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Chapter 1721:- Continuing to Live (1)
Elder Yue had not made any moves against Yue Yi little sister all this time because Yue Yi possessed exceptional gift. Although he had wanted to extend his demonic claws upon Yue Yi, he had instead just used Yue Yi little sister to threaten Yue Yi, to ensure Yue Yi followed every single one of his orders, unable to resist.
But if Yue Yi were to lose his usefulness, then Elder Yue would have ways to make Yue Yi truly taste what Hell would be like!
And Yue Yi would lose the only way he could protect his little sister with as well.
In just an instant, the colour faded completely from Yue Yi's face, to turn white as a sheet.
Jun Wu Xie looked calmly at Yue Yi's pallor that had turned an extremely ugly shade and then said rather expressionlessly: "Able to take it?"
Yue Yi opened his mouth, his trembling lip betraying his heart that was almost at the point of crumbling.
"I lied." Jun Wu Xie said those words suddenly.
The eyes that Yue Yi looked at him with were incredulous and filled with disbelief.
Jun Wu Xie did not seem to feel that her joke had been so unnervingly terrifying. She merely continued to treat Yue Yi's wounds while she said: "One month's nursing would have you make a full recovery."
"Is.... is what you are saying really true? You are not..... lying to me?" Yue Yi really did not dare to take Jun Wu's word for it anymore.
Jun Wu Xie arched up an eyebrow, and then nodded her head.
Yue Yi just felt like he needed to cry so badly. This was the first time he came to know that the seemingly highly cold Jun Wu even possessed the skill to "joke".
Truly one who was usually silent, but just highly astounds when he speaks. This very first time he cracked a joke, had nearly shocked him out of half his life.
"Do you now know that not everything would be what you are able to shoulder?" Jun Wu Xie said, seeing the colour come back onto Yue Yi's face.
Yue Yi didn't know whether to laugh or to cry but just nodded his head. Shocks like this were truly something his heart would not be able to take.
"If you realize it now, then remember it clearly in your head that if you truly care for your younger sister, then you must understand that if you die, she will have to follow in your footsteps." Jun Wu Xie's words, suddenly swerved into another direction.
Yue Yi was rather taken aback.
"If you had died under Zhuge Yin's hands yesterday, do you think that Elder Yue will treat your younger sister well because of guilt?" Jun Wu Xie said, a chill rising within her eyes.
Yue Yi found himself at a loss for words.
Just how cruel and venomous Elder Yue could be, Yue Yi knew it only too well. If he had died, his little sister would then experience living hell.
"If you want to die, you're free to do that. But if there are people that you care deeply about, then this life of yours must not be given up upon so easily. Otherwise, the ones that would suffer, would be those very people." Jun Wu Xie said with a slight lift of her eyebrow. From the first time she had encountered Yue Yi, she had already detected that there was completely no life in Yue Yi's gaze. He did not hold any fear towards death, to the extent that his heart might really be longing for death to come.
With everything that Elder Yue had done to him, it had already caused him to lose the will to live. The fact that he had lived such a despicable existence till now was only because of his little sister.
This was a point that Jun Wu Xie could not agree to.
"But..... if I did not go up onto that stage, Zhuge Yin would tell everyone about all that Elder Yue had done! It wouldn't matter to me, but I can't let me little sister....." Yue Yi said rather anxiously.
Jun Wu Xie laughed sneeringly, interrupting his self pitying.
"Would you feel that rumours and gossips would cause your sister more harm, or when she turns to finally become Elder Yue's plaything?"
If Yue Yi were to die, Elder Yue would not longer have any misgivings and everything that had been done upon Yue Yi would all fall straight onto his little sister.
Jun Wu Xie's words were like a bucket of cold water that was thrown straight down upon his head, sending chills to run through him which also caused him to completely awaken his senses.
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Chapter 1722:- Continuing to Live (2)
Jun Wu Xie's words were like a bucket of cold water that was thrown straight down upon his head, sending chills to run through him which also caused him to completely awaken to his senses.
That's right, if he had died, who besides his little sister would grief for him?
Wasn't the one he cared about the most, this very little sister of his?
With his death, it would only mean that he would have pushed his own little sister over into the abyss.....
Yue Yi's heart that had been seeking to die all this time was suddenly awoken by the cold bucket of water Jun Wu had splashed over him, forcing him to have no choice but to think deeper about it.
"I apologise. I have been too thick." Yue Yi apologized sincerely. He should not allow societal norms dictate how he lived his own life, and put his own little sister into danger.
"There is no need for you to apologize to me. I'm helping you because we are allies, and I need to use your hand to bring ruin upon the Shadow Moon Palace. You want to save your sister, and I seek the destruction of the Shadow Moon Palace. That's all it is." Jun Wu Xie said indifferently.
Yue Yi was however still looking at Jun Wu gratefully. No one had ever said words like this to him before. He might be thick in the head, but he was clear in thought. He knew that there was no need for Jun Wu to say all these to him, as as long as he was still alive, he would have helped Jun Wu all the same, but Jun Wu had still chosen to say those words to him.
That kindness, was well concealed under Jun Wu's cold indifferent personality, but it made Yue Yi feel unbelievably warm inside.
At that moment, Yue Yi was filled with curiosity towards Jun Wu. He could not understand why Zi Jin would misunderstand the kindness Jun Wu had shown. He did not believe for a moment that Zhuge Yin would let him off for no reason. Zi Jin had said it herself. It was with Jun Wu's arrival that caused Zhuge Yin to show an obvious shift in his attitude, and although Yue Yi did not know what Jun Wu had actually said, but he was absolutely certain that his life had been saved by Jun Wu!
"Two days at most, and you will be able to come down from the bed to walk. Do not exert any spirit power for now." Jun Wu Xie then turned the subject back, her face not showing much of an expression from beginning to end.
Jun Wu Yao just stood silently at the side, to look at the bashful way his little one was showing kindness, finding it rather interesting to watch.
Jun Wu Xie's way of doing things was highly different from others. Her kindness if bestowed upon people who were not intelligent would often end up being misunderstood and even if she helped people, her face always still showed that same "go by the book" expression. It was not known whether it was because she wasn't able to express herself, or she was being too shy to accept people's gratitude.
Till this day, everytime Jun Wu Yao observed Jun Wu Xie's way of doing things, he still found it highly interesting.
His little one, was indeed a lass that was truly one of a kind in the world.
Motivated to live on, Yue Yi became highly cooperative with Jun Wu's treatment.
On the other side, Zi Jin went with the thoughts in her mind in a chaotic whirl to the Pure Grace Palace's kitchen to ask for some plain porridge and little side dishes that were easily digestible. She carried them as she made her way towards Yue Yi's room, and along the way, her heart was still a dreadful mess. She did not know why she had said all those words to Yue Yi. Yue Yi was Jun Wu's ally and was not from the Spirit Jade Palace. So she had no right to mouth off when it was Yue Yi's own affairs. But for some unknown reason, those words had just come out from her mouth then.
Right at that moment, there was a sense of regret in Zi Jin's heart, and subtly conflicted.
Walking on her way, Zi Jin's mind was filled with thoughts of what happened and did not pay attention to the path. She was walking along absorbed in thoughts when she suddenly knocked into something. In a panic, the tray of porridge and dishes fell with a crash onto the floor.
"Damn it! Don't you have eyes! ?" A voice roared suddenly.
The moment Zi Jin heard that voice, her body stiffened immediately. She quickly raised her head to look up and was shocked to discover that she had bumped into no one else but the very same Zhuge Yin who had almost killed Yue Yi yesterday!
In the next instant, Zi Jin's heart flew up and lodged at the back of her throat.
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Chapter 1723:- Encountering a Nasty Dog (1)
Because of all the turmoil that Jun Wu Xie's words had brought on, Zhuge Yin had been thoroughly frustrated for a whole night and had not been able to sleep well. All the people from the other places he had encountered since he came out from his room this morning had all been whispering and pointing at him, which just caused Zhuge Yin's mood that was already highly jittery to heighten to the verge of an explosive rage. It was only through much struggle where fellow disciples from the same palace had invited him that he agreed to go take a walk in the gardens to improve his mood when in the end, having barely just come to the garden for a short while and he was chatting with the others, he was knocked straight into by someone.
And a large part of that steaming hot bowl of porridge had even spilled onto his clothes!
"Are you so keenly seeking for death?" Zhuge Yin said through tightly gritted teeth as he glared at the bumbling Zi Jin.
Zi Jin was so frightened she was trembling all over, not daring to make a sound. Zhuge Yin's brutality yesterday had left an indelible deep set fear in her.
"Young Lord, isn't the lass from the Shadow Moon Palace?" A sharp eyed youth immediately spotted the uniform Zi Jin was wearing.
Zhuge Yin's brows immediately creased together. After what he had experienced yesterday, the words, "Shadow Moon Palace" had already become like a dark cloud that enveloped his heart, and just hearing the mention of those three words irritated him endlessly.
"From the Shadow Moon Palace?" Zhuge Yin's voice was laced with danger.
"That's right! She was present yesterday as well. Oh! I remember, when Young Lord you were fighting the match on the arena stage, this lass had seemingly disappeared halfway through. I remember that when that kid from the Shadow Moon Palace arrived, this lass had been standing just beside him! This lass must have slipped out to secretly inform him!"
Zi Jin became even more nervous.
When Zhuge Yin heard those words, the fiery rage in his heart immediately roared into a raging blaze. He went forward to grab Zi Jin collar in his hand, lifting the small sized Zi Jin right off the ground.
