Chapter 227: When a Plan Comes Together
Kang Lin’s eyes darted all around, looking for any avenue of escape. The Golden Core cultivator from the Jade Chameleon Sect hovered above them, and he and his five juniors were clearly out for blood.
There was no way to outrun them. Even if the trio had all been able to use movement techniques, it wouldn’t have mattered against someone an entire major realm above them.
They were trapped. The only way out was after a confrontation. If then.
The only good thing about the situation was that the Golden Core cultivator could not participate in the fight other than by keeping his quarry from getting away. Though the street was deserted, Kang Lin could sense cultivators from the auction house watching from inside. Those witnesses were the best protection the trio had.
She fingered the contingency ring that Master had given her. Though she hesitated to summon him to the city as that act might escalate the situation, using the ring might be the only way for the twins to escape with their lives.
Kang Lin glanced at her companions. Yang Xiu was quivering. Which was understandable as such a thing happened to a lot of cultivators. They’d stand brave in their first battles, but after seeing a friend cut down, they’d lose their nerve. There was no shame in it. Eventually, she’d be okay.
Next to her, Yang Ru wasn’t doing any better. The normally stoic boy was fidgeting, shifting his weight from foot to foot, too nervous to stand still.
They must be terrified.
Kang Lin’s finger hovered above the etching on the ring that marked where to break it, but she still hesitated. The situation wasn’t an emergency yet, though it was quickly headed in that direction. She’d hold out as long as she could just in case someone like the City Lord somehow decided to intervene. The twins would just have to suffer a little longer.
As if to prove her point, Yang Xiu suddenly said, “This is not fair.”
Kang Lin’s heart broke. Oh, her poor almost sister.
Yang Xiu practically jumped for joy at the sight of the Jade Chameleon cultivators. Her hands trembled in excitement.