Let me Touch your Tail

Chapter 117

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xuanyuan Mu and Ye Yanran arrived at Treasure Spirit Mountain.

However, they did not find Yan Zhao's senior sister. At the foot of the mountain, only Yan Zhao, clutching her fox, was sound asleep against a rock.

When Xuanyuan Mu woke her, Yan Zhao, still groggy, took a moment to recognize him. "Xuanyuan Mu?"

"Yes," Xuanyuan Mu nodded. "Where is your senior sister?"

Yan Zhao blinked in confusion. "Senior sister?"

She looked around but didn't see the familiar figure from her memory and asked in puzzlement, "Did senior sister come by?"

Xuanyuan Mu: "......"

Ye Yanran, more concerned about Chen Er's whereabouts, asked urgently, "Did you find Chen Er's communication jade?"

Still waking up, Yan Zhao was not fully coherent.

At that moment, Snowball popped its little head out of her arms and handed the communication jade to Xuanyuan Mu.

Xuanyuan Mu took it and examined it closely, scrutinizing it carefully.

Ye Yanran noticed this and remarked, "This fox is so clever; it almost seems like a person in disguise."

The comment was made casually, but Ren Qingyue, who was listening, felt a jolt and her heartbeat quickened. She glanced at Yan Zhao instinctively.

However, Yan Zhao was too preoccupied with her own confusion about fainting and missing her senior sister to think much of it.

She was still regretting not having seen her senior sister after fainting yesterday. Yan Zhao suspected her weakness was the cause and resolved to train harder so she wouldn't faint so easily.

Xuanyuan Mu, after examining the communication jade, stood up and concluded, "This is indeed Chen Er's communication jade."

Ye Yanran looked at the signs of a struggle in the forest and furrowed her brows, "If she was just captured, there's still a chance to save her. We need to chase after them quickly!"

Xuanyuan Mu and Ye Yanran agreed on this, and Xuanyuan Mu took out a compass and used Chen Er's communication jade to perform a divination.

Yan Zhao found the compass familiar and recalled she knew someone who used a similar one as a magical artifact.

Soon, the results of the divination appeared.

Xuanyuan Mu's expression tightened. "It's been divined!"

Ye Yanran urged, "Let's go!"

Without further delay, she mounted her sword and flew off as a streak of light.

Xuanyuan Mu also summoned his flying sword and said to Yan Zhao, "Thank you, Miss Yan. I'm leaving now! Stay close and don't get separated from us!"

Since Yan Zhao had specifically come to Treasure Spirit Mountain to search for Chen Er, Xuanyuan Mu naturally assumed she would follow them.

However, he was unaware of Yan Zhao's skill in flying on a sword.

As the streak of light disappeared, Yan Zhao, confident, summoned her own flying sword while Snowball covered its little fox face in despair.

Whoosh—

The wind ruffled Snowball's fur as they took off.

Though Yan Zhao's sword-flying skills had improved significantly, she was far from proficient. She quickly lost sight of the others, became disoriented at a crossroads, and didn't know which direction to pursue.