Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 141 Leave!

"Little fish?"

Chi Rong paused in its swishing tail and raised its head suspiciously: "It's with you, Master. The day these guys came to cause trouble, I told it to keep watch for me."

Upon hearing this, Guan Xun was stunned. So... Little Fish is still underwater in the Black Sea?

Could it be that she didn't see it because it was temporarily hiding somewhere?

No, Xiaoyu had been following her closely the whole time, staying by her side for the two years she was in seclusion...

"Didn't you see it come up?" Guan Xun asked.

"After I came up, I created a protective shield around Tianchi. If something came out of it, how would I not know?"

Chi Rong shook his head, his tone somewhat gloating: "It's gone? Did it fall into the Black Sea?"

"Look at how happy you are, you can't hide it." Guan Xun glanced at it sideways, pretending to scold it, then his brows furrowed and his expression became strange.

The chances of it falling into the Black Sea are slim, and the little fish wouldn't risk its own life.

and many more.

Guan Xun's thoughts paused for a moment. According to Chi Rong's statement, no one had entered or left Tianchi at all, so what about the Imperial Tutor...?

As the events unfolded, she immediately felt a jolt in her heart, her chest heaving deeply, and she couldn't help but gasp for breath several times.

So... Little Fish is the Imperial Tutor?!

It turns out that over the past two years, she has been hanging a restless, sharp blade above her head!

"Master? Master!"

Guan Xun raised his hand and pinched Chi Rong's incessantly shouting mouth shut. He let out a long breath and finally calmed down. No matter what, the matter was over.

She changed the subject: "Where did that old man go?"

After opening and closing its mouth several times, the feeling of being pinched on its body finally subsided. It looked up and scanned the area, pointing its tail in one direction, and pouted in dissatisfaction: "Over there, you threw him out. I wonder if he's really dead."

Guan Xun: ...

That's an exaggeration. She didn't use much force at all when she swung it.

However, the old man seemed to be quite seriously injured at that time...

The thought that someone might actually be thrown to their death made Guan Xun's eyelids twitch involuntarily. He then tiptoed and leaped over there.

A tiny tail emerged conspicuously from a crack in the bluestone. She reached out and tugged it out.

The old man's hair had long been burned away by the flames, and the robes he was wearing had turned to ashes. He was completely bald, but his body was charred black, making it impossible to tell the front from the back.

With a slight twitch of his fingertips, Guan Xun was enveloped in green light that wrapped around his entire body.

After a moment, they placed him on a relatively stable bluestone surface.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes, slammed his hands heavily on the stone surface, and straightened his upper body. Luckily, he was thin, otherwise he would have looked like a large toad.

"That's unreasonable!"

His eyes were bloodshot as he looked around. When he saw a snow-white skirt swaying beside him, he clenched his teeth and suddenly raised his head.

The girl, with her stunningly beautiful face, lowered her head slightly and stared at him with a half-smile.

The old man's piercing gaze, sharp as a knife, paused for a moment before being quickly replaced by astonishment: "You are..."

He quickly got up, looking around while gasping for breath.

The ground was covered with rubble, and layers of bones lay piled up. The heavy smell of blood filled the air, and even the water level of Tianchi Lake had dropped significantly.

"How could this be?!" He jumped up in surprise, but suddenly felt a chill all over his body. Looking down, he found his body stiff as a stone. He immediately activated his spiritual energy to cover himself.

The old man's eyes darted upwards, scrutinizing the girl before him once more, before he coughed awkwardly a few times: "Ahem, it's you. Um... I didn't see you..."

He was halfway through his sentence when he saw the other person's indifferent expression, so he felt embarrassed to continue. He cleared his throat and became serious.

He remembered falling into Tianchi after being seriously injured, but he didn't feel anything unusual in his body. He must have been saved by this girl who had just come out of seclusion.

"Thanks to you, I was spared from death," the old man said in a deep voice. "I wonder about the people of the Holy Light Temple..."

