Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 210 - 207 Suspicion

Chapter 210: Chapter 207 Suspicion

Slap!

A crisp slap echoed through the swamp, and Ye Xuan’s face now bore five distinct, reddened handprints.

"What are you doing?"

Looking at Ling Qianxue, who was nearly half-naked in front of him, Ye Xuan’s expression was filled with disbelief. He had gone through great pains to wake her up, only to be rewarded with this? A slap?

At this moment, in Ye Xuan’s heart, a million imaginary alpacas were racing past, igniting a flame of nameless rage.

"You bastard, pervert!"

Ling Qianxue held her chest with both hands to prevent any further exposure, while her gorgeous face flushed with shame. However, it quickly turned to anger as she bit her lip firmly and glared at Ye Xuan.

"I’m a pervert?"

Ye Xuan pointed to himself, utterly speechless, "I think you’re the one who’s misunderstood the situation. Look at my face and neck. These, these, and here, did I give these to myself? It’s unclear who the real pervert is. If I hadn’t remained self-controlled and stopped you in time, who knows what inappropriate things you might have done..."

"Enough!"

Ling Qianxue, seeing the faint kiss marks on Ye Xuan’s face and neck, suddenly flushed with both embarrassment and anger and quickly interrupted him.

Due to just having cleared the poison from her system, Ling Qianxue was still weak. As her anger rose, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan suppressed the fire of ignorance in his heart, walked over to Ling Qianxue, and took out a set of clothes from his Qiankun Ring to give to her.

"Hurry up and put these on. Do you plan to keep exposing yourself like this?"

Ye Xuan, covering the side of his face that had been slapped, was very annoyed. But he couldn’t possibly squabble with Ling Qianxue at this moment. He’d consider it taking a loss in silence.

"How come you’re here, and where’s Brother Long? I remember at the beginning... I seemed to be with Brother Long."

After putting on the clothes given by Ye Xuan, Ling Qianxue tidied her disheveled hair and looked around, then asked with some confusion. Although the clothes were a bit loose, they were decent enough to cover her.

"Long Zhiyang? Don’t even mention that hypocritical bastard. If I hadn’t arrived in time, he probably would have violated you," Ye Xuan said coldly with a laugh.

"That’s impossible. Don’t slander Brother Long. I know him; he’s not that kind of person," Ling Qianxue said with a frown, clearly not believing Ye Xuan.

"I’m slandering him? He’s not that kind of person, so am I?"

Ye Xuan gave another cold laugh. This woman’s naivety was laughable, but he understood her point of view. On the one hand, there was the senior brother from Qian Hall, whom she had known for many years, while on the other hand was someone who had only joined them a few months ago; it made sense she wouldn’t trust him.

"At that time, I clearly saw that it was you. How can you just push the blame onto someone else?"

Ling Qianxue remembered clearly seeing Ye Xuan, albeit hazily, but there was no mistaking that face. Little did she know, she had been seeing an illusion.

"Fine, it was me. I’m the pervert. Now I’m going to do something perverted."

Ye Xuan was getting angry. After all, he was being made out to be the one with unruly intentions. He strode toward Ling Qianxue as if he really was going to do something inappropriate.

"Don’t come any closer."

Drawing her sword halfway, Ling Qianxue held it in front of her, her face wary.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan lost interest and turned away. He started a bonfire some distance away and stopped bothering with this obstinate woman.

"Ye Xuan, nothing happened between us... right?"

Ling Qianxue looked at the kiss marks on Ye Xuan and his somewhat disheveled clothes, then asked tentatively.

"Whether something happened or not, don’t you have any feeling for it?"

Ye Xuan put up a hammock, his response noncommittal. He then lay down on it. Night had fallen, and it wouldn’t be right to leave Ling Qianxue alone, so he decided to guard her for the night. By morning, she should have mostly recovered.

Hearing this, Ling Qianxue’s face turned slightly red. She checked her body and found nothing unusual, which eased her nerves. She began reflecting on the events that had transpired.

She remembered being with Long Zhiyang when they encountered an attack. She lost consciousness after that and saw Ye Xuan during her lapse.

She stole another glance at Ye Xuan, furrowed her brow, and thought about it. Certainly, the Ye Xuan she had seen didn’t match his character. How could that man show such tenderness? Could it have been a hallucination caused by the poison?

But why did she see Ye Xuan and not someone else? Was it possible that Ye Xuan was the one her heart truly belonged to...

"Impossible!"

Ling Qianxue shook her head vigorously. It simply couldn’t be true; it was utterly impossible.

Having dismissed such thoughts, Ling Qianxue looked again towards Ye Xuan, who had already fallen asleep.

Taking a deep breath to calm her mind, Ling Qianxue also closed her eyes and leaned against a tree. She swallowed a Pill and began to meditate.

The night passed without incident.

