Chapter 444 An Exchange of Words (2/2)

The mouths of the two stone dragons rumbled open again, torrents of fire and water flooding out.

……

By the edge of the cliff, old Xuan gave an almost undetectable nod as he gazed upon the twisted face of the bitterly persisting Zhou Yuan.

The willpower of this young man was rather surprising.

Yaoyao was elegantly seated on a run down stone pavilion on the cliff. Her bright eyes looked towards old Xuan’s hunched figure as she asked, “Does elder want to come over and have a seat?”

Old Xuan turned around, looked towards Yaoyao and chuckled. He walked over with his broom, sat down in the stone pavilion, and sighed, “I’ve lived for so many years, and have seen many geniuses in the Cangxuan Sect. But there’s never been someone like you who gives me this heart palpitating feeling.”

“Even in our Cangxuan Sect, the appearance of someone like yourself makes me feel as if a phoenix is perching on a small withered tree.”

Yaoyao retrieved a wine pot and cup as a faint smile rose on her lips. “Elder is quite the comedian. The Cangxuan Sect was once the number sect in Cangxuan Heaven, how can you call it a withered tree?”

Old Xuan sighed again. “I’m not joking. I may have lived for a long time, but I can’t fake this feeling.”

Yaoyao’s eyes turned towards Zhou Yuan as she suddenly asked, “I’ve heard that you’ve never bothered about any matter in the sect, so why have you now chosen to help Zhou Yuan?”

Back in the Saint Remains Domain, Yaoyao and Zhou Yuan had met a spirit fragment of patriarch Cang Xuan, and he had told them of his suspicions that his death may have had something to do with the Cangxuan Sect. Hence, Yaoyao maintained a certain vigilance against anyone who had been alive back then, even this super low-key and nearly unnoticeable old Xuan.

As such, Yaoyao naturally intended to probe old Xuan about the abnormal care he had shown Zhou Yuan.

Old Xuan lifted his wrinkled eyelids, and was silent for a long time, before he slowly said, “I’ve been waiting for many years.”

“What are you waiting for?” Asked Yaoyao.

“Waiting for someone who can break the status quo…” Old Xuan lifted his head and looked at the sealed main peak. “The Cangxuan Sect has been too quiet, like a deep, dead pool. Some ripples are needed to startle the fish.”

“There are many matters to which I too wish for an answer.”

Crystal clear wine flowed from the pot in Yaoyao’s hand, pouring into the cup as she softly said, “Regardless of what you are planning, I only hope that you will not harm Zhou Yuan. Otherwise, these pointers you have given will not be enough.”

She pushed the filled cup towards old Xuan as she spoke.

Old Xuan gave Yaoyao a deep look. He could detect the warning in her words. Normally speaking, he would merely shake his head and laugh at such a warning from a disciple.

However, this impossibly beautiful girl before him made it rather hard for him to laugh.

In the end, he took the cup with a bitter smile. “Little lass, it is really not easy to get a drink from you.”

Yaoyao faintly nodded as she smiled and said, “There are indeed not many who may drink a cup from me.”

Her words were extremely arrogant, but old Xuan chose to believe them. Due to certain reasons, his senses were unparalleled in the Cangxuan Sect, and even sect master Qing Yang the rest could not compare.

Perhaps, even sect master Qing Yang and the rest would be unable to sense that heart palpitating aura hidden so deep within this girl that even she herself was likely unaware of it. However, old Xuan could just barely detect it.

The girl before his eyes was terrifyingly mysterious.

He truly did not know whether it was a blessing or a disaster for her to appear in their Cangxuan Sect.

While his mind churned with various thoughts, old Xuan lifted the cup and downed its contents.

Yaoyao also lifted the cup to her red lips. Just as she was about to drink, a piercing shriek suddenly sounded, causing her hand to shake. Wine spilled from the cup, wetting a corner of her skirt.

Yaoyao’s eyebrows raised slightly as she lifted her beautiful face. A sliver of anger surfaced in her clear eyes as she gazed upon the weeping and howling Zhou Yuan atop the stone stage.

Old Xuan finally laughed when he saw this expression. Compared to the icy indifference from before that emanated from the depths of her soul, the girl felt genuinely alive at this moment.

Like a real person.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Yuan’s figure as he clicked his tongue in amazement.

Perhaps it was indeed true in this world that everything has a weakness.

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