In the past two days, Gu Ying had suddenly been frequently seen together with Zi Jin from the Shadow Moon Palace. Although there wasn’t much interaction between the two, but they were often seen strolling together in the garden in the afternoons. The youths from the Dragon Slayers Palace had not paid it much attention at first but after bumping into them several times, they began to feel that something didn’t feel quite right.
They tailed the two of them from afar, thinking to hear what Gu Ying was saying to Zi Jin, but were unable to hear anything useful, but just often saw that Gu Ying was able to coax Zi Jin into laughter with just a few words.
“Huh? I have always said that that Gu Ying acts strangely feminine all the time, could it be that fella has a problem with his eyes?” Zhuge Yin could naturally remember what kind of “looks” Zi Jin possessed. To be honest, based on his own standards, Zi Jin really would not be able to gain his interest at all. Besides the fact that her body might not be all that bad, there was absolutely no good points on the rest of her.
But as the Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord, Gu Ying would actually develop an interest towards such an unremarkable little lady from the Shadow Moon Palace, and was even taking the effort to arrange to meet up for strolls! ? How could Zhuge Yin not find it all too funny?
Without having to talk about anyone else, just Gu Ying’s younger sister, Gu Xin Yan, was already such a ravishing beauty. Immersed for so long within such beauty, Gu Ying could still fall for such a good for nothing wench, how interesting.
“Didn’t any of you hear what they were talking about?” Zhuge Yin went on to ask.
The youth shook his head.
“The two of them spoke in very soft voices and as Gu Ying possesses significant powers, we did not dare to get too close, afraid that we’ll be discovered. Hence, we could only follow behind them from afar. But we happened to once hear them seemingly talking about the other people from the Shadow Moon Palace, but we were unable to grasp any details.”
Zhuge Yin rubbed at his chin. His sharp instinct was making him feel that something fishy was brewing under all this.
Volume 18
Chapter 1732: “Something Fishy (2)”
Zhuge Yin rubbed at his chin. His sharp instinct was making him feel that something fishy was brewing under all this.
Fei Yan secretly creased up his brows as he listened to all that. Zi Jin was a person just beside Jun Wu Xie and from what he had heard from Qiao Chu, she seemed to be from the Spirit Jade Palace. He had seen that young lass before, she was still rather young with a bumbling pair of eyes filled with anxiety, and it could be immediately seen that she was still green and one who had not seen much of the world.
And who was Gu Ying?
That was a tough nut that even Jun Wu Xie would need to be careful with when dealing with him.
How did these two people come to be paired together?
If it was said that Gu Ying had fallen for Zi Jin, Fei Yan would never believe it for a moment even if you were to beat him to death. But how could such a guileless and foolish little girl like Zi Jin be able to outplay Gu Ying at all?
In that instant, Fei Yan became a little anxious. It was not known whether Jun Wu Xie was aware of it and if not, that would be truly dangerous!
Although Fei Yan was feeling highly nervous inside, he did not show it in the slightest outside. In his mind, he was already thinking how to deliver this piece of news into Jun Wu Xie’s hands but alas, as Zhuge Yin had been in a rather foul mood these few days, when any of the other disciples appeared before him, they would only receive admonishments and harsh words with a few of them even lashed out at with fists and kicks. Fei Yan was the only exception that he could still stand to have accompanying him.
Being watched by Zhuge Yin so tightly, the only chance he would be able to slip out would only be at night.
“You guys continue to watch them. If you discover anything, come back immediately to tell me about it.” Zhuge Yin waved his hand dismissively and the youth immediately retreated outside. Zhuge Yin’s mood was greatly improved and he came to sit down on the chair beside Fei Yan.
“Little Yan, what do you think is going on here?” Zhuge Yin had become used to asking for Fei Yan’s opinion over this period of time.
Fei Yan laughed lightly and then answered: “Against such things, how could I possibly understand anything?”
Zhuge Yin smiled and the folding fan he had not used for quite a while was flicked open as he started fanning himself with it. “What kind of a person does Little Yan here think Gu Ying is?”
