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When the first rays of light reached towards the land, the youths who were deep in sleep slowly stirred awake.
As usual, Jun Wu Xie made her way towards Yue Yi’s room to check on Yue Yi’s injuries. Due to the change in mindset, the past few days had caused Yue Yi’s recovery to speed up tremendously. His entire person felt completely different, no longer that gloomy and depressive, but exuded a strong sense of yearning towards wanting to live on.
When Jun Wu Xie came into Yue Yi’s room, Zi Jin was feeding Yue Yi the medicinal cuisine that Yue Yi was prescribed with. The medicinal cuisine was prepared by Ye Mei and Ye Sha taking alternate turns and delivered by Ye Gu in the morning before Zi Jin would personally feed it to Yue Yi. This job was actually to be Ye Gu’s but as this incident where Yue Yi was injured had caused Zi Jin to be highly guilt ridden, she had taken this part of the job upon herself.
Ye Gu couldn’t have been more glad that someone was willing to serve Yue Yi so he didn’t have to do it, hence, he had naturally been more than willing to agree to it.
When Jun Wu Xie walked into the room, Zi Jin’s actions became visibly stiffened. Ever since that day that Jun Wu Xie sternly admonished her, Zi Jin had developed a sense of fear towards Jun Wu. With her head lowered, she just nodded perfunctorily at Jun Wu, not even daring to glance at the youth at all, but instead tried to avoid eye contact with Jun Wu as she continued to feed Yue Yi.
Yue Yi looked at the awkwardness on Zi Jin’s face and he could not help but sigh lightly. Although Zi Jin was of a similar age to him, but she had a simple minded nature where her actions sometimes unconsciously made Yue Yi think of that bumbling little sister of his who knew nothing about worldly affairs.
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Yue Yi looked at the awkwardness on Zi Jin’s face and he could not help but sigh lightly. Although Zi Jin was of a similar age to him, but she had a simple minded nature where her actions sometimes unconsciously made Yue Yi think of that bumbling little sister of his who knew nothing about worldly affairs.
“How?” Jun Wu Xie’s gaze slowly swept over Zi Jin’s stiffened back to fall upon the figure of Yue Yi.
Yue Yi’s handsome face was tinged with a smile. The change in his mindset had also caused his mannerisms to be reborn, where the kind of sunshine and vigor that a youth should possess returned to his body. Yue Yi had rather great looks but his always gloomy face and his highly unapproachable expression made people subconsciously distance themselves from him, quickly failing to even notice his looks. Now that the knot in his heart had come undone, that brilliant smile that was visible now made people feel it to be rather dazzling.
But…..
Jun Wu Xie had long become immune against the stunning looks of handsome youths as Jun Wu Yao’s face had hopelessly tempered her appreciation of aesthetics to impossible levels.
“I am already much better and I had even gotten off the bed to walk a little yesterday. Although I was not able to move like an arrow shot out with a single step like before, but I have recovered by quite a bit. I believe it will not be long before I will be able to move about freely.” Yue Yi said with a smile.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. Initially when Yue Yi got so severely wounded, in the eyes of others, he would end up a cripple even if he could be treated. But this person was saved by Jun Wu Xie, and if he did not recover at such a speed, then she would think it strange.
“Since you’re almost recovered, then….. it should be about time that we settle the score with Zhuge Yin.” Jun Wu Xie suddenly said.
The smile on Yue Yi’s face then congealed slightly, as he looked at Jun Wu in surprise.
[Settle the score?]
[With Zhuge Yin?]
To still be able to live, to Yue Yi, was already a gift bestowed upon him from the Heavens. He had never once thought of asking for anything back from Zhuge Yin at all. Without needing to even mention that Zhuge Yin’s powers were far above his own, merely the fact that the Dragon Slayers Palace stood behind Zhuge Yin was already something that he could not afford to provoke in anyway. Right from the very beginning, Yue Yi had already decided to forget the whole thing.
The thoughts in Yue Yi’s head had not come about because he was weak, but was because he had seen too much of the hypocrisy of the world. He was not even able to even fight Elder Yue from the Shadow Moon Palace, how could he ever hope to be able to shake the Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord?
