Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 283 - 272: Mysterious Plane 27

Chapter 283: Chapter 272: Mysterious Plane 27

"Stay sharp, let’s start searching from this backyard. Qin Qi couldn’t have left this old opera house, so she must still be in here. To find her faster, let’s split up."

"Leader Yan, you’re with my senior brother. Xia Yue, you’re with me and Mo Si. You guys go that way, while we head this way. If anything comes up, use the messaging talisman." Xia Xi told Yan Mo, then, concerned that they might be unhappy with the arrangements, added: "Or, maybe you could choose your own groups."

Yan Mo had no problem with these divisions; he could work with anyone. So, he turned to look at Xia Yue.

"No problem at all, let’s decide that then," Xia Yue said, smiling. In any case, no matter who she was with, she would still need protection. Being with Xia Xi, she could have protection from two people.

Being with Wen Ziyin, she was worried that she might drag him down, and that wouldn’t be good. Even though she had learned quite a bit of martial arts from Dragon Lord Ao Ye, her lack of combat experience made her too much of a liability.

After splitting up, Mo Si took the lead, with Xia Xi and Xia Yue walking side by side, and Spiritual Cat followed Xia Yue -- constantly being carried by Xia Yue was tiring.

The area they were investigating was the former living quarters of the opera house’s performers. With so many rooms in it, the search was quite taxing.

Entering a room, they were met with a sea of cobwebs and billowing dust – it seemed that quite a few things had been left behind, presumably because they had hurriedly taken only the most important items when they left.

Apparently, no one had been here for quite a while; the room stank terribly.

Xia Yue waved her hand in front of her face in an attempt to lessen the intake of dust, but it had minimal effect.

Xia Xi and Mo Si began placing talismanic papers on the walls, pillars, and ceiling of the room.

Once they finished, Mo Si stood by Xia Xi’s side. Xia Xi started chanting incantations, and soon Xia Yue saw the cinnabar characters on the talismanic paper emit a faint light; however, the light dimmed after a brief flash.

"She’s not in here, let’s move on to the next room." Xia Xi turned around and commanded Xia Yue and Mo Si.

"What are you doing?" Xia Yue asked curiously.

"Yes, if Qin Qi were in this room, the talismanic paper would self-ignite," Xia Xi nodded in response.

"You need five or six papers for each room, and there must be no fewer than twelve rooms here. Are you sure you have prepared enough?" continued Xia Yue.

"Because we are short on time, I only prepared one hundred and thirty. That should be enough for today. If we run out, we can go back and draw some more so we can use more tomorrow." I made these calculations based on our previous visits and our general understanding of the layout here.

After hearing this, Xia Yue gave Xia Xi a thumbs-up.

Then they moved on to the next room.

After they left, a blurred silhouette appeared inside the room. It reached out and touched the talismanic paper still attached to the wall, causing the paper to emit a faint light.

"Well, this is interesting. I didn’t expect such a skilled person would join us." A captivating male voice came from the blurred figure. With that, the figure wavered and vanished from the room.

On their way to the next room, Xia Xi felt a jolt in her heart. She turned to look back at the room they just left.

"What’s wrong?" Ever observant, Mo Si noticed Xia Xi’s unusual behavior and asked with concern.

"Nothing, I just thought that the talismanic paper in that room was acting strange, but it might just be my imagination," Xia Xi shook her head, but also spoke her mind.

"I didn’t detect anything unusual." Mo Si used his spiritual sense to check but found nothing out of the ordinary.

"Alright, let’s move on," Xia Xi trusted Mo Si’s examination results.