“What’s it to you?” Xu Linxiu didn’t waste any more words. He turned and pulled Song Wanci’s hand, ready to head back to their guest room.
“I didn’t mean anything by it. Thank you for speaking up just now,” Gu Xiyan slightly lowered her head and said.
“It had nothing to do with you. I just can’t stand Qin Feng,” Xu Linxiu glanced at Gu Xiyan and said honestly.
Then, pulling Song Wanci along, he quickly left the first floor.
Just now, Song Wanci had lightly squeezed his hand, as if urging him to leave.
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“Saintees…” Xu Ning, after taking the healing pill given by Yang Xiao, held his chest and approached Gu Xiyan.
“These are troubled times. Be cautious with every word and action,” Gu Xiyan raised her hand, and a silver stream of spiritual energy covered Xu Ning’s body.
Xu Ning nodded. Under the healing power of the silver spiritual energy, the wounds on his body were rapidly closing.
“Tomorrow we’ll enter the secret realm. Rest well today,” Gu Xiyan withdrew the energy and said gently.
She looked in the direction where Xu Linxiu and Song Wanci had gone, then said to Xu Ning, “Find out which sect those two masked people are from.”
“Understood,” Xu Ning nodded and quickly left.
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“This is all your fault! Qin Feng, look what you’ve done now! The shop’s closed and we can’t even buy a tent!”
“Exactly! Qin Feng, can’t you stop dragging everyone down?”
Qin Feng clenched his fists and remained silent.
Beside him, An Youxi was also uncharacteristically quiet.
She had realized… this time, her Brother Qin really might have been wrong…
Qin Feng turned to look at An Youxi and noticed her strange behavior.
He frowned, not used to this side of her.
Normally, she should’ve been the first to speak up and defend him.
But Qin Feng’s pride didn’t allow him to ask directly.
Was she still mad about him yelling at her last time?
Hadn’t he already apologized?
Qin Feng frowned instinctively and looked toward An Youxi beside him.
“Is that really what you think?”
Elder Qing’s voice echoed beside his ear.
“Don’t you think today’s events were clearly your fault? And An Youxi is just staying quiet because she knows you’re in the wrong.”
Elder Qing shook his head in disappointment and said, “You’re hopeless.”
“This…” Qin Feng’s expression turned ugly.
He still didn’t think he had done anything wrong. If it weren’t for that masked man’s manipulative words, how would he have ended up being condemned by everyone?
Even Elder Qing and An Youxi believed he was wrong!
And those two slaps!
Qin Feng clenched his fists again. His gaze gradually turned cold.
Once he entered the secret realm—if he ran into that masked man—he would kill him! If he didn’t avenge this, he wouldn’t be a true man!
The Azure Cloud Sword Sect had no choice but to head early to the secret realm’s entrance and randomly find some rocks or tree trunks to lean on and rest.
Originally, they could’ve had guest rooms. If only Xu Linxiu hadn’t interfered.
With Qin Feng’s silver tongue and protagonist halo, Gu Xiyan would’ve likely lent them one of the spare rooms.
Gu Xiyan did have an empty guest room. The Holy Son of her sect had gotten into a conflict with the Southern Border cultivators and was injured, returning to the sect.
But now, because Xu Linxiu had intervened, the relationship between Qin Feng and Gu Xiyan had soured.
At this moment, Xu Linxiu was lying comfortably on his bed, thinking about tomorrow’s trip into the secret realm.
He had forgotten to factor in the encounter between Qin Feng and Gu Xiyan in his earlier plans.
But now, he had successfully stopped the two from leaving a good impression on each other.
Gu Xiyan’s impression of Qin Feng was probably horrible now.
Next was the secret realm itself.
Tomorrow, he’d take Song Wanci and seize the biggest opportunity that originally belonged to Qin Feng in the original novel.
Then, he’d follow Qin Feng around and snatch all the opportunities he found.
Most importantly… he had to stop any development between Qin Feng and the female lead inside the secret realm.
“System, is there a mission to prevent Gu Xiyan and Qin Feng’s relationship from developing?”
[There is.]
[Mission issued.]
[Mission: Prevent the romantic development between the female lead Gu Xiyan and Qin Feng.]
[Completion progress: 35%.]
[Reward: Affection Ring.]
35 percent completed?
Xu Linxiu suddenly sat up, then realized it was probably due to the conflict earlier between Qin Feng and Gu Xiyan that he had stirred up.
The remaining 65% must be inside the secret realm. Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
Xu Linxiu lay back down again, looking forward to tomorrow’s journey into the secret realm…
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Early the next morning, a stone statue slowly rose from the ground at the location where the secret realm was set to open.
It startled the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the others who had been resting nearby.
Other sects also began arriving one after another.
“When is this secret realm going to open?” said a cultivator from the Dragonfang Sect—the same one who had caused trouble earlier and was scared off by Gu Xiyan. He was bald and looked fierce.
No one responded to him.
“Fellow cultivator from the Four Symbols Sect, may I ask when the secret realm will open?” Gu Xiyan approached the Four Symbols Sect’s leader, a young man with his hair tied in a Daoist topknot.
Xu Linxiu remembered his name—Bai Mingfeng.
“At midday,” Bai Mingfeng squinted slightly and replied.
Xu Linxiu pulled Song Wanci into a nearby grove.
Hearing this, he took a meat pastry from his storage ring and started chewing on it.
Then he took another and handed it to Song Wanci.
“We came a bit early. There’s still time before noon. Let’s eat something first,” Xu Linxiu said while chewing, looking at Song Wanci.
Song Wanci took the meat pastry and pointed behind Xu Linxiu.
Xu Linxiu turned around—and saw Gu Xiyan and her maid Xu Ning standing there, though he didn’t know when they had arrived.
“What are you two doing in this little grove? Why not stay with your sect?” Gu Xiyan smiled politely as she looked at them.
Xu Linxiu didn’t answer. Instead, he looked beyond the grove.
Because of Gu Xiyan’s presence, many people had started paying attention to them.
Xu Linxiu narrowed his eyes at Gu Xiyan, already starting to feel annoyed.
“Mind your own business,” Xu Linxiu said coldly with arms crossed.
Song Wanci lowered her head and took a bite of the meat pastry, looking quite pleased.
Gu Xiyan was slightly stunned, but her good upbringing allowed her to maintain her smile.
“Very well. Xu Linxiu, then I’ll take my leave.”
She turned to walk out of the grove.
“Wait!” Xu Linxiu suddenly raised his voice, stopping her in her tracks.
“Do you know who I am?” Xu Linxiu narrowed his eyes and stared at Gu Xiyan, his gaze turning dangerous.