Chapter 68 Fei Hua's Illness Relapses, Su Yu Yao Wrongfully Accused
Su Yuyao's days in Jiujiao Mountain were fulfilling and pleasant. During the day, she would sweep the courtyard and practice meditation at Guan Yue's place, and at night, Fei Hua would watch her recite her lessons in her own courtyard. Occasionally, she would also go on patrols on the mountain with Guan Yue...
"Granny Fangchun! Granny Fangchun!" Su Yuyao had just gotten out of bed and hadn't even had time to do her makeup when she rushed into Feihua's room. "Quickly get Feihua ready! Today is the day of the inspection!"
"Shh!" Fangchun blocked Su Yuyao from entering. "Miss Yao'er! Fairy is acting strangely today. She didn't say anything after waking up, but she looked around the room and outside several times!"
"Huh? Then... did you figure out who it was?" Su Yuyao asked softly.
"No, so please be careful..."
"Su Yuyao?" Fei Hua's cold voice startled Su Yuyao.
"Ah? Feihua, you're up..." Su Yuyao carefully analyzed Feihua's demeanor and expression. It didn't resemble Qingyue Niangniang, nor Xuanfeng, and Ruixue wouldn't call me Su Yuyao, so it couldn't be me. Who could it be?
"Feihua, today Brother Yue'er is taking us on a patrol. You have to be good, okay?" Su Yuyao said tentatively.
Fei Hua frowned and scrutinized Su Yuyao, but did not answer.
Su Yuyao tentatively suggested, "Then should I memorize my lessons first?"
Feihua remained staring intently at Su Yuyao.
"Feihua, do you want to go out and play?" Su Yuyao gently took Feihua's hand.
"Let go!" Fei Hua pushed Su Yuyao's hand away. "Su Yuyao, don't think that just because Xuan Feng adopted you, you can treat me so arrogantly! Who do you think you are?!"
"Fei...Feihua?" Su Yuyao looked at Feihua with some surprise.
"Fairy?!" Granny Fangchun helped Feihua up and asked cautiously, "You...remembered something?"
Feihua said angrily, "Su Yuyao! You are too vicious! You locked me up here and prevented Xuanfeng from finding me. What are you up to?!"
Looking at Feihua, who seemed to have regained her senses, Su Yuyao was both excited and scared. "Feihua, I didn't lock you up. This is the Jiujiaoshan Hall. We came here with Uncle Qimen on an inspection!"
Feihua glared at Su Yuyao and shouted, "You stole Xuanfeng away! I waited for him for a thousand years! And you stole him away! Xuanfeng should have married me, he should have married me!"
"Feihua, don't get agitated," Su Yuyao gently comforted Feihua. "Think about it carefully. You and Xuanfeng... have already broken off your engagement!"
"Impossible! Our engagement hasn't been dissolved! No! Xuanfeng is busy with matters in the Wuji Dao. He'll come back to marry me when he's done!" Feihua grew increasingly agitated. She glared fiercely at Su Yuyao, hatred welling up inside her. She strode forward and raised her hand to slap Su Yuyao hard. "You stole him away! You little vixen stole him away!"
Fangchun tried to stop her, but Su Yuyao still received a solid slap on the face.
Su Yuyao's cheeks burned with pain, and her ears were ringing.
"Miss!" Bai Er heard the unusual sound and rushed out of the kitchen, supporting Su Yuyao, whose cheeks were flushed, and asked with concern, "Miss! You've been beaten again?!"
Su Yuyao gently covered her face and said to Feihua, "Feihua, Xuanfeng is going to marry me. You are already engaged to Zeyuan!"
"Zeyuan? Engaged?" Feihua's eyes suddenly widened as she stared at Su Yuyao in horror, as if she had seen a ghost. "You! What are you doing here?! Shouldn't you have been taken away by Zeyuan?"
"Feihua..." Su Yuyao said softly, "I'm back, and you're back too. We're safe now!"
"Hahahaha..." Feihua suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, laughing uncontrollably until tears streamed down her face. She knelt down at Su Yuyao's feet with a thud, pleading, "Since you've already gotten her, please let me go...please...let me go..."
