385: Chapter 385 Lust at First Sight Leads to Abduction of Xiao Nianyin

Looking at these people's shameless faces, Xiao Nianyin only wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

Leave this place, leave these people, leave this world that made her feel so ashamed.

She stepped forward again, trying to go around Senior Brother Zhou.

But Senior Brother Zhou reached out and grabbed her wrist.

Xiao Nianyin's whole body stiffened, and she snapped her head up, her eyes filled with terror and anger: "What are you doing? Let go!"

Senior Brother Zhou did not let go; instead, he gripped even tighter.

His hand was rough and burning hot, like a venomous snake coiling around her wrist.

He leaned in close to her ear and whispered, his hot breath brushing against her: "Sect Leader Xiao, you are so beautiful and enticing. It would be such a pity if you just left like this."

Xiao Nianyin's face instantly turned as pale as paper. She struggled desperately to break free from his grip, but how could her strength compare to that of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator?

"Let me go! Let me go!"

She screamed, her voice echoing through the valley and startling the birds in the trees.

Senior Brother Zhou laughed, his expression full of lewdness: "Stop pretending. You even slept with your own disciple, so what's there left to act pure about?

Meeting this Young Master today is your good fortune.

As long as you serve this Young Master well, I will protect you here in Tianyin Mountain from now on.

What is Xu Ruyu anyway? Just an outsider. Can he really protect you?"

"In your dreams!" Xiao Nianyin snapped, her eyes nearly spitting fire. "Even if I, Xiao Nianyin, have to die, I will never let beasts like you have your way!"

Senior Brother Zhou's expression darkened, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes: "Ungrateful wretch!"

He raised his hand, about to slap her.

Just then, Mo Ran suddenly spoke up: "Senior Brother Zhou, don't be impulsive."

Senior Brother Zhou stopped and looked at him.

Mo Ran walked to his side and whispered: "Senior Brother Zhou, we're not far from Qixia Valley. If we make too much noise, it might attract people from the Hehuan Sect.

That Leng Ningshuang and the others are already at the Nascent Soul stage now; they're not to be trifled with."

Senior Brother Zhou frowned, a trace of wariness in his eyes: "Then what should we do?"

Mo Ran looked around, his gaze landing on a more secluded path beside the mountain road. He suddenly smiled: "There's a cave over there that I stumbled upon before. It's very hidden; ordinary people won't find it.

Let's take her there and... chat slowly."

He intentionally emphasized the words "chat slowly," his eyes filled with a lewd smile.

Senior Brother Zhou's eyes lit up, and he patted Mo Ran on the shoulder: "Good idea! Mo Ran, you're the clever one!"

He looked at Xiao Nianyin, his smile turning even colder: "Sect Leader Xiao, come with us. Don't worry, as long as you're obedient, we won't hurt you."

Xiao Nianyin struggled desperately: "No! Let me go! Help! Help—"

But her cry had barely escaped when a lackey covered her mouth.

The rough, large hand pressed against her nose and mouth, making it nearly impossible for her to breathe.

"Mmph— mmph—"

She shook her head frantically, tears finally bursting from her eyes and streaming down her cheeks.

Senior Brother Zhou waved his hand: "Take her away!"

Several lackeys roughly hoisted Xiao Nianyin up and hurried toward the secluded path.

Xiao Nianyin struggled and kicked with all her might, but it was useless. She felt her arms being squeezed painfully, her legs dragging on the ground, and her skirt torn by thorns, leaving her in a wretched state.

Despair flooded over her like a tide.

Once, she was a Saint Realm Expert who could have turned these people to ashes with a single word.

Once, she was a high and mighty Sect Master; who would have dared to show her the slightest disrespect?

But now...

She was just a powerless cripple, a "Bed-warming maid" to be humiliated at will, a... pathetic creature who couldn't even protect herself.

Tears blurred her vision. She couldn't see the path ahead, only feeling herself being dragged further and deeper, falling into an endless darkness.

Mo Ran stood where he was, watching them carry Xiao Nianyin away. Seeing her struggling figure grow weaker, a cold smile curled on his lips.

He knew this news would soon reach Xu Ruyu's ears.

He knew Xu Ruyu would surely be enraged.

And this was exactly what he wanted.

Elder Mo Feng had been punished by being sent to sweep the Spirit Toilets; he had always remembered this grudge.

Senior Brother Zhou and the others were nothing but playboys whose lives weren't worth pitying.

But if Xu Ruyu killed someone from the Taihu Clan in a fit of rage, it would be equivalent to making an enemy of the entire Taihu Clan. When that time came, even if the Clan Chief wanted to protect him, he wouldn't be able to.

"Xu Ruyu," he muttered, his eyes full of malice. "When you find out, what will you do? Will you kill someone from my Taihu Clan in your fury? Let's see how you handle the fallout then."

He laughed and turned to leave, his steps light, as if he could already see Xu Ruyu being condemned by everyone with nowhere to turn.

At the end of the mountain path, Xiao Nianyin's struggles grew weaker and weaker until she finally vanished into the depths of the forest.

The sunlight was still bright, the mountain breeze still gentle, and the birdsong still melodious.

But Xiao Nianyin's world had already plunged into endless darkness.

On that secluded path, several figures gradually distanced themselves.

The slender figure in the middle struggled to look back one last time toward Qixia Valley, her vision blurred by tears.

She opened her mouth and silently mouthed two words:

"Ruyu..."