"Wretched wench! Tell me! Did you go running off to bring that little scoundrel? Damn it! I had been thinking why that brat would suddenly come running! So it's you, this damned wench that went carrying tales! ?" Everything had been going very well till Jun Wu Xie appeared, which threw Zhuge Yin into such a helpless quandary. If not for the arrival of Jun Wu Xie, Yue Yi would have died at Zhuge Yin's hands, and the disciples from all the other palaces would not hold so much animosity against the Dragon Slayers Palace.
Zhuge Yin diverted all the rage he felt against Jun Wu Xie onto Zi Jin, the eyes that glared at Zi Jin looking like he wished for nothing more than to be able to swallow her alive.
Zi Jin bit on her lip as she stared at Zhuge Yin, the terror in her heart gradually spreading, but she detested being treated in such a manner.
"So what if I had been the one? When the Dragon Slayers Palace bullies people with their might, people are not allowed to even speak of it? A sparring match, was supposed to be carried out within certain boundaries of propriety, but you had seeked to take a person's life! You mind might be filled with malice, but others need not be so dumb as to submit themselves to be killed as per your whims!" Zi Jin said as she glared at Zhuge Yin. Such an ugly display of evil from disciples of the Twelve Palaces, completely nauseated her.
"Ha! Damned wench has got a sharp tongue?" Zhuge Yin narrowed his eyes as his gaze swiveled to look around. In that huge expansive garden, only the few of them were there, with no sign of anyone else around. Zhuge Yin's eyes then flashed with a glint of venom.
"You can really prattle on can't you? Men, hold her for me." Zhuge Yin said with a chilling laugh, and the several disciples from the Dragon Slayers Palace immediately went forward, to hold Zi Jin in a tight grip.
Zi Jin did not have strong powers, and was unable to resist against so many people holding her down, unable to move as she was held helplessly before Zhuge Yin.
Zhuge Yin's venomous glint then swept over Zi Jin's body. "This wench has such a smart mouth, I would really like to see what kind of help she would be able to bring in today!"
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Chapter 1724:- Encountering a Nasty Dog (2)
An ominous premonition rose within Zi Jin's heart as she stared in terror at Zhuge Yin.
Zhuge Yin laughed sinisterly and a hand suddenly felt Zi Jin on her slim waist.
"The wretched wench's body is rather good. A pity the looks on this face of hers puts me off." Zhuge Yin seemed to be trying to torment Zi Jin's mind, his hand slowly roving over Zi Jin's hips.
Like a viper that was slithering over her body, Zi Jin's entire body felt absolutely disgusted. She fought to try to break free, but was unable to overcome the strength of the youths holding her down, unable to do anything but be subjected to the torment.
"Aren't you very good at bringing in help? Go bring help now would you? I would really like to see what that brat would say if he comes here. Would it be the same as yesterday, to casually dump you, leaving you to be dealt with as I wish? Haha!" Zhuge Yin said maliciously.
Zi Jin was in a panic and highly flustered, wishing she could bite Zhuge Yin to death.
"Zhuge Yin, there's truly nothing you fear." A voice suddenly rang out from behind Zhuge Yin's back.
Zhuge Yin immediately turned his head around to discover Gu Ying dressed in white clothes who had suddenly appeared in the garden. Gu Ying was leaning languidly against the side of a willow tree, his arms crossed over his chest as he stared calmly unaffected at Zhuge Yin who had been about to turn violent.
Zhuge Yin's heart jumped up in shock. Although he had intentions of befriending the Blood Fiend Palace, but he just could not seem to get along with Gu Ying alone. The two of them had already broken out in a squabble on their very first day in the Pure Grace Palace and they had developed a deep dislike of each other.
Although Zhuge Yin did not feel like bothering with Gu Ying, but he could not help thinking about Gu Xin Yan. If he were to let Gu Ying go tell Gu Xin Yan about what he seeked to do today, then wouldn't that.....
"Let's leave." Zhuge Yin did not want to stir up more problems and he immediately said that to the other Dragon Slayers Palace disciples.
The disciples quickly released their grip. Zi Jin had used up all her strength and suddenly losing all support, she fell right onto the ground. She stared with red rimmed eyes to see Zhuge Yin and the other Dragon Slayers Palace disciples leaving the place in a hurry, her gaze filled with hatred.
"Can you stand up?" A gentle voice then rang out from above Zi Jin's head.
Zi Jin raised up her head to see Gu Ying looking at her smilingly, under the bright sun, the handsome youth standing with the sun's rays behind him, the golden glow forming a beautiful circular halo at his back.
In an instant, Zi Jin was suddenly mesmerized.
"I....." Zi Jin stuttered.
Gu Ying already had his hand extended in front of her.
Zi Jin blushed, as she pulled on Gu Ying's hand to stand up.
"Thank you."
She remembered this youth. He was Gu Ying from the Blood Fiend Palace. On the day of the banquet, he had gotten into a quarrel with Zhuge Yin and it was him that saved her life today.
Gu Ying smiled as he pulled Zi Jin to her feet. "That Zhuge Yin is quite a bad nut and he has a grudge against the Shadow Moon Palace. It would be better if you do not move around by yourself alone here in the Pure Grace Palace." As he spoke, he looked around before he then continued to say: "Where is the other person from your Shadow Moon Palace? Why do I not see him accompanying you out here?"
Zi Jin knew that Gu Ying was talking about Jun Wu and her smile became a little forced.
Gu Ying's eyes glinted briefly with a flash, but his face was still showing the same brilliant and innocent smile.
"Are you hurt anywhere? Do you need me to accompany you back?"
Zi Jin's face turned redder and she quickly shook her head.
"I'm not. I'm fine."
Gu Ying's smile was rather handsome. To the extent that he was even more handsome than any other youth she had seen before. Having such a radiant youth staring at her smilingly like this, it just caused Zi Jin's heart to thump wildly all over the place helplessly.
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Chapter 1725:- Distrust (1)
"Are you still shook?" Gu Ying asked as he looked at Zi Jin with his head slightly tilted.
Zi Jin lowered her head and shook her head slightly.
Gu Ying laughed lightly and said: "Hurry up and go back then."
Zi Jin raised up her head and looked at Gu Ying's face with his brilliant smile, her gaze hesitant. At the moment her eyes met Gu Ying, her heart fluttered and she quickly lowered her head back down as she ran away.
Gu Ying remained standing in his spot as he looked at the flustered Zi Jin running off, and the brilliant and gentle smile on his face slowly changed bit by bit.
"Shadow Moon Palace..... Kek."
Zi Jin's heart was jumping all over in a fluster the entire way she went running back to the room, the strange feeling in her heart still not fading away. Remembering that she had gone out to bring back some food for Yue Yi and she had come back empty handed, she continued towards Yue Yi's room feeling rather awkward.
Inside Yue Yi's room, Jun Wu Xie had just finished with the initial stages of treatment for Yue Yi.
When Zi Jin saw Jun Wu, her heart skipped a beat, but the subtle feelings that shrouded her heart towards Jun Wu once before had now unknowingly disappeared. The feelings that filled her heart now instead went towards the youth she had accidentally bumped into at the garden.
Zi Jin had lived in the Spirit Jade Palace from a very young age and because of the Spirit Jade Palace, she held great animosity against the disciples of the Twelve Palaces. But without knowing the reason why, towards that bright and splendid youth, she could not make herself feel the slightest bit of dislike against him. She could still remember, when she had first met Gu Ying, Gu Ying had been at loggerheads with Zhuge Yin, which caused her to be unable to help herself but think, that the Twelve Palaces might not be completely bereft of pure and simple people.
"About the..... porridge..... There was no one in the kitchen." Zi Jin did not dare to meet Jun Wu's eyes and could only avert her gaze. She did not want Jun Wu to know about what had happened in the garden earlier because of the detestable things Zhuge Yin had done, and at the same time she did not want Jun Wu to know that she had had an interaction with Gu Ying.
Afterall, Gu Ying was from the Blood Fiend Palace and Jun Wu saw the people from the Twelve Palaces as his enemies.
"I've already gotten someone to go prepare it." Jun Wu Xie said indifferently, not showing much of a reaction to Zi Jin's words.
With Yue Yi's current condition, in order for him to recover as quickly as possible, medicinal cuisine was required. And for the kind of medicinal cuisine that Jun Wu Xie created, besides herself, only Ye Sha and Ye Mei knew how to prepare it, the two of them having been taught step by step under Jun Wu Xie's tutelage.
"Har? Oh." Zi Jin was slightly taken aback, not knowing what she should say. She could only lower her head in silence, a strange emotion coming over her heart.
In just a while, Ye Gu came walking in carrying a bowl of highly aromatic and fragrant porridge. The smell was different from regular plain porridge, its scent tinged with a slight trace of bitterness.
When Zi Jin smelled that scent, she immediately lifted her head up, to look towards the bowl of porridge.
Ye Gu did not pay any attention to Zi Jin's gaze as he went on to come to Yue Yi's bedside. He looked at Jun Wu Yao seated upon the chair with his legs propped lazily upon his knee and then turned to look at Jun Wu Xie beside Jun Wu Yao. He sighed in helplessness inside his heart and raised up the bowl of porridge in resignation as he sat on the edge of Yue Yi's bed, picking up the spoon to assume the job of a nanny.
"Hold it!" Suddenly, Zi Jin shouted.
Ye Gu turned to look at Zi Jin in puzzlement.
Zi Jin's gaze was fixed upon the bowl of porridge. The porridge was rather special, not cooked with the regular types of grain. The colour of the porridge was also faintly tinged with a trace of green, which made Zi Jin feel that something was not right.
