Senior Sister Bai Yueguang is incredibly strong.

Chapter 73 Falling to Earth (6)

"Quick! Liu Lan is awake!"

The commotion outside the door startled Luo Zai Shui. She hurriedly got up, put on her coat, and chased after them.

"Who woke up?"

She grabbed Su Wusi's hand and checked it again.

"Liu Lan has woken up."

Su Wusi's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement as she gripped Luo Zaishui's hand tightly, trying to warm it up.

"Senior sister, do you want to go put on another layer of clothing? It's getting colder outside."

Luo Zai Shui then realized that her outfit was inappropriate, so she hurriedly went back to her room to change.

Shen Yan and the others were already waiting at the pharmacy.

"how's it going?"

Seeing that Nie Xushuang's expression was somewhat unpleasant, Luo Zai Shui couldn't help but feel worried.

Nie Xushuang shook her head: "The person is awake, but currently unconscious. I'm afraid..."

"My poor sister, look at your brother!"

Inside, Liu San's heart-wrenching cries could be heard, while outside, all was deathly silent.

"Isn't there any other way?"

Chu Yeli hesitated for a moment before saying, "I still have a Soul-Tracing Talisman here. Now that Liu Lan's life has been saved, we can use her soul to track the location of the part of her soul that she lost."

"No, it's too dangerous." Nie Xushuang immediately rejected the idea. "Not to mention the strength of the other side, we might just be throwing our lives away. Moreover, the Soul-Chasing Talisman will most likely damage Liu Lan's soul again."

Luo Zai Shui was somewhat irritable. This passive feeling made her feel suffocated and even unable to think clearly.

Shi Ming touched her fingertips, then patted her hand reassuringly: "Judging from the current situation, they will definitely have another move. Now we need to know who their target is and make sure we can stop them before they act again."

Ye Xiao, who had been silent until now, nodded: "Their target is women with heavy yin energy. These women either have heavy yin energy in their birth chart or have been physically weak since childhood and are prone to getting dirty. But they generally don't go out easily, especially at night."

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and looked at Luo Zai Shui: "But according to the official statistics of missing women, most of them disappeared during the day."

After calming down, Luo Zai Shui began to rethink: "But it would be too obvious for them to make a move during the day, and those girls wouldn't go to sparsely populated places alone to let those people do it."

Shi Ming looked at Shen Yan: "Do you know the locations where those women went missing?"

Shen Yan shrugged: "Unfortunately, no. Their families only reported the disappearance to the authorities when they discovered it was late at night. Lord Jian asked them about their plans with their families, and they all said they were going out to go shopping or have tea with friends. We also tried to find out where they were, but they all disappeared mysteriously. They might be shopping in a clothing store one moment and then disappear the next."

Hearing this, Luo Zai Shui suddenly looked at Qian Kuo: "Where did you meet Miss Liu?"

When asked the question, Qian Kuo scratched his head and said, "I can't say where it is, but I can take you there. It's not far from the dilapidated temple. I don't know why they didn't dare to chase after us at the time."

"Let's go take a look."

Qian Kuo said it wasn't far from the dilapidated temple, but it was actually more than ten miles away. If you went another ten miles or so, you would be out of Jizhou's territory.

Xue Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead: "You mean, you carried an unconscious girl, without any spiritual power or magical artifacts, and ran for over ten miles all by yourself?"

Qian Kuo arrogantly raised his chin and snorted, "Otherwise what?"

This is the intersection of the small road and the main road. Most of the trees around are broken, which are traces left by Qian Kuo and others when they fought that day. There are still black bloodstains on the ground, and the bodies seem to have been cleaned up. It seems that the group of people were afraid of attracting attention.

Luo looked around the water, lost in thought.

Shi Ming seemed to have the same thought as her. She turned to Shen Yan and asked, "Do you know that people have gone missing in other counties as well?"

Meng Tingde frowned: "If there is a large-scale population disappearance, it will alarm the imperial court. We can't possibly be completely unaware of it."

Looking into the distance, Luo Zai Shui suddenly asked, "What if someone is deliberately concealing this? After all, this is a dereliction of duty by officials."

Meng Tingde's heart sank. This situation couldn't possibly be avoided. If someone was deliberately concealing it, then...

"This official road leads to Chizhou, and the governor of Chizhou is the newly appointed top scholar of the imperial examination. He couldn't possibly..."

Meng Tingde lowered his voice. How could it be impossible? His knowledge of that top scholar was limited to hearsay. Suddenly, his gaze hardened: "It seems we have to go to Chizhou to investigate."

Luo Zai Shui did not deny this opinion, but Chu Ye Li did not quite agree: "We don't have enough manpower, and it will take at least a few days to get there to investigate."

Meng Tingde waved his hand: "Don't worry about manpower. Lord Jian has already sent more people to patrol. They shouldn't dare to make any more moves in Jizhou."

Shi Ming pondered for a moment: "Then let some people stay in Jizhou. You and Senior Sister Nie will stay in Jizhou with your junior brothers and sisters. I, Chu Yeli, and Ye Xiao will go to Chizhou to investigate."

Qian Kuo was displeased upon hearing this: "Why should I stay!"

Shi Ming glanced at him indifferently: "Do as you please."

Qian Kuoxin understood. Up until now, these disciples of the sects had not yet categorized him, a scion of a prominent family, as one of their own.

He snorted in dissatisfaction: "I'm going to Chizhou."

He wanted to prove to his protégés that he was no less capable than they were.

"I'm going to Chizhou too."

Luo Zai Shui stepped forward: "I have fought with that ghost cultivator before, and his strength is above ours. Having one more person means more protection."

After saying that, Su Wusi chimed in, "Senior Sister is right, I want to go too!"

Xue Xin asked timidly, "Senior brother, are you sure you don't need to bring any medicine cultivators with you?"

Jian Muyi raised his hand: "I want to go too!"

Ji Tinghan silently stood in front of Luo Zaishui and whispered, "Wherever Senior Sister goes, I will go."

The long-lost headache of taking care of children surged up, and Shi Ming looked at the source of it all—Luo Zai Shui. Luo Zai Shui pretended not to understand the hint in his eyes, and looked around at the surroundings she had already surveyed. The weather is really nice today.

She was determined to go; as for the children, she would leave them to her eldest brother.

"No, that's too dangerous."

The eldest brother ignored the pitiful looks in the eyes of the group of kids and shoved Su Wusi in front of Luo Zaishui: "You all need to protect yourselves in Jizhou."

Luo Zai Shui rarely showed any anger: "Shouldn't this be said to you?"

Su Wusi echoed in a low voice, "That's right, that's right."

Shi Ming glanced at Su Wusi, who immediately shut up and then gestured to Luo Zaishui with her eyes, "Senior Sister, look at him!"

Ji Tinghan had no objections, as long as he followed Luo Zaishui, but Jian Muyi and Xue Xin insisted on going along.

Shi Ming sighed: "Then Jian Muyi and Xue Xin will go with you, and you will stay in Jizhou. Let's set off now. Be careful in everything you do, and contact us with a communication talisman if anything happens."