From a long distance away, Bai Lixin could understand the meaning behind the woman’s gestures.
–Someone is here to save us!
–You see, he saved me!
–He’ll take us out!
–Hold on!
Dijia finally cut in and said, “Not bad; you’ve worked hard.”
Bai Lixin glanced at Dijia, his beautiful eyes like those of a heavenly spirit, looking indescribably cunning.
The woman whose hands were dancing around stopped momentarily when she heard footsteps and turned back nervously.
When she saw that it was her benefactors, she relaxed.
Bai Lixin asked gently: “How is it going?”
The woman answered: “They are all eager to get out of here.”
She then asked Bai Lixin, both nervously and excitedly: “You can save them, right?”
Bai Lixin nodded seriously and said, “Yes, I might be one person, but I have a lot of cards.”
At these words, an inappropriate image suddenly flashed through Dijia’s mind.
You would think he is small, but the water was quite plenty.
As if sensing Dijia’s little thoughts, Bai Lixin suddenly cast a sidelong glance at him.
His gaze was as sharp as a blade, and Dijia immediately became serious.
Bai Lixin: “What is your name?”
The rescued woman still looked terrified and said, “I’m Que’er.”
Bai Lixin looked at the woman in his arms and asked, “May I ask, what is your name again?”
The woman was hanging onto his arms like a sloth, and when she heard his question, she whispered softly, “My name is Xi Niang.”
“Then, Que’er, please take care of Xi Niang first, she has just given birth.”
Qu’er gave Xi Niang a serious look and then said, “Yes, no problem; just leave it to me.”
He leaned Xi Niang against the wall, then pulled a bunch of healing cards out of his backpack.
Dijia didn’t sit idle either; he took Bai Lixin’s dagger and drew circles on the glass.
One healed, the other opened a door, and they worked together very well.
In less than ten minutes, the twenty women held behind the glass windows were rescued.
Some of them were still pregnant, others had already finished giving birth.
Bai Lixin looked at the helpless women, and asked, “Yanwang Town is gone, what are your plans?”
“Most of us are living souls,” replied Qu’er, “but a few are living among us. We just discussed it all; since they can’t stay in Yanwang Town, they’ll just go to the living soul area for now. There are still a few sisters who are pregnant, so we’ll make plans when they give birth.”
“The power of one may be small, but we are twenty. As long as we have hope, we’ll be fine.”
Bai Lixin looked at Qu’er, then grabbed a large number of incense tiles from his backpack, saying, “If you’re going to the area of living souls, then go to the family in the east. There is a mother and her two children; I think they would be happy to make friends with you.”
“You take this incense and help me give that family some as well.”
Bai Lixin took a cloth sack from his backpack and then grabbed a few more large handfuls, not stopping until the sack was full.
The twenty women were flattered, and Qu’er felt overwhelmed as she held the heavy bag of money, saying, “This… this is too much. You have already saved our lives, and now you are giving us money. I’ve never seen so much incense in my life.”
“You must not be human!”
Bai Lixin froze: “……”
Why are you suddenly scolding me?
Qu’er: “You are an immortal from heaven! You must be an immortal that came down to help us!”
“Can you tell us your name? We will enshrine your portrait and worship you day and night in the future.”
Bai Lixin: “Ahem, my name is Bai Lixin, let’s go, this is not the place to chat. If it is fate, we will meet again.”
Seeing this, Qu’er asked, “Aren’t you leaving with us?”
Bai Lixin: “No, we have other things to do. If you see that mother and children, please remember to give them incense as well.”
Qu’er: “Yes, no problem, but how are we going to get out of here?”
Dijia, whose presence had approached zero, finally had the opportunity to come on stage. He raised his head and pretended to cough reservedly, saying, “I’ll help you. I’m not so talented, I can only tear through space.”
With that, Dijia’s hand took the shape of a claw, and he slashed through the air, immediately tearing a huge gap in the otherwise calm air.
Qu’er’s eyes widened, “Wow, so amazing. Lord Bai Lixin, your companion is also powerful.”
