Golden wind and rain never meet
Chapter Forty-Three
A strong hand pulled up Zhou Yulin, who was bound hand and foot. Her jaw was removed and put back on in just a few seconds, and the other person had already skillfully fed her the muscle-relaxing powder.
After taking the medicine, Zhou Yulin felt completely powerless. Only the voices in her mind kept interacting with her, but they were all sarcastic remarks from a detached observer.
"Little girl, you're really going to be sent to a brothel."
"Tsk, someone with your looks would definitely be top-notch in a brothel!"
Zhou Yulin listened to the teasing voices in her mind, feeling drowsy. Her eyelids kept drooping, and thinking that someone was holding her up, she tilted her head and fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, the black-clad Deadpool who was holding her was completely dumbfounded and stood frozen in place.
Yu was walking along peacefully when suddenly a weight landed on her shoulder. Startled, she looked at the woman whose face was pale and whose chest was flat. Could it be... that she had suddenly died? Yu was filled with panic as she took on her first important mission.
This is terrible. The person died on the way before even being delivered.
Even the late emperor, who died before completing his great undertaking, did not experience such a tragedy.
She hadn't done anything yet! How could this woman have died?
The rain is truly innocent!
She glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one had noticed.
Hey, what are you standing there for?
Yu was so startled she almost jumped up; she turned to look at the person who had come.
It's another Deadpool named Peach, the newcomer.
Because of his sweet talk, he has recently become very popular with the young lady.
Yu gritted her teeth, clutched her stomach, and cried out in pain. She tossed the person to Tao like a hot potato, saying, "My stomach is upset from eating something bad, and it hurts terribly. Can you take this person to a brothel for me? There will be some ladies there to meet you."
Tao glanced at the "black pot" she had just received, then looked at the frantically rushing Yu, immediately recognizing that the road was clearly not a latrine. However, it didn't matter to her; it saved her the trouble of figuring out how to fool that idiot.
Looking at the woman in her arms, Tao put her arm around her shoulder, so Zhou Yulin's weight was mostly on her. Supporting her, she walked unsteadily towards the carriage outside the door.
Zhou Yulin slowly woke up to the creaking sound of the carriage.
The effects of the muscle relaxant hadn't worn off yet; she had difficulty even raising her hand, let alone speaking. She obediently stared at the Deadpool in front of her, who was masked, only revealing his eyes.
It must be a woman; she has round eyes and is quite tall.
When the other person met Zhou Yulin's gaze, they were silent for a few seconds before their hand almost immediately reached up to her neck.
The woman's skin was delicate; a light touch left a fingerprint.
Before Zhou Yulin could tighten her grip on her palm, she quickly grabbed her hands with both of her own, weakly and laboriously saying, "She won't let you go." As if regaining her senses, Tao, her eyes filled with murderous intent, released her, but a glaring red finger mark remained on the woman's neck.
Zhou Yulin coughed and gasped for air. After recovering, she leaned against the carriage, somewhat confused as to why the assassin in front of her was so determined to kill her. The murderous intent in his eyes startled her, and before she could react, he grabbed her by the neck.
If the other party is loyal to Yin Xinglu, she should know that killing her at this moment is definitely not a wise choice. Unless, she is not Yin Xinglu's person at all.
Zhou Yulin suddenly remembered that the person who had given her the muscle-relaxing powder earlier was a single-eyelid, not the one in front of her. The trees on both sides rushed past, and the surrounding environment became increasingly secluded, causing a sense of unease to rise in her heart.
"The jade will not fall." Zhou Yulin whispered in her mind.
Perhaps because it was connected to her life, the Jade of Immortality never appeared.
Because it lost all its spiritual power, the Jade of Immortality was restored to its most original version.
Her calls went unanswered. The faster the carriage traveled, the faster Zhou Yulin's heart pounded. Anxiety and panic gripped her, but instinct kept her calm as she considered all possible ways to escape.
As if she had just thought of something, she said to Tao, "I'm hungry."
Tao didn't want to pay attention to her, but she couldn't stand the person's persistent shouting like a leech, so she took a pancake out of her pocket and threw it to Zhou Yulin.
"I don't have the strength." Zhou Yulin glanced at Tao and suggested, "How about you give me the antidote, or—you can feed it to me yourself?"
Of course, it was impossible to feed her. Tao glanced coldly at the ungrateful woman. As if she had thought of something, she carefully poured out some medicine powder from the sachet at her waist and fed it to Zhou Yulin.
A little bit isn't enough to help the other person recover, but a piece of pancake is enough.
