The Heroine Made a Pact With Senior Sister (GL) Chapter 10

As soon as those words came out, Mu Yinfeng felt herself surrounded by gazes, making her a little uneasy. She looked around and saw that an icy blue circle had appeared in the open space of Reed Snow Residence. Many panicked disciples from different peaks stood inside the circle. In the center stood a pure white figure, her face bright as pale jade and cold as frost and snow. It was Huixue.
Hanyou Valley was divided into three peaks, one valley, and one cliff. The three peaks were Yingxia Peak, Chengchen Peak, and Yongmu Peak. Yingxia Peak was basically where sword cultivators, talisman cultivators, and other combat-strong disciples cultivated. Chengchen Peak gathered the medicine cultivators. As for Yongmu Peak, it was the most dangerous place in Hanyou Valley. Yongmu Peak was home to elders who had once belonged to Hanyou Valley’s management and had later withdrawn from affairs. Their tempers were extremely strange, and their strength was unfathomable. Sometimes, on a whim, they would go down the mountain and bring back a few disciples. Among those disciples were many with excellent talent. Lin Qiudi came from Yongmu Peak. The one valley was the main valley, Hanyou, where Valley Master Bing Ling’er and her three disciples lived. The one cliff was Frostfall Cliff, where Hanyou Valley’s disciples went to reflect on their mistakes.
These disciples were easy to identify. Yingxia Peak disciples wore dark battle robes. Chengchen Peak disciples wore green robes. Yongmu Peak was more chaotic, so its disciples dressed more freely. Mu Yinfeng swept her eyes around but could not tell what was going on. “Senior Sister, did something happen? Why are you up so early? Why not sleep a little longer?”
When everyone present heard Mu Yinfeng ask this, they silently mourned for the little girl. The grass on the grave of the last person who dared criticize Huixue was probably already as tall as a five- or six-year-old child.
Yet what almost made their eyes fall out was that when Huixue looked at the black-robed girl, although her voice was still icy, it clearly had a trace more warmth than when she spoke to them. “Why did you wake up so quickly? I would have called you in one double-hour.”
“It is fine, it is fine. Senior Sister, do you need me to help you?” Mu Yinfeng saw so many people surrounding Huixue and did not know whether Huixue could handle it all, so she eagerly offered help.
“Oh?” Huixue lifted her eyes.
The hearts of the surrounding disciples, which had just relaxed, tightened at once. This little girl was small and delicate, charming and soft, and looked weak enough that she could not even bind a chicken. If she angered Huixue, then… One had to know that Huixue had never shown tenderness toward beauty.
“This is bad,” one disciple whispered to the disciple beside him. “Who dares say they want to help Senior Sister? How blind can she be?”
“Exactly. If Senior Sister gets angry, all of us will suffer with her.”
“Is that not the truth?”
“Who is this woman? Which peak is she from? Why did we not see her come over just now?”
Just then, all of them felt a trace of killing intent scrape across their faces. That cold, sharp feeling made them touch the places her gaze had swept. After confirming they were unharmed, they awkwardly closed their mouths. No one dared raise their head to look at Huixue.
“Yinfeng, if you want to handle it, it is all yours. No need to argue with them. Give them whatever they ask for. If anyone falsely claims something, I will have to visit their master.” As she spoke, Huixue walked up to Mu Yinfeng. “Stretch out your hand.”
Mu Yinfeng quickly held out her hand. She felt a chill on her finger, then looked down and saw a ring on her little finger. The ring shimmered with silver light, and the blue gem on it gave off an enchanting glow in the morning sun.
“I will go directly to Master. The Scripture Pavilion must be cleaned today as well. Come down later.”
After speaking, Huixue walked toward the gate. The gathered disciples all stepped aside to open a path. During the whole process, everyone was silent and careful as winter cicadas, afraid that saying one extra word would anger Huixue.
Mu Yinfeng looked at the ring on her little finger and secretly felt regret. If only Huixue had not given her a ring for the purpose of assigning work. But since this was a task Huixue had arranged, she had to do her best to handle it well.
If she did well, would Huixue keep her by her side?
Bing Ling’er had just stepped into Buyou Hall when she saw a familiar figure keeping accounts. But she did not see the black figure that should have been beside that white figure. She could not help asking, “Xue’er, where is Yinfeng?”
Huixue put down the brush in her hand, organized the spirit stones beside the desk, and rose to greet Bing Ling’er. “Master, some disciples came to collect the spirit stones, spiritual herbs, sword manuals, and other items they applied for earlier. Third Junior Sister is distributing those things to them.”
“You, ah.” Bing Ling’er froze, then sighed. “That child Yinfeng does not know who applied for what. What if someone with bad intentions bullies Yinfeng? Then…”
“Master, do not worry. They will not.” Huixue cut off Bing Ling’er’s words, her tone as clear and cold as always.
Bing Ling’er was helpless. She was already used to her eldest disciple’s temperament. “I did not expect you to have so much confidence in Yinfeng.”
“This disciple does not have confidence in her. Reed Snow Residence is covered in talisman spells I set. Anything done inside Reed Snow Residence cannot escape this disciple’s eyes.”
This was not an exaggeration. Bing Ling’er knew that in Reed Snow Residence, even an almost unsolved mystery like a mouse stealing candle snuff could be directly solved by Huixue, who would point out which mouse stole it and when. This was Huixue’s unquestionable ability.
“That is fine then. How was Yinfeng yesterday? Was the cold poison’s outbreak severe?” Bing Ling’er remembered this matter and hurriedly asked. Mu Yinfeng was a woman with a primordial yin body seen only once in a thousand years. If something happened to her, it would be terrible.
How could anything happen? As long as Tianbing was removed, the power circulating naturally inside Mu Yinfeng’s body could expel the cold poison. If she was lucky, she could even turn part of the cold poison’s power for her own use. That was the wonder of the primordial yin body. But Huixue could not tell Bing Ling’er these things. She had her own thoughts.
“She is fine. Master does not need to worry. Master understands this disciple. This disciple has never been someone who refuses responsibility for her own actions.” Since Mu Yinfeng was trying every possible way to stay by her side, Huixue would simply turn the plan back on her and see what tricks Mu Yinfeng could play.
Master and disciple were talking when stumbling footsteps suddenly sounded outside. A disciple in green robes rushed in.
“This is bad, Valley Master. Junior Sister Mu… Mu Yinfeng was… was taken away by a senior brother from Yongmu Peak!”
“What?” Bing Ling’er was shocked.
“I understand.”
Huixue’s face turned frighteningly pale. Her hand rested on Liufei, and she strode out of Buyou Hall.