But today, Jun Wu Xie was going to completely overturn his decision to concede defeat.
Seeing the shock registered upon Yue Yi’s face, Jun Wu Xie’s eyes then flashed with a glint of understanding. The disparity between the powers held by the Twelve Palaces was too great and that mentality had already become too deeply rooted into Yue Yi’s heart, which caused him to be unable to place himself on equal standing with Zhuge Yin, to avenge himself.
But…..
Well, she could.
“No need to be so surprised. I have never intended to let Zhuge Yin off that easily. The reason I have not made my move for so long was because I wanted you to be able to witness with your own eyes the end that Zhuge Yin would finally fall into.”
“Young Master Jun….. There’s no need. Really….. That….. That I’m still alive, I am already eternally grateful to you. I do not want to seek revenge, and do not need to ask for anything back from Zhuge Yin. I know that Young Master Jun is not an ordinary person, but Zhuge Yin’s identity is very special. He already possesses exemplary powers himself, and he has the whole Dragon Slayers Palace strongly behind him. We really….. do not need to go head to head against him.” Yue Yi tried to say in a hurry. He was not worried just for himself, but was also concerned for Jun Wu’s safety.
Jun Wu had saved him, given him new hope, and he already saw Jun Wu as his saviour and benefactor. As seeking revenge against Zhuge Yin was really too dangerous, Yue Yi did not wish in the slightest, for Jun Wu to antagonize that vicious demon in order to to seek justice for him.
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Chapter 1737: “This is Vengeance (2)”
“No.” Jun Wu Xie answered resolutely to what Yue Yi had said.
Yue Yi was startled slightly.
Jun Wu Xie’s cold clear eyes looked at Yue Yi as she said slowly: “The debt, is not owed just to you alone, but to me as well. Even if you are willing to let him off, I will not.”
Yue Yi opened his mouth, the eyes he was looking at Jun Wu was highly conflicted. He drew in a deep breath and then said: “I will do as Young Master Jun says. Whatever you need me to do, even if it costs me my life, I will do everything within my powers to get it done.”
The Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord, to the disciples of the Twelve Palaces, was a position that commanded a highly terrifying status. Even the most esteemed disciples from the various palaces would not dare to carelessly go antagonize him, as Zhuge Yin was the Dragon Slayers Palace Lord’s only son, the weight he carried was not something any other disciple could possibly compare with.
Even the Elders of the Dragon Slayers Palace, could not compare with the status Zhuge Yin held, and if they came to harm Zhuge Yin, the consequences could very well be imagined. That would surely bring upon themselves a maniacal and ruthless vengeance from the Dragon Slayers Palace itself.
Jun Wu Xie stared at Yue Yi’s stoically serious face and then suddenly turned her eyes away, to go pour herself a cup of water, and then slowly taking a sip from it. In contrast to Yue Yi’s nervousness, she was being so carefree, like her target she was seeking vengeance upon, was not the Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord, but just a regular disciple.
“I saved you, not to have you go risk your life heedlessly, but for you to live a good life. You do not need to worry. In this matter of dealing with Zhuge Yin, we do not need to dirty our own hands as someone will naturally finish him.” Jun Wu Xie’s clear and unhurried voice rang out within the room.
“What do you mean?” Yue Yi wa
s rather lost.
Jun Wu Xie raised her eyes up slightly, her hands turning the teacup as she toyed with it and then lowering her gaze back down to fall onto the lightly rocking surface of the water, looking at her own reflection within the teacup.
“Among the Twelve Palaces, the people who are displeased with Zhuge Yin are not limited to just you and me, and not only the two of us wants to get rid of him, and it’s only due to certain constraints that people are unable to strike. But when those misgivings are conquered and bashed through by rage, then it would no longer hold or restrain people. Do you understand?” At the moment that Jun Wu Xie spoke the very last syllable, her gaze suddenly looked straight at Yue Yi.
Yue Yi was taken aback, his heart had seemingly been able to grasp something, but it was very fuzzy and blurry.
