Lin Qiao forced herself to appear calm. "Who's there?"
The voice sounded confident and even carried an air of superiority, as if teasing Lin Qiao was great fun. "Why don't you take a guess, Lin?"
Judging from the tone, it didn't seem like this person intended to harm her.
This person either had a grudge against Luo Nanchen or hoped to gain something from her.
...It couldn't be that this person had some connection with her, could it?
Since birth, she had been in the orphanage. Then, the orphanage funded her education. In junior high school, she was adopted by foster parents. After that, her foster mother passed away, and her foster father went to jail. Then she rented a place on her own.
After that, she was transported into the book.
In her life, it started off rather miserable, then got even worse, and after being in the book, she had a really comfortable life.
...Although she was always worried about being turned into a human swine by Luo Nanchen.
But later, even that worry disappeared, and she enjoyed all the good things Luo Nanchen provided whole - heartedly.
So, she couldn't just enjoy Luo Nanchen's care without a care in the world. At least, she shouldn't be a burden to him.
She had to solve this perverted mastermind on her own.
Lin Qiao cleared her throat. "Come out. Do you find it so much fun hiding behind me?"
The voice let out a couple of low laughs but didn't say a word.
Lin Qiao quietly sighed. She knew that her method of forcing the person out was a bit too amateurish.
It was also kind of lame.
If Luo Nanchen were here, things definitely wouldn't be like this.
Thinking of this, Lin Qiao suddenly realized... that lately, whenever something happened, the first person she thought of was Luo Nanchen.
Lin Qiao: "..."
What time is it?!
Why am I thinking about these useless things?!
...She discovered a truth. If you act like a do - nothing for too long, you'll really turn into a useless person.
And you'll often lose sight of the main point.
For example... is this the time to miss Luo Nanchen?!
The more anxious Lin Qiao got, the less she could think of a solution. She was so anxious that a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Lin Qiao took a deep breath. "If you don't want to come out, that's fine. But at least get Zou Lvrui out of here. If she hears anything, won't you be in trouble?"
The low voice chuckled, with a hint of disdain in it. "In trouble? Do you think I'm afraid of Feng Moli, that... that coward?!"
Wait...
Who was Feng Moli? And who was the coward referring to?
...Why did she have no impression of this name at all? It wasn't mentioned in Zou Lvrui's book, The Emperor, Don't Run Away, with Concubines All Over the World!
Zou Lvrui was really too much. Not only was the plot long and boring, but there were also so many hidden storylines!
"You don't have to rack your brains to guess who I am. Anyway... we'll meet again soon."
Lin Qiao nodded. "Okay, got it."
Seeing Lin Qiao's reaction, the voice seemed to lose its composure. "..."
The candle flickered again.
When there's no solution to a problem, going against the norm and catching the enemy off - guard is the most effective way.
Lin Qiao calmly sat down. "I don't need to ask what you're here for this time, right? I'll find out soon enough."
"..."
Lin Qiao continued, "Then hurry up and serve the food. I'm hungry."
"..."
This time, even the curtain on the bed fluttered.
Although the current scene was still extremely eerie...
Zou Lvrui still stood there, her body stiff as a zombie in the moonlight. It seemed as if Lin Zhengying would rush in with a bunch of talismans to exorcise her at any moment.
The room was still luxurious, with a large space, golden nanmu pillars, and shiny straw on the beams.
She was still in that illusion.
The illusion set up by that mysterious voice.
Lin Qiao even suspected that this mansion was just an illusion.
What she couldn't figure out was how this person managed to deceive her into this place without Luo Nanchen noticing.
If even Luo Nanchen couldn't match this person, then this matter would be really troublesome.
Before Lin Qiao could figure anything out, the surrounding scene suddenly started to change.
She tried to comfort herself that the change was normal. It would be abnormal if it didn't change, after all, this was just an illusion, just an illu...
Until the space around her turned into the sky.
She was floating in mid - air.
Below was an endless prairie, with an extremely wide view. She was even moving continuously, so the scene below kept changing. Sometimes it was a mountain, sometimes it was the sea.
It meant that she was flying.
And she was flying at an altitude of at least five thousand meters.
Lin Qiao: "..."
In the setting of this book, cultivators could fly on their swords.
If a cultivator reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, they could fly freely in the air, reaching a state of perfection and flying directly.
However, the prerequisite for flying in the air was that one had to have a very abundant reserve of spiritual energy.
Moreover, at most, they could fly a few hundred meters. Any higher, and they would be in the realm of the gods.
Lin Qiao, a poor soul who had just reached the Qi - Refining stage and hadn't fully mastered the skill of flying on a sword, how could she possibly fly freely in the air?
Besides, now she was at an altitude of at least five thousand meters. If this were on Mount Everest, she would definitely have all kinds of altitude sickness.
Looking at the rapidly changing scenery below, Lin Qiao suddenly felt her legs go weak.