Hissing in pain, she held her forehead and opened her eyes and was instantly taken aback.

Because the thing in front of her was a wooden man.

It looked ugly and poorly crafted with a blunt knife, with eyes and nose barely outlined. The dim moonlight outside the window, making this wooden man’s eyebrows bizarre and eerie.

Its legs were crooked , and when it moved, it made a harsh creaking sound, which sounded like a mouse gnawing on wood.

Just before, it was holding a knife, standing beside Ji Yan’s bed. Unexpectedly Ji Yan y knocked it, causing it to retreat back a few steps, and the creaking sound stung her eardrums.

She just stared blankly at this thing for a few seconds.

Her first reaction was, what the hell is this? !

The second reaction was, ‘where is Shao Xin and others!’

She was in a trance for a moment, but the wooden figure was very agile. Suddenly, he lifted a knife and stabbed her quickly. If it were to be an ordinary person to avoid such a quick attack would never be possible, but Ji Yan’s lightness skills were not practiced in vain. She swept out like a feather, avoiding the fatal blow, while the magic vine on the wrist sensed the danger, suddenly became bigger and thicker, and quickly slapped the wooden man.

Along with the sound of a loud ‘crunch’, the wooden puppet was scattered into countless pieces, with a small black crystal falling in the middle.

“Huh? What is this?” Getting off from the bed Ji Yan squatted down, trying to pick it up to look, just then her wrist was held by a hideous hand.

Yin Xuezhuo pulled her away and said indifferently: “This is the soul-attracting stone of the Demon Realm. It can serve as a container for all things to attract the soul to possess and kill people. It is only the lowest wooden puppet.”

At some point in time he appeared beside her side. The moonlight reflected on his cold face, and there was a hint of ridicule in the corner of his eyes.

“The Demon’s Realm’s Means?” Ji Yan was slightly shocked and staggered, “These people are really …… bent on dumping the pot on you.”

However, this wooden puppet was too shoddy. The scene of Yin Xuezhuo controlling several elders in the past was still vivid, and in contrast with this, the force went up in an instant.

Yin Xuezhuo lowered his eyes and looked at Ji Yan’s obviously sluggish face. His eyes gradually deepened and said: “Just now Shao Xin was led away by the illusion. If I guess correctly, they are here for Shao Bai.”

Ji Yan: Got it, the nest fight, dog bites dog.

She asked: “Can I still catch up on my sleep?”

Yin Xuezhuo: “…” She really thinks about sleeping all the time.

She now resembled a turtle, retreating into her shell and staying still. Even if someone turns her over and makes her tummy wobble upward, she won’t bother to turn over to sleep straight.

Yin Xuezhuo raised his cold finger and caressed her lower lip. His tone gradually became strange. “Of course you can.”

“But you just can’t sleep here.” he added with a mysterious smile.

Finished speaking he held Ji Yan’s collar, and swept out of the window in a flash. Ji Yan was so frightened that she hugged him and was taken to the stables in the backyard of the inn.

Letting her go, leaning on one of the wooden poles, he said with a smile: “You have to pretend that you are missing now. You can’t stay where you were before, otherwise it will make them suspicious.”

The puppets made by the soul-attracting stone only knew how to fight, and would not recognize who the opponent was. So even if Ji Yan used the same excuse as before, she would still be suspected.

Then let’s just play the missing game.

Yin Xuezhuo was full of interest, and he was obviously looking forward to the next scene. As soon as he finished speaking, he found that the little girl beside him had disappeared.

He turned his head and found her running into the stable, found a relatively clean place, then tidied it up, and then lay down to catch up sleep.

Yin Xuezhuo: “…”

Are you so sleepy?

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Ji Yan was really bent on sleeping at all costs.

As for clothes might be dirty, it’s okay Yin Xuezhuo gave her a lot of various styles of clothes in the small storage bag. Stables smell a bit stinky, it doesn’t matter, once she had fallen asleep she couldn’t smell anything.… She didn’t even bother to take a few steps to find a better place.

As for the clean freak demon, he could cuddle her on the bed, but for stables…he can’t do it.

The great demon was disgusted, at the same time helpless. He has been entangled between his girlfriend and cleanliness for a long time, as if facing the first hurdle in life.

His stiff face looked at her fixedly for a long time and finally chose to be invisible.

He dropped his pick and quit.

