Interlude: ng Yue
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ng Yue made her way out of the Xiao Sects main house with a serene smile on her face. The mont she took one step outside the building, her form vanished. It was rely a movent technique, but ng Yue felt it was proper to use it. Making a big impression was always good.
The woman of such beauty that n would cut their arms off if she but asked reappeared several miles away on a rooftop. She ntally congratulated herself on a job well done. By showing up at the wedding, she had given the Xiao Sects Patriarch a lot of face. No one would be able to say anything bad about Xiao Zheng for a long ti.
ng Yue smiled proudly.
It had been a last-second decision, but it had worked out beautifully. Why, everyone in the Xiao Sect had been overjoyed to see her! They hadnt even been able to et her eyes from the joy! They had kept such a respectful silence for her! Truly, Eastern Port City had very well-behaved people living it!
To think her sisters thought shed embarrass the Sect!
Sister Yue is strong and beautiful, but her gifts are best used away from boring etings.
Sister Yue is great at cultivation. I envy her strength. Perhaps it is better if Sister Yue focuses only on that?
I dont an to offend, but the image our Divine Frozen Palace wants to maintain and the image Sister Yue projects. Sister Yue understands, right?
Yue, I won't mince words. You are utterly without skill in diplomacy. Youre quick to violence and not at all subtle. When angered, you are without rcy. It is as if you never left the Renegade Realm. If we let too many people see you, theyll get the idea that were all unthinking savages.
To think those four had the gall to say such things to her!
Who did they think they were!
When had she ever made the Divine Frozen Palace look bad? When?
ng Yue had been so angry with her sisters that she had left to hunt. The need to kill sothing had been strong. Luckily, she had found a Ravenous Silver Wolf, a fine specin at that. It had taken almost a month to chase it down and kill it. As she was beating it to death, ng Yue imagined it was her sisters faces staring back at her instead of the wolfs.
It had been a fairly satisfying endeavor.
After killing it, ng Yue realized she was very close to Eastern Port City. For soone as powerful as her, a city that small usually wasnt worth rembering, but as one of the Five Fairies of the Divine Frozen Palace, ng Yue knew the nas of all the Sects they were allied with as well as their central locations.
The Xiao Sect wasnt worth ntioning next to the Divine Frozen Palace, but it was still among the Top 100 Sects of the Empire.
It had only been proper for her to pay a visit, right?
There was absolutely nothing wrong with that. ng Yue most certainly hadnt just gone there to prove she could represent the Sect without looking like an angry savage.
Not at all.
Besides, nothing but good had co from her actions! A Body of Extre Yin! To think such a small city hid such grand treasure!
The mont she had felt that Qi, ng Yue knew she needed to take that girl as her disciple. Ah, to think she had found soone worthy of being her personal disciple in a place like this. The ways of Heaven were amusing. She had even negotiated the terms to take the girl without a single altercation.
That would show those four!
ng Yue could almost imagine the jealousy in their eyes when they learned her disciple had a Body of Extre Yin. That would be a sight to see!
Still, Xiao Zheng should have known better.
To think hed put on a ager effort for his daughters wedding!
He even admitted it right in front of her. The poor girl!
ng Yue couldn't understand it. The man had begged so fiercely for the wedding to be held. Enough that she had been moved and allowed it to happen. The Patriarch of the Xiao Sect stood on the Second Level of the Emperor Realm, but to ng Yue, that wasnt much.
ng Yue was already in the Ninth Level of the Emperor Realm.
The difference between them was simply too big. It was unlikely Xiao Zheng would ever leave the Human Realms of Cultivation while ng Yue was only a half-step away from the Divine Realms. There was no point of comparison. If ng Yue had wanted to take Xiao Zhengs daughter, she would have easily been able to do so. Instead, she allowed the wedding to happen and even agreed for the newlyweds to live together for a month.
The least Xiao Zheng could have done after being so earnest about it was to put forth his best effort for the wedding. Instead, he had gone as far as to call his effort ager. That was just sothing ng Yue couldnt understand.
Perhaps, the knowledge that the wedding was only for the sake of formality prevented him from putting as much effort as he should have. In other words, he might have only held the wedding to save face. Certainly, there are people who act in such a way.
Another alternative that occurred to ng Yue was that Xiao Zhengs efforts had been relative to the quality of the groom.
That was yet another thing that puzzled ng Yue.
Xiao Shuang was a talented girl who possessed a Body of Extre Yin. Why would her father marry her to a boy who was only in the Inner Realm? She had been serious when she said marrying Xiao Shuang would be the greatest achievent of the boys life. Xiao Shuang was a rare treasure that, with the proper polish, might surpass even her one day.
For a re boy in the Inner Realm to be able to know soone like that, let alone marry her, was an achievent far beyond what anyone in this small city would be able to match. He should feel happy to have such good fortune bestowed upon him, even if it was unlikely hed see Xiao Shuang again.
ng Yue humd.
The more she thought about it, the more she realized sothing was off about that boy. She hadnt paid much attention during the ceremony, but looking back on it, his Qi had not been quite right. There was sothing about it
Wait.
ng Yues eyes narrowed. She took a step to the right and moved many miles away, stopping right above a house in the outer districts of Eastern Port City.
Co out, she said, her voice firm yet barely above a whisper. There was no need to raise her voice for this person to hear her.
In the span of a breath, he appeared before her. He was an old man with pure white hair and a long beard.
He was not in the Emperor Realm.
This was sothing ng Yue understood instantly. This was not soone who stood in the Emperor Realm. His Qi was very well hidden. Indeed, ng Yue couldnt believe it had taken her so long to detect him. For an Emperor to be able to conceal his Qi so well was quite a feat.
However, this man was not an Emperor.
The Qi ng Yue could detect was undoubtedly in the Emperor Realm. She was certain those who managed to see through the first layer of deceit would be shocked upon discovering an Emperor.
There was just one problem with that.
You are dying.
Now that he was right in front of her, ng Yue could feel the sorry state of his Qi. It was hard to believe he was not dead yet. That ant the only reason his Qi felt like it was in the Emperor Realm was that he was dying!
In other words, this person was soone who had at least taken the first step into the Divine Realms before being diminished like this!
You are blunt.
ng Yues eyebrow twitched. The old man laughed.
Relax. It is as you say. The one before you is a dying old man. I have no designs for you or your disciple. I am rely soone who has found a place to die in peace.
ng Yue believed him instantly. Her sisters would reproach her for being so trusting, yet she felt no falsehood in him.
Still, this Old Jiang has gotten way too lax, the old man said. Since the most dangerous thing Ive had to deal with has been a small Emperor, Ive lowered my guard far too much lately.
The boy, ng Yue said as sothing clicked inside her mind. Is he your disciple?
He is.
ng Yues delicate eyebrows rose.
I see.
In that case, she may have been mistaken. It may be that the boys and Xiao Shuangs paths would cross once more in the future.
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