Chapter 29 Immortal Lord 029%
“…”
Xingyang Sect leader Qu Yingsi has come out of seclusion.
When she emerged from the cave in the back mountain, Qu Yaoyao was chasing after Qu Yushu in the sect. Her elaborate, floor-length skirt tripped her several times. She ran after him, panting, "Brother, wait for me."
"Can't you think about it for a moment?"
"I really don't want to marry Xie Qingxun."
She chased him as she spoke, looking pitiful, completely unaware of the absurdity of her words. Seeing that Qu Yushu refused to pay attention to her, she relented and said, "Otherwise, brother, just find someone to marry me."
It doesn't matter who it is, it's better than Xie Qingxun.
As he spoke, Qu Yushu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.
He stopped so abruptly that Qu Yaoyao was caught off guard and bumped into his back. She didn't care about the pain in her nose. She thought Qu Yushu had been persuaded by her words, so she grabbed his clothes and said happily, "Brother agrees..."
Snap——
Before he could finish his words, a crisp sound suddenly came from the front.
Qu Yaoyao's words were interrupted, and she felt Qu Yushu's body become tense. She looked behind him to find the sound and saw a very young woman standing in front of them.
The woman was wearing a vintage pink dress, adorned with numerous jewels. Her style felt very familiar to Qu Yaoyao. Heavy makeup obscured her features. She stared coldly at Qu Yushu. Facing Qu Yaoyao's curious gaze, she raised her hand and slapped him again.
Snap——
The excessive force caused a loud noise, causing Qu Yushu to tilt his head slightly.
He just stood there in front of the woman, motionless, listening to her pointing at his nose and scolding him, "Is this how you take care of your sister when I'm away?"
Qu Yaoyao was startled. Only then did she realize that the crisp sound had just come from a woman's slap. When she saw her hand raised to hit Qu Yushu again, she hurriedly stepped forward to protect her brother, "Don't hit him."
She pounced on Qu Yushu, and since she was not tall enough, she used her hands to block his face.
The woman seemed stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Yaoyao! What are you doing?"
She knew Qu Yaoyao, but Qu Yaoyao didn't recognize her. Fortunately, Yunzhi arrived in time. She ran until she was sweating. When she saw the woman in pink clothes, she was so scared that her face turned pale and she knelt anxiously, "Your servant Yunzhi, kowtow to the sect master."
"Yunzhi respectfully welcomes the Sect Master out of seclusion."
The woman in pink clothes in front of you is the leader of Xingyang Sect, Qu Yingsi.
Qu Yingsi is not an easy person to get along with. She is the only female leader among the six major sects of the Wanmen Xian Sect. She is a senior sister of the head of the main sect. Not only is she of a higher generation, but she also has profound cultivation and a changeable temperament.
As a mother of three children, the reason why she can maintain her youthful appearance is that she has practiced a long-lost anti-aging technique. It is also for this reason that she has been in seclusion for many years and rarely comes out. This time she came out of seclusion for the marriage of her youngest daughter.
"What on earth is going on?" It had been several years since she last came out of confinement.
In the past few years, she had handed over most of the clan affairs to Qu Yushu, focusing solely on maintaining her beauty. Qu Yingsi had calculated a date to come out of seclusion, but upon emerging, she learned from a close confidant that something had happened to her youngest daughter.
"You are such a loser! How could I have such a useless son like you!" After learning what happened from Yunzhi, Qu Yingsi knew that these things had little to do with Qu Yushu, but still punished him severely.
She said with disgust, "Go to the ancestral hall and kneel there. You are not allowed to come out until you have knelt for seven days."
"As you wish, son." Qu Yushu behaved very calmly, or rather, he had never made a single statement in defense of Qu Yingsi's accusations since she came out of confinement.
Qu Yaoyao was anxious and wanted to plead for Qu Yushu, but Yunzhi secretly pulled her back. Yunzhi shook her head and whispered, "The Sect Master's orders will not be changed. If you plead for mercy at this time, you will only harm the Young Sect Master."
