312: Chapter 312

The two of them froze in place, somewhat stunned.

One must know that in the Spirit Realm, given their peerless beauty and illustrious status,

wherever they went, weren't they always surrounded by all manner of Godly Sons and Saints fawning over them like stars surrounding the moon?

Those top-tier Prodigies would practically rip out their own hearts to show them, all just to win a single smile from the beauties.

This was the first time in their lives they had ever been shut out by a man!

The intense sense of disparity left Murong Xue and Guan Linger unable to react for a moment.

Pei Qinglan didn't care what kind of Goddesses or Fairies they were.

She only listened to Young Master Cao Kun.

Pei Qinglan stepped forward gracefully, made a standard gesture of invitation, and said in a cold tone,

"Two Fairies, the door is over there."

"My Young Master is already very tired from dealing with you two."

"So please do not disturb my Young Master while he listens to music and rests. Please, leave!"

Murong Xue felt a wave of disappointment in her heart.

She thought to herself, although Young Master Cao said on the surface that he didn't mind and was magnanimous,

looking at this cold attitude, it was clear that she still hadn't managed to leave a good impression on him.

It was only natural; having been groundlessly accused of being a Devil Head, who wouldn't hold a grudge?

That he hadn't attacked immediately showed he possessed extremely high cultivation of character.

Helpless,

Murong Xue could only pull the still dejected Guan Linger and turn to walk out of the VIP room.

Guan Linger was like a marionette, letting Murong Xue lead her away.

Her mind was filled with the ugly face of Xiao Chen from the Image-Recording Stone.

She felt that the faith she had held onto for so many years was like a joke that would shatter at a single poke.

"Linger, stop thinking about it."

Walking to a quiet long street outside the Treasure Pavilion, Murong Xue stopped and sighed softly.

"Since we have seen the true face of that trash, let us consider it the severing of a twisted fate. Let's return to the Spirit Realm."

"No..."

Guan Linger raised her head, her eye sockets as red as a rabbit's.

"Sister Xue, I must find him!"

Murong Xue's expression darkened: "You still haven't given up? That kind of narrow-minded villain, what is there worth lingering over?"

"I just can't get over this hurdle in my heart!"

"For his sake, I disregarded my Family's opposition and forcibly descended to the Lower Realm."

"I must ask him in person, why on earth he became like this!"

"If I don't personally sever this Karma, my future cultivation will inevitably breed a Heart Demon, and my cultivation level will never be able to advance further!"

Murong Xue fell silent.

She naturally understood the harm a Heart Demon posed to a Cultivator.

Sword Cultivators emphasized having a clear and unimpeded mind. If Guan Linger returned to the Spirit Realm carrying this obsession and doubt,

she would likely never touch the threshold of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage in this lifetime.

"But how are we supposed to find him?"

Murong Xue looked around, her tone helpless.

"This is the Lower Realm; the Heavenly Dao Laws are incomplete."

"If we do not suppress our cultivation and forcibly release our Mahayana Stage Divine Sense to conduct a large-scale search, we will immediately attract the Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment."

"By then, let alone finding someone, we wouldn't even be able to protect ourselves."

Guan Linger's steps paused, and she froze in place.

"Then... then what should we do?"

Before descending to the Lower Realm, she only thought about seeing Xiao Chen quickly and had not considered these practical problems at all.

In these vast Three Thousand Dao Prefectures, trying to find someone who is deliberately hiding their aura without using Divine Sense is no different than looking for a needle in a haystack.

And Supreme Elder Zhan Hong had only given them one month.

The two looked at each other.

The evening breeze blew past, and the air suddenly went quiet.

A thought rose in both women's minds simultaneously.

The only person who could help them find Xiao Chen in a short time now,

was likely only that Son of the Plane in the Lower Realm, Young Master Cao.

As the Son of the Plane recognized by the Heavenly Dao,

he only needed to move his mind to trigger the momentum of heaven and earth.