“On that first night when the few of us just came here into the Pure Grace Palace and they hosted a banquet, do you still remember what happened at that time?” Jun Wu Xie slowly asked.
Yue Yi thought about it for a moment and said: “The first night….. The banquet…..” Suddenly, a scene came into his mind!
That night at the banquet, there wasn’t anything too special about it, but if it was something that was linked to Zhuge Yin, then there was indeed an incident!
And that was the squabble between the Blood Fiend Palace’s Gu Ying and Zhuge Yin!
Zhuge Yin had aggressively gone to fawn on the Blood Fiend Palace’s Gu Xin Yan and that was a point that any bright eyed person could clearly see. But as Gu Xin Yan’s elder brother, Gu Ying had seemed to be rather disgusted with Zhuge Yin’s persistent pestering of his sister and had on that very night during the banquet, openly fell out with each other in front of everyone. And if Gu Xin Yan had not come forward to persuade them, the two young and hot blooded Young Lords could very well have physically torn into each other right there on the spot!
Linking that to the thought provoking words that Jun Wu had said just earlier, a frightening scenario formed up within Yue Yi’s mind. He raised up his head in disbelief, to stare at Jun Wu in shock.
“Young Master Jun, you are talking about….. Gu Ying from the Blood Fiend Palace?”
In the instant when the two words “Gu Ying” came out from Yue Yi’s mouth, Zi Jin who had been sitting silently without a word on the side was suddenly startled, and a strong feeling of unease soundlessly filled up her heart.
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The extent of Zi Jin’s movements was very small and nobody had noticed the peculiarity from her and Yue Yi’s mind was fully drawn in with the realization that had dawned upon him.
“That’s right.” Jun Wu Xie nodded.
“What Young Master Jun means is….. You intend to use Gu Ying’s hand to deal with Zhuge Yin? But….. with Gu Ying being the Blood Fiend Palace’s Young Lord, he would be very much aware of propriety and the limits. Moreover, the Dragon Slayers Palace had always been keen to ally themselves with the Blood Fiend Palace, and it is impossible that Gu Ying does not know anything about it. He might not be all that pleased with Zhuge Yin, but if you are saying that he will harm Zhuge Yin because of that….. don’t you think that might be a little bit too much of a stretch?” Yue Yi said with his brows furrowed up slightly. In regards to the subtlety of relations between the Twelve Palaces, he still knew a little about them.
Although Gu Ying’s position in the Blood Fiend Palace was similar to that of Zhuge Yin’s, the Dragon Slayers Palace was below the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace in terms of might. Together with the way they displayed obvious inclinations that leaned well towards the Blood Fiend Palace, in the ongoing tussle between the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace, it was thought no matter how much Gu Ying disliked Zhuge Yin, he was surely expected to at least exercise a certain level of control and restraint.
Jun Wu Xie then put her teacup down upon the table and turned to say to Yue Yi: “If your little sister was violated by a lecher, what would you do?”
Jun Wu Xie’s words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Yue Yi straight on his head!
His little sister was the one inverse scale that no one must ruffle his entire life. Don’t even talk about violating her, even if anyone dared to hurt a single strand of hair upon her, Yue Yi would fight that person even at the cost of his life, no matter who that person was!
Jun Wu Xie’s words immediately woke Yue Yi up to that fact, which caused Yue Yi’s face to twist up in shock.
“Gu Xin Yan…..” Yue Yi slowly breathed out the name that had caused Zhuge Yin and Gu Ying to fall into conflict.
Jun Wu Xie then said: “That’s right. Gu Xin Yan is Gu Ying’s sister and from what we saw then during the banquet, Gu Ying greatly detests the fact that Zhuge Yin is trying to get close to Gu Xin Yan. Hence….. if he is made to see with his own eyes, Zhuge Yin being disrespectful to Gu Xin Yan, or even to the extent that he had already committed a deed that would anger the gods and man, would you then think, when one is under that kind of mindless fury, Gu Ying will still be able to think logically, to consider whether he should strike Zhuge Yin at that moment?”
Yue Yi’s eyes widened up with incredulity. As a older brother himself, he could naturally well imagine what kind of a situation that would truly be.
