by La Mi Tu
“I’m from Nan Lin wangfu.2 As far as I know, princess is at the palace keeping empress dowager company. She didn’t mention that she had an appointment with someone. Where did miss Ba get the invitation?”
“Someone sent the invitation to my home!” Bai Yi Yue took out the invitation and handed it to Ruyi.
The moment he saw the invitation, Ruyi understood, “This invitation is not our Nan Lin wangfu’s!3 Perhaps miss Bai doesn’t know, Nan Lin wangfu had special invitations. Every invitation has wangye’s 4 seal. Princess’s invitation also has princess’s seal. Besides, this is not princess’s handwriting.”
Although, Ruyi only occasionally saw the songs Murong Qi Qi wrote, but with only two to three lines of words, Ruyi remembered Murong Qi Qi’s handwriting. That was why he could be so certain now.
“Someone certainly pretended to be princess and invited miss Bai here. Our princess certainly didn’t send such an invitation!”
Ruyi was so sure also confirmed Bai Yi Yue’s previous thought. Murong Qi Qi would certainly not do such a tasteless and lowly thing.
At the peak of the mountain, when the smoke was cleared, everyone discovered that Bai Yi Yue was gone. The heavy and big man hugged his cur off arm. His head was full of cold sweat. Someone cough because of the smoke. The heavy and big man straightly kicked that guy’s ass. “what ass are you coughing for, ah?! The person already escaped! Are you still not going to chase?! Catch that lady back for me!” Just when the heavy and big man’s group was about to chase after Bai Yi Yue, Xia Xue appeared in front of them.
Although the heavy and big man was in much pain, but when he saw that it was the girl who gave him silver before, his face was full of flatter, “Lady, we didn’t do the thing well. It’s our fault. But don’t worry, we will certainly catch that bitch. By then, we can ensure that you will be satisfied!”
“Humph!” Xia Xue humphed once lightly. The people saw a silver light flash by. The smile of the heavy and big man froze there. After a few seconds, suddenly a burst of blood sprayed out. The head of the heavy and big man fell on one side and completely separated from his neck. A very round head rolled on the ground and was contaminated a thick layer of dust.
“Boss!” The person beside him cried from surprise, but he didn’t have the time to shout more. His throat had already been cut off by Xia Xue’s sword.
“Quickly run!”
Finally, a clever person saw that Xia Xue wanted to silence them. He immediately run. Those people who were injured before, naturally was behind. In a very short while, they became a dead soul under Xia Xue’s sword.
“Help! Help!” Someone ran very hard. He wanted to even put the strength of drinking milk in use, but in only a blink of eye, Xia Xue was in front of him. Seeing Xia Xue’s cold eyes with the aura of death in them, his whole body trembled. His voice stuck in his throat. He couldn’t make a sound. The next moment, he became a dead man.
In just a moment, ten people were lying on the ground. The blood merged into a trickle on the gray-yellow land. Then the blood infiltrated into the thick soil and dyed it into dark red.
Hearing someone shout to save him on the hill, Ruyi and Bai Qi’s expression sank. They both looked at Bai Yi Yue. Bai Yi Yue knew that these two people want to go up and find out exactly what had happened. She also wanted to know who framed Murong Qi Qi to calculate her (BYY), “Let’s go! Let’s go up and take a look!”
When the three people reached the top of the hill, they saw corpses lying disorderly. They counted. It was exactly ten corpses. It was the same number as the people from before.
Ruyi and Bai Qi checked everyone and shook their head at Bai Yi Yue. All these people died in such a short time. Besides, it was killed by one stroke. “Who was it?” This question of Bai Yi Yue was the thoughts of Ruyi and Bai Qi.
Who was it? In such a short time, he/she killed ten people. Besides, every stroke was a killing stroke. Who was it that acted so viciously? These questions lingered in the head of the three.
Ruyi and Bai Qi looked around. Ruyi discovered traces of two rows of wheels pressed on the grass. Looking at the appearance of the grass; this trace seemed to be new. Could it be done by this mysterious person?
