Was it you that night?
Chapter 245 - 243: Qinghe Tortures Wuya

Chapter 245: Chapter 243: Qinghe Tortures Wuya

Zuo An and several elders were waiting at the Sky Pole Sect Gate, and Shen Zhiyao was also there. Everyone was a bit surprised to see Dongfang Wuya in a flash.

"Wuya, where did you come from?" As soon as Zuo An’s voice fell, he saw Shen Qinghe arrive.

He immediately left Dongfang Wuya behind and came to Shen Qinghe, looked her over carefully, and asked, "Qinghe, what is your current cultivation base?"

Shen Qinghe was startled, "Didn’t I just enter the Emergence Stage?"

Dongfang Wuya, who had been about to leave, let out a light laugh upon hearing this. No one knew what he was laughing at, but Shen Qinghe felt that Dongfang Wuya might be laughing at her.

She didn’t understand and subconsciously asked, "What’s so funny, Mr. Wuya?"

"This lord laughs at the foolishness of some people!" After saying this, Dongfang Wuya left without looking back.

Zuo An examined Shen Qinghe from head to toe, with the elders also crowding around Shen Qinghe, leaving Shen Zhiyao with no place to watch her sister.

"Impossible, haven’t you noticed any progress in your cultivation base?" Zuo An’s gaze settled on Shen Qinghe’s wrist.

Following his gaze, Shen Qinghe looked at her wrist and was taken aback to see Little Rope had turned transparent: "When did Little Rope become like this?"

Everyone present remained silent.

Ha, she didn’t even know herself, so how could they be expected to know?

However, looking at the girl’s silly and slow appearance, it seems that fools do have their own kind of luck.

At this moment, Shen Zhiyao finally got a chance to see her dear sister. She scrutinized Shen Qinghe carefully, then turned her attention to Little Rope on her wrist and took a closer look.

As she examined it, she commented with approval, "The longer this transparent rope gets, the prettier it looks. Its sparkling and translucent appearance looks valuable!"

Shen Qinghe laughed and said, "I’ve given it a name, called Little Rope."

She then pointed to the Immortal Deer sitting nearby, seemingly bored out of its mind, "It’s the Beast Egg given to me by Mr. Wuya, transformed. I call it Little Deer."

All the people present had odd expressions on their faces.

Despite being such exalted treasures, Shen Qinghe had given them such ordinary and mundane names—it was hard to know what to say.

Shen Zhiyao, however, found it endearing: "The names are really good, they sound wonderful!"

At this point, Meng Yun finally found an opportunity to chime in: "Exactly, how could the names Qinghe picks be bad?"

Wu Ke watched Shen Zhiyao and Meng Yun cooly from the side. Even a fool could see that these two had grown closer over the past six months. Meng Yun was always with Shen Zhiyao, and he had never had the opportunity to be alone with Shen Zhiyao.

If this continued, Meng Yun and Shen Zhiyao would end up together sooner or later.

"I have something to do with Mr. Wuya, you all go back to Simple Residence Courtyard and wait. I’ll make you something delicious later!" Shen Qinghe said excitedly.

Anyone present who wasn’t blind could tell that Shen Qinghe was in an excellent mood, including Shen Zhiyao. She asked softly, "Have you made up with Mr. Wuya?"

Shen Qinghe was taken aback, "Was there ever a time when I didn’t get along with Mr. Wuya? I have always held Mr. Wuya in high esteem at any time!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than everyone heard someone chuckle. The owner of the laughter was none other than Dongfang Wuya.

Everyone could tell that the owner of the laughter was not in a good mood.

Without wasting any more words with Shen Zhiyao, Shen Qinghe headed towards Bixiao Tower.

Strangely, when she entered Bixiao Tower, it was like entering a place devoid of people. Could it be that Mr. Wuya knew she was coming, and therefore had withdrawn the Barrier?

Who would have thought that the first words Xiao Bai said upon seeing her would be, "Fairy Qinghe can actually come and go from Bixiao Tower freely?"

