Chapter 353

Chapter 353: You Can Scold Me, But Not Yu Zhao
Yu Zhao’s group moved quickly toward the triangular pyramid.

Just as they were about to reach the building, a powerful aura appeared within the range of Yu Zhao and the others’ senses.

“Stop!”

Si Tu Jian Nan shouted, his brows knitting tightly.

This was not the first time they had run into other Cultivators in the Desert of Lost Souls, but it was the first time they had met a team whose strength was not weaker than their own. He could not help growing wary.

The other team had clearly noticed them too and slowed down.

Soon, that team came out from behind the triangular pyramid and approached them head-on.

There were ten people on the other side. Three of them were Nascent Soul Cultivators: a young woman with a cold face and two middle-aged men who looked somewhat similar to each other.

When Long Fei Fei saw them, her pupils shrank. She quickly lowered her head and stared at her toes.

However, her strange reaction only drew the other side’s attention.

One of the middle-aged men showed anger on his face and pointed at Long Fei Fei as he shouted: “Big sis, it’s that female thief!”

When the young woman heard this, her icy gaze stabbed toward Long Fei Fei.

Long Fei Fei felt as if she were wrapped in a wave of cold air. She shuffled half a step behind Yu Zhao and whispered: “Save me.”

Yu Zhao: […]

Long Fei Fei’s ability to cause trouble was really impressive. No matter where she went, she could always run into someone she owed.

“May I ask if the Fellow Daoists over there are the Three Heroes of the Shao Clan?”

At this time, Si Tu Jian Nan stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting.

The young woman’s gaze moved to Si Tu Jian Nan. A hesitant look appeared on her face: “You are from the Si Tu Clan…”

“I am Si Tu Jian Nan.”

Si Tu Jian Nan did not mind that she had forgotten his name.

The Shao Clan’s fame in the Cultivation World was not as great as the Si Tu Clan’s, but the foundation of their Family Clan was not much weaker. In recent years their growth had also been very fierce.

The Three Heroes of the Shao Clan in front of them were the pillars of the Shao Clan. Even Si Tu Jian Nan would treat them with extra respect.

Shao Yi Man’s face eased a little: “So it is Fellow Daoist Si Tu. Second, Third, hurry and salute Fellow Daoist Si Tu.”

“We have seen Fellow Daoist Si Tu.”

“The two of you are too polite.”

After Shao Yi Ming and Shao Yi Chuan, the two brothers, exchanged greetings with Si Tu Jian Nan, no one spoke. The air suddenly went quiet.

Shao Yi Man spoke coldly: “Fellow Daoist Si Tu, are you not going to introduce the unfamiliar friends by your side?”

Si Tu Jian Nan glanced at Yu Zhao with some difficulty: “This is the Fifth…”

Shao Yi Man cut him off sharply: “I mean her!”

Her slender finger pointed straight at Long Fei Fei.

When Long Fei Fei saw Shao Yi Man pressing step by step, she was not happy either. She stepped out at once: “I never change my name whether I am sitting or standing. I am the Thirty-Eighth Generation Successor of the Lightfinger Sect, Long Fei Fei!”

“Hey!”

Si Tu Jian Nan tried to stop her but failed. He let out a heavy sigh.

Was she not just making things worse?

Shao Yi Man curled her lips in a cold smile: “Since you dare to admit it, then do not think about running again. Second, Third, catch her and take her back to report to the Patriarch.”

“Yes!”

“Wait a second!” Long Fei Fei shouted. “I did steal your Shao Clan’s treasure back then, but I later sent it back, didn’t I? Why are you catching me?”

The Lightfinger Sect had its own set of standards. They knew very well who they could provoke and who they could not.

The Shao Clan was a Family Clan they could provoke a bit, but could not drive to death. So after Long Fei Fei stole the Ancestral Treasure of the Shao Clan, she played with it for a month, then sent it back.

In her eyes, their grudge had already been settled. The other side had no reason to catch her.

“You think that just because you sent the item back, the grudge between us can be written off?” Shao Yi Man’s eyes and brows were full of hatred.

She still clearly remembered the fear and rage when she discovered the Family Heirloom had been stolen.

To search for the Family Heirloom, the Shao Clan had mobilized the entire clan. Day and night, without rest, they almost turned all the land within ten thousand miles around the Shao Clan upside down.

