Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Ye Zhao Zhao’s Performance

Sui Jin’s little show put Wu Yong at ease. The group found a separate courtyard and settled there for now.

At night, Sui Jin sat cross legged to cultivate.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Sui Jin raised a brow and said: “Come in.”

The door opened.

Ye Zhao Zhao walked in.

Smiling, Sui Jin asked gently: “Fellow Daoist Fang, visiting so late, do you still have doubts about our plan?”

Ye Zhao Zhao shook her head with a smile and said: “You already explained it clearly. I came because of the Devil Seeking Bell.”

She carefully took out a small bell and said: “Fellow Daoist Sui, this bell can sense demonic energy. Today in Peacehaven Town, besides Wu Yong, it rang three more times. That means there are three more Qi Refining cultivators in town who have entered the Devil Path.” She directly gave the three names.

Here she used no tricks.

Those three really had cultivated Devil Path arts. The System had checked their identities himself, so it was absolutely true.

She was an outsider; to gain Sui Jin’s trust, she had to show some effort.

These Devil Path names were her greeting gift.

“I didn’t expect those three to be practicing Devil Path methods,” Sui Jin said as he looked at her. “With such an ability, why didn’t you say so earlier when we discussed the plan together?”

Ye Zhao Zhao gave a bitter smile and said: “It’s not that I didn’t want to. It’s just that those Daoist Friends seem biased against me. I don’t know why, but the moment we met, Fellow Daoist Li targeted me, and then the others became very guarded. I can understand their caution, but I still feel wronged. I came with a heart to slay demons and protect people, yet now I’m suspected for no reason.”

Her eyes turned slightly red.

Sui Jin’s gaze was unreadable as he said: “Perhaps Fellow Daoist Fang has misunderstood something.”

Trying to pull herself together, Ye Zhao Zhao said: “Whether it’s a misunderstanding is not important. If we spend more time together, Fellow Daoist Li will understand me. I only worried that if I said the Devil Path names in front of them, they wouldn’t believe me, so I came in secret to tell you.”

She looked at Sui Jin with trust and said: “You’ve been undercover among the Devil Path for many days. You care for the people, and you’re brave and clever. I believe you can verify the truth.”

She even gave her rainbow hair a little shake so he could see it more clearly.

Didn’t he like this color? She might as well please his taste.

Sui Jin was also a son of the Sui Clan. His aptitude was poor, but he was rich.

[If I can win him over, I won’t lack spirit stones in the future.] Of course, with his aptitude, [he is far from worthy of being my Dao Companion.]

Her thoughts whirled, and her smile grew more sincere.

Without revealing anything on his face, Sui Jin said: “I’ll find a way to check on those people.”

Ye Zhao Zhao nodded and said pitifully: “Fellow Daoist Li already misunderstands me deeply. Please don’t say I found those Devil Path members. Otherwise, she’ll think I’m scheming.”

Inside, she was secretly pleased.

First she offered the list and earned a big merit.

Then she acted like she did not want any credit.

Sui Jin seemed like a righteous man. The more she refused the credit, the more he would help her claim it for all to see. [He might even feel unhappy with Li Shuang because of me.]

Just as she was thinking that, Sui Jin simply nodded and said: “All right. Then I’ll say I discovered it myself.”

Ye Zhao Zhao froze on the spot, stunned.

What did that mean?

This was not how the script went.

Wasn’t Sui Jin supposed to reject her request and then explain her credit to the others?

He had just taken the merit for himself?

Ye Zhao Zhao stared at him in disbelief, completely dumbfounded.

“Fellow Daoist Fang, you don’t seek credit or fame for the sake of destroying demons. You’re a model for us,” Sui Jin said with a moved expression. “Rest assured, I will never tell the others that you contributed.”

Ye Zhao Zhao could not even complain. She listened to him praise her for quite a while, and then he sent her to the door.

Staring at the door as it shut, Ye Zhao Zhao almost lost her mind.

“System, didn’t you say this tactic of retreating to advance would make Sui Jin feel sorry for me? Where is the pity?” she roared in her mind.

After a moment of silence, the System said: “Maybe he wants to wait until he confirms the facts, then credit you. Or maybe he’s naturally greedy for credit and full of himself. Since you handed it over, he grabbed it.”

Grinding her teeth, Ye Zhao Zhao said: “What now?”

The System thought for a bit and said: “Sui Jin is a smiling tiger. He’s probably not as easy to handle as we hoped. Try Liu Jun Cheng instead. We know more about him, and he should be a true gentleman.”

Ye Zhao Zhao took a deep breath and said coldly: “I’ll trust you one more time.”

She stormed away in anger.

From the window, Sui Jin watched her back with a strange look in his eyes.

He took out a talisman and burned it.

A moment later, in Li Shuang’s room, a talisman flared in the air.

“Junior Sister, that Fang Qing Yu is suspicious. Her target seems to be you. Be on guard,” came Sui Jin’s voice.

Li Shuang’s eyes moved.

So Ye Zhao Zhao had visited all three Senior Brothers?

She did not know what Ye Zhao Zhao had done, but she had been seen through at a glance.

Li Shuang felt complicated.

So Ye Zhao Zhao was this easy to see through?

Why then had none of the people at Ling Xu Peak seen through her back then?

Li Shuang sent a short reply to Sui Jin, then returned to cultivation.

After a while, another voice came.

“Junior Sister, Fang Qing Yu just came saying she needed me to purify her medicine power. I made an excuse and refused. She cried, and her words seemed to point at you. She is here because of you. Be careful,” Liu Jun Cheng warned.

Li Shuang blinked and paused her practice, deciding to wait.

Sure enough, after a while, Luo Ming Yue sent an angry talisman. She said that Fang Qing Yu came crying and begged her to mediate, saying she would pay any price to remove the misunderstanding between her and Li Shuang.

A bit later, even the usually silent Jiang Yi sent a talisman.

It had only five words: “Be careful of Fang Qing Yu.”

Li Shuang almost laughed.

In one night, Ye Zhao Zhao had gone to all four of her senior brother and sister. [Isn’t that a bit too busy?]

If she were still at Ling Xu Peak, even if she had already dealt with Ye Zhao Zhao once, once Ye Zhao Zhao returned by Corpse Seizing Rebirth, Li Shuang would be framed all over again and live every day in fear.

But now, her heart was very calm.

It was not just because of her cultivation method.

It was because of the people who trusted her one hundred percent.

Sensing a change, Li Shuang stepped at once into the jade slip.