Please Spare My Life, Disciple of the Demon Lord

Chapter 140 The Whereabouts of Luo Xingnan

Her thoughts drifted far away at that moment, until a pair of long boots embroidered with gold cloud patterns and a dark blue hem fluttering in the wind appeared in her sight.

Jiang Tingwan sat under the eaves and raised his head.

"I didn't expect to meet you here so late at night."

Shen Zhui's voice came, and compared to the paleness he had shown after escaping death during the day, his expression had returned to normal.

"I didn't expect to meet you in the city after what happened during the day." Jiang Tingwan said this, not surprised by this encounter.

"There is a teahouse ahead. I wonder if you would accept a cup of tea from me so that I can thank you for saving me today."

Shen Zhui invited politely with a smile on his face, his eyes revealing a gentle humility, looking like a gentleman in a bright and elegant atmosphere.

Jiang Tingwan looked at him, was silent for a moment, and replied: "Okay!"

After he finished speaking, Jiang Tingwan stood up, and Shen Zhui also humbly stepped aside to invite him, waiting for Jiang Tingwan to come to his side before taking a step.

On the way to Chalang, Shen Zhui did not speak a word. There was a long silence in the short distance.

Jiang Tingwan also accepted the silence.

It was not until the two of them sat down in the teahouse and the waiter brought two servings of tea and snacks and left that Jiang Tingwan raised his eyes, while Shen Zhui's gaze was still on the bustling crowd outside the window.

"Friend Shen, you came out tonight, didn't you just want to have a cup of tea with me?"

Jiang Tingwan's voice reminded him, making him retract his gaze from the window and smile at the person opposite him.

"It seems that the senior thinks that the junior has something to say."

Jiang Tingwan looked at him, smiled, and did not answer.

Shen Zhui was slightly startled and asked, "Why?"

Jiang Tingwan said: "Intuition!"

"intuition?"

"Yes! My intuition tells me that there is no reason for you to appear in this city after what happened to the One-Eyed Silver Wolf today."

"What else did your senior's intuition tell you?"

"It also told me that you were a little embarrassed, but you still decided on one thing."

"..."

There was another long silence on the other side, but Jiang Tingwan waited patiently until the pair of eyes looking at her showed a relaxed and appreciative smile.

"Senior is indeed very discerning."

Jiang Tingwan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? It seems my intuition is right."

"Senior once asked me several questions in the Colosseum. I was not able to answer them then, but today, senior saved my life and that of my junior brother, so I have to answer." Shen Zhui's voice was filled with an inexplicable sense of vicissitudes. Although he had clearly recovered his complexion, his eyes still revealed an unspeakable haggardness.

Jiang Tingwan frowned slightly, but since he had spoken, he couldn't waste this opportunity. "According to the Cang Yu Sect, if we want to use elixirs to cultivate spirit beasts, how many elixirs are needed and how long does it take? How did the Cang Yu Sect discover those monsters? How did they gather together? What else happened at that time?"

Shen Zhui smiled faintly: "Senior, you are indeed concerned about this matter. It's just that you have too many questions, and I need to answer them in my own way."

Jiang Tingwan also said, "Of course."

Shen Zhui took a sip of the tea in the cup and slowly put it down.

"About half a month ago, a flying sword fell in Cangnan City, and on the sword lay a ragged, blood-soaked child. He ran all the way to the Jizhen Pavilion of the Cangyu Sect and brought a piece of news to the disciples inside."

"The kid was so scared at the time, but we still learned from him that Moyou Village, a hundred miles away, was being attacked by dozens of strange beasts. A cultivator was fighting with the beasts, and the fate of the entire village was unknown."

"After learning about this, Master knew how powerful the dozens of monsters were, so he ordered me to lead half of the sect's forces out of the city to rescue them. We thought it would be a fierce battle, but when we arrived at the village, the houses collapsed and the fire was blazing. The whole village was destroyed and in ruins. The traces left there told us that they were a group of monsters who knew how to divide the work and cooperate. They were besieging one person together, and that person was the owner of the flying sword."

"We followed the trail all the way to the Moyou Valley, where we heard earth-shaking roars. The immortal cultivator trapped them in the valley surrounded by mountains with his own strength. He used himself as a formation, trapping dozens of monsters in the formation to fight each other, thus consuming most of their monster power. Their voices also resounded throughout the valley."

Shen Zhui paused, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling the scene of that day, "I have never seen such a scene, that immortal cultivator is too powerful, we can't enter his formation, and those monsters can't get out. Until the fighting in the valley stopped, the shouting disappeared, those monsters that had exhausted their magic power were either dead or injured, and fell one after another, the whole formation collapsed..."

Having said this, Shen Zhui stopped and looked at Jiang Tingwan opposite him. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

"Later, when we entered the valley and the formation, we discovered that the immortal cultivator had been seriously injured and had died a long time ago. Before he died, he set up a powerful formation to trap these strange beasts in one place, waiting for our rescue."

"The Cangyu Sect, which put in half of its strength, captured a group of high-level exotic beasts without any effort..." Shen Zhui frowned slightly when he said this, his eyes looking into the distance, and there was a barely perceptible hint of self-mockery in his voice.

After hearing what he said, Jiang Tingwan could no longer conceal the shock in his eyes, but he still used his last bit of reason to ask, "What happened next? Where is the body of the immortal cultivator?"

Shen Zhui looked at her. Although she did not ask explicitly, he understood her question.

"Shen admired his chivalry and buried him with the highest etiquette in Jiuqu Mountain, where flowers bloom all year round, outside the city..."

