Chapter 441: Xiao Xiyue: How come Master is with Changsheng?

Song Qingzhi, accompanied by Song Cheng and Sima Qiuhua, walked out of the palace, preparing to go to Bihu Mountain to demand an explanation.

“Hmm!?”

“Lu Changsheng!”

Just as the three of them reached the mountain gate, Song Cheng and Sima Qiuhua saw a handsome, refined, and distinguished young man in a green robe standing not far away, and their expressions froze.

They hadn’t expected Lu Changsheng to arrive at Qingyun Sect so soon after they had returned.

This indicated that, as they had suspected, Lu Changsheng had come to Qingyun Sect to meet Xiao Xiyue.

“Master’s wife…”

Song Cheng immediately said respectfully to his Master’s wife, Song Qingzhi, who was beside him.

“Hmm, so he is Lu Changsheng?”

Song Qingzhi’s black hair was coiled into a bun, and she wore a loose green Daoist robe, which did not hide her full and ample figure.

Hearing Song Cheng’s words, her eyes, like autumn lake water, looked towards Lu Changsheng, who was wearing a green robe, with a handsome face, a tall and straight figure like an orchid and jade tree, elegant and refined, serene and indifferent. Her eyes rippled slightly.

Although she had heard of Lu Changsheng’s name and knew of such a person, she had never met him.

Now, seeing Lu Changsheng, who looked like an exiled Immortal, as if he had stepped out of a painting, a hint of admiration and stirrings of emotion arose in her heart.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t seen handsome people.

In the Cultivation World, there were countless handsome individuals.

But Lu Changsheng was not only handsome but also possessed an indescribable Aura.

It captivated and enchanted people, making them feel as if they were basking in a spring breeze, thus fostering a sense of closeness.

Even as Song Qingzhi looked at Lu Changsheng’s tall and elegant figure and appearance, like a green pine and cypress, most of her anger about demanding an explanation dissipated.

She felt that Lu Changsheng’s character should not be bad.

Her Disciple and Song Cheng’s words were very likely exaggerated and intentionally provocative.

After all, she knew their personalities.

Although they wouldn’t dare to deceive her.

But when they went to a small Family under their jurisdiction, their attitude would surely be somewhat arrogant, making it easy to mess things up.

“Hmm.”

Sima Qiuhua looked at Lu Changsheng, her expression also slightly dazed.

She had seen Lu Changsheng at Bihu Mountain not long ago.

She had to admit that he was indeed a rare handsome man.

But no matter what, he was far less handsome, refined, and outstanding then than he was now, captivating and inspiring goodwill.

Even her aversion and disdain for Lu Changsheng disappeared into thin air after seeing his appearance and Aura.

“What’s going on, is it Charm Art?”

Sima Qiuhua’s heart suddenly fluttered, and she even suspected that she had fallen under Lu Changsheng’s charm spell.

But she could sense that there was no Charm Art at play.

Instead, Lu Changsheng genuinely had a new Aura that made people feel like they were basking in a spring breeze.

Although Song Cheng noticed that Lu Changsheng had become more gentle and graceful, he didn’t feel much about it.

He just thought that Lu Changsheng had deliberately dressed up to meet Xiao Xiyue at Qingyun Sect.

“Hmph, what’s the use of being good-looking? Junior Sister Xiao Xiyue isn’t such a vulgar person!”

Song Cheng thought disdainfully.

“Are you Lu Changsheng of Bihu Mountain?”

Song Qingzhi stepped forward and asked Lu Changsheng.

Her appearance was beautiful and dignified, her eyebrows like slender willows, gently arched, revealing a hint of faint majesty.

“Hmm?”

Sima Qiuhua and Song Cheng, who were beside them, looked on with surprise and confusion.

What’s going on?

Others might not know, but they certainly knew their Master and Master’s wife’s temper.

Ever since she failed Core Formation and formed a False Core, her personality had become unpredictable.

How could she have been so aggressive just a moment ago, looking like she was going to Bihu Mountain to demand an explanation?

