Turning back the time to the time when Luo Jiujiang and Yin Bansi were fighting, looking at the decision result on the top of Cuiwei Peak, a masked girl in aqua blue clothes silently squeezed out from the microscopic Yaofeng disciples.
She had a steady demeanor, her expression calm and composed. Even as the direct cause of this duel, she showed no sign of irritation after seeing the unexpected outcome. Instead, she seemed to have let go of a heavy burden, even her steps lightened.
Returning to his residence on Yaofeng Mountain, Qin Xin took out a letter he had written earlier from a secret compartment in the bookshelf and placed it alone in a flat, plain wooden box.
She sat down in front of the dressing table, holding the long box, her bare hands stroking it for a moment, as if letting go of the last bit of attachment. Facing the bright bronze mirror, she untied the white veil covering her head, revealing a face covered in scars.
There were at least a dozen sword scars crisscrossing across that pretty face. The wounds looked fresh, and some of them hadn't healed completely yet, with dry edges revealing the dark pink muscles underneath, ruining the girl's beautiful face horribly.
Most women pay attention to their appearance, but when facing the face reflected in the mirror, Qin Xin is not only calm, but even relieved.
She slowly pulled out the dagger she had placed against her skin for self-defense. She held the sharp weapon, which could cut through anything, in front of her eyes and stared at it for a long time before she made up her mind and swung it downwards with all her strength.
A few drops of blood splattered in the air, and the cold green blade suddenly turned red, bright and dazzling.
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"Senior Sister?" Hong Yao looked hesitantly at Qin Xin, whose face was covered with white gauze. Even though she was not a very sensitive person, she could vaguely feel that something was wrong with the other party.
Qin Xin nodded in response and stuffed the mahogany box into Hong Yao's hand: "Don't open it. When the Peak Master comes back, you will give this to him. Then you can go into seclusion and don't come out for at least a year or two."
"Okay, but why..." Hong Yao frowned and hesitated, "And why did you use ventriloquism, and why did you cover your face..."
"Senior Sister has done something wrong and is simply too embarrassed to face anyone anymore," Qin Xin said calmly. She didn't seem to care much about Hong Yao's specific response. After receiving Hong Yao's promise to hand the wooden box to the Peak Master and to practice seclusion, she looked as if she had accomplished a mission.
"Senior sister is leaving, you have to take care of yourself." Qin Xin put her hand on Hong Yao's shoulder and paused for a moment, then decisively pulled her hand away. Before leaving, she brushed her shoulder lightly with her junior sister's red shirt.
That was the last time Hongyao saw Senior Sister Qin.
She was a bit dull and insensitive, and for a long time she couldn't figure out what had happened on the peak. She only knew that the box looked incredibly familiar. She handed it to the Peak Master, who had initially opened the envelope and casually perused it. After reading just three lines, his expression darkened, and he half-opened the box before closing it again.
He asked Hongyao to go down, saying that he had something important to do.
Hongyao nodded in agreement, and when she retreated, she suddenly remembered why the mahogany box looked familiar - it was something she had given to Senior Sister Qin in the past, but it had been so long that she herself could hardly remember it.
Later, she asked the Peak Master for the box again, and he said he would return it to her once it was clean. Hongyao waited a long time before finally receiving the ordinary mahogany long box. She opened the inner layer and found a dark black stain deep into the wood, like a piece of old blood that could not be washed away.
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Qin Xin's letter was very short, and Yin Bandi finished reading it in less than an incense stick.
The letter detailed the cause and process of her false accusation against Luo Jiujiang. He was so gloomy reading it that his brows furrowed when he read half of it - Luo Jiujiang could make the flower in his palm bloom halfway. He didn't particularly believe that the other party would tease women. Instead, he felt that it was more of a resentment between Qin Xin and Luo Jiujiang's lover.
He didn't know that Qin Xin came to him to cry and kept this secret in mind. She should have told him the moment she was forced to do so.
However, things have come to this point, and there is no point in saying more. The letter ends with, "I know I have committed a grave error, and I cannot face others again. Fortunately, both Young Master Luo and the Peak Master are unharmed, which gives me some peace of mind. I have spoken carelessly, and I will take this as a warning today. I will expel myself from the peak and accept corporal punishment as a warning to others."
Yin Bansi understood this female disciple of his peak and knew that she was particularly gentle but strong-willed. Now that he saw the resolute tone in the letter, he had a premonition in his heart.
He opened the interlayer of the wooden box, lifted it halfway up to vaguely see the outline of the object, and then quickly closed it again.
That one glance was enough for Yin Bansi, who had rich medical experience, to determine its origin, not to mention the bloody smell that hit him in the face. Fortunately, Hong Yao, who delivered the thing to him, was a silly girl, so she didn't notice anything.
After casually sending Hongyao away with a few words, Yin Bansi finally reopened the box. A faint smell of rust lingered in his nose, and before him was what was clearly a section of a woman's tongue.
Three breaths later, Yin Bansi stood up and put the box away, then picked up a porcelain vase that was shining with an ominous ink color, and smiled coldly in the empty study.
Having had a feud with Luo Jiujiang, he threatened to use the female disciples in his peak as his knives. Could it be that the guy named Qiu Changyun wanted to get away with it?
He hadn't gotten angry for a long time, and some people had forgotten his ability to use medicine to make people want to live but not die.
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