Chapter 120: Deadly Game

Nevertheless, one could not be too clever or too ostentatious. Ye Wenxin obscurely answered, “I’m not sure, but I can tell, you’re fond of animals.”

Xi Mengxuan was taken aback and then shot her a soft smile, yet did not say anything.

Zhao Teddy saw Ye Wenxin interacting with Xi Mengxuan and got up close, wanting to strike up a conversation with Xi Mengxuan too, but when Xi Mengxuan noticed Zhao Teddy she retreated a few steps again, moving to stand in front of another cell altogether.

Looking again, the cell door opened, and the fat female cultivator walked in.

“Fourth Senior Sister.” Xi Mengxuan went up to meet her promptly, bowing respectfully to the fat female cultivator.

Ye Wenxin looked very puzzled. She grabbed the iron bars and got a little nearer to them, wanting to find out why the fat female cultivators had come over.

“Head Senior Sister has been informed about this, you must watch over them well.” The fat female cultivator did not glance at Ye Wenxin, she just instructed Xi Mengxuan before quickly leaving.

With how sharp Xi Mengxuan was, how could she not know that these words were not meant for her at all, but rather for Ye Wenxin inside the cell?

Thinking this, Xi Mengxuan looked into the cell at Ye Wenxin, bearing some concern.

Ye Wenxin had not taken off the mask covering her face also because she was worried about running into Qian Bingxue and them, who would thus see through her identity, putting her between a rock and a hard place.

However, this reminder helped Ye Wenxin realize that the fat female cultivator had no intention of being her enemy. As for Xi Mengxuan, she was probably specially assigned here to aid them in breaking out from the dungeon.

“What do we do? They’re making a big fuss over this.” Zhao Teddy, who had caught the female cultivator’s voice just now too, wore a gloomy expression, uncertain how he should describe his own flustered mood.

Perhaps having witnessed Ye Wenxin’s incredibility, he naturally felt Ye Wenxin could come up with a way to help them leave.

Ye Wenxin pondered it a bit. Honestly, the easiest way would be to cleave the lock apart and then hightail it. Even though they were bound with cultivation-restricting shackles, to Ye Wenxin, this level of shackle had no use on her.

As long as it was not Liu Churan putting the Immortal Sealing Ring around her neck, Ye Wenxin felt she had a thousand ways to break out from this dungeon.

But she did not want to display too much, lest Zhao Teddy figure out she deliberately had not rescued him earlier. Chewing it over, Ye Wenxin turned to Xi Mengxuan, luring her in, “Kind big sister, if you let us out, whatever you want to play, I’ll play with you.”

The sensitive Xi Mengxuan became anxious upon hearing Ye Wenxin flirting with her again, but when Ye Wenxin winked at her, she took the hint.

Thinking about it, Shura Hall’s Head Senior Sister Qian Bingxue had much crueler means compared to Shura Hall’s Hall Master, Bai Chi. Looking again at Ye Wenxin in front of her, she hesitated slightly, then went along with it, “Really?”

“Kind big sister, do I look like a liar?” Ye Wenxin encouraged further. Xi Mengxuan held back a smile, feigning a few seconds of consideration, and continued, “Alright, then tonight you’ll come over to attend to me. If you make me feel good, I’ll guarantee you a quick and painless death.”

As she said this, Xi Mengxuan took out the key, intending to let Ye Wenxin out.

“Wait, can you bring my brother as well? Two dragons playing with a pearl¹ is great too.” Ye Wenxin immediately halted her steps, looking towards the miserable Zhao Teddy.

 Originally, she had wanted to deepen her relationship with Zhao Teddy and deceive him into leading her towards opportunities, who could have anticipated there would be so many variables tonight?

Although aware this was an act, Xi Mengxuan still blushed up to her ears at Ye Wenxin’s shameless teasing. She feigned one last struggle before agreeing.

The door opened. Aside from Ye Wenxin and Zhao Teddy, the others all stayed inside, not daring to be presumptuous. But judging from their expressions, they seemed envious of Ye Wenxin and Zhao Teddy.

“Follow me quickly.” Xi Mengxuan did not care about the others’ gazes, she pushed the dungeon gates open, preparing to leave with the two, but little did she know, before they had walked a few steps, they came upon a group rushing over.

The ones in the lead were Head Senior Sister Qian Bingxue and Third Senior Sister Liu Yansheng, Ye Wenxin’s heart threatened to leap out of her chest at the sight of them, fearing her identity would be discovered at this time.

Seeing she had no room to retreat or advance, Ye Wenxin made a last-ditch attempt and caught Xi Mengxuan.

“Don’t come any closer!”

“Yeah, stay back!” Seeing the few tigresses he met last time, Zhao Teddy was afraid for a moment, and when Ye Wenxin held Xi Mengxuan under duress, he hid behind Ye Wenxin, hooting at them.

The Shura Hall disciples frowned, each holding a long whip in their hand as if they wanted to whip the two’s bodies into thousands of pieces.

Ye Wenxin felt guiltier and ended up meeting Third Senior Sister Liu Yansheng’s playful gaze by accident. Liu Yansheng was a Demon, and her sense of smell was even more acute than that of human senses, noticing Ye Wenxin looking at her, Liu Yansheng also blinked at Ye Wenxin.

Judging by that expression, she probably just wanted to watch the show and had no intention to expose Ye Wenxin at all.

As for Head Senior Sister Qian Bingxue, her chilling aura was oppressive, raring to cut Ye Wenxin and Zhao Teddy into pieces, which meant she should not have discerned Ye Wenxin’s identity, and only assumed she was a lecher.

“Forgive me, I can only take you as a hostage. I don’t want to start a massacre,” Ye Wenxin whispered in Xi Mengxuan’s ear, then gave Zhao Teddy a discrete glance.

