Chapter 461 I'm 6 and you're 4, the storm is crying

"Xuan'er, you are being too unreasonable. Although you are Little Qing's senior sister, you can't control her. She's not a puppet!"

Ji Hongluan turned around, frowning as she looked at Yuan Kouxuan, her tone seemingly defending Situ Qingqing.

Situ Qingqing seized the opportunity to nod, whispering, "That's right, that's right."

In the past, she wouldn't even dare to make a sound, fearing a severe beating from her eldest senior sister. But today, because of the Sect Leader, she dared to murmur quietly without worrying about being punished.

Yuan Kouxuan merely glanced at Situ Qingqing, then ignored her, focusing her gaze on Ji Hongluan, and smiled slightly:

"Sister Hongluan, you're exaggerating. How could I possibly control Little Qing? With Master in seclusion, I'm just the head housekeeper of Purple Cloud Peak, ensuring that the disciples keep their belongings safe, lest they be taken by those with ulterior motives. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

At this point, Yuan Kouxuan paused, gazing meaningfully at Ji Hongluan, her eyes twinkling, and said:

"However, now that I think about it, Sister Hongluan, didn't you say you had urgent matters to attend to? How did you end up here with Little Qing? Don't tell me your so-called urgent matter is borrowing Little Qing's books."

Situ Qingqing stopped talking because she realized this was a struggle between her eldest senior sister and the Sect Leader, which didn't concern her much. So, she just needed to stand aside, be invisible, and enjoy the show.

Tu Shan Xinya thought similarly. Having learned her lesson, she no longer interfered in such matters, quietly walking to Situ Qingqing's side, observing the situation's development.

Ji Hongluan, exposed by Yuan Kouxuan, didn't panic at all, lightly raising an eyebrow, and responded:

"As the Sect Leader of the Azure Mist Sect, isn't Purple Cloud Peak one of my Azure Mist Sect's six peaks? So, Xuan'er, do you think I can manage the affairs of Purple Cloud Peak?"

Yuan Kouxuan had indeed forgotten this point because, in the past, Purple Cloud Peak had always held a very high status in the Azure Mist Sect. Ordinary people couldn't even step onto Purple Cloud Peak. Even peak masters who wanted to enter Purple Cloud Peak had to send a request in advance, which led to Yuan Kouxuan overlooking Ji Hongluan's identity.

But Yuan Kouxuan's mind worked very quickly, and she immediately replied:

"Of course you can manage it, but I think this should be considered Sister Hongluan's private affair!"

Situ Qingqing, hearing this, immediately felt that her eldest senior sister's aura seemed weaker. Although she wouldn't be happy regardless of who won, seeing her eldest senior sister being discomfited made her feel very refreshed. After all, on Purple Cloud Peak, her eldest senior sister was a tyrannical dictator, and they were weak, helpless citizens, ruthlessly ruled by her…

"How is it a private affair? When I said 'borrow,' I was merely saving Little Qing some face. In reality, I was going to confiscate them. Those books contain records of demonic arts. If one secretly reads them for a long time, it can easily affect their mind and body, causing them to be in a state of constant listlessness. Xuan'er, you should know that cultivation requires a full spirit. Otherwise, it's easy to become possessed. So, to avoid this danger, I must confiscate all of Little Qing's books!"

Ji Hongluan had prepared her words in advance. She was used to this approach, and with the added bonus of her status, it was impeccable.

?

Situ Qingqing's eyes widened, somewhat stunned…

This wasn't right. How did the topic shift back to her, and they were going to confiscate all her books!

"Sect Leader, I object! First of all, these are books I painstakingly collected. Secondly, although I read these books, it hasn't delayed my cultivation. If you don't believe me, you can test my cultivation!"

Situ Qingqing raised her hand, protesting.

"Sister Hongluan, you see, even the person involved is unwilling. Why don't you please return? The internal affairs of Purple Cloud Peak will still be handled by me, so I won't trouble you."

Yuan Kouxuan seized the opportunity to launch an offensive.

"Xuan'er, that's not right."

Ji Hongluan shook her head, looking at Situ Qingqing, and said:

"Little Qing, although these books may not affect you, can you guarantee that your books won't affect others?"

Situ Qingqing's face showed confusion, and she said, "Sect Leader, who have I affected? My books have always been hidden well, and I've never shown them to you. How could they possibly affect others?"

Ji Hongluan had been waiting for Situ Qingqing to say this. She pointed to Yuan Kouxuan, saying, "See, here's one who's been affected!"

