215: Chapter 205 215: Chapter 205 “When can Jiang Tang come out?
Why is he always in seclusion?”
Xuanyuan Mengting couldn’t meet Jiang Tang immediately, her expression somewhat disappointed.
Full of hope upon arrival, she had to wait…
just like the last few times.
“Miss, our boss came out of seclusion during the day to meet with some clients and then had a chat with the shareholders before going back into seclusion,” the shopkeeper said upon seeing that the assistant had been chatting with Xuanyuan Mengting for such a long time.
He was from Immortal Venerable City and, of course, knew of Xuanyuan Mengting’s identity.
Seeing the shopkeeper arrive, the assistant went back to busily tending to the customers.
“What, he entertained guests?
Were they men or women?” Xuanyuan Mengting grew tense upon hearing that Jiang Tang had entertained guests, jealousy creeping into her heart.
She had previously been jealous of Yan Weiwei, though that feeling had been somewhat foreign to her; now she recognized that she had some feelings for Jiang Tang.
She had come with a mission this time and was all the more concerned about what sort of clients had met with Jiang Tang.
“They were two male clients.
It seemed they were acquainted with our boss and the shareholders.
We saw these two clients on the first day our boss opened the shop,” the shopkeeper said, deliberately vague, causing Xuanyuan Mengting to speculate.
“So, who exactly were they?
Why not be clear about it?”
“My apologies, Miss Xuanyuan, but there were too many clients that day.
I, as the shopkeeper, couldn’t possibly recognize everyone.
I only know that one of these gentlemen’s surname was Luo, the other was Lai…”
The shopkeeper, being a man, could understand at a glance the unguarded expressions of Xuanyuan Mengting.
This daughter of one of the Ten Great Clans was enchanted by his boss.
“Ah, I understand.” Xuanyuan Mengting searched here and found the names of these two people.
She knew both of them; they were from first and second-tier noble families and disciples of a second-tier Immortal Sect, presumably here for the Pills.
“Miss Xuanyuan, would you like to wait for our boss in the reception room?” the shopkeeper, hearing a customer asking for him, couldn’t leave Xuanyuan Mengting alone and could only make this suggestion.
“No, thank you.
It’s now late at night, and it’s not convenient to disturb others.
I will return to my residence first.
Notify me immediately when Jiang Tang comes out of seclusion.”
Xuanyuan Mengting, a young lady, was quite tired from the day’s back and forth travels.
Cultivators also need to replenish their strength.
It was inconvenient to wait in someone else’s shop at night; she might as well go back to her estate to get some sleep.
“Safe travels, Miss Xuanyuan…”
Xuanyuan Mengting gestured for her guards to accompany her back to the estate.
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Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin, bearing a mission, had received Pills from Jiang Tang, and after a brief discussion, they decided to complete the mission first.
Having not returned home for many years, it was the perfect opportunity to visit their families.
The two companions set off together, taking out their Flying Treasures, and flew out of Immortal Venerable City into the high skies.
They also sent out a message to the Elder of their sect, informing him that they were going to their families first.
Upon receiving their message, the Elder of their sect didn’t make a decision about the competition right away and allowed them to return home to their families.
As soon as they left Immortal Venerable City, they sensed with their spiritual power that someone was following them, which alarmed Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin into sending each other a panicked message.
“Brother Luo, what should we do?
Should we fight with them, or should we hide?”
“Brother Lai, the ones tracking us have higher cultivation than ours, and there’s more than one person.
If they are a group or planning to ambush us, we’re not going to be able to resist with our level of cultivation.
We don’t have any elders here, and outside is the lawless part of the Cultivation World.
I’m afraid we might be killed for our Pills.”
Both men were carrying out missions for their families, bearing great responsibility.
They could not afford any mishaps, or the hope for their families’ expansion would be dashed.
It would not only mean a loss of a great deal of wealth but also the risk of losing their lives.
These two men, who had never cared much for money because it could be earned back, now faced the loss of both their lives and the Pills.
Once carefree young gentlemen transformed into people fraught with panic.
Luo Yaxuan thought of his Cloud Elf this time and said to Lai Jianlin, “Let’s fly above the clouds and hide, moving through the clouds.
We can’t stay on the ground; we don’t have powerful treasures like they do down there.”
“Brother Luo, I don’t have any treasures that work in the clouds, and others who have higher cultivation than us can still find us.”
“Don’t be afraid, I have a Cloud Elf, follow me.”
Luo Yaxuan flew towards the clouds first, and Lai Jianlin followed suit.
The people tracking them also flew towards the clouds.
Luo Yaxuan led Lai Jianlin into the clouds and together they boarded a flying artifact.
Luo Yaxuan summoned his Cloud Elf, and in an instant, their figures disappeared within the clouds.
Using the Illusion Spell, Luo Yaxuan’s Cloud Elf made it so they could see others, but no one could see them.
However, their cultivation was low, and they had yet to spot those who were tracking them.
The clouds in the sky drifted, and the cloud they were on drifted too.
The trackers lost sight of them and stopped, searching the area non-stop.
They couldn’t see their figures, but they could sense them above the clouds through their spiritual power.
A Great Power Holder, angry from afar, launched a spiritual attack, while other pursuers also used their spiritual power to search.
Eventually, everyone’s spiritual power focused on a single, drifting cloud.
All of them unleashed their true strength to attack the cloud, attempting to scatter it.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin were terrified, never expecting so many Great Power Holders to be tracking them.
People with such powerful spiritual power were also tracking them to kill and rob.
Maybe the top-grade pills they carried were too great a temptation, even drawing Great Power Holders to engage in such thievery.
Using spiritual power to kill without showing themselves, Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin were continuously dodging the spiritual attacks from the Great Power Holders.
The attackers targeted not just the body but also the head with their spiritual power, aiming to destroy a person’s head, reducing them to an unresponsive puppet.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin felt pain enveloping their bodies and heads, swaying unsteadily atop the flying artifact.
“Ah…”
The intense pain made it so they couldn’t help but cry out, their attacked heads aching unbearably.
Just as they were about to clutch their heads and fall from the flying artifact, and the cloud below was about to dissipate, suddenly, a force supported them, and a circle of light enveloped them, protecting them from the external divine power attacks.
When their heads and bodies stopped hurting, Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin opened their eyes to find themselves protected by the circle of light and realized someone had rescued them.
“Benefactor, thank you.” Luo Yaxuan felt that this person must be nearby, and not engaging in murder and robbery must mean this person was a friend.
“Benefactor, may I know who you are?” Lai Jianlin thought further ahead, wanting to know who had saved them so he could repay the favor when he was able.
“Luo Yaxuan, Lai Jianlin, stop talking.
I am Jiang Tang; I will get you back to your clan safely.”
Jiang Tang was in the midst of secluded cultivation, and his spread-out spiritual power had detected Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin under attack from others.
He sent out a little person from his mind, which could go forth and become an incarnation of him.