Chapter Twenty-Two: Missed

  Jiang Nian went out the door and headed straight for the Beta Forest, not daring to stop along the way. There were flying beasts on that side, and even if DouDou wasn't there, he would still have to return to the First City before going back to the TianShen Temple. The city was close to the LiYue tree, and his spiritual power was almost full, so he didn't need to worry about getting into trouble.

  When she finally arrived near the forest, she unexpectedly found that there were many people here. Most of them were... like reporters? They held crystal balls to record what was happening, and some people were talking excitedly about their own versions.

  No matter how strong the desire to go back was, it couldn't compare to the curiosity of a cat scratching an itch. Jiang Nian silently stopped and leaned in close to the crowd, and at that moment, she despised herself.

  She calmly approached the crowd and ran to ask the person next to her what had happened. The person next to her was an old lady who looked like she loved gossip, with a greasy bright red lipstick that seemed to have faded in color. She didn't know what shade of lipstick it was, but thought the patchy color made it look like it had faded from its original bright red. This made Jiang Nian feel somewhat uncomfortable, as she disliked this blood-like color. So she slightly shifted her body and moved a bit further away from the old lady.

  The aunt was still immersed in excitement, completely unaware of Jiang Nian's unease, and spoke with flying spittle: "Ah, you don't know, sister, something big happened inside just now. In the past, Beta Forest also had frequent fights, robberies, and killings, but none were as scary as this time. The entire southern half of the forest was almost destroyed. You know? There was even a fire there just now, and the flames spread so fast it was terrifying. Even dozens of Ice Prairie's Wild Masters came to put out the fire."

  "Oh." After Jiang finished reciting the Eight Trigrams, he didn't stop there and continued to wait for those annoying reporters to finish their interviews everywhere, preparing to leave on the Flying Beast. The farther away from this place, the better.

  This dead-end alley would never know that the south is where Lan Aoxue was in the mountain cave, and even more wouldn't think that Lan Lun would follow the trail to find her way here, the scent still lingering at the entrance of Lan Aoxue's mountain cave. She just took this as an unexpected small accident, curiosity satisfied and then left, why would she think more?

  She followed him to buy tickets and chose a gentle flying beast. As they walked, she glanced down casually and felt that the background setting also had reporters who would risk their lives for news, just like in modern times. She thought to herself, slightly pursing her lips, and turned back to look ahead.

  Lan Run and Lan Ao Xue's fight was really miserable. At first, Lan Ao Xue hadn't fully woken up yet, and seeing Lan Run, although he didn't like it in his heart, still subconsciously made a friendly gesture. But unexpectedly, Lan Run was particularly ruthless today, not even willing to maintain the facade of gentleness, and directly launched a big killing move.

  Lan Aoxue's mind was still very muddled at the time, and she didn't even notice the killing move coming her way until the light was right in front of her eyes, at which point she opened them wide with some surprise.

  Then she crashed into the rock wall like a heavily weighted kite, and due to inertia, a curved stream of blood spurted out.

  Lan Ran had found an outlet for his emotions and seemed to be in a slightly better mood, the anger on his face dissipating somewhat. He slowly walked in to check on Lan Ao Xue's current state, but before he even entered, he saw a figure flying towards him at an unprecedented speed.

  He subconsciously blocked the attack, then saw Lan Ao Xue's ferocious expression, that distance was too close, even the blue veins on his neck could be seen.

  Although the heroine's violent fantasy was largely eliminated by Jiang Nian, the remaining fantasy that had been flowing earlier still transformed her body, not only washing away her bone marrow but also gaining a large part of the fantasy. When Jiang Nian dissolved the fantasy, he coincidentally helped her merge those fantasies, and now her strength has surpassed Lan Lun's by a lot. However, Lan Lun was unaware of this and remained stuck in his previous understanding, underestimating the enemy, and was easily knocked to the ground by Lan Ao Xue's fantasy.

  She would never come back, she no longer wanted these hypocritical appearances, she no longer wanted to pretend to be close to her family members who didn't like her. Lan Aoxue held a giant halo in her hand, thinking resentfully, but her eyes suddenly turned red, along with the tip of her nose, looking like an abandoned rabbit.

  Although Landon's strength is not as good as Lan Aoxue's now, he is still a talented fantasy master with various fantasy devices obtained due to his family's favoritism. Since Lan Aoxue is not yet familiar with the new fantasy power, the two are evenly matched when fighting. However, neither of them yields to the other and they have been looking at each other with disdain for a long time, so they immediately start fighting without mercy, their movements fierce as if they were fighting for their lives. Unfortunately, the Betta Forest suffers and is partially destroyed by these two people.

  It's rare for people to get physical in the Beta Forest, most duelists go to the dueling arena, and even if they don't see eye-to-eye, it won't come to a life-or-death struggle. So this was the first time such a miserable experience had occurred under the bare trees. As a result, many reporters rushed over to get the scoop, just in time for Jiang Nian to see them.

  She didn't see the two people who were fighting, they had already run off somewhere to fight, and naturally wouldn't know that Jiang Nian had come. As a result, several people's fates were rewritten from then on, which also made Jiang Nian suffer many times. How come the plot always doesn't match!

  Digression

  I think it's time to focus on developing the plot next ~ throw flowers ~