EBE Chapter 409 The City Lord's Daughter
Chapter 409 The City Lord's Daughter
She wasn't worried about herself, but rather about Xu Youan and the others.
As agreed, she should have met up with them long ago, but she didn't know if her junior brother would understand what she meant.
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Xu You'an headed west, a direction where the city lord's servants lived, including guards, cooks, and servants. He wasn't interested in the affairs of Chang Le City, but since his senior sister wanted to investigate, he wouldn't just do it half-heartedly.
Although there were many small rooms here, he still explored them one by one. Among them, he saw men and women having secret rendezvous behind the flowers, guards drinking and playing drinking games in the courtyard, maids doing needlework in the rooms, and of course, there were also diligent people cultivating with their eyes closed.
We just didn't find anything useful.
Just as they were about to return the way they came, they suddenly sensed a slight fluctuation of spiritual energy in a drafty little corner.
He walked toward the crack in the wall and could faintly hear crying coming from behind the wall.
The sound of crying?
Isn't crying forbidden in Chang Le City? How come someone is crying in the city lord's mansion? Hasn't the crying disappeared yet?
Xu Youan sensed something was amiss. A magic array flashed beneath his feet, and he vanished into the darkness.
He walked straight through the wall and went inside the enclosure.
A dilapidated, cobweb-covered Taoist temple of Sanqing appeared under the hazy moonlight.
Xu Youan approached quietly, first bowing to the statue of the Three Pure Ones whose features were blurred and difficult to see, and then taking a few steps closer to the left wing where the crying was coming from.
The windows of this house were long gone; one half collapsed and hung on the window frame, while the other half lay on the ground, so dirty that it was unrecognizable.
There was hardly any light inside; the only source of light was the moon, half-hidden behind the clouds overhead.
But this did not prevent Xu Youan from seeing the scene inside clearly.
Although the house was dilapidated, the lock on the door was made of millennia-old ice-black iron, making it difficult to break in without divine weapons. A trapping array was also set up around the house, preventing the people inside from climbing out through the broken windows.
The furnishings inside were very simple: a hard bed, two stools with missing legs, and a table with one side broken. That was all.
Xu Youan quickly brushed past these and followed the faint sound of crying to the dark corner.
There huddled there, disheveled, with a woman whose face and age were obscured. Her clothes were covered in dust, but one could still discern the exquisite stitching and luxurious materials used.
The person seemed terrified; she was thin and bony, and her clothes, which should have fit her perfectly, now hung loosely and were ridiculously large. She hugged her knees, offering no cries for help, only intermittent sobs that immediately conveyed her fragility and helplessness.
Xu Youan didn't see anyone else, so he deactivated the invisibility array and used the teleportation array to enter the house.
Upon hearing footsteps, the person's sobbing stopped, then, as if terrified, they desperately shrank back, burying their head under their arms, crying and shouting in a hoarse voice, "Go away! Go away! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
"Please, don't come any closer!"
"do not come……"
Xu Youan remained expressionless, his steps unwavering, seemingly oblivious to her fear. Only when he was three steps away from her did he lower his head and look down at her.
He spoke, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The man's body suddenly stiffened, then, as if grasping at a lifeline, his whole body burst forth with immense joy.
She immediately looked up, trying to see who it was.
A handsome, refined, and youthful face suddenly came into her view.
She was stunned for a long time before she saw that the immortal boy in purple robes and black hair under the moon had already impatiently pursed his lips.
"I...I...Are you here to save me?"
If it weren't for his senior sister, Xu Youan wouldn't have bothered with such a stupid question at all.
"Who are you?" he repeated his question coldly.
The person seemed to finally realize something. First, she hurriedly tidied her messy hair, revealing her face. Then, she stammered, with a sob in her voice, "My name is Wang Yueyue. I am the daughter of the city lord of Chang Le City. I was imprisoned here. I have been imprisoned for five years!"
"Big brother, please save me! I promise my dad will reward you handsomely, give you lots and lots of treasures! I'm scared, I don't want to be locked up here anymore, please..."
Because she had tucked all the hair that was covering her face behind her ears, it became clear that she was actually a little girl of only eleven or twelve years old.
Moreover, as she moved, the icy iron tightly binding her wrists and ankles was revealed to Xu Youan, with bloody marks on them, looking both pitiful and cruel.
Xu Youan remained unmoved by this, but showed a slight interest in the words "the city lord's daughter" that she mentioned.
What reason could a father and a city lord possibly have to imprison his daughter in such a godforsaken place and torment her like this?
Five years ago, the city lord ended his seclusion and his personality changed drastically, even affecting his own daughter—it seems this person must know something.
Tonight wasn't a wasted trip.
If my senior sister knew that he not only brought back useful information, but also rescued a poor, helpless girl who was being tortured by her own father, she would be very happy, right?
Will she praise him?
If he makes a small request, like giving her a gentle hug, would she agree?
Will it?
My senior sister is never stingy!
Thinking of this, Xu Youan felt a little discouraged.
His senior sister wasn't stingy; rather, she simply... never cared about such trivial matters.
Never mind, he actually benefited, didn't he?
He shouldn't have been so greedy.
Xu Youan turned his gaze back to the pleading girl, and with a flick of his wrist, a long, jet-black spear appeared in his hand.
"do not move."
With a thud, the tip of the gun flashed, and the chains binding the girl's hands and feet fell to the ground.
Wang Yueyue felt the heavy weight on her wrists and ankles lighten, and her eyes widened in disbelief.
These chains were so sturdy, yet this young man broke them in a single move...
He is so awesome!
He's an immortal who's come to rescue her!
Xu Youan put away his spear, turned and walked towards the door. A teleportation array instantly appeared on the door panel.
He spoke, his voice as clear as shattered jade: "Follow behind me, I'll take you out."
The girl stared blankly at the purple-clad boy under the moonlight, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
Xu Youan noticed that she hadn't moved, frowned, and turned around to say something, but unexpectedly saw a face covered in tears.
He suddenly felt completely overwhelmed.
So annoying.
I don't want to spend any time or effort on anyone other than my senior sister.