Chapter 190 - Brother's Test

Three days later---

Snowflakes fluttered in the air, and the sky and earth were all one color.

By the lotus pond behind the Cloud Mansion on the Flowing Water Peak, a series of soothing and intoxicating sounds from an ancient zither sounded, harmonizing with the winter snowscape. It resonated in the vastness of solitude, pure and ethereal.

In the bamboo pavilion next to the lotus pond, Yun Yiyi was sitting with the ancient zither, gently plucking its strings. From time to time, she stole glances at the young man beside her who had his eyes closed, focusing on cultivating his qi.

Although she appeared calm and exuded an aura of purity and beauty in her body, deep down inside this ethereal vessel, there were screams:

--- Why does he have to be so good-looking?!

--- I like this man so much!!

--- Damn it! I'm going to bear his children in the future!!

However, after realizing that she had such thoughts in her heart, Yun Yiyi hastily reflected on herself.

She couldn't become like her two sisters, they were too vulgar. Especially Yun Jiujiu, a girl who knew nothing about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting but only drank and fought all day long. What kind of woman is that?

Be elegant! Be delicate!

A noble lady must be gentle and polite...

Yun Yiyi played the zither while suppressing her urge to rush up, press Ye Anping to the ground, and kiss him.

She appeared calm and serene on the surface but was restless inside.

And Ye Anping was actually the same.

On the surface, he seemed quite at ease, but inwardly, he was extremely troubled.

It had been three days since he settled here.

During these three days, except for sleeping at night, he tried his best to stay by Yun Yiyi's side. They drank tea and read together. He listened to her play the zither and show off his skills with the sword. He helped her with some non-essential matters...

Theoretically, he should have raised Yun Yiyi's goodwill and trust level to seventy or eighty percent.

However, because Yun Yiyi never showed her emotions on her face and always put on a fake business-like smile, he couldn't accurately determine the specific value now.

Yun Yiyi felt a little embarrassed as she took a step back and turned to look at the disciple at the door, cursing in her heart: 'It had better be something big! Otherwise, I'll give you something big to deal with.'

"What's wrong?"

"There has been a major murder case in the Sword Sect market."

"Murder case?" Yun Yiyi frowned slightly. "Be more detailed."

"Twenty-seven corpses were found in the Sword Pavilion in the marketplace, all disciples of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, with cultivation levels ranging from early to late Foundation Building, and all of them were inner disciples."

A hint of astonishment flashed in Yun Yiyi's eyes, but her tone remained calm as she asked, "All twenty-seven people who died were inner disciples?"

"Yes, all twenty-seven corpses had golden hair."

"..."

Twenty-seven inner disciples died suddenly, and the place was not in the wilderness, but in the Sword Sect marketplace?

How was that possible?!

Yun Yiyi couldn't keep the smile on her face anymore. She bit her lip slightly and looked at the disciple who came to tell her this with a strange expression. She even wanted to say: Are you kidding me again?

But in the end, she took a deep breath to suppress her emotions. "How long ago did it happen?"

"It should have been early last night. We are still investigating other clues."

After a moment of silence, Yun Yiyi turned to look at Ye Anping. "Young Master Ye, what do you think?"

Ye Anping frowned, pretending to think, then whispered, "This matter will bring you and your two sisters back to the same starting line. In a few months, Master Yun Tianchong will come out of seclusion, so I'm afraid it's not a coincidence that this has happened now."

After hearing it mentioned by Ye Anping, she also understood.

The list that determined the position of the Sect Master had been a foregone conclusion since after she and Ye Anping got married, her Flowing Water Peak would rise to the top of the list. However, after this incident happened, nothing was certain anymore.

The gap between the three peaks was still small. However, this sudden murder case was too significant.

In other words, whoever of the three of them solved this case, their peak would jump to the top of the list.

Realizing this, Yun Yiyi quickly gave another order to the Flowing Water Peak disciple. "Take the people from our peak to seal off the scene. No one is allowed to enter that market before I arrive. Remember, everyone, including Yun Jiujiu and Yun Xi, must be stopped."

"Yes, Eldest Miss!"