Chapter 936: The Girl from the Divine Realm
"You... stop right there!"
A blue figure flashed in front of Yun Che, and the blue-clad girl had appeared before him as if teleported, still holding the white-clad woman tightly in her arms: "Master just said... she said she was saved by someone, and even the poison had weakened a lot... Could it really be you?"
"No, no, of course not. I'm a big liar and a despicable, shameless rogue. How could I possibly have saved her?" Yun Che turned his head away in displeasure. "Your master has been returned to you. Why are you still hanging around here? Get lost already."
"I... I..." The blue-clad girl was momentarily flustered. She quickly said, "I know it must be you, because just now you were the only one who touched Master. I misunderstood you. Please... please save my master! You said yourself just now that you have a way to save her."
Yun Che swept his gaze over her and said bluntly, "That's right, I do have a way to save her. And I've always been kind-hearted. When your master fell, I not only caught her but also immediately started sustaining her life and expelling the poison when I sensed the abnormality in her aura. Yet you, as her disciple, not only failed to thank me, but instead cursed me as despicable and shameless, said I defiled your master, called me a big liar, wanted to kill me, and even kidnapped my Senior Uncle Murong to threaten me... It seems you really want your master to die soon. So I'll just return her to you."
"So you'd better leave now. I promise you that within at most a quarter of an hour, she'll be completely dead, and even the gods won't be able to save her. You can take her corpse back to where you belong."
Yun Che's face was as dark as a pot bottom. After saying this, he didn't spare the blue-clad girl another glance and directly strode past her.
The blue-clad girl was stunned by Yun Che's tirade. Seeing him about to leave again, she hurriedly blocked his way again and said in a wronged and timid voice, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have cursed you. Everything... everything was my fault. I didn't know you were saving Master at that time. I... I didn't expect you to be so powerful..."
Yun Che stopped, glanced sideways at her, and said, "You said just now... it's your fault?"
"Mm, it's my fault, it really is my fault." Seeing Yun Che stop, the blue-clad girl nodded eagerly like a chick pecking at rice. "Please be merciful and save my master, okay? I will definitely... definitely repay you."
"Since you know you're wrong," Yun Che crossed his arms and said slowly, "then tell me, what exactly were you wrong about?"
Although the blue-clad girl's profound strength was astonishingly terrifying, her mentality was unexpectedly naive. How could she possibly be a match for an old fox like Yun Che? Under the circumstances, she didn't even think of threatening him with force and could only obediently say, "I... shouldn't have cursed you, shouldn't have misunderstood you, shouldn't have... anyway, it's all my fault. I really know I was wrong. Please, you must save my master."
Seeing her both aggrieved and worried and scared, she would probably start crying if he pressed further. Yet Yun Che still kept a cold face: "Then am I still a big liar?"
"No, no." The blue-clad girl quickly shook her head.
"Then am I still a shameless person?" Yun Che said indignantly.
"..." The blue-clad girl hesitated for a full two breaths before lowering her head, her face a little red, and her voice much softer: "No."
"~!@#$%^..." This girl couldn't even lie convincingly!
"Alright, since you've admitted your mistake, I'll forgive you. Goodbye." Yun Che waved his hand magnanimously and turned to leave.
"Ah?" The blue-clad girl froze, then hurriedly teleported again, blocking Yun Che's path once more: "Wait! I've already tried so hard to apologize, and you said you forgave me, so my master..."
"What about your master?" Yun Che curled his lips. "You did something wrong, and it's only natural for you to apologize and admit your mistake. That barely makes us even. What does that have to do with your master?"
"You..." The blue-clad girl was both angry, anxious, and wronged: "How can you be like this! I've already apologized, so why... why won't you still save my master?"
"Why should I save her?" Yun Che retorted. "Your master is poisoned with a terrible toxin. Given the extent of the poison's spread on her body, it's certain she's been living with this poison for a long time. The cost of forcibly resisting this poison and prolonging her life for so long must be enormous. So you should also understand how difficult it is to cure this poison and how great the cost would be."
"I..." The blue-clad girl opened her mouth.
"She's neither a relative of mine, nor a friend, nor my wife. She's completely a stranger I've never seen before. Why should I spend such a great cost to save a complete stranger?" Yun Che said sternly.
"I... I..." The blue-clad girl was completely at a loss for words.