Shen Qinghe, on instinct, looked towards Dongfang Wuya, but he wouldn’t even deign to look at her directly, only sneering with a curl of his lip, "Some people’s abilities grow, and so does their temperament, becoming increasingly irksome! Xiao Bai, show the guest out!"

Xiao Bai looked at Shen Qinghe with difficulty, while Shen Qinghe herself briskly walked up to Mr. Wuya, saying excitedly, "Mr. Wuya, I saw an ’Ancient Divine Mantra’ in the Black River Secret Realm, and I think this Divine Art should be suitable for you..."

"Xiao Bai, show the guest out!" Dongfang Wuya repeated impatiently.

The smile on Shen Qinghe’s face faded, "Mr. Wuya, can’t you distinguish between public and private matters? Even if you have a problem with me, there’s no need to pick a fight at this time. I truly think the Divine Art is quite suitable for you—"

The next moment, Dongfang Wuya flicked his sleeve, and she was sent out of Bixiao Tower.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Wuya stood before the windowsill, looking down on her from his high position, his eyes full of contempt, as if she were an ant.

Seeing this, Shen Qinghe didn’t persist. Instead of getting angry, she laughed, "I kindly brought you the Secret Manual, and you don’t want it, so be it. Dongfang Wuya, you’re not young anymore, how can you be so childish?!"

"If you dare say one more word, see if this lord won’t tear you to pieces!" Dongfang Wuya’s face turned ashen when he heard the words "not young anymore."

"Dongfang Wuya, you are very childish!"

After yelling loud enough for Dongfang Wuya to hear, Shen Qinghe immediately ran off.

Dongfang Wuya hadn’t expected Shen Qinghe to be so bold, and to yell and then just run off; this woman was simply...

He paced back and forth, his eyes catching Xiao Bai trying to sneak away, saying in a cold and menacing tone, "Xiao Bai, where do you think you are going?"

Xiao Bai initially wanted to escape, but he found himself unable to move just as he was about to flee, inwardly complaining bitterly. It was Fairy Qinghe who had angered his master; why should he, a poor fellow, be the target of his master’s frustration?

"I’m just staying in Bixiao Tower to keep Master company, going nowhere," said Xiao Bai with a forced smile.

"Tell me, does this lord look like someone with ’not young anymore’?" Dongfang Wuya was genuinely puzzled.

This question completely stumped Xiao Bai.

Their master was already ten thousand years old; how could he not be considered ’not young anymore’? Fairy Qinghe, on the other hand, was only in her twenties, an age as fresh as flowers. Comparing their ages, the contrast was simply devastating.

"So, is this lord’s question too difficult to answer?" Dongfang Wuya’s smile was sinister.

"I think it’s fine. The older master gets, the more masculine he appears. Anyway, I quite like it. Haven’t you seen how many female cultivators of Sky Pole Sect are smitten with Master? This proves Master attracts the adoration of female cultivators. Fairy Qinghe, being a woman, can’t be an exception," Xiao Bai said all in one breath, feeling like a genius.

Dongfang Wuya, standing behind Xiao Bai, didn’t say a word, which made Xiao Bai worry that his master might simply obliterate him if he wasn’t pleased.

He gathered his courage to add, "Actually, Fairy Qinghe really likes Master. Otherwise she wouldn’t have come running to find Master with the ’Ancient Divine Mantra’ as soon as she found it. Master, listen to me, you can’t chase a Daoist companion this way."

Dongfang Wuya looked coldly at the back of Xiao Bai’s head, but also introspected whether he had been too harsh just now.

However, Xiao Bai was right about one thing: that woman having found the ’Ancient Divine Mantra’ and not even returning to Simple Residence Courtyard before running to find him, clearly showed how much she cared.

Thinking this way, he felt at ease all over, once again feeling capable.

"Go to Simple Residence Courtyard and tell Shen Qinghe that this lord is hungry," Dongfang Wuya commanded Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai was stunned, "Just like that?!"