Guan Xun glanced at the surrounding skeletons and smiled calmly: "They should all be piled on the ground by now."

The old man glanced upwards and landed on Chi Rong. His eyes flickered, and he hesitated for a moment: "Have you found any divine beasts? During the battle with them, there was one that looked similar to the spirit pet on your shoulder that darted out of the pool. Strangely enough, it fiercely protected the Heavenly Pool."

Guan Xun raised an eyebrow slightly, concealing the smile on his lips, and shook his head: "No, I was immersed in cultivation at that time, and when I came out, this place had already become like this."

After a moment's thought, she added, "It seems that the divine beast is the guardian beast of Tianchi Lake. It will take action when there is danger in the surrounding area."

After saying that, Guan Xun looked away from the old man's face and frowned imperceptibly.

Little Fish... no, he should be called Imperial Tutor. After his death, the disguise technique he used also disappeared.

Not only is her face still printed on the wanted poster, but the old man's appearance has also been restored to its original state.

This is a bit of a headache; I need to find an opportunity to leave as soon as possible.

Just then, the old man's sudden roar made her eardrums vibrate.

"What?! Those bastards from the Holy Light Temple are still here!" He pointed directly at the figure in the sky, his blood rushing to his head.

Without saying a word, he leaped up lightly, clenched his fist, and smashed it down on the head of the elder who was waving his hands wildly.

The figure offered no resistance and was slammed hard against the pile of stones, the deafening roar echoing through the air for a long time.

The old man persisted, chasing after him and striking again with great force.

Seeing this, Guan Xun pursed his thin lips, immediately withdrew his gaze, and moved to take advantage of the moment to leave.

"Hey? This body is perfect for making puppets!" the old man exclaimed in surprise.

Guan Xun paused slightly and turned to look at him: "Senior, you can also make puppets?"

The old man dragged the elder, who had already been beaten lifeless, to the edge of the Heavenly Pool, and pressed strange patterns on his body with his fingertips.

Upon hearing the question, a look of pride appeared on his ugly face, but it was quickly overshadowed by anger: "Do you remember the Four Protectors? They were just puppets, but they were all destroyed by the Holy Light Palace! Since that's the case, let's use their people to make up for it."

Guan Xun suddenly realized why she had found the Four Protectors rather strange; they were all puppets after all…

A slight glint appeared in her eyes, and a smile immediately spread across her face as she headed towards the edge of Tianchi Lake.

"Senior, is your puppetry a secret technique?"

The old man shook his head: "There is no such secret method. It's just a craft like forging magical artifacts."

"Oh..." Guan Xun's smile faltered slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Since it was neither a secret technique nor a cultivation scroll, there was no way to obtain it.

However, people who can create puppets are quite rare.

After a moment's thought, she stroked her storage ring, and a yellowed scroll appeared in her hand, which she then tossed to the old man.

"I have other things to do, so I won't stay any longer."

With that, he flew away.

The scroll fell to the ground and rolled into the pool. The old man quickly grabbed it, then looked up in surprise: "Huh? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"What did they throw at me?" he muttered, looking down at the object in his hand. Before he could even open it, he caught a glimpse of the surface of Tianchi Lake and was startled.

He immediately leaned over the edge of the Heavenly Lake and looked down, his old face trembling uncontrollably, his blood rushing to his head: "How...how did my face turn back to normal?! Where is Yi Rong?!"

Before he could recover from his shock, the old man seemed to realize something. His gaze swept across the entire Heavenly Lake, and then his heart churned.

"Why is my Heavenly Lake so chilly? Where are the energy ripples?!"

……

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"Chi Rong!"

Leaving the mountain village, Guan Xun stepped onto the scorching red earth once more, and immediately leaped upwards, landing steadily on the head of the instantly transforming Chi Rong.

"Master, where are we going?"

She gazed down at the endless, blazing mountain range below, her eyes gleaming with an arrogant light, a smile playing on her lips.

"Moxi City".