#491 - Chapter 491 Team Invitation, Hongluan Society Death

“Not that scary?”

Xue Jinli looked at Liu Beifeng, sizing her up and down, her expression a mix of surprise and doubt.

“Are we talking about the same Shifu?”

She was very suspicious and asked.

“Of course, it’s the same Shifu.”

“Then that shouldn’t be. How could you not be afraid?”

Xue Jinli frowned slightly.

“Of course, it’s true, Senior Sister Jinli.” Liu Beifeng’s tone was firm. At the same time, the look in her eyes as she looked at Xue Jinli was full of confusion. She didn’t understand why Senior Sister Jinli didn’t believe her.

“Then let me ask you, how many shichen?”

Xue Jinli still didn’t believe it. After all, Shifu was indeed daunting. Therefore, she asked the standard question used to assess combat strength.

“It should be one and a half shichen, right!”

Liu Beifeng answered cautiously.

She didn’t know if one and a half shichen was long or short.

“What? One and a half shichen!”

Xue Jinli’s gaze towards Liu Beifeng completely changed, becoming complicated and envious.

“Wh… what’s wrong?”

Liu Beifeng said in a panic.

“Nothing much, just several times more than mine!”

Xue Jinli’s expression was slightly bitter.

“Senior Sister Jinli, it shouldn’t be that much!” Liu Beifeng said.

Xue Jinli felt like she was being mocked, but Little Beifeng definitely didn’t mean it that way, which made her feel a little helpless: “It’s just like that, Little Beifeng. Do you know that the one and a half shichen you’re talking about, even the Sect Leader can’t do it, only Eldest Senior Sister can!”

“Ah?”

Liu Beifeng was shocked by this answer and didn’t know what kind of expression to show.

“So.”

Xue Jinli grabbed Liu Beifeng’s hand, her feelings sincere:

“Little Beifeng, for the sake of me being your best senior sister, let’s team up, I’ll clean up the mess for you.”

“What do you mean by teaming up?”

Xue Jinli’s sudden enthusiasm startled Liu Beifeng. Her face was red as she weakly asked.

“Teaming up means…”

Xue Jinli whispered in Little Beifeng’s ear.

After listening, Liu Beifeng’s ears instantly turned red and hot, like clouds dyed red, burning hot. She murmured:

“Teaming up actually means this.”

“It means this.”

Although Little Beifeng was a blank sheet of paper, now that she had entered the sect, the blank sheet of paper had to be colored. Xue Jinli felt that it was necessary and her duty to lead her junior sister onto the right path, and incidentally, to promote herself.

“So, are you willing to team up with me?”

Xue Jinli hooked her arm around Liu Beifeng’s shoulders, acting like a female rogue.

“Willing, I’m willing.”

Liu Beifeng said with a flushed face.

“That’s good, I knew I didn’t misjudge you, Little Beifeng. How about this, Senior Sister, I won’t take advantage of you for nothing. This is a gift for you. You must ponder it carefully. I believe you can definitely do it!”

Xue Jinli had originally promised Situ Qingqing to team up with her and the others, but now that there was a better choice, she naturally refused to team up with those few measuring units.

“What is this?”

Liu Beifeng took the exquisite book that Xue Jinli handed over, feeling puzzled.

“Xiao Qing gave it to me, and I’m giving it to you. Consider it borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.” Xue Jinli patted Liu Beifeng’s shoulder, her face full of smiles.

“Aww, can I open it and take a look?”

Liu Beifeng asked softly.

She suspected that this was a cultivation technique, and she was very obsessed with things like cultivation techniques. In fact, there was nothing wrong with calling her a martial arts fanatic.

“Are you sure you want to look at it now?”

Xue Jinli’s expression was slightly playful.

“Wh… what’s wrong? Can’t I look at this book now?”

Liu Beifeng heard the strangeness in Senior Sister Jinli’s tone and stuttered.

“Of course, you can. Look at it, I guarantee you’ll shut up as soon as you see it!” Xue Jinli was quite looking forward to seeing Little Beifeng’s expression when she opened the book.

“Shut up?”

Liu Beifeng muttered, a little puzzled, but since the book was in her hands, she should still open it and take a look.

Whirr—

She opened the first page.

Instantly.

The air became strangely silent.

It was as if everything had stopped at this moment.

Liu Beifeng looked at the patterns on the book, as well as the accompanying text, which was full of details and comprehensive, causing her face to turn red. In other words, she was already overheating, and her eyes were glistening with moisture.

“How is it, how is it?”

Xue Jinli asked knowingly, shaking Liu Beifeng’s shoulders, smiling.

“Why is it this kind of book?” Liu Beifeng’s face became even redder, so red that she didn’t dare to look up.

