Chapter 770 - 769: Big Y is a Great Actor? Biden Didn’t Collapse for Nothing
Chapter 770: Chapter 769: Big Y is a Great Actor? Biden Didn’t Collapse for Nothing
Big Y clutched the hem of her clothes, her head lowered.
Her shoulders trembled slightly, and she looked thoroughly frightened.
"I... I..."
She stammered, unable to form a complete sentence for a long time.
"Hurry up and tell the truth! Stop dawdling!"
Master Jia roared at Big Y as if he were interrogating a criminal.
At his shout, Big Y burst into tears with a loud "WAAAH!"
She spoke intermittently between sobs.
"We... we met that mosquito in the Ice Passage."
"That mosquito killed the Frost Bone Dragon and saved us."
"To thank the mosquito for saving our lives, we just followed behind it."
"Those Cultivators who came in from the Heat Wave Passage wanted to attack the mosquito who saved us."
"In the heat of the moment, we blocked those Cultivators."
"But we were no match for them and were almost killed."
"The mosquito couldn’t stand by and watch, so it acted again and saved us."
"Then, the mosquito and that Female Cultivator left through the Ice Passage."
"My brother was injured, so we stayed here for now so he could recover."
Big Y rattled off this long story through her sobs.
Everything she said up to that point was true; only the last sentence was a lie.
Master Jia had already confirmed some of these details by replaying the scene’s events.
Moreover, they had come in from the Heat Wave Passage.
Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng had left through the Ice Passage.
They had just "brushed past each other."
Logically, there were no flaws. It was all perfectly reasonable.
A young girl this terrified couldn’t possibly tell such a coherent lie.
Master Jia nodded, believing Big Y’s story.
"You know what’s good for you."
Master Jia snorted coldly, having no interest in bothering two small fries.
The most important thing right now was to chase the Female Cultivator who had taken the Dragon Egg.
"Let’s go! We must intercept her!"
A dozen or so people followed him, rushing in the direction of the Ice Passage.
They didn’t even bother to collect the body of the Hidden Guard on the ground.
Not until the auras of Master Jia and his group had completely vanished at the end of the passage... did the anger in Huo Lang’s eyes instantly disappear, replaced by a smug expression.
The tears in Big Y’s eyes also stopped flowing immediately.
Any trace of fear was gone from her face, replaced by a look of pure craftiness.
Standing a few steps apart, they gave each other a high-five through the air.
"YEAH!!!"
"Trying to get a straight answer out of me?"
"Hmph, in your next life."
Big Y pursed her lips excitedly.
She raised a hand to wipe away the few non-existent tears from her face, looking incredibly pleased with herself.
She was a bona fide drama queen, after all.
She chatted with dozens of old geezers online at the same time every day; lying was as natural to her as breathing.
How could she be easily frightened by an old fossil like Master Jia?
Her tearful display just now was just an act she and Huo Lang had quickly cooked up.
Having worked together for so long, they had that much unspoken understanding.
Huo Lang gave Big Y a thumbs-up and praised her with a smile.
"Nice work. Your acting is getting better and better."
"If they don’t give you the Oscar next year, we’ll go tear down the stage."
Meanwhile,
Master Jia led his men on a mad dash, following the Ice Passage all the way to the end.
They didn’t see a single person, not even the shadow of a mosquito.
He then led them out of the Land of Burial and searched several times around the foot of Qiuming Mountain.
Still, they found nothing.
’Strange?’
Master Jia frowned, completely baffled.
"Forget it. We’ll stop the chase for now."
"You all stand guard here."
"I’ll head back first and report what happened here to Master Jiang Wei."
With that said, he rose into the air and flew toward Luoping City.
「Back at the Jiang Mansion.」
Master Jia went straight to the study in the rear courtyard.
He stood at the study door and knocked gently.
"Master Jiang Wei, I have returned."
"Enter."
A deep, resonant voice, carrying an aura of natural authority, sounded from within the room.
Master Jia pushed the door open and entered.
A distinguished-looking middle-aged man was standing before a desk, wielding a wolf-hair brush and gracefully applying ink to paper.
This man was none other than the Patriarch of the Jiang Family, Master Jiang Wei.
A True God Realm expert, he was one of the most prominent figures in Luoping City.
