Chapter 370 - 29: Wei Wan
"Hey, you ’Princess’, you’ve already lost, how can you still have the nerve! Let go of Young Master Lanyin from our family!"
Liu Su shouted loudly and encouraged the surrounding fans of Lanyin to shout along:
"Let Young Master Lanyin go!"
"Does being a princess mean you can cheat?"
"Can’t accept losing!"
Wu Yiren was furious, pointing at Liu Su and the other female disciples: "If you shout again, I’ll ask my father to arrest all of you!"
She then remembered this was Zhenyang Sect, not the Western Emperor Palace.
Instantly, her face flushed, just as she was about to curse again, the Golden Dragon at her side suddenly shattered, and Mo Xiaolan burst out from inside, thrusting out a sword, its white Sword Aura of the Supreme As-Heart Sword striking her chest.
However, Wu Yiren seemed to be wearing some treasure that made the sword not injure her, but the surging Spiritual Power shattered her outer garments, revealing a large part of her fair, jade-like shoulders.
"Wow!"
"So fair!"
"Such a figure!"
Exclamations arose again, this time mixed with many male disciples’ voices. Wu Yiren had been pampered since childhood, respected and feared by everyone, she had never suffered such humiliation.
Her eyes reddened, shouting sternly: "I’ll kill you!"
Her Spiritual Power surged rapidly again, unexpectedly breaking through to the Golden Core Realm on the spot!
Suddenly, a graceful figure appeared between the two, gently tapping Wu Yiren’s forehead with a finger, suppressing the Spiritual Power that was about to break through, and said softly:
"This round is a draw."
Mo Xiaolan stopped, bowed in salute: "Thank you, Senior Sister Wei."
Wu Yiren’s chest heaved with anger, but seeing Wei Wan’s beautiful and gentle face, she had to bite her lip, glaring hatefully at Mo Xiaolan before summoning a garment from her Storage Bag, putting it on, and leaving in a huff.
Wei Wan turned back to Mo Xiaolan and said: "How’s your injury?"
Only then did the Outer Sect disciples notice the few fresh red spots on Mo Xiaolan’s shoulder, likely injuries sustained when she was swallowed by the Golden Dragon earlier.
Mo Xiaolan said calmly: "Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister, I’m fine."
Wei Wan smiled gently, turned to announce: "The selection continues."
After the turmoil, the selection for the Outer Sect competition continued.
Mo Xiaolan returned to Liu Su amid the adoring gazes of countless female disciples. Liu Su chuckled:
"Young Master Lanyin, so many women adore you, why don’t you just pick one to form a Dao couple?"
Mo Xiaolan shook her head helplessly and communicated: "Earlier, Senior Sister Wei intentionally refrained from intervening, seemingly wanting to see what other Cultivation Techniques I have besides the Supreme As-Heart Sword."
Liu Su’s face turned serious, and she communicated too: "Now you mention it, it’s indeed strange. With Wei Wan’s temperament, she should have declared your victory when you held the sword to Wu Yiren’s neck. Yet she allowed Wu Yiren to act shamelessly, quite odd."
"Could our transformation technique have been discovered?"
"Probably not, perhaps some other flaw has been revealed, Wei Wan might not be certain yet, we need to be cautious, you mustn’t use the Mist Spirit Eye later."
"Understood."
The selection continued smoothly, with Mo Xiaolan and Liu Su successfully securing spots to represent Xiyue Peak.
Having left in a huff, Wu Yiren returned shortly after, swiftly winning a spot as well.
However, at the end, Wu Yiren hurried towards Mo Xiaolan, glaring at him viciously:
"How dare you slight this princess, I will never forgive you!"
After speaking, she twisted her waist and flew away.
Liu Su chuckled, supporting Mo Xiaolan’s shoulder: "Hey, Young Master Lanyin, why not endure a little and coax this spoiled princess, pry out some information about Si Minglan from her?"
Mo Xiaolan considered seriously: "Indeed, Minglan Sister’s situation is concerning, your suggestion is good."
Liu Su was stunned: "You’re seriously considering it? What if she discovers you are a woman?"
Mo Xiaolan said: "I’m only going to engage her in conversation, won’t do anything else, rest assured, I’ll find a chance to approach her."
Liu Su was speechless: "My goodness, it seems like I’ve given a lousy suggestion."
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While the Outer Sect disciple selection at Xiyue Peak was proceeding intensely, at the top of Xiyue Peak, at the residences of the three Commanding Disciples.
The summit was where Senior Sister Ye Xiyue lived, a bit lower down is Second Senior Sister Wei Wan’s residence.
It was a small yard, with a tiny pond in it, and a willow tree growing beside it, having a gentle water-town ambiance, much like Wei Wan herself.
At this moment, Wei Wan was down the mountain presiding over the Outer Sect disciple selection, and the yard was empty.
A few maidservants came in to clean the yard and water the plants.
The core disciples of a major sect like Zhenyang Sect have servants attending to their daily needs. Most are ordinary people without Spiritual Power, selected from Zhenyang City, and some are attendants of disciples who held respectable status in the secular world.
Among the maidservants cleaning Second Senior Sister Wei Wan’s yard, there was one such attendant.
He Zhiqiu’s maidservant, Wu’er.
"Wu’er, let’s go."
After quickly finishing the chores, several companions spoke to Wu’er.
Wu’er agreed, then left Wei Wan’s yard with several people, walking a little distance, Wu’er suddenly said:
"Sisters, I think I dropped something on the way, you go ahead, I’ll go back to find it."
The maidservants didn’t suspect anything amiss, gave some reminders, and left.
Once they were gone, Yun Wu turned around and headed back, arriving again at the entrance of Wei Wan’s yard.
Now a maidservant at Xiyue Peak, responsible for cleaning dwellings of a few core disciples, naturally holding the Spirit Key to Wei Wan’s residence.
Opening the gate, she entered the yard once more.
Yun Wu searched all around but found nothing.
She checked the surroundings, ensuring no one was around, opened the main door of the room where Wei Wan lived, and entered.
The room was small, simply and elegantly furnished, just like Wei Wan’s temperament.
Yun Wu cautiously searched for a long time but still found nothing.
She frowned, muttering: "Could I have been mistaken?"
Qin Gengyun went to Zhenyang Mountain to discern the true nature of Zhenyang Sect, to promote the Righteous Path. Liu Su for the sake of the young master and miss, Mo Xiaolan for accompanying friends, undertaking entrusted tasks with loyalty.
But Yun Wu, was determined to uncover who used a replicated Spirit Key to open the Concealment Array on Cloud Bamboo Mountain.
Father had mentioned before, he had given one of the Spirit Keys of the Concealment Array to Elder Sang Yue of Xiyue Peak.
Sang Yue later passed it to Ye Xiyue.
At that time, Ye Xiyue was already on Cloud Bamboo Mountain, so anyone who helped Spirit Corpse Mountain easily open the Concealment Array must have a replicated Spirit Key.
Therefore, the person who could have taken the Spirit Key from Xiyue Peak could only be a core disciple of Xiyue Peak.
Ye Xiyue was unlikely, Si Minglan was unlikely, leaving only one person—Second Senior Sister Wei Wan.
Although Yun Wu was simple-minded, she wasn’t a fool, her mind was always pondering over this matter, eventually concluding this speculation.
And today was the perfect opportunity to prove the speculation.
However, she had searched thoroughly in Wei Wan’s room and still couldn’t find the replicated Spirit Key.
"What are you doing?"
At this moment, behind Yun Wu came a gentle voice.