Chapter 216 Noble Lady from a Clan VS Humble Remnant Slave 18
Jiang Zhiyi glared at him fiercely.
It's all his fault. Now look what's happened; they're both going to get yelled at later.
Wasn't Jiang Changyun still in seclusion? How come he suddenly came out? She hadn't heard a word about him.
This really caught her off guard.
Jiang Qi didn't feel anything was wrong; in fact, he felt that the current situation was even better.
Since they are already in love, they should naturally let everyone know.
Otherwise, he would have to find ways to guard against those disciples of the Floating Cloud Sect with ulterior motives, and also her messy fiancé...
He calmly said, "Let's go out first."
Jiang Zhiyi shook him off and was about to leave when he grabbed her again. She glared at him angrily, "What are you doing!"
"Your hair is a little messy." Jiang Qi carefully straightened the hairpin in her hair.
Jiang Zhiyi reminded him, "Don't talk nonsense to me later. Remember, we have absolutely no relationship."
"Do you think they'll believe us if we say that?" Jiang Qi couldn't help but smile, finding her naive and adorable. "They'll probably think we're trying to cover something up, so... let's just be honest."
"What confession? Shut up!"
Jiang Qi figured she was probably still angry about being discovered earlier; after all, young girls are easily embarrassed and would feel ashamed.
He gently reassured her, "It's alright, I'm here for you. You can push all the problems onto me."
"Hmph." Jiang Zhiyi walked straight out of the palace gate, ignoring him.
Jiang Qi followed behind her.
Jiang Changyun's expression darkened considerably as he looked at the two people who came out one after the other.
You can't tell anything from looking at them like this, but I never expected that the two of them would be so intimate behind the scenes.
"Lin Sheng, take your junior sister to the Study Peak. I need to check her cultivation level later," Jiang Changyun instructed Lin Sheng, who was standing to the side.
"Yes, Master," Lin Sheng replied.
"You—come with me now." Jiang Changyun gestured for Jiang Qi to follow him.
Jiang Zhiyi and Jiang Qi exchanged a glance and had no choice but to do as she was told.
...
On the way to the peak of academic studies.
"Junior sister, you..." Lin Sheng looked troubled.
He regretted that he should have forced them to separate when he first noticed something was wrong with them.
Unfortunately, he was busy with other matters in the sect, and he heard that Feng Qin of the Longevity Sect often visited her and that they got along well, so he stopped paying attention and thought he could deal with it after a while.
Jiang Zhiyi knew they must have misunderstood. "Senior brother, Jiang Qi and I have nothing going on."
"Look into my eyes." Lin Sheng stopped.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhiyi was still a little confused.
Lin Sheng said helplessly, "When you just said that, did you think your senior brother was blind?"
Jiang Zhiyi: "..."
Lin Sheng shook his head and sighed, "Now that Master has found out, just wait and see how he deals with you. Sigh, it's all my fault as your senior brother for not keeping a close eye on you. I need to apologize to him too..."
Jiang Zhiyi simply shut her mouth and stopped talking, kicking the small stones on the road to vent her anger.
Lin Sheng wanted to say something, but seeing her unhappy expression, he remained silent.
...
Inside the council chamber.
Jiang Changyun sat in the main seat. He did not rush to ask about what had just happened. Instead, he used his spiritual power to condense a long sword and thrust it straight at Jiang Qi.
"Test your cultivation level," he said in a deep voice.
Jiang Qi, who had intended to dodge, then launched a full-scale counterattack.
Inside the hall, there was a surge of powerful air currents.
The longsword came with overwhelming force, each strike aimed directly at vital points. Coupled with the powerful pressure released by Jiang Changyun, Jiang Qi was clearly struggling to cope.
He had no chance of defeating Jiang Changyun, even though he was currently fighting against a mere sword being wielded.
Before long, he had many small wounds on his body.
Jiang Changyun slowly finished his cup of tea, then withdrew his spiritual power. "Not bad."
Despite the pain, Jiang Qi respectfully bowed.
Jiang Changyun didn't say anything more. He ordered the servant beside him to leave. Soon, the servant brought in the seven demons and nine slashes, who were bound.
"I was in seclusion, but I received a secret report a couple of days ago that there was unusual activity at the Sunrise Palace, so I came out of seclusion ahead of schedule."
Jiang Changyun looked at him meaningfully.
"These two are remnants of the Rising Sun Palace. What is their relationship with you? Why are they following you?"
"I hope you will explain yourself clearly. If you confess now, I might be able to be lenient with you. But if I find out that you are secretly colluding with the Rising Sun Palace, I will cripple your cultivation and expel you from the Floating Cloud Sect..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qi frowned, not expecting that Jiang Changyun was here today for this very reason.
Now we're truly in a dilemma.
He confessed that the Floating Cloud Sect could not tolerate him.
Since he wasn't being honest, Jiang Changyun must have come prepared and probably already knew a lot about the situation...
"Speak." Jiang Changyun lost patience when he saw that he didn't respond.
The long sword hovered above Jiang Qi's head, poised to strike.
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