“Sir, please wait a moment.”
Seeing the woman in a small dress suddenly appear beside me, my pupils involuntarily contracted.
She was too much like Sui Wan'er, not only in facial features but also in temperament. The only difference was that she wore modern clothing, while Sui Wan'er was dressed in a white, elegant qipao.
Through my ghost eyes, I could see that her Yang energy was very abundant, unlike the crimson ghost energy emanating from Sui Wan'er. This indicated she was alive. She merely resembled Sui Wan'er. Upon closer inspection, there were indeed differences. Sui Wan'er’s eyes were slender and carried a hint of languidness, giving her the appearance of a delicate young lady from the Jiangnan region.
The woman before me had bright, clear eyes, and as her gaze shifted, it sparkled with intelligence. She exuded the demeanor of a strong, capable woman. Otherwise, the female server beside her wouldn't have had her expression change several times upon seeing her, almost to the point of transforming into a gecko.
Just as I was pondering her identity, the server beside me, with a pale face, cried out, "Manager!" Before she could explain, the woman who appeared out of thin air interrupted her.
“You may go. I’ll handle this.”
Hearing this, the server nodded, let out a hum, and turned to walk down the corridor. However, her pace was rather quick, as if she were fleeing. The servers standing by the private room doors straightened their bodies, their gazes fixed forward, like soldiers awaiting inspection. Sudan Novel Network.
From these signs, it was clear that the woman who had suddenly appeared before me was no ordinary person; she was likely a cultivator. It seemed I had encountered a fellow practitioner. After retracting my ghost eyes, I placed my hands behind my back, forming a Tian Qiao seal on myself to prevent any unforeseen incidents.
It's important to note that I had been conversing with the female server, and I was even a head taller than her, allowing me a clear view of the corridor. I was absolutely certain she hadn't emerged from any of the adjacent private rooms, suggesting her strength was likely on par with mine.
“Are you calling me, madam? May I know how to address you?” I asked, trying my best to appear like an ordinary person, with a hint of playful teasing in my tone.
“My surname is Chen, and my given name is Yun. I am the manager here. I overheard you inquiring about me. Is there something you need?”
“Looking for me?” I was taken aback by her question. I was clearly looking for Sui Wan'er. Why would I be looking for you? We aren’t familiar with each other.
But how should I explain this? Should I tell her I was looking for a thousand-year-old female ghost who was half-corpse, half-human? If I said that, she would surely think I was crazy.
After some thought, I decided not to explain. Why should I explain just because she asked? So, I acted shamelessly and said, “Manager Chen, I believe you misheard. I wasn't looking for you, but for someone else. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be taking my leave.”
With that, I turned to leave.
“Oh! So you weren’t looking for me. But since you’re here, you might as well stay and enjoy yourself at our Lei Yao, lest people say we’re not hospitable.” As soon as she finished speaking, I felt a gust of wind from behind my head. Instinctively, I dodged to the side. A dry branch, half a meter long, grazed my ear and embedded itself into the wall.
Seeing the branch, which had penetrated half an inch into the wall, a cold sweat broke out on my body. If I hadn't applied the Tian Qiao seal to myself, I would be dead by now.
“What exactly do you want? I was merely asking about someone. If you don’t know, fine, but to suddenly attack me, are you even a gentleman?”
“Gentleman? I am no gentleman. I am just a small woman. You can be a gentleman for people like yourself,” Chen Manager replied.
As soon as Manager Chen finished speaking, a bead emitting a red halo appeared in her hand. She formed a peculiar hand seal with one hand and applied it to the bead. Instantly, the surrounding scenery began to change.
Everything around, whether it was the walls, the servers standing by the private room doors, or even the stairs beneath my feet, began to twist and distort. The transformation was incredibly rapid, occurring in the blink of an eye. Within two blinks, the scene before me had completely changed.
The corridor had vanished, the private rooms were gone, and the servers at the door had disappeared. I found myself in a vast cave-like space. Manager Chen stood not far away, putting away the Bagua disk into her bag.
“An illusion?” I exclaimed in surprise.
It was known that illusions were not easily created. They required not only favorable timing and location but also a treasure capable of casting illusions. Such treasures were exceedingly rare, almost legendary.
Moreover, to be able to perform such a realistic spatial transfer illusion, one would typically be elderly. Chen Yun, however, looked no older than twenty-seven or twenty-eight, certainly not yet thirty. How could she have reached the level of creating illusions?
Facing my astonishment, Chen Yun looked at me with a chilling expression. “Song Qingyun, is it? You have quite the nerve to cause trouble on my turf, and to have your subordinates capture my people. Do you truly think I, Chen Yun, am easily provoked?”
Causing trouble, capturing subordinates? What was she talking about?
My mind was a complete blank as I looked at her. I quickly asked, “How did I cause trouble? I didn’t capture any of your subordinates! Are you mistaken?”
“You’re quite eloquent and good at arguing. Look at what you’ve done.”
As Chen Yun spoke, she casually waved her hand, and the wall beside us lit up, clearly displaying the scene of me leaving through the back door with the bald strongman and others. The footage was crystal clear, though silent. The part where the bald strongman was engaged in lewd acts was cut short. This was followed by the scene of Huang San speaking to the mother weasel, and then the playback ended.
I swallowed hard and mumbled, “They were just a bunch of thugs. Besides, it wasn’t me who disciplined them; it was that woman. If you want to find trouble, you should find… her…”
Seeing Chen Yun’s gaze grow increasingly cold, my voice trailed off. I finally managed to force out, “You’re not going to say that mother weasel is your sister, are you?”
“Mother weasel? As expected, no human is good.”
The phrase “mother weasel” utterly ignited Chen Yun’s fury. She twisted her fingers back and forth, and with each twist, a black, dry branch would appear and hurl towards me.
After dodging seven or eight attacks consecutively, I quickly called out to stop her, “Chen Yun, let’s talk this through. If you kill me, Huang San definitely won’t let that mother weasel go. Her life pill is in Huang San’s hands, so you need to think carefully.”
I had expected that threatening Chen Yun with the mother weasel would make her stop. However, the result was the opposite. Her attacks became even more ferocious, and she roared, “If I capture you, I’ll exchange you. I refuse to believe I can’t get my sister back…”