Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price-Chapter 277 - 82: Using Public Power for Personal Revenge on Xia Qing
The next day.
The sky was clear, and not a cloud could be seen for miles.
A rare fine weather in the Northern Wilderness.
Below, the stream flowed gently, and the surrounding breeze caressed the willows, carrying the fresh scent of them, which uplifted one’s spirits.
The further south one walked, the more beautiful the scenery became, increasingly unlike the Northern Wilderness, more like the gentle water towns of the East and West Imperial.
"South Willow Bay, I didn’t expect to return here again."
Liu Su sat by the stream, cupping her chin with her hands, gazing at the beautiful scenery around her, and couldn’t help but sigh.
The last time she came to South Willow Bay with the Saintess and the Sect Leader was five years ago.
At that time, Senior Sister Chun Hongtang was also there, and the Cyan Lotus Sect was still flourishing. The Sect Leader led them to the southernmost part of the Northern Wilderness in search of the relics left by the founder of the Cyan Lotus Sect.
They also intended to place some of the heavenly materials and treasures and cultivation techniques they had collected into the founder’s relics.
However, there were some mishaps during this journey, and in the end, only the Saintess and the Sect Leader managed to enter the relics.
As such, Liu Su only knew the general location of the relics, and after five years, the Cyan Lotus Sect no longer existed, and there had been many changes in the Northern Wilderness. It was unknown whether the entrance to the relics was still there.
Alas, the Saintess wanted me not to acknowledge her, yet also wanted me to lead the way.
What if we reach the place and I can’t find the entrance? What then?
Niantang said I had been here before, and I should lead the way?
As Liu Su was pondering, a cold and stern voice came from ahead:
"Xiaoxue, your spiritual power direction is wrong! Five lashes as punishment!"
"Yun Zhen, the Cloud Pattern Star Spear is not meant to be wielded forcefully! Ten lashes as punishment!"
"Mo Xiaolan, put in more effort, Qin Gengyun doesn’t even feel it!"
One could see the tall figure in red holding a slender willow branch as a teaching rod, stern in both voice and expression, ready to administer lashes for the slightest mistake of the four—Qin Gengyun included.
Fang Xue was fine; she already admired Niantang and was willing to accept punishment if her practice wasn’t good enough.
Mo Xiaolan was also of a sturdy disposition and became more diligent in her cultivation after being beaten.
Qin Gengyun, who was initially trained as a meat shield, took a few hits as body refining.
Yun Zhen was the worst off; she had never tried such a brutal training method before, occasionally crying out miserably when the "ancestor" struck her.
Liu Su couldn’t help but shake her head, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, using training as an excuse to vent personal grievances, it seems."
Niantang seemed to hear this and glanced at her, intentionally or not, and Liu Su quickly covered her mouth.
The four were tormented by her for most of the day. Niantang seemed to have vented enough and finally said to rest for five hundred breaths.
After saying this, she was startled for a moment. Was it due to being too accustomed to the pace of Qiu Zhihe and her husband’s dual cultivation, that she subconsciously uttered this familiar time?
Qin Gengyun also paused, his gaze towards Niantang becoming a bit peculiar.
Yun Zhen beside them cried out, "Ancestor, how come the rest is only five hundred breaths? That’s too short! Could it be longer?"
Qin Gengyun promptly said, "How is five hundred breaths short? It’s enough!"
Yun Zhen was speechless, "Isn’t five hundred breaths short? Master, do you want to join forces with the ancestor to wear me out?"
But the ancestor’s face didn’t look good, so Yun Zhen dared not speak again, promptly sitting to adjust her breath.
Qin Gengyun, meanwhile, kept his eyes on Niantang, seeming thoughtful, as Niantang snorted coldly, turning to leave in a hurry.
She leaped across the stream, sat under a willow tree, distancing herself from Qin Gengyun, as if fearing he’d notice something.
"Senior Niantang, you’re exposed, you’re going to be found out!"
At this point, Liu Su suddenly appeared, whispering lightheartedly.
