91 Yao Lans Worries (1/2)
Yao Lan led Jiang Lan and Xu Miao back to their room. She staggered and coughed a mouthful of blood when she got there.
The elder was lucky that Xu Xiuying didn't pursue the matter or suspected that she had stolen the secret. Or else, she might have died.
”A-Are you okay, elder?”
Jiang Lan was frightened. Xu Xiuying's interrogation was too scary. When Xu Xiuying attacked Yao Lan, she thought that the amazon elder might have died, and Xu Xiuying would kill her and Xu Miao.
”I'm fine. Young master Xu Miao, I'm so sorry for earlier. I almost crippled you.”
Xu Miao felt guilty for making Yao Lan his scapegoat, ”It's fine. You were following my mother's order. I can't blame you.”
”Thank you… Young master, can I ask you something?” Despite being injured, Yao Lan had a question that she wanted to confirm.
”Yes, senior?”
”You have the time-and-space secret, right?”
Xu Miao smiled, ”Will you believe me if I say I don't?”
Yao Lan gave him a meaningful look. A tinge of killing intent locked on to Xu Miao, but she retracted it.
”I suggest that you should give it to your mother whenever you can. Or else, our sect will face a calamity.”
”… What?”
Yao Lan revealed a bitter smile. Her guess was right – Xu Miao had the secret. However, the elder chose not to pursue the matter.
”Do me a favor, young master.”
”What can I do for you?”
”When things go wrong,” Yao Lan paused and sighed, ”Protect VY disciples. They will be the primary targets for raiders when it happens.”
”…”
”I'll text you a map of our building's secret passages, so you can guide those innocent girls to a safe place. I don't care if you will violate them and steal their power as long as you have a better cultivation technique to compensate them. Can you promise me that you will take care of them in my stead?”
Xu Miao sensed sincerity and worries in Yao Lan's tone. He felt guilty. At the same time, he had concerns. His instinct cried. There was something serious that he overlooked.
'Wait a second. Isn't this a fucking death flag!?'
By connecting the dots, including Xu Xiuying's actions, Yao Lan's worries, and his novel experience, Xu Miao realized what he had overlooked.
The existence of space-and-time technique had been exposed in the previous annual exam. By now, every sect and organization should be busy gathering information about Xie Tian and his whereabouts. His existence became a trouble-magnet, which drew the attention of all greedy powerhouses, including Xu Xiuying.
If that was the case, then Yao Lan's worries and action still contradicted with this logic. She had no reason not to snitch on Xu Miao to Xu Xiuying since she could have solved her issues on the spot.
”You knew that I have it, but why don't you just kill me and take it? Why bother entrusting me with this task?”
Xu Miao chose to be dead honest and risked his life for once. Judging from the fact that Yao Lan cared for her VY disciples, this elder might be a trustworthy character, which might be a better potential ally than Qi Hong or Long Meifang.
Yao Lan gave Xu Miao a bitter smile. She, too, decided to be dead honest, ”You're not Xu Xiuying's real son, right?”
”Yeah, I'm an adopted. I thought that everybody here knew.”
”Yes. We aren't stupid. We have been working here for decades, and our mistress never has a husband. All of a sudden, you show up as her son. Of course, no elder believes it, but we chose not to speak.”
Yao Lan was so circumlocutory that it confused Xu Miao.
”If you knew, why me of all people? I'm an outsider, no? Don't you afraid that I'll violate all VY disciples that you treasure?”
”Because you can be trusted.”
”Pardon?”
”Have you realized that you're working for an unorthodox sect, right?”
”Yes, so?”
”Then, do you know that your mother is actually a succubus, a demoness?”
”…”
Xu Miao already knew as the system already revealed Xu Xiuying's true identity. Yet, he chose not to fret about it. He still had many things that he wanted to extract from Xu Xiuying and her goons.
Yao Lan could read Xu Miao like a book, ”From your expression, you knew.”
”…Yes.”
”But there are a few things that you don't know,” Yao Lan looked around to see if there was any eavesdropper. She guided Xu Miao into his room, so they could talk in private.
Xu Miao, Jiang Lan, and Yao Lan entered the room. Yet, Yao Lan stopped to look around. Then, she shot seven energy balls in seven different directions with her fingers.
No explosion or damage occurred in the room. However, everyone could smell that some electronic devices had been fried.
All hidden CCTV cameras were shot down.