"Fairy!" Fangchun helped Feihua, who was kneeling and pleading, and said to Su Yuyao with a sob in her voice, "Miss Yao'er, please don't blame the fairy, the fairy is suffering..."
Hearing the noise, Qi Men entered the courtyard and, seeing the scene, said angrily to Su Yuyao, "Yao'er! You're becoming more and more outrageous! Fairy Feihua's condition is still unstable, what have you done to make her so agitated?!"
"I...I didn't do anything!" Su Yuyao blinked innocently. "Feihua's acting up again!"
"She's been perfectly fine, how could she suddenly fall ill?!" Qi Men glanced at Su Yuyao with a reproachful look and ordered, "Granny Fangchun, help Fairy Feihua back to her room!"
"Yes, Lord Qimen!" Fangchun helped Feihua up and walked towards the room.
"Bai Er! Go find Lord Guan Xiao and invite the doctor here!"
"Yes, Lord Qimen!" Bai Er replied and ran out of the courtyard.
Qi Men then looked at Su Yuyao and said, "Yao'er! You're not going anywhere today! Stay in the house and reflect on your actions! Think carefully about where you went wrong!"
Su Yuyao looked up at Qimen in surprise, "Uncle! Why are you making me reflect on my actions? I didn't do anything! What did I do wrong?!"
Qi Men sighed and said, "Yao'er, you have to be careful with Fei Hua in this state! If you haven't done anything, why would Fei Hua be so agitated? Today, you should just stay in your room..."
"Why?!" Su Yuyao was filled with grievances, but didn't know where to begin. She choked back tears, "I did nothing wrong! Why won't she let me out! She's having a relapse! It has nothing to do with me!"
"You've really been spoiled rotten!" Qi Men frowned as he looked at Su Yuyao. "No matter whose fault it is, you're not going out today. If Fei Hua isn't feeling well, we need to rush back!"
Su Yuyao held back her tears as she looked at the little courtyard, which had become lively because of the flying blossoms. She felt even more sad. She clutched the bell to her chest and cried out, "Xuanfeng, where are you? I miss you so much!"
...
Sand and stones flew, and iron horses clashed.
Xuanfeng stood on the edge of the cliff, looking down at his army, the last lifeline he had hidden in the loess soil.
"General Lu Chang, you've worked hard!" Xuan Feng turned around, bowed slightly to a burly man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a full beard, and said, "I never expected that you could assemble such a large and brave army in such a short time!"
Lu Chang clasped his hands and said, "Please rest assured, my lord, I will do my utmost to protect you!"
"Thank you!" Xuanfeng bowed deeply in return.
"My lord! Please stay a few more days this time, so we can catch up!" Lu Chang warmly invited.
Xuanfeng pictured Su Yuyao's aggrieved little face in his mind, and smiled as he declined, "No, I have important matters to attend to and need to go back early."
"Oh..." Lu Chang looked at Xuan Feng's loving smile and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Um... sir, is it true that you and Miss Yao'er are together?"
Xuanfeng nodded somewhat embarrassedly, "You flatter me..."
"Ah...hahaha..." Lu Chang didn't expect Xuan Feng to admit it so readily, and asked even more awkwardly, "That...the wolf clan spread a message...saying...that...is it true?"
“Yes,” Xuanfeng did not evade the question, “I was chosen as a son-in-law by the wolf clan.”
"Ah! Hehehe..." Lu Chang was extremely embarrassed by Xuan Feng's frankness. He clenched his fists and hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Congratulations..."
Xuanfeng smiled and bowed in return, "Thank you!"
...
Su Yuyao pouted and leaned against Ruixue's ample chest, watching Qimen, Guanxiao, and Guanyue talking to an old woman at Feihua's door.
The old woman pointed at Su Yuyao, smiled, said a few words, and then left the courtyard with Guan Xiao. Guan Yue then said something to Qi Men, who thought for a while before nodding and walking towards Su Yuyao with Guan Yue.