Now, seeing Lu Changsheng, her demeanor and tone were as gentle as a spring breeze and fine rain?

“Could this be the calm before the storm, that Master’s wife is now at the peak of her anger?”

Song Cheng thought to himself.

Sima Qiuhua, however, felt a strange sensation in her heart.

She wondered if her Master would let this matter go lightly just because Lu Changsheng was handsome and had an extraordinary Aura?

She knew that her Master was an ultimate beauty fanatic.

She always paid great attention to her appearance, and even when taking Disciples or recruiting Utility Disciples, she had requirements for their looks.

“Yes, I am Lu Changsheng.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Song Qingzhi in front of him and cupped his hands slightly.

Although he didn’t know Song Qingzhi.

But seeing Song Cheng and Sima Qiuhua not far away, he roughly guessed that she was from Chiyang Peak.

At this moment, she was very likely coming to his Family to cause trouble.

However, her attitude made Lu Changsheng feel a bit strange.

He usually suppressed the effects of his Immortal Appearance Art, Peach Blossom Gu, and Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body.

This time, he thought that it wouldn’t be easy to melt Yun Wanchang’s outwardly cold but inwardly warm heart, so he decided to put some effort into other aspects.

But to be honest, he hadn’t used them for so many years.

Especially after breaking through to Core Formation, the Peach Blossom Gu had advanced to the third rank, and the effects of the Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body were further unleashed. Lu Changsheng himself didn’t know how effective his charm was now.

Now it seemed that his charm effect was quite good?

It could even influence a False Core Immortal Master?

“Buzz—”

Just then, a faint, ethereal message came from the Peach Blossom Gu in his glabella.

It indicated that if he handled it well, there was a chance he could form a Peach Blossom romance with the woman in front of him.

“Damn it, you’re really hungry, aren’t you!”

Lu Changsheng cursed at the Peach Blossom Gu.

It had advanced to the third rank by relying on Bing’er’s wave of Peach Blossom fortune.

But to advance to the fourth rank, the Peach Blossom fortune required would be an immeasurable amount.

But the problem was, this woman’s eyebrows and eyes exuded a dignified, majestic, and mature feminine charm, clearly indicating she was a married woman.

How could Lu do such a scandalous thing?

Moreover, the current relationship between Xiao Xiyue and Yun Wanchang already gave him a headache, and he didn’t know how to handle it.

If he were to cause such a stir in Qingyun Sect again, something bad was bound to happen.

“This Immortal Master ordered my Disciples to go to Bihu Mountain to invite Mountain Lord Lu to serve as a Guest Elder in my Chiyang lineage. Why did Mountain Lord Lu refuse?”

Song Qingzhi continued to speak, her voice revealing an elegant and noble Aura.

“My Disciple?”

Lu Changsheng’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

He immediately guessed the identity of the woman in front of him.

The Dao Companion of Chiyang Immortal Master, Immortal Master Yuzhi, Song Qingzhi.

However, for a False Core Immortal Master to ask him so amiably why he refused the invitation made Lu Changsheng somewhat surprised and puzzled.

He thought to himself, ‘This Peak Master’s wife has a pretty good temper?’

Or, perhaps, as long as one is handsome, everyone will be much more lenient?

“Lu is not yet very familiar with the situation in Qingyun Sect, so this trip is also to ask a good friend and understand the situation of the various peaks and lineages of the Upper Sect.”

“Moreover, your Disciple is involved in the grievances between Xuanwu Ridge Sima Family and my Bihu Mountain. They want to resolve the grievances but are unwilling to provide sufficient compensation, so Lu regrets that he cannot accept.”

Lu Changsheng’s figure was tall and straight, his eyes deep and bright, and he spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

He always responded well to gentleness but not to force. If others spoke to him nicely, he would naturally speak to them nicely too.

Song Qingzhi listened to Lu Changsheng’s words and thought to herself, ‘The problem really lies in the grievances between Bihu Mountain and the Sima Family.’

It must have been her Disciple and Song Cheng being overly aggressive that caused this matter to be messed up.

