Qin Moyu rushed out, her mind blank, and ran until she could no longer see the courtyard. Her heart was still pounding, and her mind was filled with Shen Yebai's words and the name Momo.
Aaaaaah!!! Why! Why did this happen!
Qin Moyu roared silently in his heart, covered his face and squatted under the tree, unable to calm down for a long time.
If this were modern times, he would definitely post a question immediately: "My best friend confessed his feelings to me, what should I do? I need help urgently."
But there are no "what ifs" in the world, so Qin Moyu could only wait for the blush on her face to fade and force herself not to think about these things.
After he calmed down completely, Qin Moyu realized that he had run into a place he didn't recognize.
Surrounded by lush trees and overgrown wild grass, it is the purest natural beauty, but also the most despairing for those who don't know the way.
Qin Moyu: ……
Very well, getting lost in someone else's sect seems to be a bigger problem than my best friend confessing his love to me.
Fortunately, although the houses were hidden by trees, the towers were still quite conspicuous. Qin Moyu headed toward the library that Master Xuanjing had mentioned.
...
When Master Xuanjing returned to Shen Yebai's residence, Shen Yebai was putting the things Qin Moyu had left behind back into his storage bag one by one.
Upon seeing Master Xuanjing arrive, Shen Yebai didn't even blink, casually saying, "Master, you seem to be in high spirits, taking time out of your busy schedule to visit me."
"I'm not here to see you. Where is Mo Yu?" Xuanjing Zhenren looked around but couldn't find Qin Mo Yu.
Shen Yebai was in a good mood and casually replied, "He left first."
Master Xuanjing didn't believe Shen Yebai. He scanned the courtyard with his divine sense and found that Shen Yebai was right.
After confirming that Qin Moyu was indeed not there, Xuanjing Zhenren's face instantly turned cold, and he said sarcastically with a forced smile, "Busy? I'm not as busy as you, running around loyally for him."
Shen Yebai dismissed Xuanjing Zhenren's words.
"If you're just trying to argue with me, then please leave."
He chuckled, took out a jade pendant, and said quietly, "However, I must kindly offer a word of advice."
This milky-white jade pendant is carved with a five-clawed dragon, its eyes wide open and lifelike, as if it's about to pounce out at any moment.
Shen Yebai placed the jade pendant in front of Xuanjing Zhenren, tapped the table lightly with his finger, and said casually, "Please make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, some people will get anxious."
"..."
Threat, a naked threat.
Master Xuanjing looked coldly at Shen Yebai and said in a chilling voice, "Since he has been in seclusion for so long, why stir up trouble again? Don't be so arrogant. Although you are working for him, I don't believe you can make him emerge from seclusion so easily. He is not the only one who has reached the Tribulation Transcending stage."
Shen Yebai took back the jade pendant, played with it in his hand, and upon hearing this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a pleasant tone, "Is that so? That's not necessarily true."
Although he said he was unsure, Shen Yebai's expression clearly told Xuanjing Zhenren that he had enough trump cards up his sleeve.
The more certain Shen Yebai was, the more puzzled Xuanjing Zhenren became. Although Shen was the surname of the Southern Continent royal family, he had specifically investigated the current generation of the Southern Continent royal family and was quite certain that there was no such person as Shen Yebai in the royal family, let alone Mo Yuan. Shen Yebai was as if he had suddenly sprung out of a rock.
"What exactly is your relationship with the Southern Continent royal family? What is his purpose? The Liu family's affairs are also related to you, aren't they? How can we trust you if you don't tell us anything?" Master Xuanjing asked several questions in a row, trying to pry something out of Shen Yebai.
Unfortunately, Shen Yebai wasn't buying it.
No comment.
Shen Yebai's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the words "Liu family," and his thoughts quickly shifted.
Master Xuanjing was not surprised by Shen Yebai's answer, but in his heart, Shen Yebai was the murderer of the Liu family massacre.
He didn't intend to spell it out, but simply changed the subject: "Fine, I don't care what you want to do, but as we agreed at the beginning, even if the Guanlan Sect agrees, it doesn't mean we can do whatever we want with you. We'll keep to ourselves."
“Of course,” Shen Yebai smiled.
“You’d better be able to do it.” Master Xuanjing snorted, his tone hard. “As for what you want… I will give it to you after the Guanlan Sect makes its decision.”
Although he didn't know Guanlan Sect's final choice, Shen Yebai knew that the matter was almost certain to be settled after hearing those words from Xuanjing Zhenren.
"Guanlan Sect will not regret this decision." Shen Yebai said, finally tidying up all the things Qin Moyu had left behind, and even putting the jade pendant back in.
When Master Xuanjing entered, he was so busy looking for Qin Moyu that he didn't notice what Shen Yebai was doing. But the moment Shen Yebai picked up the storage bag, he recognized it as Qin Moyu's bag and immediately flew into a rage: "Isn't that Moyu's bag? How did it end up here with you!"
"He's left here with me." Shen Yebai hung the storage bag on his waist and slightly turned to block Xuanjing Zhenren's view. He didn't like Xuanjing Zhenren's inexplicable closeness to Qin Moyu, even if it was because he knew Qin Moyu's master. He couldn't just love someone because of them.
“Mo Yu never leaves his bag behind,” Master Xuanjing said coldly.
He remembered that when Qin Moyu was eight years old, he gave Qin Moyu a storage bag to carry things. However, Qin Moyu accidentally lost it while playing with it and felt guilty and sad for a long time. From then on, he had the habit of always carrying the bag with him.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. In any case, I won't harm Momo." Shen Yebai didn't want to explain too much to Master Xuanjing, but when he mentioned Qin Moyu, his eyes softened unconsciously.
Momo?
This sticky, cloying address sent shivers down Xuanjing Zhenren's spine. He looked Shen Yebai up and down, and considering Shen Yebai's feigned vulnerability in front of Qin Moyu, he stared at Shen Yebai in disbelief, his face turning ashen: "Don't tell me you like Moyu!"
Shen Yebai was amused by Xuanjing Zhenren's exaggerated reaction, as if he were some kind of monstrous demon who would devour people without spitting out bones. He said with a forced smile, "So what if it is? So what if it isn't? What right does a Zhenren have to speak on this matter?"
—Because I am his master!
Master Xuanjing's face turned red, but he couldn't say those words because he was afraid that if he did, Shen Yebai would use the Guanlan Sect's affairs to threaten him. In his eyes, Shen Yebai was such a ruthless and unscrupulous person.
So he changed the sentence to: "Because I know Master Mo Yu!"
Master Xuanjing pressed on, saying, "Mo Yu... Master told me about you before. He knows who you are working for, so how could he entrust Mo Yu to you?"
Did the old Taoist priest know his identity?
Shen Yebai suddenly realized why the old Taoist priest had never given him a kind look when he was recuperating at Qin Moyu's sect; it turned out the old Taoist knew who he was.