Qu Yaoyao didn't dare to say anything. After all, she was not the real Qu Yaoyao. She bit her lip and looked at Qu Yingsi a few times, feeling a little scared from the bottom of her heart.
"Yaoyao." After returning to the room, Qu Yingsi changed into a more eye-catching orange dress and inserted six hairpins in a row into her bun.
Looking at her little daughter with a smile, she seemed not to notice Qu Yaoyao's fear. She waved and called her to her, saying with pity, "My little Yaoyao has suffered."
Compared with her attitude towards Qu Yushu, Qu Yingsi seemed like a different person when facing Qu Yaoyao. She kept patting Qu Yaoyao's hands. She sighed and touched Qu Yaoyao's face. At the end, she couldn't help but praise: "I haven't seen you for several years. Yaoyao has become more beautiful again."
"You will be getting married in a dozen days. Don't worry, Yaoyao, I will marry you off in a grand manner." This was also one of the purposes of her coming out of seclusion this time.
Qu Yaoyao was forced to stay in Qu Yingsi's room for dinner. Due to her "amnesia", she was cautious and didn't dare to say much in front of Qu Yingsi. Most of the time, she just listened to Qu Yingsi. After Qu Yingsi learned that she had amnesia, she was very tolerant of her.
When talking about marriage again, Qu Yingsi took out a thick paper notebook and counted the amount of dowry she had prepared for her.
Qu Yaoyao didn't understand what was going on. She stuffed two sweet balls into her mouth, and after swallowing them with her cheeks puffed up, she mustered up the courage to weakly call out, "Mother..."
"What's wrong?" Qu Yingsi looked at her gently.
From Yunzhi, Qu Yaoyao learned about the original owner's mother's power. Seeing that Yunzhi doted on her little daughter, she tentatively asked, "Can I not marry Qingxi Immortal Venerable?"
After Qu Yaoyao finished speaking, she looked at her nervously.
She thought Qu Yingsi would frown and scold her, and she also expected her to hesitate and say that she would try to help her solve the problem. However, she never expected that Qu Yingsi would remain silent when she heard this, and the smile on her face disappeared bit by bit.
The room became quiet, with only Qu Yaoyao's nervous breathing remaining. She was sensitive enough to notice that Qu Yingsi seemed angry, and she wanted to speak up to make amends: "I..."
"Nonsense!" Qu Yingsi suddenly shouted.
Just now, she smiled so tenderly at Qu Yaoyao, but now her expression changed to something terrifying. With a sullen face, she scolded, "How can you refuse to marry the marriage contract personally granted by the Emperor?"
"Yaoyao, you begged me to help you find a solution back then. I finally managed to convince Pei Ziyi to help us. Now you're regretting it. Where does that leave Immortal Zi Cang? Have you ever thought about my situation?"
Qu Yaoyao's face turned pale after being scolded, and she twirled her fingers helplessly.
"I, I was wrong."
She quickly admitted her mistake, "I won't regret it. I will marry Qingxi Immortal Venerable obediently. Mother, please don't be angry."
Even when facing Xie Qingxun, Qu Yaoyao had never been so scared. Seeing Qu Yingsi still looking at her with a gloomy face, she couldn't help but think of how cruelly she had just hit Qu Yushu, and she was really afraid that Qu Yingsi would suddenly slap her.
"Mom..." Qu Yaoyao was almost scared to tears.
When she saw Qu Yingsi raise her hand, she subconsciously covered her face and said, "Don't hit me."
Qu Yingsi was stunned, and like the sunshine that suddenly appeared after a rainstorm, Qu Yingsi's hand fell on Qu Yaoyao's head.
"Silly child." Qu Yingsi pulled Qu Yaoyao's hand down and gently helped her tidy up her hair. Her voice returned to its previous gentle and easygoing tone. "You are my most beloved child. How could I bear to hit you?"
"Come, come here and let Mommy see you, but you're scared."