Until the afternoon, did Murong Qi Qi got to know what happened to Bai Yi Yue at Jingting mountain. She immediately hurried out of the palace and arrived at Nan Lin wangfu. “Yi Yue, are you alright?!” After seeing Bai Yi Yue, Murong Qi Qi’s first words were her concern about Bai Yi Yue’s safety. Those alienation of Bai Yi Yue from before, Murong Qi Qi did as if nothing had happened. She was only concerned about if Bai Yi Yue was hurt.
Murong Qi Qi’s words and her anxious demeanor let Bai Yi Yue’s heart got warm. Aside from the warmth, she also felt guilt and self-blame. She felt that she was too tangled in the past and too small belly, chicken’s gut, causing her to almost lost Murong Qi Qi, this good friend.
Small belly chicken’s guts: narrow-minded
“I’m fine; thanks to Ruyi arriving in time.”
Only when Bai Yi Yue was in the carriage did she got to know that, that time after she left, Murong qi Qi asked Feng Cang to let him send Ruyi to protect Bai Yi Yue secretly. These past few days, Ruyi had been following her in secret. However, this morning, when Ruyi went to Bai residence to work, he didn’t find her. After inquiring did he got to know that Bai Yi Yue went to Jingting mountain. So, he immediately rushed there. He was just in time to save her.
“If it wasn’t because Ruyi arrived in time, I’m afraid…”
Bai Yi Yue didn’t dare to go think of those things. Recalling that nauseating face of the big and heavy man, Bai Yi Yue wanted to vomit. Especially when she thought about the rotten smell that came from his mouth, Bai Yi Yue shivered slightly.
Although at that time, she didn’t feel afraid, but recalling it, Bai Yi Yue felt very frightened. She lived in an excellent environment and the most people she came in touch with were nobilities and officials. Even when she took charge of the family’s business, the people she met with were mostly decent people. She had never encountered this sort of people.
If Ruyi didn’t arrive and Bai Qi at the foot of the hill also didn’t know what had happened, perhaps, she would’ve been…by that group of people. Bai Yi Yue shuddered.
“Everything is fine now! Yi Yue, you’re safe now!” Feeling Bai Yi Yue’s whole body get cold, Murong Qi Qi held her (BYY) small hand. She gently rubbed it, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid! I’m here!”
Murong Qi Qi’s voice was like a gentle light and slowly healed Bai Yi Yue’s cold. She comforted for a long time and also poured warm honey water for Bai Yi Yue. Bai Yi Yue gradually calmed down.
“Qi Qi!” Bai Yi Yue held Murong Qi Qi’s hand. Her eyes were full of apologies, “I’m sorry. Before, because of my own things I was in loggerheads with you and almost lost you as my friend. I’m really sorry!”
Murong Qi Qi had let Su Mei go investigate about Bai Yi Yue’s matter. The information let Murong Qi Qi understand Bai Yi Yue’s difficulties and also could understand the ‘abnormalities’ of this friend. Now, Bai Yi Yue mentioned it at her own initiative made Murong Qi Qi feel assured. It seemed that she (BYY) really took her as a friend!
“Yi Yue, are we good friends?! You also know that I don’t have many friends in this world. You are one of them. I don’t want to the matter of the previous generation affect our friendship. I want to be friends with you!”
Murong Qi Qi’s sincere eyes let Bai Yi Yue felt more guilt. After the guilt, Bai Yi Yue gave Murong Qi Qi a generous smile and clasped their hands together, “I’m willing to be your friend!”
The others were very happy that Murong Qi Qi and Bai Yi Yue restored their feelings of the past. Especially Su Mei; she was so happy that she clapped. “So great! Miss Bai, in the future, you need to come see our miss frequently, yo!”
“Mm! alright!” The people around Murong Qi Qi were so warm made Bai Yi Yue’s face have more smiles.
After the talk and laughter, Mu
rong Qi Qi’s face sank, “Su Mei let people go investigate about today’s matter! Someone used my name to do such a thing. I let people go investigate! I must find the person behind this!”
Before, Murong Qi Qi was afraid that Bai Yi Yue will think about the bad things, so she didn’t mention a word. Now, Bai Yi Yue restored her usual appearance. They have to investigate this matter.
Seeing Murong Qi Qi so serious, Su Mei’s expression also sank, “Miss, don’t worry. We will definitely find the person behind this and get revenge for miss Bai.”
While Su Mei was talking about revenge, how would she know that someone already set eyes on her?
