Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 90

“Could the news about the shadow demons have been spread by people sent by the sect master?”
On the way back to the small courtyard, Yun Mixue spoke with Yan Zhuguang about the news they had heard.
Not early and not late. The news happened to spread right after they left Fenghua Immortal Sect. It would be hard to believe it was a coincidence.
The sect master had long since known about the shadow demons. If he wanted to investigate, he would naturally investigate from that direction. It was impossible that after an entire year, he still had not found anything.
Yan Zhuguang nodded. “It is possible.”
“The Qiao family themselves would wish to hide this matter and would definitely not leak it on purpose.” In the end, members of a large family being possessed by shadow demons was not glorious. If it spread, who knew how people in the cultivation world would laugh at the Qiao family?
Besides, no one knew what the people possessed by shadow demons might have done. At that time, if there was any problem at all, the blame would be placed on the Qiao family. Even if the Qiao family had a hundred mouths, they might not be able to explain clearly.
Yun Mixue frowned. “Would acting this way make the Qiao family dissatisfied?”
Yan Zhuguang smiled. “This matter may not have been done by the sect master. Eldest Senior Sister does not need to worry. What if demonic cultivators deliberately spread confusion, or had some other hidden purpose?”
If the male lead had truly spread the news and the Qiao family could detect it, how could the male lead still have the nerve to be the male lead? Since he was the male lead, he was destined to calculate others, not be calculated by others.
Su Qian’er’s identity was special. Even though Yan Zhuguang and Yun Mixue had left, they could not be too far from her. Also, to prevent someone from taking advantage of an opening, or Su Qian’er doing something foolish, Yun Mixue’s spiritual sense had been covering the area around the small courtyard the whole time.
Fortunately, this time, Su Qian’er was truly exhausted. She did not secretly throw off Yan Zhuguang and Yun Mixue and slip away.
When Yan Zhuguang and Yun Mixue returned to the small courtyard, Su Qian’er was still recovering her spiritual energy.
Who knew whether she trusted them or simply lacked caution? She had not even locked the door to the cultivation room. It was wide open.
Seeing that Su Qian’er had not fully sunk into cultivation, Yan Zhuguang handed her the three newly bought bottles of Yellow-rank Spirit Recovery Pills. The Spirit Recovery Pills Su Qian’er had received from the disciple hall had already been used up during the journey. With these Spirit Recovery Pills, her spiritual energy would recover faster.
Su Qian’er did not refuse. “Thank you, Senior Sister Yan.”
She took one bottle, opened it, and swallowed one pill.
Yan Zhuguang placed the remaining two bottles beside her and left the room with Yun Mixue.
This temporarily rented courtyard was not large. Yun Mixue and Yan Zhuguang did not covet this little bit of cultivation time, so they spoke in the courtyard.
Speaking of it, Yan Zhuguang used a vine, and Yun Mixue used silk ribbons. Unexpectedly, they matched. The two had never sparred with each other before, so Yan Zhuguang made the Blood Sacrifice Spirit Vine pretend to be dead and began exchanging moves with Yun Mixue.
The green vine and white silk went back and forth, sometimes tangling, sometimes separating. They reflected each other, like a painting of green laid on white paper.
When Su Qian’er came out of the cultivation room, this was the scene she saw. At that moment, evening light was falling at the doorway. She could not help narrowing her eyes and raising a hand to block the light.
When she lowered her hand, Yun Mixue and Yan Zhuguang had already stopped exchanging moves and sat down by the table and chairs in the courtyard.
Su Qian’er walked over. “I made the two senior sisters wait.”
Yan Zhuguang invited her to sit.
Yun Mixue said, “You have recovered?”
Su Qian’er seemed still unused to speaking normally with Yun Mixue. Her gaze fell between Yun Mixue and Yan Zhuguang. “Mm. Thank you for Senior Sister Yan’s spiritual medicine.”
She returned the two unopened pill bottles to Yan Zhuguang, but Yan Zhuguang refused. “Eldest Senior Sister and I bought them casually while gathering information. Yellow-rank pills are no longer useful to Eldest Senior Sister and me. Junior Sister Su should keep them.”
Su Qian’er knew Yan Zhuguang was saying this on purpose so she would accept them. She truly could not find a reason to return them, so she kept them, only thinking that if there was a chance, she must repay them.
“Did Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Sister Yan learn any news outside?”
Yan Zhuguang nodded. “There is indeed some news.”
Su Qian’er very much wanted to hear it. “May I know…”
Yan Zhuguang did not keep her in suspense. She said, “We heard that shadow demons were found in the Qiao main family.”
Su Qian’er was stunned. “Shadow demons? What are shadow demons?”
Yun Mixue explained shadow demons to her.
After Su Qian’er heard it, her brows furrowed. “Do these shadow demons have some connection to the Qiao family’s destruction?”
Yan Zhuguang sighed softly. “Do you know that before your grandfather met with trouble, he had been heading to the Qiao main family under the protection of Qiao main family members?”
“I heard that among the guards sent out, the strongest was at late Nascent Soul, and the weakest was at early Golden Core. Yet such a group of people did not even send out a single plea for help when they met with trouble. Junior Sister Su, why do you think that was?”
Su Qian’er thought for a moment and suddenly said, “An ambush? Someone must have known their route and prepared people or restrictions in advance to stop them from sending signals!”
Yan Zhuguang nodded. “However, the idea of sending your grandfather and the others back to the Qiao main family was something the second young master of the Qiao direct branch thought of on the spot. No matter how arrogant the demonic cultivators are, could they know such sudden news so clearly?”