Qu Yingsi's mood changed so quickly that Qu Yaoyao was stunned. She was forced into her arms. Qu Yaoyao froze and dared not move. She heard Qu Yingsi coaxing her, "Don't blame your mother for being mean to you just now. You've grown up now. You need to know the importance of certain things. You can't be so willful like before."
Qu Yaoyao nodded.
Qu Yingsi added, "Ever since the Myriad Laws Emperor retreated from the world, half of the cultivation world has belonged to the Immortal Qingxi. With a status like his, I wonder how many girls would be desperate to marry him. Yaoyao, you must cherish him."
Qu Yaoyao didn't dare to say no and could only continue nodding.
Seeing Qu Yaoyao behave well, Qu Yingsi's expression softened as she picked up a comb to help her comb her hair. After a moment, she asked, "Does Yaoyao really dislike Qingxi Immortal Venerable anymore?"
"No...I don't like it anymore." Qu Yaoyao hesitated for a moment before replying.
Qu Yingsi's expression was normal. She hummed and said casually, "That's fine."
What's good?
Qu Yaoyao thought her words were a little strange, and waited for a moment but she didn't continue the topic. An Jing helped Qu Yaoyao comb her hair for a while. Qu Yingsi seemed a little tired, patted her daughter's shoulder and said, "Okay, go back."
"Mom is a little tired."
Qu Yaoyao couldn't wait to leave.
Suppressing her anxiety, she stood up and respectfully saluted Qu Yingsi, "Then mother, have a good rest. Yaoyao will go back first."
"Well, let's go."
It was already night, and the light in the room was dim and not very bright.
As Qu Yaoyao pushed the door open and left, Qu Yingsi used her golden hairpin to poke the candle wick. In the flickering flame, she suddenly called out, "Yaoyao."
Qu Yaoyao had already stepped out of the door, her back straight. She swallowed, turned her head to look at Qu Yingsi and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." Qu Yingsi said lightly.
The shadow of the candlelight gathered around her face, half bright and half dark. She paused for a moment before speaking, "Mother has loved you for so many years. You will listen to what Mother says, right?"
Qu Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat. She didn't know if it was the influence of the flickering candlelight, but she felt that Qu Yingsi was indescribably weird and eerie.
Even though she had doubts in her heart, she nodded quickly and replied in a small voice: "No matter what my mother says... Yaoyao will obey."
"Good boy." Qu Yingsi smiled with her lips curved.
"Go back and prepare for the wedding."
Qu Yaoyao agreed and pushed the door open to leave.
Not long after she left, a dark shadow swiftly descended from the eaves, hid in the trees, and took out the sound transmission mirror from his waist and said, "Master, Qu Yingsi has come out of seclusion."
“…”
On a winter night, the wind is biting cold.
Qu Yaoyao came out of Qu Yingsi's room and realized that she was sweating when the wind blew. Her clothes were sticking to her skin, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Yunzhi had been standing by the door. When she saw her come out, she quickly stepped forward, carefully helped her put on her cloak, and asked, "Are you okay, young lady?"
Qu Yaoyao shook her head.
She had many questions to ask but didn't know where to start. She returned to Lanfangyuan with a heavy heart, took a shower and changed her wet clothes.
"Why are you sweating so much, girl?" Yunzhi was helping Qu Yaoyao fold clothes. When she touched something wet, she was startled and thought Qu Yaoyao was sick.
Before going to meet Qu Yingsi, Qu Yaoyao changed out of her wedding dress and put on the elaborate flowery dress prepared by Yunzhi.
She couldn't say she was sweating from fear, so she mumbled, "My clothes are too thick."
"Is it thick?" Listening to the whistling cold wind outside, Yunzhi didn't think much about it and just murmured to herself: "Looks like I have to buy some new clothes for the girl again."
Qu Yaoyao was absent-minded, lying on the edge of the bathtub, feeling unhappy.
When she was still Xuelian, she practiced diligently every day and dreamed of transforming into a human form. But when she finally became an adult, she suddenly realized that being a human was not as happy as she had imagined. The human world was too complicated and she could not learn it easily.
