Chapter 133 Just for the Person in My Heart
Mu Jianjian never expected to see this scene when she opened her eyes. She took a deep breath and forced back the tears that had just welled up after sensing the memories in Cai Hua's spirit.
He just fainted after breaking through, how could he be dying!
She felt an itch on her neck and instinctively reached up to touch it. A snow-white ball appeared in front of her, meowed, and stared at her with concerned eyes like purple gemstones.
This adorable creature must be a cat no matter how you look at it!
Mu Jianjian sat up and hugged the white ball tightly, inhaling deeply, while listening to Ye Xuanzhi describe the current state of Jingxu Garden when she was unconscious.
It turns out that Cai Hua had foreseen her fate before her death and had taken care of everything. Now, all that is said to be Cai Hua's cultivation went awry and that her male lover, Feng Laiyun, died for love.
"Does anyone really believe this?" Mu Jianjian asked incredulously, her thoughts still lingering on the other person's spirit and feeling regret over the story of the brother and sister.
After all, facing death requires immense courage. The regret is not the bad ending, but the fact that "it could have been different."
Ye Xuanzhi sighed, "It's already been circulating in Jingxu Garden, but that's not something you need to think about right now."
Mu Jianjian was puzzled. "What do I need to think about?"
Her mind was blank; she pouted and hugged the white ball tightly.
After overcoming numerous dangers, Mu Jianjian's longing for Sang Wanyue reached its peak. She hadn't seen Yueyue for a long time and wondered how she was doing.
"After Cai Hua died, those elders all wanted to compete for the position of Garden Master and become one of the next 'Five Eccentrics' to show their faces to the Demon Lord." Ye Xuanzhi said helplessly.
"Then let the Second Elder take the position. Didn't you say he was originally one of your people?"
"But you are Cai Hua's disciple, and you also passed on her poison skills to her." Ye Xuanzhi tried to make the girl realize this, so that she wouldn't just walk away and stay out of it.
"Ah, do you think this is appropriate?" Mu Jianjian's expression instantly turned ferocious. "She only passed on the secret techniques related to incense poison to me. I don't know anything about things like humanoid Gu, Gu poison techniques, or even that 'life force'."
Putting aside the secret techniques, wouldn't it be morally reprehensible for a young lady from a righteous sect in the eyes of mainland cultivators to become the head of a demonic sect?
And most importantly, Mu Jianjian found it all so troublesome—
She was just a salted fish lying in the sea, indistinguishable between deep and fresh water.
"You don't need to worry about that. The Second Elder will handle it. You just need to use the name 'Mu Yuanyuan' to be legitimate in the eyes of outsiders." Ye Xuanzhi leaned closer to the girl with the distorted face and coaxed her gently. "Moreover, if you become the nominal owner of the garden, you will have countless spirit stones, pills, and poisons."
Upon hearing "spirit stones and pills," Mu Jianjian's reluctant expression instantly turned serious. She cleared her throat, "It's not that it's impossible..."
"And with the title of Master of Jingxu Garden, you can pretend to be weak while actually being strong!" Ye Xuanzhi chuckled.
Mu Jianjian: Only you know how to do this, thank you.
She said seriously, "It's not that I care about those spirit stones and pills, it's just that I don't want Master's hard work to be wasted."
Ye Xuanzhi: ...
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A few days later, after Mu Jianjian's Foundation Establishment Level 8 cultivation stabilized, a succession ceremony was held under the supervision of the Second Elder. Although it was called a succession, it was actually what Ye Xuanzhi called "listing the plaque".
“Jianjian, you should look at me instead of them,” Ye Xuanzhi glanced at the men who had come to mourn, a strange competitive spirit rising in his heart. “I’m much more handsome than them.”
"Are those my master's male concubines?" Mu Jianjian, already used to Ye Xuanzhi's inexplicable erratic behavior, asked softly.
"Yes." Ye Xuanzhi nodded.
Mu Jianjian looked away and slowly placed the three incense sticks in her hand into the golden incense burner in front of the life tablets. "What will happen to them next?"
"I don't know, they'll probably be let go..." Before Ye Xuanzhi could finish speaking, a man rushed up to the two of them and started wiping away tears.
His cultivation level was only at the Qi Condensation stage. Beneath his handsome features lay a deliberately feigned haggardness and sorrow. The man collapsed in tears in front of the incense burner. He wanted to reach out and pull up Mu Jianjian's sleeve, but she dodged him.
