Chapter 131 Su Yuyao Discovers Luo Fengyue
Luo Fengyue's expression froze for a moment, and she asked, "Why would you think that?"
Although Luo Fengyue's expression didn't change much, Su Yuyao knew from her reaction that she had guessed correctly!
She looked intently into Luo Fengyue's eyes and asked seriously, "What is the connection between you and Mother Yi?!"
Luo Fengyue's heart trembled violently. He looked at Su Yuyao in front of him. How could this little girl ask such a question?!
Over the years, no one has ever mentioned the connection between me and Mother Yi. Could this little girl possibly help Mother Yi...?
"Su Yuyao, what do you think of the relationship between Mother Yi and Lord Xuanfeng?" Luo Fengyue asked bluntly.
"Mother-son relationship?" Su Yuyao recalled Xuanfeng's unfamiliarity with Yi's mother in the main hall and muttered, "They didn't seem particularly close..."
"Hmph!" Luo Fengyue sneered again and said, "What about the father-son relationship between Immortal Tea Lord and Lord Xuanfeng?"
"Uh...we're not that close..."
"Then... what about the relationship between Lady Yimu and Lord Xianming?" Luo Fengyue asked immediately.
"Huh? How would I know?!" Su Yuyao said awkwardly.
“Empress Yi dotes on Lord Chaoxi, so naturally she will favor Lord Zeyuan, but… Lord Xianming is not favored…” Luo Fengyue said thoughtfully, “Do you… understand?”
"I..." Su Yuyao blinked, "What do you understand?"
"It's just that...the relationship between Lady Yimu and Lord Xuanfeng...is not very good..."
Su Yuyao smiled slightly, "Even if the relationship isn't good, how bad can it be?" She stared into Luo Fengyue's eyes without changing her expression and asked leisurely, "Would it... lead to armed conflict?"
Luo Fengyue's eyes flickered.
Su Yuyao's heart began to pound as she looked into Luo Fengyue's eyes. Luo Fengyue actually believed that Empress Yi and Xuanfeng would become enemies?!
Could it be... that Xuanfeng, using Zhaotang Xian'er as a cover, secretly gathered people with supernatural abilities and also befriended Wuji Daozhong, all to deal with... Yi Mu?!
Su Yuyao steadied herself and asked seriously, "Luo Fengyue! You want to protect Lady Yimu, so you refuse to repair the plank road! But you never say why. Are you afraid that Xuanfeng will find out the reason and use it to harm Lady Yimu?!"
Luo Fengyue's eyes flickered.
What is it?! What are you hiding?! Su Yuyao didn't dare to ask easily, and could only recall it in her mind over and over again...
What was in Luo Fengyue's courtyard? What was inside her house? That was so impulsive! How could she be so reckless as to blow up the tombstone?! Now there's no evidence left...
"The tombstone!" Su Yuyao clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Is it that black tombstone?!"
Although Su Yuyao had no memory of other things, she still had a deep memory of the stone tablet. She clearly remembered that there was a talisman pasted on the stone tablet!
“That stone tablet with the talisman!” Su Yuyao said with absolute certainty.
Luo Fengyue was very surprised and looked at Su Yuyao in disbelief. Suddenly, he let out a long sigh, and the spirit he had been holding on to crumbled.
He blinked and said in a low voice, "I... was once the pet of the Goddess Yimu..."
"Oh...ah?" Su Yuyao looked at Luo Fengyue, who was petite and didn't have a particularly imposing air about her. "Are you...the pet of the Mother Goddess?"
“Back then…” Luo Fengyue’s lips trembled as she said, “Back then, when Mother Yi was still a fairy, she found me, a newborn child, on a fruit tree in the Yin Fruit Garden. But instead of killing me like other fairies, she raised me in a jar and fed me with tangerines every day until the day she married Lord Xuan Yi. All her dowry ascended to the next realm! And I… thus gained cultivation and took human form…”
"Oh..." Su Yuyao looked at Luo Fengyue and thought to herself, if she were even a little prettier, she wouldn't have been abandoned...
"And so, I followed Lady Yimu until the Azure Gold Fairy got married, and I was given to her as part of her dowry," Luo Fengyue calmly recounted his abandonment. "Later, Lord Qinggan was born, and I served him until he took over the Immortal Mountain..."
