Chapter 237: Scheming for Personal Gain
Xiao Wu had this thought in her heart. But it was a pity that this woman was too strong. She couldn’t beat her and could only say coldly, “Contributing is what I should do. But as for this method… Junior Brother is my person. Don’t have any ideas about her. Otherwise, I won’t let you off.”
With that, Xiao Wu took his hand and left.
It wasn’t until they had left the main hall that Su Yan still couldn’t quite believe it.
“We’re just leaving like that?”
“What else?”
“The things she said…”
“Just treat it as her farting!”
Su Yan looked at Xiao Wu in surprise. Having known her for so long, this was the first time he had heard her swear.
“I’m sorry. I was just too angry.”
Seeing Su Yan’s surprised expression, Xiao Wu also knew that she had been unladylike. She bit her lip and explained.
Su Yan shook his head. He didn’t think this kind of senior sister was bad. In fact, for her to be so angry for him, he was very happy in his heart, because this meant that she valued him very much.
“How is the Sect Master?”
Su Yan asked. He was a little worried.
Xiao Wu shook her head and said, “I don’t know the specific situation either. But it shouldn’t be a big deal. She was just injured a little and needs to rest well.”
Hearing this, Su Yan was much more at ease. Then he asked, “As for what she said just now, is it really true?”
Hearing this, Xiao Wu was immediately annoyed and said, “So what if it’s true? So what if it’s not? Don’t tell me you really want to leave me and throw yourself into the arms of a strange woman?”
“Of course not! How can you think that?”
Su Yan quickly comforted her. “You’re the only one in my heart. I was just a little worried.”
Xiao Wu’s expression improved a lot. She said, “What she said just now was complete nonsense, just bullying you for not knowing. It’s just a dispute over a spirit stone mine. It won’t endanger the sect.”
“And the immortal sects are an alliance. If the Transcendent Immortal Sect is in a crisis, they won’t stand by and watch. It’s just that someone saw that my mother was injured and wanted to take advantage of the situation. Everyone knows your relationship with me. If I can’t even protect my own man, where would I put my face? My mother would also lose face.”
“So that’s how it is?”
Su Yan suddenly understood. So it wasn’t as simple as it looked on the surface. There was also this reason.
Xiao Wu continued, “Wherever there are people, there will be disputes. She and my mother have never been on good terms. If I remember correctly, her daughter is a Body Integration cultivator. This must be scheming for personal gain. This is really despicable.”
Su Yan was a little dumbfounded. Was it really like that? To think she had spoken so righteously just now, and he had even been a little swayed.
But…
“Your mother’s enemy is her, and her daughter is already at the Body Integration realm. How is your mother still so weak?”
“Weak?”
Xiao Wu didn’t understand what he meant, but she could roughly guess that it wasn’t a good thing. She said irritably, “I’m not the same age as her. When her mother was young, she was always flirting around. She was born very early. My mother, on the other hand, was busy with official duties every day and had no time to care about these things. I’m much younger than him.”
At this point, Xiao Wu said angrily, “What, now you think I’m weak? You’re not thinking of finding someone else, are you?”
“How can that be!”
Su Yan said with an awkward laugh, “I was just asking. It was purely out of curiosity.”
They say a woman three years older is a golden brick. But he liked his senior sister and wouldn’t think about these things. Besides, when interacting with the opposite sex, it was best to find someone of a similar age. His senior sister was very suitable.
“At least you have some conscience. It wasn’t in vain for me to be so good to you.”
Xiao Wu snorted coldly, the corners of her mouth unable to help but curl up.
After the two returned to Heavenly Water Peak, their lives returned to normal. They had thought that the matter would pass just like that. Who knew that a rumor would suddenly spread throughout the entire sect?
What the battle with the Black Moon Sect was nearing its end, and the two sides were in a stalemate, and a new expert was needed to come forward. And Su Yan was very suitable. With his physique, if he dual-cultivated with a sect expert, he would definitely be able to break through the realm, and then the problem would be solved.
“Are the people who spread the rumors all fools? Someone actually believes this?”
Xiao Wu’s expression was very unpleasant. Su Yan was hers. For others to so openly covet him, she was about to die of anger.
Without thinking, she knew who had done this. The soft approach hadn’t worked, so she was using the hard approach. For her own daughter, that person had already lost all face.
“It seems someone has already believed it.”
Su Yan frowned and said. He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Such a rumor… if it were any other time, no matter how much it spread, it would have no effect on him.
But now that the battle with the Black Moon Sect was in a stalemate, there would always be some people who didn’t use their brains and would very likely believe it.
For example…
“Have you heard? Senior Brother Su’s physique is special, not an ordinary Pure Yang Sacred Body. Even a high-level cultivator would benefit greatly from dual-cultivating with him. After dual-cultivating many times, they can even break through a realm.”