"Actually, I really was going to save her. After all, saving a life is better than building a seven-storied pagoda, and saving a beautiful woman is even more... ahem, but unfortunately, some peeping tom treated my kindness as dirt, wanted to kill me, and cursed me out. So why the hell should I save her!" Yun Che turned his head and quickly walked past her. "Don't follow me again! Or I'll kick you out."
"..." This time, the blue-clad girl didn't stop Yun Che again. She stood there, looking at the pale, weakly breathing white-clad woman in her arms, and the tears she had been holding back finally fell in torrents. She let out a helpless sob: "Wah... I really didn't mean it... It's my fault... I'm the one who harmed Master..."
The girl's tears made Feng Xue'er unbearably sympathetic. She quickly stepped forward and pulled Yun Che, saying softly, "Brother Yun, don't scare her anymore. She already knows she was wrong."
Turning around, she consoled the blue-clad girl: "Little sister, don't worry. Brother Yun is a very good person. He was just teasing you a little earlier. If you beg him nicely, he will definitely be willing to save your master."
The blue-clad girl raised her eyes, her nose twitching. A glimmer of hope lit up in her eyes again. She took careful steps forward, lowered her head, and said with teary eyes, "Please, save my master, okay? I was wrong earlier. I shouldn't have cursed you, shouldn't have misunderstood you, shouldn't have kidnapped that elder sister. Master has been as kind to me as Mount Tai. If Master is gone, I... I don't want to live either. Please... as long as you're willing to save my master, I'll do... anything."
The girl's voice was tearful, every word pitiful. Not just Feng Xue'er, but all the Ice Cloud women around felt pity in their hearts. Even Murong Qianxue, whom she had kidnapped earlier, cast a pleading look at Yun Che.
"..." Yun Che was conflicted inside. This girl's profound strength was freakishly powerful. The aura she had released earlier, even if only for an instant, was definitely comparable to Xuanyuan Wentian back then, and that certainly wasn't her full power.
With such terrifying profound strength, she should at least be a monster that had lived for over a thousand years.
But looking at her demeanor... she was practically a girl who could be described as "unworldly."
Could it be that she really was just a teenage girl, as she appeared?
A teenage girl... with profound strength surpassing Xuanyuan Wentian?
How... is that possible!
Yun Che turned around, staring straight at the blue-clad girl, his gaze indifferent: "You just said that as long as I save your master, you'll do anything?"
"Mm!" The blue-clad girl obviously didn't realize the seriousness of Yun Che's words and nodded eagerly: "As long as you're willing to save my master, I will definitely repay you well."
"Fine then." Yun Che nodded. "The poison on your master's body has spread throughout. If I forcibly remove it, it will only make her die faster. So it has to be done slowly. To completely remove it while keeping her alive will take about a month. During that time, you can be my bed-warming maid."
"Ah?" The Ice Cloud women around gasped involuntarily.
The blue-clad girl was dumbfounded: "Bed-warming... maid?"
"That's right. Simply put, it means serving me well during the day and sleeping with me at night." The lecherous light in Yun Che's half-closed eyes burned intensely.
Even if the blue-clad girl was naive and unworldly, she should know what "sleeping with" meant. Her face turned pale: "No... don't... how can this be..."
"Is there a problem?" Yun Che said with a straight face. "I am a despicable, shameless rogue, so of course I have to make the kind of conditions a despicable, shameless rogue would make. You were just going on and on about how your master's kindness is as heavy as a mountain, and you would do anything for her. Now all you have to do is be my bed-warming maid for a mere month to save your master. What a good deal. But judging by your expression, you seem unwilling? It seems that in your heart, your master's life and safety are nothing more than that."
"No, that's not it," the blue-clad girl shook her head. She bit her lip tightly, and tears of grievance flowed down again: "I... I..."
"Brother Yun," Feng Xue'er couldn't bear it anymore. She gently squeezed Yun Che's hand and whispered, "She's already crying. Stop bullying her."
"She ruined my Palace Master's reputation," Yun Che said with a look of lingering resentment. What annoyed him most wasn't that she had cursed him first thing, nor that she had kidnapped Murong Qianxue, but that she had said in front of Murong Qianxue, Jun Lianqie, Mu Lanyi, Chu Yueli... and all the Ice Cloud disciples that he had molested Feng Hanyue!
That was absolutely unforgivable!
Feng Xue'er chuckled softly and said teasingly, "Brother Yun, do you really think Senior Uncle Murong and the others didn't already know? Your 'good reputation' was already gone a long time ago. Actually, it never existed in the first place."
Yun Che: (⊙o⊙)! (What!?)
