Chapter 279 - 279 Pulling Strings

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Pulling Strings Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Pulling Strings He used spiritual power at his feet and pushed his movement technique to the extreme.

Rushing forward rapidly,

he grabbed her waist and whisked her away!

But, it was still a bit too late.

Qin Caihe’s finger had already touched the feather.

In an instant!

A blue lightning, as thick as a finger, shot out from the feather without warning, striking Qin Caihe’s finger.

A strand of lightning arc fell on her finger.

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Immediately, Qin Caihe’s finger was burned to a bloody mess, causing her to cry out in pain!

Fortunately, just as the lightning was about to strike.

She had already been whisked away by Jiang Fan to a distance.

This strand of lightning struck nothing and fell onto the ground.

With a crisp, loud bang, it scorched a strip of land three feet long!

If this had hit a person, Qin Caihe would have been burned from the outside in by the lightning.

Even if she didn’t die, she would be seriously injured.

Qin Caihe clutched her scorched finger, looking like she had just escaped death, “What… what is this?”

Jiang Fan stared at the feather, thoughtfully saying, “Silver Winged Thunderbird, did you think the thunder in its name was for nothing?”

“The Silver Winged Thunderbird is one of the few demon beasts that can manipulate the power of thunder and lightning.”

“Its feathers contain a strand of that power.”

As he spoke, he stroked his chin.

When he whisked Qin Caihe away just now, the lightning arc had also been conducted through her and into Jiang Fan’s body.

Shocking him a bit.

But it wasn’t serious.

This gave Jiang Fan a new idea about practicing the “Three Pure Thunder Shadow Jue.”

He wouldn’t dare let the thunderbolts of heaven and earth enter his body.

But the power of thunder and lightning from the Silver Winged Thunderbird, his body refinement might be able to withstand it.

But unfortunately,

the power within the feather had already been released.

And one feather is far from enough.

“Silver Winged Thunderbird it is?”

Jiang Fan murmured softly.

The group took a short rest and regrouped.

However, they discovered a crucial problem.

“Senior Brother Jiang, these eagles seem to be in bad shape.”

Jiang Fan looked over and found that the eagles were trembling.

It was evident that the appearance of the Silver Winged Thunderbird had frightened them.

“They’ll be fine after a while.” Jiang Fan confirmed that they weren’t injured, and felt slightly relieved.

But Qin Caihe was worried, “I’m afraid the eagles might not fully recover by the time we reach the Desires Sect.”

“Those disciples who verify the task could use this as an excuse to create trouble for us.”

Jiang Fan shared this concern.

After all, he hardly knew anyone at the Desires Sect.

“We’ll deal with it when we get there!”

This time, the journey was without further incident.

Two days later.

They successfully arrived at the Desires Sect.

Unlike the Green Cloud Sect and the Supreme Sect, which were quiet and peaceful.

The Desires Sect was heavily influenced by the impending beast tide, and the atmosphere was quite solemn.

At the same time, there were unusually many teams from various sects delivering all kinds of war supplies to the Desires Sect.

When Jiang Fan and the others arrived at the mountain gate, several teams were already waiting to have their supplies inspected.

“Eh? Yi Lianxing from the Spirit Beast Sect?”

“Is she personally in charge of the escort task?”

Yi Lianxing was well-known as an elite disciple of the Spirit Beast Sect.

Someone recognized her immediately.

Among the few disciples from the Desires Sect responsible for receiving the tasks,

a male disciple walked over and gave their group a rough glance.

When his gaze fell on the Thousand-mile Eagles, he said sternly, “Why are they all so listless?”

“We, the Desires Sect, dare not easily accept such task items.”

“Take them back!”

Jiang Fan raised his eyebrows.

After two days of recuperation, the Thousand-mile Eagles had mostly recovered.

They were just a bit lethargic.

A few more days of rest and they would fully recover.

The other party’s refusal was completely unreasonable.

