165: Deception routine

Chapter 165: Deception Tactics

At the same time.

At the Hundred Flowers Sect.

After more than half a month of travel.

And because of certain things that caused a few days' delay.

This night.

Zhou Zhiyue finally returned to the Hundred Flowers Sect.

Immediately upon arriving.

She rushed non-stop to the Sect's main hall.

She found her Mother, who was also the Sect Leader of the Hundred Flowers Sect, Qiu Yingrong.

"Mother!"

"I'm back!"

After seeing her Mother.

Zhou Zhiyue ran all the way to her side.

"My Xiao Yue is back!"

Qiu Yingrong saw Zhou Zhiyue.

She revealed a gentle smile:

"Was your trip to Xuan Yue Country fun?"

Zhou Zhiyue immediately nodded:

"Fun!"

"And many things happened this time!"

"Especially thrilling and exciting!"

Hearing this.

Qiu Yingrong also became interested.

She quickly pulled Zhou Zhiyue to sit down and listened to her narration.

When she learned that this Sword Appreciation Assembly was actually a meticulously planned Demon Slaying Assembly.

She was also greatly shocked.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"The Sword Appreciation Assembly was a Demon Slaying Assembly?"

"Were you injured?"

Besides being shocked, Qiu Yingrong was also incredibly worried.

She examined Zhou Zhiyue's body from head to toe.

Zhou Zhiyue shook her head and said:

"Mother, I'm fine!"

"But it was indeed very dangerous this time, and I really almost didn't make it back."

"Fortunately, someone stepped in and saved me in time!"

Qiu Yingrong exclaimed in surprise:

"Oh?"

"Who saved you?"

Zhou Zhiyue smiled sweetly:

"It's Xiao Lingchen, the one I told you about last time, who saved me in the Dark Forest!"

"I didn't expect him to go to the Sword Appreciation Assembly this time too."

"And his cultivation is even stronger than when he was in the Dark Forest before!"

"At that time, he was only at the Late Stage of the Spirit Platform Realm, but now he is already at the Po Wang Realm cultivation, and with the Po Wang Realm cultivation, he can fight two Life and Death Realm Demon Clan members to a standstill."

"If it weren't for the Demon Clan Protector suddenly appearing, he might have suppressed and killed those two Life and Death Realm Demon Clan members!"

"..."

As Zhou Zhiyue narrated, she recalled the scene at that time.

Her eyes were filled with admiration.

And when she inadvertently remembered the scene of her using her jade feet to apply medicine for Xiao Lingchen that night.

A faint blush couldn't help but appear on her face.

Although she felt shy.

Her heart was filled with joy.

Only, what she didn't notice was.

Qiu Yingrong, who was sitting beside her, couldn't help but frown.

As a Mother, how could Qiu Yingrong not see what was going on with her daughter's expression?

She was clearly smitten with that Xiao Lingchen!

Qiu Yingrong thought to herself that this was bad.

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall some unpleasant memories.

Suddenly.

Zhou Zhiyue held Qiu Yingrong's hand.

She said in a slightly spoiled tone:

"Mother, Xiao Lingchen saved my life twice."

"I want to repay him."

Qiu Yingrong's heart skipped a beat.

This silly girl.

She couldn't be thinking of offering herself in return, could she?

However, Qiu Yingrong still maintained a calm facade.

She nodded and said:

"You should repay him."

"Then how do you want to repay him?"

Zhou Zhiyue said:

"He wants a dragon saliva flower."

"What?"

Qiu Yingrong's eyebrows furrowed:

"He wants a dragon saliva flower?"

Over the years, more and more people coveted their Hundred Flowers Sect's treasure, the dragon saliva flower.

They used all sorts of methods.

This Xiao Lingchen first saved Zhou Zhiyue.

And just happened to need a dragon saliva flower.

This was simply too coincidental.

Qiu Yingrong immediately became suspicious.

Zhou Zhiyue nodded:

"Yes."

"Mother, didn't we have a few dragon saliva flowers left from the last harvest?"

"You even said back then that as long as I could Cultivate to the Dao Palace Realm, you would give one to me."