Zhao Teddy immediately fished out the map he had concealed, the two briefly gesticulated over the parchment and decided to escape to the backwoods. That was a forbidden area that only past Hall Masters and their successors could enter, with its numerous traps, even Qian Bingxue had to be prudent going in.

Ye Wenxin naturally guided Zhao Teddy to go there on purpose, and Zhao Teddy had no other option but to choose this place. The backwoods’ forbidden area was the closest to the dungeon where they were, if not for this, she supposed they would have died under these people’s whips before they could escape through the exit.

It was now or never. Ye Wenxin directly held Xi Mengxuan and Zhao Teddy hastily threw a pill that released an odor to misdirect everyone’s attention. For a time, the two ran lightning-fast.

But halfway there, Zhao Teddy huffed and puffed, he had been used as a human furnace three times by the fat female cultivator, and he was currently still weak. Watching Ye Wenxin running faster and faster, one could well imagine his suffering.

“Brother Liangchen, how about you go ahead? I really can’t run anymore,” sighed Zhao Teddy, unable to move even a fraction. Despite them both being Earthlings, at the end of the day, they were merely strangers brought together by chance, they did not need to risk their lives for each other. After some thinking, Zhao Teddy planned on becoming the bait so Ye Wenxin could escape.

Ye Wenxin, who had been scurrying, abruptly came to a stop, freed up a hand to grab Zhao Teddy’s collar, then continued walking forward.

“I can’t abandon a brother and survive by myself,” Ye Wenxin uttered with such profound feeling and morality. If Xi Mengxuan had not witnessed Ye Wenxin’s villainous behavior prior, she surely would have been moved by Ye Wenxin and Zhao Teddy’s brotherhood.

However, the whole truth was buried deep inside Zhao Teddy’s bones. Ye Wenxin’s staunch tone warmed Zhao Teddy’s heart, he vowed that once he soared to success, he must offer his woman for Ye Wenxin to enjoy for a few days.

Oblivious to the state of Zhao Teddy’s psyche, Ye Wenxin kept moving along the road, one shoulder carrying Xi Mengxuan and the other shoulder bearing Zhao Teddy.

The previous Demon Lord Gu Qingcheng had a mage-type class, but because Fairy Fengya had shattered her foundation and then fused it back with spirit stones, the strength of her physique was not hard to envision.

Even though she was currently carrying two people, Ye Wenxin was neither flushed nor panting, running so fast it looked like she was flying.

The group from Shura Hall was still relentlessly pursuing them, Ye Wenxin also felt some nervousness, but luckily, they had already reached the backwoods’ forbidden area. Ye Wenxin pulled out the spirit talisman she had prepared beforehand and threw it at a spot, from which a small hidden door immediately revealed itself.

Ye Wenxin dragged the two people in without hesitation, instantly vanishing before everyone’s eyes.

“Have they gone into the backwoods?”

Third Senior Sister picked up the partially disabled spirit talisman, took a few careful sniffs, and then her lips quirked up in a playful half smirk. She ordered the others, “No, the backwoods’ restriction has not been broken, they should still be nearby. Search in all directions.”

The others had no understanding of spirit talismans, after Third Senior Sister Liu Yansheng said this, they immediately began to disperse. This time, even Head Senior Sister did not suspect a thing as she left in a hurry.

Third Senior Sister Liu Yansheng naturally left too, after several minutes passed, three people appeared out of thin air in the originally empty space.

Zhao Teddy sat his ass down on the ground, gasping for breath.

Xi Mengxuan was drenched with sweat as if she had been scared half to death by the scene just now.

Only Ye Wenxin remained unperturbed, looking around as if she was watching out for something.

“Brother Liangchen, who did you learn that spirit talisman technique from? It’s so amazing, it can actually conceal our figures.” Zhao Teddy looked at the enigmatic Ye Wenxin, although he was a lead character, Ye Wenxin’s halo was more powerful than his.

“From Long Qingyue.”

“Oh, from her…Huh, Long Qingyue?” Zhao Teddy was about to exclaim in amazement, but in the end, he was utterly astounded. He stared closely at Ye Wenxin’s expression, yet upon noticing the bit of banter in Ye Wenxin’s eyes, he immediately understood that Ye Wenxin had deceived him.

“Brother Liangchen, this joke is not funny at all, you’re talking about Long Qingyue! The national goddess!” Zhao Teddy slackened some and continued to talk idly about Long Qingyue’s greatness.

It still made Ye Wenxin uncomfortable, so she said very casually, “Then why don’t you mention Fairy Fengya? She’s the most beautiful woman in the world.”

“One by one, they’re all mine anyway!” Zhao Teddy declared egotistical nonsense with obnoxious laughter.

Ye Wenxin was a little angered, when the nearby Xi Menxuan, who had been quiet up to now, suddenly pulled her.

Ye Wenxin snapped back to reality and then caught a cold glint before several knives shot out. Ye Wenxin deflected the knives that were aimed at her, but Zhao Teddy sat too far away and she could not make it to him in time. He rolled away in a panic, the knives missing his crotch by mere inches.

“Who goes?” Seeing Zhao Teddy almost get emasculated, Ye Wenxin frowned subtly, secretly delighted.

“Young Master Ye, have you forgotten This Humble Woman so quickly?” In the next second, Third Senior Sister Liu Yansheng showed herself, her willowy body once again sticking close.

Ye Wenxin did not resist, because the moment she stuck close, Liu Yansheng murmured a set of words in her ear.

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Footnotes:

1. – Idiom implying two people fighting fiercely over something valuable or a harmonious partnership between two powerful identities. Honestly, I think it just hints a threesome in this case ↩︎