After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 130 The woman in red

Shen Xu sensed something was off about the moon last night, so he specifically asked about the date while having breakfast. He discovered that he had been staying in Mengyi Lane for a full five days.

Five days! He wasn't burned like a corpse, thanks to the witch choosing such a good location.

He was already content. Dealing with the Blood Fiend Palace meant being prepared to be killed and have your blood taken. The witch was already a good person in the Blood Fiend Palace for only taking blood and not killing anyone. He had to thank the witch for teaching him another lesson; the two hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills would be considered tuition.

Meanwhile, at this moment, Shang Xueyi, still dressed in a pale yellow dress, was listlessly leaning against the counter, constantly ringing the bell to pass the time.

"It's been six days already, why hasn't he come? Is he angry with me? But if he's angry with me, shouldn't he come to confront me? Why isn't he coming?" Shang Xueyi was filled with disappointment.

Just then, Shang Xueyi suddenly heard footsteps outside. A look of surprise instantly appeared on her face, but she immediately suppressed her smile, straightened up, and sat upright next to the counter.

"Sister Shang, it's you!" Shang Xueyi's voice was filled with surprise mixed with disappointment.

"You brat! I've been gone for so many days, and you not only don't miss me, but you're also starting to look down on me. You've really grown wings after just a few days!" The woman in red walked up to Shang Xueyi and poked Shang Xueyi's smooth forehead with her slender finger.

Shang Xueyi tried to dodge to the side, but how could she avoid the woman's fingers? She was only lightly poked on the forehead.

"Tell me the truth! Who are you waiting for?" the woman in red asked sternly.

"I'm not waiting for anyone! Sister Shang, it's so hot outside, you must be thirsty! I'll go get you some tea." Shang Xueyi wanted to use this opportunity to escape the woman's gaze.

"Come back!" the woman in red said sternly in a low voice.

Shang Xueyi had no choice but to obediently walk to the woman's side, then clutched the hem of her skirt and lowered her head.

"Why is it me? And you're showing your true face? Did someone come into the pavilion and see your true face, Xiaoxue?" the woman in red asked calmly.

Upon hearing this, Shang Xueyi nodded slightly, then seemed to have thought of something and immediately shook her head.

"Tell me the whole story. Whether I kill him or not depends on how true your account is."

Upon hearing the woman's promise, Shang Xueyi said softly, "Because no one ever comes to the Pavilion on weekdays, I spend most of the day sleeping upstairs."

But one day I suddenly heard the shop bell ring, and I thought it was Sister Shang coming back, because I was so eager to see her. So I forgot to hide my appearance...

But by the time I met that person, he had already seen my true appearance.

"Then why didn't you kill him back then!" the woman in red demanded.

"He gives me a very friendly feeling, and he looks very handsome when he's engrossed in reading," Shang Xueyi replied shyly.

"Go on!" The woman in red frowned.

"Sister Shang, you know that the first person to come to the Pavilion of the Mind is to buy something. He wanted to buy a human skin mask. I asked him for two hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills, but he didn't even haggle over the price and just gave me the Nourishing Yuan Pills. Then he rushed out in a panic. He's such a strange person."

At this point, Shang Xueyi secretly glanced at the woman in red's expression and, finding no obvious change, continued, "But I was also afraid that he might be a spy from the outside world trying to investigate us, so I took extra precautions and left him a note in the shop explaining the location of the items. Actually, I didn't put anything there."

If he were a spy, he would have taken my note as evidence. But he saw the note and left without taking it, which relieved me.

I thought he would come back to me after failing to find what he was looking for, but six days passed without him coming. It was as if he had forgotten about it. And then, what happened next is what is now.

After Shang Xueyi finished speaking, she lowered her head again, waiting for the woman in red to punish her.

"You do have some sense of crisis, but not much. Just look how infatuated you are with any random man! I'd believe you if you said you'd be kidnapped one day," the woman in red said with a sigh.

"Actually, I don't know what's wrong with me. I just felt that person was very kind, and it was very warm around him. I really wanted to get closer to him," Shang Xueyi recalled with great confusion.

"That's strange. Did he use some kind of charm-enhancing magic on you? If so, his intentions are despicable!" The woman in red's voice suddenly turned icy.

“He probably genuinely wanted to buy something, and he’s just a minor cultivator in the Qi Nourishing Realm, so it’s unlikely he could have any impact on me. What I find strange is why he didn’t come back to me; that’s most of his Qi Nourishing Pills, he couldn’t just throw them away like that.”

The woman in red said coldly, "He's probably dead out there! That's better, saves me the trouble of looking for him! That brat dared to lay a finger on my sister."

"Sister Shang, you have absolutely no need to kill him, because he didn't get anything from the Min Pavilion at all. Maybe he was just an ordinary person who overheard some words from an elder and came to check it out out of curiosity."

"Besides, after he saw my real appearance, it wasn't as serious as you described, Sister Shang. And he kept his eyes closed, not daring to look at me. He probably didn't have any malicious intentions towards me," Shang Xueyi explained.

"That's the most suspicious thing. Would an ordinary man close his eyes when he sees you? And you have a strange attraction to Xiaoxue. Do you think he's an ordinary person?"

I suspect he came here with perfect preparation. Logically speaking, your existence is a top secret even within the sect's upper echelons, so who would be so sure as to send a brat like you to find you?

Could it be those old guys? What exactly are they planning to do? The woman in red frowned.

"You said that kid disappeared after seeing the note you left. What message did you leave him?"

"This is the note." Shang Xueyi handed the note from the counter to the woman in red.

Upon seeing the contents of the note, the woman in red was immediately startled, then asked softly, "You're saying he's only at the Qi Cultivation Realm?"

"Yes, I saw it very clearly, it is indeed only at the Qi Nourishing Realm."

The woman in red couldn't help but smile slightly: "I think I know why he hasn't come looking for you?"

"Huh? Sister Shang, how did you know?" Shang Xueyi asked in surprise.

The woman in red coldly replied, "Even I dare not venture deep into Dream Clothes Alley. For a Qi Cultivation Realm cultivator to not show up for so many days, he must be dead inside. He truly brought this upon himself!"

"Impossible! Isn't Mengyi Alley just an ordinary alley where you found me, Sister Shang? I've been there many times, and there's been absolutely no danger!" Shang Xueyi immediately retorted anxiously.

“Xiaoxue, that place may not be dangerous for you, but it's an abyss for others. It seems he really wants the human skin mask, because getting out is quite easy as long as you don't go too deep.”

"I'm going to Dreamy Lane!" Shang Xueyi said with a determined look in her eyes.

The woman in red laughed and said, "Alright! I'll go with you. I want to see what that brat looks like that could bewitch my little Xue like this. I bet his body is very well preserved."