“Shadow demons… The shadow demons leaked the news to the demonic cultivators.”
Su Qian’er understood the key point. “Were they sent by the Heaven-Slaying Demon Gate?”
“We only heard it from people in the Qiao family pill hall. What exactly happened still needs to be asked in detail at the Qiao family.”
“Since that is the case, my strength has already recovered. Let us hurry and go.”
Yan Zhuguang shook her head. “There is no rush. There is one more matter I need to tell you first.”
“Senior Sister Yan, please speak.”
“You also know that the area near Danye City, including Qiuming Pill Hall, originally belonged to your grandfather’s family.” Seeing Su Qian’er’s puzzled expression, Yan Zhuguang knew she definitely did not know this, so she did not ask and directly said, “Now, Danye City and the part of the property that originally belonged to the Qiao branch family have recently been taken over by people sent by the direct branch.”
Su Qian’er was not sensitive to these things. Even after this was said, she did not understand what Yan Zhuguang wanted to express.
Yan Zhuguang continued, “I heard that before that, several nearby Qiao branch families fought fiercely over these properties. In the end, a few side families of the direct branch obtained them and became the new Qiao branch family, going to the area where your grandfather once stayed.”
Su Qian’er thought carefully. “Senior Sister Yan is worried about the Qiao branch family’s assets for me? I am only an outside granddaughter. These things would not fall to me anyway. Besides, I have no intention of managing them. Even if I obtained them, I could not keep them.”
She did not covet things that did not belong to her.
Yan Zhuguang shook her head. “That is not why I am saying this.”
Su Qian’er truly did not understand.
Yan Zhuguang sighed softly. “Some time ago, the people from several Qiao branch families had just made trouble. In the end, the Qiao main family stepped in to solve it. Now that people from the direct branch have obtained the prize, those families are dissatisfied and sensitive.”
“Think about it. At this time, if Fenghua Immortal Sect, an outside force, brings you, the granddaughter of the destroyed branch family, to their door, how will the Qiao family think?”
Su Qian’er finally understood. “The Qiao family will not think I came to ask for property, right?”
“Pfft…” The system in Yan Zhuguang’s mind suddenly laughed for no reason.
Yan Zhuguang ignored the system’s sudden laughter and said to Su Qian’er, “I know Junior Sister Su is not interested in the Qiao branch family’s assets, but some people place great importance on these things.”
“I am saying this for no other reason than to remind Junior Sister Su that after you arrive at the Qiao family, you may face this situation.”
“If the Qiao family decides you came for money, they may think of every way to brush you off regarding the Qiao branch family’s matter. Junior Sister Su, when that time comes, you need to carefully tell truth from falsehood. Think three times before acting. Do not fully believe the Qiao family members’ words.”
Su Qian’er thought about it and felt Yan Zhuguang made sense. If the Qiao family thought she came for her grandfather’s property, they would certainly try every possible method to send her away. At that time, who knew what they would say to brush her off?
Su Qian’er gritted her teeth. She even made a motion like she was rolling up her sleeves, making Yun Mixue, who had grown up in a large family, stare blankly. “At worst, I will throw away my face and make the Qiao family know the result of trying to fool me!”
Before Yan Zhuguang could speak, Su Qian’er said on her own, “And the shadow demons. Who knows whether the Qiao family found all of them, or whether new shadow demons have slipped in? The Qiao family really cannot be taken lightly.”
Yun Mixue looked at Yan Zhuguang and transmitted her voice. “Junior Sister Su seems a little different?”
Yan Zhuguang said, “Give her a goal and create some imagined enemies. Naturally, she will not have the mind to think wildly.”
Yun Mixue had not expected that Yan Zhuguang had deliberately brought this up for this reason. She looked at her helplessly.
Yan Zhuguang smiled. “I did not say anything wrong. I only wanted her to be alert and open her eyes to carefully look at the people around her, so she will not be coaxed by just anyone. Eldest Senior Sister, do not forget that the people of the Dripping Blood Demon Domain are still watching from who knows where.”
Thinking of this, Yun Mixue silently accepted Yan Zhuguang’s method. No matter how much they guarded against others, it would not compare to Su Qian’er herself holding steady. In the end, Su Qian’er had to be able to stabilize herself.
Besides that, the system was also nagging in Yan Zhuguang’s ear. “If she is the female lead reborn, she might very well be successfully provoked by others. Host, you must be careful!”
As the female lead of a sweet romance, if she did not have the trait of believing others after being provoked, how would she misunderstand the male lead and develop the plot? If Su Qian’er was the female lead reborn, who knew whether that trait had come with her?
Yan Zhuguang originally did not want to pay attention, but the system kept nagging in her ear. To shut the system up, and occasionally satisfy its little requests, Yan Zhuguang gave Su Qian’er a few extra reminders. Although she felt that if Su Qian’er truly had this trait, then no matter what she said, Su Qian’er might not listen.
After preparing Su Qian’er mentally, the three returned the courtyard and went toward the Qiao main family.
The three were stopped at the gate. The two Golden Core cultivators standing in front swept their eyes over the three of them, but their tone was very polite. “This is an important place of the Qiao family. Please do not enter without invitation.”
With so many upsetting things happening to the Qiao family one after another, such strict guarding was understandable.
Yun Mixue, who stood slightly in front of Yan Zhuguang, took out Fenghua Immortal Sect’s name card. This was the visiting card the sect master had given them. “Fenghua Immortal Sect disciples request to meet the Qiao family steward.”
At this moment, a gentle voice came from inside the Qiao family. “Lianji Immortal?”
Yan Zhuguang narrowed her eyes. It was not Second Qiao’s voice.