Chapter 420 - The Beacon Fire Breaks The Sky

The silver moon hung high in the sky, and most houses in Brilliance City had their lights turned off. Only stray cats and the disciples of the Justice Division in groups of five patrolled the streets.

In a room on the third floor of the inn, a dim candle was still lit.

In a white dress, Pei Lianxue was leaning against the window sill, supporting her chin with both hands and pouting. She stared blankly at the flashing stars in the sky and occasionally let out a whimper that had an unclear meaning.

"Hmm..."

On the bed in the room, Xiao Yunluo was sleeping soundly facing the ceiling. Perhaps because she was the Young Miss of the Black Star Sect, her sleeping posture was quite restrained, with her hands on her belly, like a mummy.

Xue Tianqiao had built a nest on Xiao Yunluo's stomach and curled herself into a fox ball. In order to prevent her from sneaking out in the middle of the night, the demon binding rope was now tied to Xiao Yunluo's neck at the other end.

Probably because of the candle lit by Pei Lianxue, Xue Tianqiao looked up in a daze, then turned her butt toward Pei Lianxue, who was standing at the window and protested. "Yip..."

Pei Lianxue turned around and looked at her helplessly. After hesitating for a while, she blew out the candle, stood up from the window, and opened the door, quietly leaving the room.

Creak---

Even though Pei Lianxue's movements were very light, the wooden door was old and its slight creak still woke Xue Tianqiao up.

She looked up again and, seeing that Sister Pei was gone, she immediately slapped Xiao Yunluo in the face with her tail, which made her sit up with a jerk. "What... are you hungry again?"

Xue Tianqiao blinked, grinning. "Sister Xiao, Sister Pei went to steal your Brother Ye~"

"Huh?" Xiao Yunluo looked around the room in confusion. "What do you mean by stealing my Brother Ye, Brother Ye... Anping originally belonged to Lianxue..."

Xue Tianqiao tilted her head suspiciously. "Then, Sister Xiao stole Brother Ye from Sister Pei before?"

?

"That's not stealing... That's..."

Xiao Yunluo, who didn't seem to be fully awake yet, felt that she was being tricked by the fox. She simply hugged her and turned over. "Do you think human cultivators are like you fox demons, stealing other people's partners for fun all day long? Lianxue and I are... I can't explain it to you, go to sleep."

"I'm hungry. I want to eat roasted chicken."

"It's the middle of the night. Who's going to roast chicken for you?"

Xue Tianqiao frowned and complained. "Sister Fox will tell Master when she goes back..."

Xiao Yunluo pinched her mouth. "I'm not afraid of your master. It's good enough that I didn't put you in a cage. Just bear with it..."

"Yiip..."

...

Rustle---

Pei Lianxue, who had entered the corridor, tiptoed around the top corner. She reached the door of a room on the third floor, gently pushed it open a crack, and looked around twice.

Lights were still lit in the room, and the screen placed at the door reflected the silhouette of a young man with disheveled hair soaking in the bathtub while waves of steam rose to the ceiling.

Pei Lianxue smiled and squeezed through the door like a little mouse. Padding around the screen, she came to the side of the bathtub, leaned slightly, and brought her head to Ye Anping's ear.

"Brother~"

!!

Ye Anping was soaking in the hot water, his eyes closed as he fully concentrated on his plan. This sudden sweet whisper really startled him.

"Hiss--"

When he turned around and saw his sister's smiling face, Ye Anping heaved a sigh of relief. He raised his hand and knocked her forehead. "Sister, why did you come here in the middle of the night to scare me instead of resting?"

"I couldn't sleep." Pei Lianxue shifted her gaze and looked into the tub. Her cheeks flushed slightly. "Brother, I saw you..."

?

Ye Anping was taken aback. He followed his sister's line of sight and suddenly felt that his cheeks were getting hot, and a slight sense of shame appeared in his heart.

He didn't know what was going on. Pei Lianxue had clearly seen him naked many times, but when she said it out loud... It was embarrassing...

Ye Anping looked away. "Didn't you already see everything?"

Pei Lianxue covered her mouth and smiled. She tilted her head, bringing her face closer to him.

"Hee hee-- Brother, are you shy?"

"..."

Ye Anping grabbed her face, reprimanding her. "You've learned to tease your brother late at night? Your wings are getting harder and harder, girl."

Pei Lianxue laughed and shook his hand away before sitting on the edge of the tub with a pout. "Brother, do you still remember the night you brought me out of the Hundred Lotus Sect?"