Otherwise, Lu Changsheng in front of her wasn’t a fool.

How could a Foundation Establishment Family with the combat power of a newly formed False Core dare to offend her Chiyang Peak?

Even if he had the connection with Xiao Xiyue, it would be impossible for him to do such an irrational thing!

Song Qingzhi gave Sima Qiuhua and Song Cheng a cold glance, making both of them shiver.

Then, she looked at Lu Changsheng with a gentle and pleasant expression, smiling as she said, “If Mountain Lord Lu wishes to understand the situation of Qingyun Sect, this Immortal Master can certainly introduce it to you.”

“As for the grievances between the Sima Family and your Bihu Mountain, as the saying goes, it’s better to resolve enmity than to deepen it. Mountain Lord Lu, if you have any demands, you can put them forward. This Immortal Master is willing to be the mediator and reconcile for you.”

“Otherwise, both your Families are great Families under the jurisdiction of my Qingyun Sect. If you continue to fight, it will benefit no one, and my Qingyun Sect is also unwilling to see such a situation.”

Song Qingzhi said.

What she said was not false.

Qingyun Sect would pay attention to Foundation Establishment great Families and False Core Families.

If such Families fought fiercely and caused trouble, Qingyun Sect would step in to mediate.

As for how to mediate, generally, both Families would be heavily punished.

And the Sima Family was an old False Core Family that had been operating in Qingyun Sect for many years. Besides her Chiyang Peak, they also had connections and Disciples with some other peaks and lineages.

So, if it escalated, Bihu Mountain would still be at a disadvantage.

At this moment, Song Cheng and Sima Qiuhua, who were not far away, were stunned and bewildered.

What the hell!?

How did their Master’s wife and Master become like this?

Especially Song Cheng.

He felt that his Master’s wife’s tone towards his Master usually wasn’t this good.

“Could Master’s wife be doing this on purpose, to lure Lu Changsheng, so that if he agrees, he will be at the mercy of my Chiyang Peak? And also embarrass Caiyun Peak?”

Song Cheng guessed in his heart.

Sima Qiuhua, on the other hand, looked increasingly strange.

She wondered if her Master had really taken a liking to Lu Changsheng, this pretty boy?

Although Lu Changsheng in front of her was indeed extraordinarily handsome, this was too ridiculous!?

“Thank you for your kindness, Immortal Master, but Lu…”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, this Peak Lord’s wife is a bit too enthusiastic.

He was about to speak, intending to politely decline.

Just then, a woman appeared, dressed in a colorful palace gown, with an exquisite face, her hair styled with a colorful Phoenix hairpin, exuding an air of noble grace.

“What are you delaying here for?”

Yun Wanchang saw Lu Changsheng and Song Qingzhi chatting animatedly, and her expression turned cold and stern.

How did you manage to strike up a conversation with someone in just the blink of an eye?

Didn’t you say Chiyang Peak was too overbearing?

How did you end up chatting with this Peak Lord’s wife?

Seeing Lu Changsheng acting like a male succubus, Yun Wanchang felt displeased.

After speaking, she gently raised her hand, and a surge of spiritual power swept Lu Changsheng towards Caiyun Peak.

Only a calm, authoritative voice lingered in the air: “My Caiyun Peak claims this person.”

“Yun Wanchang!”

Song Qingzhi’s dignified and beautiful face immediately darkened when she saw Yun Wanchang taking Lu Changsheng away.

It wasn’t that Yun Wanchang taking Lu Changsheng angered her to the point of humiliation.

As a dignified False Core Immortal Master, she wouldn’t fall in love with Lu Changsheng at first sight.

Instead, she recalled that year when she could have exchanged for a Ningjing Pill, preparing to attempt Core Formation.

However, Yun Wanchang rose forcefully and exchanged for that Ningjing Pill, causing her to have to wait for the next batch of Ningjing Pills.

Ultimately, Yun Wanchang succeeded in Core Formation, while she failed, and could only settle for forming a False Core.

Now, her own Disciple was inferior to Yun Wanchang, and even when she tried to recruit a small Family power, a Talisman Master, Yun Wanchang came out to snatch him from her, causing her heart to burn with anger.

