chsdbacks Chapter 535 Something Dirty Is Secretly Tampering With It
Chapter 535 Something Dirty Is Secretly Tampering With It
Chapter 535 Something Dirty Is Secretly Tampering With It
Getting back to the main point, before that, let's ask Feng Xian for his own thoughts.
"Speaking of which, Feng Xian, are you really not interested in setting your mother and Chrysanthemum Douluo up as a couple?"
Ye Qifeng asked earnestly.
To everyone's surprise, Feng Xian nodded in agreement without even thinking twice, his tone sounding even more enthusiastic than Ye Qifeng's.
"Of course I have no objection."
"I'd be overjoyed if my mother could win over such a wonderful man as my teacher."
"Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders, isn't that what you said, Brother Ye? I've always remembered it."
At this point, Feng Xian glanced at Ye Qifeng with a slightly intense look, but quickly concealed it and continued:
"Besides, the teacher is really good to my mother, so letting her stay with the teacher is a good choice."
"With the teacher, she has no worries about food, clothing, or shelter. She is carefree every day and can also interact with her favorite flowers, plants, and greenery."
"The key is that she has her teacher, a powerful Super Douluo, to protect her, so her mother will no longer be bullied."
"That puts my mind at ease."
Seemingly oblivious to the fleeting, intense gaze in Feng Xian's eyes, Ye Qifeng smiled slightly and said in a gentle voice:
"Since you have no objections, Fengxian, then it's settled. You'll handle your mother's side, and I'll take care of Elder Ju's side. How does that sound?"
Feng Xian immediately smiled and nodded in agreement:
"Okay, Brother Ye, leave Mother to me."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes revealing a hint of eagerness.
"Let's go see your mother and Elder Ju first. I also have something I need Elder Ju to handle."
Ye Qifeng waved his hand to dispel the shadow barrier, revealing his figure, and walked towards the courtyard gate with Feng Xian.
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"Hmm? Little Fengxian is here?"
Sensing Feng Xian's sudden appearance outside the courtyard gate, Yue Guan immediately snapped out of her reverie, shifting her gaze from Qin Lan to the gate, and then let out a soft gasp of surprise:
"Oh, His Highness the Holy Son is here too?"
Without hesitation, Yue Guan's figure blurred, and his tall frame leaped from the pavilion to the gate. He opened the gate, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed slightly to Ye Qifeng.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Ye Qifeng waved his hand:
"Elder Ju, there's no need for such formalities!"
Feng Xian, who was standing nearby, also greeted Yue Guan:
"Hello, teacher."
Upon seeing her beloved disciple, Yue Guan was in a very good mood, and a kind and gentle look instantly appeared in her charming peach blossom eyes:
"Little Fengxian, have you come to visit your mother? She's tending to the flowers and plants in the courtyard. You'll see her as soon as you go in."
Feng Xian nodded gently, while smiling sweetly:
"Yes, I've come to see my mother and also to see you, teacher."
Yue Guan chuckled immediately:
"You know how to talk. I thought you'd forgotten I'm your teacher."
After saying that, he turned to look at Ye Qifeng:
"Your Highness, what brings you here? Is there something you need?"
"There's something I need Elder Ju to do." Ye Qifeng nodded slightly. "This is also a task assigned by our teacher."
"Oh? A mission?" Yue Guan was slightly taken aback. Her previously somewhat flippant expression instantly turned serious. "Come in and talk."
He then welcomed Ye Qifeng and Feng Xian into the courtyard, and they soon arrived at the pavilion in the center of the courtyard.
At this moment, Qin Lan, who had already noticed the arrival of the two, put down her tools and ran to them.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
Qin Lan, her head wrapped in a silk scarf, walked up to Ye Qifeng, carefully lifted the hem of her skirt with her clean fingers, and gracefully performed a noble gesture.
"Aunt Qin, there's no need for such formalities."
Ye Qifeng reached out and gently helped her up, then smiled and asked:
"Are you settling in well with Elder Ju?"
Qin Lan subconsciously glanced at Yue Guan, then responded in a gentle and melodious voice:
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Lord Yueguan has treated me very well."
"Really?" Ye Qifeng smiled. "Then I'm relieved."
Qin Lan is a quiet, taciturn, and somewhat shy woman; in short, she suffers from social anxiety.
After exchanging a few words with Ye Qifeng, she quietly stood next to Yue Guan, tilting her head back to look at him.
Looking at Yue Guan's face, which was just as beautiful as her own, Qin Lan's eyes were slightly dazed.
If it weren't for the prominent Adam's apple on Yue Guan's neck revealing his gender, she would probably have thought he was a woman like herself.