"So now, I want to give my dragon saliva flower to Xiao Lingchen."

"Just to repay his life-saving grace to me."

Qiu Yingrong, however, narrowed her eyes slightly.

She remained silent.

Zhou Zhiyue saw this.

Her face was full of surprise:

"Mother, why aren't you talking?"

"Is it... not possible?"

Qiu Yingrong said in a cold tone:

"If he truly saved your life, then I will naturally repay him."

"Let alone one, even if we give him all the remaining dragon saliva flowers in our Sect, it's not a problem."

Hearing this.

Zhou Zhiyue was immediately happy:

"Really?"

"Mother!"

"You are so good!"

Although she didn't know what Xiao Lingchen needed the dragon saliva flower for.

But just thinking that she could help Xiao Lingchen.

Zhou Zhiyue's heart was incredibly happy.

However.

The next second.

Qiu Yingrong's words were like a basin of cold water poured over Zhou Zhiyue.

Qiu Yingrong said:

"Only."

"Xiao Yue."

"Did this Xiao Lingchen really save you?"

Zhou Zhiyue looked confused:

"Yes!"

"Mother, what's wrong?"

"Hmph!"

Qiu Yingrong's hand broke free from Zhou Zhiyue's hand.

Then she said:

"I'm afraid saving you is fake."

"Falling in love with him is the truth, isn't it?"

As soon as these words came out.

Zhou Zhiyue was instantly stunned.

A blush spread across her face, and her entire face, down to the base of her neck, turned red.

"Mother, what are you saying!"

"I..."

Qiu Yingrong interrupted her and said:

"Xiao Yue, stop denying it."

"I am your Mother, can't I see what's on your mind?"

"Just now, when you mentioned this Xiao Lingchen, your eyes were practically blooming with flowers."

"Let alone me, even a random passerby could probably see that you have fallen for this Xiao Lingchen!"

Zhou Zhiyue clearly didn't expect her Mother to see through her thoughts so quickly.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it.

She could only admit:

"Okay..."

"Actually... Actually, I do like him."

"I liked him from the first time I saw him in the Dark Forest."

Recalling the scene that day when Xiao Lingchen saved her.

Zhou Zhiyue's heart was greatly moved.

She felt that that encounter was simply like fate arranged by heaven.

Qiu Yingrong, however, said coldly:

"So you teamed up with this Xiao Lingchen."

"To deceive me, your Mother."

"To trick away our Hundred Flowers Sect's treasure, the dragon saliva flower, is that right?"

Zhou Zhiyue was stunned.

For a moment, she didn't expect her Mother to say such words.

And after she reacted.

She also quickly denied:

"How is that possible!"

"Mother!"

"I didn't!"

"I didn't lie to you."

"Everything I said is true."

"Xiao Lingchen really saved me twice."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Table Sister and the others, the situation was critical at the time, Xiao Lingchen not only saved me but also saved Table Sister!"

"It just so happens that he needs the dragon saliva flower, so I thought of coming to discuss with you, whether I could give him one."

"Mother, please don't misunderstand!"

But these words, she absolutely refused to believe.

Qiu Yingrong said:

"Okay, Mother believes you."

"But Mother doesn't believe this Xiao Lingchen!"

"He saved you twice, and just happens to need our Hundred Flowers Sect's dragon saliva flower, don't you think this is too much of a coincidence?"

"Have you ever thought that he is pretending to approach you, using you to get our Sect's dragon saliva flower!"

It was not strange for Qiu Yingrong to guess this way.

Simply because.

Once upon a time, she had also been deceived by the same tactic!

That time.

She was deceived emotionally and physically.

She even gave everything she owned to that person, but that person finally abandoned her!

If Xiao Lingchen truly saved her daughter, she would naturally not be stingy with a mere dragon saliva flower.

But she was afraid that Xiao Lingchen used some underhanded means to coax her daughter's feelings, and now he was fooling her into tricking away their Hundred Flowers Sect's treasure, the dragon saliva flower!

Having personal experience.

No matter what.

She absolutely could not watch her own daughter walk down her old path!