Qu Yaoyao felt a little regretful.
The longer she lived, the more she missed the years when she was born in the cold pond. Although the cold pond was cold and lonely, it allowed her to keep her heart pure and spotless, and did not make her so dull that she had to act every day and be wary of the people around her.
"Yunzhi." Qu Yaoyao thought of Qu Yushu.
She stood up and came out of the tub, "Where is my brother now?"
Yunzhi came in with clothes and sighed as she replied, "The young master is still kneeling in the ancestral hall as punishment."
"Can't you go back and rest at this late hour?"
Yunzhi shook her head. "The Sect Master punished the Young Sect Master for seven days. He will have to kneel in the ancestral hall until seven days have passed."
Qu Yushu's punishment was inextricably linked to Qu Yaoyao, and Qu Yingsi had simply taken her anger out on him. However, there were so many similar incidents that, regardless of who was at fault between them, Qu Yingsi would only punish Qu Yushu, and the people of Xingyang Sect had become accustomed to it.
It was only in front of Qu Yaoyao that Yunzhi dared to say, "Now that the Sect Master has come out of seclusion, the Young Sect Master's life will not be easy."
Even if Qu Yaoyao no longer "bullies" Qu Yushu, Qu Yingsi will still find ways to make things difficult for him.
Qu Yaoyao finally understood where Qu Yushu's excessive humility and indulgence towards her came from when she first entered this body. It turned out that from the very beginning, she and Qu Yushu were in different positions. Such a brother-sister relationship would never be equal and harmonious, but Qu Yushu was indeed very good to her.
"Where is the ancestral hall?" Qu Yaoyao couldn't let Qu Yushu feel wronged like this anymore.
She asked Yunzhi to prepare some food and thick clothes, and went to the ancestral hall late at night.
The ancestral hall was where the tablets of the Xingyang clan's successive clan leaders were stored. Logically, it should have been brightly lit. However, when Qu Yaoyao arrived, she found it to be quiet, desolate, and extremely dim, with only two white candles burning on either side of the table.
Qu Yaoyao stepped in holding a thick coat, and a cold wind blew in her face.
The double doors of the ancestral hall were wide open, and Qu Yaoyao saw Qu Yushu's thin back. He was kneeling alone in the darkness, wearing thin clothes and with a slightly hunched back. There was not even a cushion where he was kneeling.
"Brother." Qu Yaoyao felt sad and walked quickly to him.
Qu Yushu was staring blankly at the ground. When he first heard Qu Yaoyao's voice, he didn't move, thinking he was hallucinating. It wasn't until Qu Yaoyao gently touched his shoulder that he looked up, his eyelashes fluttering. In the darkness, he saw a worried, clear face.
"Yaoyao?" Qu Yushu's voice was slightly hoarse.
As if he didn't believe that Qu Yaoyao would come, he slowly raised his hand to touch her cheek. Qu Yaoyao grabbed his hand and pressed it against her face, blinking her eyelashes and sniffing, "Brother, I'm here to accompany you."
Qu Yaoyao couldn't plead for Qu Yushu, and she didn't dare to provoke Qu Yingsi again, so she could only help Qu Yushu in her own way. She thought, since Qu Yushu had to kneel here for seven days, then she would come to accompany him every day.
"Silly girl." Qu Yushu put on the thick clothes brought by Qu Yaoyao.
He couldn't persuade her back, so he could only touch Qu Yaoyao's head helplessly, "Why are you doing this?"
"Yaoyao doesn't feel bitter at all." Qu Yaoyao felt that this was what she should do, and she raised a bright smile to Qu Yushu with her lips curved.
She knelt beside Qu Yushu. In order to make the time seem not too long, she began to look around the ancestral hall curiously, and finally fixed her eyes on the life lamp tablet on the table.
"Are those all the past leaders of Xingyang Sect?"
Qu Yushu hummed calmly, then heard Qu Yaoyao ask, "Why are there no lights in these life lamps?"
