Chapter 225: A Crafty Scheme (Part Four)
Perhaps it was because Zhou Yan had just been confessed to by his disciple, and then was shocked by this sudden turn of events. Or maybe it was because he felt guilty in his heart. Zhou Yan's finger twitched slightly, as he wanted to protect Mu Xiaoxiao from this lightning strike, but he was a step too slow.
Mu Xiaoxiao only saw a blur before half of a bright blade had already plunged into her chest. She looked up and saw the young man's eyes burning with furious and hateful rage, like blood swirling inside.
"You... you scoundrel...!"
In the next second, her face, marked with whip scars, was forcefully knocked to the side.
Mu Xiaoxiao covered her face and immediately panicked.
Little Sui... How could Little Sui be here?! Did he hear everything?
The young man in front of her no longer had the gentleness and consideration he once had. Now, his eyes stared at her as if he wanted to devour her flesh.
"A... Little Sui... I... You've misunderstood... Please listen to me..."
The sentence is not finished yet when a slap hits the right side of the face.
Although he is powerful and skilled, the slap is strong enough to make the girl's lips bleed. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Sui is sprayed with the girl's bright red blood on his face.
"Explanation?" Xiao Sui wipes the blood off his face and angrily sneers, "Explain how you, a despicable person, exchanged secrets with this hypocrite in the middle of the night?"
Staring at Mu Xiaoxiao's face, Xiao Sui is momentarily distracted.
Despicable...this despicable person...
After all the years that the Xiao family has treated her well, how did she end up mixing with her master like this?
Thinking about this, Xiao Sui's gaze falls on Zhou Yan.
The man was tall and dignified, with a cold demeanor. His white hair shimmered in the moonlight, giving him a fairy-like appearance. But at this moment, his face turned pale, and there was a look of pain and guilt in his eyes. When his gaze met Xiao Sui's, he quickly looked away, as if feeling ashamed.
"And you," Xiao Sui said coldly, drawing his sword. "Yuqing Spiritual Master... no, you can't live up to the name of a spiritual master, you who are so hypocritical and worse than an animal."
"Today, unless I execute you, who have betrayed the bond between master and disciple, my name is not Xiao!"
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Sui swung his sword again!
The sword aimed directly at Zhou Yan's left arm.
There was a "thud," followed by a dull sound.
The sword sliced into his shoulder, and his slender and fair left hand fell to the ground!
Perhaps feeling guilty, Zhou Yan did not resist this sword.
His brows furrowed in pain, cold sweat streaming down his face, as he covered his left arm and said hoarsely, "Young Master Xiao..."
Mu Xiaoxiao let out a scream and pounced towards her master, exclaiming, "Master!"
But Xiao Sui kicked her in the stomach, causing her to fall to the ground. Mu Xiaoxiao spewed out blood and this time, she couldn't even cry. She stared up at Xiao Sui, stupefied, and said, "Ah..."
"Don't call me that," the young man said, his eyes filled with disgust as if he were looking at trash. He held a sword dripping with blood and swung it down towards Zhou Yan's head--
At that critical moment!
Qiao Wan immediately used her swift footwork and rushed to stand in front of Zhou Yan.
Seeing this unexpected figure, Xiao Sui's attack shifted, and he forcefully changed direction, sinking the sword deep into Qiao Wan's shoulder.
At the same time, several alarmed voices suddenly rang out.
"Taoist friend Xiao!"
"Please show mercy!"
"This cannot be!"
In an instant, several flying swords appeared and skillfully blocked the blood-dripping blade in the young man's hand.
A group of disciples from Kunshan hurried over when they heard the commotion. They were shocked to see Mu Xiaoxiao lying on the ground and Zhou Yan with a broken arm. They also noticed Qiao Wan, who was protecting Zhou Yan with her shoulder. Everyone was at a loss for words and looked towards the center of the storm. They secretly contacted undercover disciples to handle the situation.
Qiao Wan, with blood dripping from her injured shoulder, glanced at Zhou Yan who looked extremely surprised. He never expected her to stand in front of him.
Feeling the intense gaze burning into her back, Qiao Wan remained calm and knelt on the ground. She looked at Xiao Sui with a cold expression.
"Please, be merciful, taoist friend."
Xiao Sui was also taken aback by Qiao Wan's sudden appearance. His face turned dark and uncertain as he said, "Step aside."
Qiao Wan stood firm, not even blinking. She spoke in a low, steady voice, repeating her request, "Please, show mercy, taoist friend."
"Show mercy?" Xiao Sui sneered, "You want to plead for this adulterous couple?"
He didn't expect his words to shock everyone so much.
Xiao Sui stared at her for a moment, his voice filled with hatred, "They treated you like this, and you still want to plead for them?!!"
"I'm not pleading for them," Qiao Wan said calmly, "I'm just asking Taoist Friend Xiao to consider the consequences of your actions here."
Consequences?
This statement was like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing a large part of Xiao Sui's anger and hatred.
Although he acted impulsively, Xiao Sui was not a fool.
It might be easy to kill Zhou Yan and Mu Xiaoxiao here, but if news of this incident spread, his older brother and the Xiao family would become a laughingstock in the eyes of others. Where would his brother and the Xiao family go then?
In this moment of hesitation, he realized he could no longer make a move.
The hidden disciples who had come upon hearing the news surrounded the lakeside.
Upon hearing the noise from the jade slip, the secret disciples came out in full force.
