Chapter 465

Chapter 465: If You Do Not Want To Live, Then Go Die
Yu Zhao did not see Ancestor Sui Bian again until three days later.

Besides the Ancestor, she also saw the long-famous Senior Qun Fang.

Ancestor Sui Bian forced a flattering smile onto his bruised, blue and purple face and introduced her: “Qun Fang, this is the junior Yu Zhao I told you about.”

Yu Zhao could hardly bear to look at him and turned instead to the noble, elegant woman. She bowed respectfully and said: “Junior Yu Zhao greets Senior Qun Fang.”

The fact that Senior Qun Fang was willing to see Yu Zhao meant that Ancestor Sui Bian had already earned her forgiveness.

But Yu Zhao was not sure how Senior Qun Fang felt toward her. She guessed that more or less some of that anger would spill onto her.

To her surprise, when Senior Qun Fang looked at her, the corners of her lips lifted slightly and her eyes were full of kindness.

Senior Qun Fang smiled and said: “I thought Sui Bian was spouting nonsense again, but you are even better than he said. Come here and let me take a good look at you.”

Yu Zhao followed her words and stepped forward.

Senior Qun Fang took her hand and looked her over from left to right, then suddenly said: “This is not your true face, is it?”

Yu Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

In the next moment, she removed the spell on her body.

Senior Qun Fang stared at her face in a daze for a moment. Then her gaze dropped to the Jade Ruyi on Yu Zhao’s chest, and her brows slowly drew together.

Ancestor Sui Bian shamelessly leaned closer and said: “Qun Fang, see if you can think of a way to get this stupid thing off her.”

Senior Qun Fang shot him an impatient glare and snapped: “Shut up.”

Senior Qun Fang glared at Ancestor Sui Bian again. Only after he obediently shut his mouth did she continue to think in silence.

Yu Zhao’s heart slowly rose to her throat.

At that moment, Senior Qun Fang let out a quiet sigh.

Yu Zhao and Ancestor Sui Bian were both startled.

Ancestor Sui Bian called softly: “Qun Fang…”

Senior Qun Fang glared at Ancestor Sui Bian again and said: “Listen to me first.”

Senior Qun Fang shot Ancestor Sui Bian another glare. Only after he obediently shut his mouth did she continue: “If you had just formed a contract with this Jade Ruyi, I could help you undo it. But now the contract has lasted too long. It is already almost one with you. If you do not believe me, look here.”

Senior Qun Fang pointed at a faint, almost invisible red thread inside the Jade Ruyi to show Yu Zhao and Ancestor Sui Bian.

Ancestor Sui Bian looked at Yu Zhao in confusion.

Yu Zhao nodded heavily.

She was sure that when she first received the Jade Ruyi, this mark had not been there.

Senior Qun Fang said: “There is another way to confirm this.”

She flicked her finger and shot out a strand of Spirit Power that struck the Jade Ruyi.

The Jade Ruyi was completely unharmed, but Yu Zhao suddenly felt an unexplained discomfort all over her body.

The feeling was not strong, but it was clearly there.

Senior Qun Fang explained: “The longer you wear it, the deeper this Jade Ruyi will fuse with you. In the end, you and it will be indistinguishable. It will be you, and you will be it.”

Yu Zhao felt her skin crawl.

Before she could say anything, Ancestor Sui Bian let out a wail, fell to the ground, grabbed Senior Qun Fang’s leg, and started bawling: “Qun Fang, Yu Zhao is the most promising disciple of our Five Elements Dao Sect. You have to help her. If anything happens to her, this Old Geezer will not go on living either.”

Senior Qun Fang snapped and kicked at him: “If you do not want to live, then go die!”

Senior Qun Fang raised her foot and tried to kick Ancestor Sui Bian away.

Ancestor Sui Bian clung tightly to Senior Qun Fang’s leg and refused to let go as he wailed: “Qun Fang, I was wrong. You can hit me or scold me however you like, but you cannot ignore Yu Zhao.”

Yu Zhao felt both moved and horribly embarrassed.

Seeing that the Ancestor was still sitting on the ground, she did not feel right standing there, so she simply knelt down beside him.

She bowed her head and said: “I ask Senior Qun Fang to point out a path of survival for this junior.”