Jiang Wei did not look up, his gaze still fixed on the paper.
"Did you find the Hidden Guard?"
Standing below, Master Jia answered truthfully.
"Reporting to you, Master... our Hidden Guard is dead."
The brush in Jiang Wei’s hand paused, and a drop of ink fell onto the paper, blooming into a black dot.
He looked up, his brow slightly furrowed.
"The Land of Burial is restricted by a Law. Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm and above cannot enter."
"The Hidden Guard was at the Peak of Profound Understanding Realm in his Cultivation. Inside, he should have been a Top Notch combatant."
"Very few people should have been his match."
"Moreover, within Luoping City’s territory, if he encountered danger, he only needed to mention the Jiang Family’s name, and no one would have dared to cause him trouble."
"In that case..."
Jiang Wei’s tone was firm.
"The Hidden Guard must have been killed by the Guardian Beast of the Land of Burial."
Master Jia shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Master, the Hidden Guard wasn’t killed by the Guardian Beast. He was killed by another Cultivator."
"And it was an instant kill. He didn’t even have a chance to announce his identity."
Jiang Wei tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, a hint of confusion on his face.
"Someone at the Peak of Profound Understanding Realm was instantly killed."
"The one who did it is certainly skilled."
He paused and looked at Master Jia.
"For what reason did the Hidden Guard clash with another Cultivator?"
Master Jia took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said with a tremor in his voice,
"Master, it was... it was a Dragon Egg!"
"A Dragon Egg?"
Jiang Wei froze for a moment, not processing it immediately.
The next second,
his figure blurred, and he appeared instantly in front of Master Jia.
He grabbed Master Jia’s shoulders, his eyes filled with shock.
"What did you say?"
"A Dragon Egg?"
"A True Dragon’s egg?!!"
As a True God Realm expert, Jiang Wei had seen all sorts of treasures.
But upon hearing the two words "Dragon Egg," his body still couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
A True Dragon!
They start at the Integration Realm upon reaching adulthood.
The weakest among them will grow to reach the Celestial God Realm.
Their chances of ascending to the Immortal Realm are even far greater than that of ordinary Cultivators.
The value of a single Dragon Egg was simply immeasurable, enough to drive any faction into a frenzy.
Master Jia nodded firmly, his tone certain.
"That’s right. It is a genuine Dragon Egg of the Dragon Race."
"It should be the egg of the Evil Dragon that wreaked havoc in Luoping City a hundred thousand years ago."
"It’s just that for some unknown reason, it was hidden in the Land of Burial and has only now surfaced."
Jiang Wei released Master Jia’s shoulders and began pacing excitedly around the study.
He paced back and forth several times before forcefully suppressing his excitement, his voice gradually returning to a state of calm.
"It seems the Hidden Guard was killed while fighting another Cultivator over the Dragon Egg."
"That makes sense. With a Dragon Egg on the line, anyone would become blinded by greed and throw caution to the wind."
Jiang Wei stopped walking and looked at Master Jia, his gaze sharp.
"In the end, who got the Dragon Egg?"
"A Female Cultivator we’ve never seen before, with only a Late Stage of Profound Understanding Realm Cultivation."
"And her Beast Pet, a... a..."
Master Jia hesitated for a moment before finally saying it.
"...a White-striped Aedes Mosquito."
"A White-striped Aedes Mosquito?"
Jiang Wei was taken aback and frowned.
"Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?"
He had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and had never heard of anyone keeping a mosquito as a Beast Pet!
Master Jia shook his head.
"I’m absolutely certain. It was perfectly clear in the replayed scene."
"That mosquito is incredibly uncanny; its strength has already reached the Divinity Transformation Realm."
Jiang Wei tapped on the table, pondered for a few seconds, and quickly made a decision.
"Forget it. Mosquito or not, it’s not important."
"What’s important is the Dragon Egg. It must fall into the hands of our Jiang Family."
"Have someone draw a portrait of that Female Cultivator immediately."
"Then dispatch all our manpower to search for her secretly in Luoping City and the surrounding areas."
"Remember, the search must be done quietly."
"Do not alert our target, and don’t let the other families catch wind of this."
"If anyone else learns about the Dragon Egg, they will definitely compete with us."
"At that point, securing the Dragon Egg will undoubtedly become much more difficult."