If he was in that position, he would definitely not be able to calmly think things through at all, and the only thing that would fill up his mind entirely at that moment, would be to tear the culprit up into a million pieces!
It must be said, that the hand that Jun Wu Xie schemed up is vicious to say the least. Even Yue Yi himself could not imagine that such a venomous ploy could really come out from Jun Wu’s mind.
“But Zhuge Yin is no fool as well. Although he has been trying to get close to Gu Xin Yan, but….. he must surely know that there are limits, and would not dare to commit any deed that is too inappropriate.” Yue Yi said, drawing a deep breath in to press down the tinge of disagreement in his heart. This life of his was already Jun Wu’s to have and no matter what Jun Wu did, he would not object but just obey.
Jun Wu Xie did not reply to Yue Yi’s apprehension directly but instead went on to retrieve a palm sized porcelain bottle from her Cosmos Sack to place upon the table.
“People skilled in medicine, mostly excel in poisons as well. In this world, we are not without drugs that could make a person temporarily lose their senses. If you want to make a man lose his rationality to go seize the woman his heart desires and make her his, there are many ways to achieve it.” Jun Wu Xie said as she tapped a finger a few times upon the table’s surface right beside the bottle meaningfully.
Yue Yi gulped as he looked at the bottle of medicine, the look in his eyes highly complicated.
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Jun Wu was intending to use some kind of drug to force Zhuge Yin to lose control of his senses!
Yue Yi drew in a deep breath secretly, pushing the discomfort he felt in his heart down as he tried to numb his own conscience.
Although he was feeling that it was rather unrighteous to do that, as Gu Xin Yan was innocent afterall, but….. since it was Jun Wu’s decision, he would not question it in anyway.
“Is there anything you need me to help with?” Yue Yi asked resolutely as he raised his head.
Jun Wu Xie saw the struggle in Yue Yi’s eyes finally turning into the final determination shining in them and the corners of her mouth curled up with a faint arc. She picked up the bottle of medicine and kept it away before saying indifferently: “You do not need to do anything. I merely came here to let you know about it. Rest yourself well as there will be a great show coming right up in the days ahead.”
Yue Yi felt a sense of relief slowly spread through him. If he had been asked to carry out the task, with the kind of personality that he had, it would have been really hard for him to transform himself in such a short period.
Jun Wu Xie then
took a look at Yue Yi’s injuries and left some elixirs behind before she left the room together with Jun Wu Yao.
It was until the backs of the two people had left the room and the door shut once more that Yue Yi’s room fell dead silent.
Zi Jin sat at Yue Yi’s bedside with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking. Yue Yi thought that she had been shocked by Jun Wu’s methods and not wanting her to have any further misunderstandings against Jun Wu, Yue Yi opened his mouth to say: “Young Master Jun is doing this all because of me. He…..”
Zi Jin suddenly stood up, not even waiting for Yue Yi to finish what he wanted to say. The colour on her face was an ugly shade, her eyes tinged with a trace of panic.
Yue Yi just assumed that she had been frightened.
“You’ve finished eating. I’ll then make a move.” Zi Jin’s voice was even shaking a little.
“Zi Jin!” There were things Yue Yi still wanted to say to her.
But Zi Jin did not want to remain in that room for even a moment longer and immediately went running out from there, leaving Yue Yi sitting helplessly on his bed to sigh.
Zi Jin fought to maintain her composure as she walked out from Yue Yi’s room, but the panic in her eyes already betrayed her emotions surging within. She did not dare to tarry another single moment and she just threw the empty bowl in her hand to the ground, the clear sound of shattering reverberating within the empty corridor. Zi Jin picked up the hem of her skirt and treading through the ear piercing sound of the crash, she ran speedily towards the other end of the corridor.
She just could not believe what she had just heard!
That Jun Wu would employ such a dirty trick against Gu Ying!
Zi Jin’s heart felt like it was being stirred with a knife, fear and deep worry permeating throughout her chest. Jun Wu’s words rang incessantly in her mind, unconsciously prodding her steps to go faster.
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