jdhmnovel Chapter 374 The Master is Missing
Chapter 374 The Master is Missing
"It seems that the plan needs to be changed."
Yun Chen's expression froze and he looked up at Inoue Mieko.
"I'll give you a task..."
.........
A quarter of an hour later, Yun Chen and Inoue Mieko walked out of Yunxiao Pavilion.
"Can those people outside be dealt with?"
Yun Chen turned to look at Inoue Mieko.
Mieko nodded: "Okay."
As the person in charge of Dongying in Panlei City, if she had not met Yun Chen, she would have been confident that even those direct disciples would have been able to escape with the help of Shikigami.
Not to mention some of the secret agents from the Tianji Pavilion.
"Go ahead. Don't kill anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. Just get hurt..."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chen waved his hand indifferently.
"Yes, master!" Inoue Mieko responded with her head down.
Then his figure turned into a faint black afterimage and silently rushed towards the alley outside Yunxiao Pavilion.
"Stop her, don't let her run away..."
Yun Chen watched Inoue Mieko's figure disappear around the corner of the alley. His golden spiritual power suddenly condensed, and he deliberately released a sharp aura, shouting angrily towards the alley.
Before he finished speaking, he leaped up, and golden light burst out from his body. It seemed that he was chasing after her relentlessly, but in fact, he was deliberately slowing down his pace.
As soon as she rushed out of the alley, she saw three secret agents in gray clothes jumping down from the roofs on both sides, with their swords drawn, blocking Inoue Mieko's way.
"This place has been blocked by my Tianji Pavilion, don't even think about escaping!" The leading spy shouted in a deep voice, pointing his sword directly at Inoue Mieko's throat, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.
Following Yun Chen's prior instructions, Inoue Mieko showed a look of panic on her face and pretended to struggle to break through. The black spiritual power gathered randomly in her palm, but she deliberately retained three-tenths of the strength.
She dodged the spy's sword by leaning sideways, staggered back two steps, and just retreated to a place not far in front of Yun Chen, seemingly trapped in a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides.
"Looking for death!" Yun Chen chased up at the right time and slapped Inoue Mieko on the back. The palm was fierce, but he quietly reduced the strength when it was about to touch her.
Inoue Mieko screamed, spat out a mouthful of blood, and staggered forward, just in time to break through the encirclement of the two spies.
"Oh no! She got away!" The spies were shocked when they saw this and hurriedly waved their swords to stop her, but Inoue Mieko took advantage of the momentum and swung out a black spiritual power with all her strength, forcing the spies in front of her to retreat.
Yun Chen stood in place, deliberately pretending to be furious. He raised his hand and shot out a golden spiritual power, which accurately brushed past the corner of Inoue Mieko's clothes and hit the wall next to it, creating a deep pit.
"Damn it! Chase!" he shouted angrily, his voice echoing throughout the alley.
Inoue Mieko didn't dare to look back. Taking advantage of this brief gap, she turned into a black afterimage and rushed towards the south gate of Panlei City. She soon disappeared at the end of the street.
Upon hearing this, the spies did not dare to delay and immediately chased after him.
Yun Chen looked at this scene, and a barely noticeable curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Murong Xue, you owe me a big favor now."
He murmured softly, then took out the communication jade talisman to contact Lei Miaoyun.
To his surprise, he still couldn't get in touch with Lei Miaoyun, so he had to contact Elder Lei again.
Soon, there was a response from Elder Lei.
"Stinky boy...what's the matter?"
Elder Lei's voice was filled with helplessness and fatigue.
Yun Chen didn't think much about it and quickly reported the information he had received about the Shadow Snake Group and his own speculations.
Of course, there was no report on the capture of Mieko.
This is his own trump card. Although the Divine Thunder Palace is currently treating him well, it is always better to be careful.
After he finished his report, Elder Lei didn't seem surprised at all. He just replied calmly, asking Yun Chen to be careful, and then cut off the communication.
"This old man seems very busy at this late hour... Could he be practicing dual cultivation with some woman?"
Yun Chen frowned as he held the jade talisman that had lost its spiritual power fluctuations.
Elder Lei's reaction was really abnormal. Upon hearing the news that the Shadow Snake Group had infiltrated and that there was a traitor in the Taoist Alliance, he didn't even have the interest to ask for details. He just said "Be careful" and dismissed him.
It’s the middle of the night, what else could you be doing if not practicing dual cultivation?
If Elder Lei knew what he was thinking now, he would probably rush over from the Thunder Palace with a thunder-attributed sword and chop him until his head was covered in smoke.
However, Elder Lei seems to be really busy now.
It’s not about dual cultivation, but the leader has disappeared.
In the meeting hall deep in the Divine Thunder Palace, the flickering candlelight made the white hair on Elder Lei's temples more obvious.
Beside him, several elders of the Divine Thunder Palace were standing by, all with sad faces.
The candlelight in the meeting hall was swaying in the night wind, stretching the solemn figures of the people.
Elder Lei put down the communication jade talisman and looked up at the people in the hall.
"Everyone, the Sect Leader has been investigating the Forest of Myriad Beasts for a whole day now, but there's been no news at all. Even the communication jade talisman has been broken. What do you think of this?"
Elder Liu thought for a moment and said, "The Sect Master should be investigating the situation at Chaoyin Pavilion. However, the Myriad Beast Forest is fraught with danger. Perhaps something has delayed him, or perhaps the jade talisman for communication has been lost... Are we worrying too much?"
After all, Lei Miaoyun is a real Nascent Soul master. In this world of cultivation... the only people who can do anything to her are probably a few ancestors of the Taoist school.
Elder Lei tapped his fingers on the table upon hearing this, causing the candlelight to tremble. "Are you worrying about nothing? Even if the Sect Master's jade talisman was lost, he should have returned in a day. How could he not be able to contact him?"
He stood up and walked to the palace door, gazing at the dark night sky outside the window. His voice deepened a bit, "Now that those rats from Japan are causing trouble, Chaoyin Pavilion has suddenly appeared, and the qualifying competition is approaching... and a traitor has appeared in the Dao League... I have a bad feeling."
Elder Ouyang paused as he twirled his beard, his expression changing instantly: "If there really is a traitor, will the Sect Leader be in trouble?"
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the leader to be in trouble. Even if those ancestors take action, it is not easy to take down the leader.
But if there is a traitor among the top leaders of the Taoist Alliance and he plans a sneak attack, that would be a different story.
After all... Lei Miaoyun may not be on guard against some high-level officials of the Taoist Alliance.
"I don't know, but the current situation isn't optimistic. The qualifying rounds are approaching, and the disciples are all busy training... And those bastards from Japan... Murong Xue isn't here either..."
Elder Lei sighed, his eyes filled with worry. The atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly solemn, and the halo of the candlelight cast alternating light and dark shadows on everyone's faces.
Elder Liu looked at Elder Lei's furrowed brow and finally said, "How about we wait a little longer? Maybe the Sect Leader really was delayed by something? After all, it's only been a day since we last contacted each other. It's not uncommon for this to happen before."
After all, the sect leader is at the Nascent Soul stage, how could something go wrong so easily?
He didn't believe it in his heart.