Chapter 119: A Turn of Events
“If I sleep any longer, it’ll be noon.”
Judging from the intensity of the sunlight, it was easy to come to this conclusion, which made Su Yan a little embarrassed.
“To not get up so late is really terrible.”
Su Yan sat up in bed. He subconsciously wanted to grab the clothes by the bed and put them on, but when he touched them, he realized something was wrong.
Soft, and a little silky… this was…
Su Yan turned his head and saw a white silk fabric and a soft little piece of cloth.
“Right, this is Senior Sister’s room.”
Su Yan suddenly realized and immediately understood what the thing in his hand was. No wonder the scent was so strong last night. It was as if he had slept in the same bed with his senior sister.
“I should go and change my clothes.”
Su Yan shyly put down the piece of cloth and got out of bed. He wanted to go back to his own room, but when he opened the door, he saw Senior Sister Xiao Wu standing right outside.
“You’ve been standing here all this time?” Su Yan said with some surprise.
“Of course. I said I would protect you.”
Xiao Wu nodded, her gaze lightly sweeping across the room. A blush then appeared on her cheeks. It was clear that she had noticed that her personal belongings had been moved by someone and was feeling shy about it.
Su Yan didn’t expose Xiao Wu’s little thoughts and said with a straight face, “Thank you, Senior Sister. I slept very well last night. I want to go and change my clothes now.”
“Mm, go on and change.”
Xiao Wu made way.
Su Yan returned to his own room and took a nice, long bath. The warm water sprayed on his body, and he felt as if he had been purified, instantly feeling a hundred times more energetic.
After finishing his bath and changing his clothes, Su Yan walked out of his room and came to the deck of the flying ship.
When Lin Qingyue saw Su Yan, her beautiful eyes immediately lit up. “You’re awake, Senior Brother. How do you feel? Is your body better?”
Su Yan said with a smile, “I feel much better. I was just a little tired. I wasn’t really injured to begin with.”
Ling Ling circled around him, then nodded with relief. “It seems you’re really not injured. I’m relieved.”
Hearing the two of them’s concern, Su Yan was very moved in his heart. Besides Senior Sister Xiao Wu, there were others who also cared about him.
“I’m relieved that you’re better. We’ll be at the assembly point soon. Get ready as soon as possible,” Xiao Wu walked over and said.
Su Yan nodded. The Joyful Union Sect’s headquarters was in the Qingyue Continent. According to their itinerary, they should have arrived in the morning. But because of last night’s delay, it had been dragged out until the afternoon.
“I don’t have anything to prepare. It’s a bit stuffy in the room. Why don’t I just enjoy the scenery here?”
Su Yan walked to the edge of the flying ship and admired the scenery before him. The boundless sea of clouds surged, and through the thick clouds, the vast and boundless land could be vaguely seen, which made his mood much better.
However, this relaxed atmosphere did not last long. Su Yan found that coming out was a complete mistake.
“Junior Brother Su is looking at the scenery over there. Look at his sad eyes. He’s filled with a sad aura. He must have been scared last night. It’s all that damn woman’s fault!”
“Yeah, yeah! Junior Brother Su looks so pitiful. I really want to go over and hug him and comfort him!”
“After what happened, he didn’t say anything, but he must be very wronged in his heart. He’s really had it tough.”
Everyone who saw him had a pitiful expression on their face. They wanted to comfort him but didn’t dare to go forward, as if he were a wounded little beast.
“Is it necessary to be so dramatic? Where am I sad?”
The corner of Su Yan’s mouth twitched. He didn’t understand the thinking of these women. He was clearly quietly admiring the scenery. Where was the slightest bit of sadness?
“Forget it. I’d better go back.”
Yesterday, these senior sisters had all contributed. Su Yan couldn’t say much. He could only go back so that out of sight, out of mind.
The flying ship sailed in the vast sea of clouds. Su Yan had thought that they were about to reach their destination and that nothing would happen next. But he was clearly naive.
There was a loud boom, followed by a noisy sound.
“She escaped! Catch her!”
“Vixen, don’t even think about escaping!”
Su Yan was reading a book in his room when he suddenly heard a clamor outside, as if it were in chaos.
“What happened?”
Su Yan opened the door and saw thick smoke rising in the distance. He quickly ran towards the scene of the incident. When he arrived, he was shocked to find that the black-clothed young girl, who should have been tied up, was now emitting a surging spiritual energy. She sent the guarding disciple flying with a punch, then pounced on a small wooden box on the side.
“You’ll remember this! I won’t let you off next time!”
The black-clothed woman gave him a reluctant look, smashed the wooden box with a punch, and took out a short dagger from inside.
She held the purple dagger, and a faint light emanated from her body. The dagger suddenly cracked inch by inch, and then shattered with a boom.
At the same time, a distorted, dark passage appeared. The black-clothed woman flashed into it and then disappeared without a trace.
Su Yan was completely stunned. If he hadn’t seen wrong, the black-clothed woman had escaped? This was too unbelievable! How were they guarding her?
Su Yan’s question was also the question of the elder in the green dress. She heard the commotion and rushed over, but it was already too late.
“What’s going on? I told you to guard the prisoner, and this is how you do it! You actually let her escape!”
The elder in the green dress was furious. She had wanted to hand the person over to the sect and dig some information out of the vixen’s mouth. Now it was all for nothing.
“Elder, you can’t blame us for this. Who knew she was still hiding something on her…”
As the guarding disciple explained, Su Yan gradually understood the situation.
It turned out that after capturing the black-clothed woman last night, they had confiscated all the items she was carrying and had even put a spirit-sealing ring on her.
Logically, without magic tools and spiritual energy, and with just a delicate body, even a woman would not have the ability to break free from the shackles.
But who would have thought that she was still hiding a jade slip? It was with the technique inside this jade slip that the black-clothed woman had shattered the spirit-sealing ring, retrieved her personal belongings, and then opened a space to escape.
“Why weren’t her personal belongings strictly guarded! And what’s with the jade slip? Didn’t you search her? Or did you not search carefully!”
An angry expression appeared on the elder in the green dress’s face.
The guarding disciple lowered her head in shame. “The demonic sect vixen’s things are strange. I didn’t dare to act rashly. I thought that since she had been subdued and was wearing a spirit-sealing ring, nothing would happen. But who would have thought she could escape.”
The elder in the green dress’s gaze shifted to the disciple in charge of the body search. It seemed that all of this was due to her negligence.
The female disciple quickly waved her hands and defended herself, “Elder, please see clearly! I absolutely did not neglect my duty! I searched her all over, but I didn’t find anything! I don’t know where that jade slip came from either! I’ve been wronged!”
