Baipu area, Chanzhai.
In the backyard of a shop on the corner of the street, a young-looking female cultivator, wearing blue clothes and silver jewelry, was kneeling in front of a middle-aged woman in purple-black witch clothing.
"Boss, I won't leave!"
The purple-robed female cultivator turned around, and the moonlight illuminated her weather-beaten face. Although she had tried many methods to maintain her youthful appearance, it was still difficult to hide the traces of time in her eyes, and there were some white hairs on her temples.
She looked down at the person kneeling at her feet. Like her, she was in the late foundation building stage, but she was really young, while she had already reached the age where half of her body was buried in the ground.
"Get up, Nian'er. If I hadn't known that you were Tao Fengnian's descendant, I wouldn't have taken you in until today."
Lu Ying pulled Tao Nian up from the ground. She had rescued Tao Nian from the Shiwanda Mountains. In order to repay her kindness, Tao Nian had stayed in her shop. It has been almost thirty years now.
"Take this letter and go to Tianyan Sect to find the current Sect Master. He will definitely take you in after reading the letter. If you don't want to go to Tianyan Sect, go to Beihai to find your friend. In short, no matter where you go, leave here as soon as possible."
Tao Nian shook his head. "Boss, since you know the leader of Tianyan Sect, why don't you ask for help from Tianyan Sect? As long as Tianyan Sect is willing to step in, they will definitely return Xia'er intact."
"Or I can help you find Shanhai Tower. Since Shanhai Tower was willing to rescue us before, they must be able to help us get Xia'er back."
Lu Ying smiled bitterly, shook her head slightly, walked aside and said slowly, "Why bother others? For those big shots, our little people are not worth the price of favor for us."
"What's more, although Xia'er has called me mother for sixteen years, she is indeed the biological daughter of the female leader of the Snake Village. This is the Wu Clan. Even if it is Shanhai Tower, it is difficult to resist the rules of the Wu Clan. It doesn't matter who you ask for help."
Lu Ying turned around and took out the bottle of medicine that had been prepared long ago from her sleeve.
"Luckily I didn't eat this longevity pill myself. It would be a waste if I had. You should keep it and leave this troubled place as soon as possible. You are still young and have a chance. Don't sacrifice your future for me."
Tao Nian still shook his head and pushed the bottle of longevity pills back.
Tao Nian knew that Lu Ying planned to sneak into the Snake Village alone and bring Xia'er out.
Xia'er was a child that Lu Ying picked up from the Shiwanda Mountains sixteen years ago. She took care of her like her own daughter and she never concealed Xia'er's life experience.
Xia'er was different from ordinary children. Lu Ying told Tao Nian that Xia'er was found in a snake's nest. She was bitten by various poisonous snakes and there was not a single healthy spot on her body. She was poisoned by several kinds of snake venom but did not die.
Since then, Xia'er has been particularly attracted to snakes. She has a natural ability to communicate with snakes and even control a group of snakes.
Moreover, both her saliva and blood are highly poisonous, and poisonous frost will remain wherever she touches. She is simply born with a poisonous body.
In order to raise Xia'er, Lu Ying went through a lot of hardships and it was very difficult. She really loved her as her own daughter, and Tao Nian saw all of it.
Xia'er also treats Tao Nian as her own sister.
Not long ago, in order to help Lu Ying reduce her burden, Xia'er went to the mountains to collect herbs and catch insects. She met people from the snake village and her physical condition was exposed, and even her life experience was exposed.
It was then that Tao Nian found out that Xia'er was the daughter of the female leader of the Snake Village and a strange man from the snake clan. Before she was born, the female leader of the Snake Village thought that her biological father was someone else, until she was born and found the same birthmark as that strange man on her body.
The witch tribe hated strangers, and the leader of the snake village was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he abandoned Xia'er in the snake's den.
But now, Xia'er's special physique made the Snake Village make an exception and keep her, imprisoning her in the Snake Village dungeon, and the outcome of her disposal has not yet been discussed.