As Su Yuyao watched Qi Men and Guan Yue approach, she quickly turned towards Ruixue's chest, while Ruixue lowered her head and used her chin to block Su Yuyao's view.
"Yao'er," Qimen said softly, "it was your uncle's fault, I made you suffer!"
Su Yuyao buried her face in Ruixue's thick fur and did not respond.
"Yao'er? Are you angry?" Qi Men asked softly again.
"I...I want to find Xuanfeng..." Su Yuyao finally couldn't hold back anymore and sobbed, burying her face in Ruixue's chest. "When...when will he come back?"
Qi Men said with some self-reproach, "Yao'er, it was your uncle's fault. Your uncle shouldn't have wronged you. Granny Zhong, who was examining Fairy Feihua just now, said that you took very good care of Fairy Feihua, but Feihua still occasionally has some confusion about her identity..."
"I...want to find Xuanfeng...I want Xuanfeng back..." Su Yuyao didn't want to hear Qimen's explanation; all she wanted to do now was hide in Xuanfeng's arms and cry her heart out.
“Su Yuyao,” Guan Yue said softly, “the children at the school are having a gladiatorial competition today. Let me take you out to watch…”
"No... I want to find Xuanfeng... I want Xuanfeng back..." Su Yuyao's tears flowed uncontrollably.
Ruixue could sense Su Yuyao's grievances and gently wrapped her arms around her body with her paws.
Qi Men looked at Su Yuyao in Ruixue's arms and felt a pang of heartache. A child this age shouldn't have to endure this...
"Yao'er," Qimen said with a fawning smile, "please forgive your uncle, okay? Your uncle misunderstood you. You can go out and play today, go watch the gladiatorial games. There will be games all over our immortal mountain!"
Su Yuyao rubbed her face against Ruixue's fur, and asked with a sob, "The entire... Immortal Mountain?"
Guan Yue walked up to Ruixue, tilted his head, looked at Su Yuyao, who looked aggrieved in Ruixue's arms, and asked with a smile, "Are you going?"
Su Yuyao blinked her wet eyes and nodded.
"Come out and tidy up!" Guan Yue said softly.
Su Yuyao stepped out of Ruixue's arms with her head down, like a child who had done something wrong. She looked up at Qimen and asked cautiously, "Uncle, how is Feihua now?"
Qi Men breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Yuyao come out. He said, "Fairy Feihua is fine. She'll be alright after a few days of rest. Don't worry! Relax today. I'll watch over Feihua for you. Go and have some fun with Young Master Guan Yue!"
"Okay!" Su Yuyao smiled, easily appeased once again.
The arena for the gladiatorial combat was above the canyon. Yin Hao sat on the edge of the cliff, listening peacefully to the sounds of children playing and laughing above the canyon.
Looking at the canyon radiating white light from afar, Su Yuyao exclaimed in amazement, "Wow! Grandpa Yinhao is amazing! His Qi can actually support so many children!"
Looking at the cheerful Su Yuyao beside him, Guan Yue smiled and said, "Grandpa Yinhao's Qi luck is probably only comparable to Lord Xuanfeng's..."
Su Yuyao tilted her apple-shaped face up and looked at Guan Yue with envy, "So Grandpa Yinhao's Qi luck is so amazing! No wonder your Qi luck is so good! And you even taught me!"
After saying that, she lifted her skirt and ran towards the canyon...
Guan Yue gazed at Su Yuyao's flowing long hair, her rounded back, and her lively eyes...
"Brother Yue'er! What are you daydreaming about! Come here quickly!" Su Yuyao turned around and shouted at Guan Yue.
"Oh, here they come!" Guan Yue steadied himself and quickened his pace.
Above the canyon, a thin layer of white mist still hung, through which one could see the abyss below. Children ran and played wildly on the mist without a care in the world, seemingly accustomed to floating high in the air.
Su Yuyao squatted down beside Yinhao, carefully examining his shiny bald head, chubby ears, and half-closed eyes. She wondered to herself, why was his head so bald yet his beard so long? Were his ears born without eyes? Why couldn't his eyes open? ...
