Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 564 - Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Cognition

Chapter 564: Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Cognition

As the building settled behind the massive bird with a wingspan nearing a hundred zhang, the Xuanying Attic was truly quite large, spanning a total of five floors.

The upper three levels were where Xu Yuan and the others resided, while the lower two floors were areas for the servants to move about.

Yes, this attic was also home to servants, including a steward, guards who operated the formations, and a cook, but most abundant were the beautiful maids.

Stepping out of the chambers, one could see them in every corridor.

About twenty in number, they were on call day and night.

Having signed contracts of servitude, they were directly bound to this attic, coming as a complimentary addition to the purchase of the Xuanying Attic.

As long as your silver was sufficient, Tian’an Commerce Assembly’s main selling point was service right to your door.

Exiting the chamber, the corridor was laid with a finely groomed, exquisite velvet carpet, emitting a slight scent of incense.

The maids waiting in the corridor bowed respectfully upon seeing Xu Yuan and Lou Ji come out:

"Third Young Master."

Hearing the title called out individually, Xu Yuan instinctively glanced at Lou Ji.

Lou Ji raised her hand and gently tapped Xu Yuan on the forehead with a light laugh, saying:

"Not everyone can see sister, and even if they can see sister’s presence, if I don’t wish it, they can’t make out sister’s face."

Although Lou Ji never concealed herself in front of Xu Yuan, it was because he was Xu Yuan.

Even if she didn’t wear anything to hide her features, others still couldn’t clearly see her face.

Even some major Sect Masters didn’t know her real appearance, only holding an impression of a mysterious and venomous woman.

But thinking about it, it made sense; after all, she was in the business of information, not suited to being openly exposed.

However, to achieve this effect, it must be thanks to Lou Ji’s perpetually active Dao Domain.

Xu Yuan pondered in his mind...

Click.

As the lock of the adjoining room suddenly opened from the inside, Xu Yuan quickly turned his head while raising his hand to his face.

Oh no.

He remembered there was something on his face he hadn’t wiped off.

The door made of calming wood opened without the slightest sound,

As the door swung open,

A slightly shorter graceful figure with an expressionless face appeared at the doorway, those deep golden eyes sweeping over Xu Yuan, who had turned around, and the voluptuous vixen beside him.

Having wiped the kiss marks clean off his face, Xu Yuan slowly turned back, meeting the icy gaze of the other person, and while extending his hand toward her, said with a gentle smile,

"Ti..."

Thud!

Following the icy gaze was the door slamming shut violently.

"......" Xu Yuan.

Lou Ji began to laugh merrily at this scene, fanning the flames with a chuckle:

"Why is the Saintess returning to her room without uttering a single word today? She used to argue with sister before..."

Before she could finish,

Whoosh!

A faint sound came from the door along with a draft of air; Xu Yuan saw a small hole appear in the wooden door.

Something, at a speed invisible to him, had shot through the folding wooden door.

Instinctively looking back, he saw Lou Ji, with her hand slightly raised, pinching between two slender jade fingers a decorative hairpin that had been shooting straight for her forehead.

Lou Ji examined the hairpin with interest, and then said in a soft voice towards the inside of the room:

"The Saintess is sending a gift in such a roundabout way. This hairpin is indeed precious; sister will accept it without decline."

Having said that, the woman directly pocketed the Saintess’s hairpin into her Sumeru Ring.

"......"

There was no response from inside the room.

Xu Yuan was contemplating whether or not to enter the room to coax the other party, when Lou Ji forcefully dragged him away.

....

A few moments after they left, another wooden door in Xu Yuan’s room suddenly opened.

Bai Muxi carefully peeked her head out, sweeping her gaze down the corridor, a thoughtful look flashing in her clear eyes before she slowly walked up to Tianyan’s door.

Before Bai Muxi could knock, Tianyan’s crisp voice sounded out, somewhat cold as if she were masking the grievances in her heart:

"What do you want?"

Bai Muxi’s eyes flickered as she whispered,

"Prince Wu Yuan instructed me before he left to follow the Saintess in practicing the ’Divine Yuan Six Lines Technique’."

"..."

The silence lasted only a moment before the door opened.

Tianyan gave the woman standing before her a cold glance and then turned to walk into the room, seating herself upon a cushion:

"That woman did not teach me the entire cultivation technique, so there’s only so much I can teach you."

"Yes, Prince Wu Yuan has already informed me of this," Bai Muxi responded.

She followed inside, sat opposite Tianyan, and carefully scrutinized Tianyan’s expressionless face: "Saintess... are you upset?"

Tianyan looked like she could explode at any second: "Did you come here just to mock me?"

All the way traveling southward, she became very aware that Bai Muxi, the woman before her, liked to play little games. If it wasn’t for Li Qingyan keeping her in check, Bai Muxi might have already made her way into that bastard’s bed countless times by now.

Li Qingyan intentionally passed only half of the cultivation technique to her as a means to keep this woman surnamed Bai under control.

Two deeply scheming women.

Upon hearing this, Bai Muxi quickly shook her head, her voice low and gentle:

"You misunderstand, Saintess. Though I possess some beauty, I am well aware that in the young master’s heart, I am but a servant concubine. How dare I mock you?"

"....." Tianyan’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

Even though the other’s words were sincere, she couldn’t shake the feeling that there was mockery laced within them.

Wait, servant concubine?

Tianyan stared at her and asked in a clear voice,

"Is this title of servant concubine self-appointed?"

"....."

Upon hearing Tianyan’s words, Bai Muxi was startled at first, then quickly realized there might be a discrepancy between her understanding and Tianyan’s.

Within the Underground Palace,

the powerful had absolute rights in choosing partners, with polygyny and polyandry being the norm.

This was because offspring of the powerful had a higher chance of becoming cultivators.

And in the cultural norms of Dayan she had learned, these concepts were very much alike to those in the Underground Palace, merely disguised under more pomp and circumstance.

On the way to Guangyang Prefecture, the Saintess and the Princess were constantly at odds.

Bai Muxi had always thought that the Saintess and the Princess were competing for the young master’s position of principal wife, and knowing her own status and feelings towards the young master were insufficient for that position, she openly declared herself a servant concubine in front of the Saintess to show her intent of submission.

After all, compared to the Princess Wu Yuan with her unfathomable depth of strategies, the candidly spirited Saintess before her seemed easier to get along with, and easier to deceive.

But now, it seemed she was gravely mistaken.

It turns out the Saintess was not fighting for the position of the principal wife, but for the young master as a whole...

Looking into those indifferent eyes, Bai Muxi suddenly thought the Saintess was somewhat naïve.

Having emerged from a place of despair, she did not know of the worldly love that was faithful for life, but she understood the limitless desires at the heart of humanity...

However, that was not important. What mattered now was whether the Saintess’s understanding was good or bad for her?