Chapter 21 Immortal Lord 021%
Qu Yaoyao was awakened by a nightmare.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a ceiling made of ice crystal gauze. She sat up in a daze and found herself lying on a bare ice jade bed. The jade bed was cold and hard, and was covered by white curtains on all sides, and it was very cold.
Where is this?
Qu Yaoyao supported herself with her arms and sat up. If she hadn't had the essence of the cold lotus hidden in her body, she would have frozen to death by now.
After opening the white curtain, Qu Yaoyao rubbed her arms and ran out quickly. The room outside the tent was not built by Han Bing. Although there were white curtains everywhere, the room was spacious with gold and jade inlaid walls, like an empty hall.
Qu Yaoyao didn't know that she had returned to Wangxu again. She had never been to Xie Qingxun's bedroom, nor had she imagined that the bedroom of an immortal would be in such a state. She carefully lifted the curtains one by one to explore the way for herself.
"Is anyone there?" After lifting another thin curtain, Qu Yaoyao felt like she was in the outer hall.
The outer hall was much more extensive than the inner chamber. While the furniture was complete, it contained numerous small items, and even the thin curtains were much smaller. In front of the carved, thick jade screen in the center stood an ice crystal lotus pedestal. Qu Yaoyao recognized it as a magical instrument only wielded by high-level cultivators, and the lotus pedestal before her was definitely not an ordinary item.
…She vaguely guessed where this place was.
Qu Yaoyao recalled the memories before she fell asleep, and her heart sank.
Not in the mood to continue admiring the palace, she walked around the screen and tried to push the door open to go out. However, just as her body passed the screen, the doors and windows in front of her suddenly disappeared, turning into white curtains blocking the way.
What is going on? !
Qu Yaoyao opened the white curtains and ran out, only to find herself back in the inner room. Unconvinced, she tried to open the curtains again. As she returned to the outer hall, she saw the door again, but she disappeared through the screen door again...
"What kind of illusion is this?" After running back and forth several times, Qu Yaoyao was out of breath.
Realizing that the room had been tampered with, she stretched out two fingers to gather her spiritual energy, attempting to break the magic circle. However, as soon as she activated her Dantian, she suddenly felt her spiritual energy, which should have been abundant and vigorous, begin to deplete.
"How could this happen..." Qu Yaoyao didn't know that this was the effect of Longquan fading. Once the Longquan spiritual power in her body completely disappeared, the cultivation level she had worked so hard to cultivate would be greatly regressed because of it.
I can't care about that right now.
"Break!" With the talisman paper given to her by Qu Yushu, Qu Yaoyao forced herself to cast a breaking spell and threw it towards the door in front.
She watched as the talisman paper floated over the screen and crashed into the light blue barrier. However, before it could take effect, the talisman paper quickly burned to ashes and was swallowed by the barrier without leaving even a residue.
Qu Yaoyao stomped her feet, trying to call for help from Chong'an, but the pendant was dim and did not respond. She had no choice but to find another way out and walked towards the north direction which she had never been to.
This time she did not return to the inner room.
After opening the white tent, Qu Yaoyao stuck her head in and heard the sound of water. It was very humid here. Qu Yaoyao sniffed hard and seemed to smell a faint incense.
This seems to be a bathroom with a large bathtub.
Qu Yaoyao walked for a long time, lifting the curtain, but she still couldn't reach the end of the bathing pool. She was confused by the place where there was a thin gauze every three steps and a white curtain every five steps. She started by walking slowly and then walked quickly, and finally ran around in the tent like a headless fly, sweating in the middle of winter.
She's not leaving!
Covering the wound on her shoulder, Qu Yaoyao stopped and gasped for breath, feeling like she was being teased.
In a fit of rage, she once again activated her magic, forming a wind gesture and slapping the curtains, "Roll them all up to the roof!"
Wow——
The wind blew, and the layers of white curtains fluttered and rolled up into the sky. Without the obstruction of these curtains, Qu Yaoyao finally saw the whole picture of the bathroom. However, her smile did not last, and her pupils widened, suddenly realizing that there was someone in the bathtub.
To be precise, the man had already stood up from the bathtub and was walking up the water steps before the white curtain floated up. He was completely naked, without any covering.
Drip, tap, there is the sound of water drops falling to the ground.
