After practicing the ruthless way, the little sister is too strong

The next morning, Xia Ling was 'forced' to change into the clothes and jewelry of a common noble. If she had not been strongly requested not to wear makeup, it would have taken her half an hour just to dress up.

Looking at herself in the mirror, wearing a glass hairpin and a light blue cloud-patterned Liuxian skirt, she looked so exquisite that Xia Ling was not quite used to it.

If Yi Shui and Zhi Tao had not pointed out that she should not be impolite when meeting the prince today and strongly requested her to dress up, she would probably have already gone to the courtyard to meet up with others.

When Xia Ling stood up and walked out, Xiao Jin said, "You look pretty good in this outfit."

"Haha, with this face of mine, I look good in anything I wear." Xia Ling said jokingly, but she was indeed satisfied with her face.

After a while, Xia Ling walked to the main building and saw several senior brothers walking towards him in another direction.

Xia Ling simply stood there and waited for them for a while.

When they were almost in front of him, he wanted to say hello, but he saw his fifth senior brother staring at him in shock.

With his hand on his chin, he called out suspiciously, "Junior Sister?"

Xia Ling: "...Have I changed so much?"

"Of course." Lin Xingfan nodded immediately, "You look like a lady after dressing up like this."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to trace the height difference between the two of them, "Time waits for no one. Little Junior Sister, you have grown taller again. Normally, you are just a small radish head."

"Heh." Xia Ling stepped forward and punched him, then withdrew his hand when he saw Lin Xingfan holding his stomach and backing away.

Simu Feng, who was standing by, raised his hand and rubbed her hair out of habit, and said with a smile, "Don't pay attention to him. She's usually cute, but today she looks even more delicate and beautiful."

Xia Ling was somewhat surprised that Si Mufeng would say such a non-offensive thing today, and for a moment she was too surprised to answer.

But this made several others feel that she was disappointed because she didn't get any feedback because she rarely dressed up.

Although Qi Huai didn't know the difference, he still said: "Your second brother is right, you are indeed... too beautiful today."

When he said this, his tone was very stiff, and it was obvious that he was not used to saying such words of praise.

Even Yue Chenzhi and Jiang Ci echoed the sentiment.

"...ha...ha, thank you." Faced with this sudden praise, Xia Ling crossed her arms over her chest and got goose bumps all over her body.

He gave a couple of dry laughs and took the initiative to lead them to the reception room.

Bai Huan seemed to have been here for a while and was currently sorting out information.

Sitting on the main seat was a young man with a picturesque face and wearing a golden dragon-patterned robe.

This kind of clothing symbolizes the imperial family. Xia Ling knew without any guessing that this person was the third prince mentioned by Bai Huan yesterday - Yan Su.

But Xia Ling always felt that this face looked familiar.

While she was secretly observing, Bai Huan had already stood up and walked in front of her, her eyes slightly bright, her expression of joy evident in her words.

Xia Ling intuitively guessed what she was going to say, and quickly spoke first, using the man sitting in the main seat to start a conversation, "Sister, who is this?"

Bai Huan wanted to praise her, but this time her attention was successfully diverted. "This is the third prince, and he is also the representative of this 'Ghost Destruction' incident."

Guimie is the abbreviation of the plan for the disappearance of personnel. She mentioned it yesterday, so Xia Ling naturally would not forget it.

She bowed according to folk etiquette, "Your servant Xia Ling greets His Majesty the Third Prince."

During the time when the original owner was in the world of cultivation, Bai Huan led the family's development on her own, and saved the life of the late emperor, so she received many honors.

In just a few years, he had ascended to a position that others could never reach in their lifetime. Now he was the head of a family and an official appointed by the imperial court.

The empire has many connections with the cultivation world, and there are many powerful cultivators. Although Xia Ling is in the cultivation world, she is still the second daughter of the Bai family in name. In addition, the rules and restrictions for cultivators entering the mortal world mean that she still has to treat the royal family as an ordinary official lady.

As for Yue Chen and his group, they had no connection with the mortal world. Although they did not need to care too much about the royal family, they still bowed in greeting out of courtesy.

Seeing this, Yan Su stood up and motioned for everyone to take a seat, smiling and saying, "Don't be restrained. It is a blessing for the empire that you all can come to help."

His voice is as gentle as his face, and his temperament is elegant and noble, which fits the saying "like jade and bamboo."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xia Ling finally remembered why she felt he looked familiar.

This man's appearance... is only slightly different from Yu Jian Sect's senior brother Yan Xianshu.

Yan Xianshu's eyes were aggressive, slanting upward like a fox, while the third prince's eyes were as gentle and tearful as his third senior brother Qi Huai's.

Xia Ling observed the reactions of Yue Chenzhi and the others, but they didn't seem to be abnormal. They probably knew it a long time ago.

After all, although the original owner had no idea about the details of his disciples in the cultivation world due to the suppression, they were different.

It seems that after this incident, it is necessary to find out more.

Xia Ling did not reveal his thoughts. After sitting down next to Bai Huan, he waited for their representative, the eldest brother Yue Chenzhi, to speak first.

Yue Chenzhi did not waste any time and went straight to the point: "Third Prince, we have learned some of the relevant matters with the help of Patriarch Bai. The last group of people disappeared two days ago. You should have investigated. Have you found any clues?"

Yan Su shook his head and said helplessly: "No, although we have strengthened the vigilance throughout the capital and sent monks to guard it, we still have no results, and we don't know how the person behind the scenes kidnapped the person."

Si Mufeng leaned back in his chair, waving the folding fan in his hand. "So far, hundreds of people have disappeared in the capital alone. No matter how careful they are, they can't be perfect. Your Highness, why don't you tell us about the anomalies or similarities in these cases?"

"Mr. Si is quite perceptive." Yan Su pushed a blueprint and some black powder in front of him across the table to Yue Chenzhi, who was closest to him. "There is a blood-red teleportation array in the homes of the missing people. As for these powders, they are collected from the array."

Yue Chenzhi opened the blueprint and used his spiritual power to explore the powder.

Soon, he gave the answer, "This is an irreversible one-time forbidden technique - Blood Soul Sacrifice. As for the powder, it should be the residue left after the high-level talisman paper was burned."

“Blood soul sacrifice?!” Lin Xingfan’s expression was not very good. “It turned out to be such a vicious forbidden technique. If this continues, I’m afraid that countless people will die before we can find out the results of the investigation.”

Blood Soul Sacrifice is a forbidden technique that can be used by ordinary people, but the cost is extremely high. Each use will consume ten years of the user's lifespan.

If this magic circle is engraved in every disappearance case, it means that countless people have died because of this forbidden technique.

After all, the people behind the scenes will certainly not go to various places in person to do it themselves.

The key point is that this magic circle is a one-time forbidden technique. It will be automatically destroyed within a certain period of time after being cast, so there is no way to obtain any clues through it.