Ning Qingxue said, “Master, I’ll do my best.”
She didn’t mention returning the jade pendant again. Looking at her Master, Ning Qingxue felt that he was countless times gentler than before. Even though she already knew Mo Wudu had changed, she still wasn’t quite accustomed to this new side of him.
Mo Wudu said, “If there’s nothing else, you should head back. Your Master is going to sleep.”
Instead of leaving immediately, Ning Qingxue tentatively asked, “Master, did you go down the mountain?”
Mo Wudu raised an eyebrow. “Oh? How did you know?”
Ning Qingxue suddenly said, “Master, you smell like other women. Two different women, in fact.”
Mo Wudu froze.
This was ridiculous. Did his disciple have the nose of a dog? It was already unbelievable that she could smell another woman’s scent on him, but she could even tell there were two different scents.
Yet she was absolutely right. He had indeed come into close contact with exactly two women, Xi Menglan and Lin Wanqiu.
There was no way Mo Wudu would admit it. If his disciple misunderstood, things could become troublesome. He replied, “Really? I probably picked up the scents accidentally while I was down the mountain.”
Ning Qingxue looked at her Master with faint suspicion, but she didn’t continue questioning him. “Then, Master, I’ll take my leave.”
Mo Wudu nodded.
On the way back to her room, Ning Qingxue began thinking about her Master’s sudden change in personality.
According to what others had said before, her Master had become violent and cruel because his cultivation partner had dumped him. Yet now he had suddenly become so gentle. On top of that, her Master had gone down the mountain for the first time in ages and returned carrying the scents of other women.
Once Ning Qingxue connected all these clues, everything suddenly made sense!
Her Master must have found a new woman!
He had fallen for someone else, finally moved on from his former relationship, and returned to the gentle person he had once been.
Ning Qingxue inwardly praised herself for being so clever.
The only question was, what kind of woman could possibly have changed her Master so completely?
She really wanted to know…
Mo Wudu had no idea that a few lingering scents on his clothes had caused his disciple to come up with such an elaborate theory. After returning to his room, he immediately lay down and fell asleep without thinking much about it.
Then, that familiar dream returned.
This time, the figure that had previously appeared somewhat blurry became perfectly clear.
It was his ex-girlfriend, Xi Menglan.
The scene in the dream remained the same. However, this time, Ning Qingxue wasn’t the only one trying to kill him. Xi Menglan had joined in as well.
Both women were wielding their respective swords and chasing after him, determined to cut him down.
Just like before, Mo Wudu woke up the instant their swords were about to strike him.
By then, morning had already arrived.
Cold sweat once again covered his back. Mo Wudu sat blankly on his bed, utterly confused.
What exactly was going on with these dreams?
Could it be that no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn’t escape the fate of being hacked to death?
Besides, at most, he had some unresolved hostility with Ning Qingxue. Why was Xi Menglan joining in?
Could it be because he had refused to forgive her yesterday, causing her to hold a grudge against him?
Mo Wudu felt terrible just thinking about it.
He took a shower and changed into fresh clothes. Although Mo Wudu lived on a mountain and this wasn’t modern society, bathing here was actually extremely convenient.
There were formations similar to modern faucets that could transport water directly up the mountain. There was even a heating system.
It couldn’t have been more convenient.
Xi Menglan would be coming to find him this morning, so Mo Wudu had no intention of going anywhere for now. He would wait for her to finish her visit before heading down the mountain to the Exquisite Fragrance Pavilion.
When Mo Wudu opened the door, Ning Qingxue was already waiting outside. As usual, she didn’t kneel this time either.
Mo Wudu greeted her, “Good morning, Qingxue.”
Ning Qingxue replied, “Good morning, Master.”
Mo Wudu nodded.
Ning Qingxue said, “Master, let me tie your hair for you.”
Mo Wudu had just finished bathing, so his long hair was still loose.
He didn’t refuse. After all, he had told her that the jade pendant was payment for tying his hair. If he refused to let her do it, she probably wouldn’t feel comfortable keeping such a valuable gift.
Besides, this could also help bring the two of them closer.
Mo Wudu asked, “All right. Do you want to do it inside?”
Ning Qingxue shook her head. “There’s no need, Master. Just sit on the stone stool.”
It didn’t take long for Ning Qingxue to finish tying Mo Wudu’s hair.
Ning Qingxue asked, “It’s done, Master. Would you like to see how it looks?”
Mo Wudu replied, “Your Master trusts your skills. Qingxue, if you encounter any problems with your cultivation, you can always come and ask me. We’ll have a guest on the mountain soon, so you should cultivate in your room for now.”
Ning Qingxue became even more suspicious upon hearing that.
Why would a guest suddenly come to Jade Radiance Peak for no apparent reason?
Could it be her Master’s new woman?
Despite her curiosity, Ning Qingxue didn’t ask.
She replied, “Yes, Master. Then I’ll take my leave.”
Mo Wudu waved casually. “Go on, go on.”
…
Back to the previous night.
After Xi Menglan parted ways with Mo Wudu, she began to suspect something.
When Mo Wudu left, Xi Menglan had watched his retreating figure and noticed the hair ribbon he was wearing.
Its design looked almost identical to the one she had given Mo Wudu.
Of course, it wasn’t unusual for different hair ribbons to have similar designs. However, the coincidence still seemed a little too convenient.
Then, when Xi Menglan thought back to the appearance of the woman named Ning Qingxue, she realized that the woman actually looked somewhat similar to the Mo Wudu she had been longing for all these years.
That was suspicious.
Even more suspicious was how incredibly flat her chest had been.
How could a woman possibly be that flat?
Of course, women with extremely flat chests certainly existed. However, when all these suspicious details were put together, something clearly wasn’t right.
Once Xi Menglan connected the clues, everything suddenly made sense!
There was a very real possibility that the woman named Ning Qingxue from last night was actually her boyfriend, Mo Wudu, disguised as a woman.
If Mo Wudu knew what she was thinking, he would probably cry out, ‘Why is every woman I know basically Conan? How am I supposed to survive while surrounded by these detectives? Waiting online. This is urgent!’
However, that raised another question.
If the woman she met yesterday really was Mo Wudu, why had he been dressed as a woman?
Based on Xi Menglan’s understanding of Mo Wudu, he would never willingly do something like that.
Unless…
After she broke up with him, Mo Wudu had suffered so much emotional pain that he developed some unusual new hobby!
Xi Menglan’s heart immediately filled with guilt.
‘Wudu, I’ve wronged you!’
Of course, all of these theories depended on one crucial condition, that the woman she met yesterday truly was Mo Wudu.
Therefore, Xi Menglan wasn’t going up the mountain today merely to apologize to Mo Wudu. She also intended to determine whether the woman from last night had actually been him.
If that woman really was Mo Wudu, then Xi Menglan had completely embarrassed herself in front of him yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mo Wudu remained blissfully unaware that he had already exposed several flaws in his disguise.
Instead, he was still worrying about the fact that he would have to put on women’s clothing again this afternoon and rehearse a dance.
Naturally, Xi Menglan had no intention of heading directly to Jade Radiance Peak.
As the young lady of the Heavenly Path Sect, she couldn’t simply enter another sect and ignore proper etiquette. She naturally had to visit the Jade Flower Sect Master first.
Otherwise, if word spread that she had behaved so discourteously, she would end up disgracing the Heavenly Path Sect.