59: Floating Clouds, Celestial Palace, Painting Reeds

"The Yan Clan Bitter Demon can burn spirits and extinguish breaths; it is indeed difficult to track." Yun Xi listened to the sound transmission jade from You Ruoli, seemingly somewhat distracted.

"However, Tian'er, you and You Ruoli are quite familiar. When she sends sound transmissions to you, she lacks the dignity of the Great Qian Empress. It doesn't look like she's the Revered Master of an Imperial Dynasty, but rather..."

Qin Tian: "？"

"That's not the point, hey!"

"Senior Brother, tell me, do you and You Ruoli have some unspeakable relationship!?"

Su Ningying pouted.

*Squeak squeak chirp* (Confess the truth)!

Little Purple stood up, hands on hips, a bright light of interrogation flashing in its eyes.

Su Zhirou was even more astonished.

When she was young, she had followed her father into the palace once to see You Ruoli.

The bearing of the Great Qian Empress—graceful, luxurious, peerless in elegance, dignified yet not angry... it made her admire her from the bottom of her heart.

But now, listening to the tone when You Ruoli and Qin Tian exchanged sound transmissions... she seemed not to consider herself the Great Qian Empress at all... instead, it was more like friends...

No, perhaps it wasn't just as simple as friends...

Qin Tian paused slightly.

If one were to speak of an unspeakable relationship, there really was one...

After all, they were both villains originally destined to be killed by the protagonist; one could say they shared a common plight...

"Senior Brother, you hesitated..."

Su Ningying's eyes went blank.

Yun Xi's heart tightened.

*Thump!*

"Ouch!"

Qin Tian flicked Su Ningying on the forehead.

"There is no unspeakable relationship; You Ruoli and I are just partners."

"Really?" Su Ningying rubbed her head, looking suspicious.

"How could it be fake? And now is not the time to talk about this. The Yan Clan Bitter Demon has appeared in Great Qian, but she, the Great Qian Empress, knows absolutely nothing about it."

"This shows that there is likely someone inside Great Qian coordinating, colluding with the alien race, and covering for it."

"Moreover, what is truly worrying is what an alien race of the Creation Realm wants to do upon coming to the Canglan Domain!"

"Are they interested in Great Qian... or are they plotting something else..."

!!!

Su Ningying's delicate body trembled. "The most precious treasures of the Canglan Domain are almost all in the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect. Could they be planning to make a move against the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect?"

Qin Tian shook his head. "A single alien race of the Creation Realm would only be slapped to death by the Grandmaster; it shouldn't be the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect..."

On the side, Yun Xi's gaze fell on Qin Tian, and her heart sank to the bottom.

No one noticed that the sound transmission jade on her body was flashing, transmitting a message to someone...

"Revered Master, are there any other treasures in the Canglan Domain?"

"Revered Master?"

Yun Xi came back to her senses. "Hmm?"

"The Canglan Domain has countless treasures. This matter happened twenty years ago; it is difficult to guess the purpose of the alien race..."

"You do not need to delve deeper; as your Revered Master, I will solve it myself."

Qin Tian paused.

He always felt that Yun Xi was a bit strange...

Not only was she distracted, but her tightly furrowed brows seemed overly nervous...

"It is getting late; it is time to go to Great Qian..."

"Yes, Revered Master."

...

Qianyuan City, the most prosperous Imperial Dynasty capital of Great Qian.

Cultivators gathered in the city, not only from Great Qian but also from all over the Immortal Ancient.

Among them, ninety-nine percent came for the Great Qian Empress.

The city was already overcrowded, and the major immortal towers were already full.

"What?"

"You have no rooms?"

Just as Qin Tian and the others entered the door, they heard a shout from the side.

It was a girl who looked thin, with a long ponytail, slapping her hand on the table.

"This Immortal Maiden has traveled thousands of miles from the Huanling Domain just to stay at your Wanbao Xiaguang Pavilion, and you tell me there are no rooms?"

"No way!"

"You must clear a room for This Immortal Maiden!"

"Oh, this Fairy, the pavilion is truly full; there are really no empty rooms." The shopkeeper looked helpless.

The girl in front of him refused to leave, having been pestering here for over half an hour...

He dared not offend her either.

After all, the flow of people in Great Qian was complex now; this girl might be a Disciple of some major Sect.

If she got unhappy, the Sect behind her might even tear down this pavilion.

Likewise, he dared not offend those staying in the pavilion, as there might be big shots among them.

Thus, the shopkeeper could only spend time with her here...

"Who is this girl? Shouting and screaming, how impolite!" Su Ningying whispered after hearing the commotion.

Who knew that the girl in the distance twitched her ears and actually turned to glare at them!

"Which little girl is gossiping here!?"

Su Ningying opened her mouth, somewhat surprised. "She can hear that from so far away?"

"Eh?"

"Eh eh eh eh eh!"

After the girl turned around, her eyes instantly lit up. She pointed at Qin Tian and the others, her tone excited, and she jumped up!

"Little Xi Xi!!!"

Qin Tian: "？"

Su Ningying: "？"

Su Zhirou: "？"

Yun Xi: "..."

The girl's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, she moved from the counter to in front of Qin Tian and the others.

Qin Tian's pupils shrank slightly.

Powerful!

This girl possessed strength far more powerful than her appearance suggested!

"Little Xi Xi, it's you, right?"

The girl blinked her eyes.

Yun Xi ranked first on the Immortal Ancient Charm Ranking, and her portrait had long spread throughout the Immortal Ancient.

Therefore, she had specially worn a veil to conceal her aura and appearance.

However, even so, she was still recognized by the girl in front of her.

"Why are you here?" Yun Xi said lightly.

The girl frowned. "It's been so many years; why are you not enthusiastic about me at all!?"

"The innocent, silly, and cute Little Xi Xi from before was cuter."

Innocent?

Silly and cute?

What kind of words were these?

Could these be used to describe the Revered Master?

Qin Tian couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Eh?"

"This is the Disciple you took, right?"

The girl's gaze fell on Qin Tian.

Suddenly, Qin Tian felt a powerful Divine Thought sweep across his body.

"Greetings, Senior."

"Hmm?" The girl looked confused. "What is this kid made of? What dao seed is in his body? This Immortal Maiden actually cannot see through it?"

The girl approached step by step, looking like she was about to stick to Qin Tian.

"Stop... stop!"

Su Ningying hurriedly intervened, opening her arms to block the girl.

"Who are you?"

"Don't just approach Senior Brother!"

"Little Xi Xi, is this your Disciple too? Miraculous Spirit Wood, hmm, it fits well, very good. It's just that she is a bit too impolite; she dares to shout at a Senior!"

"Hmph! You are the one who is impolite; I don't know who was yelling at the shopkeeper!"

"Hey! Little girl is really impolite. Little Xi Xi, I'll beat her up; you don't mind, right?"

Su Ningying's expression changed slightly, and she hid directly behind Qin Tian.

"Revered Master wouldn't let you hit me!"

Yun Xi had a headache.

If there was one person she didn't want to see most, it was this person in front of her.

For this reason, she specially avoided the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect station and brought Qin Tian and his group to the Wanbao Xiaguang Pavilion.

She just didn't expect that this person would actually come here too...

"Revered Master, who is this Senior?" Qin Tian asked via sound transmission carefully.

"A troublesome person."

"Hmm, if Revered Master says she's troublesome, she must be troublesome!"

Yun Xi smiled. "She is one of the eight Vice Palace Revered Masters of the Floating Cloud Immortal Palace, surnamed Hua, named Jianjia."

"Hmm, she is two thousand years older than me..."