Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard c1-234

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  Ch. 089.2 – She’s One of Moon Water Paradise's People?! (2)

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  “Since this is the case, we’ll just have no choice but to offend you. Burst of Ripples.”

  The moment Fairy Shui Qing finished talking, the women accompanying her swiftly flew over to surround the black-clothed people. Then the women started playing the musical instruments in their hands simultaneously, and like ripples, waves of power attacked the people in the center.

  “Ah——” Each of the black-clothed people screamed while cradling their head with a very pained appearance.

  Fairy Shui Qing placed her flute by her lips and gently blew a few notes. These notes were like a talisman cursing someone to have an early demise as those people who were just screaming a moment ago all fell to the ground dead. Even at death’s door, they still had pained expressions on their faces.

  It was only after all the white-clothed women killed all the black-clothed people that they returned to stand behind Fairy Shui Qing, with not a single drop of blood on their clothes.

  Du Xiao Li already knew the formidable power of Sound Arts, so she wasn’t particularly astonished. However, Beiling Yi Cheng got a fright from seeing this scene.

  Fairy Shui Qing took off her veil and looked at Du Xiao Li with a smile while saying, “And so we meet again, Miss Du.”

  Arriving before Fairy Shui Qing, Du Xiao Li cupped her hands together in greeting and said,

  “Many thanks to Fairy Shui Qing for your grace in rescuing us. May I ask why you are here?”

  “Miss Du is being too polite. Miss Du, I think it would be best for you to bind up this gentleman’s wound first. We can talk about the rest later.” Fairy Shui Qing got down from the rock. Her aura, which was untainted by the mundane world, remained totally unaffected by the corpses covering the ground.

  “Sure.”

  Du Xiao Li looked at Beiling Yi Cheng’s shoulder wound and thought of that river from earlier, so she brought him back there. When they reached the river, she had him sit on a rock and then stripped off his upper garments to reveal the hideous shoulder wound.

  “It is fortunate that the wound doesn’t reach your heart. However, you’ve lost a lot of blood, which is why you feel so weak. Luckily, the wound has already stopped bleeding. I’ll clean up your wound first.” Du Xiao Li wet her hand cloth in the river water and then spent a moment wiping away all the bloodstains surrounding Beiling Yi Cheng’s wound. Just when she intended to go into the woods to see if there were any herbs she could use, a bottle of medicine appeared in front of her.

  “This is a top-quality Jin Chuang [1] medicine,” Fairy Shui Qing said with a smile.

  Du Xiao Li accepted the bottle of medicine and returned a smile, saying, “Thanks.”

  She carefully poured the medicinal powder onto Beiling Yi Cheng’s wound. After that, she folded a clean hand cloth into a square shape and used it to cover the wound. Then she tore another piece of fabric and bound the hand cloth over the wound.

  “All done,” Du Xiao Li stated and got up.

  “Thank you,” Beiling Yi Cheng said gratefully.

  “If anyone’s to be saying thanks, it should be me.” Du Xiao Li patted Beiling Yi Cheng’s other shoulder. This was because the two of them could be considered to have gone through a life or death experience together. “You rest here for a while. I’ll go over there for a moment.”

  Beiling Yi Cheng knew Du Xiao Li had things she wanted to say to the members of Water Moon Paradise, so he just nodded and said okay.

  After giving Du Xiao Li the bottle of medicine, Fairy Shui Qing had returned to where the other members of Water Moon Paradise were resting. She was currently in conversation with Feng Li Shang right when Du Xiao Li came over.

  “This student greets Teacher.” Du Xiao Li gave Feng Li Shang a greeting bow.

  Feng Li Shang took off his conical bamboo hat and looked at Du Xiao Li while saying, “You still managed to recognize me.”

  “So it turns out that Teacher truly is a member of Water Moon Paradise.” Du Xiao Li thought of the first time she saw him, which happened to be a time when he had been using Sound Arts to play the qin [2]. He hadn’t used much strength, but the notes had still failed to escape her ears.

