FVN Chapter 15 The Upper Sect's Scheme
Chapter 15 The Upper Sect's Scheme
Li Qingyi felt a headache coming on, and with no other choice, he sat down.
The two women didn't say a word, but simply pushed a white jade cup in front of Li Qingyi, the aroma of wine filling the air.
Li Qingyi: "???"
"What's going on here?" he wondered to himself.
Seeing that both women were looking at him, he had no choice but to take the wine glass, tilt his head back, and drink it all in one gulp.
"What's going on with you two?" He put down his wine glass and asked tentatively.
Ling'er chuckled, resting her chin on one hand while toying with her wine cup in the other. "Ling'er is naturally drinking and admiring the moon with Sister Xiyue."
She even blinked, trying to look cute.
Li Qingyi's lips twitched. "The sky is overcast; there's no moon to speak of."
He turned his gaze to Qin Xiyue, hoping she could say something normal.
With a cold expression, she slowly spoke, "As you can see."
Li Qingyi really wanted to ask them one question: Can they even speak human language?
Qin Xiyue asked, "Where have you been so late?"
Li Qingyi gave a vague answer, saying, "I went out and took care of some things."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ling'er said coquettishly:
"It seems that Brother Qin Feng still doesn't trust Ling'er's abilities and insists on cleaning up the mess himself."
"Hmm...?" Li Qingyi's eyes narrowed slightly as he turned his head to examine her.
"Can I take this to mean that the Qin family has spies everywhere?"
Ling'er covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Qin Feng, you flatter me. It just so happened that one of my subordinates witnessed your heroic figure in the market."
The more they chatted, the more irritated Li Qingyi became, so she decided to get straight to the point.
"Are you two alright or not? If not, I'm going back to sleep."
Just as Li Qingyi was about to get up, Qin Xiyue grabbed her wrist with such force that it surprised Li Qingyi.
"This power... Xi Yue has broken through to the Qi Refining stage? And her cultivation is higher than mine? She's awakened?"
Qin Xiyue merely glanced at him coldly. "Sit down, let's get down to business."
Li Qingyi was quite helpless and had no choice but to obediently sit down again.
Qin Xiyue looked directly at Ling'er, her tone calm, "Qin Feng and I will share in that opportunity, and you will have to give me something first."
Upon hearing this, Ling'er's demeanor suddenly shifted. "You? What makes you think you can?"
Li Qingyi was startled. "A share of the spoils? Could Xi Yue be referring to the opportunity that the two great immortal sects' Purple Mansion True Persons were plotting, as Han Feiyu mentioned?"
Faced with Ling'er's questioning, Qin Xiyue remained calm, took a sip of wine, and slowly replied:
"Because I know the exact time when that thing was created, and its precise location."
Ling'er stared at Qin Xiyue, her hands under the table beginning to form hand seals, trying to deduce the background of the person before her.
However, the result of the deduction made her heart sink.
It's ordinary, as ordinary as can be.
The atmosphere inside the courtyard instantly became tense.
The more Ling'er deduced, the more solemn she became. After several attempts, the result remained unchanged, which made her feel uneasy.
At this moment, Qin Xiyue's lips curled into a smile, her tone tinged with amusement, "Any results?"
Ling'er: "???"
Li Qingyi: "???"
Seeing Ling'er's expression instantly turn ugly, Li Qingyi was also taken aback. "What are they saying? I don't understand."
Seeing Ling'er's reaction, Qin Xiyue's lips curved upwards even further.
She naturally knew Ling'er.
The successor of the True Man Minghao of the Zhengyang Immortal Sect is renowned throughout the Xuan Kingdom for his mastery of divination techniques.
In her previous life, she had spent a great deal of money to have this person divine her fate, but unfortunately the result was not satisfactory.
It was indeed unexpected for Qin Xiyue to meet her here in this lifetime.
She speculated that this might be because her rebirth had altered some predetermined trajectories.