Ji Yan slept peacefully for a long time. The general wind and grass couldn’t wake her, but in the middle of the night, the voices of many people awakened her.

“I have seen the elders.” Which startled Ji Yan, and she woke up in a jolt. She sat with her knees still, her expression dull, apparently still drowsy.

Under the moonlight, a group of people surrounded a man outside the stables, and he said coldly: “I didn’t expect Shao Bai to be so vigilant that he would carry the Wan Qiu Jian with him all the time. Even if he was caught in the illusion, there is no chance to win.”

Huh? Wan Qiu Jian?

Ji Yan blinked and reacted afterwards. She seemed to hit the ground by mistake. Was she really waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes?

She wanted to see which of them was stupid enough to pretend to be Yin Xuezhuo to play such a game.

So she quietly poked out a pair of dark eyes from the side of the stable, and her gaze fell on a rather handsome man among them, and recognized the Kunning faction badge on his waist.

It seemed that someone called him the elder?

Kunning Sect had such a young elder… Ji Yan thought for a while, and suddenly it dawned on her.

She seemed to know who it was.

If she guessed right, this person should be Kong Yu.

In the original book, Kong Yu has been portrayed as a good person, and has been silently supporting Yin Miaorou all the time.

It was only in the later stages, after Shao Bai rescued Yin Miaorou, that he revealed his true colors.

Kong Yu has always been unwilling to subordinate to others. He had always wanted to be the head of the sect, but only to be taken away by Yin Miaorou, and has been secretly resentful. 

Now that Yin Miaorou had an accident, he pretended to miss Yin Miaorou with all his heart, and aligned with Shao Bai to rescue her, but in fact he got close to him to gain his trust, then plot to prevent Yin Miaorou from returning.

Thinking about it this way, Ji Yan suddenly felt that Kong Yu looked a lot like her.

Although the ultimate goal was different, she did not care about the position of head, just Zhuo Zhuo.

The enemy of the enemy, isn’t that a friend?

Kong Yu over there didn’t know that there was another person hiding here and kept beeping of a lot of plans and leaking them all out. Sure enough, every villain was very talkative and liked to express his thoughts at every turn.

Ji Yan listened indifferently. Her whole body relaxed again, unable to hold back, and yawned long.

“Who?!”

Kong Yu was very alert, turned around immediately, and walked over quickly.

Damn.

Ji Yan had no time to hide and also there was no place to hide, and locked eyes with Kong Yu.

Kong Yu: “…Ji Yan?!”

Yo, he still knows her.

It seemed that she, as a cannon fodder female supporting role, was quite well-known.

Ji Yan thought for a while, raised her hand and greeted him, “Hi.”

Kong Yu: “…”

He didn’t expect to meet Ji Yan here, but no matter who she was, he would definitely not let a person go after hearing all this. A trace of murderous intent flashed across his eyes, and he immediately drew out his sword. The sharp point of the sword touched her throat.

Was he about to make a move? Ji Yan immediately said: “Don’t, you are targeting Shao Bai. I also saw him as an eyesore for a long time. I think we can form an alliance.”

Ji Yan looked sincere, Kong Yu sneered, unmoved, “I don’t need to cooperate with anyone, who know what bad thoughts you’re hiding.”

Ji Yan still wants to fight for it. “Don’t say everything so absolutely, don’t you understand the more people the better the strength was?”

Kong Yu: “Cut the crap. No matter what I will not be able to keep you today.”

“…” This person was simply too stubborn, it was if he would die if he talked two more words, and there was no sincerity in talking about cooperation for a long time.

Forget it.

Since you’re not sincere, it’s better to beat it up.

Ji Yan took out the bell on her waist and shook it. Kong Yu frowned, wondering what she was doing all of a sudden.

“Ah— ”

The screams of fear sounded from behind.

His subordinates seemed to have seen something terrifying, their legs became weak from fright, and they kept shouting “Help”.

Kong Yu was startled and spun his head.

In the darkness not far away, Yin Xuezhuo walked out of the void, his long hair and black robe fluttered in the wind, his eyes were extremely cold.

His cold eyes swept past the faces of Kong Yu and the others and finally landed on the sword by Ji Yan’s neck.

With a wave of his finger, Kong Yu flew out like a broken kite, hit the wall hard, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Yin Xuezhuo said gloomily. “Do you want to die?”