Chapter 257: Missing

　　The white silk opened up and turned into snow, covering the cave with a thick blanket of white.

　　Mystic light and sword energy crossed paths, spanning the whole cave.

　　Ying blinked and fished out her sword, trying to defend herself.

　　Ling Wuxia was indeed Ling Wuxia. No matter how much white silk there was, she had complete control of all of it.

　　I’m not even her target and it’s so difficult to keep myself safe, so what about Lu Mingshu?

　　Ying looked over, and she was taken aback by what she saw.

　　Like her, Lu Mingshu was now in mid-air. However, she was twisting and turning in mid-air, looking relaxed.

　　She had seen how Lu Mingshu tackled Ye Zhenfan and the rest, and this was the same situation. It was just that Ling Wuxia was way stronger than the others, so she would be more difficult to counter.

　　But to summarize the whole situation, Ling Wuxia was too unlucky.

　　Her trick could even take down Wei Chunqiu. All the white silk could turn into a web that trapped one inside.

　　However, Lu Mingshu knew tricks from out of this world, which made this kind of trick easier for her to counter.

　　Lu Mingshu could find a gap no matter how small it was, which made the web a small issue for her.

　　And she also adapted very quick. As soon as Ling Wuxia changed her formation, Lu Mingshu changed her method of attacking too.

　　Time ticked by and the white silk web slowly became smaller.

　　Such a big-scale attack took up a lot of energy, so of course, it couldn’t last long.

　　Lu Mingshu slowly landed on a stone pillar.

　　“Are you done?” she asked, smirking.

　　She only got a death glare from Ling Wuxia.

　　“The best Ancient Jade Summit disciple is only like that, huh?” Lu Mingshu sneered and jumped up high, fishing out her sword.

　　Ling Wuxia waves her hand, and the mystic light turned red.

　　Does such an idiot think that was everything? Never underestimate me….

　　Wait!

　　Lu Mingshu suddenly jumped past her and rushed to the stone table.

　　Ling Wuxia had no time to think as she followed suit behind Lu Mingshu.

　　Not killing her is fine, but I must get all the treasure!

　　Seeing this, Ying rushed forth too and dashed toward the table at lightning speed.

　　Lu Mingshu reached out her hand and grabbed two of the items. The last item was a mirror, but as soon she had her hands on it, Ling Wuxia and Ying placed their hands on it too.

　　The three of them all grabbed onto the mirror in mid-air, ready to fight.

　　But unexpectedly, the mirror lit up, swallowing them inside.

　　In the blink of an eye, the cave was empty.

　　Only some remnant sword energy was left.

　　…

　　“Here, here!”

　　Bubbles could be seen from the entrance.

　　Spit! Junior Brother He rose up.

　　“Huh? Him?!”

　　“It’s He Wenxing! So that means…”

　　There were only thirty disciples who were participating in this competition, so it was easy to keep track of who was eliminated.

　　“Ling Wuxia, Lu Mingshu, and the one that the Pure White Grace Pavilion sent….”

　　“Wow, that girl…?”

　　Both were from small powers, which were always the first to get eliminated. But today, they managed to get to the last three and even eliminate a disciple from Ancient Jade Summit with Ling Wuxia present. This was very shocking.

　　It was such a pity that, no matter how strong these forces’ external help was, it was all going to go down the drain.

　　The grandmaster had already left, so no one would protect them from being robbed by the bigger powers.

　　“Where is Senior Sister Ling?” Yi Lan grabbed He Wenxing as he came up from the water immediately.

　　“In… in there!”

　　“Why are you here? What’s going on in there?”

　　He Wenxing described what happened while nearly choking on water.

　　Yi Lan was like a cat on hot bricks now. “What? So Senior Sister is in danger?” She then blinked her eyes, realizing something seemed weird. “No way, Senior Sister is so strong, nothing bad will happen to her. Wait and see. The ones who come out next will be those two!”

　　Not to mention the Bon Voyage Fleet and Pure White Grace Pavilion, everyone was waiting here.