Situ Qingqing stared blankly at Yuan Kouxuan, puzzled. Suddenly, she remembered something from a long time ago. After eating it, she still felt unsatisfied and thought about secretly sneaking another bite at night. As a result, she ran into her eldest senior sister, and the book in her arms inexplicably ended up in her eldest senior sister's hands. Her eldest senior sister claimed it was confiscated, but in reality, she must have secretly read it in private.

However, how did the Sect Leader know about this? Could it be that her eldest senior sister was reading that book and practicing in front of the Sect Leader?

"Eldest Senior Sister?"

Situ Qingqing looked at Yuan Kouxuan.

Ji Hongluan also crossed her arms, glancing at Yuan Kouxuan, as if waiting for her to explain.

"Sister Hongluan, are you sure you want me to say it?" Yuan Kouxuan said expressionlessly.

"Say it!" As soon as Ji Hongluan blurted it out, she immediately realized it was her embarrassing secret. She was the victim, and Xuan'er was the perpetrator, so she couldn't be threatened by this.

"Okay, it's like this, Little Qing…"

Before Yuan Kouxuan could finish speaking, Ji Hongluan reached out and covered her mouth. Her face flushed slightly, and she scolded:

"This matter is not to be mentioned again. Xuan'er, you must keep your mouth shut. Can you do that?"

Yuan Kouxuan looked at Ji Hongluan with resentful eyes, as if saying, 'You told me to say it, and now you're telling me not to say it. What exactly do you want?'

Ji Hongluan glared at Yuan Kouxuan, threatening her with her eyes. Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know, and Xinya knows. If a fourth person knows about this, she will be angry, and all the insiders will not escape. She'll kill them all!

Yuan Kouxuan blinked her eyes, exchanging glances with Ji Hongluan. The two reached a consensus in an instant. She patted Ji Hongluan's hand, and Ji Hongluan reluctantly released her hand.

Seeing this scene, Situ Qingqing's curiosity was immediately piqued. She stared at the two expectantly, like a curious baby, and asked:

"Eldest Senior Sister, Sect Leader, what's going on? Tell me! There are no outsiders here!"

"It's none of your business."

"Little kids shouldn't ask too many questions."

Ji Hongluan and Yuan Kouxuan retorted to Situ Qingqing in unison.

This made Situ Qingqing instantly angry, but she didn't dare to speak out, only grumbling in her heart:

"Am I a little kid? I'm not small at all. If I'm a little kid, then what is Senior Sister Jinli?"

"How about this, Xuan'er? I've already generously let you have your way once before, so can you let me have mine this time?"

Ji Hongluan's tone suddenly softened. With a handle in Yuan Kouxuan's hands, she really couldn't act like the Sect Leader to suppress everyone present.

"How do I let you?"

Yuan Kouxuan also felt that there was no point in continuing to argue.

"I get six, you get four?"

Ji Hongluan asked tentatively.

"Deal."

Yuan Kouxuan thought about it. She didn't need that many books anyway. Four parts would be enough.

"Huh?"

Situ Qingqing was filled with grief. How could they have made a deal already? She, the person involved, hadn't even spoken yet. Besides, she hadn't agreed!

"Okay, Little Qing, you heard it, right? Your eldest senior sister has agreed to hand over those books containing demonic arts. I'll confiscate them for you. From now on, you should cultivate properly. When you catch up with your master, I'll return these books to you."

Ji Hongluan said, stretching out her hand.

'When I catch up with my master? You're still the Sect Leader, and you can actually say such heaven-defying words!'

Situ Qingqing was so angry that her clothes bulged, and her chest rose and fell continuously. She looked at Tu Shan Xinya, hoping she could speak up for her as Aunt Yao Yao.

But Tu Shan Xinya had already been burned once and dared not interfere in such matters.

Seeing that there was no hope for help, Situ Qingqing's eyes were both resentful and helpless, thinking:

"It's only because Master isn't here that they dare to bully me so much, sob sob sob!"

Looking around, there wasn't a single helper. Her heart was crying and bleeding at the same time.

After a while, Situ Qingqing still couldn't hold on and obediently took out six books from her Qiankun bag and handed them to Ji Hongluan.

Ji Hongluan took the books, casually flipped through them, and put them back into her Sumeru ring, then stretched out her hand to Situ Qingqing again.

Situ Qingqing looked aggrieved and said, "Sect Leader, what for? Didn't I give them all to you?"

Ji Hongluan said faintly, "These few books haven't been flipped through much. The pages aren't even wrinkled. Do you think that's possible?"

Seeing that her little trick had been seen through, Situ Qingqing clenched her fists in anger, hesitating for a long time before taking out a few more books and giving them to Ji Hongluan.

"More, keep going."

Ji Hongluan wasn't satisfied with the few books Little Qing had given her. She believed that Little Qing definitely had some high-quality, even divine-quality books.

Situ Qingqing seemed to have given up on herself, throwing the Qiankun bag in her arms to Ji Hongluan, looking like she had a deep hatred, almost squatting in the corner and drawing circles.

Ji Hongluan glanced at the Qiankun bag and found that there were hundreds of books inside. Any one of them was an indescribable existence. She was immediately shocked.

"Cough cough."

Ji Hongluan cleared her throat, put the Qiankun bag into her arms, and said to Yuan Kouxuan:

"Xuan'er, okay, I've received my six parts. There's nothing more for me here, so I'll leave first. I'll leave the rest to you."

She felt that with these hundreds of books, she might not even be able to finish reading them by the time that evil disciple came out of seclusion, so she wouldn't continue confiscating.

"Ah?!"

Situ Qingqing exclaimed, "Sect Leader, I've already given you everything. I don't have a single one left. If you don't believe me, you can search. If you can find another one on me, I'll…"

Before she could finish speaking, Yuan Kouxuan skillfully lifted the bedding on her bed and knocked on the bed board, making a crisp sound. Obviously, the bed board had been hollowed out. As for why it was hollowed out, the reason was obvious.

Seeing that Yuan Kouxuan was about to lift the bed board, Situ Qingqing quickly pounced on it, blocking Yuan Kouxuan, hugging the bedding, and begging bitterly:

"Eldest Senior Sister, please, don't…"

Yuan Kouxuan didn't really lift the bed board, but like Ji Hongluan, stretched out her hand to Situ Qingqing:

"Little Qing, I won't do it myself. Hand them over!"

Situ Qingqing knew that if she didn't bleed a little more, she definitely wouldn't be able to protect the real treasures hidden under the bed board. Therefore, she could only abandon the car to save the commander, and took out another Qiankun bag from her waist and handed it to Yuan Kouxuan:

"There are many high-quality books inside, Eldest Senior Sister, so don't bother with what's under the bed board."

She had spent a long time collecting them and didn't want to be robbed by her eldest senior sister.

"What high-quality or not, I just don't want them to affect your cultivation. How about this, I'll set a condition too. When you break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, I'll return all of these to you!"

Yuan Kouxuan set the goal a little lower for Situ Qingqing. If it were like Ji Hongluan, Little Qing might never get her treasures back.

"Okay, thank you, Eldest Senior Sister."

Situ Qingqing said with a smile.

"Well, you cultivate well. I'll leave first. After a while, I'll come to test your strength. I hope you won't disappoint me!"

After Yuan Kouxuan got what she wanted, she drifted away.

Situ Qingqing watched Yuan Kouxuan disappear from her sight. She remembered that she had just been robbed of so many treasures by two robbers, and the emotions of grievance piled up in her heart, erupting like a flood, crying out with a 'wa', hugging the bedding, burying her head in it, crying with pear blossoms and rain, crying and saying:

"Sob sob sob, no one bullies people like this…"

"When they don't need them, they say they're heretical ways, not the right path. When they need them, everyone comes to rob them…"

"Am I easy to bully? Okay, I'm easy to bully…"

"They only know how to bully me every day, bad Eldest Senior Sister, the Sect Leader isn't a good person either…"

"When Master comes out of seclusion, I must complain…"

"I'm so angry…"

Tu Shan Xinya felt quite sorry for her and stepped forward, reaching out her hand, just about to put it on Situ Qingqing's back and gently comfort her.

As a result, it was unknown whether Situ Qingqing had formed an instinct or what, but at the moment Tu Shan Xinya reached out, she handed a Qiankun bag to Tu Shan Xinya, sobbing and saying:

"Sister Xinya, take it, I know you're here for this too!"

"…"

Tu Shan Xinya was a little surprised. No, you've already taken out two Qiankun bags, and you can still take out another Qiankun bag, so how many books are you hiding here?

Although she was surprised, she didn't come for these books, so she stuffed the Qiankun bag back into Situ Qingqing's hands and said:

"I don't want it."

"No, you have to. I have nothing but high quality here!"

Situ Qingqing forcibly stuffed the Qiankun bag into Tu Shan Xinya's arms, and then said in a tearful voice:

"Sister Xinya, you should go too. I want to be alone for a while!"

Tu Shan Xinya looked at the Qiankun bag in her arms, feeling inexplicable. What was going on? Didn't she say she didn't want it? Why did Little Qing force it on her?!