After confirming that Bai Yi Yue wasn’t Yi Lian, Misha felt very desolate. The whole way, he was silent and didn’t say a word. After returning home, he was still quiet. He just stared at the sky in daze. His gaze was very grave. Xia Xue felt much heartache seeing Misha like this. She wanted to go comfort Misha, but she didn’t dare to move forward. When Misha was quiet, he didn’t like being disturbed. This was his rule and Xia Xue understood it.
Misha is Penglai Island’s grand disciple. Because of the inconvenience of moving his legs, many people took care of Misha on the island. However, those people had been sent away by Misha. In the end, Misha chose Xia Xue. There were two reasons for it. One was because her personality was cold and she didn’t talk much. Second was because she was obedient. What Misha said was what she would do.
Xia Xue knew that the reasons Misha let her stay were because she wasn’t meddlesome and was obedient.
She wanted to stay at Misha’s side forever. Therefore, these past six years, she developed her cold and detachment to the fullest. She became unfeeling and would say yes at every request of Misha. Besides, she will do them strictly according to Misha’s requirements.
For example, Misha didn’t like to let women touch him. Aside from pushing the wheelchair, she tried not to come in contact with him as much as possible. For example, when Misha was in deep thoughts, he didn’t like to be disturbed. So, even if she wanted to hug Misha now and comfort him, but she still had to keep her cold appearance and stand with a straight back behind Misha. Even if she looked at his back in daze, she was motionless to avoid disturbing him.
Where did it went wrong Misha looked at the blue sky and thought about the reason.
Could it be because he was too conceited for thinking that because of the seven floor pagoda, he would be able to detect his Yi Lian? After all, a lot of content inside the test were things he and Yi Lain went through many times while training as a child. He only made some improvements to test who is Yi Lian. However, it looked like this approach didn’t seem feasible.
Could it be that Yi Lian didn’t come to this world? Or perhaps, Yi Lian time-travelled into a child or someone of another age. Did he not consider every aspect enough?
There are so many people in this mainland. If he searched like this, till when would he search? Could it be that only when he dies, he will find Yi Lian? Or was this perhaps heaven’s punishment? He and Yi Lian live in the same sky, but never let him see her again?
If it was really like this, how cruel is it, ah?! He preferred to not be able to stand up again than to be separated from Yi Lian! In the previous life, he did wrong. Don’t torture him again like that in this life, alright?
The more he thought, the more dispirited Misha became. If he couldn’t find Yi Lian, then what meaning does his life have?
“Ah!” Misha fiercely beat his legs. His eyes were flushed, “Ah!”
Misha’s cry surprised Xia Xue. Seeing him beat his injured legs like this, Xia Xue quickly grabbed Misha’s hands, “Young master, what’s the matter? Young master!”
“F*** off!” Misha pushed Xia Xue away. He continued to beat his legs. He’s a waste of a person. Heaven already punished him by letting him unable to stand up. Why did it still need to hide his Yi Lian? Could it really be to let him be lonely for his whole life?!
“Young master, don’t!” Although being pushed away by Misha, Xia Xue still crawled forward and grabbed Misha’s hand, “Young master, you will definitely find miss Yi Lian! You will definitely find her!”
Xia Xue knew that the only thing in this world that can let Misha calm down was that name only…Yi Lian.
Sure enough, under Xia Xue’s persuasion, Misha’s red eyes returned to their normal color, “Xia Xue, I can’t find her! She hid away! She certainly hates me very much. She hates me for killing adoptive father, hates me for killing her! But, I really love her, ah!”
Seeing Misha like this, Xia Xue’s heart twisted in pain. She hated ‘Yi Lian’ even more. All was to blame her (YL). She caused young master to be like this. She caused young master to be so deranged! Everything is her fault!
Although, she was thinking like that in her heart, but on her face, Xia Xue didn’t dare to show the slightest disrespect towards Yi Lian. Instead, she tried to advise Misha gently, “Young master, miss Yi Lian is certainly in a corner. She’s certainly waiting for you! As long as you be a bit more patient and take a little more time, you will certainly find her!”
“Is what you said the truth?” Misha raised his head. That pair of innocent eyes was full of innocence and naivety like a child. Xia Xue looked at them and couldn’t help but nod. “It’s the truth. Young master, please believe me. I will never lie to young master!”
