NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 21:
Chapter 21: Rivals Meet, Emotions Run High:
Wen Lingyun grabbed Ye Fan’s sleeve and pulled him aside.
She glanced at Bai Yuxiao’s clothes and immediately recognized him as a disciple of the Zhengyuan Sect.
She had wanted to ask Bai Yuxiao about Gu Feng. If they started fighting, there’d be no need to inquire further.
Lowering her gaze, she smiled sweetly at Bai Yuxiao, “Senior Brother Bai, neither my sister nor I have a Dao companion yet.”
“Isn’t it a bit unkind of you to slander us like this?”
Her bright, beautiful eyes focused on Bai Yuxiao, making him feel somewhat embarrassed.
Clutching his jade flute, Bai Yuxiao coughed, “I was just angry and spoke nonsense.”
In truth, he blamed Ye Fan.
Bai Yuxiao had claimed these two girls were new acquaintances of his, and Ye Fan didn’t even deny it.
His attitude made it seem like that was indeed the case.
How could anyone not misunderstand?
At this moment, Ye Fan’s expression darkened even further.
The Wen sisters were beautiful and pleasant in demeanor.
Just earlier, while traveling together, they had been chatting happily.
But now that they had met Bai Yuxiao, they were suddenly distancing themselves from him?
Frowning in frustration, Ye Fan grumbled, “Junior Sister Wen, if we’re going to find the Xuanming Mushrooms, we need to move quickly. Stop wasting time here.”
“Brother Ye Fan, it’s difficult to find the Xuanming Mushrooms. Why don’t we ask Senior Brother Bai to join us?” Wen Lingyun still hadn’t gotten the information she wanted.
How could she part ways with Bai Yuxiao now?
Bai Yuxiao was more than happy to annoy Ye Fan, so he quickly smiled and said, “That sounds good. I’m looking for Senior Brother Gu anyway. Maybe we’ll run into him if we stick together.”
Seeing Wen Lingyun’s sweet smile, Ye Fan swallowed his words of refusal and sulkily walked ahead.
Wen Lingyun and Wen Lingruan lagged slightly behind.
Wen Lingyun was lively as always, and showed no sign of reserve. She turned to Bai Yuxiao and asked, “Senior Brother Bai, what kind of person is your senior brother?”
Only now did Bai Yuxiao realize she had been cozying up to him to learn about Gu Feng.
“What exactly do you want to know?” He asked as they walked.
“I heard that when he fought the Demon Clan’s Holy Maiden, he wasn’t seduced by her charms and even managed to kill her. Is that true?” Her eyes sparkled with curiosity.
The Demon Clan’s Holy Maiden was known for her seductive beauty. No woman could ignore the threat she posed.
If Gu Feng wasn’t even swayed by her, one had to wonder what kind of person he would be interested in.
“That story’s been exaggerated. The Demon Clan’s Holy Maiden is very much alive.” Ye Fan scoffed.
“After leaving the Zhengyuan Sect, the Demon Clan came to our Lingyun Sect. The Holy Maiden made an appearance there as well.”
“Gu Feng would say anything to boast, wouldn’t he?”
Bai Yuxiao gave him a sideways glance. “You’ve only recently entered the cultivation world, so of course, you don’t know what a false body is.”
“In the Demon Clan’s cultivation methods, there’s a technique that allows one to avoid death by creating a false body. The soul controls the false body, which has strength nearly equal to the real one.”
“My senior brother certainly did kill the Holy Maiden’s false body that day.”
Hearing this, Ye Fan’s face flushed red.
He came from a humble background and didn’t know many things about the world of cultivation.
Bai Yuxiao’s words felt especially harsh to him.
But no one cared about his feelings.
The Wen sisters were completely stunned by what Bai Yuxiao had said.
Wen Lingyun’s eyes shone brightly, “He really didn’t even glance at that little seductress?”
“Of course not! My senior brother has always been pure-hearted and indifferent. He didn’t even spare a glance at Fairy Lingxue from Lingyun Sect.” Bai Yuxiao said, glancing at Ye Fan.
Surely, Ye Fan couldn’t argue with that.
Though Ye Fan’s face remained grim, he had nothing more to say.
The Wen sisters exchanged glances, excitement brimming in their eyes.
The Demon Clan’s Holy Maiden was both beautiful and bewitching, the complete opposite of Fairy Lingxue.
Typically, men either liked seductive women like the Holy Maiden or cold beauties like Fairy Lingxue.
But Gu Feng seemed uninterested in both.
In comparison, Wen Lingyun felt that Gu Feng had treated her and her sister quite well earlier.
At least they had exchanged a few words, hadn’t they?
Seeing her sister’s delighted expression, Wen Lingruan was much more reserved.
She smiled softly, her eyebrows relaxed, giving off a calm and composed aura.
Though the two sisters looked alike, they gave entirely different impressions.
Even Ye Fan found himself somewhat moved.
After all, he was just a teenage boy, and youthful feelings were hard to suppress.
“Heh, he doesn’t fancy me. Do you really think he’d be interested in the two of you?”
The voice came suddenly, and a long whip lashed out toward the Wen sisters.
Crack!
Wen Lingruan reacted swiftly, and pulled Wen Lingyun aside as they rolled away.
The whip struck the ground where they had just been standing, leaving a deep, blackened mark.
The earth itself had been split open by the force.
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