Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 895 - 560: The Traitor_2

Chapter 895: Chapter 560: The Traitor_2

On one hand, he roamed the streets like any other traveler entering the capital, indulging in food and fun, all the while waiting for someone from home to pick him up.

After lunch at the rather famous "Primordial Taste" in Di’an City, Xu Yuan wiped the grease from the corner of his lips with a brocade handkerchief as he transmitted a message to Bai Muxi:

"Mu Xi, how many tails are following us now?"

Softly closing the carriage door, the noisy hustle of the street market was instantly shut out.

Bai Muxi glanced outside through the carriage window at the bustling road filled with carriages and horses, whispering back:

"Four."

"Another one joined during lunch?"

Xu Yuan confirmed the information with Xiao Bai, then, leaving the handkerchief aside, he chuckled while looking outside the window: "Didn’t expect we’d attract so many followers..."

Speaking, Xu Yuan’s tone shifted as he quietly ordered:

"However, judging by the time, the people from home should have already arrived. Let’s continue along this character street, after passing this street and taking another turn, we’ll reach the gathering place of those court officials; it’ll be much quieter there. These tails will have more reservations and won’t be able to follow as closely."

"Yes..."

Xiao Bai responded softly, paused to think for a moment, then hesitantly asked:

"Young Master, shall I remind them?"

"Remind?" Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Bai Muxi hurriedly explained:

"We have no enmity; simply find a spy and release the Qi to disperse them."

Xu Yuan smiled and shook his head:

"If those following us were only at Grandmaster cultivation level, your method might work. But the problem is, it’s not just Grandmasters trailing us."

Bai Muxi’s eyebrows furrowed instantly:

"Is there a Primordial?"

Xu Yuan lightly tapped the carriage window:

"Mhm, that wealthy middle-aged man sitting opposite us at the meal is a Primordial."

His Spiritual Vision was very penetrating, but due to his cultivation level, the range wasn’t wide, and he couldn’t sense those distant onlookers.

He had noticed the Primordial because that person was bold enough to disguise as a merchant and sit opposite him to dine in that small restaurant.

"Just one?" Bai Muxi estimated in her mind.

Xu Yuan saw through Bai Muxi’s thoughts: "Let’s not create unnecessary complications, the people from home can handle this much."

"...Yes."

Hearing this, Bai Muxi immediately lowered her gaze and replied, then said: "With such a mobilization, it’s just unclear whether it’s the Imperial Family or the Sect Alliance behind it."

The powers within Di’an City were complex, but there were only a few that could muster a Primordial expert in such a short time.

Hearing this, Xu Yuan smiled, saying in a low voice:

"It could also be the Qin Family. For a direct lineage talent like Qin Weishu to undertake such a perilous mission, it’s unlikely there would be only two Great Grandmasters as bodyguards."

Bai Muxi’s clear eyes reflected doubt, whispering: "But Young Master, you almost killed Qin Weishu earlier. If there were Primordial experts accompanying him, how could they not have intervened?"

Xu Yuan gave Bai Muxi a deep look, grinned, and said:

"That’s why the person’s cultivation level might be higher than just Primordial."

"..."

A wave of anxiety surged in Bai Muxi’s heart as she quietly muttered:

"Could you be mistaken, Young Master... Qin Weishu’s Dantian was crippled by you."

"Perhaps."

Xu Yuan shrugged noncommittally, answering: "This is all speculation. Maybe that person doesn’t exist at all, or maybe they have some way to save Qin Weishu."

After speaking, both became silent.

Xu Yuan reclined on the soft couch, drinking leisurely, his face relaxed, while Bai Muxi appeared apprehensive, vigilant of the surroundings of the carriage.

Indeed, the unexpected came as no surprise.

After the Third Young Master returns to the residence, he must have serious matters to deal with, not to mention that the silly Miss Ran is aware of Young Master’s Ghost Mist Divine Power.

With such an incident occurring, that woman, once aware, will surely come looking for Young Master.

She knew, after missing the opportunity on the carriage, tonight’s matters would likely go up in flames.

Bai Muxi’s lips, bit by her canine tooth, involuntarily glanced at the clothes and accessories purchased by the Young Master for her.

But it was this glance that caused her black pupils to suddenly constrict.

She saw a fair and delicate hand unwrapping the gift the Young Master bought for her.

Without further thought, Bai Muxi’s mind became vigilant. As she circulated her Cultivation Technique, she followed the hand upwards.

In view came a half-transparent green silk sleeve enclosing a fair arm, and a pair of unreachably full curvatures.

With a "zzt" sound of a gift box being unwrapped, Bai Muxi saw those emerald-green serpentine pupils.

Eyes meeting for an instant,

the serpentine pupils slightly narrowed.

"..." Bai Muxi.

Xiao Bai trembled, her cultivation dissipated, and she silently lowered her head.

After a moment of hesitation, she still bravely reached out and prodded her Young Master to alert him.

"..."

Xu Yuan, who was enjoying his drink and humming a tune, suddenly felt something on his leg and subconsciously looked over, his pupils contracting.

Eyes meeting for an instant,

facing his sister who seemed fascinated with unwrapping the box, Xu Yuan was silent for a long while before smiling and speaking:

"Sister, why the silent visit?"

Lou Ji glanced at Xu Yuan, her lips curling up slightly as she spread out a purple silk dress from the gift box, chuckling:

"Isn’t it just to see what kind of trouble our family’s Third Young Master has gotten into?"

As she spoke, Lou Ji threw the dress to Bai Muxi, then reached to unwrap another.

It was very impolite, but she was too strong to beat.

Watching Lou Ji’s actions, Xu Yuan slowly sat up straight, discreetly flicked his hand, and took all the yet-unopened gift boxes into the Sumeru Ring, softly saying:

"This matter isn’t about jealousy over Bai Muxi."

Lou Ji scoffed, her tone tinged with sarcasm: