Chapter 1519: A Devious Martial Sister

Ting Lan couldn’t be treated like Mu Guyue. Logically speaking, a soul seal should be placed on her. Otherwise, with the unpredictability of the human heart, if this person were to have ulterior motives and she were to stay by his side for a long time, it could really cause him to capsize in a calm gutter.

When Ting Lan saw that Li Yan, after hearing Mu Guyue’s words, was indeed staring at her and even starting to squint his eyes, clearly thinking of some plan, she was filled with regret.

Why had she told Mu Guyue those things just now? At the very least, she should have waited until she had a clear understanding of the situation before speaking. That would have been the correct approach.

But now it was too late to regret. She could never have known that Mu Guyue was no longer the person she used to know.

Seeing Li Yan look at Ting Lan and hesitate, Mu Guyue knew that Li Yan was definitely not at ease with this woman.

“Can you let her be like me? I can vouch for her.”

Hearing this, Ting Lan almost fainted.

‘Mu Guyue actually… actually wants me to be like her, to be used by this person as a cultivation cauldron for plundering primordial yin. Her heart is too black…’

Just then, Li Yan suddenly raised his hand and pointed. A light barrier appeared above Ting Lan’s head, and then descended, sealing her inside.

This prevented Ting Lan from hearing their conversation and also from seeing the rest of the hall.

Then, Li Yan waved his large sleeve again, and another restriction sealed the entire main hall. Only after he had done all this did he look at Mu Guyue again.

“She can’t be like you. To put it bluntly, you trust her, but I don’t. So, I still have to place a soul seal on her.”

“Afterward, considering that she has also taken care of you, I can provide all her future cultivation resources.”

“It can be said that, apart from placing a soul seal on her and not giving her the cultivation method I gave you, everything else can be the same as you.”

“She can also choose a cultivation chamber and cultivate in peace. With her cultivation level, I will try my best not to have her do anything dangerous for me,” Li Yan said with a serious face.

After hearing this, a slight look of disappointment appeared on Mu Guyue’s face, but soon a blush appeared on her jade-like face. She immediately nodded.

“Alright. I will explain the rest. I also won’t let her know that I don’t have a soul seal. You can perform the art now, and I will take her away afterward.”

Li Yan also saw the series of changes in Mu Guyue’s expression. He just didn’t know why Mu Guyue’s expression had changed so continuously all of a sudden.

But before he could react, Mu Guyue was already urging him to perform the art.

So, Li Yan quickly formed another hand seal. Ting Lan, who was still in the light barrier with a look of terror, fainted the moment she sensed it.

Li Yan once again formed the soul seal hand seal. Waves of soul power fell upon the pitiful body of Ting Lan, who had collapsed on the ground.

Mu Guyue stood to the side, waiting quietly.

Although Ting Lan still had to suffer the pain of the soul seal, what Li Yan had said was also true. Especially when she thought about the meaning behind Li Yan’s words—that he actually believed she would not betray him.

And thinking back to when Li Yan had just requested her from Great Master Lan, he had never even thought of placing a soul seal on her.

From that time on, Li Yan had actually already let go of his grievances towards her and had considered her feelings.

Comparing that to the present, Mu Guyue’s heart grew even warmer. An emotion she had never felt before welled up from the bottom of her heart at this moment…

Soon, Mu Guyue immediately realized her mistake and forcibly suppressed that emotion…

…

When Ting Lan woke up again, another splitting headache hit her.

She opened her eyes and saw a large patch of light shining down from above. She was sitting somewhere.

For a moment, Ting Lan couldn’t remember where she was. And just as she turned her head, she heard a familiar voice.

“Junior Sister Ting!”

Ting Lan turned her head with a somewhat dazed look, and then she saw a devastatingly beautiful face. At this moment, she still couldn’t react. Where was she, and what had happened?

Her gaze moved away from that face and woodenly looked around.

This was a rather spacious room. Sunlight was shining in from the window. She was sitting on a large chair.

“Hiss!”

Another sharp pain shot through her body. Then, she took a sharp breath and subconsciously circulated her magical power. The magical power immediately surged through her body like an extension of her own limbs.

