Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 422 408: Junior Martial Uncle Pei, Please Go See Lu Fairy

"Jiu, how confident are you that you can win Pei Yuhang's heart within a month?"

As she said this, the Red Lotus Guard codenamed "Qi" couldn't help but find it strange.

Even a peerless beauty like the Holy Daughter had failed to melt that block of ice, Pei Yuhang.

'Jiu is just a mere assassin. How could the Holy Daughter possibly believe she could capture the heart of the famous White-clothed Sword Immortal?'

After hearing Qi's words, Jiu fell silent for a moment before speaking. "A month isn't enough. Can you ask the Holy Daughter for more time?"

For some reason, after overhearing the conversation between Pei Yuhang and Qing Yueqiu, she now felt an inexplicable irritation as she listened to the Holy Daughter's orders.

She didn't want to discuss the Holy Daughter's mission with Qi any longer.

She wanted to return to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion.

"Jiu, I'll pass your request on to the Holy Daughter. As for whether Her Highness will grant you more time, you'll just have to wait for news."

As Qi spoke, her voice suddenly grew sharp.

"Someone's coming. I'm leaving."

With that, Qi's body dissolved into a shadow and vanished. It was the same Escape Technique Jiu had used before, one that even a Cultivator of a higher rank couldn't detect.

Jiu quickly put her Cloak of Nothingness back on. As the world before her drained of color, she slipped back into the void between spaces.

From the void, she saw an Immortal Crane flying toward the Cold Palace Sword Mansion.

Riding the Immortal Crane was a cute young girl. She held the reins, a worried look on her chubby, baby-fat cheeks. It seemed she was heading to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion on urgent business.

Jiu recognized her. She was Lu Ruoxi's Pill Boy. 'But why has she suddenly come to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion?'

'Could it be... related to what happened that night?'

Jiu vividly remembered the scene from that snowy night: Lu Ruoxi spying on Pei Yuhang, then fleeing in a panic after being discovered. After all, it was on that very night that Jiu herself had become the "secret infiltrator" imprisoned by Pei Sword Immortal.

That was why she was so puzzled about Pei Yuhang and Lu Ruoxi's current relationship.

According to the intelligence she'd gathered, the seemingly demure Lu Fairy was actually an obsessive woman with rather perverted feelings for her junior martial brother.

'But that idiot, Pei Yuhang, has always been blind to Lu Ruoxi's true nature. He even defied the Holy Daughter to defend her once.'

'So... have Pei Yuhang and Lu Ruoxi had a falling out now?'

A few theories formed in Jiu's mind as she silently followed the Immortal Crane.

'If I want to earn some leeway from the Holy Daughter, I have to show results.'

'The Holy Daughter would certainly be very interested in what's happening with Lu Ruoxi.'

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With immense willpower, Pei Yuhang refused the "special service only a master gets to enjoy" that Qing Yueqiu offered after his massage.

He threw on his outer robe and walked into Liyuan's room.

He didn't expect to run into someone there.

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei!"

Inside, Chen Sixuan, dressed in a small, apricot-yellow skirt, was sitting properly in a chair. When she saw him enter, she immediately stood up, folded her hands before her, and bowed respectfully.

She glanced up with her almond-shaped eyes, a hint of curiosity and unease in them. A faint blush crept onto her cheeks from nervousness.

"Oh, it's Xiaoxuan... Is there a reason you've come to see me?"

Pei Yuhang sounded a little awkward. He couldn't tell if Chen Sixuan's sudden visit... was his senior sister's idea.

"Ah Han, why are you being so formal with Xiaoxuan?"

A soft, chiding voice came from behind him. Pei Yuhang turned to see Ye Liyuan gliding gracefully over to Chen Sixuan's side.

A smile played on her lips and a mischievous glint shone in her eyes. She reached out with both hands, grinning as she went to pinch Chen Sixuan's chubby, bun-like cheeks.