Of course, Jiang Fan knew this was an attempt at extortion.

And since this was a top-level task, the other party wouldn’t easily concede.

They would only agree if given a significant bribe!

Just then.

A charming voice came through.

“They’re just a bit startled, nothing serious.”

“You check the other task items, I’ll take care of this team.”

Under the distant eaves, a female disciple from the Desires Sect, wearing a long gauze dress, was leisurely enjoying her tea on a reclining chair.

She turned her head and noticed Yi Lianxing, then interrupted the male disciple.

“Alright then.” The male disciple looked unwilling as he took a final glance at their group, then walked away.

The gauze-clad woman got up gracefully, swaying her hips and smiling as she walked over to Yi Lianxing:

“Lianxing, it’s been two years, and you’re even more charming now, how endearing.”

She playfully pinched Yi Lianxing’s butt.

“Yu Zijin, you are disgusting to me!”

Yi Lianxing hurriedly dodged, looking appalled, and said:

“Two years in the Desires Sect, and you’ve become even worse!”

It was evident that the two women were old friends, and their relationship was quite good.

And fortunately,

today happened to be her duty day.

Jiang Fan and the others were slightly relieved.

Thanks to Yi Lianxing knowing someone here,

otherwise, this task would have been hard to complete today.

Yu Zijin pouted, “Can’t even joke with you, always so serious, you’ll end up like your Sect Master, single forever.”

Yi Lianxing dared not respond to this.

Impatiently, she urged, “Enough of your nonsense!”

“Quickly sign off on these eagles!”

Yu Zijin rolled her eyes, “Alright, alright, I’ll inspect yours first.”

“After all, your chest is bigger than mine.”

Yi Lianxing blushed and gave her a fierce look.

She couldn’t stand this woman!

Privately she could tolerate anything, but to be so promiscuous in front of Junior Brother Jiang.

What if Junior Brother Jiang ended up thinking she was a shameless woman too?

Jiang Fan’s mouth twitched.

He had to admit, some female disciples of the Desires Sect were really open!

He dismounted and walked over to Yu Zijin, cupping his hands respectfully, “Senior Sister Yu, thank you.”

While chatting at close range, he unobtrusively slipped a money pouch into her sleeve.

When others helped him, he naturally couldn’t be stingy.

Yu Zijin, practiced in her moves, weighed the pouch in her sleeve, and her smile instantly brightened:

“Oh! Lianxing, where did you find this guy? He’s quite generous.”

This pouch contained at least a thousand crystal stones.

Other teams would be lucky to offer a hundred.

Yi Lianxing retorted angrily, “Stop spreading rumors! This is Junior Brother Jiang! Return those crystal stones to him!”

Then she told Jiang Fan, “Junior Brother Jiang, you don’t need to be polite to her!”

“We’re very close friends, and it’s only right for her to help us.”

But Yu Zijin covered her sleeve and smiled sweetly, “No! This is Junior Brother Jiang’s token of love for me.”

Jiang Fan chuckled.

“Senior Sister Yu, please accept it, we came in a rush and didn’t prepare any gifts, take these crystal stones to buy some clothes or beauty cream.”

Although Yu Zijin was helping because of her friendship with Yi Lianxing,

he also had to be considerate; the reward should not be lacking.

Yu Zijin, hearing this, looked at him with admiration:

“You’re quite thoughtful! No wonder Lianxing is so fond of you, bringing you along on tasks.”

Such considerate Junior Brothers were always welcomed for help.

Unexpectedly,

Yi Lianxing corrected, “I told you, stop talking nonsense.”

“Junior Brother Jiang isn’t tagging along on my task.”

“Junior Brother Jiang is the one supporting the three of us.”

Hmm?

A big question mark popped up over Yu Zijin’s head.

Yi Lianxing was an elite disciple of the Spirit Beast Sect.

Except for top-level chief disciples,

who had the qualification to support her?