The Heroine Made a Pact With Senior Sister (GL) Chapter 60

When Huixue saw Mu Yinfeng standing in front of Si Yan, the cold around her grew even stronger. Her eyes, bright and cold as polished ice jade, locked onto Mu Yinfeng. Unlike everyone else, she did not avoid Mu Yinfeng’s gaze, even though being stared at could trigger the Yin Charm Art or the Linglong Heart Method.
She did not care about those things. She knew Mu Yinfeng could not see through her thoughts no matter what.
“It is rare for you to protect someone like this.”
After all, in her last life, Mu Yinfeng had killed people and controlled corpses without blinking. Countless high-level cultivators had died at her hands. Now she was protecting a mere Yongmu Peak disciple. It was suspicious.
Mu Yinfeng had no intention of prying into Huixue’s mind, but when their eyes met, she still sensed the faint emotions and thoughts in Huixue’s heart. This time, she had not mistaken it. She really could see through Huixue’s thoughts.
That was something she had never been able to do before.
Mu Yinfeng thought back over everything she had experienced. It seemed that after she came out of the five-element array, she had gradually become able to read Huixue’s feelings. Had her Linglong Heart Method improved again?
“Senior Sister, why did you attack Senior Sister Si Yan?” Mu Yinfeng asked softly. Ignoring the cold Huixue released, she slowly walked closer.
“Do you think she should pass?” Huixue asked in return.
“Does Senior Sister not trust me?” Mu Yinfeng lifted her eyes, blinked lightly, and curved her lips into a faint smile.
She was already charming and beautiful by nature. Now, with that endless grace around her, almost no one could resist her. The yin energy flowing around her slowly drew back, leaving only a thin layer, making her look like a seductive ghost princess stepping out of a dream.
Huixue froze.
“Senior Sister saw the Bing and Ding dual fire that Senior Sister Si Yan separated on stage, did you not? Do you not think that alone is enough to qualify? How could Senior Sister not know what kind of control that requires?” Mu Yinfeng carefully placed her hand over the back of Huixue’s hand. Seeing that Huixue did not move, she finally hung Severing Love properly again.
She did not say the real reason.
In the original plot, Si Yan had died by offering herself to the God of Fire. She and her sword turned into flames that covered the mountain, yin and yang cycling without end, burning until they finally killed the Heaven-grade evil being awakened inside the barrier. She had done all that for one reason: to protect a medicine cultivator disciple from Chengchen Peak, Sanqi, whose wood spiritual root talent was second only to Abi’s in all of Hanyou Valley.
Sanqi was the green-clothed girl who had waited for Si Yan under the fighting stage.
Si Yan had promised Sanqi that she would go to Guiyuan Tower with her. But after the match ended and Si Yan died, Sanqi fulfilled that wish, then jumped from the top of Guiyuan Tower that very night and followed Si Yan in death.
Sanqi had the Wood Spirit Saint Body. She and Abi were one yang and one yin. If she had lived until later and joined hands with Abi to activate the ancient Wood Department Yin-Yang Taiji Array, they could have made all things revive and the dead be reborn. Once the array opened, everything would return to its original state. It was practically the absolute counter to the Spirit Gu Control Curse. But once Sanqi died, Abi could not hold on alone and soon died at Mu Yinfeng’s hands.
Mu Yinfeng did not want that tragedy to happen this time. If nothing went wrong, she would follow the whole way. Although that evil being was also Heaven-grade, after defeating Jian Shu, she no longer thought killing another Heaven-grade being was impossible.
“Since you say she qualifies, am I not allowed to reconsider?” The hard ice in Huixue’s eyes melted slightly, but she quickly realized something was wrong and turned cold again.
“Senior Sister, you are not jealous, are you?” Mu Yinfeng felt very unnatural saying it, but she forced a smile. Her fingers slowly tightened, hooked around Huixue’s hand, and refused to let go. She pretended to be an innocent, naive little junior sister who knew nothing of the world.
In terms of seniority, she truly was the Valley Master’s little junior sister. After she entered Hanyou Valley, the valley had not accepted a new disciple for three years.
Si Yan stared at the two of them, frozen in place, not knowing what to say.
Were Mu Yinfeng and Senior Sister really that kind of relationship?
No wonder Senior Sister had chased after her so recklessly and asked what her relationship with Mu Yinfeng was. So Senior Sister had been afraid of being cheated on.
Si Yan was not dense. Seeing this, she immediately withdrew without dragging her feet. Still, her heart felt a little sour. These two were flirting and using her as the excuse. When would she have a fate of her own?
“No.” Huixue abruptly pulled her hand away, her eyes annoyed and angry. “What jealousy would I be eating?”
“Really none?” Mu Yinfeng laughed softly and wrapped herself around Huixue’s arm like a snake. “If Senior Sister says it like that, I will be unhappy.”
After last night, she had somehow become bold with Huixue, though she was not used to this sudden change in herself. The image of Huixue with her hair loose, wrapped in a bath towel, overlapped with the person before her and stirred that instinct in her. No matter whether the person Huixue desired was truly her or not.