"Because they have all fallen."
Only the dead would leave behind a cold, dim life lamp for future generations to worship and kowtow to. But once dead, they are dead. Their spirits dissipate in the world and no longer have any perception. What use is there in leaving only a life lamp?
It would be better to be completely free of everything when you die, and even the lamp of life will be shattered and dissipated.
"So many sect leaders... have all fallen?" Perhaps this topic was too heavy. Qu Yaoyao was ignorant and had never been exposed to such things. She leaned towards Qu Yushu and felt a little uncomfortable.
Qu Yushu waved his sleeves and changed the subject, saying, "Yaoyao, you might want to take a look at these."
The cold and extinguished life lamps dissipated, and suddenly several rows of glass bottles burning with brilliant golden light appeared on the table. These were the life lamps of the living. With their appearance, the ancestral hall was brightly lit and full of vitality, and Qu Yaoyao also became much more energetic.
"Is my life lantern in here?" Qu Yaoyao searched among the rows.
After hearing this, Qu Yushu's shoulders straightened and he tilted his head to look at his sister beside him. He didn't say anything, his eyes darkened by his long eyelashes. Qu Yaoyao noticed it, turned her head, touched her nose and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qu Yushu raised the corner of his lips lightly, "Have you found your life lantern?"
"No." Qu Yaoyao shook her head and looked at the life lamps again. "They all look exactly the same. Brother, do you know which one is yours?"
"Of course." Qu Yushu turned his gaze and pointed to Qu Yaoyao, "The first one in the last row is my life lamp, and Yaoyao's life lamp is right next to me."
"So that's how it is." Qu Yaoyao believed it.
But what she didn't know was that the life lamp was connected to the life of its owner. Although they all looked exactly the same, every cultivator with a life lamp was born with the ability to distinguish his own life lamp. No one else could tell the difference except himself.
But why can’t Qu Yaoyao sense her own life lamp?
Because she was not the original owner, Qu Yaoyao, and as a snow lotus, she did not have a life lamp. The life lamp that everyone saw extinguished and then rekindled without any abnormality was a cover-up made by Chong'an for her.
Now that the fake life lamp was mixed in with several real life lamps, she naturally wouldn't be able to sense it.
I see.
Qu Yushu was also silently repeating this in his heart.
Qu Yaoyao didn't know what she had revealed invisibly. In the quiet night, she suddenly leaned close to Qu Yushu's ear and whispered to him, "I'm sorry."
She was apologizing to Qu Yushu on behalf of the original owner, once again and sincerely apologizing.
Qu Yushu was stunned at first, then shook his head and smiled, "You haven't let me down."
"Yaoyao, you're fine."
Those who truly wronged him have already died as a result of their retribution.
…
Qu Yushu was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for seven days, and Qu Yaoyao stayed with him in the hall for seven days.
After Qu Yingsi learned about this, she turned a blind eye and just sneered, "I've only been away for a few years, and their relationship has improved."
During these seven days, Di Shu had been secretly monitoring Qu Yaoyao and reported the situation to Xie Qingxun truthfully. He concluded by saying, "I have verified that Qu Yushu is not Qu Yingsi's biological son, and his background is unknown."
Xie Qingxun hummed calmly, "Go find out what he is."
In the Delusion Ruins, he casually threw the sound transmission mirror onto the table and said in a leisurely voice, "Where is she?"
"Who?" Di Shu asked before reacting and quickly replied, "Qu Yaoyao has been accompanying Qu Yushu these past few days. Since Qu Yingsi returned, she hasn't moved around much and rarely goes out except to the ancestral hall."
"She's going to the ancestral hall tomorrow night?"
Di Shu calculated the time and said, "Today is the seventh day. She probably won't go there tomorrow night."
"That's good."
Xie Qingxun walked to the window, looked up at the dark night sky above his head and said, "Tomorrow will be a full moon again."