Every blade of grass and tree in the entire Lower Realm was within his perception.

Finding Xiao Chen, who was heavily injured and fleeing, was simply as easy as turning over one's hand.

But at the thought of how she had just been inside, righteously accusing him of being a Devil Head and even threatening to act on behalf of the heavens,

Guan Linger's face burned with pain.

"I... I have no face to go and beg him."

Guan Linger lowered her head, her toes uneasily scuffing the ground.

"When he drove us out just now, his attitude was so cold; he must hate me to death."

Murong Xue watched Guan Linger's resistant expression, feeling somewhat helpless in her heart as well.

This girl had just been too well protected since childhood, and her skin was too thin.

But the matter of severing the Heart Demon truly could not be delayed.

"You wait here; I will go and beg him for you."

Murong Xue patted Guan Linger on the shoulder and turned to walk back toward the VIP room.

Guan Linger wanted to reach out and pull her back.

But in the end, she chose to let go.

She knew that this was currently the only way to break the deadlock.

A moment later, Murong Xue returned alone to the door of the VIP room on the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion.

She had just raised her hand to knock on the door.

Creak.

The door was pulled open from the inside.

Pei Qinglan stepped out with those long, fair jade legs, using her voluptuous and graceful figure to firmly block the doorway.

She crossed her arms, pushing up the already proud proportions on her chest, making them look even more astonishing.

"Yo, why has Fairy Murong returned?"

"Could it be that you've latched onto my Young Master and can't bear to leave?"

Murong Xue's footsteps paused, and two blushes flew across her cold, clear face.

In normal times, if a mere Body Integration Stage dared to speak to her like that, Murong Xue would have already slashed at her with her sword.

But now, not only was she in the wrong, but she also had a favor to ask.

She could only swallow all her pride back into her stomach.

"Pavilion Master Pei, please do not take offense."

Murong Xue lowered her head in embarrassment, braced herself to lower her stance, and said in a soft voice,

"I have returned this time because there is a matter for which I wish to implore Young Master Cao for help. I ask that Pavilion Master Pei please be accommodating and allow me to enter to see the Young Master."

Inside the VIP room.

Hearing the commotion outside the door, a wicked smile of a scheme succeeding immediately appeared on Cao Kun's face.

She returned really quickly.

The Stage Two mission issued by the System was to forcefully snatch away his confidante, Guan Linger, right in front of Xiao Chen.

If these two just patted their butts and returned to the Spirit Realm, where would he go to intercept them?

That cold order to leave earlier.

Was merely a little trick of playing hard to get.

If he didn't force this high and mighty Goddess into a corner, how would she obediently lower her head?

"Qinglan."

Cao Kun cleared his throat and shouted slowly and methodically toward the door.

"Since Fairy Murong has something difficult to speak of, let her come in."

"This Young Master has always believed in convincing people with virtue, and I love helping others the most."

Hearing this, Pei Qinglan outside the door gave an unwilling snort and stepped aside to make way.

"Murong Xue greets Young Master Cao."

Murong Xue walked into the VIP room reservedly, bowed slightly, and lowered her stance to the lowest level.

"Fairy Murong has returned after leaving, for what purpose?" Cao Kun asked, feigning ignorance, and picked up the teacup beside him to take a sip.

"To tell you the truth, Young Master, Linger has a very deep obsession with that Xiao Chen."

"Although she saw his true face today, if she cannot ask him clearly in person, she will inevitably breed a Heart Demon and ruin her cultivation Foundation."

"Therefore, I want to implore Young Master Cao to use the authority of the Son of the Plane to help find Xiao Chen's whereabouts."

After listening, Cao Kun looked at her with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

"Since it is to help her sever her Heart Demon, why didn't she come to beg me herself, instead of having you do it for her?"

"This is simply too lacking in sincerity; is this the attitude you all in the Spirit Realm have when asking for favors?"