The carriage traveled straight along the official road, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Ruan Xiuxiu sat inside the carriage, her slender jade-like legs concealed by the hem of her green dress, tightly pressed together.
anwhile, her small hands clutched the hem of her dress atop her knees, causing wrinkles, her palms warm, even though sweat seeped out, she still did not let go.
Earlier, when she heard from Song Chai Xin about the Zither Sword Pavilion, Ruan Xiuxiu initially thought that this stop was rely a brief interlude on the way to Black Mountain.
But she never expected...
That person who looked gentle and warm like the big sister she resembled, just like the sunflowers covering the mountain, giving people a feeling of being bathed in the spring breeze—the Zither Sword Pavilion Master, Miss Xu Nian.
When sending her and Song Chai Xin down the mountain...
Unexpectedly, her words were astonishing, leaving her dumbfounded as if struck by lightning, completely bewildered within a quarter of an hour.
Ruan Xiuxiu bit her lip, looking worried and distressed.
Yet on the surface, she forcibly displayed a look of calmness, as if nothing had happened.
The Xie Family’s carriage was spacious.
She hid on the right side,
while the Scarlet Guardian held up one hand with a palm beneath the chin, on the far left, holding a book transcribing these days about cultivation insights on ’Dragon and Tiger True Gang’, checking for omissions and reflection.
Seemingly truly focused on cultivation, contemplating the Martial Dao alike.
Since leaving the Zither Sword Pavilion, it had been a quarter of an hour, the horses leading the carriage were well-bred and sturdy from the Xie Mansion, and within this short ti, they had already covered dozens of miles.
Ruan Xiuxiu slightly tilted her pretty face, pulling aside the curtain to gaze back through the window, the vast mountains originally covered with sunflowers on Zither Sword Mountain now appeared in her eyes as only a small patch of golden hue, growing increasingly distant.
But at this mont, Ruan Xiuxiu’s mind remained in internal conflict.
Did he hear it?
Or did he pretend not to notice after hearing?
Or simply did not think in that direction?
The girl’s mind was complex, her thoughts in turmoil.
And beside her...
After contemplating, he really set down the scroll, seemingly enlightened, cultivated by gathering Qi, developing an ascendant Gang Qi on his skin which humd like a tiger’s roar!
At this point, he inhaled, letting the Gang Qi dwell within his body.
Causing Ruan Xiuxiu beside him to lose focus.
At the sa ti, Song Chai Xin gazed at the clear-eyed and white-toothed girl, exhaled softly, pondering:
"Senior Sister, let share sothing from my heart."
The youth was extrely young, possessed both the wickedness and pride of a Flood Dragon, along with the suave appearance inherited from the centuries-old Xie Family, complented by that aura-rich Scarlet Guardian Robe.
In Ruan Xiuxiu’s eyes, it was exceedingly dazzling.
"Creak, creak..."
The carriage continued to trot smoothly, the servant driving the horses dared not eavesdrop on the inner communication of the esteed guests nor make any sound.
Song Chai Xin’s words shattered a mont of silence, causing Ruan Xiuxiu’s heart to leap, her thoughts stirred:
"What do you want to... say?"
She suddenly had an urge to hear Song Chai Xin’s inner words.
Yet, for no apparent reason, recalling the near-Primordial Pill Senior Sister on Yunluan Mountain, she suddenly felt deflated, her expression sowhat disheartened, feeling less inclined to listen.
Ultimately, Ruan Xiuxiu still asked.
"Miss Xu’s words at the Zither Sword Pavilion, surely Senior Sister Ruan Xiuxiu heard clearly as well."
Song Chai Xin pressed his left hand onto the ’True Gang Insights’, weighed it on the soft couch, scratched his head with the other hand, after a sound ’mm’, his face neither red nor skipped a beat:
"Although I don’t know what Senior Sister is thinking, but... I think I can sort of guess so of it."
Ruan Xiuxiu’s pretty face blushed instantly.
She opened her mouth, yet was silenced by the youth raising a finger, ’shushing’ her, swallowing back all words.
"However, so words cannot be said by you, Senior Sister."
"They’re not appropriate."
"So, I dare to offend, Senior Sister."
The space inside the carriage wasn’t spacious.
The youth lifted the hem of his scarlet garnt, moved slightly to the right near Ruan Xiuxiu, the crisp cough causing the speechless girl’s chest to thump with emotion.
As if his every word could tug and affect her mind and spirit.
Even the ’Clear Sword Heart’ seed tainted, no longer as clear and pure.
Since when did it turn like this?
The girl realized she could be so easily swayed by the Song Chai Xin in front of her, furrowed her delicate brows sowhat confused.
But at this mont, the young Scarlet Guardian spoke:
"I think you’re very good, Senior Sister."
Ruan Xiuxiu’s heart skipped a beat.
"Back on Yunluan Mountain, I was of Half-demon Body, low in status and position."
"The chief of Demon-locking Forest, Senior Brother Cui Chan, due to Song Brahman Mirror Young Palace Master’s affair, held hostility towards , causing all the mountain’s disciples to ostracize ."
"At that ti, I knelt at the Sword Viewing Stele, drenched in blood, only Senior Sister Ruan Xiuxiu’s gaze bore no malice."
"That’s one."
"Entering Wutong Prefecture, joining the Demon Hunting Departnt, during our first mission, facing that Great Innate Young Flood Dragon, internally, I had a clear conscience."
"If not for the Sword Observation Elder behind you, a ’Demon Hunter’ asserting their influence couldn’t stretch miles to offer favor, he saved us because of you."
"Moreover, during this half year, you and I cooperated frequently, because you co from an authentic clan, being a True Inheritor Fairy, with elders and Demon Hunters being close-knit friends."
"Even among colleagues, those displeased by my background, mocking ..."
"You glared and fended them off, allowing to calmly reach where I compete in the ’Wutong Prefecture Examination’."
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