The person standing in the pool was none other than Xie Qingxun. He saw everything Qu Yaoyao had done just now in the bathroom. When he learned that she had broken into the bathroom, he deliberately used some magic to prevent her from coming out, but he didn't expect Qu Yaoyao to use the Wind Technique.
"Have you seen enough?" Xie Qingxun paused halfway up the water steps, staring at Qu Yaoyao expressionlessly, with water droplets running down his chin and into his neck.
He was naked, his black hair was wet and draped behind him, his shoulders were broad, his waist was narrow, and his long legs took half a step. Coupled with his delicate and handsome face after bathing, it gave people a strong visual impact.
Qu Yaoyao was still a little dazed. She did not cover her eyes in panic because of Xie Qingxun's cold tone. She blinked and continued to stare at Xie Qingxun.
She didn't even know she was being taken advantage of, so how could she feel ashamed after seeing a man's body? She didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior. Qu Yaoyao still remembered Xie Qingxun's lie to her, so she replied confidently, "No."
"No, yes?" Xie Qingxun's eyelids twitched. He really didn't know where she got the courage to say this.
Seeing that she was not about to look away, Xie Qingxun pinched his finger bones and said coldly: "You can continue to look."
Just see how many pairs of eyes she has for him to dig out.
Qu Yaoyao seemed not to hear Xie Qingxun's threat, and continued to watch with her eyelashes blinking.
It wasn't that she was a hooligan, but rather that a flower didn't know much about the differences between men and women. She was simply curious, and Xie Qingxun's body was different from hers. Her gaze drifted from his face to his collarbone, then down his chest. Qu Yaoyao's gaze was open and unconcealed, as if she wanted to admire his body from head to toe.
That's enough.
Xie Qingxun was almost driven to murderous aura by Qu Yaoyao's gaze. In his eyes, his body was nothing more than a skin bag carrying a soul. He didn't care much whether he would be seen naked by others, but that didn't mean he was willing to let a little girl stare at him naked.
As he walked up the stairs, under Qu Yaoyao's increasingly presumptuous gaze, Xie Qingxun could no longer bear it and grabbed his outer robe and smashed it directly on her face.
"Hmm..." Qu Yaoyao's vision went dark. When she pulled her clothes aside to look again, Xie Qingxun had already gone ashore and put on a thin coat, leaving only a ruthless back facing her.
She was so stingy. When he pulled open her collar and touched her neck, she didn't even hide. Now she can't even look at him without being touched.
Qu Yaoyao pursed her lips with some dissatisfaction. Xie Qingxun turned his head and saw her. He pulled back his outer robe from the air, and slowly put it on his shoulders and put it on. Qu Yaoyao staggered forward a few steps, which affected the injury on her shoulder.
Wow——
Qu Yaoyao's wind technique suddenly stopped.
Layer upon layer of curtains fell, and the view on the opposite side became blurred, but this did not mean that Qu Yaoyao could not see anything. Through several layers of gauze, she saw Xie Qingxun walking towards her.
Run!
This was Qu Yaoyao's first subconscious reaction.
But before she could run a few steps, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, causing her to retreat uncontrollably.
"Why are you running?" a cool voice came from above. Xie Qingxun pulled the person who was trying to escape into his arms, looked at her with lowered eyelashes and said, "Don't you want to continue watching?"
Qu Yaoyao grabbed Xie Qingxun's sleeve in a panic, and looked up at him when she heard him say, "How can I see you when you're wearing your clothes?"
So it seems he shouldn't wear clothes? Xie Qingxun was so angry that he laughed.
If she wasn't still useful, he would have strangled her to death earlier. She wouldn't have had the time to talk back. After teleporting out of the bathroom, Xie Qingxun led his men to the outer hall, pushed the man to the ground, and warned him coldly, "Behave yourself."
With a wave of his long sleeve, the lotus seat in the center vanished, transforming into a phoenix-shaped golden chair. Its ostentatious appearance was at odds with the overall style of the bedroom. Leaning lazily on it, Xie Qingxun pressed his forehead and said, "Yesterday, the Medicine King Sect came knocking on my door, and it was I who saved you. Qu Yaoyao, do you know why?"
Knowing how powerful Qingxi Immortal Venerable was, Qu Yaoyao gave up the idea of escaping. She sat on the ground without saying a word and refused to look up at anyone.
Xie Qingxun sneered and asked directly, "Where exactly is my Cold Pond Snow Lotus?"