“I don’t know. The only thing I know is that he loves to go against our Young Lord.” Fei Yan said, eager to fan up the hatred against Gu Ying.
As expected, Zhuge Yin snorted in derision. “Does he even have what it takes to go against me? He merely possessed the hollow name of being the Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord. There’s no place for him in the Blood Fiend Palace at all and the next Palace Lord of the Blood Fiend Palace would undoubtedly be Gu Xin Yan.”
“Oh?” These words here, were not something that Fei Yan was hearing for the first time.
Zhuge Yin seemed to know something about Gu Ying but every time Gu Ying was mentioned, Zhuge Yin had always not explained it clearly, which just greatly piqued Fei Yan’s curiosity.
“Little Yan, you just watch. What I am saying will definitely be proven right. I am just giving in a little to him now, but in future….. Heh heh….. I will be collecting on this debt owed sooner or later.” Zhuge Yin said with his eyes narrowed, where they flashed with the glint of hatred.
Fei Yan just watched him and did not reply. Unnoticed by Zhuge Yin, he quietly pulled out the jade token that was linked to the others held by the companions, to secretly scribble the character “Jin” upon it.
Whether he would be able to go find Jun Wu Xie at night was still a question, so he decided to give Jun Wu Xie a warning of sorts, hoping that Jun Wu Xie would be intelligent enough to understand what he meant.
On the other side, Jun Wu Xie was seated within her room, looking through all the information that Ye Mei and the other guys had collected within the Pure Grace Palace in the past few days. She already knew everything about all the candidates that the Twelve Palaces had sent here to the Pure Grace Palace and they were no lack of rather talented youths among them.
Right at that moment, Jun Wu Xie noticed the anomaly of the jade token hanging from her hip and she picked it up to look at it. Upon the jade token, it clearly displayed the “Jin” character!
Volume 18
Chapter 1733: “Something Fishy (3)”
That very night, Fei Yan waited till everyone was fast asleep before he silently felt his way outside, to shoot himself straight towards Jun Wu Xie’s room.
Under the darkness of night, Fei Yan picked the window open and quietly pushed it open, without making the slightest sound. However, in the instant that the window opened, moonlight spilled into the pitch dark room and when Fei Yan raised his head up to look in, he almost fell off from the eaves of the building outside the window.
“Big….. Big Brother Wu Yao…..”
Inside the room, Jun Wu Yao stood quietly beside the window, the moonlight shrouding his body in a faint glow, his deep penetrating eyes like embedded black diamonds.
Fei Yan’s heart had almost jumped out of him from fright. Not even in his dreams would he have thought that Jun Wu Yao had actually come!
At that moment he could not help but recall back to the day at the side of the arena stage, when Jun Wu Xie came in, the man standing beside her had been different from the one they saw in the main hall the very first time. Although the looks had not changed, but in terms of his presence and bearing, there had been a world of difference. But as his attention was focused upon the arena stage, he had not given it any further thought.
“Hmm?” Jun Wu Yao was wearing only his thin inner robe and a gust of night breeze blew past, parting the collar of the loose robe, to reveal the muscularly scul
pted chest.
Fei Yan held his breath in, not even daring to look, his heart wrenched up in grief.
Big Brother Wu Yao was indeed the manliest among men. He subconsciously reached his hand up to feel his own chest. Though it was rather solid as well, but compared to Jun Wu Yao…..
“I….. I came to look for Wu Xie.” Fei Yan said carefully.
An eyebrow on Jun Wu Yao’s face raised up and without waiting for Fei Yan to climb in, he immediately pulled the window shut, almost clipping Fei Yan’s fingers flat.
But Fei Yan could do nothing but stare wide eyed at the tightly shut window, unable to even summon up the courage to knock on the window.
After a short while, the window was opened once more and the face of Jun Wu Xie still groggy from sleep appeared at the window, her big eyes edged with a misty glint, from the tears brought on by sleepiness.
