Oh my god, this is a bolt from the blue! A true heiress of metaphysics!

Chapter 269 Deal with her

The array flag has been refined. Changing the runes engraved on it would take some effort, but it's not a difficult task for Shi Xiaxia.

It took Shi Xiaxia a whole day to finish modifying the runes on the array flag.

To prevent the deception from being exposed and to avoid being noticed, Shi Xiaxia added talismans for gathering spiritual energy and yin energy to the array flag, thus creating the illusion that the array was complete.

......

The third day arrived in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Chen came to find Shi Xiaxia early in the morning.

"Pack up, it's time to go." Zhu Chen leaned against the door frame.

"Okay!" Shi Xiaxia said listlessly.

She slung her backpack over her shoulder, picked up the array flag, and followed Zhu Chen out of the courtyard.

After leaving the courtyard, Shi Xiaxia stretched and said, "The sun feels so nice."

"Promising." Zhu Chen glanced at Shi Xiaxia and said with a smirk.

Shi Xiaxia ignored him and pretended to enjoy the sunshine.

The two then climbed up the mountain to find the location of the formation. As they climbed higher, the entire layout of the Holy Maiden Cult came into view.

Shi Xiaxia looked around but didn't find anything strange.

As for why the spiritual energy here is so abundant, Shi Xiaxia guessed that there is a spiritual vein beneath the Holy Maiden Sect.

Although she hadn't been able to leave the courtyard for the past two months, the abundant spiritual energy had greatly increased Shi Xiaxia's cultivation level, and she had already completed the cultivation of the "Six Paths of Reincarnation" technique.

Once things are settled here and other matters are arranged, Shi Xiaxia can return to her own world.

......

The formation had been in place for more than half a month, and Shi Xiaxia had already become familiar with all the places in the Holy Maiden Sect.

As for the cult leader's plan, Shi Xiaxia had her own guesses.

He seems to want to resurrect the saintess, whose body is in the cave that Shi Xiaxia went to before.

But the place was heavily guarded, and Zhu Chen was keeping a close eye on her, so Shi Xiaxia had no way to sneak in.

However, if the formation goes wrong, the leader's plan will likely fail.

That day, Xiaxia left the courtyard to set up the formation as usual.

It will be completed in just a few more directions.

After leaving the courtyard, Shi Xiaxia looked at the people coming and going and saw that the Holy Maiden Church was being set up in a lively manner, which made her feel strange.

"What are you all doing?" Shi Xiaxia asked, striking up a conversation with one of them.

"The Grand Protector said that a banquet will be held in a few days to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Holy Maiden Church,"

The man replied with a smile, "This time we're going to hold a big event, and many people who haven't joined the Holy Maiden Church can come and visit, so we started making preparations early."

"I see." Shi Xiaxia nodded.

The timing was neither too early nor too late; it was deliberately scheduled to take place after the formation was fully set up.

Yin energy, spiritual energy, and the life force of the living—it seems she guessed correctly!

The cult leader wants to resurrect the Holy Maiden!

"Let's go." Zhu Chen, who had just arrived, waved to Shi Xiaxia when he saw her talking to someone.

After saying goodbye to that person, Shi Xiaxia came to Zhu Chen's side.

Zhu Chen looked at Shi Xiaxia and asked, "Should we be able to finish setting things up today?"

"Okay." Shi Xiaxia nodded.

She knew all along that Zhu Chen would probably make a move against her once the formation was set up, so the positions she left behind were all very suitable for escaping.

Ugh.

Shi Xiaxia sighed inwardly. Although she could escape, she still hadn't found where the loyalty Gu that Zhu Chen had placed on her was hiding.

Shi Xiaxia once doubted that there were no Gu worms in her body at all!

All we can do is take a gamble!

I just hope the Loyalty Gu won't hurt too much.

The two arrived at the mountain again. Shi Xiaxia put two fingers to her lips, silently chanting a spell as she walked along the mountain path, while Zhu Chen followed her at a distance.

After about an hour, Shi Xiaxia only had one last array flag left in her hand. Once this flag was placed in, the array would be completely complete.

Shi Xiaxia hesitated and circled around again and again, but did not make a move to insert the last array flag.

"Why aren't you making a move yet?" Zhu Chen stared at Shi Xiaxia, seemingly having run out of patience.

Shi Xiaxia glanced at Zhu Chen and moved further away from him: "After the formation is completed, I'll die, right?"

"You know so much?" Zhu Chen raised an eyebrow at Shi Xiaxia, a smile playing on his lips.

But when discussing life and death, Zhu Chen's ambiguous smile was even more chilling.

"Just tell me, isn't that right?" Shi Xiaxia glared at Zhu Chen and asked in a defiant manner.

"Not necessarily,"

Zhu Chen smiled and said, "For example, the Great Protector's wife will definitely not be in any trouble."

Shi Xiaxia: "......"

Is this really the only way?

Shi Xiaxia seemed to find this answer hard to accept. She tentatively asked, "My skills are not yet proficient, and the formation is not completely stable. If problems arise again, perhaps I can still adjust and salvage the situation?"

"What do you think?" Zhu Chen asked instead of answering.

Shi Xiaxia withdrew her gaze and looked at the last array flag in her hand.

She gritted her teeth and finally planted the array flag.

After the last formation flag was planted, all the flags lit up briefly, indicating that the formation had been successfully set up.

"I..." Shi Xiaxia had just turned around and was about to say something to Zhu Chen.

Suddenly, a small spider jumped out from a nearby branch, landed on Shi Xiaxia's neck, and then bit her.

Shi Xiaxia suddenly felt dizzy.

She held her head, leaning against a tree trunk to barely stand: "You...you never intended to keep me here from the beginning..."

Zhu Chen smiled, but only looked at Shi Xiaxia without answering her.

Within two or three seconds, Shi Xiaxia fainted.

The little spider that was originally on Shi Xiaxia's neck crawled back onto Zhu Chen's body, circling around him as if trying to curry favor.

Zhu Chen walked over, picked up Shi Xiaxia who had fallen to the ground and was unconscious, and headed in the opposite direction from the Holy Maiden Church.

After he left, many small insects suddenly appeared on the ground and crawled onto the array flag that Shi Xiaxia had last inserted.

Zhu Chen carried Shi Xiaxia for more than ten minutes, then came to a tree and imitated two bird calls.

"Great Protector!" A figure jumped down from a tree.

"Take care of her." Zhu Chen handed Shi Xiaxia over to the man who had just appeared and then turned to leave.

"Yes!" the man replied, then carried Shi Xiaxia on his back and ran down the mountain.

The man had been running for about ten minutes when he noticed the person on his back move.

He didn't pay any attention until a needle was placed in the artery in his neck.

"Don't move!" Shi Xiaxia threatened in a cold voice.

The man immediately stopped and then raised his hands high to indicate his surrender.

Although the man had his hands raised high, he tilted his head slightly, glancing at Shi Xiaxia behind him out of the corner of his eye.

He said softly, "Um... I have my phone in my pocket, you can check it out."