The Sect Leader’s Daughter Awakened - Chapter 9

Whether to chase or not was not a question that needed much hesitation.

Although Yun Sheng had an ominous premonition and was also very worried about the fellow disciples who might have been buried in the ruins, in this situation, there was no doubt that catching the mastermind behind the scenes was the most important thing. Her only hesitation was that she feared this might be a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Xi Wei seemed to see through her hesitation and reminded her, “It should be him. Look at that line of light.”

The pill Yun Sheng had used earlier for tracking had an obvious effect, and even now, it still left behind a faint glow. However, the person fleeing had clearly noticed it too. So when Yun Sheng looked over following Xi Wei’s reminder, she happened to see the last trace of light vanish into the darkness. She immediately confirmed the other party’s identity. Afraid that the person might escape, she instinctively took out another pill, wanting to repeat the same trick.

But when Xi Wei saw this, she said, “It’s useless. He’s already on guard.”

As she spoke, Xi Wei also saw Yun Sheng’s intention. She delayed no further, grabbed Yun Sheng by the wrist, and chased after the figure. The two of them were extremely fast. Although their earlier hesitation had delayed them for a moment, they actually did not lose the person.

Perhaps in order to control those living-corpse puppets, the fleeing person wove through the streets, alleys, and houses, but never left Qili Town. Because of this, although Xi Wei and Yun Sheng could not catch up immediately, they remained not too far behind. Even when they occasionally lost sight of the person, they could always very quickly catch another glimpse of that fleeting figure.

Yun Sheng vaguely sensed that something was wrong. While continuing the pursuit, she tugged at Xi Wei’s sleeve. “Something feels off. Did he discover we’re following him and deliberately lead us in circles?”

Xi Wei had also noticed. Her beautiful brows furrowed slightly, and she immediately formed a seal, striking toward the front.

Cultivators were very fast. The higher their cultivation, the more so. The top speed of a Golden Core cultivator already surpassed what mortal eyes could capture. Xi Wei and that person’s speed had both reached their limits, but no matter how fast they were, they could not be faster than lightning.

As the lightning seal formed in Xi Wei’s hand, a clap of thunder suddenly descended from the sky, striking straight toward the fleeing figure ahead.

Yun Sheng’s eyes brightened. This bolt of lightning came fast and suddenly. If it had been her, she definitely would not have been able to dodge it.

But an evil demon daring to cause trouble in righteous-path territory was clearly not here to offer itself up for slaughter. That person’s strength far surpassed Yun Sheng’s. An attack she could never have avoided was dodged in time by that person. The only effect of the lightning was to bring a flash of thunderlight, finally illuminating the outline of that figure and letting the two pursuers behind see it clearly.

Whether Xi Wei recognized the person or not was unknown, but her steps did not pause at all. Yun Sheng, however, widened her eyes in that instant. Because she had finally seen clearly that the fleeing figure was far more petite than an ordinary person. More accurately, the figure had not yet grown up.

If this was not an outsider, then the only person in the mayor’s family who matched this build was the mayor’s little granddaughter!

Yun Sheng found this even more unbelievable. She remembered that when she and Senior Sister had gone to the mayor’s house to keep watch after nightfall, the mayor’s little granddaughter had also been in the main hall. At that time, the little girl had stared at the pastries on the table until she nearly drooled, and Yun Sheng had even specially given the pastries in front of her to the child. During that time, she had even patted the child’s head, yet she had never noticed anything wrong.

While she was still astonished, another bolt of lightning struck down, faster and more sudden than the last, and with even greater power.

This time, the person fleeing ahead finally no longer had the good luck to dodge. She was struck squarely by that lightning. A pit was blasted into the ground, and the person immediately fell. With a cultivator’s excellent eyesight, Yun Sheng could even see her hands and feet twitching under the electric current.

Yun Sheng was startled, then overjoyed. Her brows and eyes curved as she showered Xi Wei with praise.

Xi Wei looked completely unmoved, but the hand holding Yun Sheng’s wrist did not let go. She brought Yun Sheng forward to check that person’s condition.

The numbing effect of lightning was continuous. When the two walked closer, electric currents were still flickering over that person’s body, giving off crackling sounds. Apart from Xi Wei, who had a lightning spiritual root, cultivators who normally endured tribulation lightning were all afraid of lightning. Yun Sheng was no exception. She did not even dare get too close and was practically hiding behind Xi Wei as she checked the situation.

