The next day.
Wei Aoshu had completely relaxed, shedding all the previous awkwardness.
After spending yesterday alone with Ye Yu in the room, she had thought long and hard.
Yet Wei Aoshu still hadn’t taken that step to voice the thoughts in her heart.
Instead, she kept them quietly locked inside.
But that didn’t mean she was giving up; she planned to proceed slowly and steadily.
Before, she always watched Ye Yu from a distance. Now that they had the chance to be close, she didn’t want to rush.
She wanted to take it slow, steady herself, and then move forward.
What surprised Wei Aoshu, however, was that early this morning, Zhu Diezhen came looking for her.
She asked about how things had gone yesterday.
Wei Aoshu was puzzled and didn’t understand what she meant.
Zhu Diezhen said bluntly, “Everyone in the entire Wu Wei Tower knows that Ye Yu entered your room and stayed in there for a long time before coming out.
Don’t tell me nothing happened—I don’t believe it.
You don’t need to be afraid. You’re someone I personally brought out. If you can become my sister in the future, I’d be thrilled and definitely won’t stop you.”
Hearing this, Wei Aoshu couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and embarrassment.
She then explained repeatedly that yesterday, she only chatted simply with Ye Yu inside the room, nothing more.
“You’re all overthinking it.”
Zhu Diezhen looked skeptical.
“Ah? Just chatting? Nothing else?”
“Yes, really nothing else!”
Wei Aoshu smiled brightly. Actually, there was half a sentence she hadn’t said yet.
But for now, that didn’t mean nothing could happen in the future.
Honestly, she was very happy.
At least Zhu Diezhen had expressed her position.
She wouldn’t stop her from being with Ye Yu, and that alone was very good.
That afternoon.
With Ye Yu’s awakening, many of the wives also emerged from their seclusion.
Everyone gathered in the main hall to share recent insights from their cultivation.
They also took the chance to watch the newly acquired colorful immortal crane, Naonao.
It had to be said, this one had a stubborn temperament.
After a few days in Wu Wei Tower, it was still very aggressive.
But an arm was no match for a thigh. After multiple rounds of physical “education” from Ye Yu, Naonao had calmed down considerably.
At least now it would let people reach out and touch it.
But riding it around was still out of the question.
By comparison, the other colorful immortal crane, Guai Guai, was far more obedient.
It had already been trained early on to obey and serve.
A couple of days ago, Zhuo Lanqing had already ridden out on a journey.
In her words,
Going out to travel a bit was both to show off and to increase Wu Wei Tower’s reputation.
Most importantly, as sect leader, she naturally needed to keep track of the current situation in the Heavenly Realm.
Staying cooped up in the sect wouldn’t do any good.
This excuse was quite solid, but Shangguan Jiujio secretly told Ye Yu that it was all just Zhuo Lanqing’s pretext.
The main reason was that her cultivation was stuck at a bottleneck.
She couldn’t make that final breakthrough.
So she went out hoping to encounter some lucky chance.
Hearing this, Ye Yu couldn’t help but laugh. Is this a woman’s competitive spirit?
Never admitting she can’t do something, always talking about “important business.”
Zhuo Lanqing was really something.
As for her realm, Ye Yu wasn’t worried at all—he had seen her future growth in a vision.
She would eventually reach Immortal King Realm.
That was quite impressive and definitely wouldn’t stop where she was now.
Right now, Ye Yu needed to think about where to find Xin Wan’en.
Last time in the dream,
Ye Yu searched the Underworld for Xin Wan’en but found no trace of her.
The timelines basically matched.
This suggested Xin Wan’en had likely already ascended to the Heavenly Realm.
No—she might even be in the mortal realm.
Back then, Bai Xichu’s ascension route was from the Demon Realm to the mortal realm, then to the Heavenly Realm.
Although the process was complicated, it was possible.
So maybe Xin Wan’en would follow the same path.
Still, looking for her in the future would be somewhat troublesome.
Should he ask Ban Xia to use her little ox again?
Just as Ye Yu pondered deeply,
A streak of light appeared, falling straight in front of Wu Wei Tower’s main hall,
Kicking up clouds of dust.
This instantly drew everyone’s attention.
All eyes turned forward.
There stood the colorful immortal crane Guai Guai, still in place, and beside it a fairy standing with her hands behind her back, silk skirt fluttering in the breeze.
It had to be said, the aura was truly impressive.
And that fairy was none other than the traveling Zhuo Lanqing.
The women teased her upon seeing her arrival.
“Really, after going outside for a bit, you’re a completely different person. You’ve even learned some poses.”
“Yeah, if you’re coming back, just come back. Why make such a fuss and kick up so much dust? Don’t you think it’s troublesome?”
“Sister, you don’t understand. Sister Zhuo looks great doing this.”
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Listening to their chatter, Zhuo Lanqing stopped pretending and quickly said, “So? How is it? Looking good, right?
I visited several sects and saw a fairy at the Kuliang Hall return just like this.
It even caused some excitement, so I thought I’d perform it for you all.”
Everyone laughed.
Zhuo Lanqing, Zhuo Lanqing, so this is your ‘traveling’?
Others travel to gain experience and look for opportunities, but you just learn to pose.
Really impressive.
Seeing everyone laugh, Zhuo Lanqing looked embarrassed and quickly said, “Who said I only went to learn poses? I had serious business too, you know?”
Shangguan Jiujio smiled, “Oh? Serious business? Tell us.”
Ye Yu was also curious and stepped forward.
Then Zhuo Lanqing began recounting recent news.
In the central Heavenly Realm, the battle between Taiyan Dao and Sanshi Hall continued.
But recently,
Sanshi Hall had subtly gained the upper hand.
This caused many sects to grow nervous.
After all, those evil immortals had no bottom line, and it wasn’t guaranteed they wouldn’t strike at them.
Thus, several sects joined the Taiyan Dao alliance.
Of course, many sects remained cautious, watching from the sidelines.
In addition,
The Mo family had turmoil; clan members fought, with numerous casualties.
In the end, Mo Jiuming, who had once met Zhuo Lanqing, successfully became clan head, ending the disputes.
As for the cause of the turmoil, opinions varied.
Some said it was a setup by Sanshi Hall’s evil immortals.
Others said it was because the Mo family area had suspected ghost immortal energy.
The Mo family had disagreements about how to handle the ghost immortal presence, causing internal strife.
Hearing this,
Ye Yu immediately became serious.
He quickly asked, “Ghost immortal energy? Are you sure it’s in the Mo family?”
