The Naughty Senior Sister
Senior Brother is Emotionally Carried
"Xia'er, have you ever gone to an illusionary forest?"
"Never, is there anything interesting in there?"
Yan Xu shook his head then said, "There are only nightmares."
Xia'er slightly frowned upon hearing that.
The Illusory Forest did not have any valuable items in it, but some mystical things made it an unworthy place to visit. In fact, most people will take a detour so as not to get into it.
In the depths of the forest there is a mist released from the body of the forest guardian spirit. Once humans enter, they will be haunted by nightmares and their qi energy will be absorbed by the rangers to dry. Not only that, the nightmare content provided also has erratic variations, making its prey think they are in the real world.
The Illusory Forest was never heard from again after some cultivators in the past made a barrier so that no one could enter carelessly. So, there was no way that this time they would cross paths with anyone else, unless it was a fellow cultivator who was looking for death or an illusion created by the forest guards.
Shortly after, they arrived above the Illusory Forest filled with thick fog.
Sensing another presence besides them, Ziu Long gave a warning to the two of them.
"I feel the air of a presence other than ours," Ziu Long persisted firmly.
Yan Xu and Xia'er strengthened their divine consciousness. There was no presence they could feel.
Looking at the faces of disbelief in the two people, Ziu Long explained, "Eve this presence is not from humans or Devils. This was an extremely thin spirit presence, as if he was already dying. We dragons are very sensitive to soul and spirit, so no matter how thin the presence, it will never escape our divine consciousness."
"The dying spirit?"
Yan Xu and Xia'er tried to go back to scan the forest based on Ziu Long's description, but they still could not find that thin existence.
Dragons are a sacred race, it is only natural that they have closeness to an element of life. No matter how much they tried, the two people would not be able to get to the sensitive level of Ziu Long who was a dragon race.
Giving up on searching, Yan Xu asked, "Where did you feel that thin presence?"
Considering the source of that sometimes-missing thin presence, Ziu Long focused his entire senses to conduct a search.
"Meet!— He's at the northeast end of this forest."
"Then, let's fly there," Yan Xu ordered.
Following Yan Xu's orders, Ziu Long immediately flew in the predetermined direction.
As they were still halfway through, Yan Xu's body stiffened. The sudden change in his face pouted, making Xia'er worried.
"What's wrong?" xia'er asked who was worried about Yan Xu's sudden change.
Yan Xu looked sharply into the depths of the forest filled with mist and said, "I feel their existence ... What are they doing here? Couldn't they tell which missions could be handled and which couldn't match his cultivation level ...."
"They're who? Wh-who are you talking about?" xia'er asked who was getting nervous.
He had no idea that the First Master of Winds Faithful Followers faction would move in to help them. Lan Xihe also did not provide any information other than the path they were going to take and some relations that might be useful in every place. Moreover, he did not get any notice that Lan Xihe had any additional plans.
'There's something wrong with him. Usually, Xu'er only put on a flat face and did not care about the surroundings. I don't know what to say to melt the atmosphere, it's better to find out first before acting," Xia'er thought.
"What are they doing here? Did Immortal Sect Luo give our peak disciples a mission carelessly? No, for a sect of this size to make a mistake ...." Xia'er frowned.
"Un, I also have a good relationship with Elder Fan who is the head of the administration section. He would unlikely let a disciple who was still under the realm of soul condensation take on a task in a dangerous place like an illusionary forest. Except, I'm afraid someone is trying to sabotage the mission they should have received ...— other than that ...."
Yan Xu suddenly jumped from Ziu Long's back towards the bottom. He wanted to quickly re-examine the place where the aura of the superior seedlings that their peaks had raised remained. At the very least, he should know if they survived or vice versa.
Xia'er followed Yan Xu from behind with a feeling of anxiety. Just this time he saw Yan Xu put on a quite dark expression. As someone close to her, it was Xia'er's duty to calm Yan Xu down when he had drowned in the darkness.
Arriving at the depths of the forest, Yan Xu examined every texture of the ground and the few streams of qi energy left in the empty air. He felt the events that had happened through the surrounding conditions. The Illusory Forest did have many mystical things, but it was impossible for him to recuperate from the fight that had just happened in case of any damage.
"What a brash creature .." murmured Yan Xu who reached Xia'er's ear.
Yan Xu's fist grew even tighter until his hand bled. Before Xia'er could summon the man, he had already left first in the direction that Ziu Long had said.
It didn't take much time, Yan Xu took out his avatar and manifested Dayu's sword.
With a single slash, the entire fog in the illusionary forest disappeared just like that. The slash that Yan Xu had just performed was fixed on the core of the formation array that created a thick fog within the forest. Therefore, the fog that had been covering the depths of the forest would not return for good, until the formation array that had just been activated.
"OUT!!!" yan Xu shouted with anger.
Not far from where he stood, a monster with a female-shaped wooden body came out. He looked terrified with a body that did not stop trembling. According to Xuanyuan realm knowledge, he was the guardian of the illusionary forest.
"Hieek!!— T-Tuan Eternal, w-what made you visit this insignificant forest?" the forest guards tears out endlessly, signifying that he was extremely frightened.
"The answer to my question is honestly, that you still love life. Youunderstand?"
"That's certain! Please ask anything, this lowly guard will answer everything honestly!"
"Did anyone come here?"
"Y-yeah! There were fifteen people who came and fell into the illusory trap of the formation array that Master destroyed— Ghhk!"
Not having time to finish his words, Yan Xu had already stood in front of the forest guard and kicked him to the point of flying into several trees.
"Are you sure there are fifteen?"
"Ugh— ... That ... Yes, there are fifteen people, T-Master ...— ackh!"
Yan Xu quickly used a soul-chasing technique and once again pierced the thighs of the forest guards, using a sword made of qi energy. Screams of pain could be heard from the small mouth of the forest guard.
"What did you do to them?"
"Uffhh ..— I ... Do not do anything ... pun ...— gah!!!"
Yan Xu pulled out his sword, then stabbed it back in the other half. The puncture made the ranger unable to stand up and the pain he was experiencing, at least ten times that of an ordinary stab wound because Yan Xu had deliberately not directly cut off the foot of the ranger.
The screams sounded again. The volume of the voice was louder and extremely high squealing which meant that the pain he felt was truly terrible.