Chapter 252: Seventy Percent Confidence

I steeled myself, aiming the longbow at Xue Feng.

As the saying goes, one must not harbor harmful intent, but one must not lack defensive intent.

I still can't fully determine whether Xue Feng is good or bad, so aiming the longbow at her is merely intimidation and self-defense.

Xue Feng's eyes instantly filled with sorrow.

Obviously my lack of trust hurt her heart; she sadly said, "Sister, you still won't believe me?"

As she spoke, I felt a faint pain in my chest.

I gave a bitter laugh and said, "Xue Feng, you should understand that by standing here, you already pose a great threat to me."

She ate the ice silkworm; as Xue Feng, she can suppress the silkworm's poison.

But she made me drink her blood; the poison has seeped into my bones and blood, and I have an outbreak each month that can only be eased with fresh dragon bone blood.

To rid myself of the ice silkworm's poison, I must undergo Nirvana.

Earlier at Dang Pu, Feng Xianqiu controlled me using this.

Xue Feng is merely a medium.

I hide beneath Cangwu Mountain, where Nirvana fire guards this place; Feng Xianqiu's witchcraft cannot directly affect me, triggering the poison outbreak.

But he can influence me by controlling Xue Feng.

Xue Feng instantly understood what I meant, and she began to panic: "Sister, you've misunderstood; yes, the Xue Feng clan is indeed under the Right Protector's control, and if I bring you up now, I will indeed be caught by him, but here at Cangwu Mountain, the foot of the mountain is the Xue Feng clan's territory; we have a seventy percent chance of rescuing you."

Seventy percent!

The chance is still quite good.

As I was silently weighing it, the parasol tree leaves above rustled again.

I and Xue Feng looked up together, and Xue Feng's expression changed instantly.

She stammered, "What's going on? How could this happen?"

The parasol tree leaves had just returned to normal, but now they began to condense icy particles; obviously, the Formation Array set up by the Six Great Elders of the Xue Feng clan has been reactivated.

This time, the mana erupting from the Formation Array is obviously stronger than when Xue Feng descended, and its falling speed is faster.

"Impossible!" Xue Feng panicked, "The Six Great Elders could never betray the Fire Witch God, unless..."

"Unless the Six Great Elders have no choice." I continued her sentence.

Feng Xianqiu could completely, after the Six Great Elders set up the Formation Array, control or even kill them, personally manipulating the Array to descend.

This is also an excellent opportunity for him; how could he let it pass?

The parasol tree leaves were turning white at a visible-to-the-naked-eye speed; I stared fixedly upward, waiting for the moment to strike.

What I didn't expect was that Xue Feng panicked first.

She grabbed me and started running backward with me.

The cave door entering the waterfall was open; Xue Feng seemed to know what lay beyond, and while she was still human when she grabbed me, the next moment she had turned into a little white bird.

After the little white bird let out a cry, its body suddenly swelled to several times its size, and its snow-white wings, if fully spread, would be about a meter long.

When did she grow this big?

Did she break through during her secluded cultivation?

Does the ice silkworm and dragon bone blood in here also have an enhancing effect?

Xue Feng's talons gripped my shoulders, lifting me directly into flight as we passed through the waterfall, the tea plantation, and headed straight toward the rear mountain.

I really felt like I was about to lose it.

Despite being a grown adult, being hooked by a large bird's shoulders and swaying all the way forward, someone who doesn't usually get motion sickness almost got shaken to vomit.

Seeing Xue Feng's flustered state, I felt like wanting to find a hole to hide in; my earlier doubts had mostly dissipated.

I thought she was going to forcefully fly me over the rear mountain's peak.

Although the peak is so high and I don't know what lies beyond it, I had indeed considered taking that risk.

But I didn't expect Xue Feng not to charge toward the peak; instead, she grabbed me and flew to that willow tree, then proceeded to slam me into it.

With a bang, my whole body was slammed hard onto the willow trunk—it hurt!

I was dazed.

At that moment, seeing stars would not be an exaggeration.

Before I could recover, Xue Feng grabbed me again and tried to throw me toward the willow.

I really began to suspect she might be trying to kill me this way.

"Xue Feng, what are you doing?" I shouted, "I'm about to be killed by your impacts—let me go!"

Xue Feng, startled by my shout, calmed a bit and flusteredly placed me on the field ridge.

I was about to ask what she wanted when I saw her herself slam straight into the willow trunk.

Bang!

This sound was even more forceful than when I was thrown and hit earlier.

I covered my forehead with my hand, speechless.

Xue Feng, wobbling from the impact, steadied herself and muttered, "Surely that time was just a coincidence; this passage has been temporarily shut by the other side."

I wondered, "What are you saying?"

"This is the backside of Cangwu Mountain; over there is Lingdie Valley." Xue Feng explained, "Ancestor Ancestor and the Great Witch were close friends; she once secretly told me that this willow tree was transplanted from Lingdie Valley. Willows are yin, and they can form a connection with that side of Lingdie Valley; theoretically, one could use it to pass through to Lingdie Valley."

"In theory?" I muttered, dark lines on my forehead, "Meaning it's never been tested?"

Xue Feng shrugged.

Fine, this is using me as a lab rat for experimentation.

At that moment, I noticed the feathers on Xue Feng's body were smoking.

She could barely endure the environment of Cangwu Mountain.

Actually, at this time, the Six Great Elders' Formation Array was still there; she could completely take the opportunity to fly up.

But she didn't; she was thinking of a way to save me.

Just then, the ground suddenly shuddered, as if a wave of heat was coming, followed immediately by a whooshing wind.

Instantly, it felt as if millions of worms were gnawing inside my body, pain making me tremble all over.

Xue Feng became even more anxious: "Sister, hold on, I'll think of another way; there must still be a way."

But before she could think of a solution, we already sensed Feng Xianqiu's presence.

He actually came down from above.

Xue Feng, who had been panicking just moments ago, suddenly calmed down.

She took a long breath, as if making some kind of resolution, and rushed out without hesitation.

I endured the discomfort all over my body, stood up, and followed after her.

Feng Xianqiu had already come down; since we couldn't escape, we had to grit our teeth and face him!

I gripped the long bow, snatched a Golden Copper Coin in one hand, pinched it, pulled the bowstring taut, and strode toward the outside of the waterfall.

Before I even exited the cave, I heard the sounds of fighting, and Xue Feng's body being slammed hard against the stone wall, producing a muffled groan.

She was already barely holding on, but now she was acting as a human sandbag for Feng Xianqiu to protect me.

I stepped out of the cave with one foot, stood in front of Xue Feng, and looked toward Feng Xianqiu opposite.

Although Feng Xianqiu had come down, he was indeed somewhat embarrassed.

At this moment he still had a human body, but his skin bore many scorch marks, with some areas burned open, the flesh showing a bloody red.

Upon seeing me, half of his lip instantly curled up, his eyes full of triumph and determination to succeed...