Chapter 62 Good News and Bad News
After hearing a brief explanation from the disciple, Xiao Yunluo collected the Spirit Gathering Pills brought by the Pill Room disciple and immediately flew her sword towards the sky above the Main Peak, towards Lei Wanjun’s water pavilion cave dwelling.
“That idiot…”
It would be a lie to say she didn’t worry about Feng Yudie. Regardless of her usual demeanor, Feng Yudie had saved her life in the back mountains at that time. Moreover, if anything were to happen to Feng Yudie, Pei Lianxue, as her companion reader, would not be able to remain at the Xuan Xing Sect afterwards.
As she approached the water pavilion cave dwelling, Lei Wanjun seemed to have just returned, and they met face to face. Seeing Xiao Yunluo’s flustered appearance, Lei Wanjun was quite perplexed and asked:
“Young Miss? Why have you come to my place?”
“Feng Yudie… that… has she been captured?”
“It spread so quickly?” Lei Wanjun was slightly surprised, then smiled helplessly and replied, “Yes, previously by the Willow Moon Lake outside the Xuan Xing Sect, an attacker from the Seven Kill Gate ambushed her and the Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect, and took her away. The Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect was injured.”
“Then…”
Xiao Yunluo wanted to say: Quickly send disciples to rescue Feng Yudie. But as the words reached her lips, she suddenly realized it was a pointless statement. If they could rescue her, the Xuan Xing Sect would have definitely sent people already; it wouldn’t be her turn to remind Elder Lei to rescue someone.
Seeing Xiao Yunluo fall silent, Lei Wanjun thought she was worried and comforted her, “Young Miss, please rest assured. That girl Feng Yudie is quite clever; she left behind a Teleportation Token before she was captured.”
“Teleportation Token?”
“Yes, she was prepared in advance. When she crushes the Teleportation Token in her hand, I will immediately know her whereabouts. At that time, I will personally lead the team to apprehend the Seven Kill Gate and bring her back to the Xuan Xing Sect.”
“Is that so… Mm.” Xiao Yunluo nodded. “Then I’ll trouble you, Elder Lei.”
“No need to trouble me, I am one of the five great elders of the Xuan Xing Sect. This time, the Seven Kill Gate…”
At this point, Lei Wanjun’s anger flared up, but remembering the Sect Master’s palm, he quickly took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, and replied as calmly as possible:
“The Seven Kill Gate has touched the reverse scale of the entire Xuan Xing Sect this time. The various immortal sects in the Western Regions had already planned to deal with them, but those rats burrowed everywhere, hiding their tracks, and they never found an opportunity to act.”
“Previously, I had already sent people to contact the seven sects of the Western Regions. This time, we will definitely eradicate all the rat nests in the Western Regions. It’s also thanks to that girl that the Seven Kill Gate exposed a major weakness; otherwise, this matter would still have no end in sight.”
Lei Wanjun’s words were like a reassurance, sweeping away all of Xiao Yunluo’s worries. After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Yunluo asked, “Elder Lei, can I go with you? Feng Yudie saved me before; I want to repay her favor.”
Lei Wanjun pondered for a moment and shook his head, “This is not appropriate, absolutely not.”
“I see… Then I will take my leave, disciple.” Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips, cupped her hands in a salute to Lei Wanjun, and then flew away on her sword.
On her way back, she suddenly remembered the news that the Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect was seriously injured. She vaguely recalled that Pei Lianxue had mentioned before that her senior brother was that Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect.
When they were sheltering from the snow in the cave on Ling Xue Peak, Pei Lianxue had told her:
—”My senior brother is a scoundrel!”
—”He’d break in while I’m bathing, beat me until I’m bruised and swollen, break my bones, feed me to demonic beasts, poison me…”
—”My senior brother is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a truly bad person.”
Although she didn’t know why the Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect and that idiot appeared at Willow Moon Lake at the same time, Pei Lianxue must have been very happy to hear this news?! Thinking of this, Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips, sped up her sword flight, and couldn’t wait to deliver this good news to Pei Lianxue. Of course, there was also bad news, which was that the idiot had been abducted…
…
Sword unsheathed.
*Swish swish—*
Sword sheathed.
Pei Lianxue looked at the bamboo that she had split into seven sections with one sword strike and nodded with satisfaction. She felt that her swordsmanship had improved again compared to yesterday. If her senior brother knew, he would definitely praise her.
Pei Lianxue sheathed her long sword, looked up at the sun, which was now only visible next to the mountains, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
“Senior brother should be closing his doors by now, right?”
Saying that, she walked back to the Three-Bay House, preparing to take a bath to wash off the sweat. Upon entering the courtyard, Pei Lianxue saw that Feng Yudie’s bedroom door was still open, and only then did she suddenly remember that she hadn’t seen that idiot all day.
However, she didn’t think too much about it. She returned to her room, picked up a bath towel, and headed to the bathing room. At this moment, a flying sword suddenly descended from the sky.
“Lianxue!”
Pei Lianxue looked up and saw Xiao Yunluo’s face a mixture of joy and sorrow. She tilted her head in confusion, and after Xiao Yunluo landed in the courtyard, she stepped forward and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“This…” Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips and asked, “I have one piece of bad news and one piece of good news. Which do you want to hear first?”
“The bad news first.”
“That white-haired idiot seems to have been captured by people from the Seven Kill Gate.”
“Captured?!” Pei Lianxue’s eyebrows rose. Although her expression was impassive, her heart was filled with a moment of joy. However, she then remembered what her senior brother had said before: gloating was not good.
—Mm, gloating is really not good… Hehe.
Pei Lianxue hesitated for a moment and asked, “Will she be okay?”
“She’ll be fine.” Xiao Yunluo was stunned for a moment and said, “Well, she should be fine. Elder Lei said that she will definitely be rescued safely, so don’t worry.”
“Mm… Since the Great Elder of the Xuan Xing Sect said so, then it should be fine.” Seeing Pei Lianxue’s calm reaction, Xiao Yunluo was stunned for a moment, and then quickly continued, “There’s also good news! Lianxue, you’ll be absolutely happy when you hear it.”
“Mm.” Pei Lianxue nodded.
“The Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect was injured, and it’s said he’s very badly hurt. He’s now lying in the Xuan Xing Sect’s inner sect medical clinic.”
“…” Pei Lianxue’s expression instantly froze, and she slowly said, “Wh-what?”
Something’s not right… Shouldn’t Lianxue be happy? Why does she have that expression?!
Xiao Yunluo flinched, drawing her neck in fear, and meekly repeated, “The Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect was injured, very seriously?”
Pei Lianxue pursed her lips and asked, “Who did it?”
“…Someone from the Seven Kill Gate.”
“Where?”
“In… in the Seven Kill Gate?”
“…” Pei Lianxue bit her lip, involuntarily tightening her grip on the sword in her hand. Then she suddenly remembered her senior brother’s reprimand from before—remain calm and composed in the face of any situation! She took a deep breath, suppressing the worry that was about to overflow her heart as much as possible, and asked, “Where is the inner sect medical clinic?”
“It’s on the Main Peak. Do you want to go? I’ll take you.”
“…Mm, I want to go.”
Xiao Yunluo quickly stepped back onto her flying sword and ascended into the sky. Pei Lianxue, without bothering to change her clothes, wearing a sweat-soaked robe, summoned her flying sword and followed.
“Senior brother…”