"Ha...ha...ha...ha..." Suddenly, a loud, energetic laugh came from afar, striking Su Yuyao's head.
"Ah!" Su Yuyao screamed in fright and immediately got up and ran. She was about to pounce on Guan Yue with her arms outstretched when she suddenly remembered Guan Yue's problem. She quickly withdrew her arms, hugged herself tightly, and hid behind Guan Yue.
"Brother Yue, just now... I heard..." Su Yuyao hugged her shoulders, trembling as she spoke, "a voice... laughing on my... head..."
Guan Yue withdrew his slightly outstretched arm and said softly, "Don't be afraid, that's the voice of the Immortal Master."
"Grandpa Yinhao's voice?" Su Yuyao looked at the bald head and muttered, "Isn't he mute?"
Snap!
"Ouch!" Su Yuyao's butt hurt.
She turned around abruptly and found that there was no one there, only a white shadow shaped like a ruler.
"What is this?" Su Yuyao was a little scared and moved closer to Guan Yue.
Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao, who was both frightened and cautious, and moved closer to her, whispering, "That's the Immortal Master's ruler. Don't say anything out of line, understand?"
"Oh, I see," Su Yuyao said, rubbing her bottom.
“Yao…’er…you…come…here…” Yin Hao spoke again.
Hearing that eerie voice, Su Yuyao still trembled slightly, "Brother Yue'er, did Grandpa Yinhao... speak again...?"
Guan Yue tried to reach out his arm to Su Yuyao, but ultimately gave up. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Go ahead, don't be afraid."
"Oh, okay..."
Su Yuyao mustered her courage and slowly walked to Yin Hao's side. She dared not let her mind wander anymore, because Yin Hao's ruler was right behind her.
"Grandpa Yinhao, I'm sorry for what I did earlier. I shouldn't have been so rude. Please don't be angry..." Su Yuyao glanced at Yinhao's face but couldn't discern his expression.
"Yao...er...sit...down..." Yin Hao didn't move, but his voice landed precisely on Su Yuyao's head.
Su Yuyao dared not delay and quickly sat down cross-legged.
“Circulation of Qi…”
Su Yuyao pursed her lips and frowned, then turned to look at Guan Yue, asking uncertainly, "Grandpa Yinhao told me to circulate my Qi, is it according to the method you taught me?"
Guan Yue smiled and nodded.
Su Yuyao sat up straight, steadied herself, closed her eyes slightly, and began to introspect...
She slowly closed her ears, and the noise of the children above the canyon gradually faded away. The greatest sound was silent, and the silence around her was deafening. She slowly opened the Baihui point on the top of her head, letting the light shine in from above, like a warm current soaking into Su Yuyao's body.
She waited patiently for the sunlight to illuminate her forehead and chest, then inhaled deeply into her dantian and into her mind, slowly circulating her qi until it gradually filled her body.
She didn't control the direction of the Qi flow, letting it fill all her meridians. This feeling was magical; she felt as if she had stopped breathing and had no life, just like a piece of air dissolving into the world.
She seemed to grow infinitely large, for within her heart lay a vast, empty valley capable of containing all things in the world; yet she also seemed infinitely small, for she was but a speck of dust between heaven and earth…
Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao, whose Qi field was growing larger and larger, and was slightly shocked but also very gratified. His method was still effective.
Although injecting his own Qi into Su Yuyao's body was very risky, fortunately, she was a blank slate and trusted Guan Yue completely, so not only did it not create any Qi field conflict, but it also stimulated Su Yuyao's own Qi luck.
Yin Hao seemed somewhat surprised as well. He released his Qi field to carefully sense it, and finally, he smiled and nodded slightly.
"Your Qi field is good, but it's too immature and lacks depth. It's a bit weak. With more practice, it will be fine!" A clear, cheerful, and powerful voice woke Su Yuyao from the void.
Su Yuyao slowly opened her eyes, as if she had just slept for a long time. She looked around and found that the children were still playing, Yin Hao was still sitting motionless on the edge of the cliff, and Guan Yue behind her was still looking at her with a smile in his eyes...
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