Chapter 179 - 170: Resentful Female Ghost; Flames of Jealousy Burn the Affection
Hua Cheng raised his hand slightly, and with that silver butterfly in his palm, he brought it next to Xie Lian's ear. In between the twinkling flutters of that silver butterfly's wings, he heard Pei Ming's voice floating over, "Little dummy, did you hear that strange noise?"
It was probably because Pei Ming had been chasing skirts for a long time, so even if Xie Lian knew Pei Ming felt nothing for Ban Yue, the way he spoke still made people ponder. Ban Yue replied grimly, "I'm not a dummy... I heard. That noise was really strange, I don't think it's General Hua coming back."
Of course it wasn't! Because, it was clearly the "Dong! Dong!" sound Xuan Ji makes hopping with her broken legs!
There weren't a long of "Dong!"s before the other two fell silent, and what followed was the crazed laughter of a woman, "Hehe, hehehe, hahahahAHAHAH..."
That laughter echoed and resounded in the empty underground city, then carried over via the silver butterfly, some white noise crackled in the transmission, making it sound scarier than if he heard it in person. Naturally, this was the laugh of the overjoyed and painfully hateful Xuan Ji who had finally seen Pei Ming once more.
"Didn't the silver butterfly lead her in the opposite direction?" Xie Lian asked.
Hua Cheng replied, "She's smarter than expected."
Turns out, Xuan Ji had been chasing after that wraith butterfly like mad, curiously fast, and ran all the way to the end of the main street in no time, but there was no one there. She was once a female general on the battlefield after all, and instantly noticed she was lead away. Technically, the moment she noticed she should've immediately returned to Qi Rong, but her mind was filled with Pei Ming, so instead she just turned around and ran in the opposite direction, throwing her boss Qi Rong completely out of her mind.
Xie Lian found it funny for some reason but it was hard to describe the sentiment exactly. He quickly brought along those escaped captives and the group rushed to the WuYong divine temple in the centre of the city. That female ghost Xuan Ji had waited for Pei Ming for too, too long; just by hearing her laughter it was easy to imagine how twistedly crazy her face must be. Pei Ming was probably also startled by her, and was in shock for a long time before he started, "You are..."
Xuan Ji sneered coldly. Yet unexpectedly, after a pause, Pei Ming asked, "Who are you?"
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