"Who the hell...?" Su Xiaobai squinted at the shadowy figure outside the cell.
Slowly, the silhouette took shape—a woman, her face hidden behind a veil.
Smooth, pale skin, and for a split second, he caught the flash of red eyes that practically scread dangerous but sexy.
Without a word, she started drawing so weird patterns on the wall. Su Xiaobai watched, confused, as she summoned a key from thin air and flicked off the heavenly lightning crackling around the bars like she was just turning off a damn light switch.
She sighed, finally turning to him. "Su Xiaobai, you need to run. Head to Storm Peak Mountains. Matriarch Su and the others are waiting. Then get leave Wuxia Province forever."
With a casual flick, she pulled down her veil, revealing a face so beautiful it was like a slap to the ego.
Her lips were red and thin, her expression cold—like she couldn't care less whether he lived or died.
Pretty, but terrifying.
"Who are you?" Su Xiaobai shot back, eyes narrowing. His mother said she'd send soone, sure, but what if this lady was bait?
He steps out, they nab him, and bam, he's back in a cell with a bonus beating, and his mom's implicated too.
She sighed, clearly not in the mood.
As she stepped closer, Su Xiaobai took a step back.
BOOM!
Suddenly, her aura hit like a damn tidal wave, nearly knocking the breath out of him. He wasn't strong enough to deal with this kind of power—it felt like she could turn him into soup with a flick of her wrist.
ZIIIIING!
The iron bars screeched and snapped, cracking under the pressure of her spiritual energy.
"Go, now!" Sun Lingxi urged, glancing over her shoulder like soone was on her tail. Anxiety crept into her otherwise ice-cold voice.
Su Xiaobai stepped out but stayed put, glaring at her. "I'm not stupid. How do I know this isn't just another setup?"
Sun Lingxi's eyes glead with impatience. "I am Sun Lingxi of the Sun Dynasty! I have visited your elder sister, Su Yiran, many tis atop Storm Peak. Do you not recall?"
Her voice grew colder, more urgent. "Listen, there's no ti to waste. You're being used as a scapegoat. If you don't run now, they'll crush you and put your head on display for all to see! The forces behind this are way too powerful for anyone to handle."
Su Xiaobai wracked his brain, mories stirring.
Yeah, he did recall a girl from the Sun Dynasty visiting his elder sister Su Yiran.
But him, being used as a scapegoat? What the hell was going on?
After that ssy encounter with Long Lifen, things had gone black. Was soone plotting behind his back?
Su Xiaobai couldn't help but wonder,' Why the hell am I getting dragged into this ss?' He had done everything right—or so he thought.
He had mastered the art of being unimportant, a perfect side character. Blending into the background had been his specialty, avoiding the lilight and trouble alike! His whole plan was to stay low, just another faceless figure in the grand narrative of life.
So why was fate determined to fuck him over? Why aren't they just ignoring ?
"Shouldn't I be too insignificant for this shit?" he muttered to himself. There were plenty of other people who could be scapegoated, after all. Su Xiaobai had spent years trying to avoid exactly this sort of thing. He wasn't so genius cultivator, not so hidden prodigy that everyone was waiting to rise—he was just Su Xiaobai, a guy who should be able to slip through life unnoticed.
But sohow, he was caught in the storm again. Was it that Long Lifen incident? Surely, it wasn't worth all this heat just because he got unlucky and faceplanted into so breasts. Sure, she was his aunt-by-engagent, but still! He wasn't even important enough to make killing him a big deal. Right?
He had no clue what anyone would gain by offing him.
He clicked his tongue in frustration. Damn it. So much for living as the forgotten character...
He was confused, but none of that mattered right now.
There was only one thing to do.
"Thanks, Senior Sister!" he blurted out, and without thinking, threw his arms around her soft, fragrant body.
"!!"
Sun Lingxi froze, her cold, impassive face suddenly glowing with a faint blush.
The red tint on her cheeks betrayed the storm in her heart as it thudded loudly in her chest.
She had never been this close to any man before, and now this reckless idiot was hugging her?
anwhile, Su Xiaobai, oblivious to the internal chaos he was causing, grinned and shifted gears. "Old man, you wanna—" He glanced toward where Old Man Ning had been sitting, only to find him gone, like a damn ghost.
The old bastard had vanished the mont the prison door opened, disappearing into the wind.
"Tsk, sly old fox," Su Xiaobai muttered with a smirk. "Guess I'm on my own."
He turned back to Sun Lingxi, who still looked like she was processing that unexpected hug. "Alright, Senior Sister, thanks again! Gotta run!"
Just as he bolted off in the wrong direction, Sun Lingxi snapped out of her daze. "Wait, this way! — Go — this way!" she called out in panic, her voice a mix of disbelief and exasperation.
"Oh." Su Xiaobai shalessly turned around and sprinted the way she pointed, not missing a beat.
Su Xiaobai's grin widened as he ran, "This Senior Sister is very helpful—hard on the outside, but soft on the inside. If she's not deceiving , the ants watching from above and the higher-ups would definitely pair her with the protagonist."
He licked his lips, the sweet scent of her lingering in his mind.
'Tasty.'
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"What a silly man…"
Sun Lingxi stood at the cave exit, watching Su Xiaobai sprinting through the mountain peaks like he was being chased by demons.
She sighed, shaking her head.
'He took advantage of you...!'
A mist swirled beside her, dark and ominous, forming into a shadowy double of herself, hissing in anger.
The damn mist clearly hadn't missed Su Xiaobai's little stunt during that hug.
Her brows twitched, but she didn't bother responding to the mist's complaints.
Instead, she stepped off into the air.
Whoosh!
Like a shadow, she shot off toward the Sun Dynasty Palace, careful not to be seen.
She had to stay low, make sure no one noticed her involvent.
Unfortunately for her, just across from the Heavenly Prison, perched on a towering mountain peak, two figures sat casually on the cliff's edge, watching everything from a distance.
"Checkmate."
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