However, compared to when they first met, Yue Guan has changed a lot.
She remembered that when they first met, Lord Yueguan was so beautiful that she could only be described as "alluring." At the time, she thought that the other party was really a woman.
Fortunately, as they spent more time together, she gradually discovered the truth and finally realized that Lord Yueguan was actually a real man. All the feminine things about him, except for his appearance, were just an act.
Or rather, he seemed to be imitating someone, but he didn't quite get it right, so his behavior was a bit strange, making him look like an annoying "flashy slut".
Compared to when we first met, Lord Yueguan is much more pleasing to the eye now.
Many of his strange behaviors have disappeared.
She no longer enjoys drawing eyebrows and lips like before, she no longer uses delicate fingers, she no longer speaks in a high-pitched voice, her clothing no longer leans towards a feminine style, she has lost her gaudy and vulgar air, and her speech is no longer so sarcastic.
Although she still looks like a woman, her delicate eyebrows and eyes have become sharper, and her originally round and beautiful face has become more angular, giving her a touch of heroism and revealing a masculine spirit.
Overall, Lady Yueguan now appears to be a woman with a subtly androgynous style.
When she stood next to Lord Yueguan, they looked like sisters. Well, Lord Yueguan was the older sister, and she was the younger sister.
This made Qin Lan feel a little strange, but she didn't reject it. On the contrary, she felt a kind of curious excitement.
Just as Qin Lan was lost in thought, suddenly, a rich fragrance of chrysanthemums, mixed with a unique floral scent, wafted into her nostrils.
It smells wonderful, giving a sense of calm and tranquility, exactly the same scent as Yue Guan's.
"Let's wipe the sweat off first."
Then Yue Guan noticed that Qin Lan's forehead was slightly covered with fine beads of sweat. He took out a silk handkerchief from somewhere and handed it to Qin Lan.
"Oh, okay, thank you."
Qin Lan subconsciously reached out and took the silk scarf, her movements smooth and practiced, clearly indicating that this was not the first time she had done this.
However, a small accident occurred when I received the scarf.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Qin Lan's fingertips accidentally touched Yue Guan's palm. The two reacted in unison, first stiffening, then withdrawing their hands as if electrocuted.
Qin Lan's face was already flushed red. She lowered her head, clutching the silk handkerchief, her heart pounding with nervousness and unease.
Yue Guan then touched the back of his head, avoiding Qin Lan's gaze, and after a long while coughed:
"Qin Lan, His Highness the Holy Son and I have important matters to discuss. You and Feng Xian should excuse yourselves for a moment. I imagine you and your daughter also have something to say."
"Oh, right, you can keep the scarf for now, no need to return it to me in a hurry."
Qin Lan quickly responded:
"Okay, I understand."
After saying that, she quickly turned around and ran along the quiet path paved with blue flagstones towards her residence deep in the courtyard, with a sense of shame and fleeing, forgetting to even take her own daughter with her.
Upon seeing this, Ye Qifeng and Feng Xian exchanged a glance, both seeing a smile in each other's eyes.
"Teacher, I'll be going now!"
Ye Qifeng gave Feng Xian a look, and the latter immediately understood. He left a message at Chaoyue Pass and chased after his mother.
Soon, only Ye Qifeng and Yue Guan remained in the pavilion.
Watching Qin Lan and her daughter Feng Xian leave, Ye Qifeng stepped forward and gently patted Yue Guan on the shoulder:
"Elder Ju, what do you think of Aunt Qin Lan?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Guan subconsciously replied:
"That's great! I said it's because she takes such good care of the yard that she's been a huge help to me."
"Speaking of which, Your Highness, you may not know, but Qin Lan is simply a genius born to care for flowers and plants."
When Qin Lan was mentioned, Yue Guan became excited and couldn't stop talking. In front of Ye Qifeng, she praised Qin Lan for a long time.
After listening for a long while to Yue Guan's praise of Qin Lan, Ye Qifeng, before he could even catch his breath, suddenly threw out a question that struck at the heart of the matter:
"Since Aunt Qin Lan is so kind, Elder Ju, don't you feel even a little bit tempted?"
"W-what?" Yue Guan was stunned. "Heart flutter? What heart flutter?"
The next moment, he realized what Ye Qifeng was asking, and almost choked on his breath. After coughing violently several times, he hurriedly shook his head and said:
"No, no, absolutely not, Your Highness, you must be joking."
Ye Qifeng didn't speak, but just looked at him calmly with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Let's talk about what tasks His Holiness the Pope has assigned us."
