Chapter 285: Old Loli, seduce your father
The moon shone brightly, accompanied by numerous stars, while the chilly wind carried sand and dust, sculpting the sandstone formations standing alone in the desert into peculiar sculptures as if crafted by otherworldly hands.
A veiled girl lounged at the cliff’s edge, facing the desert illuminated by the moon’s ethereal blue glow. She lazily sat with crossed legs, lightly shaking a jade bell inscribed “a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix” between her fingers.
Ding Ling LingDing Ling Ling!
The tinkling sound, pleasant to the ears, contrasted sharply with the harsh aridity of the surroundings.
Si Xuanji, her expression indifferent, watched as a giant insect resembling a centipede burst from the ground, carrying a green spiritual sword on its back. A girl with long lavender hair clutched the sword in panic, crying for help.
“Mom!!! Help!!!”
Si Xuanji’s yin and yang eyes glowed intermittently as she observed the scene. She then glanced up at the bright moon and squinted. A small black dot appeared in the night sky, barely visible.
Upon spotting it, Si Xuanji quickly raised her right hand, and a parrot with a golden crest swooped down from the sky, landing on her outstretched hand.
“What’s happening with the Sword Sect?” She inquired.
The parrot opened its beak and squawked, “Both eggs are lost!! Both eggs are lost!!”
Si Xuanji’s eyes showed a hint of surprise, her eyebrows raising slightly before she burst into laughter.
“Pfft – Young Master Ye truly defied expectations. Not only did he surpass Yun Kunwu, but he also dealt with his father. Unexpected, but it fulfills Immortal Tai Xu’s wish.”
–“Mother!!!”
Xiao Yunluo’s cries for help echoed in the distance. The parrot glanced at the sound and lamented, “So sad to lose my beloved daughter!! So sad to lose my beloved daughter!!”
“Not yet,” Si Xuanji replied.
She sighed, glanced in her daughter’s direction, then raised her hands. With her index fingers and thumbs, she framed the sand dragon that had leaped into the air, gently blowing a breath.
The sand dragon froze mid-air, then twisted and split into two pieces before crashing into the sand below.
Boom_ _
The sand dragon’s body crashed into the ground, sending sand and dust billowing hundreds of feet into the air.
Xiao Yunluo emerged from the sand, looking disheveled, and spat out the sand from her mouth.
“Bah, bah, bah—”
Seeing the sand dragon split into two nearby, she breathed a sigh of relief, knowing her mother had intervened, but she soon grew nervous again.
At that moment, a small hand grabbed her by the back of her neck, pulling her out of the sand like a cat.
“Really, if you can’t handle it yourself, why bother?” She muttered, looking at Si Xuanji, half a head shorter than herself, with a pout of distress.
“Mom, I got lost. You didn’t tell me this was the sand dragon’s nest. I’ve never been to the Central Territory…” She explained.
Si Xuanji frowned and corrected her, “Call me sister. We agreed when we left that I’d accompany you to the Central Territory as your sister. Remember! If you get it wrong again, I’ll have to spank you.”
“Ah… Yes,” Xiao Yunluo nodded, still puzzled about why she was her sister.
“Then Sister Xuanji…” She started to say.
Si Xuanji’s expression changed, smiling slyly, she interrupted, “What? Sister…”
“Why, sister?” Xiao Yunluo asked, confused.
—”Seducing your father!! Seducing your…” the parrot on Si Xuanji’s shoulder squawked.
Si Xuanji reached over and pinched the parrot’s beak, laughing as she replied, “It sounds younger, and I look the part, don’t I? Hee hee—your big sister needs you to protect her out here.”
Xiao Yunluo was speechless, glancing at the parrot. “Is the parrot sick?”
“Hmm!” Si Xuanji turned to the parrot, gently poking the parrot’s golden crown feathers with her finger. “Parrot, are you sick?”
“No, no!!” The parrot protested.
Si Xuanji chuckled, repeating, “Parrot says she’s not sick.”
Xiao Yunluo always felt that the parrot was being threatened by her mother, but she didn’t dare to speak up, so she just nodded hesitantly,
“Where should we head next? Which way is Yu Guan?”
“Look at the map, look at the stars. If the young master of Xuanxing Sect gets lost, it wouldn’t be good if word got out.”
“Oh…”
Xiao Yunluo sighed, glancing at the nearby dune and the sand dragon beyond, feeling helpless. Consulting the map and the stars, she found the direction and continued walking.
After traversing one dune, there lay another ahead. Feeling weary, she looked around but couldn’t find anything to guide her. All she saw was the pale moonlit sand and the nearby structures.
“Why can’t we fly with swords, Sister Xuanji?”
“Except for a few in the Emperor Sect Xing Tian and some in the Central Domain, flying with swords is forbidden. In the Central Domain, it’s easier to catch people if flying is restricted, and there are road operators between towns.”
Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips, glancing at her mother’s feet on the sand, and asked,
“Do you have any tricks, Sister Xuanji? Isn’t it uncomfortable stepping on the sand?”
Si Xuanji paused momentarily, then lightly hopped onto Xiao Yunluo’s back, saying, “Since you’re so concerned, sister, then carry me.”
“… ”
Xiao Yunluo felt like smacking herself for asking such a question, but she endured it.
Just then, a series of bells rang from the other side of the dune.
Jingle Bell—
The ringing was low, sounding like camel bells.
Xiao Yunluo paused, then quickly climbed the dune with Si Xuanji on her back to get a better look.
A caravan carrying several carts of spiritual mines was descending, accompanied by more than a dozen cultivators of varying levels and two core formation cultivators who seemed to be guards.
She hesitated for a moment, then waved and called out,
“Stop!”
Swish!
Thinking she might be a threat, the cultivators in the caravan looked at her nervously. But upon seeing Xiao Yunluo’s attire, they seemed puzzled.
The leader, a core formation cultivator, approached and asked,
“Friend, may I ask what brings you here?”
“I am a cultivator from the Xuanxing Sect in the Western Regions… This is my sister. We wanted to go to Yu Quan, but we got lost on the way. Can we travel with you? Of course, we’ll pay with spirit stones.”
The core formation cultivator glanced at them and, seeing no reason to refuse, replied, “As long as you pay with spirit stones, it’s fine.”
“Thank you!”
