Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Seeking Outside Help
Su Ming could barely remember the last time Yu Xiao Zhao had acted spoiled with him.

Anyway, at some point, Yu Xiao Zhao’s temper had become more and more strange, and she had become less and less cute.

Every time he talked to her, they could not get through a few sentences before she got angry, and Su Ming would feel discouraged.

Su Ming himself had the temper of a spoiled Young Master. After a few rounds of that, he would only go to Yu Zhao when he was short on Spirit Stones. At other times, he wished he could avoid her.

Yu Zhao’s show of weakness made him remember that she had actually been cute in the past too.

His desire to watch the drama faded a little, and his heart softened.

He said smugly: “Now you know to beg me, huh. It is only because I am broad-minded that I will not hold it against you for extorting me before. When we see Master later, no matter what Master says, you must not talk back. Just let Master decide everything. Once his anger fades, he will not make things hard for you, understand?”

Su Ming thought that his generous attitude would definitely make Yu Zhao moved to tears with gratitude.

But Yu Zhao did not react at all. She just stared at him blankly, her eyes empty.

Su Ming felt it was strange: “Hey, Yu Xiao Zhao! Say something!”

Yu Zhao did not move.

Su Ming frowned, and unconsciously tightened the hand holding her wrist.

Crack!

Su Ming lowered his head in terror.

He saw Yu Zhao’s wrist in his hand breaking into pieces, shattered beyond repair.

“Ah!”

Su Ming screamed in fright and fell on his butt to the ground.

Thud!

His butt and the ground had a very close contact.

It did not hurt, but the effect was huge.

It was like a slap on his face that woke him up.

He raised his head, trembling. Yu Zhao’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

Then he looked down.

What wrist? He was clearly holding a piece of wood.

He had been played!

Su Ming’s face turned green and then white.

No wonder, no wonder Yu Zhao had said things she would never normally say to him.

That had all been his own imagination.

He was glad this was Lone Moon Peak’s territory and that no one else had seen him making a clown of himself.

The anger and shame of being tricked burned away Su Ming’s reason like a raging fire.

“Yu Zhao! How dare you play me! You are dead!”

Su Ming let out a roar and rushed toward the summit of Lone Moon Peak without looking back.

…

When Yu Zhao returned to her cave residence, her mood was fairly calm.

She had more or less guessed why Su Ming had come.

She had just returned to the sect and had not even had time to meet with Master Qing Yan, let alone anger him.

The only matter that could make Master Qing Yan angry and was related to her was Ye Cong Xin.

Ye Cong Xin had likely failed to win against her in the secret realm and now wanted to use Master Qing Yan’s hand to deal with her.

Yu Zhao shook her head.

A dignified Divine Transformation Cultivator being played in the palm of the hand by a young Foundation Establishment disciple not even twenty years old. If this spread, no one would believe it.

Yu Zhao paused.

Thinking about it this way, Master Qing Yan and the others were actually more pitiful than she was.

At least before she died, she had known why she died and had seen Ye Cong Xin’s true face. Master Qing Yan and the others, however, had been fooled by Ye Cong Xin from beginning to end. They had never known they were only her accomplices and offerings.

Ye Cong Xin had never wanted their affection. What she wanted was their Fortune.

She was like a dodder vine, looking thin and weak, yet clinging tightly to them and trying to suck out their very last drop of blood and marrow.

“Hahaha!”

Yu Zhao bent over laughing, laughing until tears almost fell from her eyes.

She really wanted to know what expressions those people would have when, after her death, Ye Cong Xin’s true face was exposed.

Yu Zhao laughed for a long while, then wiped the wetness from the corners of her eyes and thought about her next move.

Soon, she would definitely face a storm of accusations from Master Qing Yan, with Ye Cong Xin and Su Ming adding fuel to the fire at the side.

It would be very hard to leave unharmed.

Yu Zhao rubbed her chin and finally decided to seek outside help.

…

“Master, Yu Zhao is really too outrageous! She would not even listen to your words. When she heard that Master was looking for her, she ignored it and turned to leave, not putting you in your eyes at all!”

Standing in the main hall, Su Ming exaggerated wildly, eager to paint Yu Zhao as an arrogant villain who respected no elders.

Ye Cong Xin’s eyes were red as she said pitifully: “Master, please do not blame Sixth Senior Sister. She must be angry with me, that is why she acted this way. It is all my fault.”

Su Ming spoke righteously: “Junior Sister, what does this have to do with you! Yu Zhao is your Senior Sister. If she had any sense, she should have taken the initiative to give the Starry Sky Stone to you instead of making a scene outside!”

“No, that is not it, I am the one who overestimated myself. Master, Third Senior Brother, please do not be angry with Sixth Senior Sister because of me, or she will definitely misunderstand me again.”

Ye Cong Xin pressed her lips together, fear and anxiety showing in her clear, doe-like eyes.

“If she dares!” Su Ming shouted, face full of disgust. “If she dares do anything to you, do not blame me for being rude to her!”

“Third Senior Brother…”

Ye Cong Xin’s eyes were full of moved tears, but in her heart she rolled her eyes in disdain.

[He cannot even call Yu Zhao back. What a useless person.]

“Enough.”

Master Qing Yan raised his hand, and the two of them instantly fell silent.

Master Qing Yan looked at Su Ming: “Yu Zhao truly does not wish to come see me?”

Su Ming nodded heavily: “Master, every word this disciple said is true! I stopped Yu Zhao at the foot of the mountain, but not only did she ignore me, she also played a trick on me!”

Su Ming had truly been toyed with by Yu Zhao’s Illusion Art, so his accusations sounded sincere.

Master Qing Yan believed him about seventy percent.

His brows drew together slightly.

Yu Zhao was far too troublesome.

Because of her, the peaceful Lone Moon Peak had stirred up so many waves.

She did not respect her Senior Brother, did not care for her Junior Sister, and was stubborn, unreasonable, and eccentric.

Why had he taken her as a disciple in the first place?

Master Qing Yan regretted it deeply. A faint chill appeared on his clear, otherworldly face.

He felt that Yu Zhao was no longer suited to stay on Lone Moon Peak.

Master Qing Yan pondered in silence. Ye Cong Xin and Su Ming did not dare speak either.

But both of them were in quite a good mood.

In their hearts, they thought that since Master was angry, even if Yu Zhao did not die this time, she would at least shed a layer of skin.

Master Qing Yan flicked his sleeve.

A colorless Paper Crane Message Talisman made of water flapped its wings and floated in front of him.

“Go bring that unfilial disciple back to me.”

The water paper crane seemed to nod, then in the blink of an eye flew out of the main hall.

Su Ming and Ye Cong Xin looked at their Master with respect, while quietly feeling excited inside.

They thought that the Paper Crane Message Talisman would bring Yu Zhao back in less than half a stick of incense.

Who would have thought that half an hour would pass before the Paper Crane Message Talisman wobbled back into the main hall. Before it even reached Master Qing Yan, it burst with a soft sound and turned into a cloud of mist that dispersed into the air.

Su Ming and Ye Cong Xin stared blankly.

Master Qing Yan looked toward the entrance of the hall with an unhappy expression.

A hearty laugh sounded from outside first.

“Hahaha, Master Qing Yan, I have come without an invitation. I hope you will forgive me.”