lcionline Chapter 415 But I Cannot
Chapter 415 But I Cannot
Mirror?
Is it some kind of magical artifact?
The fact that the city lord's mansion was able to hide so many corpses without anyone noticing is very likely due to this.
Since that's the case, let her try this thing and see if she can follow the clues to find Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao.
"You said you saw yourself teaching new disciples swordsmanship in the mirror. Is this something you've done before?" Jiang Liqian wanted to know more about this.
Fang Wanning shook her head firmly: "I don't even know who those new disciples are."
Is it an illusion?
Did that mirror use illusion magic to deceive Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao?
"Besides that, did you discover anything else, such as anything unusual before the incident, or anything that felt wrong after you woke up?"
Fang Wanning covered her head and thought for a long time. Everything was really normal before the incident, but after she woke up...
"I..." She hesitated for a moment, glancing at the closed door, and spoke haltingly, "Nothing else is wrong, but I feel that the fellow Daoist named Stone who was with you all seems to be preoccupied. He was the first person I saw when I woke up, and I don't know why, but the way he looked at me... it was as if he knew something. It wasn't worry, but rather sadness... I can't describe that feeling, it's so complicated..."
“Perhaps you should ask him, he might…” But Fang Wanning felt that her feeling was absurd. That fellow Daoist was clearly out secretly visiting the people with Fellow Daoist Su at that time. The two had never separated. How could he possibly know anything?
"In short, if you know how to save Lian'er, I'll go with you!" Fang Wanning said firmly. "It's my fault for not protecting her properly; I bear the responsibility."
Jiang Liqian did not refute her, but told her to rest well first, and that she would ask others to see if there were any other clues.
Fang Wanning didn't know what help she could offer now, so she could only respond and watch her leave.
Jiang Liqian met Li Chuanlu alone outside the inn. After setting up a barrier, she told him about the City Lord's Mansion and informed him that she was going to contact the sects outside.
Li Chuanlu thought for a while and felt that this method was the most feasible. The city lord of Chang Le City had the cultivation of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and relying on them would be a complete waste of their lives, with no chance of victory.
"Chang Le City is currently under lockdown. Are you confident you can contact them?" Jiang Liqian asked worriedly.
Li Chuanlu crossed his arms and said, "Don't underestimate the disciples of the Bibo Sect. We have our own ways to contact each other. When the time comes, we'll have our elders ask other sects to help us. We just need to wait for their news."
"That's good. We must hurry, lives are at stake," Jiang Liqian reminded him.
Li Chuanlu naturally understood this.
He wanted to ask something else: "Two of you have gone missing. How do you plan to find them?"
Jiang Li frowned slightly and paced back and forth for a while. She didn't intend to hide it from him. In case she couldn't come back, he could tell Xu Youan and the others where she went, so they wouldn't be like headless flies.
"I plan to go into battle alone and explore the tiger's den. It may be very dangerous. Please keep this a secret from Su Yanqing and Shi Tou for the time being."
Li Chuanlu stared into her eyes: "Then why did you tell me?"
“You asked me,” Jiang Liqian said.
"..."
Jiang Liqian stopped joking with him: "If I can't come back for the time being, tell my junior brother not to worry too much and not to do anything foolish. First, go and apologize to one of my friends and tell her that I had an accident and can't go to her place. I'll make it up to her later. Then, safely send Shui Lian'er back to the sect. I will definitely go back."
Li Chuanlu neither said he would help nor refused. Instead, he tried several times to suggest going with her, since having one more person meant having more strength.
However, Jiang Liqian had already made up her mind. She didn't need anyone else to disrupt her plans. She could adapt to any situation more easily on her own.
Li Chuanlu hadn't known Jiang Liqian for very long, but he had a general idea of what kind of person she was.
Perhaps it is this kind of person with strong independence who can turn the tide. She doesn't need anyone else's embellishment; she shines brightly on her own.
After arranging everything, Jiang Liqian went to find Shi Tou.
Just as Fang Wanning said, she also felt that he had been acting strangely ever since he entered Chang Le City. She hadn't paid attention to it before, thinking that he was just not used to this unexpected event, but now that she thought about it, he might have really known something all along.
Although he seemed unreliable, he was, after all, a disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. The fact that he waited for her at the foot of the sect's mountain must have had its reasons.
In any case, she should ask him; perhaps she'll get a different answer?
To her disappointment, Shi Tou's door was wide open, as if he was waiting for her, but when she mentioned the disappearance of Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao, he only had one answer.
"I really don't know anything, and I can't answer you if you ask me."
"It's true, there's nothing we can do."
Jiang Liqian persisted: "Aren't you a disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion? Can't you try to deduce their location?"
Stone shook his head, his clear, glassy eyes filled with the pity of the heavens: "The way of heaven is predetermined, and the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't. Do you understand?"
Jiang Liqian sensed a hidden meaning in his words.
And it's related to her.
But he wouldn't tell her, and she was helpless; asking further would only be a waste of time.
"Alright." She stood up, preparing to leave. As she turned, she paused and suddenly asked him, "Do the disciples of your Heavenly Mystery Pavilion believe in fate or in people?"
A look of bewilderment flashed in Stone's eyes.
He couldn't answer her question.
He was entangled with countless threads of destiny, yet he was born as a mere ant-like mortal. He had never thought about this question, nor dared to.
Jiang Li moved her lips slightly and said, "I trust people."
With that, he strode away from his room.
If she believed in fate, then she should now obediently be Shen Qingqing's dog, a stepping stone to her liking. But her pride, her dignity, and her principles would prevent her from choosing such a path.
If fate decrees that she must live this way, she would rather perish than live in dishonor!
Jiang Liqian returned to her room, opened the doors and windows wide, sat upright behind the wooden table, and took out a bunch of chili peppers that she had just grabbed from the kitchen.
If you try to make her cry on her own, she definitely won't be able to. So she'll have to rely on some "tools".
Taking a deep breath, she crushed the chili pepper in her hand and shoved it into her eyes.
The result was smooth; she couldn't stop crying, her eyes were burning, and she was certain that if it weren't for her own cultivation, her eyes would probably be ruined.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved.