"Qinghui, follow me and I will make the arrangements." After discussing the specific matters, Dong Shuangyu gestured to Yue Qinghui, indicating that he should follow behind him.
Yue Qinghui stood up wordlessly and followed Dong Shuangyu out of the tent. After they had walked a considerable distance, he hesitated and said, "Even though I haven't dealt with him much, I know Han Qianling is a man who remains unmoved by anything. Back then, the brothers joked that Jiujiang was Qianling's first port of call. It's sheer wishful thinking to simply remove him from Jiujiang... Is that Dao Source Qi you're talking about going anywhere?"
Dong Shuangyu tucked his hands into his sleeves, his eyes not even flickering when he heard this: "Qinghui, you still don't know what Daoyuan means."
"..." Yue Qinghui touched the tip of his nose in disappointment: "Of course, Shuangyu, you are always right."
"But a mere wisp of Dao Source Qi is certainly not something the Han Palace Master would consider worthy." Dong Shuangyu panted playfully. He ignored Yue Qinghui's suddenly dazed expression and continued to stroll forward leisurely. "So, at this point, we need to use something else."
Yue Qinghui was stunned and said, "For example, a group of strange beasts stained with the energy of the source of Tao?"
"..." Dong Shuangyu turned around and stared at Yue Qinghui silently, frowning slightly. He blamed himself and said, "It's my fault. I won't let you see the Xuanwu Envoy again in the future."
Yue Qinghui: “…”
Xuanwu may feel a little wronged.
"I'm going to use this." Dong Shuangyu finally parted his sleeves and showed Yue Qinghui the creature he held in his palm. The creature struggled incessantly within Dong Shuangyu's grip, its hind legs pawing repeatedly. However, Dong Shuangyu only needed to tilt his wrist slightly to make it miss.
Yue Qinghui looked all over the little beast, which was no bigger than his palm, and still thought it was just an ordinary wind-riding rabbit.
Aside from its five limbs, this rabbit was no different from any other rabbit monster outside the Holy Land. The one held in Dong Shuangyu's hand looked even more ordinary. If Dong Shuangyu had let it go and let it return to its own group, Yue Qinghui wouldn't have been sure he could have picked it out.
"Is it... is there anything special about it?"
Dong Shuangyu's fingers, squeezed into the furry rabbit skin, moved slightly, exposing its throat and chest, and asked calmly, "What now?"
"Strange." Yue Qinghui smacked his lips. "This rabbit has beads on its chest."
"You can only tell it's inlaid with beads?" Dong Shuangyu looked up at him.
If Dong Shuangyu said so, there must be some connection that he had not seen. However, Yue Qinghui read it over and over again, but still found nothing.
"One earring is stuck in the rabbit's shallow skin, so it's hard to tell what's inside." He said frankly, "Shuangyu, please tell me about it."
Hearing his dejected and cowardly declaration, Dong Shuangyu actually smiled in response.
"It seems you weren't very familiar with the girls back in the old days of Qidao. This pearl is the Painted Moon Pearl, a specialty of Qidao's Blue Sea. It has a nice name, but its quality is probably poor. It wouldn't even be good enough to be exported to the outside world for trade. But it's still good enough for a Qidao girl to make into a bracelet or a necklace."
Yue Qinghui seemed to be thinking: "Things from our Seven Islands?"
"Hmm. Look at these earrings, they're quite unusual too. They're made with a clam-inlaid, embroidered style, a style that was popular about twenty years ago."
"So, someone from the Seven Islands has been here before? Eighteen years ago, when the holy land was open for business?"
Dong Shuangyu nodded, indicating that he was right. "Before this mission, I looked up the White Tiger Realm's records of talented individuals from various realms who had entered the Holy Land over the years. Among them was a female disciple who had been promoted from the Clouded Leopard Realm to the White Tiger Sect, and later obtained a place in the Holy Land... Her name was Chen Shuhong."
"Chen Shuhong?" Yue Qinghui racked his brains but couldn't find any clues. "No, I can't remember. I don't think I know this girl."
Haven't you come around yet? Still calling her "girl"? She was a disciple who entered the Holy Land eighteen years ago, so calling her "Auntie" is enough. Dong Shuangyu silently glanced at Yue Qinghui and shook her head in amusement.
He kept walking, but Yue Qinghui stopped for a while before catching up, muttering softly, "Wait for me, Shuangyu, so who is this Miss Chen?"
"You don't need to know who she is," Dong Shuangyu said softly, "You just need to know that if I throw this rabbit out and fail to lure Palace Master Han away, then this Miss Chen will be completely nobody from now on."
His face, as white as mutton-fat jade, showed a hint of tenderness at that moment, but the words he spoke were like a biting cold wind, making people shiver subconsciously.
He didn't give any warning, but it was enough to make everyone realize that they shouldn't continue to dwell on this issue.
"...Shuangyu, I haven't asked you yet." Yue Qinghui couldn't help but stop once again. "That Ni Kui, you spent so much effort, looking up the records of the Holy Land disciples over the years, catching this rabbit, and even planning things for him. Why did you help him so much?"
Dong Shuangyu stared at Yue Qinghui for a long moment, until he seemed almost bewildered under his gaze. He then slowly replied, "Your choice of words is inaccurate, Qinghui. I don't have a second opinion in the world. You know, I've only ever helped you, and I don't care about anyone else."
“…”
"I have no intention of helping him. As for the Black Tortoise's wishful thinking, it has nothing to do with me." Dong Shuangyu half-closed her eyelashes. "I just have something I want to confirm with the Palace Master Han, so I need him."
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