"I am your Senior Sister, do you truly not know why the Great Palace Master and the Little Palace Master want to capture me?" Miao Zhu seemed to have no energy left to escape, and finally stopped, clenching her silver teeth and staring straight at the two of them.
The two Divine Palace female disciples exchanged glances and furrowed their brows.
One of them, taller than the other, said coldly, "The Palace Master said you stole the sect's secret techniques and tried to betray the Miao Xue Divine Palace. If you come back with us now and confess, you might be able to live."
"I stole the sect's secret techniques?" Miao Zhu's pale face showed a trace of disdain and mockery. "Do you know why none of our senior sisters who left the sect last year have returned?"
Miao Zhu spoke slowly, "The Palace Master told us they encountered danger and died outside, but now I've learned that the palace masters used us as items for trade, making us the cultivators' tripod furnaces in other sects, and we die miserably after enduring great torture."
"This time I escaped from the Miao Xue Divine Skill because I learned about this, so the Palace Master sent you to capture me. If you believe what I say, leave the Miao Xue Divine Palace with me now."
After finishing her speech,
the brows of the two Miao Xue Divine Palace disciples furrowed even more, but the coldness on their faces remained unchanged.
"Sister Miao Zhu, I didn't expect you to make up such lies to escape, even trying to incite us to flee with you, violating the sect's rules!"
"Let's take her together and bring her back to the Palace Master."
As they spoke, both drew two ice-colored longswords from their hands and charged at Miao Zhu.
Miao Zhu had already been severely injured and could hardly muster any Spiritual Energy. She hastily cast a Wind Snow Shield, but it was immediately pierced by their swords.
"Am I really going to die here today?"
The Ice Swords closed in in the blink of an eye. Miao Zhu no longer had much strength or Spiritual Energy to cast spells; her pupils suddenly constricted, and her face showed a look of despair.
Just at that moment, two clanging sounds rang out.
The ice swords in the hands of the two Miao Xue Divine Palace disciples snapped instantly, the broken tips embedding in the snowy ground beside them.
All three were stunned.
What happened?
Hidden behind the snowy rocks, Lin Mo had just projected his True Yuan to break the swords in their hands and now slowly walked out.
"Is that you? How are you here?" Miao Zhu, seeing Lin Mo emerge from behind the rocks, was first startled, then a great joy appeared on her desperate face.
"Who are you?" The two Miao Xue Divine Palace disciples showed a wary expression.
Lin Mo didn't answer Miao Zhu's question but instead looked at the two Miao Xue Divine Palace disciples and sent a powerful slap of True Yuan, blowing the two more than ten meters away, coughing up blood.
"Lin Mo, don't kill them; they are innocent," Miao Zhu quickly said.
Lin Mo nodded and sealed the meridians of the two disciples with True Yuan, temporarily preventing them from using their Spiritual Energy. The two disciples stared at Lin Mo with resentful eyes but were powerless to act.
"What has happened at Miao Xue Divine Palace?"
Lin Mo threw the two behind the snowy rocks, and it took twelve hours before they could move again. Then he looked at Miao Zhu and asked.
"I discovered the Palace Master's secret and was preparing to escape, but they found out," Miao Zhu said, her lips oozing a thread of crimson blood once again.
Lin Mo infused a stream of Yang Wood Spiritual Energy into her body and then handed her a Nourishing Yuan Pill to swallow. It was only then that some color and vitality returned to Miao Zhu's face. The duo found a place to rest, and Miao Zhu recounted everything to Lin Mo. It turned out that a male cultivator had arrived at the sect yesterday. She had inadvertently overheard the secret of Miao Xue Divine Palace, that the Great Palace Master and the Second Palace Master were planning to sell her to another party for three high-grade Spirit Stones along with a tripod furnace.
After knowing this, Miao Zhu immediately tried to escape Miao Xue Divine Palace. However, she hadn't anticipated being discovered just as she left the Divine Palace, followed by an assassination attempt. She had been running all this way, and if not for encountering Lin Mo, she might have already been captured and taken back.
"Just as the Witch King mentioned, Miao Xue Divine Palace claims to be a righteous sect, yet they carry out such filthy transactions in the dark," said Lin Mo, his eyes filled with a violet killing intent.
Xia Mengdie must have been deceived by the people of Miao Xue Divine Palace as well. If Miao Zhu is willing to tell Mengdie everything, then she will surely believe what I've said.
"Do you know where Mengdie is?" Lin Mo looked at Miao Zhu and asked.
Miao Zhu was stunned for a moment before responding, "Are you talking about my senior sister? Ever since she left the Divine Palace last time, she hasn't returned."
Lin Mo sighed. It seemed that Mengdie wasn't at Miao Xue Divine Palace. "By the way, how did Miao Xin arrive at Miao Xue Divine Palace?" Lin Mo wanted to know how Xia Mengdie had arrived at Miao Xue Divine Palace a year ago. People from the Heavenly Sect generally didn't leave, so was it possible that someone from the Heavenly Sect had just happened to encounter Xia Mengdie and, noticing something special about her body, took her back to Miao Xue Divine Palace?
Miao Zhu frowned, pondering for a moment before shaking her head, "I don't know the specifics. All I know is that it seems Aunt Mei brought my senior sister back. She had lost many of her memories and generally didn't talk much to others. Aunt Mei had the closest relationship with her."
"Aunt Mei?" Lin Mo frowned, realizing he needed to visit Miao Xue Divine Palace to see who this Aunt Mei was and why she brought Xia Mengdie back to Miao Xue Divine Palace.
"Lin Mo, what do you plan to do now?" Miao Zhu asked, eyes wide as she looked at Lin Mo.
Lin Mo's lips curved into a slight smirk, "Of course, I'm going to Miao Xue Divine Palace. Anyone who dares bully my wife must pay a price!"
Hearing Lin Mo's words, Miao Zhu's pupils dilated, showing an incredulous expression. She knew that Miao Xue Divine Palace not only had two late-stage Foundation Establishment Palace Masters but also boasted a hundred disciples and a Mountain Protection Array Formation. Charging in would undoubtedly be a suicidal mission.
Originally, Miao Zhu thought Lin Mo had come to find Miao Xin and would leave once he knew Miao Xin wasn't at Miao Xue Divine Palace, but instead, Lin Mo was planning to forcefully enter the Divine Palace!
"But both the Great Palace Masters are there, and there's also an array and a hundred disciples. You're only one person; if you go..."
"If you don't want to go, then stay here. I will come back for you."
Having said that, Lin Mo had already stood up.
"I... I will go with you," Miao Zhu hesitated for a moment before biting her thin lips.
Since Lin Mo was determined to go to Miao Xue Divine Palace, he did not intend to conceal his tracks. He decided to be bold enough to let everyone in Heavenly Sect know.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Mo and Miao Zhu had arrived at the edge of a mountain cliff. However, this was not a real cliff but a camouflaged one to prevent those explorers from inadvertently entering Miao Xue Divine Palace.
With a casual strike of True Yuan, Lin Mo instantly dispelled the camouflage, revealing the true face of Miao Xue Divine Palace, which was obviously much more majestic and expansive compared to Star Sect.
However, Miao Xue Divine Palace also possessed a Mountain Protection Array Formation; without breaking this formation, it was impossible to enter the Divine Palace.
As Lin Mo dispelled the camouflage, several figures in white robes, holding swords, were already advancing toward them on the wind.