Dijia listened to the compliment but looked straight at Bai Lixin. His dark eyes were filled with anticipation, and the big invisible tail behind him was about to swing into a fan.
Bai Lixin’s spine tingled, and the corner of his mouth twitched, “Yes, he’s amazing.”
The gloom on Dijia’s face suddenly disappeared.
‘ Heehee, baby praised me. See, I’m still the more useful one.’
After watching the twenty women leave one after the other, Bai Lixin looked down at Xi Niang, who was leaning against the wall, and said, “Actually, you could have just given us the clues without having to risk your life.”
The woman frowned and thought for a moment, but finally shook her head and said, “Let me accompany you, I want to get my child back. When I recover the child, I will join the rest.”
“This is the only family I have left in this world; even if the child is dead, I have to see it with my own eyes.”
“Or I might not be able to rest in peace for the rest of my life.”
Seeing Xi Niang’s insistence, Bai Lixin didn’t say anything more but changed the subject, “Where do I have to go to find the Ghost Market Master?”
Xi Niang: “In the Hidden City, the Ghost Market Master is actually in this auction house. I inadvertently bumped into him that time, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known about such matters.”
“He often changes the mask on his face, but there is a distinctive feature on him, I remember a red mark on his neck.”
At those words, Bai Lixin’s mind flew through all the NPCs’ features in the auction house.
He went through so many figures and finally stopped on one.
The NPC in charge of payments when he was paying for the key that day had a red mark on his neck.
“It’s a key clue,” Bai Lixin glanced at her, “and a big help.”
Xi Niang immediately stretched out her arms and said, “Have you found something? Then let’s hurry.”
She was asking to be held up.
“……” Bai Lixin pursed his lips, “I just used a healing spell on you, if you have the will to stand up, your body should have recovered long ago, right?”
Xi Niang immediately felt embarrassed and stood up with her hand propped on the wall. Her steps were not steady, but she didn’t look as weak as earlier. “It’s been a long time since I saw a handsome man like you. Although I have given birth to a child, I am still a girl who appreciates beauty, will you forgive me?”
Bai Lixin was polite rather than graceful: “Of course.”
Dijia: “……”
Of course, my ass!
The three went back up the stairs from earlier, the cloak could hold three, but Dijia didn’t want to create an opportunity for the woman to eat tofu.
He thought about it and eventually decided against tearing through space.
Tearing through space had both advantages and disadvantages.
Although you could quickly move through places, it was impossible to pinpoint a specific coordinate when teleporting, and one could only get a general location.
Moreover, the view is blocked, which means that one wouldn’t know what was happening on the other side until they crossed over.
That was why Bai Lixin and Tuanzi ended up in the manzanita flowers the last time he tore through space to the Underworld.
If he could, wouldn’t he have taken Bai Lixin straight back to his bed?
They walked to the entrance from earlier, and Dijia pulled three masks from the air and handed them out one by one.
Then he draped his cloak over himself and instantly disappeared.
The door slowly opened on its own, followed by the muffled grunt of the paper men outside.
The man’s calm voice then came, “Done. Come on.”
What’s the point of thinking of ways to leave? Fists are the way to go!
Whoever’s fist wins has the final say!
The three wore their masks and walked down the empty corridor.
After walking for a while, Bai Lixin remembered something and asked Xi Niang, who was beside him, “You have been here for so long, were any demon babies born in that time?”
Xi Niang’s voice had changed to a very rough tone because of her mask, she shook her head and said, “I’m not sure. They’d take away the children immediately they are born and wouldn’t say anything.”
“I don’t care if it’s a demon baby or not, but I can only pray that my child isn’t one.” Her tone was muffled. “I hope the baby is still okay.”
Bai Lixin: “What could be wrong with the child?”
Xi Niang: “I’ve heard that children of good quality are used as vessels for souls. Children of lesser quality will be burned to ashes and made into powder. Nothing must happen to my child.”
“Although he is not the fruit of my love, he is the child I conceived through hardship, and I still love him.”
“When I get my child back, I will also start a new life in the living soul area.”
