Chapter 164: Su Wanqing Returns
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“Well, I’m currently infiltrating human territory to observe their movements, and I’ve already found a key opportunity that could help the Empress successfully advance to nine tails…”
Xiao Bai pulled Xiaomeihu and the Empress aside to a secluded spot, lowering her voice as they communicated in their clan’s exclusive fox language.
“What opportunity?”
The Empress had been stuck at the eight-tailed realm for quite some time now. At this moment, hearing of hope for advancement, her voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.
“Really? Kongkong, you’re not lying to us, are you?”
Xiaomeihu, on the other hand, showed a somewhat skeptical expression, finding it hard to believe.
After all, advancing to nine tails was no easy feat. She found it difficult to believe that such an opportunity would come so suddenly.
“I can’t tell you the specifics right now, but you must trust me! Just go back to the clan and wait for news.”
Xiao Bai continued, her tone somewhat anxious.
“Can’t we stay here for a few more days? We finally got to come out…”
Xiaomeihu pouted, her voice full of dissatisfaction.
“Stay for a few more days? What about the clan’s affairs?”
Xiao Bai frowned, her tone carrying a hint of worry.
“Fine, I think you’re not actually worried about the clan’s affairs at all, you just want to stay here and slack off!”
Xiaomeihu didn’t give Xiao Bai any face, saying it directly, with a bit of irritation in her voice.
“Alright, Xiaomeihu, let’s go back first. I trust the High Priest’s judgment.”
Finally, the Empress’s gaze swept over Xinlian, who was dozing not far away. A trace of barely detectable wariness flashed in her eyes before she announced her decision.
In truth, even if Xiao Bai had asked her to stay here, she wouldn’t dare linger much longer.
This was, after all, human cultivator territory. What if they coveted her demon core and rare fur and tried to seize them by force?
After all, human cultivators loved the demon cores of powerful demon race members the most.
More importantly, she probably couldn’t even win in a fight…
“But… but I still want to stay with Xiao Bai a little longer.”
Xiaomeihu’s voice dropped, clearly still wanting to cling to Xiao Bai’s side, her tone full of reluctance.
“No buts. Listen, we’ll go back first and trust that the High Priest will handle everything.”
After the Empress finished speaking, she gave Xiaomeihu no chance to argue back, directly pulling her around to leave.
“Xiao Bai! Don’t you dare go finding a lover while you’re here… Make sure you wait for me to come back!”
When they reached a distance away, Xiaomeihu couldn’t help but turn back, standing on her tiptoes to shout at Xiao Bai, her voice full of lingering attachment.
“…”
Xiao Bai stood in place, somewhat speechless.
She, Xiao Bai, had conducted herself with complete integrity her whole life, what lover would she find!
She had no idea why Xiaomeihu always fixated on her romantic affairs, worrying even more than the elders in the clan.
Only after watching the Empress and Xiaomeihu’s figures completely disappear from view did Xiao Bai finally breathe a sigh of relief, turning to look for Lin Muyu and the others.
But the moment she turned her head, she met a pair of eyes full of plea for help.
“Xiao Bai… quickly save me…”
She saw Lin Muyu once again being held in Xinlian’s arms, like a warming pillow, her whole body enveloped by the other person.
Xinlian herself couldn’t really explain why, but every time she held Lin Muyu, drowsiness would surge over her, and she didn’t even want to touch alcohol anymore.
In truth, she had been drinking to suppress the pain in her body. Now that she had someone by her side who could give her peace, she had no desire to drink that throat-burning stuff anymore.
Xiao Bai glanced at this bizarre scene, immediately turned her head expressionlessly, and directly ignored the help signal Lin Muyu was sending her way.
‘These master and disciple, clinging together in broad daylight, they really know how to have fun…’
Xiao Bai really couldn’t understand the interaction patterns of human cultivators. After thinking about it, she decided not to meddle in other people’s business.
After all, Lin Muyu herself wasn’t really resisting either.
If Lin Muyu knew what she was thinking, she would definitely cry out her innocence, it was clearly because her spiritual energy was being suppressed and she couldn’t move!
Taking advantage of Lin Muyu being entangled by Xinlian and having no time to tug at her tail, Xiao Bai left Jade Lotus Peak with light steps, planning to visit Beast Taming Peak to see how the fox clan branch there had been doing lately.
At this moment, inside the small house on Jade Lotus Peak, only Lin Muyu remained, wanting to cry but having no tears, pressed against Xinlian’s chest.
She really didn’t understand Xinlian’s behavior.
Clearly, after doing that kind of thing, one would expect them to avoid each other for propriety’s sake, so why was the other person still getting so close?
But for Xinlian, no one had ever been able to dissuade her from what she wanted to do.
After all, her fists carried more authority than all the discourse power in the entire cultivation world. If someone wasn’t happy about it, she’d just beat them up!
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“Woo hoo! I came out early!”
Outside the Ancient Cultivation Tower, Su Wanqing breathed in the fresh air, murmuring to herself.
Her voice was filled with irrepressible joy, and her cool brows were tinged with vivid laughter.
The reason she was so happy was that she hadn’t seen Lin Muyu in a long time. Having been cooped up in the cultivation tower for so long, she was already about to go crazy.
“I wonder if Muyu has been missing me?”
Su Wanqing raised her hand to touch her own cheek, feeling her skin burning hot. A trace of crimson quietly crept onto her cool face, and her eyes also became tender.
The fellow disciples passing by all looked at Su Wanqing with curious gazes.
After all, she usually had a cold face, like an iceberg that could never be warmed.
One female disciple quietly tugged at her companion’s sleeve, leaning close to whisper in her ear:
“Look, is this still our ice-cold senior sister? Could it be she has someone she likes!”
“Yeah, I wonder what kind of person could move our iceberg senior sister’s heart. That guy’s luck is way too good…”
“Ah, I’m so envious. If only senior sister could be this gentle with me.”
Another female disciple nearby couldn’t help but sigh, her tone full of envy.
But Su Wanqing completely ignored the whispers of the surrounding disciples. Her mind was now full of seeing Lin Muyu as soon as possible, with no attention to spare for others’ gazes.
With a flick of her fingertip, an ice-blue longsword appeared out of thin air before her. Following a dazzling flash of sword light, Su Wanqing instantly transformed into a streak of flowing light, disappearing into the horizon.
“Senior sister seems to have gotten even stronger!”
“From the looks of it, in this Grand Sect Dao Conference, our sect is definitely going to be first again! As expected, being invincible is just this lonely~”
“Come on, you’re not the one getting first place, what are you getting all proud about?”
Left behind on the spot, only a group of disciples remained discussing, their voices filled with amazement and some teasing.
On the other side, at Jade Lotus Peak.
“Knock knock knock—”
A series of urgent knocking sounds came. Lin Muyu, who was dozing in Xinlian’s arms, drowsily opened her sleepy eyes, mumbling to ask:
“Who is it? Coming to knock at this hour…”
Every time she stayed in Xinlian’s arms, she would be infected by Xinlian’s drowsiness and couldn’t help but want to sleep. She had no idea what the principle behind it was.
“It’s me, Muyu, I’m back!”
A familiar female voice came from outside the door, gentle yet carrying a bit of urgency.
The instant she heard that voice, Lin Muyu immediately snapped awake, her eyes flying wide open as she hurriedly pushed at Xinlian in whose arms she lay:
“Master, stop sleeping! Senior Sister is back, quickly let go of me!”
“Oh, then shall I help you open the door?”
“Don’t… shouldn’t you let go of me first?”