"Little sister, don't be afraid. Brother Yun is not a bad person. He was just joking with you earlier," Feng Xue'er comforted the blue-clad girl.
"Alright, alright." Yun Che looked helpless and a little guilty as he glanced at Murong Qianxue and the others. Then he straightened his face and said, "You don't need to be a bed-warming maid. Just answer a few questions for me seriously, and I'll save your master right away."
The blue-clad girl raised her tear-filled eyes, still somewhat unable to believe it: "Re... really?"
"Hmph! There are hardly a few people as kind-hearted as me in the whole world." Yun Che assumed an aloof posture like a savior and directly asked, "First question, what is your name?"
"I... I'm called Situ Lanlan. Master gave me the name Mu Xiaolan." The blue-clad girl quietly wiped away her tears and answered very seriously. As if afraid Yun Che would be dissatisfied, she even voluntarily gave both her original name and the name her master had given her.
Situ Lanlan... Yun Che's forehead dripped with black lines. This little girl's profound strength was more terrifying than Xuanyuan Wentian's, yet she had such a childish name!
Xuanyuan Wentian... Situ Lanlan... Just from hearing the names, the former sounded like a big boss, and the latter sounded like a little girl selling flowers by the roadside! Who the hell would believe she was stronger than Xuanyuan Wentian?
What was worse, the name her master gave her was even more childish than her original name! It was basically a baby name!
"I... I'm not lying. Both are my names." Seeing the muscles on Yun Che's face suddenly twitch irregularly, Mu Xiaolan thought he didn't believe her.
"I didn't say I don't believe you." Yun Che quickly regained his composure and asked next, "Then how old are you this year?"
"Ten... nineteen." As if still under the shadow of Yun Che's earlier scares, Mu Xiaolan answered in a small, timid voice.
Nineteen?
Yun Che's eyes twitched violently. Feng Xue'er and the Ice Cloud women were also shocked in their hearts.
This girl who had sent Yun Che flying with a single palm... was only nineteen!?
This white-clad woman was called her master, so she must be far more powerful!
Where in the world did this master and disciple pair come from!?
Yun Che took a slight breath and continued asking, "Then where are you and your master from?"
"..." Mu Xiaolan's eyes flickered in panic, and she shook her head instinctively: "This... this... without Master's orders, I... I can't say..."
"Oh," Yun Che nodded, turned around, and said, "Goodbye."
"Ah! Wait! I'll say!" Mu Xiaolan called out in panic. She lowered her head and said very quietly, "My master and I are from Yin Xue Realm."
Yin Xue Realm?
The Ice Cloud women looked at each other in bewilderment. None of them had ever heard that name. Feng Xue'er looked at Yun Che in surprise: "Brother Yun, have you heard that name before?"
Yun Che shook his head. Mu Xiaolan's answer completely confirmed his previous speculation, and he felt suddenly enlightened: "So you really aren't from this world."
"Not from this world?" Feng Xue'er was astonished. "Could they be..."
"The Yin Xue Realm you mentioned, does it belong to a place called the 'Divine Realm'?" Yun Che's brows unconsciously furrowed as he asked with extreme caution.
A girl only nineteen years old, with hardly any scheming mind, whose profound strength could surpass the terrifying Xuanyuan Wentian... How could she possibly be from this plane? In terms of pure profound strength, Xuanyuan Wentian had definitely stepped into the Divine Path. So this girl was most likely someone who had truly entered the Divine Path, and the Yin Xue Realm she came from was very likely...
"Ah?" Mu Xiaolan looked at him in surprise. "You... know about our Divine Realm?"
Yun Che: "!!"
This sentence was undoubtedly a firm admission... she was indeed from the plane called the Divine Realm!
"Brother Yun, she..." Feng Xue'er exclaimed, but immediately became alert. She transmitted the rest of her words to Yun Che's ear: "She is actually from the same world as your master."
"..." Yun Che's chest heaved. Although he had already anticipated it, his heart still couldn't calm down for a long time. He desperately wanted to see Mo Li, desperately wanted to go to the Divine Realm, and wanted to know more about the Divine Realm. And this girl before him was from the same vast world as Mo Li... Perhaps he could learn many things he wanted to know from her.
Moreover, since they were able to come here, they must have a way to return. Perhaps...
"I'll ask you one last question." Yun Che steadied his heart and continued seriously, "What is your master's name?"
At this point, the girl could no longer hide anything. She could only answer softly, "My master's venerable name is Mu Bingyun."
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