Feeling guilty under Ye Qifeng's gaze, Yue Guan's eyes flickered, and she abruptly changed the subject.
After thinking it over, Ye Qifeng felt that there would be plenty of opportunities and there was no need to rush, lest it cause Yue Guan to rebel and become escapist. So he didn't say anything more about Qin Lan's issue.
"Here's what happened: Not long ago, news came from Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's side that someone was trying to force their way into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
Ye Qifeng immediately began to recount the events that had occurred at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but before he could finish speaking, Yue Guan jumped up with a startled cry:
"What? Someone has invaded the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?"
If you were to ask him which place in this world is most important to him, besides his own courtyard, it would be the treasure basin of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. He cultivates many rare herbs there, including quite a few celestial herbs.
Now someone actually dares to covet the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire? This is a death sentence for him.
But after her initial exclamation, Yue Guan quickly realized that her worries seemed somewhat unnecessary:
"However, with two Venerable Golden Crocodile Douluo guarding the place, aren't those idiots just courting death? They shouldn't be able to break in."
Faced with Yue Guan's confidence, Ye Qifeng did not express agreement, but instead said with a solemn expression:
"They did not manage to break into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but the villains who invaded it were no ordinary people. Not only did they not die, they also escaped unscathed."
"On the contrary, the Second Elder was corrupted by a mysterious force and was seriously injured. Now he can only stay in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to recuperate and heal."
"What?! The Second Elder is seriously injured?"
Yue Guan's eyes bulged out of shock, and it took him a long time to recover.
"Who is it that possesses such strength, capable of severely injuring the Second Elder?"
"You should know that the Second Elder is a powerful expert at the peak of level 98 soul power. Moreover, when I went to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to take care of the herbs there last time, I asked him about his cultivation level."
"The Second Elder clearly stated at the time that, with the help of the rich spiritual energy and cultivation environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he had already taken a big step into the level of ninety-nine. It wouldn't be long before he could truly reach the peak of a Soul Master—the Limit Douluo realm."
"To seriously injure the Second Elder, one would need at least a level 99 Limit Douluo like the First Elder. Could it be..."
"No," Ye Qifeng slowly shook his head, "the one who seriously injured the Second Elder was not a Limit Douluo."
"Not Limit Douluo?" Yue Guan was taken aback. "Then who is it?"
Ye Qifeng glanced at Yue Guan, then casually uttered a name:
"Tang Hao".
"Tang Hao?"
Upon hearing this name, Yue Guan instantly lost his footing.
His previously damaged Dao Heart suddenly stirred, causing his blood to boil, his killing intent to overflow, and his face to become extremely ugly.
Back then, he accompanied the previous Pope Qian Xunji to capture the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor A Yin. In the battle against Tang Hao, one of the five Title Douluos of the Spirit Hall died and four were injured, including him and his old partner Gui Mei.
He was so terrified by witnessing Elder Jinming and Pope Qianxunji being killed and seriously injured by Tang Hao that both he and Guimei suffered damage to their Dao hearts, which they have not been able to repair to this day.
The name Tang Hao is like a thorn deeply embedded in Yue Guan's heart. Even though he has now reached the level of a Super Douluo of level ninety-seven, he still hasn't been able to remove it.
Perhaps, only when he personally defeats Tang Hao will his Dao heart be repaired, regaining its clarity, smoothness, and magnanimity.
"That's right." Ye Qifeng nodded slightly. "The one who seriously injured the Second Elder was Tang Hao."
Yue Guan struggled to suppress his agitated emotions, concealing the murderous aura emanating from his body, restoring his composure, and asked with a hint of doubt in his tone:
"That's not right, how could Tang Hao possibly have such strength?"
"I remember a few years ago, Tang Hao jumped out and attacked the Spirit Hall branch in the southwest of Tian Dou. At that time, he seemed to have only reached level 95."
"Only a few short years have passed, how could he have reached the level of Limit Douluo so quickly?"
"Tang Hao is certainly not a Limit Douluo." Ye Qifeng said with a slight smile. "According to the information from Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Tang Hao's current cultivation level is a peak Super Douluo of level ninety-five. Without risking his life, his combat power is about the same as Poison Douluo's."
Yue Guan was even more confused after hearing this:
"If Tang Hao is only a level 95 peak Super Douluo, how did he manage to severely injure the Second Elder?"
Ye Qifeng looked up at the sky.
In the dim morning light, a gray cloud covered half the sky, casting a shadow over the bright earth.
After a moment, Ye Qifeng withdrew his gaze, looked at Yue Guan, and said meaningfully:
"Of course, it's because some dirty thing did something behind the scenes."
(End of this chapter)