383: Chapter 383 Oh, isn't this the former sect leader who slept with his own disciple?

Xiao Nianyin's brows furrowed even tighter.

She did not want to tangle with these people, so she turned to the side to leave.

But Senior Brother Zhou waved a hand, and those few lackeys immediately stepped forward, blocking her path.

"Young lady, don't be in such a rush to leave."

Senior Brother Zhou sauntered up to her, gently closed the folding fan in his hand, and used it to lift her chin, but Xiao Nianyin abruptly turned her head to dodge it.

He wasn't annoyed; instead, he laughed even more brazenly: "This Young Master just wants to ask, what is the young lady's name? Which family are you from? Why are you here all alone?"

Xiao Nianyin took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in her heart, and said coldly: "I will say this one more time: move aside."

The smile on Senior Brother Zhou's face gradually faded, and a trace of malice flashed in his eyes.

He looked Xiao Nianyin up and down and suddenly said: "Young lady, this bearing of yours doesn't look like that of an ordinary person."

"This ice-blue hair, this cold and aloof temperament... Could it be that you are from the Hehuan Sect?"

Xiao Nianyin's heart tightened slightly, and she did not speak.

Seeing her silence, Senior Brother Zhou became even more certain: "It really is someone from the Hehuan Sect. I knew it, with this temperament and this appearance, who else could it be but those vixenish women from the Hehuan Sect?"

The lackeys behind him laughed again, their laughter full of frivolity and disdain.

"The women of the Hehuan Sect are all stunners. I've heard their Charm Technique is unparalleled in the world and can hook a man's soul away."

"It's a pity we haven't had the chance to experience it. But since we ran into this one today, we can open our eyes to it."

"Senior Brother Zhou, why don't we ask this young lady to give us some pointers on the Charm Technique?"

Xiao Nianyin's expression darkened, and she turned to walk in another direction.

Just then, a voice came from behind the crowd: "Senior Brother Zhou, what are you all doing?"

Everyone turned around to see a thin, plain-looking young man walking over.

He was wearing the attire of a Fire Cloud Cave apprentice and walked with a slight limp; he was Mo Feng's distant grand-nephew—Mo Ran.

Ever since he was blasted away by Xu Ruyu's spear last time, Mo Ran had been lying in the medical infirmary for half a month and had only just been able to get out of bed and walk around in the last two days.

He had come out for some fresh air today and hadn't expected to run into this scene.

Seeing him, Senior Brother Zhou laughed: "Mo Ran? Why are you here? Are your injuries healed?"

Mo Ran walked up close, his gaze falling on Xiao Nianyin, and his pupils constricted slightly.

He naturally recognized Xiao Nianyin!

Last time at the Fire Cloud Cave, although he hadn't dealt with Xiao Nianyin directly, he had seen her from afar a few times.

Furthermore, he had long heard about Xiao Nianyin's identity and those rumors from Mo Feng.

The former Sect Master of Hehuan Sect, a Saint Realm Expert, now completely devoid of cultivation, had become Xu Ruyu's Bed-warming maid.

A meaningful smile curled onto the corners of Mo Ran's mouth.

"Senior Brother Zhou," he said slowly, "do you know who this person in front of you is?"

Senior Brother Zhou was stunned: "Who?"

Mo Ran walked up to Xiao Nianyin, looked her up and down, his eyes filled with mockery and ridicule.

He deliberately walked around her in a circle, making tsk-tsk sounds as he went.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this one here is a big shot."

"The former Sect Master of Hehuan Sect, a Saint Realm Expert, the legendary ice-cold beauty—Xiao Nianyin, Grand Sect Master Xiao."

As soon as these words were spoken, Senior Brother Zhou and those few lackeys were stunned.

Xiao Nianyin? That legendary Saint Realm Expert?

Senior Brother Zhou gasped and instinctively took a step back.

Although he was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. A Saint Realm Expert was an existence he couldn't afford to offend!

But immediately, he remembered the word "former" in Mo Ran's words, and recalled the rumors he had heard recently, and the bit of dread in his heart instantly vanished.

"Former Sect Master? Then what about now?" he asked, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Mo Ran laughed, the smile full of malice: "Now? Well now, she is none other than the Bed-warming maid of our Holy Master Xu."

Bed-warming maid?

Senior Brother Zhou's eyes lit up.

The eyes of those few lackeys also lit up.

"Is that for real?" Senior Brother Zhou asked in disbelief, his gaze sweeping back and forth over Xiao Nianyin as if inspecting a piece of merchandise.

Mo Ran shrugged and lowered his voice, acting mysterious: "It's absolutely true. Who in the Hehuan Sect doesn't know about this? I heard that she lives in Xu Ruyu's Tingquan Residence now, warming his bed and serving him every day, just like a maidservant."

"Last time when Xu Ruyu's furnace exploded during Artifact Refining in the Fire Cloud Cave, I saw her standing right there with my own eyes. She was so meek and submissive, not a shred of a Sect Master's airs about her."

He paused and added: "Besides, she has no cultivation left now; she's just a useless person with no strength to truss a chicken."

"It's said that she was subjected to Plucking and Supplementing by Xu Ruyu, and her cultivation was completely drained."

After hearing this, the dread in Senior Brother Zhou's eyes completely vanished, replaced by blatant greed and lechery.

"A useless person? A Bed-warming maid?" He licked his lips, his gaze roaming over Xiao Nianyin as if he had already seen some wonderful scene, "Tsk tsk, a dignified Saint Realm Expert reduced to this, it really makes one... ache for her."

The lackeys behind him also laughed, their laughter even more brazen and vulgar.