“Of course, it’s this kind of book. I just said that this book was given to me by your Qing’er Senior Sister. What do you think your Qing’er Senior Sister would have besides this kind of book? You wouldn’t think it was a cultivation technique, would you? Damn!” Xue Jinli cursed, almost unable to resist patting her thigh.

“…”

Liu Beifeng was silent, only lowering her head, continuing to overheat.

Xue Jinli saw her junior sister’s expression in her eyes, thinking:

‘It really is like this. Little Beifeng is really very pure!’

“Little Beifeng, so do you still want to read this book? If you don’t want to read it, give it back to me, and I’ll exchange it for a cultivation technique for you!” Xue Jinli ultimately couldn’t bear to ruin a blank sheet of paper, leaving it for Shifu to develop herself.

“This can be exchanged for a cultivation technique?”

Liu Beifeng was shocked.

“Of course, now in our Ziyun Peak, this kind of book is hard currency. You can exchange it for any cultivation technique you want.” Speaking of this, Xue Jinli couldn’t help but want to complain about Situ Qingqing. She clearly had so many private collections, but she only released a few each time, making it seem like they were very popular. If she wasn’t afraid of falling behind, she probably wouldn’t have accepted Xiao Qing’s gift.

“Senior Sister Jinli, do you mean that all the senior sisters have read this kind of book?” Liu Beifeng asked blankly.

“Almost, they’ve all read it. It’s okay, Little Beifeng. You have extraordinary talent. Whether you read it or not, it doesn’t make much difference to you.”

Saying that, Xue Jinli was about to take back the book and exchange it for a cultivation technique suitable for Little Beifeng.

In fact, to tell the truth, if there was anyone in the entire Ziyun Peak who envied Liu Beifeng the most, it would be Xue Jinli. After all, one had mediocre ambitions, and the other had great aspirations.

“No.”

Liu Beifeng hugged the book tightly.

“Little Beifeng, what is this?”

“Senior Sister Jinli, I want to look at it again.” Liu Beifeng said softly.

“Hmm?”

A smile appeared on Xue Jinli’s face, and she said: “Good, it seems that Little Beifeng wants to improve!”

Liu Beifeng was a little embarrassed by what Xue Jinli said, and said: “It doesn’t matter whether I improve or not, I just want to be the same as the senior sisters.”

“Okay, okay, be the same as the senior sisters, you work hard. My future happiness depends entirely on you!”

Xue Jinli patted Liu Beifeng’s shoulder, saying earnestly.

In reality, she wasn't weak; at least, she was much stronger than Little Qing and the others. However, in front of Liu Beifeng, she seemed somewhat inferior.

"Yes."

Liu Beifeng nodded emphatically.

She felt a sacred mission bestowed upon her shoulders. For the sake of Senior Sister Jinli, she would definitely work hard and delve into it!

… …

… …

At the same time.

Purple Cloud Tower.

"Want to go again?"

Xu Yang patted Ji Hongluan's back.

Ji Hongluan buried her head deep in the quilt, her body motionless, as if she was completely exhausted, without even the strength to speak.

She was defeated. Why was it that even after learning a few tricks from Xuan'er, and even calling Xuan'er 'Master' as a result, paying such a painful price, she still couldn't subdue this wicked disciple!

How hateful!

"It seems Little Hongluan, you're not up to it anymore. Rest well, and be good next time. Don't try to be brave again," Xu Yang teased slightly.

Ji Hongluan gripped the quilt tightly, wanting to speak, but her heart was willing but her strength was lacking. She simply closed her eyes, pretended not to hear, and focused on recuperating.

"Sister Hongluan, what Master said is right. Don't try to be brave in the future," Yuan Kouxuan said with a chuckle.

Ji Hongluan almost couldn't resist turning around and glaring at Yuan Kouxuan. She couldn't help but complain in her heart:

'As your disciple, being defeated so thoroughly, completely disoriented, you, as the master, not only don't comfort your disciple, but even join the opponent in mocking me. Is there any master like you in this world?'

Seeing Ji Hongluan pretending to be dead, Yuan Kouxuan didn't continue to tease her, but instead took the initiative, looked at Xu Yang, and said:

"Master, you've worked hard taking Junior Sister Liu out for trials this time!"

"Not at all," Xu Yang said with a smile on his lips. "Xuan'er is still the most considerate."

Ji Hongluan directly closed her ears, no longer listening to the whispers of the two, which was truly annoying!

Yuan Kouxuan shook her head and said, "These are all things that a disciple should do!"

"However, speaking of which, Master, something must have happened between you and Junior Sister Liu, right?"

When Yuan Kouxuan said this, she stared intently at her master.

Xu Yang paused, raised his eyes to look at Yuan Kouxuan, and raised an eyebrow:

"Xuan'er, how did you figure that out?"

