Chapter 1963 - The unlucky ones

Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations

Just like they had guessed, nobody came to disturb them for the next two days. With the help of the healing pills, they recovered quickly and their superficial wounds had healed by thirty to forty percent.

“It would be great if something happened that caused them to neglect us a little longer. If we had a few more days worth of time, we would be able to recover seventy to eighty percent.” Yan Ya said.

They had only recovered by thirty to forty percent. If they had to fight those people, they had a low chance of defeating them!

Sima You Yue felt the same way. She started to wonder if she should give them something to find that would cause them to forget them. At this time, the scarlet bees that she had released in the beginning sent her great news.

They had actually gotten these people to discover that some people had entered this place!

This was really…

Sensing that she was radiating with joy, Yan Ya asked her, “Did you receive some good news?”

“They were initially coming to interrogate us just now.” Sima You Yue said.

“This is considered good news? You’re even this happy about it.” Yan Ya huffed icily.

“But then, those who were on their way here turned back.” Sima You Yue continued.

“Really?”

“Why?”

“Because they really did find some outsiders.” Sima You Yue said, “And those people obviously refuse to be killed by them. Hence, they’re fighting back right now. Most of the people from this clan have gone to hunt them down.”

Wu Lingyu and the others looked at her with disbelief. Was there really something so coincidental?

These people had been discovered at this point in time, so these people would naturally think that they had been the ones to injure them. If those people worked a little harder to avoid being caught, then these ones would not think of them but would focus on capturing those people instead.

This way, they would have even more time.

“Pfft, I wonder who is so unlucky.” Yan Ya was currently rejoicing, and he was even ecstatic.

The fact that they managed to break into this place proved that they were rather powerful. They were probably very careful on their way here, but they were discovered once they reached this place. They would definitely be wondering why these people would search the area so tightly but they wouldn’t know that it was all because of them.

Sima You Yue also felt like these people were pretty unlucky. However, she was not as overjoyed as Yan Ya was.

“I hope that those people will be able to hold on for a while. If they’re captured today, then we would have been happy for nothing.” She reminded them.

“That’s true. However, the fact that they were able to hold out till they reached here proves that they do have a bit of ability. Since they’re strong, they won’t be caught so easily.”

“I hope so. You guys should recuperate properly.”

Although Sima You Yue said this to them, she did not continue resting. Instead, she stood up and walked two rounds around the place.

“Aren’t you going to rest?”

“I want to do a few other things.”

She took out her Hundred Ghost Banner and began to refine the ancient battle souls inside it.

Although these ancient battle souls had been absorbed, she did not yet have full control over them. Since her mental ability had recovered quite a bit, if she was able to control them, she would not need to worry about it anymore.

“Have you thought it through carefully?” Yan Ya looked at her gravely. “Once you reveal the existence of the Hundred Ghost Banner, you will face a lot of troubles later on.”

The Hundred Ghost Banner was a coveted treasure in the entire Ghost Realm. Once they knew that she possessed it, there would be many who would try to steal it from her.

“Those who don’t care for their lives can come and try. In any case, my Hundred Ghost Banner can still fit many people.” Sima You Yue said nonchalantly.

She was really… domineering!

Yan Ya thought about how there were so many ancient battle souls and could feel his heart ache. These guys were clearly his, but she had stolen all of them away.

Who asked him to fail to account for the Hundred Ghost Banner’s appearance no matter how many times he calculated!

Sima You Yue knew what he was thinking and she even said gratefully to him, “Now that you mention it, if not for you, I would not have had such a bountiful harvest of ancient battle souls. Thank you!”

“Hmph.” Yan Ya huffed icily, ignoring her.

“Now that you mention it, your Enchanted Music Sect is really powerful. You were able to control such a large wave of souls.” Sima You Yue understood a little bit about using sound attacks, but she did not know that it had the kind of effects he had.

“How else do you think our Enchanted Music Sect climbed up the ranks?” Yan Ya snorted lightly.

Not everyone got into the sect by relying on connections like Xie Hun did.

“The notes you played looked different from the ones Chun Yao did. Do you all play unique tunes? Or can it be any tune?” Sima You Yue asked.

“Why are you asking so many questions? Do you want to learn it?” Yan Ya raised his eyebrows.

“It wouldn’t be bad if I really could learn it! It’s always good to have more skills.” Sima You Yue admitted.

“You want to hail me as your Master?”

“If I dare to, will you accept me?” Sima You Yue laughed.

Yan Ya’s expression darkened. Firstly, it was due to her attitude. Secondly, it was because even if she dared to hail him as her Master and he dared to accept her, he wouldn’t be able to.

Although she saved his life, she was still the Young Princess of the Ghost Clan. if others found out about it, it would give Qing Hun something to use against him.

“Actually, it would be fine if you just gave me some pointers.” Sima You Yue looked at him, “If others scolded you for it, you could just say that you helped me out a little to repay me for saving your life. Who would be able to blame you then?”

“You even helped me think of an excuse. Are you so certain that I’ll teach you?” Yan Ya said, “It seems like you were harbouring this thought all the while since you rescued me.”

“If I said that I didn’t, would you believe me?”

“No way.”

“Then there’s no need to talk about this anymore. In any case, the result would be the same.” Sima You Yue said.

“You might as well study more about your Hundred Ghost Banner!” Yan Ya closed his eyes after speaking, showing that he no longer wished to continue this conversation.

Sima You Yue didn’t get mad. This kind of thing required persistence. Especially so for a person like Yan Ya who had this kind of personality. He was unwilling to owe her a favour, but he did not want to agree to teaching her so easily. That was why she let him stew on it.

She still had to make the most of her time to refine those ancient battle souls. She hoped that those people would be able to hold on a little longer to let her refine these.

Not too far away from where they were, a group of people were hidden in the chain of mountains. Many were injured, and the group cut a sorry sight.

Xu Yu, the leader, had an expression darker than the bottom of a pot. His aura was icy cold and nobody dared to get near him.

“Commander, this is too strange.” A guard who was beside him said, “Nobody discovered us on the way here, so how did they find us the moment we arrived? Furthermore, based on the information we managed to find, these people were sweeping this area. It seemed like they already knew that we would come here.”

“This situation really is odd.” Another person agreed, “Commander, could someone have leaked this information?”

“Are you saying that someone amongst us is a spy?” Xu Yu looked at the others and his eyes narrowed.

The one who spoke was scared by his gaze and subconsciously took two steps backwards, saying, ‘I- I was merely guessing.”

“It won’t be any of my men.” Xu Yu said, “If you have time to make wild guesses, you might as well think of a solution as to how to break out of this encirclement.. You’re our guide after all, you should be very familiar with the area you live in.”