Lu Shuanger covered her forehead.
She had just used the Message Transmission Mechanism left by her master. That said, how was she supposed to get out?
‘Dammit! Sister Luo Yu, wait for me. I’m coming to bring reinforcements!’
This was a certain elder’s territory. Without their permission, relying on her own abilities alone, she couldn’t escape at all.
Just as Lu Shuanger was agonizing over this, a crack appeared in the white wall before her.
Then someone opened it from the inside.
Lu Shuanger: “!!!”
Just as she was about to summon her Gu Insects, a familiar voice rang out.
“Lu Shuanger, how did you end up here?”
Seeing Qin Mu’s face, Lu Shuanger’s nose tingled.
“Qin Mu, where have you been?”
There was something strangely reminiscent of “Oh honey, where did you go?” in how she said that.
“I have no idea. I was resting against a big tree, and then I ended up here somehow.”
Qin Mu reached out and pulled Lu Shuanger up, then asked:
“Do you know where we are?”
Lu Shuanger nodded.
“Of course I do. I know a lot about the Gu Tribe, okay?”
“Then let’s get out of here quickly. I don’t want Sister You Shuang and Sister Luo Yu to worry.”
It had been a long time since he came in. In just one short day, so many things had happened.
“Brother, do you want to leave?”
Xu Lin’s soft voice echoed.
Only then did Lu Shuanger notice the young girl beside Qin Mu.
She stared at Qin Mu with an incredulous look, as if to say:
‘You actually laid your hands on such a young girl? And made her call you “Brother”?’
“Hey! What’s with that look?”
Caught under Lu Shuanger’s suspicious gaze, Qin Mu quickly explained:
“I met her here by chance. Her name is Xu Lin.”
Come on, he was a steadfast Mature Woman Lover, okay? Little sisters were fine to be cute, but romance? No way!
Absolutely not!
“Oh, really?”
Lu Shuanger crossed her arms, a teasing smile on her face as she continued:
“I’m listening.”
Qin Mu opened his mouth, then finally said:
“Ah, believe it or not.”
“By the way.”
Qin Mu looked at Lu Shuanger.
“You haven’t told me how Sister You Shuang and Sister Luo Yu are doing!”
At that question, Lu Shuanger’s expression stiffened.
“I couldn’t save Sister You Shuang and Sister Luo Yu.”
Qin Mu was shocked.
“They… they didn’t get hurt, did they?”
Lu Shuanger hummed in affirmation, then recounted everything that had happened.
“You were unlucky enough to end up here. This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s go inside.”
She couldn’t leave herself, but she allowed Qin Mu to pull her into the hidden room.
Seeing another beautiful older sister, Xu Lin brought out her remaining tea leaves.
After Duoduo was captured, life had still been pretty good. Before being taken, Duoduo had secretly left her some private money to use when she escaped.
Now she was suddenly dirt poor.
Qin Mu saw Xu Lin take out the tea leaves and placed a hand over them.
“No need to be so polite. Plain water is fine.”
With other people, doctors were always telling them to drink more hot water.
He’d never heard of telling someone to drink more tea.
“Okay, Big Brother.”
Xu Lin put away the tea leaves, picked up the teapot, and poured three cups of plain water.
“Didn’t expect you to be so caring.”
There was a hint of sarcasm in Lu Shuanger’s voice.
The two of them were always bickering. In front of her, Qin Mu was like an untamed wild horse, running wild everywhere.
But in front of Sister Luo Yu, he was as docile as a lamb.
Qin Mu shot Lu Shuanger a glare, picked up his cup, took a sip, and said:
“If you were as well-behaved as Xu Lin here, I wouldn’t mind treating you that way too.”
Hearing her big brother praise her like that, Xu Lin’s cheeks flushed red.
“Little sister, you’d better be careful. This big brother of yours is a huge pervert.”
Hearing Lu Shuanger drag his reputation through the mud again, Qin Mu couldn’t help but speak up:
“Hold on! What nonsense are you spouting?”
Chest, legs, and feet.
‘Crap! How did she notice where I was looking? I thought I was being really discreet.’
Every word Lu Shuanger said hit the mark. She was absolutely right—all his preferences had been discovered!
Lu Shuanger puffed out her cheeks.
That Qin Mu guy, when his gaze landed on her, he thought he was being so smooth.
But she’d already noticed long ago—she just hadn’t called him out on the spot.
Xu Lin heard Lu Shuanger’s words and looked down at her own slightly protruding little hill.
“Little Sister Xu Lin, don’t listen to her nonsense. I’m a gentleman!”
‘My censorship days could never reach Lu Shuanger’s peaks… er, sorry, that thought went the wrong way.’
‘Cough! My brain, full of filth!’
Qin Mu steadied himself.
“Alright, alright, this isn’t the time for this. What’s important now is rescuing Sister You Shuang and Sister Luo Yu.”
According to Lu Shuanger, the Gu Tribe elder who had trapped Sister You Shuang and Sister Luo Yu was stronger than both of them combined.
That meant he was a true Soul Formation Realm cultivator.
The Soul Formation Realm…
That was a tough nut to crack.
A direct assault wouldn’t work.
They would need to outsmart him.
“What about your master?”
Lu Shuanger shook her head.
“No use. I tried. This place is a self-contained Little World. Ordinary messages can’t get out.”
Qin Mu said: “Lu Shuanger, aren’t you the personal disciple of the High Priest here? What if you tell your master about this?”
‘Would I really have to call on Senior Shen Hua to help me again!?’
“Even if I could, even just one elder is at Soul Formation, and the elder who sent the invitation letter is already at the Heavenly Unity Stage!”
“Oh? What is it, human boy? Why are you calling me again? Didn’t you say you’d handle this yourself this time?”
“Hey, Senior Shen Hua, well… the plan changed a little. I’m sorry to trouble you.”
Qin Mu roughly explained their current situation.
After listening, Shen Hua said in a displeased tone:
“You brat, you actually want to go head-to-head with a Heavenly Unity cultivator! I have to say, you’ve got some guts. Last time, the guy you fought was only at the Pseudo-Divine Transformation Realm. This time, you want to fight a real Heavenly Unity Stage!”
Hearing Senior Shen Hua’s tone, it seemed there was no hope.
‘As expected, the Han and the bandits cannot coexist.’
“Not necessarily. If you can break through to Foundation Establishment first, and then severely wound that Heavenly Unity cultivator until he’s barely alive, we might have a chance.”
Severely wounded… barely alive…
‘If I had that kind of power, why would I be discussing it with you? I would have already gone up and punched and kicked him myself.’
But come to think of it, would that count as beating up an old man?