Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 81 : . Bird in a Cage

"Mei'er!"

In the empty Xiao family mansion, a somewhat panicked voice suddenly rang out, startling a tree full of birds into flight.

Hun Jin hurriedly grabbed Xiao Mei's wrist, her expression tense.

"Mei'er, listen to me explain! Although I'm from the Soul Clan, I have no connection with the Soul Hall. Even though the Soul Hall is an organization within the Soul Clan, but......"

Hun Jin's lips turned slightly pale, speaking in a flustered manner. Towards the end, she didn't even know what she was saying anymore.

Xiao Mei had her head slightly lowered, her hair hanging straight down, preventing Hun Jin from seeing her expression.

Hun Jin tightly gripped Xiao Mei's shoulders with both hands, as if fearing that if she loosened her grip even slightly, the girl in front of her would turn and leave without hesitation.

"I have no connection at all with the Soul Hall, I didn't know they would do such things......"

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Xiao Mei, who raised her head with a very forced smile, looking as if she was about to cry.

Xiao Mei said: "I know...... Senior, can I have some time alone to calm down...... please?"

Xiao Mei wasn't a saint, she was just an ordinary girl with some talent. When she learned that the person she liked was from the same clan as the murderers of her father and grandfather, she truly couldn't react without any emotion and face Hun Jin with a normal mindset.

She needed to calm down properly.

Hun Jin was very worried about her, but she also knew that she was one of the reasons for Xiao Mei's extremely bad mood. If she persisted, it would only make Xiao Mei's mood worse.

Pressing her lips together, Hun Jin reluctantly let go of her hands. She stood there like a wooden statue, watching helplessly as Xiao Mei entered her room and closed the door, completely disappearing from her sight.

After standing outside Xiao Mei's room for about half an hour, Hun Jin finally let out a soft sigh. She took a deep look at Xiao Mei's room, then turned and left.

After leaving Xiao Mei's courtyard, Hun Jin went straight back to the main hall. Then, led by a surviving Xiao family disciple, she found Xiao Han.

At this time, Xiao Han had just returned to her own courtyard not long ago and was looking through her inventory in the system space. She felt that the current Xiao family members were indeed too weak, easily trampled by any faction. She decided to take out some higher-grade cultivation techniques and battle skills from her collection to leave for the Xiao family members.

She wasn't particularly concerned about the Xiao family's current miserable state, but simply didn't want her Big Brother, Second Brother, and the few cousins she had good relationships with to be sad and upset if something happened to them again.

"Profound-rank high-grade cultivation techniques: 'Flame Vein Technique', 'Wind Clarity Technique', 'Ten Thousand Thunder Technique', 'Forest Wood Spirit Communication Technique', 'Imprisoning Water Confining Sky Technique'......"

There were too many items in the system space, and not many cultivation techniques and battle skills suitable for the Xiao family members. Xiao Han simply asked the system to help search for cultivation techniques and battle skills below earth-rank and above yellow-rank. However, Xiao Han had high standards, and there were very few profound-rank cultivation techniques and battle skills. After searching for a long time, she finally gathered techniques for all attributes.

After picking out some high-quality weapons and defensive magical tools, Xiao Han finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking for a moment, she also took out some medicinal pills that she had refined but were of no use to her, in considerable quantities. Although these pills gathering dust in the system were of no use to Xiao Han, for the Xiao family members, each one was a rare treasure.

Thinking of finding time later to hand these items over to the Third Elder and a few fair-minded Xiao family members, Xiao Han had just put these things into an empty storage ring when she heard a series of muffled footsteps from behind.

Without turning around, just by the aura alone, Xiao Han knew who had come.

"Is there something you need?" Xiao Han counted the items in the storage ring once more, not turning around, just asking lightly.

Seeing Xiao Han's attitude, Hun Jin's eyes dimmed slightly. In fact, Xiao Han had this attitude towards everyone except Gu Xun'er, and Hun Jin had almost gotten used to it. But now that this had happened, Hun Jin was feeling bad herself, and hearing Xiao Han's cold voice, she couldn't help but overthink.

Although, it was all just her imagination.

Hun Jin took a deep breath, a hint of self-mockery appearing on her face: "Do you also think the Soul Hall matter is related to me?"

Xiao Han glanced at her, seeing through Hun Jin's thoughts, and shook her head, her expression as usual: "I know it has nothing to do with you."

Hun Jin was slightly stunned, her expression finally easing somewhat.

Xiao Han spoke calmly, repeating: "Is there something you need?"

Reminded by Xiao Han, Hun Jin finally remembered that she had come to find her for a reason. She collected herself, was silent for a moment, then said: "Although I know nothing about the Xiao family's affairs, no matter what, the Soul Hall is an organization within the Soul Clan, and as a member of the Soul Clan, I also have a responsibility."

Xiao Han looked at her, not believing that Hun Jin had come to find her just to apologize.

"I want to go back to the Soul Clan to take a look," Hun Jin said, her expression somewhat solemn. "To see why the Soul Hall people attacked your Xiao family. At least, I need to give Mei'er an explanation."

However, Xiao Han frowned slightly, glancing at her: "Do you have a high status in the clan?"

Hun Jin didn't know why Xiao Han would ask this, but she answered honestly: "Not really, I'm just the granddaughter of an elder in the Soul Clan. My grandfather is the Fourth Elder of the Soul Clan, in charge of the Soul Clan's Battle Skill Pavilion. His status isn't very high, but it's not bad."