Every full moon was when Xie Qingxun's evil spirit would flourish. To completely eliminate and control it, Qu Yaoyao was the only one left. Di Shu understood what Xie Qingxun meant and, on the second night, he had already set up a barrier around him.
The second day, full moon.
When Xie Qingxun appeared in Xingyang Sect, Qu Yaoyao had already gone to bed early.
After spending seven nights with Qu Yushu, she finally had a good night's sleep today. She was sound asleep in her bed when she suddenly fell into a cold embrace. She woke up half-conscious and felt someone bite her lips several times. She groaned, trying to push away the person who was holding her captive.
"Awake?" Xie Qingxun simply picked the person up from the couch and held him on his lap for convenience.
It was a familiar and pleasant voice, with a hint of coolness. Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. When she saw the face holding her clearly, she opened her eyes wide and said sleepily, "Thank you..."
"Sh ...
Xie Qingxun lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips, then whispered in her ear, "Keep your voice down. If you attract your maid, she'll be dead."
Qu Yaoyao was so angry that she woke up.
Pushing the person hard, she lowered her voice and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Of course it's for you." Xie Qingxun lifted her chin, pressed his lips and tongue against hers again and sucked, feeling the strands of snow lotus breath being drawn into his body.
Qu Yaoyao's body began to go limp, and she remembered Yunzhi saying that this behavior was called a kiss, which could only be done by people who were extremely close and admired each other, so she began to struggle and twist. Later, when she saw that she really couldn't break free, she bared her little fangs and exerted all her strength.
"You dare to bite me?" Xie Qingxun let go of her in pain, his voice cold.
After a struggle and a struggle, both of their clothes were in disarray. Qu Yaoyao was the worst off, as she was only wearing a thin nightgown. The collar of her dress opened wide during the struggle, revealing a large area of her fair and delicate skin, as if she had taken it off.
Without even pulling her clothes together, she glared at Xie Qingxun and said, "Why can't I bite you if you dare to kiss me?"
"You, if you dare to kiss me again, I will bite you."
This was the first time Xie Qingxun heard the word "kiss" from her mouth.
A large drop of blood oozed from his lower lip, staining his thin lips red as he smiled. He repeated the words Qu Yaoyao had said in a low voice and asked her, "Are you sure this was a kiss?"
In Xie Qingxun's opinion, a kiss without passion, desire and love cannot be considered a real kiss. What he did to her was more like plunder and forced giving than a kiss.
The full moon was bright and clear, shining through the window onto Qu Yaoyao's bare shoulders. Xie Qingxun glanced at her indifferently, then suddenly leaned closer to Qu Yaoyao.
"Want to know what a real kiss is?"
Under the moonlight, Xie Qingxun's handsome face was covered with hazy light and shadow. He raised his hand to lift the hair on Qu Yaoyao's shoulders. He moved his fingertips from her shoulders to her side face, and finally, under Qu Yaoyao's blank gaze, he held her chin tightly and leaned over to lower it.
When purposeful plundering is tainted with a hint of ambiguity, even a simple girl who knows nothing about the world cannot resist it.
Qu Yaoyao began to feel dazed, her long eyelashes trembling and her head feeling dizzy. Just when she closed her eyes and thought she was going to fall asleep, she felt a stinging pain on her lips. Xie Qingxun suddenly imitated her and bit her.
"Do you understand?"
At some point, Qu Yaoyao was already lying on the couch with her back facing up.
Under the swaying black hair, she could only make out Xie Qingxun's face in the dim surroundings. He was handsome yet with a sinister beauty, like a fairy or a demon. A few strands of cold hair brushed against her cheek. She tried to catch her breath and raised her hand to grab it, but Xie Qingxun held her wrist.
She was no longer able to speak, or perhaps her mind was still blank and she couldn't answer anything.
"Forget it." Xie Qingxun's voice was slightly hoarse.
When he stood up to leave, he lowered his head to suck the bright red blood from Qu Yaoyao's lips and leaned over to remind her in her ear: "Ten more days."
I hope she can stay this well-behaved for the remaining ten days.
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