At the same time, countless memories flooded into Ting Lan’s mind at this moment.

“Senior Sister Mu, I… I’ve been implanted with a soul seal?”

She had experienced this pain before. The moment the memories surged up, Ting Lan also remembered what had just happened. She had suddenly fainted in the main hall.

As she spoke, she endured the sharp pain and turned to look at Mu Guyue. But at this moment, she was already wary of Mu Guyue, and even had some resentment in her heart.

“Of course you’ve been implanted with a soul seal. None of us can escape this. I know you might hate me, but do you think you could have hidden this matter?”

“The moment he remembered, you would have received the most severe punishment. And even if you had tried to escape before being implanted with the soul seal, do you think you could have escaped from this sect?”

Mu Guyue looked at the sadness and indifference that slowly appeared in Ting Lan’s eyes, and she also felt a wave of helplessness. She hadn’t known before how Li Yan would deal with Ting Lan.

Although she had requested the person, she couldn’t just bring her back like this. Ting Lan would definitely ask her to help remove the restriction that sealed her cultivation.

Once she was no longer restrained, who could say what Ting Lan might do, and whether it would bring any adverse consequences for Li Yan?

And that was something that, from the bottom of her heart, Mu Guyue no longer wanted to see happen.

“Then Senior Sister Mu could have at least let me know in advance whether I would become a cauldron for having my primordial yin plundered, just like you. I don’t want to live like that! In that case, I would still have the ability to commit suicide!” Ting Lan said.

“What do you mean, a cauldron for having my primordial yin plundered? When did I become that kind of soul slave?” Mu Guyue immediately frowned after hearing this.

“You… you haven’t been bullied by him? That’s impossible. I heard from Great Master Lan’s side that you were taken away by another male soul cultivator, and it was for your primordial yin!” Ting Lan said immediately, seeing Mu Guyue’s displeased expression.

Hearing this, Mu Guyue’s pretty face immediately turned red.

“What nonsense are you talking about? He… he has never touched me. This person is an ascetic cultivator, just like Great Master Lan. Occasionally, he just has me help him test talismans.”

“And he’s not bad to his soul slaves. If you don’t believe me, you can ask that old man you saw today when you have time. He is also a soul slave.”

“This person won’t stop us from cultivating, and he will also provide some cultivation resources…”

Afterward, Mu Guyue began to tell Ting Lan some of the things she had discussed with Li Yan. She didn’t realize that she was slowly starting to consider things for Li Yan.

Of course, because of her special relationship with Li Yan, with Mu Guyue’s proud personality, how could she be willing to let Ting Lan know about those past events?

She knew that Ting Lan’s mind was relatively pure. If she knew what had happened between her and Li Yan, she would definitely be even more curious and ask about the past.

So, her deception of Ting Lan was partly for Li Yan’s sake, and partly for her own.

As Ting Lan listened to Mu Guyue’s simple explanation, her pair of beautiful large eyes blinked, opening wider and wider.

“Senior Sister Mu, you can’t lie to me. We’ve always shared weal and woe here. How could he give cultivation resources to a soul slave? Is it so we can go to the spirit dueling arena in the future?” Ting Lan immediately thought of a possibility.

“That’s all I’m going to say. This room is yours. Whether you believe it or not, you’ll find out in a while.”

“And as a soul slave, what’s so bad about being sent to the spirit dueling arena? Do you think it’s better than what you called… plundering primordial yin?”

“Here, these spirit stones and medicinal pills are for you. I’m going back to cultivate.”

Mu Guyue was not a woman of many words to begin with, let alone one to explain things for others.

It was rare for her to have said so much for Ting Lan. Seeing that the other still didn’t believe her, she stood up and at the same time, flicked out a storage ring.

That was given by Li Yan. Of course, the amount inside was not as much as Mu Guyue’s, but it was enough for cultivation.

He didn’t know Ting Lan. All of this was for Mu Guyue’s sake. And he didn’t want Ting Lan to be suspicious all day with nothing to do. It was better for her to go and cultivate.