Lu Ying regretted very much that she did not take Xia'er away from the Wu Clan, but Tao Nian could understand. After all, Lu Ying had worked hard for most of her life to open this shop, so how could she just give up like that
"Boss, if you want to go to the Snake Village, I will go with you. Xia'er is also my sister!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Tao Nian, Lu Ying could only nod in agreement.
The two men discussed a plan of action and sneaked into the snake village under the cover of darkness that night, but once they entered, they were never seen again.
The male cultivator from Shanhai Tower who had been following them waited from midnight till dawn. Fearing that something had really happened, he decisively went back to report the news. He also found a female cultivator and went to see the leader of the Snake Village under the pretext of discussing business.
The people in Shanhai Tower knew about the grudge between Lu Ying and Snake Village. They had advised her to wait, but she was unwilling and there was nothing Shanhai Tower could do.
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Tianyan Sect.
Jiang Yuebai received the letter from Shanhai Tower. After reading the cause and effect written at the back, he took the invitations to the two sects from his master and asked him to write a handwritten letter. Then he took Yunshang and rushed to Baipu Territory through the teleportation array without stopping.
The cost of the teleportation array is no longer important to Jiang Yuebai now. She just hopes that Lu Ying is okay.
The teleportation array was unable to send the two people accurately to the Snake Village. After they arrived at Baipu Area, they traveled for another day before finally finding the Shanhai Tower in the Snake Village.
Jiang Yuebai wanted to go straight to where the village chief lived and kill everyone, but she had the ability to rescue people, but she couldn't exterminate the entire witch clan.
With her current status, if this matter is not handled properly, it will bring great enemies to the Tianyan Sect.
The witch clan does not seem to be very united, but once there is an external enemy, they will definitely unite as one and face the enemy together.
As for using the identity of Chenzhou Sanren, it is no longer possible now.
First of all, many people in the Earth Spirit Realm knew that Chen Zhou San Ren was her, or at least had seen her true appearance without further investigation.
Secondly, Shanhailou had just told her that Lu Ying was still alive and was also imprisoned in the dungeon of Snake Village.
Originally, they were going to be killed directly for trespassing into the Snake Village. However, Tao Nian, who was by Lu Ying's side, said at the critical moment that Lu Ying was a close friend of Wangshu Zhenjun of Tianyan Sect, and that Wangshu Zhenjun of Tianyan Sect would be here soon.
This made the people in the Snake Village afraid and they didn't dare to kill him directly, but locked him up first.
As for how Tao Nian knew it, it was actually just a guess. He made bold guesses based on some events that Lu Ying occasionally mentioned. In addition to the situation at the time, he had to find someone with the most famous name in the Tianyan Sect to shout it out.
Wangshu Zhenjun, who had just destroyed the thirteen islands outside the Sanyuan Sect, is undoubtedly the best choice.
"Tao Nian? You said the female cultivator next to Lu Ying is called Tao Nian?"
Jiang Yuebai repeatedly confirmed with the old steward of Shanhai Tower, and always felt that the surname Tao... was a coincidence.
The old steward nodded and said, "That Tao Nian is a casual cultivator. We haven't had time to find out his origins yet. If you need me to, I will ask Hongyan Tower to check it out immediately."
"No need, let's go visit the Snake Village first, saving people is the most important thing."
Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered another thing, which also occurred to him in a flash.
She took out a portrait and handed it to the old shopkeeper.
"Please ask Hongyan Tower to help me find out who this person is and whether he has appeared in the Earth Spirit World."
The old shopkeeper took the portrait respectfully. It showed Jiang Yuebai in the Tianqiang Realm, when he fell into the dream of the Xuanzhen Monument and finally married her so that she would remember him as a bastard.
The upper realm is hard to find, but you can try your luck in the earthly spiritual realm.
After leaving Shanhai Tower, Yunchang held Jiang Yuebai and reminded him, "The leader of the Snake Village is the most difficult to deal with among the five major villages of the Wu Clan. She is also the most vicious and bloodthirsty one. Moreover, she has a habit. You must be careful."
"What hobby?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Yun Chang's face wrinkled up, "Both men and women are welcome!"
See you tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)