The man wasn't angry; instead, he became even more sorrowful. He looked up at the expressionless girl, squeezing tears onto his face as he sobbed, "My lady, I can never forget—"
Before she could even start howling, Ye Xuanzhi stepped in front of Mu Jianjian, separating the two of them. His face was gloomy. "If you don't want to be thrown into a brothel, get out of here."
After Cai Hua's death, did she not want to give up her former status, so she set her sights on the new master of the garden, Jianjian?
What dares to bark in front of his friend!
He spat out each word through gritted teeth, startling the wailing man. Seeing that the other man didn't seem to be joking, he quickly got up and left. Looking at the scene, he noticed that all the people who had come to mourn in a fake manner had also left.
Mu Jianjian didn't say a word from beginning to end. She quietly lit three incense sticks and bowed three times to Cai Hua's life tablet.
Ye Xuanzhi, who originally wanted to say a few more words, stopped talking when he saw Mu Jianjian like this, and quietly waited until she finished the worship and left the back hall.
"When are you leaving?" Ye Xuanzhi asked Mu Jianjian, turning his head to look at the drowsy little white ball that was taking a nap.
"I'll leave today." Mu Jianjian looked down at the white jade plaque Cai Hua had left her, which represented her status as the head of Jingxu Garden, and put it into her spatial storage.
"So fast?" Ye Xuanzhi's originally delighted face immediately fell.
This means that the two will soon be separated.
"Mm." Mu Jianjian nodded, preparing to go to Duan Yuechi to play with Linghu Zhuoyu after leaving. If she calculated the days, she would be able to meet up with the Xuan Shuang Sect's delegation when they arrived for the grand banquet.
Ye Xuanzhi lowered his head. At this moment, the white ball meowed and jumped into Mu Jianjian's arms. Its amethyst-like eyes sparkled in the sunlight, and its fluffy white tail wrapped around her arm, seemingly representing a plea to stay.
"Bai Tuan, we'll meet again," Mu Jianjian chuckled, speaking to the dejected Ye Xuanzhi. "Send a substitute over before the people in the Immortal Palace notice, prioritizing stability above all else, okay?"
"Don't worry." Ye Xuanzhi nodded, still feeling extremely reluctant to part with his first friend. "Jianjian, how about I go with you—"
“No, go do what you want to do. We can still have fun together next time we meet, okay?” Mu Jianjian refused righteously. “Besides, you’re going back to attend the Pingdu Grand Banquet in a month. It’s only a month.”
Ye Xuanzhi's eyes lit up again.
“But… Ye Xuanzhi,” Mu Jianjian suddenly stopped in her tracks, looking at the man with a very serious expression, and waved her hand to set up a barrier around the two of them, “Your Xuanmen is secretly investigating this matter, please be extremely careful, I’m afraid the Immortal Palace…”
Ye Xuanzhi put away his frivolousness and looked at the sincere girl in front of him, feeling a warmth in his heart. "Don't worry, Jianjian, we'll see you in a month."
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Sacred Lotus Pavilion, Lotus Spring.
A woman, facing a man who was raising a sword and approaching her step by step, frantically waved her hands, "I...I...I really didn't mean to, I didn't mean to hurt you, it's just that you deceived me and I feel terrible..."
"You were fooled by me?" Sang Wanyue chuckled, her moon-like eyes, though dark, held no emotion. "I never said I was a man."
Tao Xian choked, tears welling in her eyes. Her cheeks were flushed with nervousness, and she looked pitiful. "Please don't kill me! Please! If you kill me, the Holy Son will definitely blame you. Just let me go, and I promise I will never appear in front of you again!"
You bitch!
If she continues to delay, once her father and Brother Wuluo arrive, this vile woman's actions will be exposed to the public. Will those foolish fellow disciples still speak up for her then?
This was the first time Tao Xian had ever been so foolish. She was completely fooled by this woman disguised as a man, and even thought that the other party had come to save her!
Sang Wanyue found it amusing. She calculated the time it would take for the Grand Elder and Ye Wuluo to arrive, and once again pressed the sword in her hand against Tao Xuan's fair neck.
She actually thought she was doing these things for Ye Wuluo, and didn't care whether Ye Wuluo was worthy or not.
From beginning to end, she only cared about that one person in her heart.
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