However, he had also told Mu Guyue that she should still occasionally find some things for Ting Lan to do, such as artifact refining or sorting materials.

Otherwise, if a soul slave was requested and then just allowed to cultivate as if being enshrined, Ting Lan herself would become suspicious. So he had also given Mu Guyue some artifact refining materials for her to arrange occasionally.

Ting Lan watched as Mu Guyue gracefully walked out, leaving only her questioning gaze behind…

…

At the hour of Wei (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.), a deacon disciple from the Rear Hall came to find Li Yan and told him that the Sect Master requested his presence.

The way that person looked at Li Yan was also full of curiosity. He was not the deacon who had registered Li Yan.

But after the Sect Master entered the Rear Hall in the afternoon, he had personally arranged for him to bring this newcomer over.

It was rare for the Sect Master to personally summon a disciple, even for a cultivator of the Rear Hall. No matter how elite the cultivators of the Rear Hall were, they were still just elders and disciples. The Sect Master was busy with a myriad of affairs and didn’t have that much time.

Not long after, Li Yan followed this person to a quiet courtyard within the Rear Hall area. When Li Yan arrived, the deacon disciple left.

The moment Li Yan stepped into the main hall, his gaze swept across the room, and his expression was slightly taken aback.

Because in the main hall, there was not only the Sect Master Xue Tieyi, but also a youth in a green shirt with an immature face. It was the Supreme Elder, Tang Three. And on the other side sat Great Master Lan.

There were only these three people in the entire main hall. The familiar Tang Feng was really not here.

But it was fine for Great Master Lan to be here. Why was that Supreme Elder here as well?

Seeing Li Yan come in, the gazes of the three all fell on him. Li Yan hurriedly went forward and paid his respects one by one.

“Sit and talk.”

Xue Tieyi pointed to a chair below. Li Yan immediately sat down as instructed.

After Li Yan sat down, it was still Xue Tieyi who spoke.

“You should already know the reason why you were summoned. It is to reward you for your contribution to the sect this time.”

“You have now become a disciple of the Soul Palace’s Rear Hall. This is a great honor. First, you no longer have to do that hundred-year mission from before.”

“If you are needed for a mission, you will be directly notified by a deacon of the Rear Hall. Once you receive the order, you cannot refuse and must do your utmost to complete it.”

“The difficulty of the missions here may be very high, but you can rest assured that the missions assigned to each disciple will definitely be within their capabilities.”

“It is also because of the high difficulty that each disciple of the Rear Hall receives very few missions. Sometimes, there might not even be one in a hundred years.”

“Therefore, you usually only need to cultivate in peace and continuously improve your cultivation!”

After Xue Tieyi said this, he paused and then looked at Li Yan.

“This disciple understands!” Li Yan immediately replied.

“Mm, what was just said are all matters within the duties of a disciple of the Rear Hall.”

“Now, let’s talk about your other rewards. Here are one thousand Thousand-Year Soul Crystal Sprouts. Their value goes without saying.”

“At the same time… there is also an eighth-rank healing pill personally refined by Great Master Lan. This pill is named the ‘Soul-Returning Pill.’”

“It has a heaven-defying effect on restoring the soul. Even if you only have a sliver of your soul left, and your three huns and seven pos are all incomplete, this pill can still allow your soul to slowly recover.”

“It’s just that the recovery process depends on the extent of the soul’s damage. The longest time, for example, might take four hundred and ninety-nine years to recover, corresponding to the seven-by-seven heavenly escape path of the soul.”

“So, I won’t say more about the preciousness of this pill. It is a heaven-defying existence!”

Li Yan had originally thought that being allowed to enter the Soul Palace’s Rear Hall and become a core disciple was already a great reward.

Getting some spirit stones, soul crystal sprouts, or some secret cultivation method on top of that would have been enough.

Li Yan actually wanted to obtain the secret arts of the Soul-Suppression Palace and a good core cultivation method. Then, by comparing it with the “Saintly Soul Transformation Art,” he could better improve his own cultivation.

But when the other party really took out the items, Li Yan was incomparably shocked.