Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Return to Gu Yun Mountain
Qian Qi left the medical room and let the Sikong family’s butler take her to the Su Family.
She felt that personally explaining the employment of Su Ang showed more sincerity.
The Sikong family had visitors, and the Su family butler quickly received the news and passed it to Su Ang, who had just returned not long ago.
"The person visiting from the Sikong family is called Qian Qi?"
Su Ang didn’t seem surprised, or rather, he wasn’t surprised to see Qian Qi at the Sikong family, because he had just returned and happened to see Qian Qi in the Sikong family’s kitchen, and had to take another look to confirm it was indeed Qian Qi.
But her sudden visit still puzzled him a bit.
"Let her come..." Su Ang said halfway, then changed his mind, "Forget it, I’ll go over."
The Su family butler was very surprised. Usually, if someone visited their door, unless it was a necessary social interaction, he would pretend not to be home. It was absolutely impossible for him to personally go to meet them.
This Qian Qi outside, what exactly is her background, that could make the young master move himself? And even...
The butler personally saw, as the young master paused for a moment passing by the kitchen, seeming to hesitate about something, but eventually came out carrying two plates of snacks.
Butler: ???
Since when does the young master like eating snacks?! When hanging out with the Sikong family’s young master, you never see him offering snacks! What’s your relationship with that kid called Qian Qi outside?! Could she be your little lover?!
When Su Ang arrived at the villa’s living room, Qian Qi was sitting sloppily sipping the tea provided to guests. Upon seeing Su Ang, she immediately straightened up, looking like a well-behaved model student.
Su Ang sat across from Qian Qi and waved to the butler, "You can go now."
After the butler left, taking several backward glances, Su Ang placed the two plates of snacks in front of Qian Qi and with his indifferent voice asked, "What brings you here?"
Qian Qi picked up a cookie and put it in her mouth. Her eyes, smiling, betrayed no extra emotion beyond amusement, "I heard you have a good relationship with Sikong Wang?"
"And how is that related to what you’re saying today?" Su Ang squinted his eyes in response, his face showing no extra expression beyond coldness.
"There’s a favor regarding Sikong Wang. I’d like to ask for your help with it," Qian Qi sipped her tea and spoke slowly, "This favor should be simple for you, but for Sikong Wang, it’s nothing short of saving his life."
She had already reviewed the news about the war in Song City. Su Ang was a dual-system S-level Awakener. His S-Class Spiritual Power could handle B-level Spiritual System Magic Beasts and so many Magic Beasts, so handling the Spiritual Magical Beasts in the Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon should be effortless.
He could surely protect her life, and he was the most suitable person to assist her in finding the Magic God Grass.
Of course, choosing Su Ang had other purposes. Upon much consideration, only Su Ang was the most suitable to accomplish these goals.
"So, will you agree?" Qian Qi stared at Su Ang and asked.
"You seem to have said nothing." Su Ang stared back at Qian Qi, both probing each other’s thoughts through their exchanged glances, "Just ask me for help?"
"It’s complicated to explain." Qian Qi shook the teacup in her hand, her eyes holding a deeper and more meaningful amusement as she looked at Su Ang, "The only thing I can reveal is that if this favor is completed, it can save Sikong Wang’s mother’s life."
Upon hearing that, Su Ang’s expression suddenly froze.
The outside world speculated that Sikong Wang’s mother had died. Only those within the families knew she was suffering from a mental breakdown and had been under hospital care.
But how did Qian Qi know this?
Did her appearance at the Sikong family also relate to this matter?
Why wasn’t Sikong Wang the one to contact him... No, Su Ang lowered his gaze and pondered. Regarding Aunt Shangguan’s matter, Sikong Wang always refrained from mentioning it to him, perhaps knowing that his own mother had already died from a mental breakdown. Not wanting to bring up his sad memories was the reason he never broached the subject.
Moreover, seeking his help seemed to be Qian Qi’s own idea.