"And then... Qinggan left you here?" Su Yuyao suddenly felt sorry for the old man in front of her.
Luo Fengyue's eyes began to moisten. "He's finding me a place to retire... so I won't have to worry or work hard, and I can also earn some cultivation points..."
Su Yuyao really didn't know how to comfort Luo Fengyue.
"But one day, I suddenly discovered that the black stone tablet he gave me was strange!"
"What's wrong?"
“Every now and then, some water seeps out! I tasted it, and it’s salty!” Luo Fengyue said, frowning. “I then used my Qi to probe the stone, only to find that the stone was actually… hollow!”
"Empty?!" Su Yuyao also became nervous.
“That’s right! Moreover, I can feel a flow of Qi slowly surging around the stele, which eventually enters the stele itself… I dare to guess that this stele is consuming the spiritual Qi of the Nine Suburbs Mountain!”
Oh! So the green light I saw emanating from the stele was the stele draining the spiritual energy of the immortal mountain!
"Luo Fengyue, did you know that your tombstone was placed on the Qi hole of Jiujiao Mountain?" Su Yuyao asked seriously.
Luo Fengyue stared in horror and said, "Qi hole? Draining the mountain's spiritual energy through the Qi hole will cause Jiujiao Mountain to decay even faster! Fortunately, I used a talisman to cover this stone tablet!"
Su Yuyao finally understood: those mysterious stone tablets were draining the spiritual energy of Jiujiao Mountain! Qinggan had managed the immortal mountain for so long, who knows how many stone tablets he had placed, or how much spiritual energy he had drained from the mountain!
"Luo Fengyue! What does the depletion of the spiritual energy of Jiujiao Mountain have to do with Mother Yi?!" Su Yuyao stared intently at Luo Fengyue and asked.
"Back then, when Lord Xuanyi chose Lady Yimu as his celestial wife, he used his own spiritual energy to create this celestial mountain as a betrothal gift! He swore an oath that he would use this celestial mountain to nourish Lady Yimu's fertile land, to sustain all things in nature; if the celestial mountain existed, Lady Yimu would prosper; if the celestial mountain declined, Lady Yimu would have a short life!" Luo Fengyue choked up as she spoke, "Now..."
"Now, someone wants to use the Immortal Mountain... to kill Mother Goddess Yi?!" Su Yuyao's head was buzzing.
She couldn't process this fact. If Xuanfeng knew this information, given his current relationship with Yi's mother, it was hard to say what he might do.
"I originally wanted to tell Ruixin-jun, but I didn't expect Lord Xuanfeng to stay by Ruixin-jun's side without leaving for a moment..."
"Then...why did you tell me?" Su Yuyao asked, catching her breath. "Didn't you know about my relationship with Xuanfeng?"
“I know,” Luo Fengyue nodded, “but I… have no other choice…”
Su Yuyao sat cross-legged on the stone table, gazing at the gradually brightening sky outside. If Yi Mu was in trouble, the tides would be high, and with the blessing of Ze Yuan You Dao Tian Jun, Xuan Feng would definitely be no match for them! Too much water would deplete the soil, and if the soil were depleted, all things would have no place to grow. Could it be... that all living beings should return to the sea?
"Don't tell anyone about this! Those stone tablets have already been destroyed, so they shouldn't drain the spiritual energy of Jiujiao Mountain anymore. I'll also find a way to have Xuanfeng investigate the other mountains... I'll do my best to protect the immortal mountain!"
Luo Fengyue looked at Su Yuyao, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone table with her black hair flowing down her shoulders, her white robes billowing, and her face full of determination. "Miss Yao'er... are you willing to help Mother Yi?"
The first ray of sunlight shone through the crack in the door onto Su Yuyao's face, bathing her round features in a golden glow. She slowly looked at Luo Fengyue beside her and said with a firm gaze, "Luo Fengyue, everything I've done is for Xuanfeng! And now, Mother Yi cannot die!"
"Miss Yao'er!" Luo Fengyue stood up straight and bowed deeply. "I have received the grace of Her Majesty's mother, and I am willing to give everything for her!"
