Chapter 251: Shooting the Arrow Before Drawing the Target
Watching Lu Yang’s appearance—although trying his best to suppress it, he still looked somewhat impatient—Perfected One Miaoyin maintained her smile while sneering inwardly.
Heh, men!
In the next second, she actively took a step back. She had just looked as if she were actively flirting, but now she returned to her elegant, dignified, and noble posture.
She understood these men’s thoughts too well. To bewitch a person with beauty, throwing oneself into their arms was the lowest method. The truly effective method should be playing hard to get. Men… the more they couldn’t eat it, the more they wanted to eat it. Only by dangling him and pulling him back and forth could she completely control him.
“So, is Fellow Daoist willing to talk?”
Perfected One Miaoyin asked softly, as if her earlier provocative words were unintentional slips and she truly hadn’t meant anything by them.
Being elusive makes the heart itch even more.
Sure enough, Lu Yang’s restless behavior became even more obvious upon seeing this. He spoke faster: “…Madam has not yet said, for what matter did you seek me out this time?”
“This concubine wishes to make a trip to the [Myriad Martial World Realm] to harvest Qi and increase my fate.”
“However, the outer heaven is perilous, and this concubine has no one for protection.”
Perfected One Miaoyin sighed. “In the past, this concubine had my husband’s help. But now that my husband has passed away, this concubine truly cannot find a trustworthy helper.”
After speaking, she looked up at Lu Yang. Every word and action, every frown and smile, vividly displayed the fragility and helplessness hidden under her dignity due to her recent widowhood. Coupled with the special identity of being his former superior’s wife, it was enough to make many people’s hearts flutter.
Lu Yang seemed to be no exception.
“I agree to this matter!”
He slapped his chest and laughed loudly. “It just so happens I also plan to go to the outer heaven to harvest Qi. I can travel with Madam; supporting each other, we can look out for one another.”
“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!”
Hearing this, Perfected One Miaoyin instantly revealed a touch of emotion. Her originally slightly pale, exquisite face also flushed with a moving blush.
“This time, this concubine has only invited Fellow Daoist alone… I hope Fellow Daoist will cherish me.”
After speaking, Perfected One Miaoyin bowed slightly. Her words invited wild fantasies, yet her tone was incredibly proper, as if there were no double meanings at all.
Lu Yang’s expression became even more unable to hold back.
However, Perfected One Miaoyin did not stay long. Seeing this, she directly activated a streak of escape light and floated away with a fragrant breeze, giving Lu Yang no further chance to speak.
“…”
After watching Perfected One Miaoyin leave, Lu Yang finally restrained his expression. Patriarch Nether Whisper appeared quietly behind him, looking at him with slight concern.
“Yuan Tu, you weren’t truly moved, were you?”
“Patriarch must be joking.”
Lu Yang turned around. The face that was restless just moments ago was now completely indifferent. His eyes were calm as he spat out a sentence faintly:
“She wants to harm me!”
After speaking, Lu Yang pondered for a moment, then added, “To be precise, this woman must be colluding with someone with ulterior motives, wanting to set a trap to harm me!”
“…Huh?”
Patriarch Nether Whisper was stunned. I wanted you to be careful of this woman and not be seduced by beauty, but isn’t this a bit extreme?
“Surely not?”
“What do you mean ‘surely not’?” Lu Yang glanced at Patriarch Nether Whisper and whispered, “Patriarch, this is the Saint Sect! This kind of thing isn’t strange!”
Just the Saint Sect’s style!
Patriarch Nether Whisper wanted to refute, but thinking about it, since it was the Saint Sect, it wasn’t impossible. He could only change the subject. “What is your basis?”
“The basis is that she actively came to find me!”
Lu Yang looked calm as he analyzed, “Why would she actively come to find me? Just because she misunderstood me as being lecherous and thought she could use that to exploit me?”
—What else?
Seeing Patriarch Nether Whisper’s strange expression, Lu Yang immediately guessed his thoughts and couldn’t help but say, “Patriarch, you know me.”
“Am I the kind of person who is fond of lust?”
