Chapter 26.1

Xiao Yu-shixiong, What Do You Think? (1)

The next day, Ji Qingzhou took Maomao back to her small yard. Of course, Shen Rongyu sent her back because she was still barefoot.

Shen Rongyu seemed a little resistant to bring a certain donkey onto his Burial Snow Sword.

Of course, Maomao didn’t want to stand on his sword either, his four hooves were trembling, and he looked very reluctant.

In the end, Ji Qingzhou dragged him up. Shen Rongyu glanced down at the donkey, but did not speak.

Shen Rongyu seemed to have some business, because he left after sending her back.

Back at her familiar courtyard, Ji Qingzhou’s hanging heart finally settled down.

She took Maomao back to the yard, and planned to go back to her room to catch up on sleep. However, the communication array under the small pavilion in her courtyard seemingly sensed her return and lit up.

Yu Sukong’s face appeared in the array, and he called out Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou trotted toward it. Yu Sukong was still standing on the sea cliff, but he was staring at her.

“Was there an attack on White Water Island last night?” Yu Sukong asked straight to the point, frowning and looking worried.

“Yes.” Ji Qingzhou replied. Since it happened, she wasn’t about to hide anything, “One person pursued me, and I ran all the way to Xiao Yu-shixiong. He disappeared, and then three Soul Seeking Nails flew towards us.”

Ji Qingzhou considered her words for a while, and slowly informed him, “Xiao Yu-shixiong deflected the Soul Seeking Nails.”

“Soul Seeking Nails need to drink blood to rest. Two elders in White Water Island were injured. Thanks to them investigating on the island, that intruder was chased away. However, no trace of him has been found in Xuanyun Sect,” Yu Sukong explained and then sighed to Ji Qingzhou. “I will ask other elders to reinforce the Defense Formation on White Water Island.”

“I’m also to blame for my negligence. I was the only one living there before, so no one had any qualms about it.” Yu Sukong comforted Ji Qingzhou, “Qingzhou, you don’t have to be too afraid.”

Ji Qingzhou was stunned for a long time before picking the key words from Yu Sukong’s words: “Master Yu, did you say two elders?”

“Yeah.” Yu Sukong nodded, and repeated the information circulating among the higher officials of Xuanyun Sect, which was somewhat different from what Ji Qingzhou experienced. “Duanhong told me that he sensed something special in the immortal cave last night. The magic power fluctuated, and the ‘Good and Evil Stone’ magic treasure he refined himself sensed a trace of evil aura that was approaching the surroundings. When he realized that the visitor bore ill will, he tracked the aura.”

“He caught up with it on White Water Island, but then the evil aura disappeared. He searched in the forest, and then met Qianke, who had also sensed the negative aura. At that point, they were targeted by the Soul Seeking Nails. They were unable to avoid it and got injured.” Yu Sukong looked at Ji Qingzhou with his azure eyes and said, “They haven’t found the source of this evil aura. The Xuanyun Sect is now in danger inside, because we are afraid that there is some kind of evil outsider who had snuck into the sect.”

After Ji Qingzhou listened to all of these, her expression turned confounded. Sure, she couldn’t comprehend all of his explanations, but she could tell that Yu Sukong was wrongly informed. Regardless of the presence of the evil aura, the Soul Seeking Nails were definitely released by either Ye Duanhong or Jiang Qianke, which was completely consistent with the alarm that the system gave her.

Wonderful! Now the blame had been pushed to that ‘evil aura from nowhere’.

But could she tell the truth? She and Shen Rongyu worked together to make Shen Rongyu lash back, which was beyond the strength of a new disciple and a Golden Core disciple. Both she and Shen Rongyu… had secrets that could not be divulged to outsiders.

Seeing Ji Qingzhou’s confused look, Yu Sukong comforted her, “Qingzhou, after the Defense Formation is deployed, you don’t have to worry on White Water Island. As for tracing this mysterious evil aura, we will investigate it.”

Ji Qingzhou couldn’t bear it anymore and asked, “Master Yu, what was that evil aura doing on White Water Island?”

“Of course, it’s because of Rongyu. You probably just bumped into him by chance.” Yu Sukong had long deliberated on this matter. Such an act of sneaking into a righteous sect and destroying it from inside was something within the capabilities of Huang Shi back then.

It was common knowledge that Huang Shi hated the emperor of the Dongshan royal family the most. Back in those days, he had slaughtered the entire Shen family. Shen Rongyu, on the other hand, was the only descendant left of the Dongshan royal family. Pure Dongshan royal blood flowed in his veins, and he had strong resonance with the family’s token. This was something that couldn’t be disguised.

Huang Shi had been imprisoned, without possibility of escape, and this was probably the work of one of his admirers.

Yu Sukong told Ji Qingzhou his guess, rendering her dumbfounded yet again. She scratched her head. How could this involve Shen Rongyu again?

The person came here to kill her, and Shen Rongyu had nothing to do with it, but it seemed that the elders of Xuanyun Sect now believed the conclusion Yu Sukong just stated.

She, a person from another world, couldn’t possibly have a unique bloodline that others hated, right?

Yu Sukong also said that he would give her some magic weapons for self-defense, then temporarily cut off their contact, but the worry that lingered between his eyebrows did not dissipate.

Ji Qingzhou had no class today because Shen Rongyu had asked for a leave for her. She yawned, crawled back to her bed, hugged the quilt and started to brood over it.