The person on the ground seemed to have been struck badly. As the electric current buzzed and crackled, that person’s hair and clothes were all charred. When they drew close, they could even smell a burnt odor in the air, as though the person had been roasted.

In this state, she probably had no fighting ability left, right?

Yun Sheng thought this with some uncertainty. But seeing the other party’s miserable appearance, her courage finally grew just a tiny bit.

Yun Sheng regretted it very much. She regretted her momentary carelessness earlier.

Charm demons were very peculiar existences. They were true demons, yet they did not possess the powerful bodies of ordinary demons. In fact, to put it more extremely, many charm demons had no bodies at all. They were like ghosts drifting through the mortal world, attaching themselves to people from time to time. Sometimes they used their hosts’ bodies to indulge in brief pleasure. Sometimes they used possession to stir up trouble and announce to the world that their race still existed.

Unfortunately, there was one charm demon in Qili Town. Even more unfortunately, Yun Sheng and Xi Wei had run into her. And even more unfortunately, neither she nor Xi Wei had realized this, so they appeared before the other party completely unguarded.

Xi Wei’s strength was very great, and lightning truly did restrain evil beings, so in a single exchange, she had heavily injured the other party.

If left alone, perhaps the charm demon attached to the little girl’s body would have been severely weakened by the lightning, or even truly died here. But unfortunately, before she completely lost the ability to resist, Yun Sheng appeared before her.

A charm demon’s power lay in the soul. So in the span of a single meeting of eyes, Yun Sheng seemed to suffer a heavy blow, and even her soul trembled with it.

Yun Sheng could not describe what kind of experience it was. Her soul was not injured in the ordinary sense. Instead, it was more like she had fallen into an illusion. In a daze, countless scenes flowed before her eyes, seeming true and false, like a dream and like fantasy.

Of course, outsiders had no way of knowing what Yun Sheng saw in that illusion.

Xi Wei had only been careless for a moment. By the time she reacted, Yun Sheng had already been struck. Seeing the other woman’s dazed expression, she immediately felt somewhat angry. She was angry at herself for overlooking it, and even more furious that this tiny charm demon dared harm someone right in front of her.

Xi Wei, who had lived through another life, was no longer anyone with a good temper. Her gaze turned sharp. A sheet of lightning attached itself to her fair, slender palm, and without another word, she struck toward the head of the charm demon causing trouble.

Generally speaking, charm demons naturally did not lack methods of escape. Especially since they had no true physical bodies, they usually caused trouble, abandoned the body they were attached to, and very few people could catch them after that. But this time, the charm demon was clearly somewhat unlucky. Xi Wei’s lightning was not ordinary lightning. After being struck, not only was her physical body paralyzed, even her soul had been affected.

So the charm demon could not avoid Xi Wei’s palm. Added to the fact that Xi Wei attacked in anger, the power of this palm far surpassed her previous attacks. The moment the palm wind and thunder landed on her head, the charm demon, already charred black from being struck, immediately let out a scream. It was extremely shrill and did not sound human.

In the next instant, the body possessed by the charm demon turned into flying ash. Once the night wind blew, it scattered completely.

At the same time, Yun Sheng, who had been attacked by the charm demon, also suddenly went limp. Xi Wei, who had already been prepared, caught her and held her in her arms.

She stared with a frown at the person whose eyes were tightly shut, her gaze carrying some wariness and vigilance. If there was anything wrong when Yun Sheng woke, she would not hesitate to deal a ruthless blow. After all, sympathy born from shared suffering was one thing, but the two of them truly did not have a particularly deep friendship.

Very soon, as the charm demon disappeared, Yun Sheng opened her eyes. Her gaze seemed somewhat dazed, but her entire temperament was no different from before. There was no sudden malice or killing intent either.

After one’s soul was seized, a brief daze was normal. Xi Wei observed her for a moment and saw nothing unusual, so she relaxed slightly.

However, Xi Wei relaxed a little too soon. Or rather, her attention had been placed only on malice and killing intent, and she had not realized at all that Yun Sheng was staring at her for a little too long, and that her eyes held more than just bewilderment.

By the time she realized this, Yun Sheng had already pulled away from her embrace. Yet she did not leave. Instead, she leaned in closer with her whole body. Xi Wei instinctively turned her head to avoid her, and then she felt something warm and soft land on her cheek.

It was as if, all of a sudden, she had been kissed by a falling blossom in spring, leaving a faint trace behind in her heart.