FVN Chapter 71 69. Black Hand
Chapter 71 69. Black Hand
When Xu Yuan spoke those slightly mocking words, Liu Ruoxue also realized that he already knew what she had done in the room before.
"How, how did you know?"
Liu Ruoxue's cheeks tinted with the color of dawn, her eyes wide.
"I'm a bit paranoid, so before leaving the room, I usually leave a Memory Stone inside."
Xu Yuan said this with an extremely calm expression.
"Hah, that's not the point."
Liu Ruoxue suddenly realized.
He was deliberately stalling with her.
"The second question, the tea you had me drink earlier, what did you add to it?"
She clearly sensed something was amiss.
After all, since then, the person she thought about was almost always him; even the Master was seldom mentioned.
And even though she intended to force it out later, she did not do so afterward; instead, she allowed it to stay within her body, which felt bizarre no matter how she thought about it.
Strangely, she still felt her mind was very clear, fully aware of her actions and did not think she had done anything wrong.
"What if I say I didn't add anything, would you believe me?"
Xu Yuan calmly stated.
"Do you think I would believe that?"
Liu Ruoxue also knew she definitely wouldn't get any result from asking.
She asked not really expecting an answer from him.
She only wanted to see from his reaction whether he really was behind it or if it was just her Heart Demon misleading her.
Although the latter possibility was almost zero.
"You keep saying you like me, yet you do this to me?"
"Sorry, this is the first time I've liked someone, I don't understand."
"..."
Liu Ruoxue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the rising anger.
Despite her breakthrough, she felt that their relationship hadn't changed as much as she had expected.
Liu Ruoxue felt disheartened.
If that was the case, what was the point of her breakthrough?
"Forget it, I'll take you to see the Master."
"Thank you, Fairy Liu."
...
As the two flew to the peak, Liu Ruoxue suddenly spoke again.
The clouds were faint, and her face, as radiant as snow and frost, seemed especially bright.
"How do you plan to get the information from the Master? I should warn you, she's very sensitive."
"Here it comes."
Upon hearing this, a spark flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes, and excitement began to surge in his heart.
He had taken the risk to enter Sword Sect alone, all for this very moment.
Anyone who dared spread rumors that he was an Outer Domain Demon had a death wish.
Once the source of the information was clear, later, using either Tian Liuli or Lin Qingque, it could be cleaned up.
Then, he would have no more concerns.
Otherwise, he would have to guard every day against cold arrows that might come at him from behind.
"Disciple indeed has one question to ask the Peak Master."
"Oh?"
The Master of Yin Peak seemed to sense something, narrowed her eyes, and curiously looked at him.
Under Liu Ruoxue's nervous gaze, Xu Yuan suddenly raised his head and loudly challenged, "Dare I ask the Peak Master, why did you send us to our deaths?"
As she uttered these words, Liu Ruoxue's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
How... how could he dare speak to the Master like this?
It's over, it's all over...
At this moment, her heart was filled with despair.
"Oh?"
The Master of Yin Peak was initially stunned, then her phoenix eyes narrowed, and the unconcerned expression on her face slowly faded.
"I remember, you are called Fang Yuan? Why do you say this?"
"Master, a few days ago, you assigned me and Sister Liu Ruoxue to encircle one person. Do you remember that?"
Xu Yuan's expression was firm, his eyes red as if he had been greatly wronged.
"... "
The Master of Yin Peak fell silent for a moment before finally responding softly, "Of course I remember, but what of it?"
"I want to ask, why didn't you initially allow Sister to reveal the truth to us, and why did our target, accompanied by two Nascent Soul level experts, possess greater strength than us? Without even a bit of intelligence, isn't this sending us to our deaths, what else could it be?"
"Oh? There really was such a thing?"
In Liu Ruoxue's incredulous gaze, she saw her always proud Master slowly sigh.
"I was not aware of this; Xueer, you actually didn't tell me?"
"Master..."
Liu Ruoxue was silent, thinking her Master knew about all this and said nothing just to make their challenge harder, but she never expected this outcome.
"Well, it's also my fault for always focusing on results,"
The Master of Yin Peak slowly said, "But actually...I didn't know this intelligence either."
In the astonishment of the two, she continued lightly, "All this, including the task this time, was requested by the people from Heavenly Machine Tower, including their Tower Master asking me to let my disciples handle it."
Heavenly Machine Tower's Tower Master?! How could it be her?
Xu Yuan slowly widened his eyes.