The third candy
"Do you know what I just saw?" Wu Simiao reached out and stopped Li Fengyi from turning the page.
"Um?"
"Your fiancé is a piece of shit. He sneaked into the room of the junior sister of Huanhua Sect in the middle of the night."
"You've just been at Xiuxi Villa for one day, but you already know everyone here." Li Fengyi looked calm and wanted to continue flipping through the book.
"Hey, I'm telling you something serious." Wu Simiao pressed the book a little harder and said dissatisfiedly.
Is she angry?
Li Fengyi's expression changed, and he put the book down. Looking at Wu Simiao's angry expression, he replied, "I know."
"You knew, you knew it long ago? Then why did you come..." Wu Simiao looked puzzled, but soon she seemed to understand something, "You don't really like him, do you? Let me tell you, that kind of guy is not a good match."
"I know he can't help it." Li Fengyi came to the martial arts conference this time to find an opportunity to talk about breaking off the engagement. But there was no need to explain this matter to the person in front of him.
She looked up at Wu Simiao, took the book from her hand, and slowly turned the pages again.
"Ah." But Wu Simiao was not stupid. He guessed Li Fengyi's intention from his actions and words, and said with a smile: "I see. Then I will help you."
Li Fengyi paused while turning the pages of the book, and shifted his gaze from the book to Wu Simiao's face again. He saw that the rebellious emotions in the other's eyes far outweighed the desire to help sincerely, so he retracted his gaze and continued reading. "This is the Wulin Alliance after all, so take it easy." Li Fengyi said this at last.
Wu Simiao did not return to the servants' room in the end. Li Fengyi gave her a quilt and pillow and let her sleep on the couch with his sword.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, just after dawn, noisy footsteps and the dull sound of many people whispering could be heard outside the house.
People who practice martial arts are very alert. Wu Simiao opened her eyes as soon as the footsteps became chaotic. The first thing she did after opening her eyes was to put away a small ceramic jar that she had placed on the windowsill the night before, and then listened carefully to the complicated sounds outside.
"Lingkong Sect killed an old man?" Wu Simiao quickly discerned the important news. She hurriedly got out of bed holding Li Fengyi's sword, only to see the other party walking out from behind the screen in a neatly dressed manner.
The fairy air is floating and the clothes are fluttering.
Looking at her messy hair from a night of sleep, Wu Simiao first returned the sword to Li Fengyi, raised her hand to remove the hairband and held it in her mouth, combing her hair with her fingers. Although she had something in her mouth, she still spoke without stopping, "It seems that you people from the Central Plains are also complicated."
Li Fengyi looked serious and did not refute. The sudden death of a sect elder during the martial arts conference was not something that could be easily resolved.
All the people from various sects who participated in the martial arts conference gathered in the square in front of the main hall of Xiuxi Villa, where there were just enough seats available.
Everyone took their seats according to their sects. The sect leader's direct disciples took their seats, and the rest of the people naturally stood at the back. Li Fengyi also took Wu Simiao to find their own Yunsheng Sword Sect.
"Master."
"Master Jing." Li Fengyi and Wu Simiao greeted one after another.
Sect Leader Jing nodded, his gaze lingering on Wu Simiao for a few moments.
Li Fengyi sat down next to Sect Leader Jing. Wu Simiao, following her status, pushed aside the people from the Yunsheng Sword Sect and stood behind Li Fengyi, holding her sword. Li Fengyi looked at Wu Simiao's actions and shook her head without saying much. She focused more on the other sects in the square. She looked around and whispered to her junior sister beside her, "Why don't I see anyone from the Lingkong Sect?"
"They followed Alliance Leader Zhao to carry Elder Su's body." The junior sister answered softly. Elder Su was the second elder of Lingkong Sect.
The Yunsheng Sword Sect had arrived at the square a while earlier and heard a lot of random chatter. Before Li Fengyi could ask further questions, the junior sister took the initiative to continue, saying, "I heard that the Alliance Leader and Elder Su had an appointment to discuss martial arts this morning. But this morning, the Alliance Leader waited for half an hour and saw that Elder Su hadn't arrived, so he went to look for him. He found Elder Su with a shattered skull and blood gushing from all his orifices. He was already dead."
