Chapter 433: Recruiting More Disciples! [2]
In broad daylight, two rays of light flashed through the sky. The beasts in the forbidden forest grew restless, sensing the powerful auras passing right over their heads.
None of the beasts dared to breathe, let alone challenge those auras with their roars and screams.
In a matter of minutes, Noah and Xin Yan crossed the forest and appeared over the Primal Dawn City.
"Aghh!!" As soon as they stopped in mid-air, a loud scream caused Xin Yan to look down.
As soon as she lowered her head, she saw Ma Li, who was being held like a sack of vegetables, breathing heavily.
Her face was pale from the lack of air, but soon a light blush appeared on her face.
*Thud!*
With a cold expression, Xin Yan released her hold on the girl, causing her to fall to the ground. Since they were not very high in the air, Ma Li reacted in time and landed perfectly on her feet.
"That was very mean, Aunty Xin Yan." Ma Li looked at Xin Yan with a pitiful expression.
Ignoring the girl, the two of them hovered down from the air, landing on the ground as well.
"Where are we?" Getting no response from Xin Yan, Ma Li looked around the area and asked in confusion.
Surrounding them was an abandoned estate, the buildings and ground filled with dust and cobwebs. Fortunately, it was daytime, or Ma Li would have been more scared than she already was.
"This is the Primal Dawn City. More precisely, the former Long Clan's living area," Noah explained calmly. From the corner of his eye, he saw Xin Yan's mask disappearing as she looked around the area with complicated expressions in her eyes.
Shaking her head, Xin Yan stopped thinking about the past and looked back at Ma Li. "Lead us to their living quarters."
Ma Li was surprised by the slight coldness in Xin Yan's voice but did not pay much attention to it which led them toward the place where her parents were now living.
"These people are really annoying." Xin Yan frowned, noticing the people around them stopping to look at them while muttering among themselves.
Without saying anything, Noah walked forward and took her hand in his, providing her comfort with his presence. Sensing the rough fingers grazing her skin, Xin Yan found the beating of her heart calming down.
Noah knew that it was because of seeing the Long Clan's former home that Xin Yan was acting this way.
"Here we are!" Soon, Ma Li stopped before a tall estate almost twice the size of the Long Clan's and exclaimed with a happy expression on her face.
"Halt!" Just as she was about to walk through the front gates, the two guards standing at the gates stopped her sharply.
"Who goes there?!" Both guards asked loudly, looking at Ma Li as if it was the first time they had seen the girl.
"Have you ever visited here before?" Noah walked closer to Ma Li and asked curiously.
"Not really, I have been busy cultivating. I did not have time to go from one place to another." Ma Li shook her head cutely in response while trying to get closer to Noah, only for her plans to be foiled by Xin Yan.
"What are you whispering about?! I said, state your purpose!" One of the guards frowned, seeing them interacting secretly in front of the City Lord's mansion, and walked forward.
He used his aura in an attempt to scare the three of them. Enjoy more content from empire
"I am the City Lord's daughter. Tell him that Ma Li is here to see him along with two family friends." Ma Li did not like being interrupted and replied sharply, surprising the guards.
"Do you think any woman can come here and claim to be the City Lord's daughter?!" the other guard scoffed, seeing Ma Li.
Although he was surprised by her beauty, not sensing any cultivation from the young woman, he did not take her seriously.
"Did she say she is the daughter of the City Lord?"
"How laughable, just because she looks good, does she think she can walk into any place claiming whatever she wants?!"
"True! Our City Lord is a very young woman and a powerful cultivator. How can any man be worthy enough to be her husband? Let alone have children with her."
One by one, people who admired Shi Jie laughed and started making fun of Ma Li. It appeared that none of these people knew about the relationship between Ma Mingli and Shi Jie.
Their words reached Ma Li's ears. She clenched her hands into fists and lowered her head, trying to stop herself from attacking any of these people.
She did not like it when anyone said bad things about her family, and the words of these people were practically insults to her father.
She could not bear that!
"I have had enough of this." Xin Yan, seeing Ma Li's expression from the corner of her eyes, clicked her tongue and walked forward. Her voice sheathed with annoyance, sent shivers down the guards' spines.
"Wha…" Before the guards could even lift their weapons, they were sent flying backward.
*Bang!*
Seeing the guards sticking to the wall, the onlookers were scared to death and ran away in panic.
Everyone knew that the guards were cultivators, and someone who could defeat them so easily was someone they could not afford to offend.
"Why did you make a move?" Xin Yan turned back and looked at Noah. Seeing the curious look in her eyes, Noah walked forward, "There is no need for you to dirty your hands."
He smiled and moved his hand to tuck a lock of her loose hair behind her ears. Xin Yan froze at the unexpected reply and touch, a warm smile appearing on her face, wiping away all of her previous annoyance.
'Why does their interaction look weird? Are they really just mother and son?' Ma Li, who saw their interaction from the back, frowned, feeling a small pain in her heart.