“You’re the best…,” Misha said this one sentence long-drawn-out. This ‘you’re the best’ made Xia Xue burst in joy. “Young master, didn’t you say that Su Mei’s weapon was very special. Why don’t we investigate Su Mei? Maybe we can find a clue!”
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Qinggong: the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high walls and mounting trees
Wangfu: residence of the prince of first rank
Wangfei: main consort/wife of the prince of first rank
Wang/wangye: prince of first rank
Chapter 160: Exposing His Mask (1)
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Xia Xue’s words let Misha’s expression become a lot better. His decadent mood also cheered up again.
According to Murong Qing Lian, Bai Yi Yue played the most important role when clearing the seventh level of the pagoda. However, after seeing Bai Yi Yue, Misha’s intuition told him that Bai Yi Yue wasn’t Yi Lian.
This woman was ‘irresolute and slow in her reactions’. It was evident from her performance after encountering those ten hoodlums that she wasn’t the person who played the most important role on the seventh level of the pagoda. Murong Qing Lian certainly…lied to him!
“Xia Xue, bring Murong Qi Lian back to here!” At this time, Misha hated Murong Qing Lian very much. She certainly knew something. That was why she could hide it and compiled such a story to lie to him. This woman had a big gut!
When Xia Xue found Murong Qing Lian, she had completely gone crazy. Murong Qing Lian’s eyes were blank and showed foolishness. Her mouth shouted “wangye1”. Her underbody was bright red.
After killing all those men, Xia Xue came to Murong Qing Lian and squatted. She looked infatuated at Xia Xue. She drooled. “Wangye, wangye….hehe, wangye…”
Seeing Murong Qing Lian like this, Xia Xue sighed. In this state, even if she brought her back, they wouldn’t be able to ask anything. At that moment, Xia Xue pulled her sword and gave Murong Qing Lian a straightforward satisfaction. After she returned, Xia Xue told Misha Murong Qing Lian’s situation. Misha humped once, “She got off too lightly!”
“Young master, what do we do now?”
“Follow Su Mei! See if we can discover anything…,” Misha was very at lost and didn’t know how to start. Su Mei was his only hope now. If Su Mei isn’t Yi Lian, then he can only start over again!
However, no matter what outcome, he should persist until he finds Yi Lian. Yi Lian must be waiting for him at some corner in this world. It must be like this!
After having reconciled with Murong Qi Qi, Bai
Yi Yue often came to Nan Lin wangfu2. Occasionally, she would go into the palace to see Murong Qi Qi. After the two buried the hatched, their relationship was better than before. There was one more friend in Murong Qi Qi’s circle.
Recently, Wanyan Lie’s heart was distracted and his thoughts in turmoil. He didn’t know why after he saw the red bean hairpin last time, his eyelids had been jumping badly. The jumping of the left eye meant wealth. The jumping of the right eye meant calamity. However, for several days, both eyes jumped. He really didn’t know what sign it meant. He felt restless as if something was about to happen.
Heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil: distraught with anxiety.
The person he sent to keep an eye on Long Autumn palace also didn’t find anything special. The person who appeared in the underground palace of Long Autumn palace also didn’t show up again. It was as if this person had never appeared.
If this person showed up, Wanyan Lie would be a lot relaxer. At least, he could follow the vine to get to the melon, catch the person and find the root of the cause. But after such a long time, that person completely ‘disappeared’, making Wanyan Lie more uneasy.
Follow the vine and catch the melon: following clues
If was as if he was in the open and the other party was in the dark. That person was growing a dark web, waiting for him to fall in it.
After he came back from the underground palace, ever night, Wanyan Lie would awaken from nightmares. Often, when he woke up, his whole body was in cold sweat. Those dreams were always the same. He always saw someone from who he couldn’t see the face, pull Wanyan Ming Yue’s hand and left. He chased behind, but no matter what, he couldn’t catch up. He could only look at these two people form a pair and go farther and farther away. At his ears was only Wanyan Ming Yue’s silver bell like laughter.
“Ah…,” This night, Wanyan Lie once again woke up from the nightmare. Jing De quickly came forward to serve. “Your majesty, you had a nightmare again!”