The previous tasks had been one thing or another—he could mostly make do with whatever was at hand. The most troublesome had been going to a nearby pass to buy wine. But this time was too much. She wanted fish soup, so he had to race all the way back to the Crimson Blood Sect.
Yet the Bing Province Guard's rules were as unshakable as mountains, and he could not resist them. Lu Ye found himself thoroughly stifled.
"Do you think she's making things difficult for you?" Shui Yuan asked.
"Isn't she?" Lu Ye's face darkened. "I don't know why, but I keep feeling she's using this method to force me out of Cangyan Mountain Pass."
"So that's what you thought..." Shui Yuan murmured to herself. "All right. Just as you said, she really is making things difficult for you. As for the reason... you can take it as revenge."
"I've never provoked him!" Lu Ye frowned. "Besides, Second Senior Sister, you just said she bears no grudge against the Crimson Blood Sect. If so, who exactly is she taking revenge on?"
"Ah, how should I put this..." Shui Yuan found herself in a difficult position. After hesitating for quite a while, she finally said, "Someone once made things difficult for her in just this way, and that person belonged to our Crimson Blood Sect. So now she's using the same method against you."
"Someone?" Lu Ye's heart stirred. "Second Senior Sister, you mean..."
Shui Yuan nodded, confirming Lu Ye's suspicion.
"So that was the reason..." Lu Ye was somewhat surprised. "Then she not only has no grudge against the Crimson Blood Sect, but even has some connection to us?"
"Otherwise, how could you have remained at Cangyan Mountain Pass? Over the years, the Bing Province Guard did send people