My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion

But he still couldn't understand why Zhou Yitang was like this.

Qing Yuan glanced sideways and seemed to instantly understand what he was thinking, but remained silent at that moment. He thought she hadn't crossed that hurdle, and she also believed so. However, amidst the confusion, she crossed it unknowingly, and when she saw him walking a new path, her heart was in turmoil, her sword heart unsteady, thus she acted recklessly once.

Perhaps there wasn't any hurdle for her to cross; it's just that this disciple was too dense to guess it, and she couldn't possibly speak her mind.

He asked what needed to be asked, but no matter how much more he asked, she would not answer... Slowly, he let Qing Yuan go and teased, "Master, I'm known for being pure and noble, a proper gentleman, and yet so easily approached? Impossible."

...…

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, are you okay?!"

"Did he, did he do anything to you?"

"You've suffered grievances, such a scoundrel, we ought to join forces and kill him!"

After Zhao Tong and the Saint Heirs of the White Lotus Sect discussed, Qing Yuan, who was taken as a hostage, was returned. Both sides looked for Chen Yi's figure but couldn't find him anywhere.

The person was gone.

He came without a trace and left without a clue.

"No problem, he didn't dare lay a hand on me."

Qing Yuan simply replied, and seeing her clothes neat and untarnished, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Tong drew closer, offered brief words of comfort, and seeing her nod, said no more. Chen Yi merely made someone a hostage with a casual gesture, posing no real harm. And even if there was harm, it concerned the people from Yin Sword Mountain, not affecting the overall plan. Dragon and Tiger Mountain would offer apologies later, which is why they agreed to make her a hostage.

Having a hostage is just a temporary show of confidence for peace talks.

Nevertheless, this Chen Yi... remains an unstable factor.

Zhao Tong glanced toward the White Lotus Sect, his eyes meeting with Violet Compassion Sage's. Originally hostile forces now unwittingly stepped out into the long corridor, talking slowly as they walked.

Zhao Tong calculated with his fingers, confirming the person had gone far, while Violet Compassion Sage carefully investigated the surrounding atmosphere.

"He must be interested in the things inside the tower. Once we find the tower, shall we first join forces to kill him?" Zhao Tong was straightforward.

"You Dragon and Tiger are indeed ruthless," despite saying this, Violet Compassion Sage didn't object and slowly said, "That's exactly what I intended."

Zhao Tong squinted and laughed, saying, "Talking with smart people is easy."

Chen Yi also smiled and nodded, finding it quite easy to listen to smart people talking.

Violet Compassion Sage and Zhao Tong slowly exchanged information, carefully deducing when to act inside the tower and who should make the first move. They speculated that Chen Yi would be highly vigilant, but being isolated, he would undoubtedly try to win over another party... Chen Yi listened with great interest, thinking their analysis was quite right.

When the two reached a consensus, they exchanged glances, almost clapping hands.

Chen Yi inserted himself into their gaze, looking left, then right.

Smack!

He clapped his hands, even applauding them by himself.

...…

After leaving the theater, upon glancing back, the Immortals and Immortal Fairies previously led away by the Fox Fairy slowly returned from afar, with Chen Yi appearing calm, as though nothing had happened.

Yin Weiyin, however, furrowed his brow slightly.

His face glowing with spring,

Clearly because he saw women returning!

Yet she wasn't present at the moment. If she were, she'd be sure to question him with authority, making him confess like a pig. Then again, whom did he go see? Yin Weiyin pondered deeply. Among those Daoists, there were no familiar faces, mostly Dragon and Tiger Mountain people. There were a few notable female cultivators, but they were merely attractive. Not mentioning they were not as distinguished as Taichua Goddess or even Donggong Ruoshu.

Seeing him approaching slowly, Yin Weiyin's eyes shifted slightly. Since she's currently in Donggong Ruoshu's body, why not test and question him to see how he responds? Know your enemy and yourself, and you will win a hundred battles.

Chen Yi noticed Donggong Ruoshu standing there, looking like a wife eagerly awaiting her husband's return. As he prepared to greet her with a smile, he suddenly froze slightly.

"Did you... go see another woman?" She asked with a curious gaze, leaning closer to him to take a sniff.

Chen Yi quickly resumed his expression, saying, "Just someone familiar."

Since they're familiar, it must mean familiar enough to be in bed! Yin Weiyin thought irritably, knowing him well.

At the moment, pondering how to act, those Immortal Fairies calmly approached.

Chen Yi quickly went to meet them.

They seemed to have played around, consuming quite a bit of energy, showing little interest in acting mystically, scaring people away, and given there were Dragon and Tiger Mountain people present, nobody wanted to stir trouble.

Chen Yi noticed that, in the eyes of these Immortal Fairies, the White Lotus Sect was seen as a bunch of crazy obsessives, while Dragon and Tiger Mountain people were like indelible scabies.

Apparently, the former could bring them considerable amusement, whereas the latter annoyed them.

"Initially thought it was only these crazies coming, easy to ward off, but then those stubborn bulls arrived... Sigh, you probably won't get to see the Holy Emperor for a while," Fairy Cai Xia sighed.

Chen Yi hesitated slightly, then asked, "What kind of person is the Holy Emperor?"

"What kind of person?" Fairy Cai Xia pondered over words to describe, "The Holy Emperor is... a man of great reasoning."

"Very... reasonable?"

......…

......…

In the magnificent and opulent White Jade Palace, surrounded by immortal-like brilliance, suffused with a faint mist, beautiful beyond imagination.

A wandering soul drifted here and there, with a dazzling scene before its eyes, constantly exclaiming "Wow" several times,

Who else could it be?

Besides Miss Donggong, who else could it be?

Donggong Ruoshu had been here several days since awakening to find herself in a fluffy cloud bed. From the corridor's doors and windows, one could see concubines coming and going, chatting and laughing, then noticing her, welcoming her warmly and treating her hospitably.

The owner of this palace, everyone called it "Holy Emperor."

At the end of the corridor, coming face-to-face with Donggong Ruoshu.

Donggong Ruoshu promptly stopped, intending to mimic the concubines' greetings but forgot, looking clumsy and awkward.

The Holy Emperor smiled:

If you don't know how to salute, then don't salute; I am the Emperor and often forget I'm an emperor, not feeling particularly noble,

I don't know where my realm is or the harvest for the coming year. I don't know how many of my people there are or how much tax to collect, how many duties to demand.

If Lingzhi grows within timber, then this family shall prosper, yet if Lingzhi grows then this family is near collapse. Whether prospering or declining, people argue endlessly, making noise, thus some come out saying decline follows prosperity, trying to encompass all, thinking themselves clever.

But truly, does decline follow prosperity? Why do many families perish before prosperity? And why do many still flourish today? Not reaching extremes, and why countless families lie buried forever unseen? A single sentence doesn't encompass all things; no glance suffices to know the entirety. There's no small way to see big things. I've seen fire burn underwater, locust trees rooted upon stone and metal, conflicting entities coexisting, not repelling each other, like a vast heap of goo. People unknowingly live within goo, so throughout history, humans can only do well themselves. This is called "Virtue."