The Misunderstanding Just Got Worse (Third Watch, Please Vote with Monthly Passes)

"You—!" Nangong Wan's voice instantly shifted from languid to bone-scraping Ice Blade. The killing intent in her eyes nearly solidified and burst forth, pinning Fang Yu and the alchemy furnace straight through. "Why is it you?!"

Fang Yu's CPU instantly overclocked. He had been about to snatch it by force, but in that flash of lightning, his smooth-talking mouth moved on its own. "I-I came to thank senior sister for the pill you gave me today!" He abruptly withdrew his hand and hid it behind his back, doing his best to make his tone sound sincerely grateful. "That pill's effects were powerful! I figured I had to bring some local specialties to show my respect to you, senior sister!"

"Senior Sister?!"

Nangong Wan was so furious she nearly laughed. Her scalp tingled as if all the blood in her body were rushing to the crown of her head, and her shrill voice could have pierced the roof. "Who is your senior sister?! Look carefully! I am an elder of the Moon Concealment Sect!"

Right now, she wanted nothing more than to blast this bastard who had seen her body into dust with a single Magic Incantation, then grind his bones to ash!

Startled by that pressure, Fang Yu instinctively shrank his neck, but his tongue seemed slick with oil. "E-Elder, please calm down! I failed to recognize greatness today and didn't know you were an elder! But I know now! I-I'll leave the Moon Concealment Sect right away!"

He spoke at breakneck speed, his eyes brimming with earnestness. "From now on, I'll never step through the gates of the Moon Concealment Sect again! I swear to heaven!"

He was purely trying to fabricate an alibi for sneaking into an elder's room in the middle of the night to steal her