“There’s such a good thing?”
“Of course! Now that we’re in a stalemate with the Black Moon Sect, if Senior Brother Su can sacrifice himself for the greater good, this matter can be resolved very quickly.”
“You mean you want him to be with a sect expert? Doesn’t he already have Senior Sister Xiao? Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”
“What’s inappropriate about it? You also want us to win and not be defeated by the hateful demonic sect. Besides, to be with a stronger person is to not waste his physique. Senior Sister Xiao is too young after all. Who knows how long it will take for her to grow up.”
“Thinking carefully, it seems so…”
Walking in the sect, one could always hear similar conversations. This made Xiao Wu very angry. The matter between her and Su Yan was none of others’ business. These people were too nosy.
“This is really so annoying.”
Su Yan said with annoyance.
Wherever he went, people would look at him with strange eyes. Some even hoped that he could consider the overall situation. This was complete moral kidnapping.
“For her to do this, isn’t she afraid that your mother will find out and get angry?”
Su Yan was very puzzled. He was Xiao Wu’s boyfriend, and Xiao Wu was the daughter of the Transcendent Immortal Sect’s Sect Master. For her own daughter to be bullied like this, and for her not to care… that wasn’t right.
“My mother would like to, but she doesn’t know.”
Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and explained the reason. It turned out that ever since her battle with the Black Moon Sect’s Sect Master, her mother had been seriously injured. After she returned, she had been recuperating in a place with abundant spiritual energy and had no time to care about the matters in the sect.
As a top-tier cultivator, one would not normally be injured. But once injured, it would not be a trivial matter. It would definitely be very serious, and it would be very troublesome to recover.
By the time her mother came out of her recuperation, it would be too late. Who knows how long she would have to wait.
“She’s only daring to do this because my mother is not here. These past few days, I’ve also started to investigate. I found that her daughter was already a Body Integration cultivator a long time ago. She hasn’t made any progress for so many years. It’s probably because she learned of your physique that she’s set her sights on you, wanting to make a final push.”
So it was for her own daughter? Su Yan understood this. But to use such a method was too despicable. He didn’t like her at all and had never even seen her.
“If that’s the case, then it’s a bit troublesome.”
Su Yan frowned and said, “For her own daughter to break through, she actually did such a thing. Anyway, she has already offended your mother. She definitely won’t just have this little trick. She won’t give up so easily.”
“That’s exactly what I’m worried about.”
Xiao Wu’s brows furrowed tightly. For her son’s future, that woman would not hesitate to do such a thing. If she was just spreading rumors, no one would believe her.
Spreading rumors was just the first step. There would definitely be many plans after that. Although she didn’t know what those plans were, they were definitely to snatch Su Yan away from her.
“This is really too annoying.”
Xiao Wu’s eyes flickered. If it were anyone else coveting Su Yan, she would have already cut them down with her sword. But that person was powerful and was not someone she could deal with now.
“Why don’t we just leave? Go out and relax? Leave this place for a while?”
Su Yan suddenly said.
Xiao Wu turned to look at him, not understanding for a moment.
Su Yan explained, “Although I don’t know what she’s going to do next, there will definitely be a series of tricks that will annoy us to no end. Rather than passively taking it here, it’s better to just leave and treat it as a trip to relax.”
Su Yan’s idea was very simple. No matter what that person wanted to do, she needed him to be here. If they just ran away, the other party would have no way to make a move.
However, although this method was good, Xiao Wu probably wouldn’t agree, right? She was a very responsible person. Now that the sect was in a crisis, would she really leave this place?
“I think this is a good idea.”
To Su Yan’s surprise, Xiao Wu actually nodded, which startled him. He looked at her with a surprised expression.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I thought you would hesitate, or even not agree. I didn’t expect you to be so straightforward.”
Xiao Wu smiled and took his hand. “That’s because you still don’t understand how much I care about you.”
Xiao Wu liked Su Yan. At first, she liked his looks. Later, she liked his cooking. And later, she fell in love with everything about him, liked his gentleness to her, that pure yet mischievous personality.
Xiao Wu felt that she could no longer leave him. He was hers. How could she let others snatch him away? Not even a single chance.
And…
“As you said, the Black Moon Sect is too powerful. The victory or defeat of the current battle has nothing to do with me. One more of me is not much, and one less of me is not little. It’s better to go out and play and relax.”
There are a thousand days of being a thief, but not a thousand days of guarding against one. Before her mother had fully recovered, she might as well just hide from that person. She had no confidence in ensuring Su Yan’s safety under these circumstances. It was better to avoid it for the time being.
Hearing Xiao Wu’s words, Su Yan was extremely moved. Xiao Wu was a very responsible person, yet she had done such a thing for him. This also showed her feelings.
“It’s up to you to decide. I have no objections.”
Su Yan nodded, expressing his thoughts.
