Ch 291: Quite Superstitious For Someone So Young
“Not bad,” the leading man explained, “In this generation, there are often beautiful male and female Demonic Cultivators who lure Righteous Path Cultivators into the Feather Terrace Tower. If they cannot resist the temptation… they will become the Demonic Cultivators’ cauldrons.”
The man’s gaze, as he spoke, also held worry when looking at Tian Ning:
“But they do more than just deceive Righteous Path Cultivators. These wicked Demonic Cultivators also abduct young children, so it’s really too unsafe for you to stay here…”
Having heard the other party’s words, Tian Ning understood the situation roughly.
The Feather Terrace Tower, on the surface, deceives some Righteous Path Cultivators to become cauldrons, but secretly, it also engages in child abduction.
Those abducted children are all very young, and all of them are missing without a trace.
And the Righteous Path Cultivators Tian Ning met here are the parents of those missing children. They investigated for a long time before finding out that several children were last seen here…
Worried about their safety, several people brought Tian Ning and three others to their temporary residence, located in a remote woods in the Devil Realm.
There were more than a dozen Righteous Path Cultivators there.
According to the leading man, they were all parents who came to search for their children.
Acting in the Demonic Cultivators’ territory is not easy. They almost got driven out several times, and some parents couldn’t take it anymore, giving up their last hope of finding their children and choosing to leave.
“Fortunately, Senior Qiao’s cultivation base is strong, and those Demonic Cultivators fear Senior Qiao, so we managed to stay here.”
Tian Ning saw the person the leading man pointed to: a middle-aged male cultivator whose cultivation base reached Transformation God Stage, but he had no Daoist Partner, and his back looked particularly lonely.
During their conversation, Tian Dao, who had been surrounded by a group of female cultivators, squeezed out, unable to bear it any longer.
Unlike the other two real children, he wasn’t being called “baby” in a pinched voice by women; he was practically going crazy!
“Ningning!”
Tian Dao leaned close to Tian Ning, wishing he could disappear on the spot: “When are we going to investigate there?”
“Baby, that’s not a place you should go,” a female cultivator said immediately upon hearing Tian Dao’s words. “I see you don’t like the candy the aunties gave you. Do you want to eat something salty? Be a good boy, and auntie will make it for you, okay?”
Tian Dao: “…”
Tian Dao wanted to die!
Why did he have to face this kind of scene as soon as he arrived?
On top of that, he couldn’t infuse too much Spiritual Energy to force the ginseng’s transformation to grow larger, or he wouldn’t be able to withstand it and would burst!
Tian Ning watched the old man’s frustrated expression with amusement, but she also continued to ask the leading man: “Do you have any plans to retrieve the missing children from the Feather Terrace Tower?”
“This… isn’t something you children should worry about. After tonight, I will have someone send you away from the Devil Realm. You should go home quickly.”
The leading man seemed to have a plan, but it was inconvenient to reveal it.
Before Tian Ning could ask more, Senior Qiao walked over, his voice tinged with fatigue: “The plan can be told to them.”
“Ah?”
“They are not ordinary children,” Senior Qiao said, pointing to Long Yunqi and Little Vine who were being surrounded and showered with affection. “Those two children’s strength is probably not weaker than yours; they can be of help and go in with me.”
He then added regarding the remaining Tian Dao: “This one is weak, but it will do.”
Tian Dao: “…”
Tian Dao’s little face turned extremely ugly!
Senior Qiao, on the other hand, looked up in surprise at the dark clouds gathering in the sky and frowned. The weather was fine; why was it going to rain?
To this, Tian Ning also said: “We came here to look for missing Fellow Cultivators as well. If we can help, that would be great.”
Seeing that she said so, although the leading man didn’t quite understand why Senior Qiao said that the two children’s strength was stronger than theirs, he still explained the plan:
In order to infiltrate the Feather Terrace Tower and find out the truth, Senior Qiao had spent years practicing a bone-locking Cultivation Technique. Now, he could finally shrink his body to the size of a seven or eight-year-old child’s skeleton.
They planned to first break through internally and then coordinate internally and externally, but the dangers were unknown, and the others here were not at ease with Senior Qiao going alone.
Now that Senior Qiao had volunteered to take the three children with him, the others didn’t know what to say…
Tian Ning didn’t have any objections, but Tian Dao had strong objections!
“No! The number 4 is unlucky!”
The three of them plus Senior Qiao—four people—it looked like they were heading for trouble!
Moreover, if there was any fighting, the two little guys could handle it. What could he, a ginseng spirit, do?
In a critical moment, have teammates bite him for a power boost?
“You’re quite superstitious for your age.”
Senior Qiao said, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect your safety.”
Tian Dao ignored him.
A mere Transformation God Stage…
Facing the old man who was a coward just because he changed his shell, Tian Ning blinked: “Are you going with me?”
Tian Dao: “…”
Tian Dao suddenly felt relieved.
No matter how dangerous it was to follow these people, it couldn’t be more dangerous than following this girl?
Tian Dao: “I’ll go!”
Tian Ning: “…”
So she was going to face life-threatening danger?
With the addition of Tian Ning and the three others, these cultivators who had lost their children saw more hope.
The plan would begin tomorrow. Senior Qiao would first take Tian Dao and the two small ones around the Devil Realm, while Tian Ning would follow the others to wait near the Feather Terrace Tower at an inn they had rented beforehand. After confirming Senior Qiao’s location, they would break in and find where the children were being held!
For the success of this day, Senior Qiao went to great lengths and took a Mother Gu Worm with another person; this way, no matter where Senior Qiao was, the other cultivator who took the Mother Gu Worm would be able to find his location!
Before separating, Tian Dao shamelessly asked Tian Ning for a Dimensional Pouch of Defensive Talismans.
Tian Ning was very fond of the old man. He had taken care of her before, and now she was returning the favor.
She curiously whispered, “Old man, if you see someone you don’t like, can you use Heavenly Thunder to strike them?”
“This isn’t a game; you can’t just casually use it because of personal grudges,” Tian Dao said seriously.
Tian Ning nodded: “Then if you encounter danger, don’t casually use it.”
Tian Dao: “…”
Tian Dao glared at her!
Seeing their warm interaction, a female cultivator was envious: “My child was about his size back then, soft and cuddly. I wonder if he’s grown a lot after not seeing him for a year…”
“You will find them,” Tian Ning said.