“Come in.” Jun Wu Xie was just awoken by Jun Wu Yao and she did not know exactly when Jun Wu Yao had wrapped his outer robe around her.
Jun Wu Yao had a tall and towering stature, and with his outer robe draped over Jun Wu Xie’s body, it was so loose that she looked like a child wearing an adult’s clothes. Both of Jun Wu Xie’s hands were completely covered by the too long sleeves and she was busying rolling them up with her head lowered.
Fei Yan obediently scuttled into the room to see Jun Wu Yao seated on a chair and sipping tea, while on the table beside him, was placed a mask used for his disguise, which was the exact same “face” that Fei Yan had seen back at the arena stage.
“You were the one who sent the message?” Jun Wu Xie raised up her head a moment to ask, as she continued to roll up her sleeves.
The message was received just this afternoon and Fei Yan had coming running here to find out the very same night. It was quite clear that Fei Yan must have been the one who sent the message.
“That’s right.” Fei Yan nodded.
“Grab a seat.” Jun Wu Xie said as she pointed at a stool at the side. Fei Yan immediately went to sit down, his eyes not daring to drift over to Jun Wu Yao’s side at all.
“What did you find out?” Jun Wu Xie sat down herself. The little black cat that had been dumped on the bed stretched its body and then took a couple of bounds to leap into Jun Wu Xie’s arms, asking to be stroked.
“That Zi Jin was someone you brought over from the Spirit Jade Palace?” Fei Yan did not beat around the bush but went straight to the main topic.
“Mm.” Jun Wu Xie nodded. When she saw that “Jin” character, she had immediately guessed that the matter was linked to Zi Jin.
“How is she as a person?” Fei Yan continued to ask.
“Dumb.” Jun Wu Xie tossed out that one word lazily.
Fei Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. “She is indeed rather dumb.”
Volume 18
Chapter 1734: “Something Fishy (4)”
Fei Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. “She is indeed rather dumb.”
“Earlier today, a disciple of the Dragon Slayers Palace came in to bring news to Zhuge Yin and I happened to be there. I heard from that Dragon Slayers Palace’s disciple that Zi Jin seems to be getting rather close with Gu Ying and the two of them are often seen going around together. Do you know about this?” Fei Yan said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie with a wary look. He might be able to understand that at times, a girl and a guy can just get along with each other. But the identities of the two parties were obviously rather abnormal when put together and moreover, Zi Jin was a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace where logically she should be feeling greatly animosity against people from the Twelve Palaces.
Just by looking at the identity of the youth was already enough to shock Fei Yan enough to break out in cold sweat.
It was Gu Ying who killed people without flinching in the slightest!
He could still remember how much gore and bloodshed Gu Ying had stirred up back in the Zephyr Academy. When they were in the Zephyr Academy, in order to satisfy his bloodthirsty nature, he had often murdered those innocent disciples without rhyme or reason. He had been exactly like a demon that had crawled out from the depths of Hell, and any place that he was at, the shroud of death shadowed behind.
With such a bloodthirsty demon, how could he possibly become romantically involved with such an ordinary girl? And the girl was one whose mind wasn’t all that bright, which just didn’t feel right.
If Gu Ying’s target had been anyone else, Fei Yan might not want to bother himself about it at all. He would wish that Gu Ying would blow the matter up, the bigger the better, so that he would draw the wrath of the other palaces to himself. But Zi Jin’s identity was unique, Although she was carrying the identity as a member of the Shadow Moon Palace, but in reality she was a disciple of the Spirit Jade Palace who had followed Jun Wu Xie all the way here to the Pure Grace Palace. If Zi Jin were not careful with her words, then it would not just be her alone who would be in trouble.
Even Jun Wu Xie would not be spared from becoming involved!
The implications of the matter were too grave and Fei Yan could not afford to not take the risk to come tell Jun Wu Xie about it.
Jun Wu Xie was silent for a moment before she said: “I knew about it.”
“What?” Fei Yan was surprised. [She knew?]