Su Yuyao looked at Luo Fengyue with deep emotion. Luo Fengyue, oh Luo Fengyue! You're truly foolish! Your mother abandoned you long ago! Why did you do this...? Sigh...
“I know your loyalty to Mother Yi,” Su Yuyao nodded and said, “but you must also remember one thing! I am for Xuanfeng, and you are for Mother Yi! We are loyal to different people, and we only have a common goal on different paths, so we should not depend on each other! Nor do we need to be grateful to each other!”
Luo Fengyue looked up in surprise, watching Su Yuyao wipe her feet with her hand, jump off the table, stand in the bright sunlight, and say, "Currently, there is still a serious problem!"
"What's the problem?" Luo Fengyue asked nervously.
Su Yuyao frowned and peered through the crack in the door, looking at the stone house across the way from which wisps of smoke were rising. "How am I supposed to get back now?"
Luo Fengyue's face twitched, and she smacked her lips, "Why don't you... rush back like you did last night?"
"Charge...charge?!" Su Yuyao's eyes widened suddenly. She looked down at the broken locks scattered on the ground, then turned sharply to Luo Fengyue. "How did I get in last night?"
"Huh?! You're asking me?" Luo Fengyue was quite surprised. "You just flung the door open and... just walked in like that yesterday!"
"Me? I pushed the door open and came in by myself?" Su Yuyao looked at the iron chain on the ground, which was thicker than a finger, and the padlock, which was as big as Xuan Feng's fist. "Am I that strong?"
"You didn't know?!" Luo Fengyue was utterly bewildered. "This lock was forged by Lord Xuanfeng using his Qi power! I couldn't open it! But last night you just pushed it and got in!"
“Xuanfeng used Qi…” Su Yuyao started to tense up again. That meant… he knew I was here yesterday, but he didn’t come to catch me…
Su Yuyao sighed. She thought she had hidden it well... but she didn't expect him to have seen everything!
"Luo Fengyue, I'm going back first! You stay here and don't run away! You have to cooperate with whatever I do from now on and don't interfere!" After giving her instructions, Su Yuyao tiptoed carefully around the broken lock on the ground and ran towards the stone house opposite.
Looking at Su Yuyao's ever-changing aura, Luo Fengyue wondered, "Can this child... do it?"
Su Yuyao clutched the hem of her skirt and quietly slipped across the side path, intending to hide by the wall to investigate the situation, but was spotted by Bai Er, who was cooking in the yard.
"Hehe..." Su Yuyao said shyly, her head down, "White fungus... um... what delicious food are you making..."
Bai Er angrily ladled white porridge into her bowl, "Miss! You actually know how to come back! What did you do last night to make Her Majesty so angry?!"
"Ah... I am..." Su Yuyao found it difficult to talk about her mistake, so she changed the subject, "How are Aunt Hu and Aunt Yuqing?"
"What else can they do?" Bai Er stood up, grimacing and clutching his back. "If they could even get out of bed, wouldn't they come out?"
Su Yuyao quickly stepped forward to help Bai'er up, "Good Bai'er, I'm sorry for dragging you into this, don't be angry..."
Looking at Su Yuyao's dusty feet, Bai Er sighed and said, "Miss, please give me a break! I told you yesterday not to learn those things, but you wouldn't listen! And what happened? You caused trouble again! I'm your personal maid, and I'm willing to be beaten and scolded, but you've also dragged Aunt Hu and Miss Yuqing into this mess and made them get punished too!"
Su Yuyao was so embarrassed by Bai Er's words that she couldn't lift her head. "Good Bai Er, I didn't know I could cause such a big mess..."
Bai Er sighed again, bent down and laboriously picked up the tray, "Come inside quickly, it's time for breakfast!"
"Here! I'll do all the work!" Su Yuyao took the tray from Bai Er's hands, bowing obsequiously, and said, "Miss Bai Er, please..."
Bai Er burst out laughing at Su Yuyao's teasing.
Yu Qing and Hu Lingli lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), craning their necks to look at Su Yuyao. Su Yuyao blushed and walked over with a tray in her hand.
