Miss Fairy, Please Hear Me Out

Xu Yuan watched the battle from above as he asked, What’s going on with that mad woman?

The Sage’s remnant soul sounded somewhat hesitant. “She is a little strange.”

Xu Yuan frowned. Strange? What do you mean?

“She is a soul body, just like me.”

A soul body... Xu Yuan asked in a low voice, Didn’t you just say that a soul body can’t condense source qi, and therefore can’t use a Dao field?

“That is why I said she is strange,” the Sage’s remnant soul replied.

You don’t know the reason?

The Sage’s remnant soul was silent for a while, then said faintly, “Xu boy, this world is very big. There are plenty of things I don’t know.”

Xu Yuan fell silent. The old-grandpa-brand encyclopedia had failed at this crucial moment.

The old grandpa himself, however, seemed completely unconcerned. After a brief pause, he asked softly, “So, what do you plan to do now?”

What do I plan to do... Xu Yuan murmured, frowning in thought.

Right now, there were three roads laid out before him.

The first was to help the mad woman kill Tian Yan.

The second was to go to the Sect Master’s bedchamber. Since the mad woman had already run out of the boss room, the place was naturally empty now. It was the perfect chance to slip in, exploit the opening, and loot every treasure inside.

The third was to run away directly. After all, he had already obtained the Nine Origin Calming Art. The purpose of this trip had already been achieved.

Now that he knew Tian Yan could not calculate his future, she naturally had no way of locating him through divination.

The reason she had found him before was probably because his coiling dragon carriage had been far too eye-catching.

Although this world had the supernatural, the Great Flame Empire was still an empire in the end. Some feudal rules remained firmly in place. Driving through the streets in a carriage engraved with a black-gold coiling dragon was basically the same as strolling around in an imperial dragon robe. It would be harder not to attract attention.

The Great Flame Empire had 14 provinces. Even the smallest, Greatpond Province, spanned 10,000 miles. In this world, where information was still relatively closed off, even the Chancellor’s Manor would not dare claim it could precisely locate one person within it.

Once Xu Yuan got out, as long as he kept a low profile and used some painfully common alias like Zhou Chen, it would be nearly impossible for the Heavenwatch Pavilion to find him again.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan said in a low voice, I want to kill Tian Yan.

The Heavenwatch Pavilion had already become an enemy. If he could use this chance to kill their Saintess, it would be like severing one of their arms.

“You want to kill that girl?” The Sage’s remnant soul sounded a little surprised, but he did not say much. He only asked, “How do you plan to kill her? With the array?”

Xu Yuan shook his head. Of course by helping that mad woman. Ran Qingmo and I both have Splendorbloom Sect identities...

“Stop dreaming.” The Sage’s remnant soul suddenly cut him off and said in a deep voice, “The moment you go over there, that woman will definitely kill you too. She isn’t like those spirit puppets, those things that only know how to follow rules.”

Xu Yuan frowned and did not answer immediately.

In Azure Point, if the player first received the blessing granted by the Beguiling Divine Sakura before going to the Sect Master’s bedchamber, then as long as the player did not touch the treasures inside, that mad woman would not attack on her own. It was equivalent to having a pass that allowed free entry and exit to the Sect Master’s bedchamber.

That was the basis for Xu Yuan daring to suggest this plan. But after thinking it over for a while, he eventually decided to give up on it. The risk was too great. If, after Tian Yan was killed, that mad woman lost control, then with her first rank cultivation, both he and Ran Qingmo would have to die here.

In that case, we leave directly.

The Sage’s remnant soul seemed to let out a slight breath of relief. His tone relaxed again as he advised, “Actually, Xu boy, you don’t need to worry too much. Even if we don’t help, Tian Yan probably still isn’t that mad woman’s match. Heh. Right now, it looks like Tian Yan is pressing that mad woman down and beating her, but in reality, the mad woman hasn’t been injured at all.”

Xu Yuan’s heart gave a slight jolt when he heard this, and he focused his attention once more on the battle below.

The Sage’s remnant soul pushed his soul force to its limit, helping Xu Yuan investigate.

With Luo Daofan’s soul force strengthening him, Xu Yuan could now clearly see every detail within that spring filled Dao field below.

And it was exactly as the Sage’s remnant soul had said.

The Heaven Mantras that Tian Yan uttered, such as Sever, Break, Shield, and Still had only caused the mad woman a few superficial wounds. The spring-colored Dao field around her remained as stable as ever.

On the other hand, faint, unnatural blushes were gradually appearing on Tian Yan’s cold little face. She was gradually falling for it.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan laughed outright. His gloomy mood instantly brightened. You like following me around? Even if you have some trump card this time and can survive a Level 80 dungeon, next time I’ll drag your ass straight into a Level 95 dungeon and see how you like that.

Xu Yuan withdrew his mind from the observation array. Then, in the spirit of not wasting anything, he had Ran Qingmo use the Grand Elder’s token to choose a secret art.

Unfortunately, the Splendorbloom Sect was an evil sect. If this had been Su Jinxuan, she probably would have felt like a fish in water here. But for Ran Qingmo, the various cultivation arts and secret manuals in the Deep Archive were not exactly suitable.

After searching for the time it took to drink a cup of tea, they only managed to pick out the most valuable charm art, planning to exchange it for money once they got out.

In fifteen minutes, that iceberg of a woman had memorized every word of the secret art.

Once everything was ready, Xu Yuan took Ran Qingmo with him and stood on the array platform.

And just then, the young matron spirit puppet, who had been silently standing to the side all this time, suddenly spoke. “Saintess, Grand Elder, are the two of you leaving?”

Xu Yuan was a little surprised when he heard her. He turned back to look.

The spirit puppet in the form of a young matron stood below the platform, gazing at them. Some strange light shimmered in her beautiful eyes.

After a brief pause, Xu Yuan nodded. “Mhm.”

The young matron opened her mouth, but in the end, she only smiled softly and said, “Goodbye.”

Xu Yuan felt puzzled, but he did not investigate further. Right now, their top priority was running away.

White light flashed, and the Deep Archive returned to silence.

Spiritual light flickered in the young matron’s eyes. She bowed toward the array platform where the two had vanished, then silently turned and walked toward the simple, ancient bookcases, continuing the work that had not changed for 10,000 years.

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Dome Mountain, halfway up the mountain.

The great entrance to the mountain gate towered hundreds of feet high. It seemed to be made of white jade, carved with dragons and phoenixes. Amid the curling clouds and mist, one could faintly glimpse the bustling scene of Immortals coming and going in years long past.

In Azure Point, the exit of this dungeon was located at the mountain gate of the Dome Palace.

Recovering from the dizziness brought by the teleportation, Xu Yuan immediately said, “Old Luo, there should be a teleportation array here. Activate it. We’re leaving.”

The Sage’s remnant soul did not move. He only asked, “Xu boy, the exit you mentioned is here?”

Xu Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled, “Yes. What’s wrong?”

The Sage’s remnant soul’s voice sounded a little strange. “Is there any other way out?”

Luo Daofan’s words made Xu Yuan vaguely feel a trace of unease.

“No that’s the only one...” he replied, then asked with some hesitation, “Are the teleportation array patterns broken?”

The Sage’s remnant soul shook his head and said in a low voice, “They’re not broken. But the sect-protecting array inside the gate has been activated, and this exit has been sealed. Right now, we can’t get out.”