From a long distance away, Bai Lixin could understand the meaning behind the woman’s gestures.
–Someone is here to save us!
–You see, he saved me!
–He’ll take us out!
–Hold on!
Dijia finally cut in and said, “Not bad; you’ve worked hard.”
Bai Lixin glanced at Dijia, his beautiful eyes like those of a heavenly spirit, looking indescribably cunning.
The woman whose hands were dancing around stopped momentarily when she heard footsteps and turned back nervously.
When she saw that it was her benefactors, she relaxed.
Bai Lixin asked gently: “How is it going?”
The woman answered: “They are all eager to get out of here.”
She then asked Bai Lixin, both nervously and excitedly: “You can save them, right?”
Bai Lixin nodded seriously and said, “Yes, I might be one person, but I have a lot of cards.”
At these words, an inappropriate image suddenly flashed through Dijia’s mind.
You would think he is small, but the water was quite plenty.
As if sensing Dijia’s little thoughts, Bai Lixin suddenly cast a sidelong glance at him.
His gaze was as sharp as a blade, and Dijia immediately became serious.
Bai Lixin: “What is your name?”
The rescued woman still looked terrified and said, “I’m Que’er.”
Bai Lixin looked at the woman in his arms and asked, “May I ask, what is your name again?”
The woman was hanging onto his arms like a sloth, and when she heard his question, she whispered softly, “My name is Xi Niang.”
“Then, Que’er, please take care of Xi Niang first, she has just given birth.”
Qu’er gave Xi Niang a serious look and then said, “Yes, no problem; just leave it to me.”
He leaned Xi Niang against the wall, then pulled a bunch of healing cards out of his backpack.
Dijia didn’t sit idle either; he took Bai Lixin’s dagger and drew circles on the glass.
One healed, the other opened a door, and they worked together very well.
In less than ten minutes, the twenty women held behind the glass windows were rescued.
Some of them were still pregnant, others had already finished giving birth.
Bai Lixin looked at the helpless women, and asked, “Yanwang Town is gone, what are your plans?”
“Most of us are living souls,” replied Qu’er, “but a few are living among us. We just discussed it all; since they can’t stay in Yanwang Town, they’ll just go to the living soul area for now. There are still a few sisters who are pregnant, so we’ll make plans when they give birth.”
“The power of one may be small, but we are twenty. As long as we have hope, we’ll be fine.”
Bai Lixin looked at Qu’er, then grabbed a large number of incense tiles from his backpack, saying, “If you’re going to the area of living souls, then go to the family in the east. There is a mother and her two children; I think they would be happy to make friends with you.”
“You take this incense and help me give that family some as well.”
Bai Lixin took a cloth sack from his backpack and then grabbed a few more large handfuls, not stopping until the sack was full.
The twenty women were flattered, and Qu’er felt overwhelmed as she held the heavy bag of money, saying, “This… this is too much. You have already saved our lives, and now you are giving us money. I’ve never seen so much incense in my life.”
“You must not be human!”
Bai Lixin froze: “……”
Why are you suddenly scolding me?
Qu’er: “You are an immortal from heaven! You must be an immortal that came down to help us!”
“Can you tell us your name? We will enshrine your portrait and worship you day and night in the future.”
Bai Lixin: “Ahem, my name is Bai Lixin, let’s go, this is not the place to chat. If it is fate, we will meet again.”
Seeing this, Qu’er asked, “Aren’t you leaving with us?”
Bai Lixin: “No, we have other things to do. If you see that mother and children, please remember to give them incense as well.”
Qu’er: “Yes, no problem, but how are we going to get out of here?”
Dijia, whose presence had approached zero, finally had the opportunity to come on stage. He raised his head and pretended to cough reservedly, saying, “I’ll help you. I’m not so talented, I can only tear through space.”
With that, Dijia’s hand took the shape of a claw, and he slashed through the air, immediately tearing a huge gap in the otherwise calm air.
Qu’er’s eyes widened, “Wow, so amazing. Lord Bai Lixin, your companion is also powerful.”