Among the crowd, Yuan Liu held a big knife and looked solemnly at Xiao Sui's bloody face. "Young master, please stop. Leave the rest to us, the secret department."
Seeing the situation, Xiao Sui knew that it was almost impossible to succeed if he were to make a move at this moment. The young man laughed three times, but his laughter suddenly stopped. "Today, I spare your lives, but in the future, I will make your master and disciple suffer worse than death."
With a cold gaze fixed on the fallen Mu Xiaoxiao and the pale-faced Zhou Yan, Xiao Sui expressionlessly released the bloodied blade from his hand.
Just then, a calm and gentle voice suddenly sounded among the crowd.
"Little Sui."
Xiao Sui couldn't help but stiffen, he looked up and followed the sound of the voice. "E-elder..."
Xiao Huan walked through the crowd with a smile on his face, looking somewhat more serious but still graceful. He showed a calm and composed demeanor, as if Mount Tai collapsing would not phase him. He said, "Little Sui, come to big brother."
Mu Xiaoxiao covered in blood, collapsed on the ground in confusion. She caught sight of Xiao Huan, and her eyes brightened as if she had found a savior. She hurriedly crawled towards him and said, "Xiao Huan, brother..."
The young man smiled gently and looked at the girl clinging to his leg. He kindly bent down, creating a commotion among the crowd, and tenderly cupped her face in his hands. He used his fingertips to wipe away the blood from her face.
As Mu Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Huan's face, feeling the gentle touch on her stinging cheeks, she couldn't help but freeze.
The young man's eyes were filled with love and affection.
"Xiao Huan, brother..."
Xiao Huan, her brother, would definitely listen to her explanation...
"Xiao Huan, brother, I..."
However, to her surprise, the young man suddenly turned cold and expressionless, then slapped her across the face.
"Mean person, be careful with your words."
"What is this foolish woman showing off here?"
After doing all this, the young man regained his calm and polite demeanor. It seemed as if he wasn't the one who had just used foul language. Xiao Huan stood up gracefully, nodded slightly at Yuan Liu, and turned away with Xiao Sui. They didn't even spare a glance at Mu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting on the ground.
However, when passing by Qiao Wan, he looked at her for a moment and smiled, saying, "Little girl, you really know how to cause trouble for me. It has kept me awake and restless. "
Instantly, everyone's gaze fell on Qiao Wan's face.
Oh no, she had been tricked.
Qiao Wan looked down.
With just a simple and ambiguous sentence, she was immediately put on the spot. Under this difficult situation, Xiao Huan was really clever and cunning.
However, the following events became much calmer.
Yuan Liu walked up to Qiao Wan, looked at her, and extended his hand, saying, "Are you all right?"
Qiao Wan shook her head.
There was a complete silence around, and everyone's eyes were on Mu Xiaoxiao and Zhou Yan , but no one dared to ask anything for a while.
Why did Xiao Sui suddenly start killing people and what does incest mean?
Qiao Wan reached out her hand, and Yuan Liu firmly pulled her up, saying, "Let's first dress the wound." Then he ordered the undercover disciples to clean up the scene and keep the news from spreading.
Just as Qiao Wan turned around to leave, Zhou Yan's voice suddenly came out. The man slowly stood up and his cold gaze landed on her.
At this moment, Zhou Yan had already gotten used to the intense pain in his left arm. After all, he had suffered more serious injuries on the battlefield before, but they had never been as embarrassing as today. The prestigious Yuqing Spiritual Master finally fell from grace.
His eyes tightly held Qiao Wan's face, moved by the fact that she had just willingly stood in front of him, an apprentice who he had always overlooked.
But Qiao Wan simply turned around calmly, just as polite and courteous as before. "Please, spiritual master, focus on recovering. We can discuss the remaining matters slowly."
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"You've really made a big mess this time."
Jun Caiwei, with a meaningful gaze, fixed his eyes on the Souvenir Jade Ball.
Looking at the Souvenir Image in front of her, Qiao Wan remained composed, not showing any blush or excitement. She casually wrapped the bandage around her shoulder and asked, "Is that so?"
"Now that Xiao Sui has also been detained, Mu Xiaoxiao's and Yuqing Spiritual Master's reputations have plummeted, while the spiritual master has taken a step further in his feelings for you." Jun Caiwei burst into a light laughter.
Well, killing three birds with one stone.
However, looking at Qiao Wan's calm expression, perhaps she is still planning something beyond these three birds.
Jun Caiwei, who believed he had no ill intentions towards cultivators, couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction as he saw the chaos in Kunshan.
But for some people, this might not be a cause for joy in their hearts.
Although the disciples from the dark sect arrived in time and blocked the news in a timely manner, they couldn't stop the spread of information in the cultivation world. In the blink of an eye, the rumors had spread throughout the whole Kunshan.
That evening, because Lu Pihan went to Xixia Peak for a routine check-up, he arrived a bit late and found that Yuqing Peak had already changed dramatically.
To everyone's surprise, Yuqing Spiritual Master was having a secret relationship with Mu Xiaoxiao, who was about to become a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family!
An illicit relationship between a master and disciple! Could there be any news more shocking than this?!
Meanwhile, in a guest room on Xixia Peak, Mu Xiaoxiao's face was filled with despair.
Even though the medical and cultivation disciples from Xixia Peak didn't say anything, their expressions clearly showed that they didn't approve.
