The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 73

Chapter 73: Kidnapped

The further he went, the more surprised Ling Xiao got. He actually didn’t come across anyone in the Central Lineage. Furthermore, the cold air was increasing and that direction was actually towards the back of the Central Lineage mountain.

The five ranges of WuShuang mountain were enveloped in clouds. Also , the steepest one was the Central Lineage, especially the back of the mountain. Covered in dense forest with hundred year old trees, a rugged terrain with bizarre jagged rocks, and frequented by wild animals. Therefore, disciples were usually not allowed to casually enter the back of the mountain.

You XiaoMo was so weak. If he were to enter the back of the mountain, wouldn’t he simply have no chance of survival?

Thinking of this, Ling Xiao couldn’t but feel a little irritated. He immediately picked up his speed and flew towards the back of the mountain. Just when he was almost reaching the back of the mountain, at the intersection with other roads, he saw a few familiar figures from afar. Among them was the one that pestered him day in and day out, Tang YunQi.

Tang YunQi could be anywhere else and yet she appeared precisely on the road where You XiaoMo went missing. Was there anything that coincidental in this world?

Ling Xiao’s face darkened, enveloped in piercingly cold air. He appeared in front of Tang YunQi.

Tang YunQi only felt a rush of cold air brushing across her face and reflexively closed her eyes. When she opened them again , she saw the Xiao-ge that she had been longing for actually appearing in front of her , who knew when. Right then, she forgot what she was here for, her face lighting up as she ran towards him, “Xiao-ge, why are you here?”

The two footmen behind her not only did not show any signs of delight, their face instead underwent a huge change, looking at the suddenly appearing Ling Xiao with deathly pale faces.

“You’re asking me why I’m here? That’s what I want to ask you, Shimei. Can you tell me? What are you doing here?” Cold glinting eyes swept over her, seeing her act as if it was all a coincidence, he felt even more nauseated towards her.

Hearing these words, the smile on Tang YunQi’s face immediately disappeared as she remembered what she was here for.

It turned out the one they were waiting for, You XiaoMo, didn’t appear, instead Ling Xiao appeared. What was the meaning of this? If this was under normal circumstances, Tang YunQi would definitely be very happy to have this ‘chance encounter’ with Ling Xiao. But right at this moment, if he found out that she was intending to harm You XiaoMo, the consequences … she didn’t even dare to imagine, “This … I was taking a walk with my fellow disciples, and unexpectedly we ended up walking all the way here.”

Tang YunQi explained nervously. The ten fingers under her sleeves were already balled up tightly and turning white, deathly afraid that she would be found out.

A barely perceptible violent look flashed across Ling Xiao’s eyes and immediately faded away. In an instant, he resumed his gentle and refined demeanor, “Shimei really came out for a walk? This is the forbidden area behind the mountain. You all actually strolled all the way to the back of the mountain. Can it be that something happened that can only be dealt with behind the mountain?”

“No, no, Xiao-ge, you’re worrying too much. We really just came out for a walk.” Tang YunQi quickly denied, then lowered her head not daring to look at Ling Xiao anymore.

Ling Xiao smiled gently but his eyes were as cold as ice, “Since it was like that, then did Shimei see You XiaoMo? I just came across someone on the way here. He told me You XiaoMo was following someone unfamiliar heading in this direction. Could it be that Shimei came across them?”

“You XiaoMo?” Tang YunQi immediately acted as if she had no idea, “Didn’t. We didn’t see him at all on the way here. If Xiao-ge doesn’t believe it, you can ask Shixiongs. We were together all this time.”

“Lin-shixiong, Tang-shimei is telling the truth. We were together all along and definitely did not come across You-shidi.” Not waiting for Ling Xiao to ask, the two footmen immediately back up Tang YunQi’s words.

“Xiao-ge, I remembered that I still have some things to take care of. If you have nothing else, then I’ll leave first.” Tang YunQi was worried that if they were to stay any longer, You XiaoMo would suddenly appear. If the two sides were to meet, then their words would be exposed. So she couldn’t wait to leave this place, even starting to take a step when she finished speaking.

“Not so fast.” Ling Xiao suddenly ordered loudly.

Tang YunQi jumped in fright. Standing rooted on the spot, she stammered while looking at Ling Xiao, “Xiao-ge, is there anything else?”

“You all are sure you don’t know where You XiaoMo is?” Ling Xiao turned and fixed his eyes on her wavering eyes, stressing each and every word.

The three of them uniformly shook their heads. You XiaoMo told them to meet up here. But from the time they arrived until now, they didn’t even catch a glimpse of him. So they really didn’t see You XiaoMo, not to mention know where he was, although Jiang Liu might know.

Ling Xiao assumed that they wouldn’t dare to lie to him, so he could only let them leave.