Niantang gave her a cold glance, but Liu Su wasn’t afraid and smiled cheekily:
"Saintess, I know what you’re thinking. You’re glad Mo Xiaolan can help the master in cultivation, but when you see how well she and the master collaborate, their close bond, your heart can’t help but feel sour, right?"
"This is what they call a woman’s contradiction! Ouch!"
Liu Su held her head innocently, saying, "Saintess, you orchestrated this yourself, why hit me?"
Niantang raised her hand again, and Liu Su, frightened, crouched down clutching her head, but Niantang didn’t hit her further, only sighed softly.
Liu Su was right; she had woven her own web.
Liu Su glanced at her, whispering, "Saintess, what if when we get to the southernmost point, we can’t find the entrance to the relics?"
Niantang gave her a look, "The array on the relic gate responds to me. When we arrive, I will naturally send a message to you."
Liu Su gave a small sound of acknowledgment but saw that Niantang suddenly looked in a direction, her gaze becoming amused. Liu Su was puzzled and was about to turn back to look when Niantang had already spoken:
"It’s Ye Xiyue, she’s been following us all along."
Surprisingly, Liu Su wasn’t alarmed; she merely said, "Saintess, does Ye Xiyue know that you found her?"
Niantang sneered, "Of course she knows, but even knowing, she thinks I can’t shake her off and will naturally keep following us."
This was already part of Qiu Zhihe’s plan, to lead Ye Xiyue into chasing them all the way until they lured her into the Cyan Lotus Sect relic. Inside, there were ways to help Qin Gengyun seize the spirit roots from her and Su Hongling.
"But, Saintess..."
Liu Su whispered, "The method of seizing the spirit roots is too much, are you really willing to let the master be like that with them?"
Niantang replied faintly, "I am destined not to keep company with him always. In the future, with whichever woman he is intimate, I won’t be able to see it anyway, so why care?"
Liu Su wanted to say if you don’t care, why did you just vent a personal vendetta?
But looking at the Saintess’s expression, she wisely kept her mouth shut.
Moments later, whispered voices arose in the willow grove:
"Actually, if I wanted to accompany the master...I alone would be enough."
A mile north of South Willow Bay, on the crown of a towering tree dozens of feet high, a clear, cold white figure stood quietly.
She wore a moon-white fairy skirt, stepping on branches, gracefully like a fairy.
Below, the ground had a shallow puddle, and at this time her cold face showed an incongruous eerie smile:
"Heh heh heh, Ye Xiyue, weren’t you having fun just now? Now you’re pretending to be a fairy again; isn’t it disgusting?"
The eerie smile vanished, reverting to a cold, peerless beauty:
"The poison in my body will be cleared in two days. If you act up again, don’t blame me for being ruthless."
"Heh heh heh!"
The cold face again displayed an eerily adorable smile:
"Ye Xiyue, I know. You came to the Northern Wilderness to find a way to separate me from you. Seeing Xia Qinglian’s ability to transform into two bodies, you thought you could find a method from her, right?"
That day, Ye Xiyue saw Qiu Zhihe and could vaguely sense the sword intent of her and Su Hongling within, yet Qiu Zhihe’s appearance and figure differed too much from Xia Qinglian at the time.
So she couldn’t fully confirm at the moment.
But with Qiu Zhihe suddenly disappearing, and this red-haired woman suddenly appearing, Ye Xiyue was sure of her conjecture.
Because within the body of this red-haired woman, there were also those two familiar sword intents!
Ye Xiyue could now ascertain that Qiu Zhihe and this red-haired woman were both Xia Qinglian!
Such a cloning technique, if she mastered it, could surely allow her to separate the demon embryo, even possibly achieving divinity transformation at once.
"Heh heh, Ye Xiyue, are you wondering how to persuade Xia Qinglian to willingly teach you this cloning technique? Do you want me to tell you how?"
The demon embryo giggled, and in the next moment, Ye Xiyue returned to her immortal body, coldly saying:
"I am here to eradicate you; why would I trust you?"
"Ye Xiyue, you only know cultivation and don’t understand human bonds. Let me tell you, if you want Xia Qinglian to succumb, closely observe that man; perhaps he is Xia Qinglian’s weak spot."
