Bai Puyu, Toad Village.
In the backyard of the shop at the corner of the street, a young-looking female nun, dressed in blue and silver jewelry, knelt in front of a middle-aged woman wearing purple and black witch costumes.
"Shopkeeper, I won't leave!"
The purple-clothed female cultivator turned around, and the moonlight illuminated a weather-beaten face. Although she had a good look, she still couldn't hide the traces of wasted time in her eyes, and there were also some white hairs on her temples.
She looked down at the person kneeling at her feet. Like her, they were all in the late stage of foundation building, but she was really young, but 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 today."
Lu Ying pulled Tao Nian up from the ground. She had rescued Tao Nian in Shiwanda Mountain. In order to repay her kindness, Tao Nian 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, "Shopkeeper, since you know the leader of Tianyan Sect, why don't you ask Tianyan Sect for help? As long as Tianyan Sect is willing to come forward, they will definitely return Xia'er intact."
"Or I can help you find Shanhailou. If Shanhailou was willing to rescue us before, there must be a way to help us get Xia'er back."
Lu Ying smiled bitterly, shook her head slightly, walked to the side and said slowly, "Why bother others? For those big shots, our little things, we little people, are not worth the human price they pay for it."
"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 Shanhai Tower cannot resist the rules of the Wu Clan. Please help. Same."
Lu Ying turned around and took out the elixir bottle that she had prepared long ago from her sleeve.
"Fortunately, I didn't take this life-extending pill myself. It would be a waste if I did. You can keep it and leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible. You are still young and still have a chance. Don't set up a future for me."
Tao Nian still shook his head and pushed back the bottle of longevity pill.
Tao Nian knew that Lu Ying planned to sneak into Snake Village alone and bring Xia'er out.
Xia'er was a child that Lu Ying picked up in the Shiwan Mountains sixteen years ago. She took care of her as her own daughter, and she had 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 nest. She was bitten by various venomous snakes, leaving no good spots on her body. She was poisoned by several kinds of snake venom but she didn't die.
Since then, Xia'er has been particularly attracted to snakes, and is naturally able to communicate with snakes and even control groups of snakes.
Moreover, both the saliva and blood on her body are highly poisonous, and poisonous frost will remain on the places she touches. She is simply a naturally poisonous body.
Lu Ying went through a lot of hardships in order to raise Xia'er, and she truly loved her as her own daughter. Tao Nian saw all this.
And Xia'er 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. When she met people from the Snake Village, their physical constitution was exposed, and their life experience was also exposed.
Only then did Tao Nian find out that Xia'er was born to the female leader of the Snake Village and a strange person from the Snake clan. Before she was born, the female owner of the Snake Village thought that her biological father was someone else. Until she was born, the strange person appeared on her body. The same birthmark.
The Wu clan hated strangers, and the leader of the Snake Village was afraid that things would be exposed, so he abandoned Xia'er in the snake's nest.
But now, Xia'er's special physique made Snake Village make an exception to keep her and imprison her in the dungeon of Snake Village, and the outcome of the treatment has not yet been discussed.
Lu Ying regretted not leaving the Wu Clan with Xia'er in the first place, 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?
"Shopkeeper, if you want to go to 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 of them discussed a plan of action and sneaked into the Snake Village under the cover of darkness that night. However, once they entered, they were never seen again.
The male cultivator from Shanhai Tower who had been following them had been following them from midnight until dawn. Fearing that something might really happen, he decisively went back to report the news. He also found a female cultivator and used the excuse of discussing business to go to the leader of the Snake Village.
The main reason is that this is the territory of the Wu Clan. Outsiders, especially male cultivators, must not offend the village owners of each village. Once offended, the Wu Clan would rather not do business and will expel Shanhailou from the Wu Clan.
The people in Shanhailou knew about Lu Ying's grievances with Shezhai and had previously advised her to wait, but she didn't want to and there was nothing Shanhailou could do.
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Tian Yan Sect.
Jiang Yuebai received the letter from Shanhailou, read the ins and outs written behind it, took the invitations to the two sects from his master, and asked him to write a special handwritten letter, and then led Yun Shang through the teleportation array without stopping. Rush to Baipu Domain.
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 could not accurately send the two of them to the Snake Village. After the two arrived in the Baipu Territory, they traveled for another day before finally finding the Shanhai Tower in the Snake Village.
Jiang Yuebai wished she could go directly to where the village leader lived, but she had the ability to save people, but she couldn't kill the entire Wu clan.
With her current status, if this matter is not handled well, it will bring powerful enemies to Tianyan Sect.
The Wu clan doesn't seem to be very united within itself, but once there is an external enemy, they will definitely unite as one and deal with the outside world in unison.
As for using the identity of Shenzhou Sanren, that is no longer an option.
First of all, many people in the earth spirit world know that Shenzhou Sanren is her. At least they have seen her true appearance without any investigation.
Secondly, Shanhailou just told her that Lu Ying was still alive and imprisoned in the dungeon of Snake Village.
Originally, they were going to be killed if they broke into the Snake Village without permission. However, at the critical moment, Tao Nian, who was beside Lu Ying, said that Lu Ying was a close friend of Lord Wangshu of the Tianyan Sect and that Lord Wangshu of the Tianyan Sect would be arriving soon. .
This made the people in Shezhai fearful and they did not dare to directly kill people, but locked them up first.
As for how Tao Nian knew, it was actually a guess. He made a bold guess from some incidents that Lu Ying occasionally mentioned on weekdays. Coupled with the situation at the time, he had to find someone with the loudest name in the Tianyan Sect to shout out.
Zhenjun Wangshu, who had just destroyed the thirteen islands outside the Sanyuan Sect, was undoubtedly the best choice.
"Tao Nian? You said the female cultivator next to Lu Ying is named Tao Nian?"
Jiang Yuebai confirmed again and again with the old steward of Shanhai Tower, always feeling that Tao's surname was... a coincidence.
The old steward nodded and said, "That Tao Nian is a casual cultivator, and we haven't had time to find out his origins yet. If Zhenjun needs it, I will ask Hongyan Tower to investigate immediately."
"No need, let's go visit Snake Village first. It's important to save people."
Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered another thing, and it occurred to him in a flash of lightning.
She took out a portrait and handed it to the old shopkeeper.
"Please ask Hongyan Tower to help me check who this person is and whether he has appeared in the earthly spirit world."
The old shopkeeper took the portrait respectfully. What was painted on it was that when Jiang Yuebai fell into the dream of Xuanzhen Monument in the Heavenly Gun Realm, he finally got married to her, so that she could remember his bastard thing.
The upper world is hard to find, so you can try your luck in the earthly and spiritual world.
After leaving the Shanhai Tower, Yun Shang grabbed Jiang Yuebai and reminded, "The owner 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 murderous. And she has a hobby. Can you You have to be careful.”
"What's your hobby?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Yun Shang's face wrinkled, "Both men and women are welcome!"
See you tomorrow~