These words made Qu Yaoyao react. Her eyelashes trembled. She didn't know why Xie Qingxun brought up the matter of Xuelian again. She pursed her lips and still refused to speak.
But keeping silent wasn't the way to fight back. He could ignore Xie Qingxun's other affairs, but he had to get to the bottom of the Xuelian matter. He didn't have time to waste with her. A broken jade fan appeared out of thin air in Xie Qingxun's hand, and he pressed it against Qu Yaoyao's chin.
"Qu Yaoyao, I'm talking to you."
The jade fracture fan is not really a fan, its body is actually a sword, so even the fan body is extremely sharp.
Xie Qingxun deliberately used some force, so Qu Yaoyao's chin was quickly scratched by the folding fan. She looked up in pain, met Xie Qingxun's cold and gloomy gaze, and couldn't help but shrink her shoulders.
"I, I don't know..."
Qu Yaoyao wanted to say she didn't know, but before she could finish her words, she felt the sting on her jaw grow even worse. The man who had just been joking and indifferent with her now had a gloomy expression, his cold eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Do you really think I won't kill you?" Xie Qingxun leaned over and approached Qu Yaoyao, pressing his other hand on the back of Qu Yaoyao's neck.
The distance between them closed, and Xie Qingxun could smell the lotus fragrance emanating from her blood. He whispered in her ear, "My patience is actually very poor. I allowed you to stay until today purely for my flowers."
"Do you remember the Hell Hand you saw in the snow that day?"
Xie Qingxun lowered his voice and said, "Those things actually like to crawl into people's bodies, pierce your skin and flesh with their sharp nails, and then crawl out of your body."
"They might burst through your belly, crawl down your throat, and sometimes even crawl out of your eyes and into your mouth. But you know what's the cutest thing about them?"
The voice became softer and softer. Xie Qingxun half hugged Qu Yaoyao and whispered like a lover, "No matter how they torture you, they will not let you die."
"Yaoyao, do you want to try it?"
Qu Yaoyao's body was shaking.
Xie Qingxun smiled, satisfied with the result. He touched her hair as if giving alms and said in a gentle voice, "If you are obedient, I will let you live."
He asked, "Is my snow lotus in your hands?"
Qu Yaoyao was indeed frightened. Her face turned pale as Xie Qingxun held her in his arms. She lost her composure for a moment and obediently told the truth: "...Yes."
"Where is it?"
Qu Yaoyao opened her mouth but couldn't answer. Xie Qingxun didn't push her. He swept his fan across the ground, and a black skeleton hand crawled out. Qu Yaoyao was so scared that she hid in his arms and cried, "Don't do this to me..."
She is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of living a life worse than death.
When Qu Yaoyao was a Snow Lotus, she was nearly eaten by this evil spirit. The appearance of this devilish hand reminded her of the dream she had just had. She choked up and said, "Little Snow Lotus is dead. Can you please let it go?"
She didn't understand, "You obviously don't like it, why do you have to find it."
Xie Qingxun frowned, his focus on the first half of Qu Yaoyao's sentence, "What does death mean?"
It means you killed him with your own hands.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't stand it anymore. She had no way out of hiding it now. She couldn't think of any excuse to hide the lotus fragrance in her blood. She didn't want to lie, but she made up too many lies to survive. Under Xie Qingxun's constant questioning, her psychological defenses collapsed.
"I..." Qu Yaoyao risked her life.
She wanted to say that she was the snow lotus in the cold pond, the snow lotus that he had killed with his own hands but now regretted and was pursuing. She also wanted to ask him what he thought of her, and whether he had protected her for thousands of years out of love or for some other purpose.
[Yaoyao!] Before Qu Yaoyao could finish her words, she heard Chong'an's harsh voice in her ears.
No longer as gentle as before, Chong'an stopped her sternly, "You can't tell him your identity."
But if she doesn't tell him, how can she cover up her lie?
Chong'an's appearance was like a reassurance for Qu Yaoyao, giving her flustered heart a sense of belonging. Under Xie Qingxun's gaze, Qu Yaoyao sniffed, lowered her head, and tried to find an excuse for herself, "Dead is dead."
"Can I eat it?"
"Eat?" Xie Qingxun repeated word by word.
It's not that he hadn't considered this outcome, but he just didn't believe Qu Yaoyao would be so bold. Now that he heard her admit it herself, he no longer showed any mercy. He immediately gathered his five fingers together and activated his spiritual power, trying to force the snow lotus out of Qu Yaoyao's body.
