Chapter 238: The Strange Girl (3.5k)
With the voice of Priest Lin Xiao echoing, the scene fell into silence. Everyone was waiting for Su Jiu’s reply, as if they wouldn’t stop unless the latter provided a reasonable explanation.
As Lin Xiao approached step by step, Su Jiu glanced at the blue-haired woman. Under her black robe, she calmly took out the Mica Thunder from her storage bag and held it tightly in her hand…
Miss? This is likely the materialized form of the Ruo Meng Root.
The blue-haired woman gave her a feeling of unfathomable strength, at least an Intermediate Battle King, and not an ordinary one. She was very likely the Lord-level Ruo Meng Root.
If all else failed, destroying the materialized form of the Ruo Meng Root would also inactivate most of those spores. However, the main body of the Ruo Meng Root was too far away to kill it…
Just as Su Jiu was about to infuse External Qi into the Mica Thunder in her hand, four characters appeared in the frame of her left eye’s spectacles, making her movements slow down.
“Observe the situation.”
“I’ll attract their attention for you.”
The following characters made Su Jiu’s pupils slightly widen. She quickly deduced that these spectacles might not only have infrared positioning but also the function of transmitting synchronized video.
Priest Lin Xiao had no idea what Su Jiu was thinking. He noticed that Su Jiu had not answered his question, and his brow furrowed. He continued to walk slowly towards Su Jiu.
Meanwhile, the blue-haired woman stared at Su Jiu’s face, hidden under her hood and obscured by External Qi, with a hint of playfulness in her eyes. It seemed that in this lonely process, this scene was a good consolation.
Just as everyone’s attention was focused on Su Jiu, the ground trembled slightly, and the small flowers on the ground vibrated. Ripples appeared in the algae pool behind Su Jiu, and the green waves even reached the shore.
Due to the ground’s tremors, the Gugu birds began to make “poof poof poof!” sounds, as if they were about to spread their wings.
The Gugu birds scattered and flew up, white shadows swirling frantically in the valley, even showing signs of flying out of the valley. Lin Xiao stopped, a look of displeasure appearing between his brows: “What’s going on?! This has never happened before…”
Then he looked up at the white shadows filling the sky and quickly turned his head to his other subordinates who were still in a daze, roaring: “What are you waiting for? Go stop them! There are no formations in this canyon. If these Gugu birds fly out of here and are discovered by the Dragon Hunters, you’ll all be in big trouble.”
“Yes!”
Upon hearing Lin Xiao’s words, the other black-robed figures quickly rushed into the sky, supporting patches of energy shields with their External Qi. They dared not attack the Gugu birds indiscriminately, their movements appearing somewhat hesitant.
Just as Lin Xiao refocused his attention on Su Jiu, a hurried figure emerged from the small wooden house. As the figure stepped out of the small wooden house,
ripples like water waves spread around, and the small wooden house slightly distorted and deformed. The subtly closing door of an ancient pavilion covered with small white flowers could be faintly seen, but it seemed inexplicably far away.
Beneath her black robe, Su Jiu looked over and felt a hint of surprise. This was spatial fluctuation. Such an advanced design was used here. this plan must be very important to those from the Ancient God Sect, right?
Or was it always there?
The Floating Life Blossom was likely located inside.
Soon, the figure’s appearance became clear. It was a woman in a white coat. She didn’t pay attention to the flowers on the ground and almost rushed to Priest Lin Xiao’s side. A look of urgency appeared on her face, and she quickly said to him:
“Priest Sir, something has happened! The external formation has been destroyed, and it seems someone has also caused massive destruction to the place where we are cultivating algae.”
“Mu Yang, you damn! Look at the mess you’ve made! I know you have feelings for that man-eating demoness, but you have to consider the situation!”
As soon as the woman in the white coat finished speaking, Lin Xiao’s face flushed with a mixture of shock and anger. He roared at Su Jiu with a ferocious expression.
Those algae were of great use, and if they were massively destroyed, the loss would be no less than the death of these controlled Gugu bird flocks.
Seeing Su Jiu merely lowering her head and meekly accepting the scolding, he immediately turned to the woman in the white coat and asked anxiously: “Can you observe the situation outside now?”
“No, the external monitoring equipment seems to have been tampered with… and now almost a fifth of the algae has been lost. I need to hurry and reconstruct the formation!”
The woman in the white coat hurried towards the green pond, directly passing by Su Jiu. Her expression was extremely anxious, even showing a hint of fear.
If this ruined the mission assigned by the Bishop, all of them would suffer, and death might even be a blessing.
“Dr. Huang, wait…”
Just as she was about to jump in, Priest Lin Xiao called out to stop her and followed her, saying in a deep voice: “You cannot leave the laboratory easily! That place requires the formation inside to control energy and provide energy output to that person. If you leave, no one will be controlling the formation, which could lead to errors!”
“This formation must be controlled by an alchemist! That person has reached a critical moment of transformation and advancement!”
Hearing Lin Xiao’s voice, the woman in the white coat paused slightly, lost in thought. After a moment, her gaze slowly shifted from the surface of the algae pond to Su Jiu. After a moment of thought, she suddenly spoke:
“I remember that this Shadow also understands alchemy formations. Didn’t you let her guard outside because she could timely cover up our secret stronghold? My assistant is inside. As long as this Shadow controls the energy supply, there shouldn’t be any major problems.”