She gently placed the tray on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), raised her eyelids to glance at the wound on Yuqing's back, which was covered in blood. Su Yuyao was startled and quickly closed her eyes.
"Miss Yao'er, what exactly did you do last night?" Yu Qing's lips were pale and her breath was weak.
"I..." Su Yuyao slowly helped Yu Qing up, scooped up some white porridge with a spoon, blew on it to cool it down, and brought it to Yu Qing's lips. "I'm going to find Xuan Feng..."
"We all know you went to see Lord Xuanfeng!" Bai Er said with difficulty, helping Aunt Hu up. "What did you do with Lord Xuanfeng that made Her Majesty so angry?"
"I didn't do anything..." Su Yuyao blushed as she remembered Flying Eagle's thing, "Anyway... it's all a misunderstanding!"
Yu Qing felt extremely guilty watching Su Yuyao feed her bite by bite. Then, she inadvertently noticed Su Yuyao's feet and sighed, "Miss Yao'er, why aren't you wearing shoes?"
"Don't worry about me!" Su Yuyao rubbed her feet with the hem of her skirt, slipped on her shoes, and said, "I'll take care of you today! Consider it my apology!"
Su Yuyao forced Yuqing to eat some white porridge, and then rushed to clear the dishes, saying, "Bai'er, you should rest too. I'll do all the chores!"
Su Yuyao clumsily washed the dishes in the wooden basin, wiped the stove clean, and then picked up a broom to sweep the yard.
Bai Er tried to get her hands on Su Yuyao, but Su Yuyao pressed her down on the kang (a heated brick bed); Yu Qing was too badly injured to get up and could only lie on the kang anxiously; Hu Lingli was too old to get up after a few blows and could only lie on the kang watching Su Yuyao busy in the yard.
Su Yuyao worked with great enthusiasm, tidying up both the inside and outside of the house before finally giving herself a quick clean-up.
Seeing Su Yuyao's clumsy movements, Bai Er anxiously stood up and said, "Miss, let me help you!"
"It's alright! No need!" Su Yuyao hurriedly tied her hair up, put on her outer robe, and picked up her shoes, saying, "I'm going to the main hall to discuss important matters with Xuanfeng! You all rest here, I'll try to be back as soon as possible!"
"What?!" Upon hearing this, Bai Er was on the verge of tears. "My lady! Please don't go looking for trouble!"
"Don't worry!" Su Yuyao slung her crescent-shaped sword over her shoulder and said, "I'm going to take care of some important business now!"
After saying that, she swaggered out.
"Miss! Ouch..." Bai Er wanted to chase after her, but the pain from the wound on her back prevented her from moving.
Yu Qing and Hu Lingli exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly.
Su Yuyao strode confidently into Luo Fengyue's stone house, "Luo Fengyue! Try turning back into a snail and let me see!"
Luo Fengyue was meditating and practicing Qi when she heard Su Yuyao's voice. She immediately withdrew her Qi, opened her eyes, and said with a hint of annoyance, "Miss Yao'er, the worst thing you can do when you are meditating and practicing Qi is to be suddenly interrupted!"
"I don't have that much time to wait for you to finish meditating. Quickly transform into a snail so I can take another look!" Su Yuyao said, staring at the top of Luo Fengyue's head.
Luo Fengyue was puzzled by Su Yuyao's request, but did not ask any further questions before transforming back into her true form.
As soon as the two tentacles with white eyeballs appeared, Su Yuyao immediately grabbed them with her hands, drew her crescent blade from her waist, and swept it horizontally towards the base of the tentacles with a twisting motion of her wrist.
*Splash!* A stream of blue water sprayed towards Su Yuyao.
Su Yuyao glanced at the blue liquid on her body and the scimitar, wiped it off with the hem of her skirt in disgust, and said, "Luo Fengyue, I heard that snails' eyes can grow back, so I'll borrow one for now!"
Luo Fengyue stood there, blood gushing from his mouth, stunned. It wasn't until Su Yuyao carried his tentacles away that he realized what had happened: Had she... slashed him?
"Ah—! My eyes—!"
Su Yuyao hurried towards the main hall, partly to tell Xuanfeng her thoughts, and partly because she was starting to miss him again… She wondered if that jerk was free…
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