Birds Chasing One Another

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Returning along the same route, the people in Qin Yi's Immortal Palace Inner Hall all looked at him with strange eyes, full of vigilance. There was even a little girl who tripped and fell with a cry of "Ouch!", scattering a stack of jade slips on the ground.

Qin Yi, both amused and exasperated, tried to help her up, but the little girl scrambled away.

Qin Yi left the Immortal Palace in a huff, grabbed a handkerchief, and ran away.

"This is such a rip-off..."

Liusu said, "What's the point of messing around? If he quits, you can quit too. After a while, when they see you doing nothing, no one will care anymore, and they'll still joke around with you. On the contrary, whenever you suddenly feel like doing something, you can suddenly put on a stern face. Isn't that more comfortable?"

"Huh?" Qin Yi looked at the Wolf Tooth Club in the ring in surprise. "You know a lot, buddy. Did you used to work in the system?"

Liusu Su hummed twice, offering no clear answer, but said, "This palace master is too powerful. I dare not use my Divine Sense to probe him, for fear of something going wrong. So if you're hoping I can find out if he's here, forget it."

"Who cares?" Qin Yi said with a sneer. "He's a cunning old fox too. I even suspect he might be a strategist from the previous generation."

"The so-called scheming is not as exaggerated as you think... Everyone has schemes. The Immortal Palace's scheming is just that they are obsessed with it and prefer to play tricks and schemes compared to others. It doesn't mean that they are really much more scheming than others. Of course, if you add divination, they can indeed calculate more clearly than others, but since it is covered up, they are just ordinary people who like to use schemes."

Qin Yi was taken aback. "That makes sense. I've always thought of them as some kind of divine scheme, scaring myself. In fact, their collusion with the Great Joy Temple was full of flaws and blunders. They were really not good. The only good thing was that Heavenly Mystery Child cleaned up the mess nicely at the end."

"The Tortoise Shell Substitute Death Technique..." Liusu sighed, "My strength hasn't recovered to the level I wanted, so I couldn't see through it."

"What is your current skill level?"

"Just think of it as the soul power of someone at the peak of the Cloud Ascension realm. Of course, a pure soul body is different from someone with a physical body, but I'm too lazy to go into details."

"So you're just better than me?"

Liusu with her hands on her hips inside the stick. "Of course I'm better than you! Much better!"

Qin Yi pondered, "If they think they understand my strength now, they'll still suffer a setback later."

Liusu laughed and said, "Hey, my strength isn't yours."

"Oh dear, why be so particular... What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours..."

"Then is your dear Senior Sister mine too?"

"Uh... uh..." There were too many flaws in this statement, and Qin Yi didn't know where to begin to find a good point...

By the time they reached the Main Peak of Ju Yunxiu, it was completely dark. A few stars softly dotted the night sky, and the chirping of cicadas filled the air, creating a serene and tranquil atmosphere. Qin Yi didn't feel like speaking for a moment. The environment Ju Yunxiu always allowed him to calm down and find the most serene beauty amidst all the hustle and bustle of the world.

The sound of Qing Cha being poured came from inside the house, "It's summer, Master. I'm going to see the lotus flowers on Lotus Mountain tomorrow."

Ju Yunxiu replied lazily, "I'll go another day. I'll go open the door now; some jerk is here."

Qin Yi pushed open the door and entered, picking up the Qing Cha that was about to be opened and walking inside.

Qing Cha: "..."

Suddenly, I felt a sense of gloom over the tea.

A master who throws people into making tea at the drop of a hat, and a senior apprentice who picks people up at the drop of a hat... these two might end up together...

"You're back?" Ju Yunxiu leaned back lazily in the soft chair, reading a book.

As the weather warmed up, she no longer wore her usual flowing sleeves, but rather a light silk dress. In her own room, she didn't cover herself much, and if you looked closely, you could vaguely see the bodice hidden beneath the silk dress...

This kind of ambiguity is far more alluring and breathtaking than anything else.

But Qin Yi, who had read countless works of that kind of stuff, didn't react much. He glanced at it briefly and then looked away. "The Palace Master's order, Senior Sister should have heard it too, right?"

"I heard you," Ju Yunxiu said lazily. "So you're here to supervise how I'm mistreating my tea leaves, then label me as crippled and how you'll punish me?"

Wow, that's a really good tactic! Qin Yi's throat bobbed, and he forced a smile, "How come you're so good at this kind of tactic?"

