288: Chapter 288 Illusory Moon Flowing Light Sparrow

Ling Hao, Yue Qianqian, and Shui Wanqing had just left the range of the Moonshadow Sect's mountain-protecting array when Ling Hao's figure paused.

Anxious Yue Qianqian urged: "Good Supreme, hurry! Revered Master's side..."

Ling Hao gestured for silence, his gaze like lightning, suddenly sweeping towards an inconspicuous void turbulence behind them.

"Sneaky, come out!"

He snorted coldly, fingers slightly spread, grabbing violently towards that void!

"Ah—!"

A short scream sounded, and a figure was forcibly "plucked" out of the void by an invisible force, falling miserably to the ground. This person was in dark brown tight clothes, with a sinister face, a cultivation of about Body Integration level five, and his face was full of fear.

"Beitang Ying?!"

Yue Qianqian recognized him at a glance; it was the Beitang Family Elder who had chased her all the way and almost killed her! Her small face turned pale with anger as she pointed at the sinister old man:

"It's him! He almost killed me! Good Supreme, kill him quickly, let's go save Revered Master! Revered Master won't last long!"

Beitang Ying didn't expect Yue Qianqian to actually bring someone, and it was that Supreme Moonshadow. He was terrified and hurriedly bowed to beg for mercy: "Supreme, spare my life! Supreme, spare my life! I was only following orders..."

Ling Hao didn't even look at the person begging on the ground, turning his gaze to Yue Qianqian: "Are you sure?"

"Kill him! Please! Let's go!" Yue Qianqian stamped her feet in anxiety.

Ling Hao casually pointed a finger towards Beitang Ying. Without any light, the terror on Beitang Ying's face instantly froze, and his entire body along with his Primordial Spirit turned into dust, dissipating in the wind.

"Let's go!"

Ling Hao flicked his sleeve and stepped out, appearing above a resonance dao tower with the two women and descending.

Traveling, naturally this was the fastest!

...

From one to another, the three kept switching resonance dao towers for teleportation.

"Tell me more about the situation."

"Okay!"

Yue Qianqian breathed a slight sigh of relief, but the worry on her face did not diminish as she began to introduce the situation to Ling Hao.

"Wutong City... has been completely controlled by the Four Great Families! They launched it too suddenly, many generals and officials loyal to Your Majesty were captured or killed..."

Her tone was full of frustration,

"Revered Master's Heavenly Mystery Sensing suddenly failed for some reason recently, completely unable to predict this great disaster! Otherwise... otherwise Your Majesty and Revered Master would have surely been able to prepare in advance!"

"Who is your Revered Master?" Ling Hao asked.

"Revered Master is Revered Master!" Yue Qianqian blurted out.

Black lines faintly appeared on Ling Hao's forehead: "...And?"

"She's the State Preceptor!"

Yue Qianqian had a "Don't you even know this?" expression.

"It's her!"

The figure seen at the Wutong Divine Dynasty's Dingding Ceremony instantly appeared in Ling Hao's mind.

A deep purple star-patterned daoist robe wrapped around her petite and exquisite body, under her silver-white hair styled in twin buns was a face as exquisite as a porcelain doll.

However, what settled in those deep purple eyes was a maturity and stability of having seen through the world, completely different from her appearance—this was a "legal loli" who had lived for over a thousand years!

This highly contrasting image, coupled with some unspeakable thoughts, left a deep impression on Ling Hao at the time, and he couldn't help but use the System to peek at her character panel:

[Name: Ye Xinglan]

[Age: 1080]

[Spiritual Root: Life Spiritual Root]

[Physique: Heaven-Peering Profound Veins]

[Cultivation: Void Tempering Level 10]

[Favorability: 70]

Ling Hao was about to ask for more details about Ye Xinglan when Yue Qianqian's body suddenly went soft without warning, and she fainted!

With a flash of light, the girl's figure was gone, and only a tiny sparrow was falling towards the clouds below.

Ling Hao was quick-eyed and steady-handed, supporting with his palm and catching that small ball of fluff.

This was a palm-sized sparrow, covered in gradient goose-yellow feathers, with a warm goose-yellow on the back, gradually transitioning to a soft light moon-white towards the belly.

The fluffy feathers made it look like a round little ball of fluff, but at this moment the feathers appeared slightly messy, stained with a bit of dust, and had lost their former luster.

Its tiny beak was tightly closed, and the star-like silver-white light dots decorating the tips of its wings and tail feathers had also dimmed a bit.

It curled up in Ling Hao's palm, its small claws weakly retracted, breathing faintly, clearly having overdrawn too much Origin from the forced journey earlier.

Ling Hao sighed inwardly; this little fellow was able to persist until reaching the Moonshadow Sect for help and held on until now before fainting; its willpower and racial talent both exceeded his expectations.

A smile unconsciously tugged at the corner of his mouth; who would have thought such a little thing would be a lively, gluttonous, and slightly airheaded girl after transforming?

"Illusionary Moon Streamlight Sparrow! So her true form is this!"

Beside him, Shui Wanqing's exclamation rang out. After seeing clearly the appearance of the small bird in Ling Hao's palm, her eyes instantly lit up, and a look of affection appeared on her face.

"So cute!"

Shui Wanqing couldn't help but look at Ling Hao, saying expectantly: "Sect Master... I... can I touch it?"

Ling Hao laughed: "Why are you asking me? You should ask the person involved."

"The person involved?"

Shui Wanqing blinked, looking at that unconscious little ball of fluff sleeping soundly, and asked it seriously and softly:

"Miss Yue Qianqian, can I touch you?"

She deliberately paused for a few breaths, then turned to Ling Hao with a cunning smile: "Look, Sect Master, she didn't respond, so this must be consent by default."

As soon as she finished speaking, she stretched out her slender jade finger and carefully stroked the bird's fluffy back feathers.

Ling Hao was stunned, not expecting that Grand Elder Shui, who was usually gentle as water and dignified in manner, would also have such an "unreasonable" side. He shook his head and laughed, also unable to resist stretching out his finger to join the "bird-petting" ranks.

Shui Wanqing felt Ling Hao's movement and glanced at him with a hint of surprise.

The Great Sect Master... also likes such fluffy little creatures?

Waves rose in her heart again.

Ling Hao didn't speak, his fingers gently grooming Yue Qianqian's smooth feathers, while simultaneously slowly channeling a trace of pure and gentle Chaotic Spiritual Qi into her body to help her regulate her disordered aura.

Seeing this, Shui Wanqing immediately took out a nourishing Spirit Pill emitting a fresh fragrance from her storage ring, carefully pried open the small bird's beak, and sent the pill inside.

As the pill quickly dissolved under the catalysis of the Chaotic Spiritual Qi, nourishing Yue Qianqian's weak body, her messy feathers gradually became smooth, and the dim luster brightened again. Her small body rose and fell slightly in their palms, sleeping even more peacefully and sweetly.

By the time the sparrow's breathing was completely steady and long, falling into a deep restorative sleep, the hands of the two still hadn't stopped.

Ling Hao's finger pads gently stroked the soft down on the bird's belly, while Shui Wanqing's fingertips lingered between its round little head and warm back feathers, stroking from one place to another.

The two's movements were tacit and natural, you pet one spot, I pet another.

Poor Yue Qianqian was completely immersed in the warmth and comfort brought by the Chaotic Spiritual Qi and the Spirit Pill, totally unaware of this "hands-on" treatment happening to her true form.