I Find Her Disgusting Chapter 84

Hearing her, Yan Huirou rubbed the cat’s fur and explained gently, “How could that be? The kitten is very friendly. It’s just a little shy around strangers.”
Su Yuxi still couldn’t figure out why the cat was hostile toward her. She could only point ahead with a finger. “Go line up?”
The mixed scent of the crowd also made Yan Huirou feel very uncomfortable.
She patiently observed her surroundings and didn’t find any familiar seniors. None of the leaders of the great righteous sects were here either.
It seemed Xie Minting was right. The fortune in this secret realm was probably more attractive to the younger generation. There was no harm in trying it once.
Then, why didn’t Pavilion Lord Zhan let Li Xinghe participate in this secret realm? It doesn’t make sense…
At this thought, Yan Huirou couldn’t help but open her Storage Ring.
She looked at the two divine artifacts stored safely inside and couldn’t quite put her finger on what was wrong.
“From the Shenji Pavilion?”
The disciple guarding the secret realm verified Su Yuxi’s token and looked her up and down. “You can go in.”
Yan Huirou looked up and watched as Su Yuxi walked into the dilapidated temple.
Inside the temple gate, she couldn’t see the Buddha statues, only a ripple in the void. The void had a slit, and as a person walked in, it rippled and then the person disappeared.
It was her turn.
“You are…” The disciple guarding the gate rubbed his chin and looked Yan Huirou over a few times. “No sect, yet you have the qualification to enter the secret realm. Where did you get such a fortune?”
Yan Huirou answered one by one according to Sect Master Xie’s instructions.
“Living creatures need to be registered. One spirit beast. What species?”
The disciples picked up Shangshan, observed it from all sides, then put it back on Yan Huirou’s shoulder with a sneer. Perhaps they found it strange that someone would raise a dog as a spirit beast.
“Wait. What are you holding in your arms? You can only carry one spirit pet.”
Yan Huirou revealed the orange cat a little. “This… this kitten has no cultivation, so it doesn’t count as a spirit pet?”
“Bring it over for a look.”
Before the disciple guarding the gate could even touch the cat, he suddenly let out a scream, was hit by a claw, and clutched the several bloody scratches on his arm, sucking in a cold breath. “Hiss…”
But upon investigation, this kitten indeed had not a shred of cultivation. It just looked as if it had an arrogant air of looking down on all living things.
Well, any tamed spirit beast was very intelligent and human-like and would never scratch people like an uncivilized wildcat.
“Go on in.”
Yan Huirou let out a sigh of relief and quickly held the Sect Master back in her arms, walking into the ripple.
She was dizzy for a while and subconsciously tightened her grip on the furry thing in her hands. When she opened her eyes again, the scenery had completely changed. Where was the broken temple from before?
Before her was a calm, open surface of water, as clear as a mirror, where she could clearly see her own reflection.
Yan Huirou found that she was standing on the water’s surface. She rubbed the surface with the tip of her foot and didn’t feel any wetness, but ripples gradually spread out from her movement.
And above the water mirror, four large gates stood, as if in a dream.
“How magical.”
Su Yuxi was waiting for her not far away. “This is what a secret realm is like.”
“What do you mean?”
Su Yuxi shook her head. “The laws are different from outside.”
Yan Huirou sized up the four gates that stood abruptly before her. Some cultivators had already walked in with their swords on their backs, without looking back.
Each gate had a corresponding boundary stone. From left to right, the colors were different, and different characters were clearly engraved on them, twisted and difficult to read, likely some kind of ancient incantation.
“It looks like we have to choose one,” Yan Huirou said. “Which one is better?”
Su Yuxi said, “The white one has more people. But, you should choose.”
But in her consciousness, Jiang Xidai’s voice came, “Don’t listen to her, you…”
Yan Huirou paused. She thought it would be good to be polite, but Shangshan let out two “woofs” and wagged its tail at the black gate.
Well, the team had its own preferences.
So Yan Huirou simply picked up the Sect Master kitten, held one of its paws, and shook it. “Which one does the kitten choose?”
“…”
Jiang Xidai did not answer.
I guess you’ll choose the red one, Yan Huirou thought to herself. She put Shangshan back on her shoulder and said to Su Yuxi, “Then, let’s go with red.”
Su Yuxi nodded. She glanced at the orange cat in Yan Huirou’s arms. The cat’s ears twitched, and it pressed against Yan Huirou’s body, its eyes narrowed and much more docile.
What a strange feeling. A cat actually looks a little charming.
As soon as they stepped into the red stone gate, a wave of heat washed over them.
Yan Huirou squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them again, she was momentarily choked.
…Is this, the Flaming Mountain?
The sky around them was a dusky red, as if twelve suns had set at the same time.
Su Yuxi, who had been refining artifacts all year round and was used to the heat, did not feel very uncomfortable and walked forward normally.
Yan Huirou stepped on the cracked earth and could vaguely see the crimson lava flowing underneath.
Even with spiritual energy protecting her, her feet were still hot, and her pace quickened, constantly alternating.
…I repent, I should have followed the crowd. Yan Huirou was so hot from the wind that tears streamed down her face, and she blinked hard.
“Yan Huirou, you chose well.”
Yan Huirou thought she was being sarcastic, but when she looked over, she saw a rare light in Su Yuxi’s eyes.
“There are so many ores here,” Su Yuxi said, also with tears streaming down her face. “I came here precisely for this.”
Before Yan Huirou could react, Su Yuxi had taken off her black robe and pulled out a shining pickaxe from her waist.