"What is this?" Zi Jin raised her head to look at Jun Wu, her eyes questioning, and looking a little sharp.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes slightly, and seeing that Zi Jin's gaze was looking slightly different, she opened her mouth to slowly ask: "What are you worried about?"
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Chapter 1726:- Distrust (2)
Jun Wu Xie's words startled Zi Jin slightly as the gaze she looked at Jun Wu Xie with slowly wavered.
What was she worried about? Even she herself could not explain it clearly. Actually, at the same moment those words left her mouth, Zi Jin already regretted them. But words that had been spoken was just like water that had been spilt, impossible to retrieve back.
"I....."
"Bring it here." Jun Wu Xie said as she looked at Ye Gu.
Ye Gu walked over to come before Jun Wu Xie. Jun Wu Xie then stretched her hand out to scoop out a spoonful to put into her mouth before swallowing it.
She knew what Zi Jin was questioning about.
"Will this do?" Jun Wu Xie asked Zi Jin with an eyebrow arched.
Zi Jin's face flushed a deep red, endless embarrassment rising up and filling up her heart.
Lying upon the bed, Yue Yi witnessed all of it, the disapproval obvious in his eyes. He could not understand what could have actually happened that caused Zi Jin to distrust Jun Wu so much.
The question that Zi Jin had thrown out just now, had obviously been because she suspected someone had spiked the porridge.
"I..... I am not....." Zi Jin was feeling rather panicked, and feeling rather guilty.
"Go give it to Yue Yi." Jun Wu Xie did not even look at her as she stretched her hand out to hand the spoon to Ye Gu.
Ye Gu had not even had the time to reach his hand out to receive it when a large hand suddenly took the spoon from Jun Wu Xie's hand before him.
With a loud crack, the white porcelain spoon was crushed to dust by that large hand, the fine dust particles seeping out through the gaps between the fingers to fall onto the floor.
"Apologies, I wasn't able to control my strength for a moment. Go fetch another one." Jun Wu Yao who had completely crushed the spoon with his hand said as he looked smilingly at Jun Wu Xie, his words seemingly meant for Ye Gu's ears, only that his tone of voice did not sound the least bit apologetic.
Jun Wu Xie glanced at Jun Wu Yao a moment, finding herself speechless.
Ye Gu looked at Jun Wu Xie and then turned his gaze upon Jun Wu Yao before he self consciously put the bowl of porridge upon the table, and quickly turned to run out of the room to go get a new spoon.
Ye Gu had just stepped outside the door when he saw Ye Mei standing right outside looking highly displeased as he glared at him.
"What did that wench mean by that? Is she scoffing at my culinary skills?" Ye Mei had heard everything clearly from outside the door and he did not have to even think to know exactly what had happened inside the room.
With him being a proud member of the Night Regime, when he was dominating the battlefields, it was not even known where the ancestors of that little wench were still playing with mud! If this had been before, who dared to question what he did? There was no need to even talk about the dishes cooked by him, even if it was a fistful of dirt he had casually picked up from anywhere, there would be a whole bunch of people fighting to go chomp on it.
And this abominable wench dared to still scoff?
Seeing Ye Mei looking so infuriated, Ye Gu could was at a loss for words. If truth was to be told, when he saw the scene where Ye Mei hid himself in the kitchen as he worked and waved the wok, his eyes had almost popped out of his head. He really had not known that one of his most stalwart lieutenants had possessed such a "domesticated" skill.
"Cool it. Can't you see even boss here had to personally feed food to that kid lying on the bed?" Ye Sha's reaction was a lot calmer as he stood with his arms folded across his chest while looking at Ye Gu who had a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
Throughout the entire world, people who were able to enjoy such service from the boss of the Night Regime were truly few and far between.
The shade on Ye Gu's face turned an uglier shade. He stared at Ye Sha and said: "Later, both of you had better cover your eyes! Don't come staring as you please!"
Ye Sha shrugged his shoulders to indicate he would do as he was told and Ye Mei had no choice but to shut his mouth.
From the look of things, it seemed that Ye Gu was in a worse position than them. With that for him to compare with, Ye Mei finally felt a little less indignant about the whole thing.
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Chapter 1727:- Distrust (3)
The atmosphere within the room was a little awkward as Zi Jin stood there feeling at a loss, not daring to move not say anything, but to just lower her head with her face beet red.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the state Zi Jin was in as she slowly took a sip of her tea before she said: "Zi Jin, do you still remember for what reason did you follow me here to the Pure Grace Palace?"
Jun Wu Xie's voice was rather chilly and Zi Jin could not help but shiver when she heard it. Zi Jin did not dare to raise her head but only to nod slightly.
"If you still remember it, then you should know very clearly what position you should be taking in all of this. You are merely just an observer and the only reason I allowed you to come here is for you to go back and tell everything you've seen here to people who should know about it. If you do not even know this, I can send you back right now and exchange for a more suitable candidate here." Jun Wu Xie was not bothered whether her ally understood her. She was not used to explaining her actions to others and she felt that there was no such need.
In an alliance, the most important component required besides the benefits to both parties, would be trust. She did not care how Zi Jin judged her as long as the young girl did not impede her actions. Even if Zi Jin did not like her deep in her heart, Jun Wu Xie did not feel that there was anything she should be unhappy about.
But now, Zi Jin's emotions had gotten the better of her judgement where she had even begun to question Jun Wu Xie's intentions. This was not the kind of ally that Jun Wu Xie wanted.
One that second guessed her, distrusted her, and had even queried and interfered with her actions was one that she did not need to continue to keep beside her.
All colour drained out from Zi Jin's face in an instant. She raised up her head in panic to look at Jun Wu Xie. She had not thought that her single moment of rashness would cause Jun Wu to immediately deliver such a strict and severe judgement of her.
Jun Wu had always not spoken much all this time and her personality was so cold and indifferent that it made one easily forget that he would have a temper. His excessively calm and rational demeanor would instead create an illusion of the lack of restraint to others and it was exactly because of that that Zi Jin's heart had grown little by little over time to become presumptuous.
Never expecting to find out that Jun Wu had absolutely no intention of giving her the chance to clarify the truth.
"No! Young Master Jun! I've realized my mistake! Please give me another chance! I will not dare to shoot my mouth off with such nonsense anymore." Zi Jin pleaded as she looked at Jun Wu, her face pale. She had been the one that personally promised the Palace Lord she would accompany Jun Wu to come to the Pure Grace Palace. But only a few days had passed and if she was booted back by Jun Wu just like that, how was she going to answer to the Palace Lord?
Jun Wu Xie stared coldly at Zi Jin, looking completely unmoved.
"You do not trust me."
Zi Jin's entire body stiffened, thinking to say something, but could not make herself utter a single word.
[It's true. She does not trust Jun Wu.]
Ever since that day at the arena stage, everything that she knew of Jun Wu had undergone a drastic change. She could no longer treat Jun Wu as a trusted ally. Jun Wu's actions had terrified her, making her see how ruthless Jun Wu really was. They were just allies, who made use of each other, cooperating partners who exploited each other for benefits.
Not companions.
"The fact that you do not trust me, does not bother me. I do not need you to trust me. But I will not allow anyone to interfere with my actions. Do you understand?" Jun Wu Xie looked at Zi Jin frostily, her tone of voice almost icy.
Zi Jin turned even paler as she nodded her head with a tremble, her eyes brimming up with tears. She finally came to realize just how numerous the disciples of the Spirit Jade Palace was! Jun Wu only needed someone from the Spirit Jade Palace and any one from the Spirit Jade Palace would be able to satisfy that criteria, not like it had to be her alone.
Having volunteered for this on her own initiative, she had no way of backing out of it.
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Chapter 1728:- Distrust (4)
Unable to answer to the Palace Lord, and she would not be able to face her sisters back in the palace at all. Before anyone else had known about the matter, she had already made a promise for all of this on her own initiative, so how could she possibly back down now?
Zi Jin's hands gripped her skirt tightly as her tears flowed down her cheeks silently.
There wasn't the slightest tinge of sympathy in Jun Wu Xie's eyes and it was only after several moments that she finally said: "This is the first time, and there won't be a second."
Zi Jin nodded her head, understanding in her heart that that meant Jun Wu had relented.
"You can go now." Jun Wu Xie said.
Zi Jin trembled as she got to her feet and silently retreated out from the room.
"Zi Jin she....." Yue Yi who was lying on the bed said hesitantly. He did not understand why Zi Jin did not trust Jun Wu when Zi Jin had obviously known Jun Wu earlier than he did. Even he could see it clearly so how could she not understand?
"You do not have to bother with it and just concentrate on nursing your injuries." Jun Wu Xie said, looking at Yue Yi.
Yue Yi did not say anything more as in this cooperation, it was a deal with just Jun Wu alone and his relationship with Zi Jin was one step further removed. Since that was one of Jun Wu's people, he would naturally not be in a position to say anything.
Jun Wu Xie stood up and pulled Jun Wu Yao sitting beside her along to leave Yue Yi's room. After leaving Yue Yi's room, Jun Wu Xie led Jun Wu Yao back to her own room and closed the door behind them.
"You are thinking of killing her?" Jun Wu Xie lifted her head to look into Jun Wu Yao's jet black eyes. When Zi Jin had questioned her earlier, Jun Wu Xie had strongly felt the thick intense murder emanating out from Jun Wu Yao. Although what he crushed to dust earlier had been only a spoon, Jun Wu Xie was clearly aware that what he wanted to crush even more at that moment was Zi Jin.
Jun Wu Yao stretched his hand out to wrap Jun Wu Xie into his embrace as he said softly: "That's right."
For such a moronic girl, what right did she have to continue to live before Jun Wu Xie's sight?