Senior Qun Fang kicked a few times but could not kick the Ancestor away. She could only glare at him fiercely, then reach out to help Yu Zhao up.

She was cold as ice toward the Ancestor, but when she looked at Yu Zhao, she was soft as water.

Senior Qun Fang said gently: “I cannot help you undo the contract between you and it, but there are two methods we can try.”

As soon as Ancestor Sui Bian heard there was a way, he stopped crying and stared at Senior Qun Fang with eager eyes.

She said: “The first method is that the one who tied the bell must untie it. The person who created this Jade Ruyi may know how to break the link between you and it.”

Yu Zhao frowned slightly.

The Jade Ruyi was the symbol of the Auspicious Palace. The person who made it had to be related to the Auspicious Palace as well.

But the Auspicious Palace was not some ordinary group. It had close ties with the Wind, Fire, Earth, and Wood families.

Even if Yu Zhao managed to find the Auspicious Palace, it would be hard to convince them to help her break the Jade Ruyi’s bond. She might instead be walking into the tiger’s mouth and end up being sold off as a furnace cauldron again.

The first method could almost be ruled out right away.

Senior Qun Fang continued: “The second is to borrow outside power and break it by force.”

Yu Zhao quickly said: “I have already tried the second method with Ancestor, but even with Ancestor’s strength we could not destroy this Jade Ruyi.”

Senior Qun Fang gave a dismissive little laugh and said: “He is only at Early Body Integration Stage. His strength is probably not even one percent of the person who made this Jade Ruyi. If he could break it, that would be strange.”

Ancestor Sui Bian looked a bit embarrassed.

But Yu Zhao heard something else in her words.

The Auspicious Palace was even deeper and more unfathomable than she had thought.

In that case, had they really not noticed Liu Yun’s escape or her existence?

Yu Zhao’s heart clenched. She quickly asked: “Senior Qun Fang, is it possible for them to track my location through this Jade Ruyi?”

Senior Qun Fang’s eyes darkened. She answered: “If they wish, they can not only track your location. Even everything you have done during this time, they can know as clear as day.”

Yu Zhao instantly felt that things were bad.

She had thought she was hiding well, but it was very likely she had long been under someone’s watch without knowing it.

Ancestor Sui Bian no longer cared about acting silly. He jumped up and cried: “What should we do then?”

At first glance, Ancestor Sui Bian’s cultivation level looked impressive, but in the talent filled Middle World, he did not even rank among the top, not to mention the Upper Thousand World where experts were everywhere.

He had no confidence at all that he could protect Yu Zhao.

Senior Qun Fang said calmly: “The best plan is to find outside power as soon as possible and forcibly destroy the Jade Ruyi.”

Ancestor Sui Bian clutched his head and said: “But I cannot find anyone whose power we can borrow!”

People of a kind always gathered together.

Most of the friends he could make were about as strong as he was, and some were even weaker.

Where was he supposed to find a Grand Adept a hundred times stronger than himself?

Yu Zhao was even worse off.

In the Middle World, she knew even fewer people than Ancestor Sui Bian did. The only one she knew of, Dao Lord Tai Wei, was in the Upper Thousand World and completely out of reach.

Just then, the Antler Imprint in her Sea of Consciousness suddenly flickered.

Yu Zhao’s eyes lit up.

Right, she seemed to know another very powerful senior.

Senior Qun Fang said slowly: “There may be a chance right in front of you.”

Yu Zhao and Ancestor Sui Bian both turned to look at Senior Qun Fang.

But there was some hesitation on Senior Qun Fang’s face, as if she was not very sure either.

Ancestor Sui Bian grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and called out in a coaxing tone: “Qun Fang~”

Yu Zhao followed his lead and called sweetly: “Senior~”

Senior Qun Fang looked at the two of them with a complicated expression.

She sighed and warned: “Let me say this first, I am not completely sure about it either.”

Ancestor Sui Bian hurried to flatter her and said with a fawning smile: “We know, we know. You have already helped us so much. Whether it works or not, you will still be our greatest benefactor.”

Yu Zhao nodded over and over.

Only then did Senior Qun Fang seem to make up her mind. She said: “Actually, this matter also has to do with Lingyin Sect.”