  “You’ve known all along?” Feng Li Shang asked.

  “I only just found out,” Du Xiao Li answered. Right after, she gazed over at Fairy Shui Qing and said, “Many thanks to Fairy and Teacher for your grace in saving us. I won’t reveal Teacher’s identity to others. When I return home, I will tell my father about today’s matter, and he will definitely properly express our thanks to Water Moon Paradise for your kindness. I still need to rush back to Phoenix City, so I won’t disturb your journey anymore.”

  Du Xiao Li finished talking and wanted to leave, but she was called to a stop by Fairy Shui Qing.

  “Miss Du, don’t you wish to know why we’re here?”

  “It must be that you, Fairy, have some matters to attend to and just happened to pass by here. So, in passing, you rescued Elder Brother Beiling and me.” Du Xiao Li smiled.

  Despite that, she actually felt that her own explanation was a little far-fetched. After all, how could there be such an uncanny coincidence?! Nevertheless, she still hoped the situation was as she said. Otherwise, she was definitely going to have a major headache. However, Fairy Shui Qing’s appearance suggested she was going to say precisely what Du Xiao Li didn’t want to hear the most.

  As expected——

  Fairy Shui Qing got up. Staring fixedly at Du Xiao Li, she said, “Miss Du, you’re wrong. We came here specially to find you.”

  Hearing Fairy Shui Qing’s words, Du Xiao Li’s heart sank unceasingly, and her entire body emitted a wave of cold air.

  What should she do if they had come for the secret book, Wind Blowing Snow? Should she take on a laissez-faire attitude and just let them expose the fact that Wind Blowing Snow was in her possession, or should she return kindness with animosity [3] and kill to silence them?

  When Fairy Shui Qing saw Du Xiao Li’s sudden change in temperament, she felt alarmed and knew that Du Xiao Li had misunderstood. So she hurriedly explained, “We came to find you because we have something to request of you. It’s not at all like what you’re thinking.”

  Du Xiao Li regained her smile and withdrew her cold aura before saying, “Like what I’m thinking? Fairy seems to have misunderstood. I wasn’t really thinking of anything at all.”

  “Miss Du, actually you know the reason why we’re looking for you,” Fairy Shui Qing said. She glanced at Beiling Yi Cheng who was seated nearby and refrained from speaking openly about the matter. “We haven’t come here today in order to snatch away the secret book.”

  Hearing the mention of ‘secret book’, Du Xiao Li concluded inwardly that the situation was as she expected; they knew that the secret book was in her possession. However, she didn’t actually sense any killing intent from Fairy Shui Qing or Feng Li Shang. It was as if they didn’t have any intention at all to snatch away the secret book.

  “In that case, why are you looking for me?” Du Xiao Li asked nonchalantly.

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  Ch. 089.3 – She’s One of Moon Water Paradise's People?! (3)

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  Since they weren’t here to snatch the secret book, j
ust why were they looking for her? She gazed at Fairy Shui Qing suspiciously. It couldn’t be that they were trying to gain her trust before trying to snatch the secret book again, right?

  Fairy Shui Qing could tell what kind of thoughts Du Xiao Li was having. So she said, “Miss Du, perhaps you don’t know, but the circulation of this secret book initially started with us. Thus, we have absolutely no intention of snatching it back.”

  What?!

  Du Xiao Li was so shocked by Fairy Shui Qing’s words that she was completely speechless. Although Fairy Shui Qing didn’t say it explicitly, Du Xiao Li could still tell what she meant by those words.

  The 《Wind Blowing Snow》 that once brought about carnage to the martial arts world used to be Moon Water Paradise’s secret book, and it had started circulating from them. In fact, they had leaked it deliberately!

  The one in Du Xiao Li’s possession was perhaps just a duplicate. Maybe the real thing was still in their old base!