"I want to kill, but you would not allow me to do it. Little Xie, weren't your obvious efforts in immediately admonishing and chasing her away because you were afraid I would strike before you could act, to kill that dumb trash?" Jun Wu Yao twirled Jun Wu Xie's hair around his finger, as a violet glint flashed very briefly within his jet black eyes.
He was so used to wanton tyranny, killing off anyone whom he found an eyesore, with the sole exception of things that concerned Jun Wu Xie, he displayed a high level of patience. If Zi Jin today was not linked to Jun Wu Xie in any way, the moment Zi Jin had opened her mouth, her throat would have been slit.
Jun Wu Xie drew in a deep breath. She had berated Zi Jin so sternly just now, was to establish her stance on this matter to Jun Wu Yao clearly.
"She is a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace and my agreement with the Spirit Jade Palace Lord to cooperate still stands. Zi Jin had followed me here and if I am to freely allow you to kill her, I will not be able to explain it to the Spirit Jade Palace Lord."
"Then have him killed as well and you will not have to answer anything." Jun Wu Yao said with a light laugh. In his eyes, the so called Spirit Jade Palace was merely a bug he could easily squash to death."
Jun Wu Xie instead shook her head.
"Enemies can be killed, but not allies."
Jun Wu Xie had her own principles that she insisted upon. When she chose to cooperate with anyone, before the other party did anything wrong, she would not unilaterally decide to shred up their agreement. To her, it was a matter of integrity.
If she allowed herself to kill off an ally here today, where was she going to be able to find herself anymore allies in the future?
"As you wish, everything shall be as you want them to be. But....." Jun Wu Yao's words took a sudden change in direction.
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Chapter 1729:- Distrust (5)
"As you wish, everything shall be as you want them to be. But....." Jun Wu Yao's words took a sudden change in direction.
"If in the future when your cooperation with the Spirit Jade Palace comes to an end, they would then no longer be your ally. I can kill them then right?" It was already not easy for Jun Wu Yao to be able to suppress the urge to kill in his heart for Jun Wu Xie's sake but asking him to give up on the thought completely was something impossible for him.
Especially when Zi Jin had been so disrespectful to Jun Wu Xie!
Jun Wu Xie sighed a long sigh, not giving a straight reply to Jun Wu Yao's query.
Her cooperation with the Spirit Jade Palace would continue to be in place till the day the Twelve Palaces were destroyed and she did not know how long more it would be. By that time, whether Jun Wu Yao would even remember that a person like Zi Jin even exists was still a question.
Afterall, after they leave the Pure Grace Palace, Jun Wu Xie did not think that she would let Zi Jin continue to remain by her side.
Sparing Zi Jin her life, was not because Jun Wu Xie was showing kindness to her, but only because of the Spirit Jade Palace.
But it was not known whether Zi Jin truly understood just how precarious the life she had just barely managed to keep had been earlier.
After Zi Jin left Yue Yi's room, her tears continued to fall silently. Disciples from other palaces became rather curious when they saw her in that state but no one dared to go forward to initiate a conversation.
Zi Jin held her head low, quietly wiping at her tears, to accidentally bump straight into a set of broad shoulders.
Zi Jin raised her head and suddenly discovered that the person standing before her was the very same Gu Ying who had reached out to save her earlier in the garden!
Gu Ying's smiling eyes fell upon Zi Jin's face as he looked at Zi Jin who was raining with tears and his brows creased up slightly.
"What's wrong? Have you suffered any kind of injustice? What are you so sad about?" Gu Ying asked as he raised a hand, and while Zi Jin was still stunned in surprise, he gently wiped away the tear at the corner of Zi Jin's eye.
Zi Jin stood there foolishly as she stared at Gu Ying looking almost like a celestial god, and in an instant, the feelings of aggrievement in her heart suddenly seemed to surge even stronger under the gentle concern from Gu Ying, her tears breaking the dam to flow down her cheeks endlessly.
"Beautiful girls should not be crying so hard or they would no longer be beautiful." Gu Ying said with a light laugh.
His words coaxed a laugh out of Zi Jin. Her face was obviously all streaked with tears and the mask on her face was plain and highly unremarkable, but Gu Ying had called her a beautiful girl.
"You don't need to console me, I am not beautiful in anyway." Zi Jin said as she wiped her tears away.
Gu Ying smiled and went on to say. "A person's beauty is not judged based on one's looks but on the inside. One's looks will age easily."
Zi Jin bit on her lip.
"Do you have time?" Gu Ying saw that Zi Jin's mood had seemingly improved and he asked gently.
Zi Jin looked at Gu Ying with a look of bewilderment.
"It is not known whether I could have the honour to be able to accompany this beautiful girl here to go admire the flowers?" Gu Ying said gracefully as he stretched his hand out.
Zi Jin looked at Gu Ying in surprise and a flush of red bloomed upon her face, her eyes filled with shock and bashfulness. She stood frozen in shock for a good while before she was able to sufficiently suppress the fluttering in her heart to shake her head hesitantly.
"I still have something to do and I'm afraid today....."
"Then tomorrow?"
Faced with that brilliant smile on the youth, Zi Jin really could not refuse him and she could do nothing but nod her head.
"I'll wait for you tomorrow then." Gu Ying said with a smile.
Zi Jin murmured a soft "Mm" in acknowledgement and then ran away highly embarrassed.
Gu Ying stared at Zi Jin's departing back and the smile in his eyes grew more intense, but it was a smile that would not make people yearn to see.
"What are you doing?" A voice suddenly sounded out from behind Gu Ying.
Gu Ying turned his head, to discover Gu Xin Yan standing right behind him, her face looking highly displeased.
"What do you think?" Gu Ying asked as the corners of his mouth curled up while gazing at his younger sister lazily.
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Chapter 1730:- Distrust (6)
"That was a disciple from the Shadow Moon Palace and we have never had any dealings with the Shadow Moon Palace before, so what are you planning?" Gu Xin Yan asked with her brows pinched together as she looked at Gu Ying. The scene earlier had rather shocked Gu Xin Yan. An expression so gentle, something that she had never seen on Gu Ying's face before, so unfamiliar and yet terrifying.
The kind of personality that Gu Ying had, was something that couldn't be any clearer to her. Cruel bloodthirstiness ran deep in his bones and this sudden change that had come over him did not cause Gu Xin Yan to be pleasantly surprised, but instead made her feel that Gu Ying had so other ulterior motives.
Gu Ying narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Gu Xin Yan who was highly guarded against him. He leaned his body forward to stare at Gu Xin Yan as he said: "What? I see a girl that I like and I can't pursue her?"
When Gu Ying said those words, his tone was highly nonchalant, and not the least bit serious at all.
Gu Xin Yan did not believe those words for a moment. Girls that were just like Zi Jin, how could Gu Ying have possibly not met any before? Among all those, the more fortunate ones were at least able to remain alive, continuing to fantasize, while some had already become victims under Gu Ying's bloodlust.
If Gu Ying had truly fallen for Zi Jin, that would truly be the biggest joke under the heavens!
"The Shadow Moon Palace had just gotten into a conflict with the Dragon Slayers Palace and I hope that you understand that we must not invite too much gossip to ourselves here in the Pure Grace Palace. People from the Flame Demons Palace are watching closely and if anything goes wrong here, neither you nor I will be able to shoulder the blame." Gu Xin Yan said, drawing in a deep breath. No matter to whom, Gu Ying was a highly dangerous person to be mixing with.
Gu Ying lifted an eyebrow as he looked at the highly serious Gu Xin Yan.
"You still haven't grown up yet. You still like to keep that old fella at the tip of your tongue all the time. My little princess, you're really just a child that will never grow up." Gu Ying said smilingly to Gu Xin Yan, his voice filled with mockery.
Gu Xin Yan's face turned a pale shade, and her body immediately froze in spot.
Gu Ying had had enough of teasing and without giving Gu Xin Yan another glance, he walked slowly away from Gu Xin Yan with a terrifying laughter trailing behind him.
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Because the previous arena matches had almost gotten someone killed, the Pure Grace Palace did not dare to use the same method to distract the Twelve Palaces' disciples' attention. They had no choice but to expend more manpower to carry out stricter surveillance and the only thing they could do for these hot blooded and exuberant youths was to arrange for more leisurely activities. Unfortunately, activities like admiring flowers and sightseeing did not attract much attention and most of them instead chose to remain within their rooms, to analyse and discuss with their companions about the current state of affairs.
The Pure Grace Palace felt rather helpless with the situation and they could do nothing but silently pray that the ten days would pass more quickly, so that they could send all these gods of calamity away.
Time trickled past by the seconds into minutes. The one that found it most agonizing of all was no one else but he who had been most arrogant and tyrannical, Zhuge Yin. After the incident at the arena, no matter where Zhuge Yin walked, he would see unfriendly stares being directed at him. The guarded gazes he saw everywhere, made Zhuge Yin highly frustrated.
Zhuge Yin had absolutely no interest in the arrangements that the Pure Grace Palace had made, but against having him just do nothing but sit inside his room after he had been forced to swallow such a bitter pill, Zhuge Yin really felt like he was sitting on pins, a day feeling like a year. Even when the disciples from the Dragon Slayers Palace tried ways and means to cheer Zhuge Yin up, Zhuge Yin's face just turned more and more gloomy.
After stewing under the agony for an extended period, Zhuge Yin could no longer endure it as he stood up and began pacing inside the room. Fei Yan sat calmly on one side as he peeled an orange, silently enjoying himself as he watched Zhuge Yin steaming up from aggrievement.
"Young Lord!"
A youth from the Dragon Slayers Palace came barging in looking highly flustered.