Hearing this, Patriarch Nether Whisper silently criticized in his heart: It’s precisely because I know you too well that I’m worried you might be swept away by beauty.
Seeing this, Lu Yang could only explain helplessly, “Undeniably, she has thoughts of pulling me back and forth, but that is just a standard tactic of a Saint Sect Perfected One; it proves nothing. Look past the phenomena to the essence: no matter what means she used, her actively coming to find me this time is just wrong!”
“Because she is the one holding the initiative.”
“She holds detailed intelligence on the [Myriad Martial World Realm]. If I want to go to the [Myriad Martial World Realm] to harvest Qi, I have to ask her for help. I am the weaker party.”
“Under these circumstances, a qualified Saint Sect Perfected One would inevitably wait for the right price to sell, maximizing benefits. But she actively came to find me.”
“Doing this must mean she seeks something else, and what she seeks is significant!”
“Significant enough that she thought I couldn’t possibly agree, significant enough that she actively condescended to find me as the advantaged party… That can only mean she wants my life!”
Patriarch Nether Whisper found it hard to keep a straight face listening to this.
“This is just your suspicion, right? Most of it is guesswork. You are shooting the arrow before drawing the target, deciding from the start that she plots against you.”
Lu Yang’s question could have many plausible explanations. For example, Perfected One Miaoyin might be flustered due to Chong Guang’s death, or she simply didn’t think that much, or perhaps because Lu Yang had conversed face-to-face with Perfected Lord Feixue, she worried Lu Yang already possessed intelligence on the [Myriad Martial World Realm]…
Lu Yang didn’t deny this.
After all, he had indeed directly assumed Perfected One Miaoyin had other designs on him before deducing the motive backward. But he didn’t feel there was any problem with that.
“With a Saint Sect Perfected One, one can never be too cautious!”
Unless it was someone like Madam Ruo Xiang whose cultivation was inferior to his, Lu Yang might treat them more casually. But Perfected One Miaoyin was completely different from Madam Ruo Xiang.
Because she was at the Perfection of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment!
Moreover, as Chong Guang’s former Dao Companion, who knew how many good things she had secretly acquired? In a battle, she might be even more formidable than Ye Guyue.
Dealing with this kind of person, Lu Yang would absolutely not take it lightly.
“Better to believe it exists than to believe it doesn’t.” Lu Yang pondered in his heart, then stood up. “I need to make a trip to the Manifestation Pavilion. I have to make preparations beforehand.”
Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, Dao-Hearing Mountain.
This was Perfected One Miaoyin’s Dao Field. In the deepest great hall, Perfected One Miaoyin landed with a fragrant breeze and escape light, then closed the palace hall.
Because this palace hall was actually a superior Spirit Treasure named the [See No Evil Courtyard]. Its divine wonder was similar to Lu Yang’s [Hidden Stellar Radiance]. As long as the palace doors were closed, all karma was hidden. Everything that happened inside would be difficult to trace unless a Perfected Lord took action to calculate it.
Inside the palace hall, Perfected One Miaoyin took out a round mirror.
The mirror surface was smooth. She gently wiped it with her hand, injecting spiritual power. Instantly, it reflected a patch of dazzling brilliant light, within which numerous scenes appeared.
Soon, a voice came from within:
“It is quite a coincidence for Fellow Daoist to find me at this time.”
The voice was clear and bright; at first hearing, it sounded like a scholar. When the figure gradually appeared on the mirror surface, looking over, it was indeed a handsome young man.
“Suo Huan.”
Perfected One Miaoyin’s tone was calm as she said faintly, “I have found a breath of supreme grade Qi for you.”
“…Oh?”
Hearing this, the young man named Suo Huan raised his eyebrows. “Supreme grade… that’s not something said lightly. I wonder if the Qi Fellow Daoist speaks of refers to an object or a person?”
“Naturally, it is a person!”
Perfected One Miaoyin said softly, “Cultivating for a hundred years to reach the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment in one lifetime, and now on the verge of seeking the Perfection of the Middle Stage. Would you say this is supreme grade?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Suo Huan instantly narrowed his eyes. “Indeed, its a supreme grade…”
(End of this chapter)
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