Chen Sixuan's greatest fear was Ye Liyuan teasing her cheeks like this. The girl tried to dodge, but Ye Liyuan simply reached out and pulled her into an embrace, trapping her.

"Don't hide, Xiaoxuan! Sister Ye hasn't seen you in so long. Come on, let me give these chubby little cheeks a pinch~"

Ye Liyuan had always adored children. Unfortunately, despite all her efforts to get her Dao Companion to "sow his seeds," they'd had no luck.

Now that there was a child right here, she was going to have her fun!

Unable to escape, Chen Sixuan could only resign herself to her fate as Sister Ye kneaded her cheeks into various shapes as if they were dough.

"Xiaoxuan's cheeks are still as wonderfully pinchable as ever~"

"Now, tell Sister Ye, what did your master send you here to do?"

Chen Sixuan finally perked up at the second half of Ye Liyuan's question.

She glanced cautiously at Pei Yuhang and said softly, "Actually, I ran away. My master doesn't know I'm here."

"You snuck away from Senior Sister? Did you get into an argument with her?"

Ye Liyuan assumed Chen Sixuan had been scolded by her master, lost her temper, and run away from home.

She had been just as childish once. In the end, it was Ah Han, her senior martial brother at the time, who had to bring her back.

Recalling the sweet memory, the smile in Ye Liyuan's eyes grew even more genuine.

But Chen Sixuan just shook her head, her voice filled with disappointment.

"No... It's Master. Something is very wrong with her right now... I tried to get her to pull herself together, but I can't.

That's why I had to come and ask you, Junior Martial Uncle Pei, and you, Sister Ye, to go talk to her."

"Ah? Did something happen to Senior Sister?"

Ye Liyuan spent her days lost in the bliss of Ah Han's affection. She was so pampered and sheltered, living a life of utter leisure, that she didn't even know Lu Ruoxi had resigned from her position as an Elder of the Dan Yun Pavilion.

Seeing her confusion, Chen Sixuan immediately began to explain.

When Ye Liyuan learned that her senior sister was now drinking heavily every day, wasting her life away, and had stopped practicing both Alchemy and her cultivation, her pretty face filled with utter shock and disbelief.

"Senior Sister... How could she have become like this?"

In Ye Liyuan's memory, her senior sister had always been a strong, wise, elegant, and dignified Fairy—the very role model she'd always looked up to.

But now, listening to Chen Sixuan's description, the person she was hearing about felt like a complete stranger...

"I don't know why Master suddenly became so despondent..."

As Chen Sixuan spoke, she stole a glance at the silent Junior Martial Uncle Pei.

'Her intuition told her that her master's transformation had everything to do with Junior Martial Uncle Pei.'

'After all, the turning point had been the night she received a threatening letter about the rumored affair between her master and Junior Martial Uncle Pei.'

'The letter said that if her master didn't resign from her position as Elder, the sender would announce the improper relationship between Lu Ruoxi and Pei Yuhang to the entire sect the very next day.'

'That was when her master had become a complete shut-in!'

This was the very reason Chen Sixuan had come to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion.

'The one who caused the problem should be the one to solve it.'

'As someone who admired Lu Ruoxi more than anyone, she couldn't just stand by and watch the once elegant and respected Elder Lu spiral into ruin.'

"So, Junior Martial Uncle Pei, please go talk some sense into Master! She needs you! I'm begging you!"

Chen Sixuan suddenly broke free from Ye Liyuan's arms, dropped to her knees on the floor, and kowtowed to Pei Yuhang.

"Hey, Xiaoxuan, what are you doing?"

Ye Liyuan rushed over to help her up, but Chen Sixuan refused to rise.

"I won't get up until Junior Martial Uncle Pei agrees to help!"

As she spoke, Chen Sixuan prepared to kowtow again, but this time, a pair of large hands gently but firmly lifted her to her feet.

"Alright, Xiaoxuan," Pei Yuhang said softly. "Lu... She is my senior sister, after all. I won't just stand by and watch her destroy herself."