Chapter 167 Huashang (1/2)
”I'm about to die of anger!”
Out of nowhere, a woman with a head full of silver hair appeared in the public square. When the Heartless Palace disciples saw her, they respectfully greeted her. ”We welcome your return from your closed-door meditation, Master!”
Xiao Chen thought, ”So that's Huashang?” She didn't sound old. Seeing as how she managed to turn a late-stage Core Forming Realm cultivator into a bloody mist, her cultivation was indeed high.
Huashang suddenly turned around, giving Xiao Chen a fright. He had imagined Huashang to be an elderly woman, not this beautiful woman. It seemed that she was practicing the same appearance-preserving method as Moxuan Zi.
Huashang cast him a cold gaze. ”I said not to allow any man into the valley, especially a fair and pretty boy!” Several blades made of Qi flew out of her palm and claimed the lives of Old Monster of Mount Ding's disciples.
”Murderous aura!” Xiao Chen sensed a potent murderous aura coming from Huashang and the aura was targeted at him, not the dozen of disciples!
Seeing this, one of the female disciples hastily said, ”Please calm down, Master! He's not a bad person. It's thanks to him that we...” Huashang glared at her before she could finish. ”Are you pleading leniency for a man?”
Looking like a bolt of lightning had struck her, the girl shuddered and dared not continue. Suddenly, a cold radiance flashed and the long sword tied to her waist flew toward Xiao Chen's forehead.
Xiao Chen immediately said, ”I'm Zither Saint Qingfeng's...”
The sword, now an inch away from the space between his eyebrows, stopped. Huashang said coolly, ”Continue.”
”Disciple.” Sweat formed on Xiao Chen's forehead and trailed down his chin to the ground. It wasn't that he didn't want to dodge earlier. Rather, Huashang had him bound with her psychokinesis and he was unable to move at all.
Huashang waved his hand and the long sword trembled with a clanging sound before returning to the girl's scabbard. She flicked her sleeves coldly. ”Come to the palace in two hours!” Then, she flew away.
Next, Chu Lingjiao ordered the other disciples to clear up the mess. Xiao Chen sighed in relief and walked to the girl who spoke up for him earlier. Seeing as she was still pale in the face, he said, ”Thank you for your help earlier, Junior Sister.”
He had been addressing the Heartless Palace disciples as his senior sisters out of etiquette but now that he had declared himself to be a disciple of Qingfeng, Huashang's senior brother, he could no longer address them as such. Otherwise, he would sound like he was mocking and teasing them.
The girl said nothing and walked away with her head lowered. Xiao Chen stayed behind to help Chu Lingjiao clear the corpses of Old Monster of Mount Ding's disciples. Two hours later, after washing up, he left for the main hall of the Heartless Palace with Li Muxue.
Huashang sat upright in the chief seat of the hall, looking grave and stern like an iceberg that had remained unmelted for a millennium. Underneath the seat, more than 10 disciples sat silently in two rows with their head lowered. They weren't as easygoing as the Jade Qing Sect disciples.
Xiao Chen led Li Muxue into the main hall and stood between the two rows of disciples. When Huashang saw him enter, she said placidly, ”You said you're my Senior Brother Qingfeng's disciple?”
Xiao Chen saluted her. ”Correct.” Before he left, Perfected Immortal Qingchen repeatedly reminded him to mention that he was Qingfeng's disciple and not to bring up other people from the Jade Qing Sect. More importantly, he mustn't reveal his identity as a Jade Qing Sect disciple.
”Thump!” Huashang crushed the wooden table next to her with a palm attack. Her entire face was lit up with anger. ”How dare you! Senior Brother Qingfeng never takes in any disciples!”
Right then, a girl dressed in a green dress appeared from the rear of the hall and said softly, ”Master.”
Li Muxue was startled. Huashang turned her head to smile at the girl. She said gently, ”Xin'er, how are you feeling?”
Xiao Chen raised his head to stare when he heard the name, utterly dumbfounded. Never in a million years did he expect to see Huangfu Xin'er here or for her to become Huashang's disciple. Was she the one the Heartless Palace disciples told him about? The one whom Huashang doted on...
Only then did Huangfu Xin'er noticed the attention she was receiving from beneath the platform and turned her head. She cried out in surprise when she saw it was him. The sharp-minded Huashang noticed the drastic change in the two strangers' expression and asked, ”Xin'er? Do you know them?”