Chapter 238: Junior sister, the sparrow virus has spread
Feng Yudie and Zhang Yihe waited silently by the lake for two hours without making a sound. The rising sun, which had just risen, was almost directly above their heads.
Finally, the formation was formed. Pei Lianxue stood up with her hands pointing at the sword, shook her hands, and the seven yang eyes of the formation in the sky shone with light, converging on the back end of the hilt of the Snow Qiong Sword.
“In the afternoon, activate the formation,” came a message through Elder Tianxing’s soul. Pei Lianxue immediately opened her eyes, held the hilt of the sword with both hands and stabbed it into the completely frozen lake beneath her.
As the sword penetrated three feet into the ice, spiritual energy surged around it, spreading outwards in all directions. The mountain fire that had engulfed Qiong Peak dissipated instantly, and even the lava flowing from the Snow Dragon Cave calmed down under the influence of the spiritual energy.
After a while, Pei Lianxue’s feet landed on the frozen lake, showing signs of fatigue. She looked around, seeking her senior brother’s presence, hoping for his praise. But instead of her senior brother, she saw Feng Yudie sitting by the lake, blowing snot bubbles and dozing off, which filled her with disgust.
“Sigh–“
She sighed, preparing to pull out the Snow Qiong Spiritual Sword stuck in the ground. However, before she could do so, six spiritual lights descended from the sky.
Elder Tianxing and five other Sword Sect elders arrived and surrounded her. One of them, a male cultivator, frowned when he saw Pei Lianxue trying to draw her sword and immediately stopped her.
“Girl!!” He exclaimed.
“…,” Pei Lianxue was startled by the shout, then weakly responded, “What?”
“This sword does not belong to you,” The Nascent Soul cultivator asserted.
Although Pei Lianxue had developed some resistance to the spiritual pressure of high-level cultivators during her time with Ye Anping, she still felt uncomfortable under the pressure of the Nascent Soul cultivator’s aura.
“But it’s mine,” She bluntly replied, meeting the man’s gaze.
Seeing that Pei Lianxue could still speak, the male cultivator was surprised. Elder Tianxing quickly intervened and helped Pei Lianxue resist the man’s spiritual power.
“Elder Wu, the ownership of this sword is determined by Master Yunjian,” Elder Tianxing declared.
After Elder Tianxing spoke, the man withdrew his spiritual power and remained silent. Taking advantage of the situation, Pei Lianxue pulled the sword out of the lake and held it in her hand. Elder Tianxing seemed to understand something and stroked his beard.
“Everyone, the Snow Qiong Spiritual Sword is Master Yunjian’s natal sword. Without his permission, this girl would not be able to pick it up. If you don’t believe it, you can try it for yourselves…”
Although the other five people were slightly concerned about his words, they didn’t want to try it. It would be embarrassing if they couldn’t pick it up. The female cultivator, on the other side, also said,
“So, it was Master Yunjian who passed this sword to this girl? But this girl…”
She squinted her eyes and looked Pei Lianxue up and down, and the others also understood what she meant.
—Pei Lianxue was not a descendant of the Yun family, and not only was she not a descendant of the Yun family, she was not even a disciple of the Sword Sect. She was not even a monk from the Southern Region. She was just an outsider with no connection with the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. They really couldn’t understand why Master Yunjian would hand over his inheritance to an outsider.
What was more…
“Three spiritual roots, the middle stage of foundation building… How old are you, girl?”
Pei Lianxue replied, “Sixteen.”
“At the age of sixteen and in the middle stage of foundation building, you can be considered a very good seedling, but…”
Now, among the six people present, two of them had the idea of “killing people and seizing the sword” just for a moment, but after Elder Tianxing said, “They can’t pick it up”, they all put this idea behind them.
At this time, a flying sword flew out of the woods by the lake. Hu Tianyue saw that Feng Yudie and Zhang Yihe come back for a short time, so she held Yun Xi in her left hand Yun Jiujiu in her right hand and rushed over with Yun Yiyi on her back and Yunjian.
When she saw these old fritters surrounding a little girl, she immediately frowned and asked,
“What are you doing?”
Everyone’s attention was drawn, and when they saw the three Yun sisters, who were now scarred, they all frowned.
“Elder Hu… What are you doing? What about the three young ladies?”
“This is a long story.” Hu Tianyue led the three people to fly in front of them and said, “In short, Zhuang Yan asked his disciples to come over last night to kidnap these three little ones. Today, the Earth Spirit Fire was his doing.”
“What? Elder Zhuang!”
Hu Tianyue shrugged, pointed at Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi, and said,
“Yes, if Yun Xi hadn’t come to my cave last night and dragged me out of bed, these two little ones would have had to die here.”
One messy thing happened one after another. After hearing this, the six elders raised their hands and pinched their noses, looking back and forth at Hu Tianyue and Pei Lianxue.
Elder Tianxing stroked his long beard solemnly and asked, “Elder Hu, do you know Zhuang Yan’s purpose?”