　　Yu Ruohan may have been extremely disappointed, but she wasn’t so irresponsible as to leave Lu Mingshu here and head back now.

　　As for the rest, they were here to see the result.

　　They may have been hopeless, but the final result was still worth the wait.

　　“Did Ling Wuxia lose?” someone whispered.

　　“Impossible. Her ability is well-proven!”

　　“But if the other two join forces…”

　　“They might somehow force a tie with her?”

　　“Maybe, that’s unpredictable.”

　　“Oh, true….”

　　Life was unexpected. Even though Lu Mingshu was nowhere near Ling Wuxia, she could still sustain herself for a while under Ling Wuxia’s attacks. And even though the Pure White Grace Pavilion’s external help might have been unknown, if she could last until now, her ability was somewhere near Ye Zhenyan at least. As the saying went, the wisdom of the masses exceeds an individual….

　　They had all thought that this time around, the winner would surely be Ling Wuxia. Who would have guessed that things would change at the most crucial moment?

　　Man could indeed not outsmart God.

　　The crowd was waiting for the results, but nothing was heard or seen even though the sky had turned dark.

　　The Ancient Jade Summit’s Elder was very anxious.

　　From what Disciple Zuo and Disciple He said, all of the participants should’ve been out already. Why was there still nothing?

　　“Senior Uncle, what do we do?” Yi Lan went up and down anxiously.

　　The Elder stroked his beard and sighed. “Let’s wait for a while. Junior Niece Ling should be fine.”

　　If she wasn’t, he would be in trouble when they got back.

　　A night passed, and there was still nothing.

　　The Ancient Jade Summit Elder could no longer sit still. He stood up and prepared to venture into Jasper Sun mountain.

　　Yu Ruohan and the rest of the Bon Voyage Fleet followed him. No matter what, they were the ones that got Lu Mingshu to join. If something bad happened to her, they had to be responsible for it. Nine Jade Palace wasn’t much, but Zhongzhou wasn’t something anyone would want to offend.

　　However, even with a bunch of Spirit Realms nearly turning over the whole mountain, they were still unable to find any traces of the three of them.

　　What Ming River? There wasn’t any entrance like what those eliminated disciples said.

　　The news was brought back, and an Assimilation Realm Elder from Ancient Jade Summit came.

　　Lian Chi came to Jasper Sun Mountain personally, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t find them.

　　What he had least expected was that this last trip to Jasper Sun Mountain would lead to losing his sect’s successor disciple.

　　Elsewhere, the five from the Bon Voyage Fleet camped. After Xuan Xiu brought the message back, Mao Xuan and Lin Zongting rushed over.

　　But even Lian Chi – an Assimilation Realm Elder – couldn’t do anything, so what could they do?

　　“Brother Mao, please think of something!” Xuan Xiu pleaded. “We can’t just sit here!”

　　Mao Xuan sat on the floor crossed legged. He opened his eyes and looked at Lin Zongting. “Zongting, what do you say?”

　　“Tell Zhongzhou.” Lin Zongting sighed.

　　“W-what?” Xuan Xiu looked at him with wide eyes. “The queen of Zhongzhou? Lu Mingshu is now lost because of us, so she would surely not let us off if she learns about this!”

　　“Even if we wanted to, how long could we hide this? Let’s not even talk about how fast and reliable their intelligence network is. Ling Wuxia is missing too; can this be hidden forever? It’s better for us to tell them before they find out themselves.”

　　Sir Ning nodded in agreement. “Zongting is right. We must say it ourselves. If the queen is angered, they would make us bankrupt at most. If we don’t tell her though, we will have to face even more dire consequences.”

　　Actually, there was no reason they shouldn’t report it. Jasper Sun Mountain was a very desirable opportunity for any Harmonization Realm disciple. Even Ling Wuxia came!

　　Who could have guessed that this would happen in the end?

　　“Brother Mao?”

　　Mao Xuan looked up slowly and pointed at Yu Ruohan. “Go deliver the news then. Sister Yu, make a trip there.”