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Chapter 1731:- Something Fishy (1)
"What are you hollering for? I'm not dead yet!" Zhuge Yin retorted, highly vexed.
The youth shrunk back, hesitant to speak.
Zhuge Yin became more angry when he saw the youth's reaction. "Spit out what you have to say and stop acting like you're about to die."
The youth felt very much like crying but he could only obediently say: "Young Lord, just earlier, I saw..... I saw Gu Ying....."
"Don't even mention that sissy boy in front of me! Do you think I am not frustrated enough?" If it was said that the person Zhuge Ying hated the most within this Pure Grace Palace now was Jun Wu Xie, then the second in running would undisputedly have to be Gu Ying.
Although Zhuge Yin really wanted to pull the relationship between the Dragon Slayers Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace closer together, but no matter how hard he tried to meet up with Gu Xin Yan, Gu Ying was always planted right in between them. Even when he went to seek Gu Xin Yan when Gu Ying was not around, Gu Ying would somehow always suddenly appear, and with just a few words always drive Zhuge Yin to the verge of vomiting blood, wasting all the effort he had had to put in to adjust his mood before coming.
Because of Gu Ying's hindrance, Zhuge Yin till now had not been able to pull his relationship with Gu Xin Yan closer in the slightest.
Seeing that almost a good half of the ten days' time had already passed, how could Zhuge Yin not be anxious?
Just hearing the two words Gu Ying lit a fire in him.
"It's not that..... Young Lord, I just saw Gu Ying and that wench from the Shadow Moon Palace being together." The youth said hurriedly.
"What?" Zhuge Yin's voice turned cold.
Even Fei Yan who had been calmly eating oranges on one side had pricked up his ears upon hearing those words.
"What are you trying to say? What do you mean by being together?" Zhuge Yin had noticed the subtlety of what he was being told and he immediately became interested.
The youth then told Zhuge Yin in detail of everything that he had seen.
In the past two days, Gu Ying had suddenly been frequently seen together with Zi Jin from the Shadow Moon Palace. Although there wasn't much interaction between the two, but they were often seen strolling together in the garden in the afternoons. The youths from the Dragon Slayers Palace had not paid it much attention at first but after bumping into them several times, they began to feel that something didn't feel quite right.
They tailed the two of them from afar, thinking to hear what Gu Ying was saying to Zi Jin, but were unable to hear anything useful, but just often saw that Gu Ying was able to coax Zi Jin into laughter with just a few words.
"Huh? I have always said that that Gu Ying acts strangely feminine all the time, could it be that fella has a problem with his eyes?" Zhuge Yin could naturally remember what kind of "looks" Zi Jin possessed. To be honest, based on his own standards, Zi Jin really would not be able to gain his interest at all. Besides the fact that her body might not be all that bad, there was absolutely no good points on the rest of her.
But as the Blood Fiend Palace's Young Lord, Gu Ying would actually develop an interest towards such an unremarkable little lady from the Shadow Moon Palace, and was even taking the effort to arrange to meet up for strolls! ? How could Zhuge Yin not find it all too funny?
Without having to talk about anyone else, just Gu Ying's younger sister, Gu Xin Yan, was already such a ravishing beauty. Immersed for so long within such beauty, Gu Ying could still fall for such a good for nothing wench, how interesting.
"Didn't any of you hear what they were talking about?" Zhuge Yin went on to ask.
The youth shook his head.
"The two of them spoke in very soft voices and as Gu Ying possesses significant powers, we did not dare to get too close, afraid that we'll be discovered. Hence, we could only follow behind them from afar. But we happened to once hear them seemingly talking about the other people from the Shadow Moon Palace, but we were unable to grasp any details."
Zhuge Yin rubbed at his chin. His sharp instinct was making him feel that something fishy was brewing under all this.
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Chapter 1732:- Something Fishy (2)
Zhuge Yin rubbed at his chin. His sharp instinct was making him feel that something fishy was brewing under all this.
Fei Yan secretly creased up his brows as he listened to all that. Zi Jin was a person just beside Jun Wu Xie and from what he had heard from Qiao Chu, she seemed to be from the Spirit Jade Palace. He had seen that young lass before, she was still rather young with a bumbling pair of eyes filled with anxiety, and it could be immediately seen that she was still green and one who had not seen much of the world.
And who was Gu Ying?
That was a tough nut that even Jun Wu Xie would need to be careful with when dealing with him.
How did these two people come to be paired together?
If it was said that Gu Ying had fallen for Zi Jin, Fei Yan would never believe it for a moment even if you were to beat him to death. But how could such a guileless and foolish little girl like Zi Jin be able to outplay Gu Ying at all?
In that instant, Fei Yan became a little anxious. It was not known whether Jun Wu Xie was aware of it and if not, that would be truly dangerous!
Although Fei Yan was feeling highly nervous inside, he did not show it in the slightest outside. In his mind, he was already thinking how to deliver this piece of news into Jun Wu Xie's hands but alas, as Zhuge Yin had been in a rather foul mood these few days, when any of the other disciples appeared before him, they would only receive admonishments and harsh words with a few of them even lashed out at with fists and kicks. Fei Yan was the only exception that he could still stand to have accompanying him.
Being watched by Zhuge Yin so tightly, the only chance he would be able to slip out would only be at night.
"You guys continue to watch them. If you discover anything, come back immediately to tell me about it." Zhuge Yin waved his hand dismissively and the youth immediately retreated outside. Zhuge Yin's mood was greatly improved and he came to sit down on the chair beside Fei Yan.
"Little Yan, what do you think is going on here?" Zhuge Yin had become used to asking for Fei Yan's opinion over this period of time.
Fei Yan laughed lightly and then answered: "Against such things, how could I possibly understand anything?"
Zhuge Yin smiled and the folding fan he had not used for quite a while was flicked open as he started fanning himself with it. "What kind of a person does Little Yan here think Gu Ying is?"
"I don't know. The only thing I know is that he loves to go against our Young Lord." Fei Yan said, eager to fan up the hatred against Gu Ying.
As expected, Zhuge Yin snorted in derision. "Does he even have what it takes to go against me? He merely possessed the hollow name of being the Blood Fiend Palace's Young Lord. There's no place for him in the Blood Fiend Palace at all and the next Palace Lord of the Blood Fiend Palace would undoubtedly be Gu Xin Yan."
"Oh?" These words here, were not something that Fei Yan was hearing for the first time.
Zhuge Yin seemed to know something about Gu Ying but every time Gu Ying was mentioned, Zhuge Yin had always not explained it clearly, which just greatly piqued Fei Yan's curiosity.
"Little Yan, you just watch. What I am saying will definitely be proven right. I am just giving in a little to him now, but in future..... Heh heh..... I will be collecting on this debt owed sooner or later." Zhuge Yin said with his eyes narrowed, where they flashed with the glint of hatred.
Fei Yan just watched him and did not reply. Unnoticed by Zhuge Yin, he quietly pulled out the jade token that was linked to the others held by the companions, to secretly scribble the character "Jin" upon it.
Whether he would be able to go find Jun Wu Xie at night was still a question, so he decided to give Jun Wu Xie a warning of sorts, hoping that Jun Wu Xie would be intelligent enough to understand what he meant.
On the other side, Jun Wu Xie was seated within her room, looking through all the information that Ye Mei and the other guys had collected within the Pure Grace Palace in the past few days. She already knew everything about all the candidates that the Twelve Palaces had sent here to the Pure Grace Palace and they were no lack of rather talented youths among them.
Right at that moment, Jun Wu Xie noticed the anomaly of the jade token hanging from her hip and she picked it up to look at it. Upon the jade token, it clearly displayed the "Jin" character!
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Chapter 1733:- Something Fishy (3)
That very night, Fei Yan waited till everyone was fast asleep before he silently felt his way outside, to shoot himself straight towards Jun Wu Xie's room.
Under the darkness of night, Fei Yan picked the window open and quietly pushed it open, without making the slightest sound. However, in the instant that the window opened, moonlight spilled into the pitch dark room and when Fei Yan raised his head up to look in, he almost fell off from the eaves of the building outside the window.
"Big..... Big Brother Wu Yao....."
Inside the room, Jun Wu Yao stood quietly beside the window, the moonlight shrouding his body in a faint glow, his deep penetrating eyes like embedded black diamonds.
Fei Yan's heart had almost jumped out of him from fright. Not even in his dreams would he have thought that Jun Wu Yao had actually come!
At that moment he could not help but recall back to the day at the side of the arena stage, when Jun Wu Xie came in, the man standing beside her had been different from the one they saw in the main hall the very first time. Although the looks had not changed, but in terms of his presence and bearing, there had been a world of difference. But as his attention was focused upon the arena stage, he had not given it any further thought.
"Hmm?" Jun Wu Yao was wearing only his thin inner robe and a gust of night breeze blew past, parting the collar of the loose robe, to reveal the muscularly sculpted chest.
Fei Yan held his breath in, not even daring to look, his heart wrenched up in grief.
Big Brother Wu Yao was indeed the manliest among men. He subconsciously reached his hand up to feel his own chest. Though it was rather solid as well, but compared to Jun Wu Yao.....
"I..... I came to look for Wu Xie." Fei Yan said carefully.
An eyebrow on Jun Wu Yao's face raised up and without waiting for Fei Yan to climb in, he immediately pulled the window shut, almost clipping Fei Yan's fingers flat.
But Fei Yan could do nothing but stare wide eyed at the tightly shut window, unable to even summon up the courage to knock on the window.
After a short while, the window was opened once more and the face of Jun Wu Xie still groggy from sleep appeared at the window, her big eyes edged with a misty glint, from the tears brought on by sleepiness.
