Volume 3, Chapter 234 – Stop

“I apologize… for the disturbance…”

“If there’s an opportunity, I’ll come for a formal visit next time.”

As she spoke, Chi Xiyan slowly retreated from the residence before her.

She raised her hand. A small insect glowing with bluish-green light lay in Chi Xiyan’s palm, gnawing tightly on medicinal leaves.

Chi Xiyan’s delicate brows furrowed slightly.

“This place isn’t it either…”

She had already visited three residences, but the small insect in her palm showed no unusual reactions.

The residences here were subject to strict restrictions. After the medicine-tracking insect arrived here, it became unable to discern direction.

So Chi Xiyan could only use this clumsy method, bit by bit, house by house, to probe.

Visiting every suspicious residence, entering the house, quietly releasing that medicine-tracking insect.

Although the insect’s senses and direction were lost here, as long as it was close enough to the target, the insect would still react to it.

This was indeed a clumsy method, because Chi Xiyan also wasn’t clear on how much the insect’s perception range had been suppressed.

But she had no other methods, so she could only rely on luck like this, bit by bit.

This was the only thing she could do for Yu Lizhi right now.

Thinking of Yu Lizhi, whose life or death was unknown, Chi Xiyan’s heart tightened again.

That girl who liked the same sex.

Chi Xiyan had previously suspected she might harbor ill intentions toward her.

Reason told Chi Xiyan she shouldn’t get too close to that girl.

Nor should she invest too much emotion in that girl.

But now, Chi Xiyan discovered the situation seemed somewhat out of control.

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“Hah…” Chi Xiyan put away the small insect in her hand. She lifted her head and took a deep breath.

She looked toward the residence ahead.

This place had special terrain. Those who could live here were all high-ranking sword sect members and influential nobles.

During this period, there weren’t many inhabited courtyards.

The three residences Chi Xiyan had just visited all only had a few household servants watching over the courtyards.

“Wolf demons don’t understand human restrictions. The restrictions on the residences here are all very strong… they wouldn’t have the ability to directly break through the restrictions to enter…”

If they forcibly broke through the restrictions, the commotion caused would definitely be significant.

Those wolf demons wouldn’t be foolish enough to expose their own whereabouts.

So if those wolf demons were truly hiding here, then very likely, someone here was colluding with the wolf clan.

And earlier… Old Mu’s words had also hinted at this point.

“Hah…” The corners of Chi Xiyan’s mouth pulled stiffly.

A single wolf demon had actually drawn out such big trouble. If possible, Chi Xiyan didn’t want to get involved in this mess at all. This was too irrational.

But for that girl Yu Lizhi’s sake, no matter how irrational, Chi Xiyan had to do it this once.

“…”

Chi Xiyan lightly pinched her cheek and slowly walked forward.

“Excuse me… is anyone there?”

Just as Chi Xiyan’s words left her mouth, suddenly, her delicate brows rose. A sense of crisis suddenly surged into her heart.

Her pupils contracted as she retreated several steps.

Hearing a clang of sword cry!

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A flying sword suddenly pierced directly into the floor before Chi Xiyan.

In an instant, the ground split open, sand and stones flying.

“Stop!” A young man’s voice entered Chi Xiyan’s ears.

“Who are you?” Chi Xiyan furrowed her brows gravely.

She hadn’t expected someone would dare to attack within Beihe Commandery.

Didn’t he know that within the commandery city, one couldn’t freely use cultivation and spells?

Mutual killing and attacks were even greater taboos.

If the situation was severe, one could be directly sanctioned by the commandery governor’s city defense army.

Chi Xiyan steadied her breathing slightly. Several talismans appeared in her hand. She looked alertly toward the male before her.

This was a white-robed man with long hair simply bound by a silk ribbon.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze like lightning.

Sword shadows flashed, energy crisscrossing.

This person was very strong.

Chi Xiyan made this judgment.

However, she didn’t know which sect’s sword cultivator he was.

To possess such bearing, within his sect he definitely wouldn’t be a nobody either.

“Miss,” the white-robed man said. “This is a private residence. You cannot trespass.”

“Trespass?” Chi Xiyan furrowed her brows. “I have no intention of trespassing.”

“Quite the opposite, I’m just making a normal visit.”

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Chi Xiyan questioned, “Why did you suddenly use sword qi to attack me?”

“Miss misunderstands,” the white-robed man said in a gentle tone. “I was merely practicing swordsmanship here and had no intention of attacking miss.”

“Earlier was also because miss accidentally entered my sword perimeter, so I had no choice but to call out a reminder.”

Chi Xiyan furrowed her brows.

This person seemed somewhat difficult to deal with.

That earlier sword didn’t look accidental at all.

Chi Xiyan was at least half a sword cultivator herself. She understood sword cultivators fairly well.

Although this white-robed sword cultivator before her didn’t seem to have any killing intent, that sword had definitely been aimed at Chi Xiyan.

That sword was called a warning.

“I’m only visiting the master of this place. Why are you obstructing me?” Chi Xiyan asked.

The white-robed man shook his head. “Master is not present. As a disciple, I naturally have the duty to watch over.”

“If miss truly wishes to visit, please choose another day.”

“When Master returns, I will naturally receive miss with proper courtesy.”

Chi Xiyan’s face remained impassive, but her mind rapidly contemplated.

What was this person’s background? Why was he obstructing like this?

It was as if he didn’t want Chi Xiyan to approach that residence at all.

What exactly was inside that residence?

Could the wolf demons really be inside?

Sword sect disciples hated demon clans the most, didn’t they?

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In Chi Xiyan’s understanding, half of the demon clan members who entered human territory without permission died at the hands of various sword sect disciples.

And among the human forces confronting the demon clan on the frontlines, sword cultivators also occupied a significant proportion.

If not for the fact that the path of sword cultivation had high requirements for natural talent, and cultivators who could truly walk the path of sword cultivation weren’t actually many.

Otherwise, this proportion would rise even higher.

“May I ask presumptuously,” Chi Xiyan asked. “Which sword sect master’s residence is this?”

The white-robed swordsman glanced coldly at Chi Xiyan. “Miss, you don’t even know who the master here is, yet you came to visit without permission?”

“Miss, are you truly here to visit?”

Chi Xiyan pressed her lips together. “Does sir think I have other intentions?”

The white-robed swordsman shook his head. “I observe miss’s appearance and cultivation are profound, not ordinary material.”

“I just don’t know why miss would engage in such malicious visiting behavior?”

Malicious visiting?

Chi Xiyan’s eye twitched. “What kind of statement is that?”

The white-robed swordsman said, “A visitor with ulterior motives is naturally a malicious visitor.”

“Miss, from the beginning, your gaze hasn’t left the residence behind me.”

“What exactly is it that makes you, miss, so obsessed with such a residence?”

Chi Xiyan was slightly at a loss for words.

She felt like she was being accused in reverse.

She indeed had other thoughts.

She wanted to enter the residence to use the medicine-tracking insect to locate Yu Lizhi.