Xiao Han asked again: "What about the Soul Hall?"

Hun Jin frowned: "The Soul Hall... The Soul Hall is directly under the Clan Leader's management, considered the Clan Leader's direct force. Other people have no right to interfere with the Soul Hall's decisions and actions."

"Then how will you find out the truth?" Xiao Han asked calmly. "I'm afraid that even with your grandfather's authority, he can't question the Soul Hall, right?"

Hearing this, Hun Jin was at a loss for words, feeling that Xiao Han had a point.

After a while, Hun Jin said glumly: "But I still need to go back and ask clearly. I just feel like something might have happened in the clan."

Xiao Han looked at her, pondered for a moment, then nodded. She had no right to stop Hun Jin from going home anyway; if Hun Jin wanted to go back, she could go. However......

"Why are you telling me this?" Xiao Han found it strange. If she wanted to go back, she could just go. Xiao Han wasn't anyone to her, so why did she come specially to tell her?

Hun Jin replied: "After all, you are the leader of the Gate of Transmigration. As a member of the Gate of Transmigration, I naturally need to tell you, to let you know."

Xiao Han, who hadn't been a faction leader for a long time, blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment.

It seemed to make some sense.

Xiao Han thought for a moment, and still reminded her: "You'd better be careful."

However, Hun Jin chuckled and shook her head, saying: "I'm going back to my own home, do I need to be so cautious?"

That's not necessarily true.

Xiao Han lowered her eyebrows. For some reason, she had a bad feeling, as if something beyond her control in the unseen realms was making her uneasy.

But this feeling came somewhat inexplicably, and Xiao Han didn't know how to bring it up with Hun Jin. After all, as she said, the Soul Clan was her home, not some dangerous place.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Han looked up at Hun Jin, took out a bottle of pills from the system space, and handed it to Hun Jin.

Hun Jin took it, looking at Xiao Han with some confusion, not understanding her intention.

"This is the Soul Nourishing Pill," Xiao Han said. "As a direct descendant of the Soul Clan, you should be cultivating techniques related to the soul. This Soul Nourishing Pill can protect your soul from harm to a great extent."

For the direct descendants of the Soul Clan who cultivate based on the soul, the soul is of utmost importance. Once the soul is damaged, it's a fatal blow to them.

Holding this Soul Nourishing Pill, Hun Jin suddenly felt it was burning hot in her hand.

Soul power is mysterious. Even the Soul Clan, who specialize in cultivating the soul, only half-understand the power of the soul. Therefore, such pills that directly affect the soul can be said to be priceless. At least, Hun Jin had never heard of related pills since she was born.

She never imagined that Xiao Han could produce pills that could protect and nourish the soul.

The Soul Nourishing Pill is a unique pill in the cultivation world, and one of the few pills that can repair and protect the soul. This type of pill is roughly seventh-grade, but due to the difficulty in finding materials, Xiao Han doesn't have many on hand.

Hun Jin let out a breath, carefully put the pill into her own storage ring, then gratefully nodded to Xiao Han and thanked her.

"When do you plan to leave?" Xiao Han asked.

Hun Jin looked at the sky, thought for a moment, and said: "Early tomorrow morning."

"Are you going to tell Xiao Mei?"

Hun Jin nodded. Although Xiao Mei might not want to see her right now, she still needed to tell Xiao Mei. Otherwise, if she was gone for too long, wouldn't Mei'er worry?

Sighing, Hun Jin chatted with Xiao Han for a few more sentences, told her some things about the Soul Hall, and then took her leave.

Watching Hun Jin leave, Xiao Han finally withdrew her gaze. She looked at the messy bottles and jars in front of her, suddenly feeling tired, and couldn't help but raise her hand to rub her temples.

[Host, what's wrong with you?] Seeing that Xiao Han seemed unwell, the system asked worriedly. While asking, it also thoughtfully scanned Xiao Han's body, checking her physical data. It then concluded that its host was in perfect health, with no problems at all.

Xiao Han closed her eyes. The sudden fatigue in her body surged up like a tide, but receded at an extremely fast speed: "I'm fine."

The system was still worried, after all, Xiao Han's previous behavior didn't seem fine at all.

The system didn't attribute Xiao Han's previous anomaly to fatigue at all. In its impression, Xiao Han was undoubtedly extremely powerful, and fatigue was something that couldn't possibly appear in its host.

However, since the host said so, the system couldn't ask further.

Seeing that the system didn't ask any more questions, Xiao Han breathed a sigh of relief. The sudden fatigue from earlier, although it receded quickly, still made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Strange......

Xiao Han suppressed the unease in her heart, exhaled, feeling that it might be because her Big Brother and Second Brother's matters had taken up too much of her mental energy, causing her to feel this fatigue.

She looked at the sky, shook her head, feeling that she should rest for a while first.

No one saw a faint black mist slowly appear in Xiao Han's dantian. This mist was very thin, with no presence at all.

The moment the mist appeared, the Tribulation Lightning trembled slightly, as if discovering the existence of the mist, and in the next second, the mist disappeared.

The Tribulation Lightning wandered around in the dantian, seeming a bit confused. After confirming that there was nothing else in the dantian, it slowly sank down, quietly coiling up in the dantian again.

The dantian returned to its original quietness.