"Come in." Jun Wu Xie was just awoken by Jun Wu Yao and she did not know exactly when Jun Wu Yao had wrapped his outer robe around her.
Jun Wu Yao had a tall and towering stature, and with his outer robe draped over Jun Wu Xie's body, it was so loose that she looked like a child wearing an adult's clothes. Both of Jun Wu Xie's hands were completely covered by the too long sleeves and she was busying rolling them up with her head lowered.
Fei Yan obediently scuttled into the room to see Jun Wu Yao seated on a chair and sipping tea, while on the table beside him, was placed a mask used for his disguise, which was the exact same "face" that Fei Yan had seen back at the arena stage.
"You were the one who sent the message?" Jun Wu Xie raised up her head a moment to ask, as she continued to roll up her sleeves.
The message was received just this afternoon and Fei Yan had coming running here to find out the very same night. It was quite clear that Fei Yan must have been the one who sent the message.
"That's right." Fei Yan nodded.
"Grab a seat." Jun Wu Xie said as she pointed at a stool at the side. Fei Yan immediately went to sit down, his eyes not daring to drift over to Jun Wu Yao's side at all.
"What did you find out?" Jun Wu Xie sat down herself. The little black cat that had been dumped on the bed stretched its body and then took a couple of bounds to leap into Jun Wu Xie's arms, asking to be stroked.
"That Zi Jin was someone you brought over from the Spirit Jade Palace?" Fei Yan did not beat around the bush but went straight to the main topic.
"Mm." Jun Wu Xie nodded. When she saw that "Jin" character, she had immediately guessed that the matter was linked to Zi Jin.
"How is she as a person?" Fei Yan continued to ask.
"Dumb." Jun Wu Xie tossed out that one word lazily.
Fei Yan didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. "She is indeed rather dumb."
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Chapter 1734:- Something Fishy (4)
Fei Yan didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. "She is indeed rather dumb."
"Earlier today, a disciple of the Dragon Slayers Palace came in to bring news to Zhuge Yin and I happened to be there. I heard from that Dragon Slayers Palace's disciple that Zi Jin seems to be getting rather close with Gu Ying and the two of them are often seen going around together. Do you know about this?" Fei Yan said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie with a wary look. He might be able to understand that at times, a girl and a guy can just get along with each other. But the identities of the two parties were obviously rather abnormal when put together and moreover, Zi Jin was a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace where logically she should be feeling greatly animosity against people from the Twelve Palaces.
Just by looking at the identity of the youth was already enough to shock Fei Yan enough to break out in cold sweat.
It was Gu Ying who killed people without flinching in the slightest!
He could still remember how much gore and bloodshed Gu Ying had stirred up back in the Zephyr Academy. When they were in the Zephyr Academy, in order to satisfy his bloodthirsty nature, he had often murdered those innocent disciples without rhyme or reason. He had been exactly like a demon that had crawled out from the depths of Hell, and any place that he was at, the shroud of death shadowed behind.
With such a bloodthirsty demon, how could he possibly become romantically involved with such an ordinary girl? And the girl was one whose mind wasn't all that bright, which just didn't feel right.
If Gu Ying's target had been anyone else, Fei Yan might not want to bother himself about it at all. He would wish that Gu Ying would blow the matter up, the bigger the better, so that he would draw the wrath of the other palaces to himself. But Zi Jin's identity was unique, Although she was carrying the identity as a member of the Shadow Moon Palace, but in reality she was a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace who had followed Jun Wu Xie all the way here to the Pure Grace Palace. If Zi Jin were not careful with her words, then it would not just be her alone who would be in trouble.
Even Jun Wu Xie would not be spared from becoming involved!
The implications of the matter were too grave and Fei Yan could not afford to not take the risk to come tell Jun Wu Xie about it.
Jun Wu Xie was silent for a moment before she said: "I knew about it."
"What?" Fei Yan was surprised. [She knew?]
"If you knew about it, why are you allowing Zi Jin to continue to mess things up? I really do not think Zi Jin would be capable of outwitting Gu Ying." Fei Yan was feeling a little anxious. Gu Ying was not just anybody, and he was not easy to deal with at all.
Seeing that Fei Yan was looking so anxious, Jun Wu Xie poured him a cup of water out of consideration as she said slowly: "Why should I not?"
"....." Fei Yan almost wanted to kneel down before Jun Wu Xie. What was this Young Miss' brain really thinking inside! ? He really could not make head or tail of it.
Seeing her little companion so gripped by anxiety, Jun Wu Xie then said indifferently: "I will deal with this properly. Rest assured."
"Shouldn't you at least reveal a hint, and let us know what we should do from here." Fei Yan was rather insistent. He needed to at least know what he must do to correspond his actions with Jun Wu Xie, as he didn't want to ruin Jun Wu Xie's plot in a moment of carelessness.
Jun Wu Xie looked at Fei Yan, and then gave a slight sigh before she beckoned at him with her hand.
Fei Yan immediately stuck his ear over to listen to Jun Wu Xie's soft whisper. The worry in his eyes turning into surprise in an instant. Till Jun Wu Xie finished telling him everything, the look of stunned surprise on his face did not fade away in the slightest.
"..... You..... You already had this all planned out?" Fei Yan asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, his face incredulous.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. Although she did not step out through her door much, but every single happening within the Pure Grace Palace did not escape the eyes of Ye Sha, Ye Mei, and Ye Gu. Even just by sitting in her room, she was able to know everything that was going on outside.
About Zi Jin abnormal behaviour over this period, she had already heard Ye Sha mention it to her before, and hence she knew all there was to know about it.
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Chapter 1735:- Something Fishy (5)
"Are you sure that you want to do this?" It was quite a while before Fei Yan fully digested Jun Wu Xie's words. He rubbed at his chin, his heart still contemplating the full meaning and implications behind the words Jun Wu Xie had just told him.
"I am merely providing a choice, as for how to choose, it is not a problem that I should worry myself about." Jun Wu Xie said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Alright. Seems like I have worried myself for nothing. That brain on you is truly something that no regular person can ever hope to compare to. I think I should just quietly stay with the Dragon Slayers Palace." Fei Yan said with a laugh, his heart that had been hanging from a thread settling back in place.
"After the deed, you need to be responsible for handling the affairs of the Dragon Slayers Palace." Jun Wu Xie said.
Fei Yan then replied by thumping himself on the chest confidently.
"You can be assured of it. I might not be comparable to you in coming up with ideas, but when it comes to handling affairs properly, I guarantee I will not cause you any problems."
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Fei Yan then quickly decided he had stayed there long enough, not for any other reason than just having Jun Wu Yao sitting at the side was making him feel like he was sitting on pins. Though that pair of eyes had clearly been smiling, they had instead made Fei Yan feel that he must not remain there a moment longer.
Quickly bidding farewell to Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao, Fei Yan quickly shot himself out of Jun Wu Xie's room, and he even courteously remembered to shut the window tight behind him as he was leaving.
It was not until the opened window was firmly closed once more that shock suddenly registered on Fei Yan's face.
[Wait a minute!]
[Did he just miss something out?]
[It was already so late at night, why was Big Brother Wu Yao in Little Xie's room?]
[And judging from the way they were dressed, it seemed that before he came, they were already sleeping.....]
Fei Yan gulped as he stared into the night sky. [If he remembered it correctly, in Jun Wu Xie's room, it seemed..... there was only one bed right?]
At that moment, Fei Yan finally understood why Jun Wu Yao had looked so fixedly at him with such a "friendly" gaze.
Realizing what he had just discovered, Fei Yan immediately did not dare to tarry there even for another second and a figure flashed quickly away under the cover of night.
But rising up within his heart besides utter shock, was actually..... a tiny bit of envy as well.
[He wished he could sleep together with Little Ruo as well.....]
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When the first rays of light reached towards the land, the youths who were deep in sleep slowly stirred awake.
As usual, Jun Wu Xie made her way towards Yue Yi's room to check on Yue Yi's injuries. Due to the change in mindset, the past few days had caused Yue Yi's recovery to speed up tremendously. His entire person felt completely different, no longer that gloomy and depressive, but exuded a strong sense of yearning towards wanting to live on.
When Jun Wu Xie came into Yue Yi's room, Zi Jin was feeding Yue Yi the medicinal cuisine that Yue Yi was prescribed with. The medicinal cuisine was prepared by Ye Mei and Ye Sha taking alternate turns and delivered by Ye Gu in the morning before Zi Jin would personally feed it to Yue Yi. This job was actually to be Ye Gu's but as this incident where Yue Yi was injured had caused Zi Jin to be highly guilt ridden, she had taken this part of the job upon herself.
Ye Gu couldn't have been more glad that someone was willing to serve Yue Yi so he didn't have to do it, hence, he had naturally been more than willing to agree to it.
When Jun Wu Xie walked into the room, Zi Jin's actions became visibly stiffened. Ever since that day that Jun Wu Xie sternly admonished her, Zi Jin had developed a sense of fear towards Jun Wu. With her head lowered, she just nodded perfunctorily at Jun Wu, not even daring to glance at the youth at all, but instead tried to avoid eye contact with Jun Wu as she continued to feed Yue Yi.
Yue Yi looked at the awkwardness on Zi Jin's face and he could not help but sigh lightly. Although Zi Jin was of a similar age to him, but she had a simple minded nature where her actions sometimes unconsciously made Yue Yi think of that bumbling little sister of his who knew nothing about worldly affairs.