"Ah..." Qu Yaoyao felt a tearing pain.
At this moment, she really wanted to thank Chong'an. If Chong'an had not helped her temper her body and integrate the essence of the snow lotus, her snow lotus body would have been sucked out alive by Xie Qingxun.
Because of this, Xie Qingxun is now unable to obtain the origin of the snow lotus that he wants. Taking it by force will only make Qu Yaoyao's soul fly away. If she dies, the snow lotus will be gone.
"Did you really eat the snow lotus?" Seeing Qu Yaoyao's breathing began to weaken, Xie Qingxun let go.
Qu Yaoyao fell softly to the ground, and Xie Qingxun held her up. She was forced into his arms, coughed a few times, and asked, "What else?"
"Could it be that the lotus fragrance in my blood is really innate?"
Xie Qingxun's expression was uncertain as he stared at Qu Yaoyao's face. He suddenly asked, "Are you the snow lotus?"
Qu Yaoyao opened her eyes wide, thinking she had misheard, "What did you say?"
Xie Qingxun said, "You lied to me that your sister stole the snow lotus, but now it appears in your body. Didn't you say you had a close relationship with your sister? Why were you not worried at all after your sister disappeared? You even never looked for her whereabouts."
Qu Yaoyao was flustered, "I lied to you, actually I have nothing to do with her."
"Really?" Xie Qingxun pinched her face, tracing her features inch by inch and said, "Then why is it that your face looks more and more like hers?"
Not only do they look alike, but their personalities are also very different. Even if a person loses his memory, his nature will not change. But the Qu Yaoyao in front of him is like a completely different person.
"The shell I see now, is it Qu Yaoyao or the sister you mentioned?" Or perhaps even this sister was fabricated out of thin air, but his little snow lotus.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't stand it anymore.
In the past, she thought Xie Qingxun was lying, but that was because Xie Qingxun was too lazy to bother with her. If he really wanted to pursue something, he would block all of Qu Yaoyao's escape routes. Apart from telling the truth, Qu Yaoyao had almost nothing to say.
After Xie Qingxun said this, if Qu Yaoyao still denied it, she would be really stupid.
Under Chong'an's guidance, she closed her eyes and admitted, "Yes, the real Qu Yaoyao is dead. I am the sister who stole Xuelian. You killed me, and I was reborn in this body. Because I swallowed the snow lotus, my blood has the lotus fragrance."
“But I’m not Snow Lotus.”
"How can a flower transform?"
Qu Yaoyao insisted that she was not Xuelian, but the unknown illegitimate daughter of Xingyang Sect. She didn't know why Chong'an didn't allow her to admit it, but she had to listen to him.
Xie Qingxun didn't ask any more questions, but instead asked another question: "How did you escape from the underground palace?"
Qu Yaoyao: "I didn't run away. When I woke up, I was already in the underworld. At first I thought you had left me there."
After that, Xie Qingxun asked a few more questions, and Qu Yaoyao answered them all obediently.
At this moment, there were several knocks on the door, and Gu Tianci's voice came from outside: "Master, Hua Tianhai has come with other sect leaders and elders. They demand that Master hand over Qu Yaoyao."
With a hint of anxiety, he paused and said, "...Zi Cang Xianzun is here too."
Xie Qingxun narrowed his eyes slightly and stood up from the golden chair.
As he stood up, Qu Yaoyao lost her support and fell to the ground, using her arms to support herself. Now she could speak the truth openly, "It was you who killed Hua Song, but you put the blame on me."
"Xie Qingxun." Qu Yaoyao called him by this name for the first time. "Even if you hand me over, I won't take the blame for you."
Xie Qingxun lowered his eyes and glanced at her, "I won't hand you over."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned. "What did you say?"
Xie Qingxun didn't say anything else.
It was a joke. He had been strategizing for years, doing everything with ruthless determination and without regret, but he had stumbled over the matter of Qu Yaoyao. Just as he had been so determined to let Qu Yaoyao take the blame, it was just as difficult to save her life now. But no matter how difficult it was, he had to save her.
It's time to meet those old guys.
Xie Qingxun put away the jade fan and before pushing the door open to leave, he suddenly stopped and asked again, "Was it Chong'an or Chongnan that you called out that day?"
The author has something to say: Xiao Xie: You have to deal with the consequences of your own actions.
Yaoyao: OwO, just wait and see you get beaten.
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