"What do you want?" Ling'er took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in her heart, and asked in a deep voice.
"I want blood dragon fruit."
Upon hearing Qin Xiyue's answer, Ling'er's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, then slowly relaxed. "Okay."
Li Qingyi asked, "What is a blood dragon fruit?"
"It's a rather rare spiritual fruit from heaven and earth," Ling'er explained.
"It is mainly used to improve a cultivator's innate talent and to repair the loss of physical body and essence."
Li Qingyi understood immediately why Qin Xiyue had specifically requested this item.
She is a Moon Essence Spirit. In order to deceive the alchemist, she transferred a crucial wisp of innate Moon Essence from her body to him, which must have damaged her own spirit body as a result.
This dragon fruit is exactly what she needs right now.
"Since it's a collaboration," Ling'er turned her gaze to Li Qingyi, her innocent smile returning to her face, "then, Brother Qin Feng, what do you hope to gain from this opportunity?"
Li Qingyi's heart sank. "How did I end up on this pirate ship?"
Li Qingyi: "I don't even know what this opportunity you're talking about is, how can I choose?"
Qin Xiyue explained, "The Qin clan was built on the site of the ancestral tomb of a Purple Mansion True Person. And this inheritance requires a special key to unlock."
Ling'er became increasingly alarmed as she listened.
These are secrets known only to True Person Zifu. Only as a disciple of True Person Minghao can she get involved and share in the spoils.
"Do you know how to open it?" Ling'er asked tentatively.
Qin Xiyue raised an eyebrow, looking nonchalant. "Of course I know."
"Knowing that, how can you remain so calm?" Ling'er asked incredulously.
Qin Xiyue put down her wine glass, her gaze swept over Li Qingyi, and finally looked up at the endless night sky, her voice firm:
"I, Qin Xiyue, only seek immortality."
Her words were calm, but they conveyed an extremely firm feeling.
Even Li Qingyi and Ling'er were touched by the purity in her words.
Li Qingyi: "So, how do we open the inheritance tomb of that Purple Mansion True Person?"
Qin Xiyue: "It's very simple. Only by sacrificing the entire Qin clan with blood can we unlock the key to the land of inheritance."
Li Qingyi: "???"
"Do you want to hear what you're saying? Sacrificing the entire clan?"
Seeing the puzzled look on Li Qingyi's face, Qin Xiyue assumed there was something she didn't understand and continued to explain:
"The Qin family has been able to develop to this day thanks to the remaining fortune of the Purple Mansion True Man who passed away here."
If given more years to accumulate, they might be able to leverage this increasingly profound karmic fortune to attempt to challenge the status of the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan.
This is something the higher-ups would absolutely not want to see.
She paused, took a sip of wine, and before she could continue, Ling'er chimed in to explain:
"Therefore, in order to prevent the Qin clan from turning the tables and getting out of control, the best way is to completely strangle them before they have become powerful enough."
They have lived here for generations and have long been tainted by the karma of this Purple Mansion Immortal.
After sacrificing their entire clan, combined with the unique secret techniques of the Qingchi Immortal Sect, this can serve as a powerful blood catalyst, revealing the key to the inheritance site to the world.
Li Qingyi: "???"
His heart was already in turmoil, but he feigned composure and asked:
"So...everyone here will die?"
"That's right," Ling'er answered. "Anyone associated with the Qin clan will die, including those from collateral branches."
The scene she had witnessed at the market that day uncontrollably flashed through Li Qingyi's mind:
Children laughing and playing, merchants diligently hawking their wares for a living, innkeepers bustling about in the inn, and old blacksmith sweating profusely in the blacksmith's shop...
Those vivid faces...
Li Qingyi felt a sense of suffocation.
As a modern person, he finds it hard to accept this kind of thing.
As his thoughts drifted, he was awakened by Ling'er's voice.
"Brother Qin Feng, could it be... that you can't bear to see those mortals die?"