the top of the valley. Under the bright moonlight, everything in the field of view is coated with a hazy silver glow.

That's why she's so conspicuous. How conspicuous is she? Probably at the level that she can be seen at a glance, and then can no longer be ignored.

At the end of the line of sight, long blond hair is swaying in the air like waves and ripples.

The la.s.s sits on a large rock, with her back facing the river at the bottom of the narrow valley. In the dark night, her fair skin glows with faint gold light.

— stalker.

In a flash, this word streaked in her mind.

Xue Qilin feels that there is no other term more fitting to describe Jialan.

Jialan, dangling her legs and looking up at the stars, seems to be just enjoying the night sky. She didn't look at the two who had just come out from a cave embedded in the rock wall.

But Xue Qilin knows that Jialan must have noticed their presence, so she didn't act rashly.

“Xihe, can you convert the nearby spiritual qi into fire spiritual qi?”

Xue Qilin tilted her head and asked Xihe quietly.

“I can.” Xihe gave a short answer, “But it'll take some time.”

“Do it as quickly as possible.”

Xihe responded with a “mhm”, and then five of her tails rose silently and extended into the void. Her movement is minute. Without paying attention, one wouldn't notice.

However, Jialan exhaled deeply.

Did she notice? Xue Qilin's heart constricted. She reached into her sleeve and grasped a stack of talismans.

In the end —

“Unexpectedly, although the sky is connected, but when you look up at it from different places, it gives off the feeling of being different.”

Jialan didn't seem to notice Xihe's movement.

Her cheeks flushed abruptly, as if intoxicated by the night scenery. The dark red contain the shade of amazement.

“The sky is clear, the moon is big… Martial Demon Realm is a nice place!”

She raised her hands high, as if to embrace the full moon in the sky.

As they listened to the la.s.s's words, Xue Qilin and Xihe exchanged a look involuntarily. What is she talking about? The bewildered expressions of the two asked one another thusly.

“It's really beautiful. If just a piece of sky can be so beautiful and moving, then there must be countless beautiful things in the world, right? Splendid…”

Jialan's way of speaking makes her seem like she's a caged bird yearning for the sky.

However, how can a Grandmaster be a caged bird? Xue Qilin can't believe it.

“I wonder if they can alleviate my boredom just like this piece of sky?”

Jialan sighed, looking lonely.

In the next moment, she withdrew her gaze from the sky and looked at the two people, who have been quiet.

“Now, what do you think?”

While Xihe kept silent, Xue Qilin a.s.sumed a scornful att.i.tude.

“Hey, Asura'er, you think I would know?”

Xue Qilin's narrowed eyes gradually dyed gold and revealed a glow, and the pupils narrowed into vertical slits. She spread her arms helplessly.

“I'm not you, how could I know?”

“Oh, I see…” Explicit disappointment welled up on Jialan's face, “Things really never go your way.”

“Don't you know other sayings besides this one?”

“Hmm? Are you trying to provoke me? “Jialan is a little surprised. “It's really beyond my expectations. I thought you would be 'afraid' of me.”

Does she want to be provoked that much? Xue Qilin raised her eyebrows.

“Is that so? However, you are right. Now that you know that we are afraid of you, why don't you leave our sight at once?”