He wasn't planning to hide the relationship between him and Little Beifeng. He was only considering that Little Beifeng might not want to be exposed for the time being; otherwise, he would have mentioned it to Xuan'er and Little Hongluan just now.

"Hmph."

Yuan Kouxuan snorted softly and curled her lips:

"Master, have you forgotten that your disciple possesses the Flawless Sword Heart? Just now, when Little Beifeng was speaking, she clearly revealed a part. Presumably, the part that was revealed should be about you and her…"

"My Xuan'er is truly intelligent!"

Xu Yang couldn't help but praise:

"Indeed, it's the same as what you said, Xuan'er."

And Ji Hongluan, who had originally closed her eyes and ears, keenly sensed the scent of gossip, quietly opened her ears, and listened to the conversation between the two. At first, she was still confused, but when she heard the latter part, she finally realized what was going on. Immediately, she turned around, sat up, glared at Xu Yang, gritted her silver teeth, and said hatefully:

"You wicked disciple, what good things have you been doing? You're even eating the grass right next to the nest, you're about to graze it bare."

Seeing that Little Hongluan actually had the strength to sit up and accuse him because of this matter, Xu Yang immediately reached out and hugged her, saying:

"It seems, Little Hongluan, you still have some energy!"

Ji Hongluan was frightened by Xu Yang's action and quickly dodged, then collapsed back onto the quilt, her expression a mixture of grief and indignation, saying:

"This palace has no energy left. It's you who are full of energy, secretly bullying Little Beifeng!"

Hearing this, Xu Yang felt that he had suffered a great injustice. What did she mean by him bullying Little Beifeng? It was clearly Little Beifeng bullying him, but he couldn't say such words no matter what, after all, he still had some machismo about him.

"Yes, it was me who bullied Little Beifeng. Not only am I bullying Little Beifeng, but I'm also going to bully you, Little Hongluan!" Xu Yang said with a straight face, half-seriously, after all, it was true that he was bullying Little Hongluan.

"You wicked disciple, so shameless, lewd, and despicable!" Ji Hongluan was angry in her heart, as for why she was angry, on the one hand, it was because she was confident and wanted to suppress Xu Yang, although she didn't use all her strength, she was still defeated. On the other hand, it was because Xu Yang was always eating the grass right next to the nest. If this continued, the grass on the entire Purple Cloud Peak would be grazed bare.

"Sister Hongluan, how can you say that about my Master!" Yuan Kouxuan said unhappily.

"You're still protecting him at this time, Xuan'er, look at what he's doing!" Ji Hongluan said angrily.

"I support whatever Master does. Anyway, I won't allow you to talk to Master like that!" Yuan Kouxuan defended.

"Hmph, this palace can say whatever it wants, can you stop this palace?" Ji Hongluan also had a big temper, belonging to the rebellious type, the more you don't let her say it, the more she wants to say it.

"Okay, since you don't listen to your teacher, then your teacher will expel you from the sect today!" Yuan Kouxuan said in a slightly cold tone.

Ji Hongluan: "… …"

Xu Yang listened with a confused look: "Wait, Xuan'er, what disciple, what master, who were you calling just now?"

Ji Hongluan's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said: "Xuan'er, this palace is wrong, please don't say it!"

If this wicked disciple knew that she had worshiped Xuan'er as her teacher in order to learn a few tricks from Xuan'er, he would definitely use this to manipulate her. By that time, she would probably have to find a hole to crawl into, because she would have nowhere to hide her shame.

Yuan Kouxuan, facing her master's eager eyes, automatically ignored Ji Hongluan's begging for mercy and explained seriously:

"It's like this, Master… …"

After Xu Yang finished listening, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped. He looked at Ji Hongluan, who didn't make any movements, reached out and patted her, and said:

"Little Hongluan, is there such a thing… …"

Ji Hongluan was completely mortified, her pretty face was flushed red, like a ripe apple, and even because she was too embarrassed, her toes were unconsciously digging into the ground.

"Sister Hongluan, Master is asking you, hurry up and answer him, to see if there is such a thing or not," Yuan Kouxuan added fuel to the fire.

"Ah ah ah!"

Ji Hongluan was furious and no longer pretended to be dead, and rushed towards Yuan Kouxuan, her expression ferocious, and said viciously:

"You stinky Xuan'er, this palace will fight you!!!"

"Hmph, Sister Hongluan, I'm not afraid of you!" Yuan Kouxuan wasn't flustered at all.

The two started fighting like this, without any fancy moves, just pulling hair and tickling each other.

Xu Yang, who was on the side, wanted to mediate, but as soon as he reached out, he was pushed aside by two hands.

"Wicked disciple, don't interfere!"

"Master, just watch, and see how your disciple teaches her a lesson!"

"… …"

To this, Xu Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but since it wasn't a real fight, he wouldn't intervene casually.

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