Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

Chapter 194 Pretending to be a weak mortal

Xue Tong scoffed at Xue Lan's overly hasty plan. After finishing her meal, the young girl skillfully pulled out a money pouch from Xue Lan's sleeve to pay the bill, seemingly not intending to have a deeper conversation with Xue Lan.

Xue Lan's greyish-white eyes followed the little girl's retreating figure, and she felt that she was truly a person who knew how to enjoy life.

Now, even Xue Tong, who doesn't belong to this world, seems to be handling things with ease.

The girl rested her cheek on one hand, looking somewhat melancholy.

Watching the people around you grow up one by one makes you want to always stand behind them and be the manipulator who is forever in the shadows.

Just as this thought crossed his mind, the inner demon's voice rang out: "This is the kind of mindset a Wolf King should have, instead of listening to that little brat and becoming some kind of guide."

The inner demon's voice is very similar to Xue Lan's, but it can never be gentle; it always carries an undeniable fiery temper.

Xue Lan replied dismissively, "Yes, you're right."

The nonchalant response left the inner demon feeling powerless, as if it were punching cotton.

She continued her irritable attack on Xue Lan: "You know it in your heart, don't you?"

"Those people are like kites released into the sky. Once the string breaks, they can never come back and will only drift further and further away. It's better to turn everyone into puppets in your hands. Cause and effect, emotions can all become things that bind you. Even if one string breaks, there are still thousands of strings entangled."

Xue Tong was already walking towards Xue Lan with the money bag in her hand. Xue Lan straightened up and tapped her fingers lightly on the table, making a "tap tap tap" sound.

“I don’t want those children to become like me.”

The inner demon wanted to continue speaking, but a transparent wall appeared out of thin air in Xue Lan's sea of ​​consciousness, trapping her inside.

The inner demon looked at the walls around him, which were shimmering with a faint soul light, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

She knew that Xue Lan had taken her words to heart.

Compared to the stubborn and almost godlike demon lord of his previous life, this one in front of him is much more human and easier to deal with.

"Alright. Where do we go next?" Xue Tong asked, looking at Xue Lan, who was standing in a daze.

Xue Lan stood up from the chair and stretched her wrists.

"A mid-stage Golden Core cultivator is going to pretend to be a weak, delicate mortal woman."

Xue Tong felt a little embarrassed looking at her eager expression. The girl glanced at the darkening sky outside the window: "Isn't it a bit too deliberate to go out for a leisurely stroll and fish at this hour?"

Xue Lan straightened her wide sleeves to maintain her composure, her tone unusually curious: "Has your script not been recommended a lead role in a while?"

Xue Tong nodded: "Yes, the last time it was caused by Long Siyin."

Xue Tong's words only made things worse, as soon as Long Siyin was mentioned, a hint of melancholy appeared between Xue Lan's brows.

The girl's gaze was cold.

I don't know if Ji Yan died after I forcibly summoned the remnant soul of the demon god last time.

Xue Lan would never feel at ease if he didn't die quickly.

Ji Yan, far away in the Nine Heavens Demon Realm, would never know that a cunning wolf king, with a mind as sharp as a sieve, was watching him from across the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm, filled with resentment and determined to get rid of him.

Xue Tong tugged at Xue Lan's sleeve: "As the vessel of the Demon God, it's only because he's capable that he managed to offend you."

The two slowly walked out of the restaurant. Most of the diners who hadn't finished eating put down their chopsticks and stared at the two girls.

But no one stopped the two of them.

Xue Tong secretly transmitted her voice to Xue Lan: "The people of the Great Li Dynasty are not as enthusiastic as those of the Great Shun Dynasty."

"The court is in turmoil, the government is inactive, and bandits are rampant. At this time, no one will think about meddling in other people's affairs."

"As for Da Shun, the people of Da Shun are always different from those of other places."

Xue Tong nodded in agreement.

The two walked slowly down the deserted street, waiting for the slave trader to take the bait.

On a dark street corner behind the two, a woman carrying a vegetable basket peeked at them. After confirming that Xue Lan and Xue Tong had no guards behind them, she smiled slightly and disappeared into the darkness behind her.

Xue Tong led Xue Lan slowly along the long street. The setting sun withdrew its last bit of light, and after the warm orange-red faded, Xue Tong glanced at the dark blue stone bricks under her feet.

A middle-aged woman carrying a vegetable basket appeared at the street corner ahead. She looked to have some difficulty walking and was swaying as she walked.

A round cabbage fell out of the basket. In her haste, the middle-aged woman tried to pick it up, but she forgot that she was carrying a load on her shoulders. As she bent over, she lost her balance, and the radishes and cabbages from both baskets rolled all over the ground.

"Ouch!"

The middle-aged woman sat down on the ground.

Noticing the eagerness of the person behind her, Xue Tong immediately chimed in, "Sister, there's an old lady who fell down up ahead..."

Before she could finish speaking, the person behind her groped forward, exaggeratedly approached the woman, and picked up a cabbage from the ground.

"Are you alright?" the girl asked gently. Her greyish-white eyes held no light, which was somewhat frightening in the dim light.

But it's okay, it's rare enough.

Wealthy officials and nobles enjoy looking at these rare and beautiful children.

She had secretly observed these two people before, and they didn't seem to be short of money; their families were probably well-off. They might even be sons of officials from the Great Shun Dynasty.

However, Da Shun is currently preoccupied with the demon race's affairs, so losing a girl in a foreign land is nothing to him. Nobody will care.

Even if you care, you can't find it.

"Thank you, young lady. I'm fine, I just twisted my back..."

As the middle-aged woman was pondering how to lure the two further away, she saw the blind girl in front of her turn to her younger sister behind her and say, "Xiaotong, this old lady seems to have injured her back. Go find a clinic and ask a doctor to come over."

Upon hearing Xue Lan's words, Xue Tong immediately ran off into the distance, the girl's cheerful voice ringing in her ears: "Little Tong, you must find me..."

Otherwise I would have killed them all.

The middle-aged woman watched Xue Tong's figure disappear around the corner and then gave a wink to her companion, who was still hiding in the darkness.

Xue Lan heard a gentle, simple male voice in blue behind her: "Honey, how did you fall?"

Accompanying the sound were increasingly approaching footsteps.

"Uncle, Auntie, she..."

The girl turned her head, and before she could finish her sentence, she smelled a sweet fragrance. Then she stood up stiffly, like a corpse.

The middle-aged woman, her previous amiable demeanor replaced by a cold glint in her eyes, said coldly to Xue Lan in front of her, "Let's go!"

The girl walked stiffly, following the two away from the street, leaving only a few vegetable leaves on the ground behind.