A day after Veli got kidnapped,
Completing the mission assigned to her, Bi Shiyue returned to the sect with a happy smile.
She was excited to be able to finally unite with Veli after such a long time, although it had only been a few days. She missed her beloved sister the whole time, she was on the mission.
Now, without any delay, she entered the sect. At first, she found it odd as she had expected Veli to wait for her outside the sect to welcome her back, however, ignoring this, she moved towards her residence.
The anticipation of finally meeting her dear sister made her heart beat faster.
She entered the house, shouting: "Veli, I am back"
She expected Veli to come running to hug her, however, she got no response, whatsoever.
She moved inside the house, traversing multiple rooms, looking for her sister: "Veli! Veli! come out, this isn't funny"
As she searched through every single room in her house, her pace and heartbeat increased. A panicked expression occupied her face as she called out for her little sister: "Veli, Don't scare me, If this is a prank, then it's enough. See, I am already scared enough, you can come out now"
However, only silence welcomed her ears. Now, she was starting to get worried. She had already met a few disciples on the way who informed her that Veli wasn't at the usual places that she would visit.
And right now, it was night, so there was no way that Veli would be playing outside, this late. She also knew about the fact that Yujin was in close cultivation right now, so she couldn't be with him, either.
As multiple possibilities crossed her mind, making her more worried and panicked, her sight fell on a letter placed on top of the table in the hall, where she was standing.
She didn't recognize that letter and hence, decided to open it.
Opening it, she began to read it in a hurry as her eyes widened in surprise and fear.
The letter stated:
[Hello dear Shiyue,
I have kidnapped Bi Veli and don't worry, she is safe with me. Now, before you start to panic, rest assured, I will not harm her, unless, you refuse to obey me.
Also, don't get any funny ideas about informing the sect or your family about this. If I find out that you even attempted to do so, I will make sure that Veli suffers the consequences of your actions.
Now listen, I have a debt to collect with Wang Ashen and I need you to bring him to the outer layer of the Spirit Beasts Thicket, alone. The location is marked behind this letter.
Once you make him come to this location alone, I will send your beloved little sister to your house without a scratch on her.
I will remind you again, don't even think to double-cross me, that will only make the situation worse, you wouldn't want that, would you?]
"WHAT??" Shiyue shouted in disbelief and horror, upon reading the letter.
However, without wasting any time, she turned the letter to glance at the location mentioned.
It was a secluded place where no soul wandered.
She could guess what this kidnapper planned by getting Ashen to come to this secluded place alone, however, she didn't have the luxury to worry about Ashen right now. She needed to get her sister out of her predicament.
"What should I do? I want to save Veli, but, should I harm Ashen to do so?" Shiyue didn't know what to do.
She was a good person and didn't want to harm someone to save her sister. She had no idea at what to do.
"What if I tell him about the letter? Maybe he will go to the location himself to save Veli" Shiyue pondered before shaking her head, rejecting this thought. "No, only a fool will go to one's own grave for someone else. If he was Yujin, then maybe, but, Ashen wouldn't. I'll need to come up with some sort of plan to make him go to this location"
Although she was a nice person, however, her desire to save her sister was stronger. She had been with her from her childhood and Ashen was just a random cultivator, whom she met a few days ago.
It was obvious who she would choose and no one could blame her. Every person would choose his family over someone you had just met some days ago, right?
With the warning given in the letter, she didn't even consider informing anyone to ask for help. She didn't want a single scratch on her sister and she could go to any lengths to protect her from harm.
With a strong desire to protect her sister, Shiyue began formulating multiple strategies.
"What if I ask him to help me find some herb in the Spirit Beasts Thicket? I can go with him, while, subtly making him move in the direction of the location."
However, she shook her head, rejecting this strategy right away: "No, this won't work, what if he refuse? And If I accompany him, The kidnappers can attack me too, or maybe kidnap me. That will just make the situation worse."
After some more contemplation, she came up with another strategy: " I need to get him unconscious, otherwise, if he figures out what is happening, he can use some secret methods to contact the sect leader, he is her Personal disciple after all.
Being the greatest genius of the sect, he must have received some life-saving treasure from the sect. I can't let him escape, before I can save Veli."
Thinking along those lines, her eyes lit up as a plan formed in her mind.
She stood up before beginning to take out multiple herbs and ingredients from her ring.
Next, she took out a furnace as she began to concoct a pill. Supplying the heat to the furnace, she began to put multiple herbs inside the furnace.
After a good while, a sweet aroma filled the room as a purple-colored pill popped out of the furnace. Shiyue analyzed the pill, finding no fault in it.
A smile appeared on her beautiful face as she murmured: "Good, Now, I just need to have him eat this pill and if this plan fails, I can always overpower him with my strength. He is just a Body Transformation realm cultivator after all"
This purple pill was a basic sleeping pill that would make Ashen fall into a deep sleep. This pill could be concocted by any beginner alchemist, therefore, Shiyue decided to employ this.
Next, she took out five round green fruits from her space ring that were similar to oranges before beginning to take out their juice.
It didn't take long before she had a jug, filled with green colored juice in her hand. She put that pill inside the juice, mixing it well to not let Ashen spot something wrong.
After she was done with all the preparations, she went ahead, exiting her house with the jug of juice in her hand and a black cloth covering her face.
It was already late at night, hence, not many disciples were outside.
Shiyue moved carefully while hiding her face with the black cloth.
Before long, she was outside Ashen's house.
*knock* *knock*
She knocked on Ashen's main door, waiting for Ashen to open the door.
The door had a sound transmitting talisman installed on it, which would transmit the knocking sound to Ashen's room.
Ashen revealed a clever smile on his face as he murmured:
"Ah, so you have finally come... my prey!"
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(A/N - Sorry for the late updates, I am not a full time author and have another work which required my time. This week, I was given all the work that was possible. I don't even know how I passed this week.
Saying that, I will just say that I cannot update daily, but, I promise to do my best to continue this novel.
I want this novel to be interesting, therefore, I may take my time to decide on how the story will progress.
I hope you will understand and if you feel that it is not worth the wait, then, you can drop my book. I will understand. You can come back after there are more chapters.
Lastly, this will be the last free chapter and I will make the next chapters premium. I hope until here it was enough to decide whether it is interesting enough to make you spend coins.
Thanks for reading. ^..^)