"Did you come here without Sikong Wang knowing?" For some reason, Su Ang felt that the girl in front of him seemed to know everything.
Her eyes always squinted with amusement as if hiding all the facts and secrets.
"Yes." Qian Qi put down her teacup, "So I also hope you can keep it confidential."
"Alright." Su Ang nodded, "I agree to your request. Tell me, what exactly is the favor?"
"Enter the Gu Yun Mountain instance to find a type of Magic Plant. Because many Spiritual System Magic Beasts gather there, I cannot get close, but I can guide you from a distance via messages," Qian Qi explained after confirming his sincerity.
"The spiritual power coverage of a C-level Demon Beast is at least a thousand meters. You say you can’t get close to that Magic Plant; how can you ensure I’ll find that specific Magic Plant precisely?" Su Ang replied.
"I can guarantee to let you find the Magic Plant precisely at that time, but how it is confirmed, that’s a secret." Qian Qi glanced at the time, "No time to lose, you fill your belly, and we’ll set off!"
Su Ang thought for a moment. He wasn’t concerned with Qian Qi’s secret. Even if Qian Qi could not find it precisely, he could choose to kill all the Magic Beasts nearby and let Qian Qi find it herself later.
So he said, "I’ve already eaten, let’s go directly."
"Oh, alright." Qian Qi nodded, then pointed at the snacks, "They’re quite tasty, can I take them?"
She had only had a bowl of porridge and a piece of bread for breakfast, not enough to fill her up.
Su Ang: ..."Take them all."
——
With Su Ang leading, Qian Qi didn’t even need to register and could directly enter the Gu Yun Mountain instance with him.
With the system guiding the way, the two of them quickly arrived near the Magic God Grass.
"There’s a Spirit Barrier ahead." Su Ang slightly released his spiritual power and sensed a thin and brittle Spirit Barrier, "It’s set by more than a dozen Spiritual System Magic Beasts jointly."
Not only that, but these dozen or so Magic Beasts also seemed to be from different species. While human spiritual power showed no difference, the spiritual power of Magic Beasts from different species showed variance. This barrier was like a quilt sewn from more than a dozen different pieces of fabric.
What surprised him was that Magic Beasts seldom cooperated, let alone ventured to connect their spiritual powers with other Spiritual System Magic Beasts.
What within this would make them so vigilant and possessive?
Was it the Magic Plant Qian Qi wanted?
Su Ang was about to turn and ask Qian Qi but found she was already nowhere in sight, and his Light Brain rang—it was a call from Qian Qi.
Once connected, Qian Qi’s lively and high-pitched voice came through the Light Brain, "Go, Silver-haired kid! Break through the Spirit Barrier, just go straight north!"
She encouraged, "Run! You can do it!"
Su Ang: "..."
Was she running away too fast? She didn’t even call him "senior" anymore?
With a shake of his head, Su Ang directly used his spiritual power to break through the Spirit Barrier. His spiritual power swiftly advanced, invading the brain area of each Spiritual System Magic Beast met along the way, disrupting their spiritual power.
Around the barrier, numerous low-level Spiritual System Magic Beasts were lingering, distributed quite regularly as if guarding the perimeter. As Su Ang took each step, the Magic Beasts he passed were like they suddenly lost their minds, swaying their heads and scattering, heading in the opposite direction from Qian Qi.
Heading north about three hundred meters or so, Qian Qi’s voice sounded in the Light Brain again, "Stop, turn left, and run for another 732 meters. You’ll see the C-level Demon Beast group ahead."
Su Ang extended his spiritual power behind him and found Qian Qi was two thousand meters away from him. She was quite cautious regarding her personal safety. But with such a long distance, how did she confirm the location of the Magic Plant?
"What are you waiting for? Move!" Qian Qi was on the verge of breaking down. This system’s guidance cost money every minute every second. Couldn’t he speed it up! "Young man, can you run faster! Don’t walk so slowly like an old man!"
Su Ang: ...
Taking a deep breath, Su Ang began to run.