  Why did they have to do this? Why did they want to incite turmoil within the martial arts world? What goal were they trying to achieve? This secret book had been circulating around the martial arts world for so many years. Did that mean they had already been planning this out since way back then?

  When she thought of how the entire martial arts world’s vigorous pursuit of this book was actually just part of a plan filled with ulterior motives... Du Xiao Li couldn’t help feeling a chill strike her heart. Just what sort of sect was this?!

  “Miss Du, it’s not like what you’re thinking,” Fairy Shui Qing said hurriedly when she saw Du Xiao Li’s expression. “The specific reason is not something that I’m at liberty to tell you right now, but if we were not at our last resort, we wouldn’t have done such a thing. Just think about it, who would leak out their sect’s secret book unless they were at their last resort?”

  Du Xiao Li thought about it and felt it made sense. She was very clear on just how powerful this Wind Blowing Snow was. So for them to have leaked out this sort of treasure that none in the martial arts world wouldn’t treasure, they probably did indeed have some sort of unspeakable difficulties back then.

  “Okay. I’ll believe you for now,” Du Xiao Li said.

  “Thank you Miss Du for your trust.” Fairy Shui Qing let out a sigh of relief.

  “However, what’s the purpose of having Teacher Feng infiltrate the Imperial Court with a hidden identity? Could it still be ultimately because of this?” Previously, Du Xiao Li had a fairly good impression of Water Moon Paradise, so she never thought to ask. Regardless, she was now somewhat guarded against them, so she naturally had to ask about Feng Li Shang’s objective.

  “More or less. If Du Xiao Li agrees, we can go back to town and rest for a night. Then I’ll give you a thorough explanation about the reason,” Fairy Shui Qing said. “That gentleman over there is currently injured and not fit to be traveling hastily so immediately. Moreover, even if you were to return to Phoenix City right now, you wouldn’t be able to rush back before the gates close.”

  Du Xiao Li gazed at the pale-faced Beiling Yi Cheng for a moment. He had lost too much blood and was indeed unfit for such hasty travel. If they went back to town and rested for a night, they could still return to Phoenix City in time. Furthermore, they were currently without horses, so they would still have to go back to town to acquire a pair of horses anyway.

  It was just that this meant Beiling Yi Cheng would absolutely be unable to participate in the competition because tomorrow was the last of the finals!

  “Okay then.”

  The party of people once again returned to the small town. Soon after they left, a group of black-clothed people arrived in the woods.

  Seeing the many corpses that covered the ground, one of the people said, “It seems the other party has strong helpers. In order to guarantee our absolute success, send a message back to dispatch more people over here.”

  “Will do,” someone answered and then left speedily.

  “So what if you have helpers? Tomorrow will be your death day! Let’s go.”

  After the black-clothed people went on their way, the autumn wind blew over and swept dead leaves onto the many corpses, making for an exceptionally forlorn scene.

  Meanwhile, Du Xiao Li had no idea there was still an even larger group of people awaiting her...

  She and the others had gone to the town’s best inn. After getting a room, she left for the pharmacy to buy some medicinal ingredients and brewed some medicine for Beiling Yi Cheng to take. Then she let him rest.

  Du Xiao Li felt this Beiling Yi Cheng was pretty good. He was a prince, yet he hadn’t made a single sound despite being so heavily injured. She dared to give a guarantee that if it were Han Min Hong, he would definitely already be crying out so loudly that his screams reached the skies!

  Once Beiling Yi Cheng fell asleep, Du Xiao Li went to Fairy Shui Qing’s room. She knocked on the door and went in to find Feng Li Shang was also present. The two people were currently sitting at the table whilst discussing something.

  “Miss Du, please take a seat.” Fairy Shui Qing gestured at the seat opposite her.

  Du Xiao Li sat down and looked at the other two people before saying, “You can now say why you were looking for me, right?”