“That’s true…”
Hearing this, Priest Lin Xiao frowned and looked at Su Jiu. After a moment, he coldly snorted, took out an ancient white jade token from his waist, and tossed it to Su Jiu. He said sternly, “Go in and do your job honestly, and don’t cause any more trouble. I’ll deal with you later!”
“Yes…” she said with a hoarse voice, suppressing her throat.
Reaching out a pale hand to catch the white jade token, Su Jiu quickly nodded. She looked at the pattern of a flower resembling a magnolia carved on it and her heart suddenly surged with excitement. This pattern was the Floating Life Blossom!
Is this the entrance token to that ancient building?!
Glancing at Priest Lin Xiao, who was about to go with the female doctor to explore the algae pond, her gaze slowly lengthened, falling upon the small wooden house. The corners of her mouth slowly curved upwards, and the soul of a trickster slowly ignited within her.
Pouring energy? The energy from a Mica Thunder is about the same, right?
“Do not reduce the energy supply by any means… If the energy provided by the Ruo Meng Roots is insufficient, use the secondary formation to forcefully supply it!”
The woman in the white coat instructed Su Jiu beside her with great seriousness before jumping into the water with a “poof!”.
Glancing at the people in the sky who were still driving away the Gugu bird flocks, Su Jiu happily walked towards the small wooden house with the white jade token. A mischievous smile, unique to a villain, appeared on her face, and her steps seemed to become lighter with her smile.
“Hehe…”
With a “poof!” sound breaking the air, a white shadow flew over.
It was the thin pigeon from before. It suddenly landed on Su Jiu’s shoulder and pecked at the External Qi with great “affection,” making “dudu!” sounds. Su Jiu pouted with a smile and said softly, “Brother Pigeon… don’t like me so much. Alas… I am indeed more attractive to small animals.”
The blue-haired woman squinted at Su Jiu. Due to her special mental skills, she could feel that Su Jiu’s emotions were exceptionally high, which kept her puzzled.
She was so happy after being scolded?
Before, this human only had greed towards her, without any other emotions. Why were her emotions so strange now… and why did this person’s mental state feel stronger to her?
“Is it my imagination? She seems to have changed into someone else?”
As the blue-haired woman murmured, Su Jiu gently pressed the white jade token against the door of the small wooden house and soon saw the primitive form of this building.
This wasn’t a small wooden house at all!
As the ripples floated, the folds of this space almost formed a wall, and then the wall slowly dissipated. A suspension bridge covered with small white flowers appeared before Su Jiu. Below the suspension bridge was the misty green pond water.
A vast, awe-inspiring, thick, and ancient pavilion suddenly stood more than a hundred meters away from Su Jiu. The somewhat vicissituded grand door was adorned with countless small white flowers. The entire structure of the building resembled that of a Dragon Country noble built hundreds of years ago.
On the opposite side of the suspension bridge, Su Jiu’s gaze slowly swept across the vast ancient pavilion, finally stopping at a very old plaque outside the pavilion. On it, four rather delicate characters were faintly visible.
Bai Zhi Yun Lou.
Although the writing had been ravaged by time, Su Jiu could still feel the unyielding spirit contained within it, which was no less than the aura of the plaque outside the Magical Capital University.
Feeling this strange sense of contrast, Su Jiu was somewhat confused. Why would such a plaque appear in a place like this? By rights, shouldn’t this place be filled with darkness like a vampire castle?
With this doubt, Su Jiu crossed the flower bridge in front of the pavilion and finally stepped onto the bluestone floor ravaged by time. As she stepped on the floor, her thick-soled shoes made faint sounds.
“Dada…”
She soon arrived at the front gate covered with small white flowers. Su Jiu hesitated for a moment before reaching out and gently pushing open the door. A gust of cold air brushed against her face. Inside, it was actually structured like a laboratory, but the furniture—chairs, tables, and decorations—was unexpectedly in Chinese style.
Taking a few steps forward and scanning the surroundings, Su Jiu suddenly noticed a huge, translucent glass tank, large and blue-green, in the farthest place. Inside the tank, a girl who looked only ten years old was holding a large white flower bud. The girl was dressed in extremely long clothes from hundreds of years ago, like a noble lady from an official’s family, which looked quite comical and eerie…
“Creak…” Taking a few more steps forward, the door behind Su Jiu slowly closed.
“It must be her! As long as she’s destroyed, it’s done!”
Hearing the sound of the door closing tightly behind her, Su Jiu’s steps paused slightly, and then she cautiously surveyed the surroundings again, continuing to walk towards the glass tank. At this moment, the full appearance of the glass tank was revealed before her. Three transparent pipes, each two feet wide, were connected to the glass tank, constantly transporting crystal-clear green liquid.
Just as Su Jiu was about to take out the Mica Thunder, a seemingly innocent little girl’s voice echoed in her mind.
“Sister, who are you? You seem to have great malice towards me?”
Su Jiu was suddenly greatly alarmed, and the hand holding the Mica Thunder trembled slightly. She slowly looked up and found that the little girl was leaning on the glass tank, tilting her head to look at her. Her pale green eyes had the pattern of white flowers.
Damn it, I’ve been discovered!!