Isn’t this... Listening to his junior sister’s description, Li Fengyi frowned.
"Isn't this the signature skill Lingkong taught me, the Cloud-Splitting Palm?" Wu Simiao said carelessly, not even lowering his voice.
She was already very conspicuous in her red dress, holding Li Fengyi's Cen Shuang Sword and standing among a group of people from the Yunsheng Sword Sect wearing disciple uniforms. Now, with her frank words, some people were whispering to each other, asking who she was.
Wu Simiao was not afraid of being seen or discussed. She had no intention of dodging at all, and even stood a lot straighter.
Li Fengyi looked at Wu Simiao with his back straight, but he still restrained his expression and looked back coldly at everyone who looked at Wu Simiao.
Not long after, members of the Lingkong Sect appeared in the square carrying a coffin. Alongside them was a middle-aged man in a dark blue suit and shorts. As the middle-aged man appeared, everyone seated in the various sects stood up, and some even came forward to greet him respectfully with a fist salute, "Alliance Leader."
This is the current leader of the Wulin Alliance, Zhao Shuangyi.
The coffin was placed on the fighting arena. People standing near the front could see Elder Su's pale face, and everyone in the Lingkong Sect looked sad.
"I never expected such a thing to happen at the martial arts conference, and I cannot shirk my responsibility." Zhao Shuangyi looked bitter.
"Alliance leader, it was the thieves who were so bold, don't blame yourself." Someone in the crowd immediately comforted him.
Zhao Shuangyi shook his head and said, "I will definitely give Ling Yunjiao an explanation."
"We have examined Elder Su's body. He must have been assassinated last night." Zhao Shuangyi said, pausing at the right moment.
The heroes present were all sharp minds. An old man with a white beard swung his whisk and asked, "Alliance Leader, do you suspect that Elder Su's death is related to us?"
"My sect and Lingkong Sect have never met each other, let alone any murderous hatred. The leader puts us together, which is too unfair." said a man carrying a big knife.
"Some people shouldn't try to clear themselves so cleanly. Who was it that got beaten to a pulp by Elder Su at last year's martial arts conference?"
"You are slandering me!"
"Some people feel guilty, but we don't. We went to bed early last night and only came out when we heard the noise in the morning."
"Without any evidence, who knows whether it is true or false?"
The heroes were arguing with each other. Wu Simiao stood behind Li Fengyi, looking left and right, as if he was watching a show with a gloating look on his face.
At the same time, she noticed the young leader who was following Zhao Shuangyi. The young leader stood with his hands behind his back, his feet rubbing the ground from time to time. He was paying attention to the gazes of the people around him. Once someone looked at him, he lowered his head to avoid it, for fear of being noticed, and felt very guilty.
Thinking of what the young leader did last night, Wu Simiao raised his eyebrows slightly. What he did was even more difficult to talk about. How could he make these righteous heroes pay attention to their young leader?
However, before Wu Simiao could think of a way to pick a fight with the Young Alliance Leader, someone had already turned their attention to her.
"Alliance leader, we see each other almost every year, and we can settle any grudges on the stage. But I noticed there seems to be a new face this year. Sect Leader Jing, who is that person next to you? A new disciple? Would you like to introduce him to me?"
Yesterday, when Li Fengyi met with Sect Leader Jing, he briefly mentioned Wu Simiao's identity. Sect Leader Jing was somewhat surprised by the audacity of this visitor from the Demon Cult. However, the conflict between the Central Plains martial arts world and the Demon Cult was a thing of the past. Even if the Demon Cult leader came to the martial arts conference with great fanfare, I'm afraid Alliance Leader Zhao would have to go far to welcome him.
However, facing the questioning from others, Sect Leader Jing did not rush to answer. After all, she did not know whether the saint was willing to reveal her identity.
Wu Simiao has always been upright and has never done anything wrong, so she is naturally not afraid of exposing her identity.
She took a step forward and walked out from behind Li Fengyi, but before she spoke, Wu Simiao seemed to remember something. She turned her head to look at Li Fengyi and raised her eyebrows slightly.
You see, they were the ones asking, not me.
Li Fengyi lowered his eyes and followed her.
Just before Wu Simiao opened his mouth, a stern voice rang out from the crowd: "This is the demonic witch of the Demon Cult!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the Wulin Alliance was in an uproar.