  “Before that, I would like to ask you something. Miss Du, when you acquired this secret book, Wind Blowing Snow, was there also a flute? A jade flute that’s identical to this bamboo flute.” Fairy Shui Qing took out a bamboo flute and placed it on the table.

  Du Xiao Li gazed at the bamboo flute that looked pretty much identical to her own and was silent for a few seconds before nodding.

  Knowing that the jade flute was in Du Xiao Li’s possession, Fairy Shui Qing appeared somewhat excited. She asked eagerly, “In that case, are you able to produce sound by blowing into that flute?”

  “I am.”

  “Really?!” Even Feng Li Shang got excited upon hearing Du Xiao Li’s reply.

  “Yes, I could make sounds with it the first time I blew into it,” Du Xiao Li answered. “Going by your reactions, I guess there are people who can’t play this flute?”

  “Normal flutes are all playable. Only these two flutes are different; not everyone can play them. Give this flute a try.” Fairy Shui Qing handed the bamboo flute over to Du Xiao Li.

  Fairy Shui Qing was letting Du Xiao Li try out her weapon...?

  Du Xiao Li accepted the bamboo flute and carefully examined it for a moment. Although this flute appeared pretty much identical to hers, one would find some differences upon a close examination. The biggest difference was that her flute’s holes had a design showing a phoenix with its wings spread open.

  Then she placed the bamboo flute by her mouth and gently blew several times, causing the flute to emit crisp sounds. After just playing several notes, she put down the flute and returned it to Fairy Shui Qing.

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  Ch. 089.4 – She’s One of Moon Water Paradise's People?! (4)

  “As expected, you’re able to play this flute,” Fairy Shui Qing said emotionally. “Water Moon Paradise has two flutes. It’s said that both of these flutes have intelligence and will only let the people they acknowledge play them. The secret book and flute started circulating over a hundred years ago, and there have been many people who managed to learn some Sound Arts. However, no particularly powerful individuals have actually emerged from amongst them all this time. This is because the people who can’t even play the flutes won’t be able to experience the wonder of Wind Blowing Snow.”

  “You… Why did you need to do this? Don’t the people of Jiang Hu normally keep their secret martial art books very deeply hidden away? Why did you spread around these two items which are of such great importance?” Du Xiao Li voiced
her bewilderment.

  “Sigh, this story is a long and complicated one…”

  It turned out that Water Moon Paradise was a branch of a mystery sect. They relied mainly on Sound Arts and were formerly the strongest branch of that sect.

  That flute in Du Xiao Li’s hands was called the Phoenix Flute. It was the weapon that belonged to the previous sect masters of Water Moon Paradise, and only those who could play that flute would be able to become the Sect Master. Yet no one else had been able to play this flute ever since the last appointed Sect Master died over a hundred years ago.

  Consequently, the members of the sect’s other branches seized this opportunity to attack them, bringing them down from the strongest branch to the weakest.

  In order to find the people who had a predestined affinity with the Phoenix Flute, Water Moon Paradise had no choice but to release the flute and the secret book, allowing the flute to find its own master. While the flute was being moved around, Water Moon Paradise had always been surreptitiously following its movements closely. It was just unfortunate that, in the past hundred years or so, no one had been able to play the flute, but it did incite quite a lot of carnage in the martial arts world.

  Water Moon Paradise watched as the time allotted by the main sect to select a new Sect Master gradually dwindled down to a few years. Yet they still hadn’t found someone who had a predestined affinity with the Phoenix Flute. Once the time was up and they still hadn’t found someone who could play the flute, the main sect would take back the Phoenix Flute and disband Water Moon Paradise, integrating the members amongst the other branch sects.

  It was right at this critical point that Water Moon Paradise lost the flute’s whereabouts for the first time. The Phoenix Flute seemed to have vanished from the world. In order to find the whereabouts of the Phoenix Flute and the secret book, Water Moon Paradise dispatched many people to hide their identities and infiltrate every territory and venue, and Feng Li Shang was one such person.