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Chapter 1736:- This is Vengeance (1)
Yue Yi looked at the awkwardness on Zi Jin's face and he could not help but sigh lightly. Although Zi Jin was of a similar age to him, but she had a simple minded nature where her actions sometimes unconsciously made Yue Yi think of that bumbling little sister of his who knew nothing about worldly affairs.
"How?" Jun Wu Xie's gaze slowly swept over Zi Jin's stiffened back to fall upon the figure of Yue Yi.
Yue Yi's handsome face was tinged with a smile. The change in his mindset had also caused his mannerisms to be reborn, where the kind of sunshine and vigor that a youth should possess returned to his body. Yue Yi had rather great looks but his always gloomy face and his highly unapproachable expression made people subconsciously distance themselves from him, quickly failing to even notice his looks. Now that the knot in his heart had come undone, that brilliant smile that was visible now made people feel it to be rather dazzling.
But.....
Jun Wu Xie had long become immune against the stunning looks of handsome youths as Jun Wu Yao's face had hopelessly tempered her appreciation of aesthetics to impossible levels.
"I am already much better and I had even gotten off the bed to walk a little yesterday. Although I was not able to move like an arrow shot out with a single step like before, but I have recovered by quite a bit. I believe it will not be long before I will be able to move about freely." Yue Yi said with a smile.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. Initially when Yue Yi got so severely wounded, in the eyes of others, he would end up a cripple even if he could be treated. But this person was saved by Jun Wu Xie, and if he did not recover at such a speed, then she would think it strange.
"Since you're almost recovered, then..... it should be about time that we settle the score with Zhuge Yin." Jun Wu Xie suddenly said.
The smile on Yue Yi's face then congealed slightly, as he looked at Jun Wu in surprise.
[Settle the score?]
[With Zhuge Yin?]
To still be able to live, to Yue Yi, was already a gift bestowed upon him from the Heavens. He had never once thought of asking for anything back from Zhuge Yin at all. Without needing to even mention that Zhuge Yin's powers were far above his own, merely the fact that the Dragon Slayers Palace stood behind Zhuge Yin was already something that he could not afford to provoke in anyway. Right from the very beginning, Yue Yi had already decided to forget the whole thing.
The thoughts in Yue Yi's head had not come about because he was weak, but was because he had seen too much of the hypocrisy of the world. He was not even able to even fight Elder Yue from the Shadow Moon Palace, how could he ever hope to be able to shake the Dragon Slayers Palace's Young Lord?
But today, Jun Wu Xie was going to completely overturn his decision to concede defeat.
Seeing the shock registered upon Yue Yi's face, Jun Wu Xie's eyes then flashed with a glint of understanding. The disparity between the powers held by the Twelve Palaces was too great and that mentality had already become too deeply rooted into Yue Yi's heart, which caused him to be unable to place himself on equal standing with Zhuge Yin, to avenge himself.
But.....
Well, she could.
"No need to be so surprised. I have never intended to let Zhuge Yin off that easily. The reason I have not made my move for so long was because I wanted you to be able to witness with your own eyes the end that Zhuge Yin would finally fall into."
"Young Master Jun..... There's no need. Really..... That..... That I'm still alive, I am already eternally grateful to you. I do not want to seek revenge, and do not need to ask for anything back from Zhuge Yin. I know that Young Master Jun is not an ordinary person, but Zhuge Yin's identity is very special. He already possesses exemplary powers himself, and he has the whole Dragon Slayers Palace strongly behind him. We really..... do not need to go head to head against him." Yue Yi tried to say in a hurry. He was not worried just for himself, but was also concerned for Jun Wu's safety.
Jun Wu had saved him, given him new hope, and he already saw Jun Wu as his saviour and benefactor. As seeking revenge against Zhuge Yin was really too dangerous, Yue Yi did not wish in the slightest, for Jun Wu to antagonize that vicious demon in order to to seek justice for him.
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Chapter 1737:- This is Vengeance (2)
"No." Jun Wu Xie answered resolutely to what Yue Yi had said.
Yue Yi was startled slightly.
Jun Wu Xie's cold clear eyes looked at Yue Yi as she said slowly: "The debt, is not owed just to you alone, but to me as well. Even if you are willing to let him off, I will not."
Yue Yi opened his mouth, the eyes he was looking at Jun Wu was highly conflicted. He drew in a deep breath and then said: "I will do as Young Master Jun says. Whatever you need me to do, even if it costs me my life, I will do everything within my powers to get it done."
The Dragon Slayers Palace's Young Lord, to the disciples of the Twelve Palaces, was a position that commanded a highly terrifying status. Even the most esteemed disciples from the various palaces would not dare to carelessly go antagonize him, as Zhuge Yin was the Dragon Slayers Palace Lord's only son, the weight he carried was not something any other disciple could possibly compare with.
Even the Elders of the Dragon Slayers Palace, could not compare with the status Zhuge Yin held, and if they came to harm Zhuge Yin, the consequences could very well be imagined. That would surely bring upon themselves a maniacal and ruthless vengeance from the Dragon Slayers Palace itself.
Jun Wu Xie stared at Yue Yi's stoically serious face and then suddenly turned her eyes away, to go pour herself a cup of water, and then slowly taking a sip from it. In contrast to Yue Yi's nervousness, she was being so carefree, like her target she was seeking vengeance upon, was not the Dragon Slayers Palace's Young Lord, but just a regular disciple.
"I saved you, not to have you go risk your life heedlessly, but for you to live a good life. You do not need to worry. In this matter of dealing with Zhuge Yin, we do not need to dirty our own hands as someone will naturally finish him." Jun Wu Xie's clear and unhurried voice rang out within the room.
"What do you mean?" Yue Yi was rather lost.
Jun Wu Xie raised her eyes up slightly, her hands turning the teacup as she toyed with it and then lowering her gaze back down to fall onto the lightly rocking surface of the water, looking at her own reflection within the teacup.
"Among the Twelve Palaces, the people who are displeased with Zhuge Yin are not limited to just you and me, and not only the two of us wants to get rid of him, and it's only due to certain constraints that people are unable to strike. But when those misgivings are conquered and bashed through by rage, then it would no longer hold or restrain people. Do you understand?" At the moment that Jun Wu Xie spoke the very last syllable, her gaze suddenly looked straight at Yue Yi.
Yue Yi was taken aback, his heart had seemingly been able to grasp something, but it was very fuzzy and blurry.
"On that first night when the few of us just came here into the Pure Grace Palace and they hosted a banquet, do you still remember what happened at that time?" Jun Wu Xie slowly asked.
Yue Yi thought about it for a moment and said: "The first night..... The banquet....." Suddenly, a scene came into his mind!
That night at the banquet, there wasn't anything too special about it, but if it was something that was linked to Zhuge Yin, then there was indeed an incident!
And that was the squabble between the Blood Fiend Palace's Gu Ying and Zhuge Yin!
Zhuge Yin had aggressively gone to fawn on the Blood Fiend Palace's Gu Xin Yan and that was a point that any bright eyed person could clearly see. But as Gu Xin Yan's elder brother, Gu Ying had seemed to be rather disgusted with Zhuge Yin's persistent pestering of his sister and had on that very night during the banquet, openly fell out with each other in front of everyone. And if Gu Xin Yan had not come forward to persuade them, the two young and hot blooded Young Lords could very well have physically torn into each other right there on the spot!
Linking that to the thought provoking words that Jun Wu had said just earlier, a frightening scenario formed up within Yue Yi's mind. He raised up his head in disbelief, to stare at Jun Wu in shock.
"Young Master Jun, you are talking about..... Gu Ying from the Blood Fiend Palace?"
In the instant when the two words "Gu Ying" came out from Yue Yi's mouth, Zi Jin who had been sitting silently without a word on the side was suddenly startled, and a strong feeling of unease soundlessly filled up her heart.
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Chapter 1738:- This is Vengeance (3)
The extent of Zi Jin's movements was very small and nobody had noticed the peculiarity from her and Yue Yi's mind was fully drawn in with the realization that had dawned upon him.
"That's right." Jun Wu Xie nodded.
"What Young Master Jun means is..... You intend to use Gu Ying's hand to deal with Zhuge Yin? But..... with Gu Ying being the Blood Fiend Palace's Young Lord, he would be very much aware of propriety and the limits. Moreover, the Dragon Slayers Palace had always been keen to ally themselves with the Blood Fiend Palace, and it is impossible that Gu Ying does not know anything about it. He might not be all that pleased with Zhuge Yin, but if you are saying that he will harm Zhuge Yin because of that..... don't you think that might be a little bit too much of a stretch?" Yue Yi said with his brows furrowed up slightly. In regards to the subtlety of relations between the Twelve Palaces, he still knew a little about them.
Although Gu Ying's position in the Blood Fiend Palace was similar to that of Zhuge Yin's, the Dragon Slayers Palace was below the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace in terms of might. Together with the way they displayed obvious inclinations that leaned well towards the Blood Fiend Palace, in the ongoing tussle between the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace, it was thought no matter how much Gu Ying disliked Zhuge Yin, he was surely expected to at least exercise a certain level of control and restraint.
Jun Wu Xie then put her teacup down upon the table and turned to say to Yue Yi: "If your little sister was violated by a lecher, what would you do?"
Jun Wu Xie's words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Yue Yi straight on his head!
His little sister was the one inverse scale that no one must ruffle his entire life. Don't even talk about violating her, even if anyone dared to hurt a single strand of hair upon her, Yue Yi would fight that person even at the cost of his life, no matter who that person was!
Jun Wu Xie's words immediately woke Yue Yi up to that fact, which caused Yue Yi's face to twist up in shock.
"Gu Xin Yan....." Yue Yi slowly breathed out the name that had caused Zhuge Yin and Gu Ying to fall into conflict.
