Chapter 221: Things Are Always Unexpected
Su Yan was a little curious about the “Master Qi” among the crowd. What kind of person was she, to make everyone feel that the competition was meaningless without her? To be able to make so many people think so, her skills must be very strong, right?
“Of course, she’s very strong. Some people say she’s the strongest formation master in the several neighboring countries.”
“That’s really amazing.”
Su Yan sighed with emotion, but that was about it. He didn’t know the other party, so of course, he wouldn’t do anything about it.
“Another day has passed without me realizing it!”
Looking at the sunset on the horizon, Su Yan stretched.
It was supposed to be a boring day, but he hadn’t expected to see this kind of competition. It would be great if there were more in the future. Then he wouldn’t feel bored.
Thinking this in his heart, Su Yan saw that it was getting late. If he didn’t go back, his senior sister would be anxious.
“What should I cook tonight?”
Su Yan thought about tonight’s menu as he walked. Cooking was his specialty. Only when she was full would his senior sister let him do as he pleased. He couldn’t be careless about this.
“Why don’t I make some roasted meat? Senior Sister seems to like it.”
Su Yan was thinking with his head lowered when a gust of wind blew, making him subconsciously squint his eyes.
It was already winter, and the evening wind was bone-chilling. If an ordinary person were to wear only these few clothes, they would have been shivering from the cold long ago. But with spiritual energy protecting his body, Su Yan didn’t feel there was any problem. It was just…
“Ouch.”
Something hit his head. To be able to be blown by the wind meant it didn’t have much weight, but being hit still made him unhappy.
“What is this?”
Su Yan looked down. It was a small paper ball.
“Who threw this trash?”
Su Yan looked left and right, but there was no one around. He couldn’t even find the culprit.
“So unlucky.”
Su Yan kicked the paper ball, but this kick had an unexpected gain. The paper ball partially unfolded, revealing a red mark inside. His nose twitched slightly. It was actually the smell of blood.
Su Yan’s expression immediately changed drastically. Blood on the paper? Could this be someone’s sanitary napkin? Thrown out after being used, and then it hit me?
“What am I thinking about? Such a hard piece of paper… how painful would it be to wipe with it? And this red looks like writing, not something randomly smeared on.”
Su Yan opened the paper ball. The two words “Help me” came into view, which startled him.
“Someone is asking for help?”
Su Yan was very surprised, his brows furrowing. Since it was written in blood, it was very likely not a prank. And the blood on the paper had not completely dried yet. The person who had thrown the paper ball should not be far from here.
“What should I do now?”
Su Yan held the paper ball, feeling a little troubled. He had been out for so long. If he didn’t go back, his senior sister would be anxious. He still had to go back and cook. But should he just pretend he hadn’t seen this cry for help?
“Forget it. I’ll just look for them.”
In the end, Su Yan still decided to help. He would look around here. If he found the person asking for help, he would consider whether to save them or not depending on the situation. If he couldn’t find them, there was nothing he could do. He was not a pushover.
“Let me see. The wind is blowing this way, so the note should be in the opposite direction.”
Su Yan went against the wind and began to search in the vicinity. In the end, he arrived near a few luxurious manors, and then there were no more clues.
“It should be around here. But where?”
Su Yan looked at the surrounding buildings. If it were an ordinary person, without any new clues, they would have just returned empty-handed. But Su Yan was not an ordinary person. He was a cultivator. So with a sweep of his divine sense, he quickly made a discovery.
“This manor belongs to ordinary people. They are eating. This place is the same. The next one…”
Under the sweep of his divine sense, it was very clear what the people around were doing. There was nothing unusual at all, except for one exception.
“This is…”
Su Yan “saw” that in a building to his front left, a delicate-looking young man was tightly bound by a rope. In front of him, a woman with a cold and stern expression was saying something loudly.
The more the delicate young man listened, the paler his face became. In the end, he actually cried out. The cold and stern woman picked up the delicate young man and threw him on the bed, and then…
“Then she just left!”
Su Yan “saw” this, and his eyes suddenly opened, his expression very strange.
At first, when he had seen this scene, he had thought that a woman was forcing a man, tying up this delicate young man and wanting to force him to do that. He hadn’t expected her to just leave.
“What’s going on?”
Su Yan’s divine sense swept over again and found that the delicate young man’s fingertips were bleeding, and many paper balls were scattered on the ground. It was already certain that he was the one who had thrown the paper ball for help.
This appearance now… was it because his cry for help had been discovered by others, so they had tied him up to further restrict his freedom?
“What should I do now?”
The person asking for help had been found, but Su Yan began to feel troubled. He didn’t know why the woman had imprisoned him. If he made a move, what if he turned out to be a bad person?
Thinking this in his heart, he quickly made up his mind.
