chapter 27

Yin Xuezhuo’s eyes darkened, and the outer corner of his eye turned slightly red. The murderous intent beneath his gaze slowly faded away.

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Around 1-3 am on the second day, Ji Yan wrapped the blankets tightly around herself and grabbed onto Yin Xuezhuo’s waist.

Yin Xuezhuo wanted to directly examine the spiritual vein himself.

Ji Yan dangled from Yin Xuezhuo’s waist. She was slowly adapting to the dizzy and nauseating feeling whenever she flew around with Yin Xuezhuo. Yin Xuezhuo flew swiftly through the night. Even though his hair was not tied up, his hair didn’t get tangled in the night wind.

A few strands of his long hair fell on Ji Yan’s face. She noticed that even his hair was exuding chilly air!

Ji Yan didn’t have the time to brush away the strands of hair on her face.

She was listening to the conversations that the little butterfly flying beside Yin Xuezhuo was reporting.

The little butterfly was very mystical and beautiful with it vibrant black and blue wings. When it glided through the air, it left a trail of blue light. The butterfly would appear and disappear whenever Yin Xuezhuo waved his finger. Ji Yan believed that the butterfly didn’t suit Yin Xuezhuo’s temperament, instead, a snake might be more suitable for someone like him. But somehow, Yin Xuezhuo liked to play around with butterflies.

It was in the middle of the night right now, but the members of various sects were not asleep. They have all gathered around in a secret meeting to discuss recent events. Their conversation and voices were clearly transmitted through the butterfly.

Ji Yan guessed that they were able to listen in on their conversation because of the surveillance that was planted on the three elders that had become Yin Xuezhuo’s puppets. Although he was not human, he was raised by humans and learned how to be cunning and sly.

The content of the conversations all revolved around Yin Xuezhuo.

“Someone had caused a major commotion the previous night, yet we didn’t even manage to catch a glimpse of the culprit. There was also no indication from the enchantment that someone had breached the city. If it’s not the Devil Lord himself, then which of the Devil Lord’s generals have the strength to cause such damage unnoticed?”

“If it truly is the Devil Lord himself, then we must immediately notify the sect leader and ask for reinforcements to come and support Linshuang City. He will definitely destroy Linshuang City! He will not allow anyone to leave Linshaung City alive!”

“Earlier, the female disciple from Qing Yun Pavilion had told us that he came here to retrieve something that belongs to him!”

Another person immediately asked, “What item did he come here to retrieve? Is it a magic device or a weapon?”

Taoist Dao Yun suddenly spoke up, “I believe the item he wants to retrieve may be related to the spiritual vein.”

“The spiritual vein?!”

“If I remember correctly, then Linshuang City’s spiritual veins should have been destroyed a long time ago. There shouldn’t have been a spiritual vein here that can support the enchantment. But a new spiritual vein seemed to have magically appeared in Sect Leader Yin’s hand.”

Yin Xuezhuo suddenly sneered when he heard him mentioned the name “Sect Leader Yin.”

He suddenly spoke in a gloomy tone, “Then what did Sect Leader Yin used to recreate the spiritual vein?”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the female elders under Yin Xuezhuo’s control mechanically repeated his question. There was a moment of silence after the question was asked.

It seemed as if the question had touched upon a sensitive topic and no one responded for a long time.

It was unknown how long had passed when someone uneasily spoke up.

“Could she have used Black Ice Scales?”

Black Ice Scales?

What was that?

Ji Yan held onto Yin Xuezhuo’s waist tightly and frantically searched her memory for this mysterious item. However, she came up empty.

She had no impression of anything that sounded remotely similar. It was never mentioned in the book or perhaps this was just a minor development that was too insignificant to be written in the book.

After all, the protagonist of《Ask and Answer》was Yin Miaorou. The majority of the story focused on Yin Miaorou’s backstory and how she became stronger. She also had many ambiguous entanglements with various powerful characters in this world. As for Yin Xuezhuo, he was only mentioned as the villain of the book that wanted revenge on Yin Miaorou because he hated her.