Everyone in the Xianlai Sect recognizes Meng Zhu. He and Du Yue have been lovers for three years, and they have interacted frequently during this time.
Du Yue likes him very much, and every time they meet, she talks about him for a while afterward.
Meng Zhu has a sickly mother at home who cannot go without pills. To make things easier for him, Du Yue always gives him money to help out.
Everyone feels this is not quite right, but Meng Zhu is always very polite and respectful whenever he sees them. On the surface, there is nothing to criticize, so it is difficult to say anything.
Not to mention that Du Yue did not believe Mo Jiuwei when she first heard her words, even Ji Qingqing, an outsider, felt it was outrageous at the time and thought Meng Zhu did not deserve such accusations.
But now...
Just then, Chen Lan happened to pass by and unexpectedly heard Mo Jiuwei's words. Her mind stirred, and she took out her Sound Transmission Stone to call the others from the Xianlai Sect over.
Because there are so few disciples in the Xianlai Sect now, many places in the sect are left abandoned, and everyone lives in a concentrated area.
So, in a short while, everyone put down what they were doing and ran over. As soon as they arrived, they saw Ji Qingqing and Chen Lan already standing together, enjoying the gossip and watching the show.
"Junior Sister Ji, Senior Sister Chen, what is going on?"
"Shh, don't make a sound, just watch first."
The people of the Xianlai Sect huddled together, each trying their best to shrink their figures, and then sneakily peeked at the situation with Du Yue.
With so many people, and Du Yue facing their direction, it would be hard for her not to see them!
When she discovered so many people peeking, she couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. However, she didn't expose them; instead, she adjusted her standing position so that Meng Zhu, who was opposite her, would remain completely unaware.
"So that's how it is. But Yueyue, you look truly dazzling today; I can't take my eyes off you," Meng Zhu said, looking at Du Yue with deep affection and scrutinizing her from head to toe.
Du Yue noticed that his gaze lingered on the hairpin in her hair for a moment longer, and her heart sank slightly.
Immediately, she convinced herself that this didn't prove anything yet, and that she should wait a little longer...
"Is that so? This was a gift from Junior Sister Meng Ling."
Meng Ling has many trinkets she uses to practice when refining Magic Tools. This hairpin, for instance, looks quite pretty, but in reality, it is not a Magic Tool at all; it is just for show.
Meng Ling made many of these hairpins, and everyone has one. It was only because Mo Jiuwei was too young and her hair was sparse that she didn't get one; otherwise, she would have certainly been given one too.
【Here it comes, here it comes. He is definitely going to keep asking if the Xianlai Sect has struck it rich,】 Mo Jiuwei thought to herself.
Ji Qingqing and Du Yue couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.
"You actually have spare money on hand? I noticed Junior Sister Ji's attire earlier was also quite impressive, not like how it used to be," Meng Zhu asked, appearing curious.
After asking, he noticed that the look in Du Yue's eyes seemed a bit strange. "Yueyue, what's wrong?"
"It's not really spare money, just enough to have a meal," Du Yue said, lowering her eyes.
Meng Zhu was eager to resolve the doubt in his heart, so he didn't take Du Yue's anomaly seriously at all. Seeing her answer, he asked impatiently, "I heard outside that the Xianlai Sect seems to have had some fortuitous encounters. It turns out it's true? Yueyue, I am truly happy for you."
Meng Zhu smiled with extreme sincerity, as if he were truly happy for her.
Du Yue relaxed a little, thinking that perhaps he was just concerned about her and asked out of habit.
"You are quite well-informed. However, what is being spread outside is a bit exaggerated. We were just lucky when we went out for training and hunted some Demonic Beasts, and we only got some Crystal Stones after selling the materials," Du Yue said.
"So that's how it is."
Meng Zhu's eyes flickered, but he felt suspicious in his heart.
Hunting Demonic Beasts?
With the strength of these people in the Xianlai Sect, which is average, and the fact that they don't even have pills to treat injuries, and their Magic Tools have mostly been sold off... what could they possibly use to hunt Demonic Beasts?
The Xianlai Sect is so poor now that the Crystal Stones needed for an emergency must be a significant amount. How many Demonic Beasts would they have to hunt to earn that much money?
So, either Du Yue is lying and the items they obtained have a different origin, or the Demonic Beast they hunted was not ordinary, but a rare and expensive one!
But he did not press further, only sighed lightly, "Sigh."
【He sighed! Next, he is definitely going to start complaining and playing the victim!】
【Hmph, I can see through such low-level methods at a glance.】
【It's only because Senior Sister Du is young and inexperienced that she would be fooled by such tricks.】
Du Yue pursed her lips. "Brother Zhu, why... are you sighing? Is there something troubling you?"
"Yueyue, don't ask. I don't want to bother you with my problems. It's rare for your Xianlai Sect to show signs of improvement, and I want you to focus on your Cultivation without being disturbed by these miscellaneous affairs," Meng Zhu said earnestly.
【Ugh, I'm going to vomit. This scumbag is really good at acting!】
【What a move, playing hard to get.】
【It's over. Now that Senior Sister Du's sympathy has been triggered, she will definitely keep asking and then obediently take out Crystal Stones to help the scumbag!】
【No, the people from the Xianlai Sect are already here, are they just going to watch the show? They better not just stand by and watch Senior Sister Du get swindled without stopping her!】
Mo Jiuwei was already anxious by this point because she could almost foresee what would happen next.
Just like the methods this scumbag used before, they were very old-fashioned and low-level, but they just happened to work on Senior Sister Du!
"How can you say that? Your business is my business. If you have something on your mind, just say it, otherwise I'll be worried about you too," Du Yue's eyelashes trembled, and she looked up to ask, her tone full of concern.
The corners of Meng Zhu's mouth lifted slightly, and he had to use effort to force them back down.
"You know, my mother... sigh, her illness keeps recurring and won't get better. I'm afraid the old medicine can no longer cure her, and I need to change the prescription, but where would I get the money to hire an Alchemist?"
Meng Zhu gave a bitter smile and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
Du Yue's heart turned cold.
Every reaction from Meng Zhu was exactly as Junior Sister had predicted! Is all of this just a coincidence, or is Meng Zhu truly...
And what is there left for the people of the Xianlai Sect to not understand after seeing this?
Even if they had trusted Meng Zhu before, hearing this now, they knew exactly what his ulterior motives were, not to mention that they didn't have that much trust in him to begin with.
The first one who wanted to jump out was Hu Jiu. In his eyes, all the female disciples in the sect were his sisters, and as a Senior Brother, he definitely had to protect them.
If anyone dared to swindle the Junior Sisters, he wouldn't let it go!
But Liu Feng reached out and grabbed Hu Jiu's arm, shaking his head at him.
They could hear Mo Jiuwei's words, and how could Du Yue not?
Since she heard them, she must have an idea of what's going on. Let's see what she decides to do first.
With them nearby, it's impossible that they would just watch her suffer a loss without saying anything.
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