427 Emei Sect, Ring of the Leader (1/2)
”Zhiruo?!”
”Junior sister, why are you…”
Zhou Zhiruo was brought to the third level, which was the place that detained the Emei Sect disciples. Her being pushed inside stirred up cries of surprise, but the Yuan Dynasty soldier just shut the door without looking back. He then went downstairs and left behind the two Yuan Dynasty soldiers who made comments about Zhou Zhiruo's appearance.
”Such a beautiful girl, and she became a nun…”
”This Emei Sect, seriously…”
Once Zhou Zhiruo was locked up, she saw that her mistress and everyone was in the area, and she felt grief bloom in her heart. ”Mistress, are you alright?”
”I'm fine. How did you get caught?”
Mistress Annihilation looked incredibly distressed.
On the other hand, Ding Minjun and Bei Jinyi were slightly excited. ”Junior sister, did you tell Great Swordsman Song about what happened to us? Do the six great sects know what happened to us?”
Once Zhou Zhiruo answered their questions, she told them that she was captured by Yuan Dynasty soldiers while she drew the Emei Sect contact symbol outside the inn. She was struck with a strange incense and lost all the strength in her limbs.
”Then… what about Young Swordsman Happy?”
Once Mistress Annihilation learned that Happy traveled with her, the solemnity between her brows vanished slightly. At least not all of their people were captured. As long as the news of their plight spread out, there would be hope for them.
Right when Zhou Zhiruo finished speaking…
Shick!
A faint sound of something slicing through the air could be heard, and a Yuan Dynasty soldier fell on the table out of the blue. The other person was shocked, but when he got up prepared to shout in warning, a violent gust of wind swept inside, and his throat was seized tightly. He could not let out a sound.
Thud!
With a single slash, Happy sliced the Yuan Dynasty soldier's throat. Then, with familiar ease, he captured the Yuan Dynasty soldier's corpse and made him sit on the chair.
It was inevitable that his actions caught the Emei Sect disciples' attention.
”Happy!”
”Young Swordsman Happy!”
The spirits of Mistress Annihilation and the others lifted.
A strange light flashed in Zhou Zhiruo's eyes as well. She did not think that right when she was captured, Happy would sneak into the tall tower. She felt joy, as if she had just been pulled from hell to heaven.
”This is great, mistress!
”Young Swordsman Happy, hurry up and get the key so that we can get out.”
Ding Minjun was the most cowardly out of the lot. When she saw that her savior had arrived, she immediately cried out for help. Fortunately, she was not stupid enough to scream and shout.
But Mistress Annihilation did not allow her joy to affect her judgment!.
”Don't!” she said, ”Happy, don't open the door. We're under the effects of Ten Fragrant Tendon Weakening Powder, which is a unique poison that doesn't allow us to use our qi. Even if you open the door, we won't be able to leave this place. Instead, we'll become a burden on you instead.”
Her sentence instantly calmed the Emei Sect disciples since they recognized the reality of the situation.
”Brother Happy, you have a chivalrous and very moral heart. I thank you for putting yourself at risk for Emei Sect,” Mistress Annihilation said solemnly. ”But the six great sects have all been detained here, and it is impossible for you to save us with your strength alone. It is not good for you to stay here for long. Please, take my authenticating token and tell the six sects to lead their people to save us.”
As she spoke, she took the jade ring that symbolized the position of the leader of Emei Sect and handed it to Happy.
What took Happy by surprise was that Ding Minjun did not fly into a frenzy and oppose her decision this time!
”Ding!
”Received Mistress Annihilation's request. Tell the six great sects the location in which the elites from the six sects are detained and save them!”
Happy did not reject the quest from the system this time.
However, he still had the urge to take Zhou Zhiruo to leave the tall tower, but when he considered the fact that he might put her in an even more dangerous situation if his location was exposed, he gritted his teeth and cast Zhou Zhiruo a resigned and complicated glance before he left the tall tower under Mistress Annihilation's gaze, which seemed to suggest that she understood something.
Whoosh!
Happy floated out the path through which he had come. Right when he landed on Mahavira Hall, he suddenly heard a furious roar from above the tall tower.
”Assassins!”
Almost instantly, the heavy-armored Yuan Dynasty soldiers near the tall tower drew their weapons and got ready to fight!