Because Su Yan “saw” that another woman had walked into the room. After peeking in, she had begun to grope the bound, delicate young man, even letting out a “hehehe” lewd laugh.
“I can’t stand it anymore!”
This scene made Su Yan unable to help but think of the time he had been abducted by the Joyful Union Sect woman. He felt a sense of empathy and decided to help.
“To be able to do this kind of thing to a young man… these people don’t look like good people.”
Su Yan’s figure moved, and he silently came to the manor. When he entered, he suddenly found that this manor was heavily guarded. There were spiritual energy fluctuations in many places. There were actually cultivators stationed here.
“But this won’t stop me.”
In a cultivation sect, his little bit of strength was nothing. But in this place, a Golden Core stage cultivation was already enough to do many things.
Su Yan used a spiritual weapon to hide his aura and thus silently sneaked in. Following the location he had detected with his divine sense, he familiarly came to a room.
“Little beauty, go on and scream! No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat raw!”
“Sob, sob, sob!”
Hearing the sound coming from the room, Su Yan’s face was ashen. This damn woman was actually doing such a dirty and shameless thing.
Su Yan couldn’t hold it in any longer. After confirming that the woman did not have the strength to resist him, he suddenly pushed open the door.
The woman’s face showed surprise. Before she could react, she was hit on the head by a sword.
“Bang!”
With a light sound, the woman’s eyes rolled back, and she fell to the ground.
“Are you alright?”
Without giving the woman a second glance, Su Yan turned to look at the large bed.
At this moment, on the large bed, the delicate young man’s clothes were half-undone, his eyes full of crystal tears.
“You are…?”
The delicate young man’s face showed vigilance.
“Didn’t you throw a message for help? I happened to see it and was curious, so I looked for it. I didn’t expect to actually find it.”
Su Yan was a little emotional. This was not the center of the city, but a slightly remote corner. For a paper ball to be blown so far by the wind, and to happen to hit him… the probability was simply like winning the lottery.
The delicate young man was also very surprised. He had been imprisoned here for a long time and had already given up hope. He hadn’t expected that this time, he had hit the mark, and someone had actually come to save him.
“Thank you so much! Can you untie me now?”
The delicate young man struggled to sit up, his face a little flushed. To be seen like this by others was simply too shameful.
Su Yan untied the rope on him and asked, “Now can you tell me what’s going on? Why did they tie you up?”
Although the young man didn’t look like a bad person, a bad person wouldn’t have the word written on his face. In order not to cause trouble, Su Yan wanted to confirm the situation.
Hearing this, the delicate young man’s tears immediately fell.
Su Yan was a little speechless. If it were a woman crying, he would have comforted her gently. But for a man to be like this…
Even though he knew this world was special, Su Yan still found it a little hard to accept.
Finally, the delicate young man had cried enough and began to tell his story.
He had been a country boy who had embarked on the immortal path by a stroke of luck. In an exchange meeting, he had met his current master. The two of them had supported each other and had been at peace until a few months ago…
“My master is a respected formation master. Many people come to her for help. That day, an adult came to find my master. I didn’t pay it any mind and thought she would be back soon. But I was wrong.”
“My master went and never came back, far exceeding any previous time. I was a little worried, so I wanted to go and find her. But a group of people suddenly rushed into the room and took me down without a word.”
Hearing the delicate young man’s words, Su Yan understood. He didn’t know why he had been tied up, so he let his thoughts wander.
“It seems your master has run into some trouble. Could it be that your master took someone’s things but didn’t do the work?”
Whether it was alchemy or setting up a formation, a large amount of precious materials was needed. Some rogue cultivators were entrusted with missions by others. At first, they were not moved, but when they saw the precious equipment, they might suddenly be moved and do something irrational.
“My master would never do that kind of thing! Her reputation is very good! She wouldn’t ruin her own reputation! And even if my master really wanted to do that, she would definitely take me with her and not run away alone!”
“Are you so sure?”
Su Yan asked curiously.
“Of course, I’m sure!”
“Why?”
The delicate young man fell silent, his face turning flushed.
Su Yan didn’t mind and continued to ask, “By the way, after talking for so long, I still don’t know your master’s name.”
“Qi Meng. That’s my master’s name.”
Su Yan nodded.
Wait!
Qi Meng? Master Qi?
Thinking of the competition he had seen today, a favorite to win had not participated. The Master Qi that those people were talking about… could it be his master?
“She is called that by others. You saved me. My master will definitely repay you.”
The delicate young man said.
Su Yan did not take his words to heart. He didn’t need any repayment. He just couldn’t stand this kind of behavior.
“Come with me. We shouldn’t stay here for long.”
Su Yan called out. Since he knew the delicate young man’s identity and knew that he was not a bad person, then he would save him to the end and simply take him away from here.
As for what he would do after he was rescued, that was none of his business.