Jun Wu Xie then said: "That's right. Gu Xin Yan is Gu Ying's sister and from what we saw then during the banquet, Gu Ying greatly detests the fact that Zhuge Yin is trying to get close to Gu Xin Yan. Hence..... if he is made to see with his own eyes, Zhuge Yin being disrespectful to Gu Xin Yan, or even to the extent that he had already committed a deed that would anger the gods and man, would you then think, when one is under that kind of mindless fury, Gu Ying will still be able to think logically, to consider whether he should strike Zhuge Yin at that moment?"
Yue Yi's eyes widened up with incredulity. As a older brother himself, he could naturally well imagine what kind of a situation that would truly be.
If he was in that position, he would definitely not be able to calmly think things through at all, and the only thing that would fill up his mind entirely at that moment, would be to tear the culprit up into a million pieces!
It must be said, that the hand that Jun Wu Xie schemed up is vicious to say the least. Even Yue Yi himself could not imagine that such a venomous ploy could really come out from Jun Wu's mind.
"But Zhuge Yin is no fool as well. Although he has been trying to get close to Gu Xin Yan, but..... he must surely know that there are limits, and would not dare to commit any deed that is too inappropriate." Yue Yi said, drawing a deep breath in to press down the tinge of disagreement in his heart. This life of his was already Jun Wu's to have and no matter what Jun Wu did, he would not object but just obey.
Jun Wu Xie did not reply to Yue Yi's apprehension directly but instead went on to retrieve a palm sized porcelain bottle from her Cosmos Sack to place upon the table.
"People skilled in medicine, mostly excel in poisons as well. In this world, we are not without drugs that could make a person temporarily lose their senses. If you want to make a man lose his rationality to go seize the woman his heart desires and make her his, there are many ways to achieve it." Jun Wu Xie said as she tapped a finger a few times upon the table's surface right beside the bottle meaningfully.
Yue Yi gulped as he looked at the bottle of medicine, the look in his eyes highly complicated.
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Chapter 1739:- Spilling the Secret (1)
Jun Wu was intending to use some kind of drug to force Zhuge Yin to lose control of his senses!
Yue Yi drew in a deep breath secretly, pushing the discomfort he felt in his heart down as he tried to numb his own conscience.
Although he was feeling that it was rather unrighteous to do that, as Gu Xin Yan was innocent afterall, but..... since it was Jun Wu's decision, he would not question it in anyway.
"Is there anything you need me to help with?" Yue Yi asked resolutely as he raised his head.
Jun Wu Xie saw the struggle in Yue Yi's eyes finally turning into the final determination shining in them and the corners of her mouth curled up with a faint arc. She picked up the bottle of medicine and kept it away before saying indifferently: "You do not need to do anything. I merely came here to let you know about it. Rest yourself well as there will be a great show coming right up in the days ahead."
Yue Yi felt a sense of relief slowly spread through him. If he had been asked to carry out the task, with the kind of personality that he had, it would have been really hard for him to transform himself in such a short period.
Jun Wu Xie then took a look at Yue Yi's injuries and left some elixirs behind before she left the room together with Jun Wu Yao.
It was until the backs of the two people had left the room and the door shut once more that Yue Yi's room fell dead silent.
Zi Jin sat at Yue Yi's bedside with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking. Yue Yi thought that she had been shocked by Jun Wu's methods and not wanting her to have any further misunderstandings against Jun Wu, Yue Yi opened his mouth to say: "Young Master Jun is doing this all because of me. He....."
Zi Jin suddenly stood up, not even waiting for Yue Yi to finish what he wanted to say. The colour on her face was an ugly shade, her eyes tinged with a trace of panic.
Yue Yi just assumed that she had been frightened.
"You've finished eating. I'll then make a move." Zi Jin's voice was even shaking a little.
"Zi Jin!" There were things Yue Yi still wanted to say to her.
But Zi Jin did not want to remain in that room for even a moment longer and immediately went running out from there, leaving Yue Yi sitting helplessly on his bed to sigh.
Zi Jin fought to maintain her composure as she walked out from Yue Yi's room, but the panic in her eyes already betrayed her emotions surging within. She did not dare to tarry another single moment and she just threw the empty bowl in her hand to the ground, the clear sound of shattering reverberating within the empty corridor. Zi Jin picked up the hem of her skirt and treading through the ear piercing sound of the crash, she ran speedily towards the other end of the corridor.
She just could not believe what she had just heard!
That Jun Wu would employ such a dirty trick against Gu Ying!
Zi Jin's heart felt like it was being stirred with a knife, fear and deep worry permeating throughout her chest. Jun Wu's words rang incessantly in her mind, unconsciously prodding her steps to go faster.
Yue Yi thought that Jun Wu was doing this because of him?
That must be the biggest joke under the Heavens!
Jun Wu's motive for this trip, had been to upset the balance of power between the Twelve Palaces right from the start. By putting his words so grandly to sound dignified, he had made Yue Yi think that way. What a complete and utter hypocrite! Most despicable!
Zi Jin suddenly felt that she must have been blind before, for her to have had such a good impression of this venomous and vicious hearted youth.
In order to attain benefits for himself, he was ready to commit such contemptible and dastardly deeds without hesitation, sacrificing a girl's very reputation. This was a point that Zi Jin would never ever be able to tolerate. And moreover, Jun Wu's target was Gu Ying!
Zi Jin sprinted the entire way, not daring to delay it by even the slightest moment, to charge straight towards the loft that Gu Ying was staying at.
In order to avoid having the hot blooded disciples from the various palaces stir up any unwanted incidents, the Pure Grace Palace had purposely arranged for the male disciples from the respective palaces in stay in lofts located in different regions, and only placing the female disciples together in the same place.
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Chapter 1740:- Spilling the Secret (2)
By the time Zi Jin came running to reach the front of Gu Ying's door, she was already panting so hard she was gasping for air. She did not even take a moment to catch her breath but immediately knocked upon Gu Ying's door!
After a moment, Gu Ying opened his room door and when he saw the red faced Zi Jin who was trying hard to catch her breath, his eyes flashed with suspicion a moment but a gentle smile very quickly crept onto that handsome looking face.
"Zi Jin? Why have you come here?" Gu Ying asked Zi Jin smilingly, courteously moving to open up a pathway, to invite Zi Jin inside.
This was the first time that Zi Jin had taken the initiative to come find him, and from the way she was acting, it seemed something had happened.
Over the past few days, Gu Ying had attempted to fish for some information from Zi Jin and although Zi Jin had held back, she had still unwittingly revealed some secrets to him, a point that even Zi Jin was not aware that she did at all.
Zi Jin quickly stepped into the room and waiting till Gu Ying close the door, Zi Jin immediately turned to face Gu Ying, her eyes unnaturally grave.
"Young Master Gu, do you trust me?" Zi Jin suddenly opened her mouth to ask.
Gu Ying was slightly taken aback, but his smile became even more gentle.
"Why would you ask me that?"
Zi Jin was at that moment not in the mood to admire Gu Ying's handsome smile. She was filled with panic, that burned within so much she could not calm herself down.
"You only need to tell me whether you trust me or not."
Gu Ying smiled as he said: "If I do not trust you, for the past few days, would I engage myself in such pleasant conversation with a person I do not trust? And how would I possibly allow a person whom I do not trust, to appear within my dreams?"
Gu Ying's words, were sweet like honey, but did not make one sick with sweetness, and had instead caused the anxiety and panic in Zi Jin's heart to be slowly washed away bit by bit under a clear spring. She drew in a deep breath as she stared at Gu Ying, and suddenly, she raised up a hand onto her face, to tear off that mask that disguised her real countenance.
In the instant that that mask with that highly unremarkable face was torn off, a rather pretty and striking countenance suddenly appeared before Gu Ying's eyes.
"Young Master Gu, I am really sorry. I have been deceiving you over this period of time. I am not a disciple of the Shadow Moon Palace. I..... I am from the Spirit Jade Palace....." Zi Jin drummed up all the courage she had, and revealed the truth right before Gu Ying. Towards the lying and subterfuge against Gu Ying, it had been making Zi Jin feeling highly uneasy all this time. Gu Ying was treating her with such pure sincerity, how could she repay him with such lies?
Her actions today, was to prove to Gu Ying, that she was truly sincere.
Mirth glinted within Gu Ying's eyes a brief flash, but his face instead showed utter shock.
"You....." He did not even finish his words when he went walking over to the door, and pressed his ear to listen for any movements outside. Ascertaining that there was no one outside, he then turned himself around, to look sternly at Zi Jin.
"Today, whatever you say and whatever you do, I will treat it as if I do not know anything at all. Before you step out from this Pure Grace Palace, you are a disciple of the Shadow Moon Palace. Under no circumstances must you reveal your real identity. Do you understand?" Gu Ying said, looking at Zi Jin very seriously, his voice stern as he admonished.
Zi Jin bit on her lip. Gu Ying's reaction made her heart feel warm. He had not developed the slightest dislike for her just because she was from the Spirit Jade Palace but was instead showing her so much concern, worrying about the kind of danger that she would be in if her real identity was exposed.
Gu Ying's reaction, fully convinced Zi Jin that the choice she made today, was undeniably the right one.
The fact that Jun Wu wanted to stir up chaos within the Twelve Palaces, she did not object to it. But one must not selfishly drag the innocent into help to in order to achieve their goals!
Zi Jin took a deep breath and then suddenly said: "Young Master Gu, I came here today because I have something I need to say to you."
"You can be straight with me." Gu Ying told her.
Zi Jin summoned up her courage. "Someone seeks to bring harm upon you!"
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