Dijia listened to the compliment but looked straight at Bai Lixin. His dark eyes were filled with anticipation, and the big invisible tail behind him was about to swing into a fan.
Bai Lixin’s spine tingled, and the corner of his mouth twitched, “Yes, he’s amazing.”
The gloom on Dijia’s face suddenly disappeared.
‘ Heehee, baby praised me. See, I’m still the more useful one.’
After watching the twenty women leave one after the other, Bai Lixin looked down at Xi Niang, who was leaning against the wall, and said, “Actually, you could have just given us the clues without having to risk your life.”
The woman frowned and thought for a moment, but finally shook her head and said, “Let me accompany you, I want to get my child back. When I recover the child, I will join the rest.”
“This is the only family I have left in this world; even if the child is dead, I have to see it with my own eyes.”
“Or I might not be able to rest in peace for the rest of my life.”
Seeing Xi Niang’s insistence, Bai Lixin didn’t say anything more but changed the subject, “Where do I have to go to find the Ghost Market Master?”
Xi Niang: “In the Hidden City, the Ghost Market Master is actually in this auction house. I inadvertently bumped into him that time, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known about such matters.”
“He often changes the mask on his face, but there is a distinctive feature on him, I remember a red mark on his neck.”
At those words, Bai Lixin’s mind flew through all the NPCs’ features in the auction house.
He went through so many figures and finally stopped on one.
The NPC in charge of payments when he was paying for the key that day had a red mark on his neck.
“It’s a key clue,” Bai Lixin glanced at her, “and a big help.”
Xi Niang immediately stretched out her arms and said, “Have you found something? Then let’s hurry.”
She was asking to be held up.
“……” Bai Lixin pursed his lips, “I just used a healing spell on you, if you have the will to stand up, your body should have recovered long ago, right?”
Xi Niang immediately felt embarrassed and stood up with her hand propped on the wall. Her steps were not steady, but she didn’t look as weak as earlier. “It’s been a long time since I saw a handsome man like you. Although I have given birth to a child, I am still a girl who appreciates beauty, will you forgive me?”
Bai Lixin was polite rather than graceful: “Of course.”
Dijia: “……”
Of course, my ass!
The three went back up the stairs from earlier, the cloak could hold three, but Dijia didn’t want to create an opportunity for the woman to eat tofu.
He thought about it and eventually decided against tearing through space.
Tearing through space had both advantages and disadvantages.
Although you could quickly move through places, it was impossible to pinpoint a specific coordinate when teleporting, and one could only get a general location.
Moreover, the view is blocked, which means that one wouldn’t know what was happening on the other side until they crossed over.
That was why Bai Lixin and Tuanzi ended up in the manzanita flowers the last time he tore through space to the Underworld.
If he could, wouldn’t he have taken Bai Lixin straight back to his bed?
They walked to the entrance from earlier, and Dijia pulled three masks from the air and handed them out one by one.
Then he draped his cloak over himself and instantly disappeared.
The door slowly opened on its own, followed by the muffled grunt of the paper men outside.
The man’s calm voice then came, “Done. Come on.”
What’s the point of thinking of ways to leave? Fists are the way to go!
Whoever’s fist wins has the final say!
The three wore their masks and walked down the empty corridor.
After walking for a while, Bai Lixin remembered something and asked Xi Niang, who was beside him, “You have been here for so long, were any demon babies born in that time?”
Xi Niang’s voice had changed to a very rough tone because of her mask, she shook her head and said, “I’m not sure. They’d take away the children immediately they are born and wouldn’t say anything.”
“I don’t care if it’s a demon baby or not, but I can only pray that my child isn’t one.” Her tone was muffled. “I hope the baby is still okay.”
Bai Lixin: “What could be wrong with the child?”
Xi Niang: “I’ve heard that children of good quality are used as vessels for souls. Children of lesser quality will be burned to ashes and made into powder. Nothing must happen to my child.”
“Although he is not the fruit of my love, he is the child I conceived through hardship, and I still love him.”
“When I get my child back, I will also start a new life in the living soul area.”
