Chapter Ten: I Don’t Know, I Don’t Know!

Lu Xiao abruptly stopped laughing upon hearing this.

“Senior Sister, I truly believed in you back then, and I still do now.”

Yu Wanqiao looked at him with a sneer. “Then what exactly are you doing now?”

Lu Xiao looked at her with unwavering confidence.

“I’m just retrieving what belongs to our Junior Sister.”

Her belongings?

Yu Wanqiao was almost amused by his words.

“When did my things become hers? And as for Xie Wenyun, he has no idea that I possess the Snow Lotus, nor do they know where I’ve hidden it.”

She hadn’t even told Lu Xiao, let alone Xie Wenyun.

But the next moment, she heard Lu Xiao say, “Senior Sister, why would you think it was Second Senior Brother who took it?”

“What?”

She frowned and looked at Lu Xiao, only to hear him continue, “I gave it to our Junior Sister! Don’t credit Second Senior Brother with my deed.”

Yu Wanqiao felt her vision darken.

She never imagined it would be Lu Xiao.

After all, Xie Wenyun seemed like the more likely culprit.

Yu Wanqiao felt as if she was meeting this person for the first time.

As Lu Xiao tried to approach her again, Yu Wanqiao broke free from the vines.

She had said so much to him just now; though some of it was genuinely confusing, most of it was merely stalling for time.

Lu Xiao was taken aback that she managed to break free while he was distracted.

But in that brief moment of hesitation, Yu Wanqiao’s sword was already pointed at him.

Before he could react, he turned and dodged.

He laughed heartily, “Senior Sister, can your broken sword still fight like it used to?”

“Enough nonsense!” Yu Wanqiao showed no sign of slackening and pressed on against Lu Xiao.

Her mind was consumed by the fury of betrayal.

Yet Lu Xiao remained oblivious to the shift.

Seeing Yu Wanqiao like this, he assumed her self-inflicted damage to her sword hadn’t affected her much.

His excitement grew.

“Senior Sister, we haven’t sparred in ages. Since you’re in the mood today, I’ll indulge you.”

After a few more moves, Yu Wanqiao began to falter.

But she refused to admit defeat.

Lu Xiao thought she was simply holding back again, just like before.

“Senior Sister, why do you still go easy on me like before? At this rate, you won’t be able to beat me. Come on, take this!”

He had completely forgotten that he had just taken a drop of Yu Wanqiao’s heart blood.

Yu Wanqiao was pressed against the cliff’s edge.

“Senior Sister, you lost.”

“Mm,” Yu Wanqiao admitted quickly.

Her candor surprised Lu Xiao.

Because after her initial attack, she had mostly been evading.

“Since you’ve won, then leave.”

She had only wanted to vent briefly; after moving around, she had calmed down.

Turning to leave, she failed to notice the change in Lu Xiao’s gaze.

Suddenly, she felt a tight grip on her ankle, and she was yanked into the air.

“Senior Sister, it’s not over yet—let’s continue!”

But the next moment, Lu Xiao’s pupils shrank sharply.

Then the vines pulled Yu Wanqiao, sending her tumbling down the cliff.

“Senior Sister!”

Lu Xiao hurriedly tried to command the vines to pull her back.

But he was too late.

He scrambled to the bottom of the cliff but saw nothing.

“Damn, how did this supporting character suddenly fall to the bottom of the cliff?”

“Is this it? Just like that?”

“I don’t remember this in the story. Did the author change it?”

“Guys, focus—we should be worried if she’s still alive.”

“Am I the only one who thinks this male supporting character is brainless? The female lead already admitted defeat, and he still attacks her sneakily, causing her to fall. Now he’s acting like this, but who’s he trying to impress? The only person who could watch over him has been pushed off the cliff.”

Lu Xiao stared blankly at the cliff bottom.

It felt as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

He was dazed.

“How could this be? How could this happen?!”

…

“What? Yu Wanqiao fell to the bottom of Reflection Cliff?” Xie Wenyun stood up abruptly after hearing Lu Xiao.

Not long ago, Lu Xiao had urgently summoned several people.

The expression of Master Qingfeng darkened instantly.

“Didn’t I forbid anyone from going to Reflection Cliff?”

But he didn’t have time to reprimand Lu Xiao.

He hurried to Reflection Cliff directly.

The others quickly followed.

Bai Chuwei stared at the bottom of the cliff, her expression dazed.

The plot was really taking an unexpected turn.

Only when Master Qingfeng confirmed that Yu Wanqiao’s aura was no longer at the cliff top did Lu Xiao suddenly slap himself one blow after another.

“It’s my fault, my fault. I shouldn’t have come. I shouldn’t have taken her heart blood. I shouldn’t… I shouldn’t. It’s all my fault!”

Bai Chuwei, who had been staring blankly at the cliff bottom, suddenly turned around.

“Fourth Senior Brother, what nonsense are you talking about?”

Xie Wenyun was initially in disbelief but regained composure after hearing Lu Xiao.

“What did you say? Heart blood?”

Bai Chuwei began sweating coldly.

“Second Senior Brother, I think Fourth Senior Brother has lost his mind. Don’t push him any further.”

But Xie Wenyun tore Bai Chuwei aside and grabbed Lu Xiao by the collar.

“Say what you just said again.”

Bai Chuwei screamed in surprise as she was pulled roughly.

Jiang Xuanyan hurried to support her.

“Junior Sister, are you alright?”

Bai Chuwei weakly shook her head. “I’m fine. The Senior Brothers are just too worried about Senior Sister. I don’t mind.”

Shen Que said nothing, staring unblinkingly at the cliff bottom.

Lu Xiao choked back his tears and spoke, “I didn’t know things would turn out like this. I just wanted Junior Sister to train with us faster. When I found out Senior Sister had eaten the Snow Lotus, I thought since the Snow Lotus’s cold energy was strong, she couldn’t use it herself for the time being. So I planned to use Senior Sister’s heart blood containing the Snow Lotus’s essence to forge pills for Junior Sister…”

Toward the end, his voice broke and he could no longer speak.

Xie Wenyun punched him in the eye.

“Do you know? She’s already fallen to the Qi Refinement stage in cultivation. Taking her heart blood now will only worsen her condition! Do you understand?!”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao closed his eyes.

“I didn’t know, I didn’t know! If I had known, I wouldn’t have fought her. I didn’t know! Senior Sister never told me…”

He paused, recalling something.

“Senior Sister was afraid I’d worry…”

Xie Wenyun punched him again.

“Enough!” Master Qingfeng frowned at the noisy scene and with a wave of his sleeve separated the two.

“Master, I’m sorry. This is all my fault. I… I will descend the mountain tomorrow and never set foot in Xuanyuan Sect again…”

“Chuwei, I’m already troubled enough. Don’t say such meaningless things.”