Faced with Deadpool's stingy way of feeding her medicine, Zhou Yulin sincerely praised, "With your thrift and diligence, you'll succeed at anything."
"..." Tao didn't look at her, as if she found her noisy.
Zhou Yulin was quite relieved. He silently ate his pancake and, using his wide sleeves, quietly took the blue crystal hanging from his waist with his other hand. With a gentle force, the blue crystal turned into fragments of light and scattered away.
At the same time, the sound of fireworks exploding echoed in the sky.
Blue-green fireworks burst forth under the clear sky, causing many people to turn around and pause.
The Qingyun Sect disciple in his blue and white cross-collar robe put down his bow and arrow. The fortune teller on the street looked at the daytime fireworks, smiled, and packed up his stall. The teahouse owner, who was serving tea to a distinguished guest, looked up and saw that only cold travel money remained on the table.
Inside the carriage, Zhou Yulin stared at the glowing Shaoguang Token in the arms of the Death Servant.
The two looked at each other, both taken aback.
"you……"
Tao was stunned. Fireworks went off above her. Apart from her, the coachman in the carriage was an ordinary person who could not cultivate spiritual power. Therefore, even the most unlikely answer was the only answer.
"Senior Sister Yulin..." Tao murmured.
The spiritual energy fluctuation just now was definitely Zhou Yulin's.
But how could this person in front of me, who has no cultivation, be...?
Zhou Yulin used the last of her strength to cover the other person's mouth and ordered in a low voice, "Proceed according to the original plan, and don't make a sound."
Tao stared in a daze at the beautiful and familiar face before her. Hadn't Senior Sister Yu Lin been dead for three years? The spiritual energy fluctuations of the person before her just now were clearly those of her junior sister!
Zhou Yulin, who had almost been killed by her own people, sat back down, exhausted, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Tao realized what was happening and threw the caution stone out of the carriage.
The familiar spiritual energy fluctuations disappeared, and the man who had been tracking the trail halfway through stood in the middle of the forest, looking at the dead end surrounded by nothing but trees, and fell into deep thought.
*
Gu Ling scratched his head, looking at the letter on the table, unsure of what to do. He slowly guessed, "There are so many scammers these days, could it be..."
"No." Even among the princes and nobles in Chang'an, few dressed so brightly. Above the yellow hem of his robe were the handsome and refined features of the young man. His amber eyes appeared even paler in the light. Chen Muyao always managed to say things that shocked the world with a straight face. "I heard it with my own ears this morning."
Gu Ling was dumbfounded. "You heard everything, why didn't you stop them?!"
Chen Muyao was never one to bother explaining his intentions, but perhaps seeing that this person was indeed somewhat anxious, he still said a few words, "You can stop him for a while, but you can't stop him forever. You have to play the long game. The person behind the scenes is the one you should be wary of."
"You can't use your friends as bait!" Gu Ling practically slammed his fist on the table. "What if something happens to Zhou Yulin?!"
Chen Muyao remained unfazed. "I won't let anything happen to her."
How can you guarantee that?
He looked at the furious Gu Ling. Compared to him, Chen Muyao seemed rather cold and indifferent. "Are you very familiar with her?" he asked with some doubt.
“Of course,” Gu Ling said without hesitation. “I’m very familiar with her.”
“I don’t consider someone I’ve only known for a few months to be close. Even if she’s dead, what does it have to do with you?” Gu Ling’s grip on his clothes tightened, veins bulging on his hands, but the person opposite him continued, “I have no need to make promises to someone who is unimportant.”
Gu Ling's heart sank when he heard this. Thinking back on the past few days, he thought that perhaps all of this was just a dream he had created when he ran away from home. "Fine, fine! I misjudged you, Chen Muyao. If you won't save me, I will."
The stool beside him was empty, and the still-wet ink on the table bore arrogant words. The guards who had been standing by silently stepped forward and said, "Young Master."
“The other party is not friendly. I suspect they are a prominent figure in the capital. According to the Pavilion Master, the young master has already broken the rules by going down the mountain without permission. Now that he is in Chang'an, he should act discreetly to avoid causing trouble.”
"Young Master?"
Chen Muyao was somewhat absent-minded. The young man's refined features always carried a depth that did not belong to his age. He looked up at the bright sunlight outside the window, seemingly ignoring what the guard had just said, "There are still three hours left."
His muttering voice carried a hint of unresolved confusion.
Confused? Many questions swirled in Tao's mind. Hearing Zhou Yulin's words, she clearly had many questions, but they all turned into a firm statement: "I believe you."
Those three words made Zhou Yulin feel as if she had been transported to another world.
She had heard many people in her sect say this to her before. At that time, Zhou Yulin was still young, and not everyone was happy for the growth of a genius. At least, people outside the Xuanling Sect had always been more critical than complimentary of Zhou Yulin. As time went on, Zhou Yulin stopped bothering to explain herself to others.
During an autumn hunt at Guyao Mountain, the eldest senior brother went into seclusion, the second senior brother went down the mountain, and the third senior brother was not allowed to leave by their master. So the responsibility of leading the hunt eventually fell on Zhou Yulin. At that time, the sixteen-year-old girl stood at the head of the line and was ridiculed by many people, who all said that Xuanling Sect had no one to lead the hunt.
She wasn't angry, but her fellow disciples couldn't stand it.
Most people talked about it behind her back, but one person went directly to Zhou Yulin to provoke her. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the aloof and taciturn girl simply said, "You're right, I am unworthy of my position, but it's still better than some people who are both unworthy of their positions and lack virtue."
After she finished speaking, the other person angrily pointed at her fellow disciples behind her, "You all believe her that much?"
A series of neat voices rang out. Zhou Yulin didn't turn around. A sneer came from the corner, "What reason do you people in your twenties who haven't even broken through to the Golden Core stage have not to believe in a sixteen-year-old genius?"
The speaker took a bite of the spiritual fruit, his eyes sweeping over the crowd who had just been provoking and mocking him, his tone quite arrogant, "Anyway, I believe her."
As soon as he finished speaking, his fellow disciples behind him started gossiping.
"Who is this handsome young man, Junior Sister?"
"Yes, yes, this is the person who stood up for you, right? Right, right!"
"That fellow Daoist is quite handsome. Which family does he belong to?"
Under the watchful eyes of his fellow disciples, Zhou Yulin reluctantly introduced, "Xiaobieshan, Chen Muyao, my mortal enemy."
"It's just sarcastic remarks; it doesn't count as standing out."
She added a sentence.
As the memories of her childhood flooded back, Zhou Yulin pulled herself out of them. They had arrived at the brothel. Tao, who was helping her out of the car, introduced the place succinctly, "Yulu Tower is a famous brothel in Chang'an. The madam in charge is named Yu Li. Tonight, she will be auctioning off your virginity here, Senior Sister."
The carriage stopped at the back door of Yulu Tower. Yu Li, who had been eagerly waiting, saw the frail woman being supported by Tao and her eyes lit up. "A stunning beauty, truly a beauty in the making. That temperament, that figure." Yu Li was like a vendor picking vegetables at a market. Right now, she looked at Zhou Yulin as if she had found a fresh and cheap cabbage. She was satisfied no matter how she looked at her.
“We have received Miss Yin’s instructions.” Yu Li instructed the burly man behind her to carry Zhou Yulin, but Tao spoke coldly, “I will support her. Miss’s instructions are for me to supervise the whole process.”
Yu Li's little scheme was exposed, and she chuckled twice, "How should I address you, young lady?"
"Peach."
"So it's Miss Tao. Since you want to come along, then come along. Our Jade Dew Pavilion isn't exactly a private place. Just follow me." Yu Li was a beautiful woman around forty years old, her cunning fox-like eyes crinkling with a smile.
Tao dared not relax and helped Zhou Yulin enter through the back door.
The scent of rouge and face powder wafted towards her, and Tao subconsciously frowned, her discomfort practically written all over her face.
As Zhou Yulin quietly looked around, she indeed saw many of the postures and knowledge from yesterday's book. This place was indeed a good place for the Hehuan Sect to cultivate.
However, Zhou Yulin, whose heart wasn't in this field, just learned about it.
Yu Li was a shrewd person. She could tell that Tao didn't trust her, so she chatted with the man casually. Three or four girls stood in front of the dressing mirror and did Zhou Yulin's makeup.
"Miss Peach, please try this new pastry from Mingyue Tower."
Just as Tao was about to pick up a pastry to enjoy, the door opened.
She looked up at the person who had come.
The pastry just fell to the ground.
Even Yu Li, who was used to seeing beautiful women, blushed a little.
"Wow, looks like tonight's going to be a lively night."
This finally brought Tao back to her senses, who had been staring in disbelief.
This is...too...
Peach couldn't find the word.
If I had to choose one, it would be someone as beautiful as an angel.
It's a kind of beauty that would amaze both men and women.
"Can you dance?"
Yu Li stepped forward with satisfaction and asked with a smile.
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