Chapter 253.2: Became Lost (1/2)

Right after it left, several black-clothed people appeared.

“Saint Envoy, why is that woman gone?” asked one of the black-clothed people.

The leading black-clothed man had a red mark on the center of his forehead that contained strange black characters. Below that were elegant handsome features.

When he spoke, his voice sounded like a flowing clear spring, “She probably left.”

“Then what do we do now? The Saint King specifically said to bring that woman back!”

The Saint Envoy’s eyes were gentle as if he was smiling. “I got it.”

The black-clothed men behind him exchanged hesitant looks. They weren’t very familiar with this Saint Envoy.

“You guys return first to report to the Saint King. I’ll go find that woman,” said the Saint Envoy.

None of the black-clothed people spoke. It was clear that they didn’t agree with his decision.

The Saint Envoy seemed to be smiling. “What? You don’t trust me?”

“We don’t dare!”

“Then head back. I’ll send that woman to the Saint King as soon as possible.”

A strange expression flashed through the eyes of the black-clothed person who was answering this entire time, but then he cupped his fist respectfully and said, “Then we’ll have to trouble Saint Envoy.”

“No need to be polite. It just happened that I encountered this right when I came back, otherwise I wouldn’t be helping either.” The Saint Envoy laughed softly. “Then I’ll be leaving first.” After he finished speaking, he didn’t bother to wait for the black-clothed people to reply before disappearing like the wind.

“Big Bro, are we really going to let him go like this? This is the task that Saint King entrusted to us!” Right after the Saint Envoy left, someone expressed their discontent.

“But he’s a Saint Envoy!” The person who was addressed as ‘big bro’ had a very serious expression on his face. He turned around to glance at the rest and said, “Compared to that woman, the Saint King will probably be more interested to hear of Lan Jia’s return! Let’s go! Let’s report this news to the Saint King first and tell him it was Lan Jia who insisted on helping. Saint King wouldn’t blame us once he learns of the situation!”

After he finished speaking, he took the initiative to start heading back.

The other black-clothed men looked at each other for a few moments, then followed.

Only the person at the very back seemed to still be concerned. He turned around and glanced in the direction Lan Jia had run in as his unreadable eyes seemed to deepen with thought.

Following that, he retrieved all of his emotions and became a normal black-clothed person again as he followed the people in front.

Tang Doudou ran haphazardly through the forest. Originally, she wanted to use qinggong but then she felt it would be waste to use what little inner strength she had on qinggong. If she ended up encountering an urgent situation, without her inner strength, she wouldn’t even be able to cry.

As she ran, she kept glancing behind her. When she heard that the rustling sound behind her was still present, she started cursing silently. What exactly was it that kept following her!? It kept following her at a steady place but didn’t attack when it got close. It seemed to be playing a game with her.

When her thoughts reached up to this point, her head cleared up. Continuing to run like this wasn’t a solution. It was more likely for her to tire herself to death before she managed to shake off the pursuit this time.

She stopped running and looked behind her guardedly. As she expected, that thing also stopped. However, her sudden stop seemed to have taken it by surprise as it couldn’t control its speed and got within a couple dozen steps in front of her before it managed to stop.

Since Tang Doudou was staring hard at that side, that thing didn’t dare to move and just hid in the forest while watching her back.