“How could Immortal Master Caiyun appear!?”

Song Cheng and Sima Qiuhua beside them were both utterly bewildered and trembling.

What’s going on today?

Are they seeing ghosts?

First, their Master’s wife and Master had different attitudes towards this Lu Changsheng.

Now, Immortal Master Caiyun actually personally came to take Lu Changsheng away?

Isn’t this Immortal Master Caiyun in seclusion?

The two were very confused, and even felt a little panicked.

“What are you still doing here making a fool of yourselves? Go back!”

Song Qingzhi looked at Song Cheng and her Disciple, her face extremely cold.

The two jolted, not daring to say more, and obediently followed Song Qingzhi back to Chiyang Peak.

Caiyun Peak.

“Greetings, Master.”

Xiao Xiyue looked at her Master and Lu Changsheng before her, utterly bewildered.

What’s going on?

How did Master end up with Changsheng?

“From now on, he will be a Guest Elder of Caiyun Peak. Xiao Xiyue, take him to the Hall of Records to register.”

Yun Wanchang didn’t explain much to her Disciple, throwing out a handwritten order and speaking.

After speaking, she put Lu Changsheng down and returned directly to her palace.

“Changsheng, how did you and Master…”

Xiao Xiyue’s beautiful eyes looked at Lu Changsheng with some confusion, wanting to know how Lu Changsheng came to be brought into Qingyun Sect by her Master.

Although her Master knew Lu Changsheng, they shouldn’t have had any contact.

Moreover, wasn’t her Master in seclusion all these years?

“Xiao Xiyue, this is a long story…”

Lu Changsheng had long known he would face this scene, and immediately put on a look of just waking from a dream, explaining his acquaintance with Yun Wanchang to Xiao Xiyue.

He stated that fifty-six years ago, on his way back to Qingzhu Mountain from Nine Dragon Market, he suddenly saw a great battle in the distance and quickly hid.

After the battle had subsided for a long time, when he wanted to quickly leave that troubled place, he encountered a severely injured Core Formation Immortal Master.

He didn’t recognize Immortal Master Caiyun at the time, but he still stepped forward to treat her.

Afterward, Immortal Master Caiyun gave him a token, indicating that if he encountered danger, he could activate the token, or come to Qingyun Sect to seek her help.

“However, I haven’t encountered any major troubles these years, so this token has never been used.”

“A few days ago, the matter between Ping An and the Sima Family led the Sima Family to invite a Disciple of Immortal Master Chiyang, who came to Bihu Mountain with a verbal decree from Immortal Master Chiyang, so I thought of this token.”

“I thought that through the favor from back then, I could find a backer in Qingyun Sect.”

“I just didn’t expect that the person I saved back then was your Master, Immortal Master Caiyun.”

Lu Changsheng spoke with a mix of truth and falsehood, quite emotionally.

“Fifty-six years ago…”

Xiao Xiyue immediately recalled that year when her Master did go out to refine a Hongchen Pill for her, and returned with a slightly disordered Aura, as if injured.

However, hearing that Lu Changsheng saved her Master, a strange feeling welled up in Xiao Xiyue’s heart.

She herself was saved by Lu Changsheng in her early years.

Her Senior Sister also encountered danger before, and it was Lu Changsheng who acted to save her life.

How could her Master also have been saved by Lu Changsheng?

Doesn’t that mean that all three of them—her Master, her, and her Senior Sister—have been saved by Lu Changsheng?

Moreover, Xiao Xiyue always felt that the relationship between her Master and Lu Changsheng wasn’t that simple.

She recalled her Master’s attitude when she and Lu Changsheng sought her Master’s approval in earlier years, and the matter of Lu Changsheng coming to Qingyun Sect and Meng Xiangu in earlier years.

“Actually, a few years ago, I vaguely guessed that the person I saved back then was Immortal Master Caiyun, but I wasn’t sure.”

Lu Changsheng knew Xiao Xiyue was intelligent and might notice something amiss between them.

