519: Chapter 75 Nalan Qiutong 519: Chapter 75 Nalan Qiutong “This doesn’t matter.”
Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes and went straight to the point: “What have you been through?”
During this period, he had already examined the fragmented Ruyi Order in the woman’s hand.
Each Ruyi Order issued by the Book Tower had its unique mark…
This Ruyi Order belonged to “Pelican’s” personal items.
However.
In front of True Master Jun Shan, he did not directly reveal the other’s identity.
“Some days ago, Fire Master asked me to station at ‘Pingzhi City,’ a very small town.”
Pelican hesitated a bit, and slowly said: “Everything was peaceful originally, but Chen Chong’s cavalry suddenly arrived without warning and started a bandit suppression campaign, forcing the bandits in the nearby mountains to flee and rampage, breaking through the city gates…”
Xie Xuanyi said, “Then?”
Pelican’s expression turned somber: “Fire Master asked me to defend Pingzhi City, and I went forward to resist.
Regrettably, among these bandits were an Array Talisman Master and several high-level experts.
Despite fighting with all my might, I could not protect the city gate.”
She slowly recounted the events of that day.
“You mean…
the city gate of Pingzhi City was breached?”
Xie Xuanyi quietly listened and then asked.
“…Yes, but Pingzhi City was not completely slaughtered.
When I went to resist, I opened the back gate of the small town, and many people managed to escape.”
Pelican said with a hoarse voice, “The battle was extremely tragic, I barely managed to cut a bloody path, but unfortunately, the Ruyi Order was shattered, preventing me from contacting Fire Master.
Happening to hear that the envoy was arriving at Yuan Province, I hastened to set out, hoping to try my luck on the official road.”
She spread out her palm.
The shattered Ruyi Order, illuminated under the dim talisman, twinkled with light and was stained with blood.
“You were lucky, you happened to encounter the envoy.”
Xie Xuanyi calmly said, “If we had met a little later…
there would be no need for treatment of this injury.”
“Yes…”
Pelican seemed on the verge of tears, murmuring, “I have failed Fire Master.”
“There’s no need to be so sad.”
Xie Xuanyi smiled, “Anyway, you don’t care about the lives of those people in Pingzhi City.”
With that.
Silence fell in the carriage.
“…”
Pelican’s expression also turned bizarre, she lifted her head, her voice confused: “Little Xie Mountain Master, what are you talking about?”
“The people of Pingzhi City, if they died, so be it.
It’s not important.
I just need to seem sad enough to deceive Xie Zhen.”
Xie Xuanyi spoke sarcastically: “This must be your real thought at the moment…
Nalan girl?”
The word ‘Nalan’ dropped.
The temperature in the carriage quickly dropped, and the until-then tearful Pelican sat up straight, her previously sorrowful expression fading away to a cold, ruthless demeanor.
A trace of dark Taoist Intent emanated from her but remained controlled within a very small range.
Xie Xuanyi looked down at his hair tips, sleeves, and shoulders.
The other’s Tao Rules seemed related to “ice and snow.”
These areas were covered with a thin layer of frost crystals.
“Drip.”
“Drip.”
“Drip.”
The carriage still jolted.
The area enveloped by the Purity Talisman changed its atmosphere repeatedly in just tens of seconds.
After a brief silence.
A familiar voice rose again.
“It’s indeed Little Xie Mountain Master.”
Pelican stared straight into Xie Zhen’s eyes again, changing her tone this time, with a mix of surprise, admiration, and a hint of jest: “…How did you recognize me?”
This response was equivalent to confirming Xie Xuanyi’s speculation.
She was not Pelican.
Nalan Qiutong lightly wiped her cheek, the skin mask that almost rooted onto her skin shifted slightly, her originally gentle features turned cold and aloof, with a red mole added between her brows, giving off a somewhat enchanting look.
“Recognizing you was not difficult.”
Xie Xuanyi pinched a fragment of the Ruyi Order with two fingers, speaking lightly: “A true Book Tower Dark Child does not care about their own life or death.
If Fire Master’s mission was to defend Pingzhi City, then before the city gate was breached, the Dark Child would either fight to death or die fighting…
After the gate fell, they wouldn’t seek out the envoy to complain pathetically.”
“Oh?”
Nalan Qiutong stroked her hair and laughed: “Chu People really value their lives little…
How did the Book Tower train decent people to become like this?”
“A breath in the heart means little care about life and death.”
Xie Xuanyi scoffed: “You acted too much, still too young.”
His Divine Thought, from beginning to end, hovered over her head.
Every bit of emotion from “Pelican” upon awakening was within Xie Xuanyi’s perceptual range.
Obviously.
This heir of Xuanwei Island had not been in Li Kingdom for long.
Nalan Qiutong’s state was similar to Duan Zhao.
Her realm was decent, her talent was passable, but unfortunately…
her methods in dealing with the world were too naive, her emotions, happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, all too visible.
“Heh heh…”
Nalan Qiutong, after hearing this assessment, did not become angry.
She continued with a smile, “Xie Zhen, oh Xie Zhen, you are more interesting than I imagined.
Since you guessed I am Nalan Qiutong, why did you still send off True Master Jun Shan and the female Array Talisman Master earlier?”
“You don’t have Killing Intent on you.”
Xie Xuanyi blandly stated.
Of course, that wasn’t the main reason…
If the person pretending to be Pelican at this moment was not Nalan Qiutong, but a being from the Yin God Realm, then the scenario at this moment would be three top-tier Reincarnators gathered in one carriage compartment, pretending to chat while secretly discussing how to join forces to strangle this Yin God within the carriage.
The main reason was that Nalan Qiutong was too weak.