Chapter 91
Chapter 91: Su Wanqing’s Little Schemes
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In the end, after repeated deep contemplation, Su Wanqing finally made up her mind and reported Ye Fan’s framing of them to the Enforcement Hall.
Of course, her decision to do this also harbored some unknown selfish motives deep in her heart.
“If… Ye Fan spreads this matter around, wouldn’t it mean no one would ever want to get close to her again…”
“?”
The voice in Su Wanqing’s mind also caught this thought, its tone filled with disbelief.
“No way, you, this usually proper and aloof fairy, have actually learned to play these twisted mind games? To prevent her from turning to someone else, you’re actually using this kind of move?”
“You must be truly sick, and quite seriously too~”
The voice in her mind carried a hint of contempt as it mocked her.
In its opinion, at most it would advise Su Wanqing to take direct action.
Then, relying on absolute strength, make Lin Muyu unable to resist and enjoy her like cultivation material.
But Su Wanqing was doing well, on one hand thinking about repairing the relationship with Lin Muyu, while on the other hand secretly playing these little schemes.
“Shut up.”
Su Wanqing didn’t pay much attention to that chattering voice, only leading the Enforcement Hall Elder straight toward Ye Fan’s residence, preparing for a face-to-face confrontation with him.
“Reporting to Elder, Ye Fan’s cave dwelling is completely empty, we cannot find any trace of him.”
“Moreover, almost everything inside has been moved out, leaving only a mess. It looks like he left in extreme haste!”
The disciple responsible for the search hurried over to report, his tone carrying a hint of urgency.
“He’s not there? Could it really be that he fled in fear of punishment?”
The Enforcement Hall Elder frowned tightly, a trace of gravity flashing in his eyes.
The scene before them was clearly typical of fleeing in fear of punishment.
But everyone in the sect knew what consequences awaited those who chose to flee in fear of punishment.
They would be hunted by Qinglan Sect to the ends of the earth until they were captured and brought to justice.
Unless they could hide themselves without a trace, otherwise, since ancient times, very few people could survive such a manhunt.
“Reporting to Elder, after investigation, Ye Fan indeed did not appear within the sect for those 3 days.”
Another disciple responsible for peripheral investigation quickly approached, supplementing the key information.
“Sigh.”
The Enforcement Hall Elder gently shook his head. With things developing to this point, the situation was already more than obvious, there was no need for any additional interrogation.
He just felt somewhat regretful in his heart. Ye Fan was, after all, the second-ranked among Foundation Establishment stage disciples.
Such a talented seedling had actually committed such an irreversible grave mistake due to momentary jealousy.
Everyone present hadn’t truly understood what Ye Fan’s motive actually was.
After all, the sect’s second-ranked disciple attacking the first-ranked one.
Besides jealousy, what other reason could there be?
“Ye Fan, for harming fellow disciples, fleeing in fear of punishment, and disregarding the rules and laws of Qinglan Sect, a kill order is hereby issued. Any disciple of Qinglan Sect who encounters him must kill without mercy!”
The Enforcement Hall Elder took a deep breath and loudly issued the final command.
“Yes!”
The Enforcement Hall disciples under his command responded in unison.
Then they quickly sprang into action, beginning to arrange the manhunt.
The Enforcement Hall Elder looked at the busy scene before him, then turned his gaze to Su Wanqing beside him, showing a gentle smile as he asked:
“I wonder if martial nephew is satisfied with how this matter has been handled?”
Su Wanqing’s heart was also filled with helplessness. Ye Fan had escaped, and while her reputation temporarily had no risk of damage, the goal she truly wanted to achieve had ultimately fallen through.
But facing the Enforcement Hall Elder, she could only respectfully bow slightly and say:
“Thank you, martial uncle, for the fair handling. This disciple is satisfied.”
The Enforcement Elder nodded, then as if remembering something, spoke to her earnestly:
“Martial nephew, when you return, put in a few good words for me in front of your Master. Tell her to stop thinking about snatching my fine wine.”
“…I will.”
Hearing this request, Su Wanqing’s facial expression couldn’t help but stiffen.
Her master’s enthusiasm for stealing wine, how could she possibly dissuade her from that?
“Since there’s nothing else, we’ll take our leave first.”
After speaking, the Enforcement Elder satisfiedly led the group of Enforcement Hall disciples and hurriedly departed.
Su Wanqing watched the direction they left, remained silent for a moment, then turned and flew toward Jade Lotus Peak.
She knew very clearly in her heart that she had to learn the Heartless Curse before Lin Muyu completely turned to Luo Chenxi, otherwise everything would be too late.
…
This was an extremely strange place, surrounded by darkness so thick it couldn’t be dissolved, as if it could devour all light.
Only a gentle beam of light quietly fell on a solitary swing.
And Lin Muyu was currently sitting on this swing, her delicate little face tightly furrowed with worry, full of melancholy.
“So annoying, just how should I face her?”
Actually, with the help of the Soul-Calming Incense, Lin Muyu’s consciousness had already been gradually awakening.
But she was unwilling to truly wake up and face Su Wanqing.
The bizarre environment she was currently in was essentially a lucid dream serving as her thinking space, consciousness awake, yet still within a dreamscape.
At this moment, she was feeling extremely troubled about how to face Su Wanqing.
Regarding so-called chastity, Lin Muyu had been a man in her previous life and hadn’t received such education, so she didn’t place much importance on chastity.
Moreover, after coming to this world, she had never thought about marrying anyone, so she cared even less about these worldly constraints.
Therefore, when she was treated that way by Su Wanqing the first and second times, she could choose to forgive.
After all, Su Wanqing was a lofty cultivator, while she was just a powerless commoner at the time.
Even if she didn’t forgive, what could she do?
It was better to accept it calmly and even gain some practical benefits from it.
But the third time, the situation was somewhat different.
They were already nominal senior and junior sisters, and she was no longer that ordinary commoner who could be slaughtered at will.
What’s more, the pain she endured that time was unprecedentedly severe.
Logically speaking, even if she ultimately chose to forgive Su Wanqing, she should have kept a safe distance from her and drawn clear boundaries.
But it seemed Su Wanqing had fed her something afterward. Although that thing had dulled the physical pain, it had also made her completely forget all three painful experiences.
Because of this, she had mistakenly thought the days at Jade Lotus Peak were wonderful, and had even truly treated Su Wanqing as a sister she could be close to.
And this time, the situation became completely different.
First, that woman had actually tortured her for a full 3 days and nights!
A whole 3 days and nights!
If she were still an ordinary person now, she probably would have already died and gone to meet the original owner of this body in the underworld.
Moreover, this also meant that Su Wanqing had completely broken her original promise of “no more presumption.”
She actually didn’t mind being close to girls, and even quite liked that warm, cuddly feeling.
But Su Wanqing’s almost predatory way of “cuddling” — even if her body were made of steel, she couldn’t withstand it.
She even felt like she was developing psychological shadows, becoming somewhat frigid, inexplicably afraid of such things.
“Sigh, better to keep my distance in the future…”
Lin Muyu swung on the swing, couldn’t help but sigh softly.
“You’re actually talking bad about someone behind their back, when that person is right here, and hasn’t gone to any underworld!”
“Besides, you can’t handle just 3 days? What a useless small fry~”
In the originally pitch-black corner, another beam of light suddenly lit up.
A familiar figure slowly walked out from the light and shadow.