He reached out and held Xiao Xiyue’s delicate hand, proactively saying: “I remember, Xiao Xiyue, you said in earlier years that Immortal Master had some minor grievances with Chiyang Peak.”

“And this token from Immortal Master Caiyun, I don’t really need it now, so I thought of using this Opportunity to confirm it.”

“If possible, it could not only solve the trouble with Chiyang Peak but also find a backer for the Family in Qingyun Sect.”

“And I could also take this Opportunity to register with Caiyun Peak, making it convenient to come to Qingyun Sect to solve your Cultivation Technique problem, Xiao Xiyue.”

“Moreover, with this favor, as long as I perform well, it will be much simpler for us to ask Immortal Master for her approval in the future.”

Lu Changsheng’s voice was gentle and filled with affection as he spoke.

Although these words still had some loopholes upon closer inspection.

But letting Xiao Xiyue notice a few things in advance would serve as some psychological preparation.

“Changsheng…”

Xiao Xiyue cultivated the Supreme Emotion Severing Art. Under normal circumstances, she would probably immediately realize that many things were amiss.

But when she was with Lu Changsheng, the Supreme Emotion Severing Art would become ineffective.

Especially now with Lu Changsheng’s succubus-like Aura active, even Xiao Xiyue was involuntarily affected, not thinking too deeply, trusting Lu Changsheng implicitly, and only feeling moved.

After they talked for a while, Xiao Xiyue took Lu Changsheng to register his identity as a Guest Elder.

If it were a Guest Elder, the Qingyun Sect Leader would need to give his approval.

But for a mere Guest Elder, the Peak Lord of each peak could decide.

“This little scoundrel is indeed shameless and full of lies!”

In the palace on the peak, Yun Wanchang listened to Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue’s conversation through her Divine Sense, her expression a little nervous.

Seeing Lu Changsheng affectionately deceiving her Disciple, she felt a surge of anger.

However, when she heard Lu Changsheng say he would help Xiao Xiyue solve her Cultivation Technique problem, she was surprised and curious.

She was very clear about the Supreme Emotion Severing Art Cultivation Technique; it was profound and mysterious. Once cultivated, it was equivalent to walking a path with no retreat, unless one dispersed the Cultivation Technique.

But now, Lu Changsheng actually said he would solve Xiao Xiyue’s Cultivation Technique problem?

Where did he get such confidence?

Is he just deceiving Xiao Xiyue again?

But Yun Wanchang felt that Lu Changsheng’s words were not false.

Moreover, Xiao Xiyue was simple-minded and blinded by emotion, but she wouldn’t be foolishly deceived forever.

“Could this little scoundrel really have a way…”

Yun Wanchang pondered, thinking about Lu Changsheng’s various circumstances.

She had always known that Lu Changsheng had some secret Opportunity.

However, as she interacted with him and understood him more, she increasingly felt that he was not simple, and his secret Opportunity was different, unlike ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

“If this little scoundrel can really solve Xiao Xiyue’s problem…”

Yun Wanchang suddenly remembered the fifty-year agreement Lu Changsheng made with her in earlier years.

If he and Xiao Xiyue both broke through to Core Formation within fifty years, she would give them her blessing.

And she had directly stated at the time that if they could break through to Core Formation, she would even personally host their Dao Companion ceremony.

Looking back now, Lu Changsheng indeed had a good chance of Core Formation.

As for Xiao Xiyue, as long as she could overcome her Inner Demon Tribulation and sever her emotional ties, Core Formation would be easy.

At this moment, Yun Wanchang vaguely felt that Lu Changsheng had intentionally set a trap for her back then!

“That hateful little scoundrel!”

Thinking of this, Yun Wanchang felt a surge of annoyance, and her fair hands clenched tightly.

“Junior Sister Yun Wanchang…”

Just then, Yun Wanchang heard a deep voice, which was the voice of the Qingyun Sect Leader.

A moment later, Yun Wanchang transformed into a rainbow light and flew from Caiyun Peak towards the main hall of Qingyun’s main peak.