Chapter 83 81, just putting on an act for the show, huh?
In the cramped hall, three people sat around Xu Yuan as their center.
This bizarre scene also struck Wind Butterfly and Zhen Dan, who had come upon hearing the news, as extremely odd.
Especially Zhen Dan, who, after all, was nominally Liu Ruoxue's fiancé, but she behaved as though she had completely forgotten about him.
However, because Xu Yuan still bore the appearance of Fang Yuan at the moment, he just found it strange that his fiancée was staring hard at another woman and didn't say much.
"Ahem," Xu Yuan coughed lightly, feeling his scalp tingle under their gazes.
Dealing with the two of them had already been difficult enough before, but now... with three, the Asura Field became even more unbearable for him.
After a while, feeling almost too uncomfortable to bear their stares, Xu Yuan had no choice but to speak up with a suggestion.
"I think it's getting late; perhaps we should each return to our rooms to rest, how about that?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"That works, let's talk about anything else tomorrow."
Surprisingly, all three of them unanimously agreed to his proposal.
But Xu Yuan always had the feeling that things wouldn't end so simply.
Instead of them letting him off the hook, he sensed that each of them probably had some secret intentions they did not want to reveal to the others.
And sure enough, in the middle of the night...
As he sat cross-legged on the bed cultivating, a Heart Voice suddenly echoed from the depths of his heart.
"The time has come for me to sneak into my junior sister's room and steal her undergarments."
No sooner had this peculiar Heart Voice appeared than Xu Yuan understood it must be Lin Qingque up to mischief.
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the silhouette projected onto the window paper.
As Xu Yuan opened the door, indeed standing outside was Lin Qingque.
The bright moonlight draped over the extremely beautiful woman in white, as if shrouding her in a layer of light gauze, giving her the ethereal and elegant air of a fairy stepping down from the Moon Palace.
"Junior sister, is there something you need?"
This familiar scene caused Xu Yuan to be momentarily lost in thought.
"Senior brother, do you feel..."
Lin Qingque tilted her head slightly, and the chilly elegance faded away instantly, replaced by elf-like innocence and cuteness that seemed to merge with the moonlight.
At that moment, she smiled radiantly: "Doesn't this scene resemble the one from before?"
"Junior sister, what do you mean by this?"
During his time infiltrating the Sword Sect, Xu Yuan had been practicing multitasking, and now he had learned to create a false Heart Voice to cover his real one, so he wasn't very afraid of her anymore.
"Hehe..."
Lin Qingque giggled, then as if presenting a treasure, she brought out a large dish of "Healing Elixir" from her sleeve.
"This is..."
Xu Yuan's heart suddenly felt bitter.
"Healing Elixir,"
Lin Qingque blinked playfully and said, "These Spiritual Liquids are difficult to make, they're my savings over the past few days, you should drink it all up~"
"Really... is it Healing Elixir?"
Xu Yuan struggled to swallow his saliva.
Drinking such a large dish, surely the Dao Heart Demon Planting that had finally calmed down would flare up again, right?
By then, he truly feared he might sneak into her room at night to steal her undergarments.
"Of course, I painstakingly brewed this myself, senior brother~ drink up~"
Lin Qingque spoke in an overly sweet and coaxing tone.
As she spoke, she eagerly looked at him, "If senior brother drinks it, I won't hold it against you for leaving without a word and the act you put on with Liu Ruoxue to blend into the Sword Sect."
"...Alright."
Xu Yuan looked at the clear, bottom-visible dish of Healing Elixir in his arms, gave a bitter smile, and then drank it down as if resigned to his fate.
It was sweet and delicious, like divine nectar, not as fresh-smelling as before, but very tasty.
After he finished drinking the sweet Spiritual Liquid, the state of the Dao Heart Demon Planting now turned the color of the text on his panel a shade of red to purple.
"This should suffice, right?"
"Mhm, senior brother is so obedient..."
Lin Qingque nodded in satisfaction, and then before Xu Yuan's eyes, she reached into her trousers.
Next... she pulled out a piece of white undergarment and stuffed it into his embrace.
"If Senior Brother has a need for it, then go ahead and use it."
"..."
Xu Yuan glanced at the still-warm undergarment in his arms and couldn't help but grimace.
He had finally realized that Lin Qingque did it on purpose.
She knew full well that he was under the United Heart Curse but still deliberately made him drink a whole platter of Spiritual Liquid and then handed him this pair of undergarments.
Clearly, this was also a petty retaliation for his earlier unceremonious departure.
"Since Senior Brother has finished drinking, I should get going then."
Lin Qingque smiled and was ready to leave.
However, Xu Yuan's eyes flashed and he suddenly reached out to grab her.
"What's the matter? Perhaps, Senior Brother has finally thought it through? Have you decided to share a bed with me tonight?"
Lin Qingque looked at him shyly.
"…That's not it."
Xu Yuan, slightly speechless, asked, "I just want to know how Junior Sister knew the location of Sword Sect's outpost, that's all."
If the location of this outpost wasn't secret enough, then his upcoming plans to deal with Heavenly Machine Tower might be compromised if he failed.
"I don't know."
Lin Qingque blinked her eyes: "Each sect's outpost in Dawn City is very clandestine. I just knew where Senior Brother was, so I directly came here to find you."
"…I see."
Xu Yuan let out a sigh of relief.
This answer was something he had anticipated in his heart; previously, when Tian Liuli had imbued some Sword Intent while he was appreciating the Jade Foot, Lin Qingque must have added something of her own to the Holy Water – he wouldn't believe otherwise.
He thought, it was odd how a formidable Sword Sect outpost could be found so easily one after another.
It turned out he was the insider.
"Alright, does Senior Brother have anything else?"
Lin Qingque, in return, grabbed his hand and began to rub it against her face as she spoke.
"No, that's all."
Xu Yuan shook his head softly and said.
"Really? Are you sure you don't have any other questions? If there's anything you need, just ask me, okay?"
Lin Qingque seemed somewhat unwilling to let go.
"For instance, have you even felt any stagnation in the flow of your Spiritual Power lately? Or during cultivation, do you feel it's not fast enough? Hehehe?"
"Can you make me faster?"
"Of course, come here! Let me check if your cultivation is proceeding normally."
"Forget it."
Xu Yuan hastily shook his head, declining her offer.
Even if she could really enhance his cultivation speed, he wouldn't agree to have her check his body.
If he let her examine his body in detail, she would likely add something inside again.
Plus, if her Spiritual Power touched Tian Liuli's Sword Intent, chances were Tian Liuli would sense it right away, and then an Asura Field would start all over.
"Sigh."
Lin Qingque sighed.
What a pity. She had wanted to teach Senior Brother a bit of physiology.
Finally managing to send Lin Qingque away, Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and then he saw a streak of Bright Sword Light at his neck.
The chill he felt at his neck allowed Xu Yuan to be certain it was the familiar ancient sword, Ruoshui.
How many times had Liu Ruoxue pointed her sword at his neck now?
This likewise familiar scene left Xu Yuan feeling somewhat speechless.
"Ruoxue, what are you doing?"
He forced a smile and looked towards the cold and frosty white-clad woman beside him.
"Putting on an act for the occasion?"
Liu Ruoxue didn't respond to his question but just looked at him expressionlessly and coldly asked.