CHAPTER 422: CHAPTER 111: THE TRIANGULAR STANDOFF (PART 2)

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"Since you’re here, it makes things easier. Where is that female student you took away tonight?" Mei Nian couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush. On the way here, Xiao Xian had already given her a rough idea of the situation, though he omitted the incident with the Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors. However, she believed the part about Xu Lan Ya secretly using Spiritual Bombs to harm others.

The Xu family, being an old clan, had many descendants, and internal suppression among them was a common occurrence.

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Xu Song finally understood, realizing that Mei Nian’s rash intrusion tonight was for the sake of the female student upstairs.

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"Oh, upstairs? Aunt Mei must be mistaken, this isn’t the Xu family’s villa. The villa belongs to Boss Huang, and there is no female student upstairs." Xu Song signaled Huang Tengchong with a glance, and the latter caught on immediately, nodded in agreement and said, "Mei... lady, Mr. Xu is right, this is Mr. Huang’s residence, and there’s no one upstairs."

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Calling this woman—who looked a lot younger than his own haggard wife—an aunt was not something Huang Tengchong was eager to do, yet he didn’t know her precise background and could only come up with a compromise in address.

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One was here to accuse while the other staunchly denied, really making it hard to argue with logic. No matter what, this was someone else’s private property, and barging in by force was definitely not an option.

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Xiao Xian was anxious. She suddenly spotted Zhou Ziang standing in the distance, still puzzled as to why he was there when Zhou Ziang slightly lifted his eyes, not bothering to give her a proper look.

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"Mr. Huang, since the person isn’t here, don’t let these idlers ruin our dinner mood," Aisha looked at Xiao Xian staring intently at Zhou Ziang, and felt a surge of irritation. Not caring why Xu Song was so courteous to the visitors, she started to give them the boot directly.

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"Where did this yellow-haired old woman come from, not even seeing where she stands? You are neither the mistress of this villa nor a senior, yet you dare yell at me," Mei Nian raised her elegant eyebrows, and retorted with biting sarcasm.

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"You bitch," Aisha lost face being scolded like that, and her hand moved quickly and fiercely towards Mei Nian’s face. As she reached out, her beautifully manicured fingernails suddenly grew several inches longer. Fortunately, Mei Nian dodged quickly and retreated several steps.

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"So, you’re from the Roster family. Then I shall return the term ’bitch’ to you as it is. Hmph, didn’t that old demon Celeste tell you that there are certain people on Chinese soil that you simply cannot touch?" Mei Nian’s tone was no longer joking, and she didn’t care that there were bystanders present. White light emanated from her palm, indicating that something was about to burst forth from her hand.

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It was truly a critical moment.

"Ahhh---" There came a scream from the direction of the balcony above.

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"It’s Xuerou," Xiao Xian was extremely anxious, ignoring the ongoing quarrel among the people, she prepared to rush upstairs.

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Huang Tengchong then remembered that besides Xuerou, there was a "Feng Bird" hidden upstairs.

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"Hmm," Aisha retracted her nails, the corners of her mouth twitching into a smirk as she threw a flirtatious glance towards the panicked Huang Tengchong, "Mr. Huang, you are so nervous, seems like you indeed have something valuable hidden upstairs." She didn’t care about any woman or not; she only knew that she sensed the scent of a rare bird.

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Directly above the garden where the group was standing was Huang Tengchong’s bedroom, and the sound came from inside the room.

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Zeng Xuerou dashed out onto the balcony, vomiting there. What she saw, in that space she mistook for an emergency exit, without even clearly seeing what was inside the dark room, she felt a sharp pain in her forehead and smelled a strong scent of blood.

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"Xuerou," Xiao Xian was shocked at the sight of Xuerou.

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"What are you waiting for, get up there, leave no survivors," Huang Tengchong understood that Zeng Xuerou must have seen the Feng Bird. No matter the origin of the female student, to keep his secret from being exposed, she had to die.

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In the room, the Feng Bird that had taken flight, having not been fed tonight due to Huang Tengchong hosting a banquet, remembered the taste of human flesh from a few days prior. Seeing Zeng Xuerou who had blundered in, it was already ravenous and swooped directly at her, pecking ferociously at her forehead.

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In Zeng Xuerou’s mind there was only one thought, "escape." She absolutely couldn’t let this monstrous creature get close to her. She turned and leaped over the balcony rail, and as she looked back, she saw Xiao Xian’s face through the crowd in the garden.

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In this moment of chaos, seeing Xiao Xian’s panicked face in the crowd, she felt a bit reassured. The distance from the second to the first floor was only about three or four meters. Gritting her teeth, Zeng Xuerou was ready to jump.

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Another sharp pain hit her neck; the Feng Bird targeted Zeng Xuerou and attacked her.

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"Little master, it’s that bird," the White Flood Dragon, somehow now coiled around Xiao Xian’s arm, was more sensitive. It recognized the scent of the Feng Bird.

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"Save her," Xiao Xian turned her head, fixing her gaze on Mei Nian. Currently exhausted of her Spiritual Power, she lacked the ability to save Xuerou. Among those present, the only one with the confidence to rescue Zeng Xuerou was probably Mei Nian.

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"Why should I save her? That abnormal bird up there is not weak; I shouldn’t risk it at such a moment," Mei Nian shook her head. A ravenous bird at such a time was at its most frenzied, if she acted rashly, it would greatly deplete her Spiritual Power.

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"I will return the Meteor Crystal that Mei Xiang left behind to you," Xiao Xian’s voice wasn’t loud but firm, yet Xu Song and Aisha, among others present, heard it.

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Meteor Crystals, for ordinary people, were just unique stones from beyond this world, but for Cultivators or Superpower Users who guided them, they were quite a tempting lure.

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"Ziang, did you hear that? The little girl said she has a Meteor Crystal. That’s a rare and valuable material for cultivation, I’ll go deal with that Mei Nian, and you make sure to snatch the little girl’s Meteor Crystal," Aisha whispered in Zhou Ziang’s ear, leaning close.

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Xu Song also stood not far away, his gaze burning as he stared at Xiao Xian. It seemed he had no intention of siding with either party.

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On the balcony, Zeng Xuerou was already covered in wounds.

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