2. Are You Thinking Too Much?
“What are you two doing?”
Gong Musheng looked at the two in the room and raised an eyebrow, stunned.
The two girls in the room were lying on the bed in a very indecent manner.
Their clothes were disheveled, some on, some off, and their faces were flushed, their breathing heavy.
If you said they hadn’t been doing anything, Gong Musheng certainly wouldn’t believe it.
As someone who had been through it, after asking this question, she nodded with a meaningful expression.
Well… those who know, know.
Gong Yiling didn’t even have the strength to cover up. She could only lie on the bed and mutter weakly, “Little Auntie, why did you come in without knocking?”
“Uh… I didn’t expect to see such an… interesting scene.” Gong Musheng stroked her chin and muttered, “But you don’t have to explain to me. After you leave here, I’ll forget everything.”
Ah…?
What the hell?
Gong Yiling was stunned, and Yan Chuyue’s face seemed to turn even redder.
What was this person talking about? What did she need to explain?
Thinking about the past few hours, the two of them had been writhing on the bed like two maggots.
Since this thing had no antidote, they could only force the poison out bit by bit.
So, they had laughed for three hours, resisted the urge to scratch themselves for three hours, and at the same time, had to find a way to force the poison out. After all this, they were in their current state.
Of course, if you skipped the beginning and the middle and only looked at the end…
“Little Auntie, what are you talking about—”
“The person I told you about before, he’s here.” Gong Musheng said, “He’s sitting in the guest hall now. Do you need me to tell him to wait a few more hours?”
“No, no!”
Gong Yiling felt this scene was too awkward. She quickly got up from the bed and tried to straighten her clothes.
However, before she could stand steadily, she stepped on her clothes, and the next second, she had a perfect one-on-one contact with the ground.
“Duang!!!”
This sound was so loud that even Zhao Huaiji, who was drinking tea a hundred meters away, seemed to hear a scream.
“Hmm?”
He raised an eyebrow, puzzled, looked around, then continued to drink his tea.
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After about half a cup of tea, Zhao Huaiji finally got the reply he wanted.
Gong Musheng led a girl who looked like a child into the room.
This girl, well, she looked to be about twelve or thirteen, with a large bump on her head, a look of wanting to cry but having no tears.
“Miss Gong.” Although puzzled, Zhao Huaiji immediately stood up and bowed to Gong Musheng. “I wonder if that Miss Gong is willing to see me?”
Gong Musheng shrugged and pointed at the little loli beside her. “I’ve brought her to you. If you have anything to say, just say it to her.”
Zhao Huaiji: “…Huh?”
He looked at this girl several times. Something was not right.
Her age was wrong. Wasn’t that Gong Yiling supposed to be about sixteen or seventeen? The age difference was too great.
“Ahem…”
While he was sizing her up, Gong Yiling naturally knew what he was confused about.
Well… not just others, she herself was still frustrated. Who knew how long she would have to stay in this form?
“I went into a qi deviation a while ago and became like this.” Gong Yiling said calmly, “Although my appearance has regressed, other aspects haven’t changed. If you have anything to say, just say it.”
At this point, Gong Musheng naturally retreated and even closed the door for them.
This series of actions, plus the girl’s clear and logical words, finally made Zhao Huaiji accept her.
“Little friend Gong.” Elder Zhao said, “I came here for one thing only.”
“What is it?”
“If I rebuild the Cloud Rainbow Sect in the future, I want to ask for a guarantee from you.” His expression was serious, not at all like he was joking. “A guarantee that the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace will not lead the charge against my sect, but will just stand by and watch.”
What?
This person’s words left Gong Yiling momentarily speechless.
Good heavens, she had guessed many of this old man’s intentions, but he had just given her the most impossible one. She was completely at a loss.
He was looking for an ally in her? Was he crazy?
“Ahem… Elder.” Gong Yiling said awkwardly, “Although I’m grateful that you think so highly of me, but this matter, why would you think of me?”
“The Cloud Rainbow Sect’s cultivation technique naturally counters demonic arts. Just from this point alone, the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace can never cooperate with you.”
Zhao Huaiji seemed to have anticipated her words and said very calmly, “The so-called countering cultivation technique is none other than the family’s Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique. But that cultivation technique has long been lost. What I want to rebuild now is a toothless Cloud Rainbow Sect.”
Eh… if you put it that way, then it was true.
The incantation of the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique, to this day, probably only she and Chuyue knew. Whether that Nine-Colored Deer knew was another matter.
If this Cloud Rainbow Sect didn’t have that most crucial cultivation technique, it would at most be a poor imitation.
If so, then the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace had no direct reason to be their enemy.
“And the reason I chose you, little friend, is actually for another reason.” Seeing that she didn’t immediately refute him, Zhao Huaiji continued, “You exposed Shenqi Daoist Mountain’s conspiracy, and you also spoke up for the weak in the Baiyao Dynasty. This shows that although you are from a demonic sect, you have a kind heart.”
“In that case, I feel that if it’s you, little friend, you should be happy to see the Cloud Rainbow Sect reappear on this land, because we… actually have the same goal.”
Was it because of the Baiyao Dynasty and the incident at Qian Yue Academy?
Gong Yiling frowned and sighed helplessly. “Elder, I don’t know if these things have given you some wrong impression, but I’m not the kind of person you imagine.”
“The reason I did those things was because they touched my interests and hurt the people I cherish.”
“Besides that, I won’t have any opinions on other so-called ‘good deeds’ that are out of character for me. That’s all.”
The logic was simple. She wasn’t some great philanthropist who was bored. She couldn’t be bothered with these troublesome things, unless…
Unless… this Cloud Rainbow Sect…