"How dare someone from the Demon Cult appear in the Wulin Alliance so brazenly? Why don't you surrender immediately!" As the voice fell, someone started to take action to capture Wu Simiao.
Before Wu Simiao could resist, she saw Li Fengyi beside her raise his hand to block the attack for her.
Li Fengyi borrowed the sword from her junior sister. Before she drew her sword, she exerted force on her wrist and pushed away the giant axe on the sword. She looked around at everyone present and took the initiative to say, "She was in my room all night last night and didn't have a chance to do anything."
Wu Simiao was very surprised by Li Fengyi's appearance, so she returned the favor and said, "Since you are so concerned about my movements, why don't you ask where your young leader was last night and who he was with?"
Hearing Wu Simiao's words, the young leader, who had lowered his head, changed his expression.
The others didn't notice the young leader's awkwardness, and just thought Wu Simiao was just making random comments. "Don't avoid the important issues!"
"The evil witch of the cult is lying."
"Lies? Young Alliance Leader, was the night tea in Miss Xiao's room delicious last night?" Wu Simiao looked at the Young Alliance Leader from afar, then found the location of the people from the Huanhua Sect, her voice filled with an ambiguous smile.
Not only did the young leader's expression change drastically, but the expression of the female hero Xiao from the Huanhua Sect also changed.
They are too bad at hiding things, and it can be seen that there is something fishy at once, not to mention that Li Fengyi is still here.
"What?"
"you……!"
Wu Simiao looked at the two men's scowling faces and laughed out loud. She continued slowly, "I was just talking nonsense, how come any of you took it seriously? Why are you allowed to accuse me of murder but not allow me to ask the Young Alliance Leader how the tea tastes? If the tea is really delicious, please buy me a couple of cups."
It was one thing for the Young Alliance Leader to have something fishy going on with Lady Xiao of the Huanhua Sect, but it was another for the Demon Cult to make a fool of themselves. An upright elder's face straightened, and he used Li Fengyi to defend Wu Simiao and said, "Fengyi hasn't interacted with people in a long time. He must have been bewitched by this witch!"
"It seems to me that the demonic cult witch's sudden appearance must have some ulterior motive. It would be better to capture her and interrogate her carefully first."
Hearing this, Wu Simiao immediately hid behind Li Fengyi. Relying on her back, she challenged him from behind: "Why, you so-called famous and upright people are planning to force a confession out of me!"
"Okay!" Zhao Shuangyi spoke to stop everyone's actions.
Although Wu Si Miao is the Holy Maiden of the Demon Cult, the Demon Cult has been in seclusion for many years. If Wu Si Miao really did something, it would be justified. However, if she did not act rashly and started another dispute with the Demon Cult, it would be a doomed act with no benefit.
Not to mention the words that the saint lady had just said, Zhao Shuangyi glanced at the young leader without being obvious. He knew what kind of person his son was. After he said this and looked at the young leader's expression, Zhao Shuangyi knew that what Wu Simiao said was true.
Useless thing! Zhao Shuangyi glared at the young leader, then he looked away and said politely to Wu Simiao, "The Saint has come from afar, and I didn't even know about it. I neglected the guest."
Wu Simiao looked at Zhao Shuangyi with some surprise. He felt that this old man was indeed a hypocritical leader. He could lie with his eyes open without changing his expression.
"I dare not. I am only here to observe your martial arts conference. Lord Alliance Leader, you are not going to tie me up too, are you?"
"Everyone who comes is a guest. This makes the Saint look ridiculous."
"You didn't see the joke, but a huge hat almost fell on my head." Wu Simiao sneered.
"The elders are also anxious for our well-being. I hope the Saint will understand."
"Never mind. I'm not here to cause trouble." Wu Simiao said this, but at some point he released a spider. The spider seemed to have a spirit. It climbed up the foot of the burly man who had fought with Li Fengyi and bit his arm. "For me, grudges never last overnight. Please bear with me."
"You!" The sturdy man was bitten and realized that there was more than one spider on his body. He immediately felt like he was on fire and threw the spider off in panic. The sturdy man looked at his bleeding wound and was horrified. "How dare you poison me!"
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