The next day, as Ling Qianxue opened her drowsy eyes, Ye Xuan was already cleaning up the traces around them, looking as if he were about to leave.

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing Ye Xuan about to leave without saying a word, Ling Qianxue’s expression changed slightly.

"What else would I do? I’m going to do what I have to do. After resting for a night, you should be able to get back on your own, so I won’t send you off."

Ye Xuan glanced at Ling Qianxue and then touched his cheek which had been slapped yesterday; it still ached faintly.

"Aren’t you coming back with me to meet up with everyone?" Ling Qianxue asked, somewhat surprised.

"I’m not interested. When I want to meet up with you all, I will do so naturally."

Ye Xuan paused, then turned his face to the side, "By the way, you should think carefully about what happened yesterday. Don’t be so naive that you get schemed against and still act clueless. If your mind is that simple, you won’t be so lucky next time to have me there to save you."

With that, Ye Xuan walked forward without looking back.

"Wait."

Ling Qianxue got up from the ground and called out to Ye Xuan.

"What, do you want to follow me? It’s not really appropriate for a man and woman to be alone together, so forget it." Ye Xuan turned his face to the side again, saying with a faint smile.

"Who wants to follow you? Just go."

Her expression changed, and Ling Qianxue immediately reverted to her cold demeanor.

Swish!

As soon as her words fell, Ye Xuan did not hesitate, he swept up his figure and disappeared into the nearby jungle.

Watching Ye Xuan depart resolutely, Ling Qianxue stamped her foot in irritation and then turned to head in another direction.

...

A hundred miles away, at the camp of Heavenly Martial Hall.

All the high-ranking members were gathered inside the tent, their expressions serious.

Without a doubt, the situation was caused by Ling Qianxue’s disappearance, as she had been missing for an entire night.

The other three had safely returned, but Ling Qianxue alone was missing, and according to Long Zhiyang, she had been abducted by a mysterious masked person who was an expert with a blade. Still, these scant details were not enough to identify the culprit.

Everyone was worried about Ling Qianxue’s safety, but Long Zhiyang’s concern was different.

He was well aware of yesterday’s incident; that masked person clearly intended to rescue Ling Qianxue, who probably wouldn’t harm her. However, the key issue was that if the masked person had told Ling Qianxue everything about the previous day’s events, then he would be in deep trouble.

"Today we all must go out and search; we must find her."

Zhang Wuchen and Murong Yun exchanged glances. Ling Qianxue was not only the daughter of the Head Hall Master but also an extraordinary prodigy of Heavenly Martial Hall. Her importance was no less than that of the Hall Masters themselves, so it was imperative that she be found.

"No need, I’m back."

Just then, a crisp voice came from outside the tent, followed by a beautiful figure entering. The delicate and exquisite face belonged to Ling Qianxue, who had returned.

"Junior Sister Ling, are you alright?"

Seeing Ling Qianxue return safely, Leng Ruofeng and others breathed a sigh of relief, stepping forward to greet her.

"I’m fine." Ling Qianxue shook her head, speaking indifferently.

"Are you sure everything’s fine?" Long Zhiyang asked cautiously, remembering that she had been poisoned by him. To expel the poison in one night, there were only two methods. She would either need a man to resolve it, or encounter an expert in the way of Spiritual Medicine to detoxify her.

Now that Ling Qianxue was unharmed, it seemed the poison had been cleared. Could it be that she and that masked person had engaged in an illicit affair?

"What’s the matter, does Big Brother Long think something would happen to me?"

Ling Qianxue’s beautiful eyes looked at Long Zhiyang. On her way back, she had pondered the situation, realizing that something was not quite right. Why had those of the Black Demon Sect poisoned her? It was Ye Xuan who saved her, which made her suspect the person in front of her the most.

"Of course not, I was of course hoping you were alright. I was just worried that the masked person might hurt you after abducting you for no reason." Long Zhiyang’s eyes shifted slightly, and then he spoke with a smile.

"That masked person saved me; how could he have hurt me? If it weren’t for him, things could have been much worse. Big Brother Long should know that. By the way, didn’t the people from Black Demon Sect do something to you in the end?" Ling Qianxue’s eyes flashed with a glint of light as she asked.

"Those remnants of the Black Demon Sect? They couldn’t cause any trouble for me. You’re overthinking it, Qianxue. That masked person surely had ulterior motives; if he hadn’t appeared, I would have definitely saved you." Long Zhiyang still had a smile on his face, and his eyes flashed sharply, "However, I am curious to know who that masked person is. Maybe, it’s someone we all know."

"He was masked the whole time; I don’t know who he really is."

Ling Qianxue didn’t admit it was Ye Xuan. Since Ye Xuan had worn a mask, he must have had his reasons. Moreover, she no longer had the same trust in Long Zhiyang as before. Although she was suspicious, she hadn’t yet fully realized that he might be colluding with the Black Demon Sect.