“What does your happiness have to do with me? Let go.” Huixue shook her spiritual energy, but to Mu Yinfeng it was only a breeze. It had no effect at all.
Huixue had not expected Mu Yinfeng to refuse to let go this time. Panic rose in her heart. Her calm sea of consciousness seemed to stir again. Perhaps the Spirit Gu Control Curse had not removed every seed of affection after all.
“What if I do not?” Mu Yinfeng smiled beautifully and tightened her hold on Huixue’s arm. “Senior Sister says one thing and means another. Do you think I cannot see it?”
What?!
Huixue was shocked. She clearly remembered that in her last life, Mu Yinfeng had said plainly that she could not see through Huixue’s thoughts at all.
Had Mu Yinfeng been lying to her? Had every thought and feeling in her heart already been laid bare before Mu Yinfeng? Was all her pretending nothing but a joke?
Thinking of that, Huixue grew flustered and upset. She pushed Mu Yinfeng away hard and quickly turned toward Mengyou Square.
She pressed a hand to the side of her face to cool the heat there. She had thought what happened last night was over, and that Mu Yinfeng would listen to her and set those messy things aside for now. She had not expected this child to become even worse.
A gust of wind sounded behind her. Mu Yinfeng appeared in front of her, the seductive gleam in her eyes and her soft smile already gone.
“Senior Sister, how many disciples are still left?” Mu Yinfeng’s voice was extremely serious, completely different from her enchanting manner just now.
Huixue had long grown used to this kind of change. “What? You do not want to continue?”
“No.” Mu Yinfeng hurriedly said, “I was just wondering why Master still made me go up. Is that not just painting a target on me?”
“I was the one who persuaded Master,” Huixue said coldly. “I wanted to see whether you would act out of personal feelings.”
“And?”
“You disappointed me.”
But what Huixue thought in her heart was completely different. Mu Yinfeng found it amusing. Seeing through it but not exposing it, she obediently stood beside Huixue and took Huixue’s sash to play with.
“Let go.”
But Huixue’s true thoughts could not escape Mu Yinfeng’s eyes. Mu Yinfeng laughed softly and ignored her words, continuing to toy with the sash.
Huixue seemed annoyed by her and started fighting her for it. By then, the two had already reached the air above Mengyou Square. Below, the square was packed with disciples, and many of them witnessed this shocking scene.
“Look, what are Senior Sister and Junior Sister Yinfeng doing?”
“Yes, yes. In broad daylight, this is really…”
“Say less. If you anger Senior Sister, none of us will have a good end.”
“Exactly, exactly…”
The voices below dropped, then suddenly fell into dead silence, as if the entire square had been muted. It was indescribably strange.
“What is going on?” Huixue noticed the sound vanish and stopped arguing with Mu Yinfeng. She quickly descended from the clouds and dropped into Mengyou Square.
Mu Yinfeng understood. She released Huixue’s sash, and her mental power instantly spread out, sweeping across the square.
The mouths of the people in Mengyou Square opened and closed, yet Mu Yinfeng and Huixue could not hear a single voice. If they could hear nothing at all, that would have been one thing. But they could clearly hear wind, water, and trembling leaves in the distance, which made it even more frightening.
What exactly was happening?
The two women looked at each other. Neither spoke, but their eyes had already made their intentions clear.
An image of Mengyou Square appeared in Mu Yinfeng’s sea of consciousness. As she released more mental power, the image gradually expanded and covered every building around the square. The result was the same.
Nothing was unusual.
The strange scene in Mengyou Square continued. Even stranger, every disciple present was still chatting with great interest. They were talking, laughing, waving their hands, and gesturing with their feet. She could even hear sleeves catching the wind and jade pendants clinking, but there were no human voices.
Huixue landed among the crowd. In the past, whenever the disciples saw her, they would instinctively avoid her. Now, they acted as if they had not seen her arrive and continued chatting happily.
“Ice-Snow Domain.”
Four low words rang out. In an instant, snowflakes flew over all of Mengyou Square. Mu Yinfeng was almost knocked down from the air. After flipping several times and steadying herself, she was shocked to find that Mengyou Square was empty. Only Huixue remained, along with snow about three feet deep.
“Is this an illusion realm?” Mu Yinfeng jumped to Huixue’s side and nearly sank into the snowdrift. She hurriedly climbed up and shook the snow from her body. Huixue nodded.
Mu Yinfeng suddenly laughed, as if she had seen something in the wind and snow. She ran straight in one direction. Before Huixue could stop her, Mu Yinfeng called, “Come out,” and a young girl was immediately pulled out of the void.
The girl wore goose-yellow robes. She was graceful and pretty, with natural nobility in her bearing. Her every movement mixed the emptiness of dreams with noble majesty. The same outfit would have looked a little gaudy on Ruoying, but on this girl, it suited her perfectly.
“You found me?” the girl said with a giggle, showing no fear at all. She waved her hand lightly. Mu Yinfeng felt a thin film like water mist peel away from her eyes. The Ice-Snow Domain scattered, and she discovered in surprise that she was standing on the fighting stage. Below, the crowd surged and voices boiled. Everything was almost the same as what she had seen from the air.