“Unknown. All I know now is that he planned a kidnapping of these three little ones, and he’s also in the process of refining something strange.”
“That’s not good…” Elder Tianxing looked towards the others and said, “Elder Wu, please gather the disciples who are currently away. Apart from those present, this matter must not be mentioned to other disciples within the sect for the time being…”
The other elder pursed his lips and remarked, “Zhuang Yan… If he wants to hide, it’s really unlikely that we can find him.”
“Yes.” Hu Tianyue shrugged, then turned her attention back to Pei Lianxue and the sword in her hand. She asked, “So, what’s the deal with this girl? Wasn’t she Miss Yun’s little follower?”
The group fell silent, then shifted their gaze to Yun Xi’s face, which Hu Tianyue was holding. However, Yun Xi, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly sensed the scrutiny of the elders and woke up abruptly.
But upon seeing that half of the Sword Sect elders were staring directly at her, she was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. Blinking, She asked, “Elders… What’s going on?”
Click—
The six elders turned their heads to the right, directing their attention back to Pei Lianxue. Upon seeing the elders’ attention, Yun Xi also noticed Pei Lianxue and the sword in her hand. After a moment’s pause, she jumped off Hu Tianyue’s left hand. However, her foot slipped on the ice with a thud.
Yun Xi fell heavily on her back, gasping for breath. She quickly endured the pain and got up, then quietly slid over to Pei Lianxue, asking, “Sister Pei, what did you do?”
“Immortal Yunjian gave me this sword, and they asked me where it came from,” Pei Lianxue replied.
“Hiss—did you say my grandfather gave you this?” Yun Xi’s eyes widened in astonishment.
Pei Lianxue nodded, “Yes.”
“…Ah!” Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes widened, “Who?”
“Immortal Yunjian.”
“Hiss—you mean my grandfather gave you this?”
Pei Lianxue nodded again, “Yes.”
Seeing Pei Lianxue’s bewildered expression, Yun Xi suddenly realized the significance of the situation. Pei Lianxue was now considered the direct disciple of Immortal Yunjian, and her status had risen to the level of being her father’s senior sister.
In other words, all the Yuanying elders present must now respectfully address her as Senior Sister Pei, or else it would be disrespectful to their teacher and their sect’s founder!
This realization delighted Yun Xi. Furthermore, Pei Lianxue seemed to be her father’s illegitimate daughter…
This meant that after two thousand years since Immortal Yunjian’s passing, he had chosen Pei Lianxue as the next head of the Sword Sect. Under the weight of this seniority, Yun Xi and her sisters’ inheritance rights were all relegated to a lower status.
However, after spending some time together, Yun Xi thought something other than Pei Lianxue was suited to be the sect leader. Especially now that she had just lost her senior brother, they had grown quite close.
Yun Xi rubbed her hands and quickly flattered Pei Lianxue, saying, “Sister Pei, are you hungry? What would you like to eat tonight? Let me treat you to the best restaurant in town.”
In the centre of the lake, discussions went on for quite some time without concluding. At the lakeside, Feng Yudie and Zhang Yihe stood there, finding it awkward to approach and strike up a conversation, so they ended up waiting idly.
Meanwhile, on a towering cliff not far away, Ye Anping sat cross-legged on the edge, watching the people at the lake with a half-smile. Yun Jiujiu, Yun Yiyi, and Yun Xi had schemed and fought for over a decade for the position of the leader of the Sword Sect, only for her junior sister, an outsider, to become the next leader of the sect ultimately.
The junior sister she had raised had finally made a name for herself. However, Ye Anping naturally wouldn’t let Pei Lianxue become the leader of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. But letting her sister experience it for a while wouldn’t hurt.
After things settled down, returning to the Hundred Lotus Sect and saying to Ye Ao, “My wife is the leader of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect,” would probably earn him another eye-roll from Ye Ao.
“Let’s get married to my junior sister when we return to the Hundred Lotus Sect next time,” Ye Anping said calmly, then took out an iron whistle from his storage bag, put it in his mouth, and blew it, producing an eagle’s cry.
The sharp sound echoed between the peaks, reached the lake, and entered Pei Lianxue’s ears. Pei Lianxue, who was originally watching speechlessly as everyone around her discussed her identity, felt her ears twitch slightly. She quickly followed the sound and turned to look at the cliff where Ye Anping was. Though too far away to see her senior brother’s face clearly, she could sense him looking at her.
At that moment, Feng Yudie took advantage of the distraction and approached Pei Lianxue, blinking,
“Sister Pei.”
“Um!”
She leaned in close to Pei Lianxue’s ear and asked softly,
“By the way, do you know where Young Master Ye is?”
Hearing this, Pei Lianxue furrowed her brows, pondered for a moment, and asked back,
“What’s the matter?”
“I want to ask him what a sparrow is.” Feng Yudie pursed her lips and tilted her head, “Do you know, Sister Pei?”
“Sparrow!” Pei Lianxue furrowed her brows, “I don’t know.”