Tang YunQi and company immediately ran away in a panic as if having received a huge pardon, terrified that they would be called back by Ling Xiao as they ran.

You XiaoMo’s scent definitely had not disappeared. Ling Xiao looked down the road towards the back of the mountain. If he was not mistaken, You XiaoMo and that person should have headed further in. What made him surprised was that other than the scent of Tang YunQi and the other two, there was actually a scent from another person.

Ling Xiao stood on the spot pondering for a moment with an unreadable expression. He suddenly leapt into the air and with fluttering sleeves, disappeared down the small road in the direction of the back of the mountain.

At the same time, in the pitch black, full of sinister energy back of the mountain, a black figure ran quickly through the forest, carrying a person on his shoulder. His speed was very fast, occasionally scaring out some wild beasts, but in a flash, they were all left far behind, right until an endless wall of dense vines appeared in front of them. The black figure stopped and parted the entangled wall of vines , revealing a pitch black cave opening, to which he walked right in without any hesitation.

At first it was dark everywhere, but as they gradually headed inside, the surroundings got brighter.

You XiaoMo opened his eyes and immediately the brightness stabbed them causing to him to close them again to get used to the light. When he reopened them, he felt as if he had gone up to heaven …

The vast white world seemed to be like work of the gods. Exquisite ice sculptures were everywhere. Sculptures of beautiful women, landscapes, plants, animals, as if anything one could think of was there. Each piece seemed to have been meticulously carved. Such a colossal project, if it wasn’t done by over hundreds or thousands of people, it probably couldn’t have been completed in a short time.

This was a very huge mountain cave. A thousand zhang in width, a hundred zhang in height. There were no openings at the top, as if the whole mountain cave was set inside a mountain.

This ice carving world seemed to have existed for a very long time. The refreshingly cold air was not bone-penetrating. Although You XiaoMo could feel the whooshing cold, he could still bear it.

The black figure walked forward a few steps and not caring if You XiaoMo had awakened, just suddenly threw him down.

An ‘ A h ’ cr y was heard. You XiaoMo didn’t expect to be suddenly thrown down so he was too late to stop himself from falling on his butt. The floor was a hard piece of ice. Falling on it almost caused his butt to break into four pieces.

You XiaoMo rubbed his butt while grimacing as he looked up.

The black figure was a man. His whole body wrapped up in black clothes like a ninja, including his hair. So he could only see the cold dark eyes of the black figure, cold dark eyes that were looking at him.

You XiaoMo shuddered, who could this person be?

In all of the Tian Xin Sect, other than Tang YunQi , who was always causing trouble for him, he had not offended anyone else. He had thought that this person could have been sent by Tang YunQi , but upon further consideration, it didn’t add up. If Tang YunQi had already prepared this move, she wouldn’t have needed to send Jiang Liu to lure him out to meet her.

But if it was not Tang YunQi, he really couldn’t think of anyone else that would want to harm him.

“This … Elder, I don’t seem to know you. Why do you want to capture me?” You XiaoMo swallowed. This person didn’t look like someone easy to deal with. From before until now, those eyes had looked at him coldly, as if wanting to peel off a layer of his skin.

“Wait here. If you dare to run, I will cut off your legs.” The black-clothed person said with sinister and cold eyes. Saying that, he turned around and left. You XiaoMo waited for him to disappear before crawling up, patting his still painful butt.

Of course he wouldn’t do as the black-clothed person said and obediently stay there waiting to die. It was obvious from the look in his eyes, that person was treating him as a dead man. He guessed that the black-clothed person was probably capable of killing him at any time. Only a fool would stay waiting.

Turning around he saw that the whole mountain cave was full of ice sculptures. This was his first time seeing something so beautiful. It was too bad that he had no time to appreciate it.

You XiaoMo sighed. He walked lightly like a cat to the cave opening. It had already been a while so that black-clothed person should have already left.

Trusting his luck, You XiaoMo lifted his leg wanting to go out but he suddenly felt an electric shock. A jolt of electricity flowed from his toe spreading to his whole body. This familiar feeling scared You XiaoMo , causing him to quickly withdraw his leg, standing trembling at the cave opening for a moment.

Bloody hell, there was actually a barrier?

This feeling was definitely not unfamiliar to You XiaoMo. When he went to the library for the first time, because he didn’t know a thing, he jumped in fright when he touched the barrier on the bookshelves.

But because of this, he got an important piece of information. That black-clothed person could actually set up a barrier. That meant his power were not low. Thinking of that pair of piercing eyes sharpened by age, it must be an elder from the Tian Xin Sect. It definitely must be!

If this was the case, wouldn’t his chance for escape be even more distant and improbable?

Just when You XiaoMo was going round and round in panic, a set of hurried footsteps could be heard drawing near.

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zhang: 3.3m