But in the end they found out it had all been just a prank by Long Fei Fei.

How could she, how could the entire Shao Clan, accept that?

So even though Long Fei Fei had returned the Family Heirloom, the Shao Clan still refused to let it go. They swore to make Long Fei Fei pay the price.

“Then I will apologize to you. Is that alright?”

In Long Fei Fei’s mind, as long as she sent the item back, it did not count as stealing.

She still did not realize what her problem was and only felt that the Shao Clan people were making a fuss over nothing.

When Shao Yi Man saw her careless attitude, she grew even more furious. With a flip of her hand, she took off her Life-bound Dharma Artifact, the Myriad-Shadow Ring, from her wrist.

The two Shao brothers also each took out a Magical Artifact. They stared at Long Fei Fei with killing intent as the pressure of three Nascent Soul Cultivators rose higher and higher.

“Please, the three of you, listen to me first.”

Just as the Three Heroes of the Shao Clan were ready to strike, a clear, cool voice suddenly sounded and cut off the momentum they were building.

Shao Yi Man seemed to notice Yu Zhao for the first time. She looked her up and down, her tone unfriendly: “You are with her?”

Just now, she had heard Long Fei Fei ask this young woman for help.

It was only that her attention had been on Si Tu Jian Nan and Long Fei Fei, so she had not paid much mind to Yu Zhao.

Now that she looked carefully, she realized how extraordinary the girl was.

“No. Strictly speaking, she is my prisoner. While she is working for me, no one is allowed to touch her.”

Yu Zhao was not interested in the grudge between Long Fei Fei and the Shao Clan.

But she needed Long Fei Fei right now to help her find the location on the scroll, so Long Fei Fei could not have anything happen to her.

“What a big tone.” Shao Yi Ming looked full of scorn.

She was only at Early Nascent Soul Stage, yet she dared to boast like this in front of them. It really made people want to laugh.

Shao Yi Chuan shouted angrily: “Who do you think you are to meddle in the affairs of my Shao Clan? If you dare say one more word, we will clean you up along with her!”

“Ha, that is so funny! If not for Yu Zhao, you would not even have seen the corner of my robe. Yet you dare stand here saying you want to teach me a lesson. How shameless!” Long Fei Fei cursed with her hands on her hips.

She could accept them scolding her, but why were they scolding Yu Zhao?

If the Shao Clan were really as strong as they claimed, they would have caught her long ago. How would she still be running free outside?

They had no ability, yet they still tried to snatch Yu Zhao’s credit.

Despicable.

Extremely despicable.

“You…”

Shao Yi Chuan had just opened his mouth when Shao Yi Man forced herself to cut him off. She stared at Yu Zhao with burning eyes: “Your name is Yu Zhao?”

“It is.”

“The one from the Five Elements Dao Sect, Yu Zhao?”

“It is.”

Shao Yi Man pressed her lips together unwillingly and slid the Myriad-Shadow Ring back onto her wrist.

With Yu Zhao here, there was no way she could lay a hand on Long Fei Fei today.

“Big sis!”

Shao Yi Ming did not understand why his big sister had suddenly given up. Shao Yi Chuan, however, had already remembered who Yu Zhao was, and his face was full of disbelief.

How old was Yu Zhao this year?

Yet she was already a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

By the time she reached their age, would she not have already reached Divine Transformation?

No wonder big sis took the initiative to back down. To offend a monster like this for the sake of a female thief was really not worth it.

Seeing the Shao Clan people pull back their killing intent, Si Tu Jian Nan quietly let out a breath of relief.

Just now he had still been hesitating. If the two sides really fought, should he help Yu Zhao, or should he stand aside and watch?

Now it was good. He did not need to struggle with that question anymore.

“It was my rudeness just now. I will now introduce both sides again. These three are, respectively, the Eldest of the Shao Family’s main branch, Shao Yi Man, the eldest son of the second branch, Shao Yi Ming, and the eldest son of the third branch, Shao Yi Chuan.”

“The three by my side are, respectively, Daoist Friend Yu Zhao from the Five Elements Dao Sect, Monk Bu Yan from the Clarity Sound Temple, and Ji Han Zhou, my Nephew Ji from the Heavenly Sword Sect.”