Jiang Tingwan looked at him without moving, but he turned his head to avoid his gaze, lowered his eyes slightly, and continued to narrate: "Today, I was in danger. The senior pointed out the mystery of the one-eyed silver wolf formation, which reminded me of the beast-trapping formation of the immortal cultivator that day. It seems to be similar in effect. Therefore, just before, Shen Zhui went to the grave of the immortal cultivator and opened the coffin..."

"He's missing?" Jiang Tingwan looked at him without missing any change in his expression, and gave his answer in advance.

Shen Zhui raised his eyes, neither answering nor denying.

Jiang Tingwan got the answer and instantly slammed his clenched fist on the table, causing the tea in the cup to spill out and splash onto the table.

Sure enough, it was indeed like this! It was indeed him!

The anger on Jiang Tingwan's face was beyond words, his slender fingers were clenched until they turned white, and the few strands of hair hanging down from his forehead were trembling back and forth frequently as he breathed fiercely.

Shen Zhui raised his eyes unexpectedly. He didn't expect her to react like this. "Senior seems to have the same idea as Shen Zhui, but his anger far exceeds Shen Zhui's."

Jiang Tingwan took a deep breath and looked at the person in front of her. How could she tell him that the reason she was so angry was because the male protagonist, whom she had never seen before, died in a place she had never seen and appeared in front of her in this way.

From the time the hero had deviated from the main storyline long ago, she should have known that he might have encountered some accident; from the time she saw the formation she had designed specifically for Luo Xingnan, she should have thought that this one-eyed silver wolf would not set up Luo Xingnan's formation for no reason; from the time she and Mu Yun finally discovered that the one-eyed silver wolf was a human illusion, and it was You Xin, she should have thought about how could there be such a coincidence?

Luo Xingnan, who is well versed in the art of formations, has a high level of cultivation, and is extremely intelligent, was actually transformed into an orc by someone?

How could Jiang Tingwan tolerate this after learning about it? How could he tolerate it?

Shen Zhui on the opposite side did not delve into Jiang Tingwan's anger, and his ability to answer Jiang Tingwan's questions was also coming to an end.

"After those exotic beasts were brought back to the Cang Yu Sect, they were difficult to tame, so the Cang Yu Sect could only throw them into the Colosseum for the entrants to learn from. As for how to use elixirs to cultivate exotic beasts, the Cang Yu Sect was unable to give an answer to your question."

At this point, Shen Zhui stopped, looked at the other side and said, "Senior, Shen Zhui has finished answering your questions."

Jiang Tingwan calmed down after taking a few deep breaths. He looked into Shen Zhui's eyes and asked, "I have one last question."

"Senior, please ask."

"The answers to these questions are not confidential. Why didn't you respond to my previous two inquiries? Or even just give a perfunctory response?"

Shen Zhui sighed and said with a smile, "Everyone in the city knows that the Cang Yu Sect has sent half of its forces out of the city to subdue the demon. If people knew that we took advantage of others, wouldn't it damage the reputation of the Cang Yu Sect? Therefore, the Cang Yu Sect naturally doesn't want to reveal too many details."

"No!" Jiang Tingwan refuted his argument, "You have already answered my question."

Shen Zhui was almost silent for a moment, with a flash of unexpected panic in his eyes.

"You deliberately didn't answer, which is telling me that this matter involves the Cang Yu Sect and cannot be answered."

Jiang Tingwan stated his guess bluntly.

Shen Zhui took a deep breath and did not exhale for a long time. His whole body also withdrew a little. The expression on his face was obscure and difficult to read, as if he was in an extreme dilemma.

After a long while, he exhaled the breath he had been holding for a long time, looked at Jiang Tingwan and said with a smile:

"Senior, you are joking. Of course, Shen didn't mean that."

Jiang Tingwan saw all his expressions, as if he had received confirmation, and smiled, saying, "Just think I'm joking. No matter what your purpose and position are, I sincerely thank you for telling me these words. Because you have helped me solve a puzzle that has troubled me for a long time. This cup of tea today is my way of thanking you."

After saying this, Jiang Tingwan calmly raised his glass, using tea instead of wine, and politely toasted to Shen Zhui.

"Mr. Shen, thank you for your tea tonight. I have something important to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Jiang Tingwan put down the cup, said goodbye to Shen Zhui, and stood up to leave.

Shen Zhui's gaze turned back to the window, his eyes flickering.

"Wait a minute!"

As they passed by, Shen Zhui called her.

Jiang Tingwan unexpectedly lowered his head to look at him, but heard his reminder: "Shen Zhui has a piece of advice, please listen to it, senior."

Jiang Tingwan felt a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Shen Zhui also withdrew his gaze from the window and said slowly: "The Cang Yu Sect cultivates spiritual power, is good at controlling beasts, and is also good at detecting and identifying. The secrets of the senior and that Junior Brother Mu are almost transparent in front of the Cang Yu Sect. I hope the girl will take care of herself."

He didn't say it in full, but naturally changed the address, and the meaning of his words became more obvious.

Jiang Tingwan looked at him in disbelief, his eyes slightly widened, shock and surprise constantly intertwined in his pupils.

"you……"

Jiang Tingwan stared at him blankly, wanting to ask him what he knew, or how much he knew, but what flashed through his mind was his unclear eyes in the previous exchanges and Yu Hongluan's provocative tests that seemed to come from nowhere.

It turns out that Cang Shuzi is not the only one who can discover her secret...