“If you knew about it, why are you allowing Zi Jin to continue to mess things up? I really do not think Zi Jin would be capable of outwitting Gu Ying.” Fei Yan was feeling a little anxious. Gu Ying was not just anybody, and he was not easy to deal with at all.
Seeing that Fei Yan was looking so anxious, Jun Wu Xie poured him a cup of water out of consideration as she said slowly: “Why should I not?”
“…..” Fei Yan almost wanted to kneel down before Jun Wu Xie. What was this Young Miss’ brain really thinking inside! ? He really could not make head or tail of it.
Seeing her little companion so gripped by anxiety, Jun Wu Xie then said indifferently: “I will deal with this properly. Rest assured.”
“Shouldn’t you at least reveal a hint, and let us know what we should do from here.” Fei Yan was rather insistent. He needed to at least know what he must do to correspond his actions with Jun Wu Xie, as he didn’t want to ruin Jun Wu Xie’s plot in a moment of carelessness.
Jun Wu Xie looked at Fei Yan, and then gave a slight sigh before she beckoned at him with her hand.
Fei Yan immediately stuck his ear over to listen to Jun Wu Xie’s soft whisper. The worry in his eyes turning into surprise in an instant. Till Jun Wu Xie finished telling him everything, the look of stunned surprise on his face did not fade away in the slightest.
“….. You….. You already had this all planned out?” Fei Yan asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, his face incredulous.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. Although she did not step out through her door much, but every single happening within the Pure Grace Palace did not escape the eyes of Ye Sha, Ye Mei, and Ye Gu. Even just by sitting in her room, she was able to know everything that was going on outside.
About Zi Jin abnormal behaviour over this period, she had already heard Ye Sha mention it to her before, and hence she knew all there was to know about it.
Volume 18
Chapter 1735: “Something Fishy (5)”
“Are you sure that you want to do this?” It was quite a while before Fei Yan fully digested Jun Wu Xie’s words. He rubbed at his chin, his heart still contemplating the full meaning and implications behind the words Jun Wu Xie had just told him.
“I am merely providing a choice, as for how to choose, it is not a problem that I should worry myself about.” Jun Wu Xie said with a shrug of her shoulders.
“Alright. Seems like I have worried myself for nothing. That brain on you is truly something that no regular person can ever hope to compare to. I think I should just quietly stay with the Dragon Slayers Palace.” Fei Yan said with a laugh, his heart that had been hanging from a thread settling back in place.
“After the deed, you need to be respon
sible for handling the affairs of the Dragon Slayers Palace.” Jun Wu Xie said.
Fei Yan then replied by thumping himself on the chest confidently.
“You can be assured of it. I might not be comparable to you in coming up with ideas, but when it comes to handling affairs properly, I guarantee I will not cause you any problems.”
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Fei Yan then quickly decided he had stayed there long enough, not for any other reason than just having Jun Wu Yao sitting at the side was making him feel like he was sitting on pins. Though that pair of eyes had clearly been smiling, they had instead made Fei Yan feel that he must not remain there a moment longer.
Quickly bidding farewell to Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao, Fei Yan quickly shot himself out of Jun Wu Xie’s room, and he even courteously remembered to shut the window tight behind him as he was leaving.
It was not until the opened window was firmly closed once more that shock suddenly registered on Fei Yan’s face.
[Wait a minute!]
[Did he just miss something out?]
[It was already so late at night, why was Big Brother Wu Yao in Little Xie’s room?]
[And judging from the way they were dressed, it seemed that before he came, they were already sleeping…..]
Fei Yan gulped as he stared into the night sky. [If he remembered it correctly, in Jun Wu Xie’s room, it seemed….. there was only one bed right?]
At that moment, Fei Yan finally understood why Jun Wu Yao had looked so fixedly at him with such a “friendly” gaze.
Realizing what he had just discovered, Fei Yan immediately did not dare to tarry there even for another second and a figure flashed quickly away under the cover of night.
But rising up within his heart besides utter shock, was actually….. a tiny bit of envy as well.
[He wished he could sleep together with Little Ruo as well…..]
Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 18 Page 9