Ye Anping recalled that he had made a plan to kill Wu You that day. After packing his luggage and leaving a letter for Ye Ao, he went to Pei Lianxue's room, but it turned out that she was bathing at that time...

"...Yeah."

"You were such a hooligan back then, saying that I had no breasts and no butt, but you stared at me for a long time."

Dong---!

Dong---!

Dong---!

A dull drum sound that seemed to shake the sand dunes came from the Black Rock Great Wall dozens of miles away, breaking the silence in the city once again.

Beacon fire spread from one of the towers on the Great Wall to both sides, breaking through the night sky.

Ye Anping immediately stood up.

"Sister, wake Yunluo and Feng Yu Die and go to the Justice Division."

Rumble---

The sand violently rolled across the sky like a yellow tsunami. Accompanied by waves of green lightning, it came from the east and crashed into the protective spiritual wall outside the Black Rock Great Wall.

Even Vermilion Bird Pavilion, nearly twenty miles away, shook violently due to the impact.

"Hey! Young Master Ye!!"

Dressed in a thin white nightgown, Feng Yu Die tumbled straight out of the window and flipped inside over the balcony's fence, sword in hand.

Seeing Pei Lianxue was there, she froze for a moment, then touched the back of her head, chuckling. "Sister Pei and Young Master Ye are together, hehe..."

"..."

Ye Anping looked at her disheveled appearance as if she had just jumped up directly from a dream. He sighed faintly, took out a piece of clothing from the storage bag, and threw it to her. "Put it on and go to the Justice Division..."

The next moment, a burst of hurried footsteps came from behind her.

Xiao Yunluo, carrying Xue Tianqiao, crashed through the door. "Anping, talk to Lianxue first..."

She was mid-sentence when she saw that the room was full. Seeing that Ye Anping was fully dressed, her first thought was that he had finished so quickly...

"Anping, that..."

In her arms, Xue Tianqiao rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Ye, Sister Xiao thought... Mmm--"

As a result, Xiao Yunluo held her mouth and she couldn't finish her words.

Ye Anping sighed and took a deep breath. Waving his sleeves, he gravely ordered. "Go back to your rooms, get dressed, pack your luggage, and go to the Justice Division."

"Alright!!!"

The three nodded in agreement, and then almost simultaneously flipped over the railing.

Ye Anping glanced at the door that Xiao Yunluo had knocked open and sighed slightly. Looking toward the tower in the western district, he frowned and muttered, "The demonic cultivators' actions started a few days earlier than I expected. I hope Commander Qu and Master Yue are ready."

Then, he turned around and took out the Snow Jade Spirit Sword from his storage bag, wrapped it in bandages, and hung it behind his back with a shoulder strap. He put on a bamboo hat and veil and went downstairs to the lobby on the first floor. Finding a chair, he sat down and waited.

One after another, the other guests in the inn also ran out of their rooms in a panic. They ran downstairs with large and small light magic tools.

The originally quiet inn seemed to have reopened, with panicked shouts ringing in the air.

"What happened?"

"What was that big noise just now..."

"I saw the beacon towers on the Great Wall were lit up. Are the demonic cultivators attacking?"

"Quiet, quiet! Don't panic, with the Justice Division here, the demonic cultivators can't attack..."

...

However, when everyone ran to the lobby on the first floor and saw a mysterious Core Formation cultivator wearing a bamboo hat and veil, leaning on a bandaged sword, they all stopped in their tracks.

Ye Anping swept his spiritual sense over them and found that the highest cultivation among them was only in the middle stage of the Foundation Building. He lowered his voice, applying pressure to spread the message with spiritual energy.

"If you want to live, prepare to leave the city immediately. Later, you'll be on your own."

"..."

At this moment, Pei Lianxue and the others had finished packing up and flew down from upstairs.

The three of them didn't wear the skirts they usually liked. Instead, they were dressed like rangers and wore riding boots and bamboo hats. Their hair was tied into ponytails. Xue Tianqiao was lying on the bamboo hat on the top of Feng Yu Die's head.

"Brother."

"Anping."

"Young Master Ye, hehe..."

"..."

Ye Anping was a little speechless. He sighed again. "Okay, let's go."

Ye Anping put the Snow Jade Spirit Sword on his back again. He glanced sideways at the stunned cultivators and, without saying anything else, he turned around and opened the door of the inn before flying on his sword toward the western district with Pei Lianxue and others.