The First Academy in the Cultivation World

"If it was an illusion, then why could she still redo Ling Yan'er's makeup?" Sun Youlin, who had also tried to touch the girl who led Ling Yan'er but also touched nothing, asked.

When he touched the girl but missed, he tentatively patted Ling Yan'er's shoulder. Fortunately, Ling Yan'er did not turn into an illusion, so he was still able to touch her.

If they couldn't touch Ling Yan'er, they wouldn't know what to do.

But it would be fine if they could still touch Ling Yan'er. After all, if something was really wrong, even if Ling Yan'er was controlled, they could still carry Ling Yan'er and run away.

Dongfang Zichu and Sheng Ze were not quite sure about this question, but they just shook their heads and said, "Let's wait and see."

The further they walked in, the closer they came to the main courtyard. This was the courtyard where Shengze, Sun Youlin, and their eldest sister lived. However, there were many maids and servants in this courtyard. After Ling Yan'er entered, they all said in unison, "Young Madam."

After welcoming Ling Yan'er in, he saw a noble lady dressed in extravagant clothes leaning on a chaise longue. When she saw Ling Yan'er come in, she waved the round fan in her hand and said nothing.

Ling Yan'er was forced to bow, but until her legs felt weak, the noble lady said, "This is Yu'er's wife, right? Let's serve tea first."

As soon as she finished speaking, a maid in brocade clothes placed a cup of tea in front of Ling Yan'er. Ling Yan'er replied "yes", then picked up the cup and placed it in front of the lady, saying, "Please have some tea, mother."

From Ling Yan'er's emotionless voice, it can be heard that she was being controlled when she said this.

The noble lady took a sip from the teacup, then put it down and said, "Once you enter our Hua family, you must abide by our rules. Don't go out and show your face unless necessary. It's not like our Hua family can't afford to support a daughter-in-law."

"My daughter-in-law will learn from you." Ling Yan'er said with her head down.

The noble lady went through a lot of rules before letting Ling Yan'er leave. When Ling Yan'er left the courtyard gate, she suddenly felt a start. The people around her disappeared. She rushed over and held Dongfang Zichu in her arms. "I was scared to death. I thought I would never be able to move freely."

Her words and actions just now were completely out of her control, which was really scary. And there were also those Hua family rules, which were too scary. She could only stay in her own yard all day and couldn't go anywhere. The only chance to go out every day was to come to this so-called mother-in-law to set rules.

When eating, she has to stand by and wait for the lady to finish eating before she can eat herself. What an outrageous rule!

No wonder it is said that all the ladies in ancient times could embroider. They were good at embroidery and had nothing else to do except thinking about embroidery every day. But if they didn't embroider, what else could they do? People would be stupid if they just sat there daydreaming.

Seeing that Ling Yan'er could move freely and no longer acted like a puppet being controlled by others, they felt relieved. But if Ling Yan'er could move freely, then Sheng Ze and their eldest sister should be able to do so as well. Then why didn't she leave any marks or messages?

Could it be that the situation she encountered was different?

"While I'm free now, let's go outside and take a look." Ling Yan'er suggested, "Let's see if there's still no one outside during the day."

Several people agreed with Ling Yan'er's suggestion. After all, even if Ling Yan'er didn't say it, they would have planned so. They also needed to investigate the situation in the city during the day. After all, what they saw at night was different from what they saw during the day.

But when they reached the door, they discovered a problem. Sheng Ze and the others were able to go out, but Ling Yan'er could clearly see the door and couldn't step out.

At the threshold, Ling Yan'er felt it was like she was touching the edge of a flying boat. It felt like there was a layer of transparent glass, and she couldn't even stretch out her hand.

"What's going on?" Ling Yan'er was surprised. "Could it be that someone made this rule so I can't go out? If I can't go out, shouldn't your senior sister be here too?"

But Sheng Ze and his group's senior sister was indeed not here. When they came out, Sheng Ze had already used his spiritual sense to investigate, and they were the only living people here.

Even the illusion they had seen when they entered before disappeared.

It has only been more than ten days since Shengze's senior sister disappeared. Their senior sister is not here, so it is impossible that she cannot go out, otherwise she was forced to go out under some circumstances.

Dongfang Zichu flew back and took Ling Yan'er's hand, but then easily pulled Ling Yan'er out of the door. At this time, Dongfang Zichu was also puzzled: "What's going on?"

He didn't expect that he could pull Ling Yan'er out so easily. Ling Yan'er couldn't come out just now, as if she had touched the transparent protective shield on the flying boat, and it was not a fake.

Ling Yan'er was silent for a moment before saying, "It can't be something like that rule where married women can't go out alone and must be accompanied by the man of the family, right?"

Could it really be this fucked-up rule? When that noble lady told Ling Yan'er about the family rules, she did seem to have mentioned this.

Ling Yan'er looked at the gate, then at Dongfang Zichu, and had to admit that there was a high probability that this was really the case.

She took a deep breath and said without waiting for any persuasion, "Which direction should we look?"

"Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion." Sheng Ze said, "When we were investigating last night, we heard some spiritual fluctuations in the City Lord's Mansion, but we weren't sure. The situation was unclear last night, so we didn't go to investigate."

After all, it was late at night, so for safety reasons, they explored the city.

The main thing is to see if there is anyone in the city, especially to see if their senior sister is there.

"Then why did you say this morning that you didn't find anything?" Ling Yan'er looked at Sheng Ze.

Sheng Ze said, "But we didn't sense any trace of anyone from the City Lord's Mansion. It was just a slight fluctuation of spiritual energy. We weren't sure if it was a bait, so we didn't act rashly."

After all, it was night and the situation was unclear, so it would be better for them not to act rashly. It would be bad if something happened.

They are looking for the eldest sister, and they can't get themselves involved, otherwise who will save the eldest sister.

Seeing that Sheng Ze was not lying, Ling Yan'er nodded and said, "Then let's go to the City Lord's Mansion now."

The only known missing cultivator at present is Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin’s senior sister. If that spiritual power fluctuation is her, that would be perfect. At least we don’t have to bother looking for her anymore.

But judging from the expressions of Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin, it shouldn't be her. After all, if it was her, Sheng Ze and Sun Youlin would have gone over to take a look yesterday even though they knew it was a bait.