“Wait—”
Yan Huirou’s voice was choked back by a wave of hot wind. She coughed for a long while and found that Su Yuxi had already impatiently stepped onto a rock, her figure disappearing among the exposed ore layers.
? She went mining.
Shangshan was so hot the whole dog had lost its vitality, its tongue never retracting.
Seeing it like this, and remembering that Jiang Xidai disliked the heat, Yan Huirou quickly rubbed the equally listless kitten in her arms. “Sect Master, are you alright?”
A puff of light smoke dissipated.
Yan Huirou’s arms grew heavy, and a body suddenly appeared.
Her hands loosened, and she had no idea where she should hold.
“It’s so hot being cooped up in that cat fur.”
Jiang Xidai, with a graceful fall, her cheeks flushed, her hair wet, and water droplets hanging from her lashes.
She complained, fanning herself with her hand, as if that would make it cooler. “This is just suffering.”
Yan Huirou: “Then don’t change back? We’re already in, and it seems no one is coming—”
“Yan Huirou?”
Yan Huirou looked over and was stunned, only then realizing that Su Yuxi had returned so quickly.
The artifact refiner was holding a basket filled with crushed ores.
She looked at the strange, beautiful woman pressed against Yan Huirou without any distance and was also stunned on the spot.
Jiang Xidai, on the other hand, slightly lifted her chin, her gaze falling on the person, sizing her up from above.
Su Yuxi was not good at interacting with strangers, and the woman in front of her looked to be of much higher cultivation, her presence overbearing. She was a senior.
In Yan Huirou’s shocked gaze, Su Yuxi quickly put on her tight black robe, fastened the buttons, and was scared back into her introverted shell.
Yan Huirou said with concern, “Aren’t you hot?”
Su Yuxi said demurely, “No.”
Yan Huirou had no choice but to look at Sect Master Jiang.
After being introverted for a while, Su Yuxi suddenly found that this woman’s expression was so familiar, as if she were looking down on her again—she realized, is it that little cat?
Strangers were not okay, but the cat that had been staring at her all the way was no longer a stranger. And small animals naturally make people lower their guard.
Su Yuxi let out a small sigh of relief and loosened her collar. “It’s fine, it’s a cat that’s become a spirit.”
“…”
A spirit?
Jiang Xidai had averted her gaze, but now she shot another glare, a faint anger and annoyance welling up, as if she had been offended by this sentence.
Yan Huirou shivered. For Su Yuxi’s safety, she subconsciously began to explain, “It’s not a cat that’s become a spirit. It’s a person who’s become a spirit… no, that’s not right either. Sister Su, actually, this is a kind of technique.”
“Young girl,” Jiang Xidai said faintly from the side, raising an eyebrow, “you can see through my true form with a single glance?”
Su Yuxi: “What?” She covered her cheek, not sure if she should say that the cat’s expression was too human-like.
Jiang Xidai still seemed to be on guard, but for a moment, she couldn’t tell if Su Yuxi was pretending or not.
The atmosphere became tense.
Yan Huirou managed a smile. She took Jiang Xidai’s arm intimately and said to Su Yuxi, “You should recognize her. The black iron she gave you—the generous elder in my family I mentioned, it’s thanks to her…”
With a clatter, a basket of ores fell.
Su Yuxi was stunned for a long while. Her gaze toward Jiang Xidai suddenly became fervent.
Jiang Xidai felt something was not right and took a small step back.
The next moment, the woman cautiously approached, clasped her hands together, and firmly grasped Jiang Xidai’s hand.
After just one grasp, she quickly let go, her two hands by her side.
Jiang Xidai’s eyes widened slightly. She was a step too slow to even think of hitting her.
“Um, hello,” Su Yuxi said uneasily, her lashes blinking so fast they were about to break. She secretly rubbed her robes in excitement, her hands twisting in her heart, perhaps wanting to say some words of thanks. “You… your piece of black iron… ah, may I ask what your name is?”
“Her surname is Jiang,” Yan Huirou interjected.
Su Yuxi’s cheeks flushed slightly. “Okay, Senior Cat… ah no, Senior Jiang, I’m sorry, a little nervous.”
Speaking of ores, Su Yuxi’s speech became much more fluent, and her spirits were greatly lifted. “The piece of black iron you gave has a uniform color and high purity. It’s a rare and good piece of iron that’s hard to come by in a hundred years. I used it to forge two of my most satisfactory works to date. You must be a person of good taste to collect such a fine piece of iron.”
Perhaps she felt her praise was not sincere enough, so she cautiously extended a hand and gave a thumbs up. “Really, good iron.”
Jiang Xidai: “What nonsense.”
In any case, she had given that black iron to Yan Huirou. As for who Yan Huirou gave it to, there was no need to place this grace on her.
But Su Yuxi was trying hard to praise her. Although Sect Master Jiang didn’t appreciate it, she didn’t have as many prejudices against this girl.
Jiang Xidai’s eyes moved. “You talk to me like this, you don’t recognize me?”
Yan Huirou looked at Su Yuxi’s expression with some fatigue. Fearing she would answer incorrectly, she whispered, “Shasheng Sect, Sect Master Jiang.”
If it were Yan Huirou, she would have appropriately expressed her surprise at this moment, then knelt down obediently to show her respect, and then praised Sect Master Jiang in a roundabout way—to thoughtfully satisfy a certain woman’s superiority complex.
Su Yuxi: “Sect Master Jiang?”
Jiang Xidai waited patiently for her reaction.
“Mm…” The black-robed girl pressed her knuckle to her nose and said reservedly, “I don’t know. We don’t have such a person in our forging world.”
“…”