Chapter 589 - The Cause and Effect, and the Next Steps (1/2)

...The following day, at White Tiger City...

“First team, search the First City; second team, the Second City; and third team, the Heavenly-Barrier Mountain Range…” Progenitor Wen Dao stood in the air while giving out his orders through the badge in his hand.

The experts of the Four Great Factions had spent an entire day searching for Qin Nan, but nobody had found any trace regarding his whereabouts, thus Progenitor Wen Dao was wearing a dark expression.

Did that mean that Qin Nan was going to escape again this time?

…Meanwhile, at the outskirts of the Eighth City of the Sky-Scorching Ancient Kingdom...

There existed a vast woods known as the ‘Star Moon Forest’. The trunks of the trees here glowed brightly like stars, producing a glamorous sight.

Despite its beauty, the place was quite dangerous, with many beasts residing in the woods, thus ordinary cultivators would not dare to set foot in there.

Pant, pant.

Heavy breathing could be heard as a figure appeared within the woods.

The figure was none other than Jiang Bilan, who was still using Qin Nan’s appearance.

“I’ve consumed too much of my lifespan this time…”

Jiang Bilan’s figure stumbled forward and fell to the ground under a tree. Her face displayed a great look of fatigue.

For the past day and night, she had been chased by countless experts. Not only was she required to come up with plans to get rid of them, she had been forced to consume her life force too, resulting in a great burden to herself.

Following this, Jiang Bilan closed her eyes as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

A moment later, a young-looking cultivator approached the place and saw Jiang Bilan who was lying under the tree, and softly said, “Qin Nan, Qin Nan, is that you?”

Jiang Bilan did not react, as if she had actually fallen asleep.

“At last!”

The cultivator wore an excited look as he immediately unleashed a giant web aiming at Jiang Bilan’s figure.

Once he captured Qin Nan, he would live a luxurious life from now onward!

Whoosh!

Jiang Bilan’s eyes suddenly sprang open, displaying a murderous intent.

“Breath of Death!”

Jiang Bilan consumed her life force and spat out a breath at the cultivator, who opened his eyes wide and completely died not long after.

“That’s the last of them, about time.”

Jiang Bilan let out a sigh of relief while the look in her eyes became relaxed.

As a matter of fact, after she had escaped from the Dragon Abyss Mystical Ground, she could easily switch back to her own appearance, saving her trouble from the experts chasing after her. However, she was not willing to do so, as she was doing this to repay someone’s debt, thus she insisted on keeping her appearance. Although her cultivation was still too weak to do anything, since Qin Nan had so many enemies, she would not mind killing some of them for him.

Jiang Bilan rose from the ground and proceeded deep into the woods.

The deeper she went, the even more astonishing the sight was, as if she had entered a fairyland.

She could hear cries of beasts from her surroundings. However, as the beasts detected her aura, they did not dare to approach her.

A moment later, Jiang Bilan had arrived before a lake deep within the woods. The water was as clear as crystal, allowing one to see the bottom of the lake.

“Withdraw!”

Jiang Bilan performed a hand gesture to get rid of her disguise, allowing her to regain her actual appearance.

Looking at the reflection of the water, her facial features remained the same. However, as she had consumed too much of her lifespan, her black hair had turned white.

Jiang Bilan did not hesitate for too long. She took off her clothes and entered the lake to take a bath.

Half an hour later, she exited from the lake and put on her clothes. She looked more energetic now.

A small breeze swept her white hair upward as Jiang Bilan stared at the surface of the lake for a prolonged period, before she mumbled to herself, “Sacred Leader, I’ve slain the Second Prince on Qin Nan’s behalf. I’ve also changed my appearance to his to trick those idiots of the Four Great Factions, and played them like mice, killing a significant number of their experts… I guess that’s enough to repay your debt.”

Upon saying this, Jiang Bilan’s eyes revealed a complicated look.

Why had she been helping Qin Nan?

Was it because of the complicated feelings in her heart?

Not at all.

Previously at the Ocean of Death, she had been in despair after her cultivation was crippled, which led her to take the path of no return. However, she did not expect to lose her body to the Death Emperor.

How could a cripple like her stand a chance against the Death Emperor?

Following that, Sacred Leader Qinglong had ended up killing everyone apart from the Death Emperor and Progenitor Wen Dao.

Why was that?

Progenitor Wen Dao was left alive for Qin Nan to deal with himself in the future.

On the other hand, Sacred Leader Qinglong had spared the Death Emperor to give her an opportunity.