“Not bad. Princess Fu’an’s illusion art has improved quite a bit,” Huixue said, silently landing beside them. She pulled Mu Yinfeng aside and introduced the girl. “This is the current dynasty’s little princess, Princess Fu’an.”
“Senior Sister, what are you saying? You are making me embarrassed.” Princess Fu’an blushed, lowered her head, and toyed with the tassel on her sword. “Then… can I pass? After all, the time of three sticks of incense passed long ago…”
“You were clearly launching a sneak attack,” Mu Yinfeng said without courtesy. If this counted as passing, would that not mean any disciple could go on stage and attack while they were unprepared?
A token flew over. Princess Fu’an leaped up and caught it. Her little face flushed with excitement, and she was too happy to speak.
This…
“What is your relationship with her?” Mu Yinfeng returned Huixue’s earlier question word for word.
Why was Huixue so determined to stop Si Yan from passing, yet this person, who had won by sneak attack, could pass so easily?
Mu Yinfeng thought this with irritation.
“Since you believe Si Yan’s separated Bing and Ding fire is acceptable, I believe Princess Fu’an’s illusion art is also acceptable.”
For a moment, Mu Yinfeng had no way to argue.
It did make sense.
Princess Fu’an’s domain truly had no flaws. It should have combined illusion power with spatial power. If one did not see that it was a domain and suppress it with another domain, it would not be easy to deal with.
“Princess Fu’an has a mutated earth spiritual root, and it manifests more as space,” Huixue explained. At that moment, the bronze bell rang again. The afternoon selection matches had begun.
Mu Yinfeng and Huixue quickly separated and returned to their places. Chang Zui and Shu Ji also went onto the fighting stage. After seeing the brutal results of the morning matches, the disciples below lost half their confidence in the selection, even after watching Princess Fu’an successfully obtain a token. Because of that, only a little more than a dozen people joined in the afternoon. And in the afternoon, these disciples all challenged Huixue as if by agreement. In the end, only one disciple with a trace of Black Tortoise bloodline relied on terrifying defense to endure three sticks of incense in Huixue’s Ice-Snow Domain and obtain her approval token.
When they finally left the fighting stage, Mu Yinfeng and Huixue returned to Reed Snow Residence together. Neither of them said anything. Then Princess Fu’an ran over from who knew where and blocked their path.
Princess Fu’an went straight to the point. “Senior Sister, I want special training.”
“You want special training?”
Mu Yinfeng could not help being shocked by Princess Fu’an’s courage. In her understanding, unless someone had a necessary reason, no one would come looking for Huixue. After all, the whole valley knew how cold this Senior Sister was.
“Yes.” Princess Fu’an looked straight into Huixue’s eyes. “No matter what, I hope Senior Sister can help me. If I can place well in the Immortal Sects Assembly, I can…”
“Sorry. I refuse,” Huixue said coldly. “I let you pass only because you have strength. Do not imagine anything more.”
…As expected, she was still just as tactless.
“What kind of special training do you want?” Mu Yinfeng did not speak as bluntly as Huixue. She looked at Princess Fu’an and asked.
“To improve my domain. The fact that my current domain could be seen through by you proves it has weaknesses. I want to make it perfect,” Princess Fu’an said firmly.
“Then that is very dangerous.” Huixue walked forward without looking back. “You would be giving up everything just to cultivate a domain. In the end, a domain is only a domain. Besides, yours is not a killing domain. It leans more toward control.”
“So what?” Princess Fu’an calmly looked at Huixue’s back. “If I cultivate my domain to perfection, I can still command ten thousand horses and a thousand soldiers.”
Mu Yinfeng looked at Huixue, then back at Princess Fu’an. After hesitating between them for a moment, she still hurried after Huixue.
“Senior Sister, are you really not going to help her?”
Although Bing Ling’er had three disciples representing Hanyou Valley, that did not mean the other sects had no people like them. If Princess Fu’an’s strength could be raised, Hanyou Valley’s overall strength would also improve greatly.
Most spiritual roots in the world belonged to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Above them were chaos, time, and space. If Princess Fu’an could fully mutate her earth spiritual root into space, her potential would be limitless.
“There is no need,” Huixue said softly. “Yinfeng, do you know why she came to Hanyou Valley instead of Mirror Flower Hall or Shuihua Gate, where the imperial family usually goes?”
Mu Yinfeng shook her head.
“Because of power. Princess Fu’an is the little princess, and she has no right to enter the struggle at the core of power,” Huixue said. “Sooner or later, her spiritual root will be destroyed. That is her fate.”
“Even with a spatial spiritual root, that would still…”
“Because the crown prince of this dynasty has a chaos spiritual root. He is your opposite. He is primordial yang.” Huixue looked around and lowered her voice, as if avoiding something. “Yinfeng, coming into contact with too much of this will not benefit you. You only need to stay in the valley and cultivate.”
Mu Yinfeng nodded. Suddenly, she felt a chill at her fingertips. Her entire hand had been taken into Huixue’s palm.
“Yinfeng, I will take you somewhere.” Flying snow circled Huixue, lifting her and Mu Yinfeng slowly into the air. “That place may have a way to undo your blood vine.”