Caught by Evil Cultivators and Still Fine?

Caught by evil cultivators and still fine?

"It shouldn't be possible." Zhao Ling shook her head decisively. "Junior Sister Tan is brilliant and quick-witted, and she possesses an Earth-Wood Dual Spirit Root. Her talent is far greater than ours. How could she be so easily deceived by evil cultivators?"

"But if she wasn't taken by evil cultivators, where could Junior Sister Tan have gone these past two days?" Fang Xinyun was deeply troubled.

Tan Yurou had only recently joined the sect.

Originally, they had planned to take Tan Yurou, who had just joined the sect, down the mountain to find the Earth Spirit Pearl and cultivate. Unexpectedly, she had suddenly gone missing two days ago.

At first, they had assumed Tan Yurou was simply being playful and had deliberately wandered off so they could not find her, so they had not taken it to heart.

Unexpectedly, after waiting and searching for two whole days without seeing any sign of Tan Yurou, they finally realized something had happened.

Thus, as soon as they rose that morning, they split up and began searching through the town.

Yet they found nothing at all.

"Senior Sister Zhao, Junior Sister Fang, doesn't Junior Sister Yurou have a special spirit jade that belongs exclusively to her? Since it carries her unique aura, why don't we follow the aura remaining on that spirit jade and search for her?" Xu Qing immediately spoke up.

Zhao Ling and Fang Xinyun exchanged a glance. Both felt this was a good idea, so they agreed at once.

Every Yunqing Sect disciple possessed a spirit jade like that.

It was meant to guard against situations where someone suddenly disappeared or fell into the hands of evil cultivators, allowing the others to locate them.

Now, it had come in handy.

Buzz!

Zhao Ling quickly activated a Cultivation Method and began searching for the aura remaining on the spirit jade Tan Yurou carried.

This search actually yielded a discovery.

"How did I sense that Tan Yurou's spirit jade is nearby? Could it be that Junior Sister Yurou has returned?!"

Zhao Ling spoke as she looked around in every direction.

Xu Qing and Fang Xinyun were both astonished when they heard this. Excited, they looked around, but in the end, they found nothing.

"That can't be right. I don't see Junior Sister Tan anywhere. Could you have sensed it wrong, Senior Sister?"

Just as Xu Qing spoke, she suddenly noticed a disheveled young man approaching them. He was tall and thin, with a refined air. Though his childish features had not yet faded and his face was somewhat earthy in color, it was still obvious that he was quite handsome.

"Greetings, the three senior sisters. Tan Yurou sent me to ask for your help."

Qin Yang took the initiative to speak.

What?!

As soon as he said this, Zhao Ling and the other two reacted violently, all of them utterly shocked.

"What did you say? Junior Sister Yurou sent you to ask for help? What happened to her, and where did she go?"

The sword intent surrounding Zhao Ling instantly burst forth. Her expression turned icy, and her pretty face was as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice as she fixed Qin Yang with a fierce stare.

Clearly, she had already regarded Qin Yang as someone harboring ill intentions. He might even be an evil cultivator!

Qin Yang had been mentally prepared for this.

After all, the two sides were meeting for the first time in this life. It was impossible for them to believe everything he said at once.

"Please don't misunderstand, senior sisters. I mean no harm. Tan Yurou is fine."

"To be honest, she has already been captured by evil cultivators, but for the moment, her life isn't in danger..."

She had been captured by evil cultivators and was still fine?!

Before Qin Yang could finish speaking, three spirit swords were already flashing with cold light as they pressed against his neck in full view of the public.

Seeing so many eyes turn toward them, Zhao Ling gave Xu Qing and Fang Xinyun a meaningful look, signaling them to take Qin Yang together to an empty alley.

"What nerve, evil cultivator. You captured my junior sister, and now you even dared to come knocking on our door. You're planning to use this opportunity to extort spirit stones, aren't you?"

Zhao Ling immediately interrogated him.

The cold sword edge pressed against the skin of Qin Yang's neck. With just a little more force, it would slice through completely and sever his head!

Hearing Zhao Ling's accusation, Qin Yang was instead somewhat dumbfounded.

Wait, I came here to tell them about Tan Yurou's situation. How did I still end up being mistaken for an evil cultivator?

And judging by the situation, they had even taken him for the sort of evil cultivator who kidnapped people and demanded cultivation resources as ransom!

Qin Yang was on the verge of tears.

After thinking it over carefully, he realized that what he had just said really did have serious problems. Anyone hearing it would take it as a threat made without the slightest fear.

The implied meaning was no different from saying outright: Your junior sister is in my hands. She's fine for now, but I can't guarantee what happens later, and so on...

Thus, Qin Yang hurriedly said, "Three senior sisters, this is a misunderstanding. I'm not an evil cultivator."

"More precisely, I was also captured by evil cultivators. I only happened to encounter Tan Yurou after she was captured, and I seized an opportunity to escape and come ask you for help."

"Heaven and earth as my witness, I truly am not an evil cultivator."

Hearing this, Zhao Ling and the other two exchanged glances, but none of them clearly believed such nonsense.

"Bah! Just because you say you aren't an evil cultivator doesn't make it so. Then how did you learn my junior sister's name?" Zhao Ling said coldly.

Xu Qing noticed an even bigger flaw in Qin Yang's words. "You said you were also captured by the evil cultivators. Junior Sister Yurou couldn't escape, so what makes you think you could?"

"Exactly. You don't have a single injury on you, yet you dare claim you're a victim too? Even if you're pretending, at least make it convincing. You think you can fool us with this? Do you really take us for idiots?" Fang Xinyun put her hands on her hips and spoke with murderous intent!

This time, Qin Yang was truly on the verge of tears.

Helpless, he gave them a brief explanation.

Of course, the most crucial thing was that he finally took out the spirit jade Tan Yurou had been carrying!

"What? This is Junior Sister Yurou's personal spirit jade!" Zhao Ling took it from him and immediately turned pale with shock.

Xu Qing and Fang Xinyun also panicked. This item was extremely important. It was a symbol of identity carried by Yunqing Sect disciples, and unless they placed absolute trust in someone, they would never hand such a personal object to an outsider!

"So you really were merely an innocent person captured and thrown into the evil cultivators' lair, who just happened to gain their trust?!"

Zhao Ling had no choice but to believe him now.

Of course, they could not rule out the possibility that Tan Yurou was already dead and that this spirit jade had been removed from her corpse.

But if that were the case, how could Tan Yurou have voluntarily told the evil cultivators where they were?

The Qin Yang before them not only knew Tan Yurou's name, but had also accurately found them in Linhai Town. Coupled with the spirit jade, none of this could have lined up so perfectly without Tan Yurou's willing cooperation!

Thinking of this, the three of them already believed seventy to eighty percent of what Qin Yang had said!

"That's right. I truly am only an innocent person who was captured by evil cultivators."

"Moreover, I have also been forced by the evil cultivators to swallow a Soul Locking Pill. If you don't believe me, the three senior sisters may examine me yourselves!"

Qin Yang spoke with utmost sincerity.

When she heard that it was a Soul Locking Pill, Zhao Ling's expression became extremely grave. She reached out to examine him, and discovered that it was indeed true!

"It seems everything you said was true."

Zhao Ling drew a deep breath. "It seems everything you said is true."

She knew a fair amount about Soul Locking Pills and understood that they were a control method unique to the evil cultivators of the Tianyin Sect!