"You read a lot, huh?" Ju Yunxiu finally put down her book, a half-smile on her face. "How do you plan to punish me, Your Excellency the Inspector?"

Qin Yi sat down beside her with a serious expression and said with a smile, "Want me to sing a song?"

It was meant as a joke, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he had a thought. The way of the zither is not just about musical instruments. He had even tricked Xi Xiangzi into singing, dancing, and rapping before, and everyone thought that singing and dancing were normal. In other words, Ju Yunxiu could actually sing.

I wonder how alluring it would be if she gently sang a little tune.

"Want to hear me sing? Well, that's not impossible." Ju Yunxiu smiled slightly. "Considering you won first place in the Dao Discussion this time, the first time our sect has achieved this in three or four hundred years, you've brought us a lot of face, so we should give you a reward, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"But could you please explain, Your Excellency, what was the meaning behind the look you gave me when Heavenly Mystery Child killed Zhou Yuncheng? Hmm?"

Qin Yi out in a cold sweat. "Um..."

"Are you afraid I'll use you and then discard me?"

"Um... no, no, I absolutely never thought that way!" Even if Qin Yi was stupid, he knew how to respond at this time, "At the time, I was thinking that the disciples of the Scheming Sect were really pitiful. Our side of Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting, and painting is so much better. We are fellow disciples who get along well and care for each other. How lucky I am to have such a Senior Sister. I really didn't choose the wrong sect back then..."

"Pfft..." Qing Cha burst out laughing, "Uncle-Master, if you had a tail, you would have wagged it beautifully just now."

Translate: "Simp" or "lickspittle."

Qin Yi's face turned bright red.

But it must be admitted that this flattery pleased Ju Yunxiu, and the slight displeasure at being questioned dissipated. Although she knew he was just saying nice things, she felt good... So her whole attitude was no longer so sarcastic, and she said leisurely, "Is this the 'small' trick in the 'Pan, Lu, Deng, Xiao, Xian' (a Chinese idiom referring to men of wealth, status, and leisure)?"

"Senior Sister is indeed insightful."

"But aren't those five words for picking up women?"

Qin Yi declared righteously, "Senior Sister can use it too!"

Ju Yunxiu finally burst out laughing.

Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief, as if the matter of "chatting" was now over.

"Zhou Yuncheng may not be dead. Although we couldn't see through Heavenly Mystery Child's methods at the time, we could guess some of them." Ju Yunxiu finally turned to the main point. "The Palace Master must have seen through it, so the duty of giving you this Inspector position is to put a lock on the Scheming Sect, at least to make them think twice when colluding with outsiders—the Palace Master is watching, the Inspector represents the Palace Master. Unless he is confident that he can overthrow the Palace Master in one fell swoop, he will never dare to overstep the line again."

"Yes, this is indeed a warning to Heavenly Mystery Child, showing that the Palace Master is aware of the situation and making them more cautious."

"So it's not for you to use as a figurehead to coerce your Senior Sister into singing."

Qin Yi, shamelessly, asked, "What about the reward Senior Sister promised?"

Ju Yunxiu waved his hand. "Qing Cha, sing a song for your martial uncle."

Qing Cha turned and ran. "The evidence of bullying my tea leaves is irrefutable! Your Excellency, the Inspector, you must do me justice!"

The escape was quite clever; suddenly, only a lone man and woman remained in the wooden cabin, their clothes half-covered, their faces slightly flushed, shy yet reproachful. That kind of allure instantly overflowed, and the cicadas' chirping in the summer seemed to resonate in people's hearts.

Qin Yi swallowed again and said in a low voice, "If Senior Sister won't sing, then let me play a tune for Senior Sister on the wind."

Ju Yunxiu looked at him with sparkling eyes. "Okay."

Qin Yi took out the Yunxiu Flute, Ju Yunxiu blushed as she looked at him and put Yunxiu to her lips.

A melodious flute tune drifted up, cheerful and refreshing on this summer evening, like a pair of birds chasing each other and playing in the woods, the male singing loudly to attract the female's attention.

Ju Yunxiu gently bit her lower lip, her face flushed red as if it were about to drip water, and spat lightly. "You're no good."

The Liusu covered the ears inside the stick.

How shameless of you to say you and your Senior Sister have nothing going on! What have you been doing while I was away?!