bookrebus Chapter 709 Journey to the Mountains and Seas 17
Chapter 709 Journey to the Mountains and Seas 17
"A rare guest indeed, it's been a long time since I've seen you." Xiao Qiushui was in a rare good mood upon seeing Wen Piaoran.
His recent experiences have left him in a low mood, and even though his meridians have been reshaped, his martial arts skills are now even better than before.
But it was all just to become stronger, so that the Xiao family would no longer have to hide and could rebuild the Huanhua Sword Sect.
Wen Piaoran smiled and said, "I've come here today to tell you something."
"what's up?"
"There was something hidden behind the deaths of the leaders of Wudang and Shaolin last time."
"Liu Suifeng personally led the Power Gang to do this; what other hidden story could there be?"
Wen Piaoran said meaningfully, "Do you know that this was caused by someone manipulating things behind the scenes? And that person is right next to you."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qiushui's pupils dilated: "Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, it's someone you wouldn't expect. There are many people within the Power Gang who have been turned against them."
She paused for a moment before continuing, "He even tried to get his hands on the Qingyun Sect, so I purged a group of people from the sect."
Xiao Qiushui was filled with mixed emotions upon hearing this. He hadn't expected that there was such an ambitious person behind it all: "Who is he?"
I unconsciously went through everyone around me, but I couldn't figure out who was pretending so well.
"People who are related to you by blood."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qiushui's pupils dilated in shock, her first reaction being disbelief: "How could it possibly be a member of the Xiao family?"
Wen Piaoran raised an eyebrow at his reaction, remaining noncommittal.
"You can transmigrate into a book, so how can you be so sure others can't? Besides, you know that there are always resentful villains around the male and female leads, right?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qiushui's eyes narrowed as he recalled that he had transmigrated into the book due to an accident, and he wasn't the only one present at the time.
"Is Li Nan here too? Is it him? Who is he wearing?"
“It’s your second brother, Xiao Kaiyan. Moreover, they are one body with two souls, which is a bit different from your situation.”
Xiao Qiushui was initially surprised that she knew so much, then relieved, but when he thought of his second brother, his fists clenched again.
"Why my second brother? What does he want?"
"He's very ambitious, you know that now, so you won't be unprepared from now on," Wen Piaoran said, then left.
*
Inside the antique-style room, incense smoke swirls and the melodious sound of a zither fills the air.
The visitor used a fan to part the beaded curtain, revealing a musician sitting upright, intently playing his instrument, and several others singing and dancing lightly.
Directly opposite is a chaise lounge, on which reclines a woman dressed in a white dress with a light blue gauze overlay.
She wore an exquisite mask, and the tassels of her hair ornaments dangled onto the couch. She closed her eyes as if she were immersed in a dream.
"What brings Vice Chief Liu here in person today, hmm?"
Wen Piaoran slowly opened her eyes, her voice languid, with a slightly drawn-out ending that made one's ears feel soothed.
Liu Suifeng gave the performers a reward and told them to leave first.
Seeing his behavior, Wen Piaoran didn't say anything in rebuttal, but just looked at him with a nonchalant smile.
Then, Liu Suifeng opened the window again, letting the fragrance from the room out: "Sect Master Wen has quite the leisurely pace. He only needed to make a few inquiries to find out that you were here. You must have come here quite often."
Wen Piaoran raised an eyebrow, feeling that his current words were somewhat out of character: "You've come for the antidote?"
I walked over to the stool at the table next to her, sat down, and poured myself a cup of tea.
Liu Suifeng put down his teacup and looked at her: "That's right, what are your conditions?"
Before coming, the gang leader strictly ordered him not to sacrifice himself to become a medicine man to save him.
Sister Shi Rong's private advice to the gang leader was overheard by someone he had sent to monitor the situation, who then learned that Wen Piaoran had an antidote.
Liu Suifeng believed it, after all, the pills she had given him had worked very well, and at least for the time being, no one had been able to develop them.
"If you persuade Chief Li to agree to my conditions, I will naturally grant them."
"The leader hasn't made a decision yet. What other conditions are you willing to exchange? You can name anything I can do," Liu Suifeng said solemnly.
Wen Piaoran saw the determination in his eyes: "You're quite willing to go to such lengths for your gang leader, even if it means selling yourself out?"
"How much?" Upon hearing this, Liu Suifeng realized that she was not a child and that the other party was trying to abduct her.
“I’ve sold you out to me. I’ve heard that Young Master Liu is a master strategist. Although he has encountered many unexpected problems when he met Xiao Qiushui and me, he is still a rare and good helper.”
Li Chenzhou probably didn't intend for him to take over the Power Gang.
After all, they raised Liu Suifeng like their own child, hoping he could live his own life.
Liu Suifeng was somewhat surprised, but then he remembered that she had also done him a favor, and that he needed to save the gang leader.
Without much thought, he nodded and said, "I'm willing to do things for you."
Wen Piaoran moved closer to him, and just as she reached out to lift his chin, Liu Suifeng was slightly startled and instinctively tried to back away.
"Don't move. Selling it to me just to do a favor isn't enough. You have to do everything I say. If you can do that, I'll give you the antidote."
Liu Suifeng didn't move when he heard this. He tensed up and felt a hand hooking his chin and deliberately scratching it lightly.
In that instant, his ears felt like they were about to catch fire, and he felt quite uncomfortable.
Even though he tried his best to appear calm, Wen Piaoran could still tell that he was very nervous.
Their eyes met, and Liu Suifeng gazed into the dark, deep eyes beneath the mask.
Her beautiful eyes were smiling, focused and alluring, causing his breath to catch slightly and his heart to skip a beat.
She chuckled softly, "Hehehe, what's there for a grown man like you to be so nervous about?"
Hearing her flippant tone and recalling what she had done to him before, Liu Suifeng realized that he was indeed no match for her in terms of shamelessness.
He looked away, gritted his teeth, and slightly turned his head to remove his chin from her hand.
Wen Piaoran didn't mind, withdrew her hand, picked up a round fan from the table and started fanning herself.
She wasn't in a hurry, but Liu Sui needed her help, so she had to speak first: "I will agree to your request, but I still have a family feud to avenge."
He agreed without hesitation, though it was unclear whether it was entirely for repaying a debt of gratitude and obtaining the antidote, or perhaps something else entirely.
Feeling that inexplicable feeling in his heart, he knew that he didn't seem to be rejecting it.
Before coming here, he had already investigated the massacre of the Baicao Valley family and would personally deal with the culprit.
Both the gang leader and Wen Piaoran had been kind to him, and he had served the gang leader for more than ten years. This time, he was exchanging himself for the antidote as his final way of repaying them.
As for Wen Piaoran, doing things for her was both a way of repaying a debt of gratitude and a voluntary act.
Seeing this, Wen Piaoran took out a white jade medicine bottle and handed it to him: "Since you have thought it through, here you go. Come to Qingyun Sect after you've finished your business. I won't interfere with your private affairs."