Chapter 90: Confrontation Between Two Saintesses, Trapped in the Middle

"Who?"

Hua Nongying abruptly pushed Gu Lan away and shifted her figure.

That red lightweight gauze robe wrapped her up tightly once again.

She stood by the bed, watching outside vigilantly, already holding a handful of colorful petals in her hand.

"Devilish Qi?!"

Her pretty eyes narrowed slightly, sensing that bone-chilling, cold aura.

"This is the inner valley of Tianxiang Valley; how could a demonic cultivator break in?"

Gu Lan tidied his disheveled clothes and sat up from the bed.

His face carried a bit of annoyance at having his good deed interrupted, but his heart was beating wildly.

"Bang!"

The door of the bamboo building was rudely kicked open.

A black figure drifted in like a ghost.

Saintess Ji Wushuang.

She was not wearing a veil today, and her breathtaking face was covered with frost, her gaze even colder enough to freeze someone to death.

She wore a pitch-black night-walker outfit, the tight-fitting design outlining her devilish figure, holding a dripping black longsword in her hand.

"Yo, it seems this Saintess has come at a bad time."

Her gaze swept across the room.

Looking at that messy large bed, Gu Lan's disheveled appearance, and finally landing on Hua Nongying's flushed face.

"What? Good things are approaching?"

Saintess Ji Wushuang's lips curled into a cruel sneer, and the longsword in her hand trembled slightly, as if she might violently kill someone at any moment.

"You are… the Nether Saintess?"

Hua Nongying recognized the newcomer, and her expression instantly turned ugly.

"You actually dare to barge into my Tianxiang Valley alone?!"

"Alone?"

Saintess Ji Wushuang smiled disdainfully, "Just relying on those trash guards outside, you think you can stop me?"

She walked step by step toward the bed, ignoring Hua Nongying's warning, her gaze staring straight at Gu Lan.

"Young Master Gu, what a fine mood."

She extended the tip of her sword, lifting Gu Lan's chin, her tone carrying a hint of sour, jealous murderous intent.

"The red flag at home never falls, while the colorful flags flutter outside?"

"Have you forgotten whose hands your lifeline… is still being pinched in?"

Gu Lan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling the icy sword edge on his chin, cold sweat pouring down his back.

"S-Saintess, please listen to my explanation…"

"Explain what?"

Saintess Ji Wushuang interrupted him, her gaze turning fierce.

"Explain how you managed to roll into the same bed with this vixen?"

"You're courting death!"

Hua Nongying beside them finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

Although she didn't know what kind of relationship this Female Demon Lord and Gu Lan had, flirting with her man on her territory?

This was simply a blatant slap in the face!

"Myriad Flowers Bewilderment!"

Hua Nongying let out a soft cry, scattering the petals in her hand.

The rain of flowers all over the sky transformed into countless pink sharp blades, shooting overwhelmingly toward Saintess Ji Wushuang.

"Insignificant tricks."

Saintess Ji Wushuang didn't even look, waving the longsword in her hand.

"Nether Slash!"

A pitch-black Sword Qi swept out, instantly twisting those petals into powder.

"Boom!"

The two forces collided, and the entire bamboo building shook violently, half of its roof blown off.

"Stop! All of you stop!"

Gu Lan finally couldn't take it anymore, abruptly standing up and blocking between the two women.

"If you want to fight, go outside to fight! Don't demolish the house!"

He first glanced at Hua Nongying, giving her a look to stay calm, then turned to look at Saintess Ji Wushuang, hurriedly transmitting his voice.

"Saintess, it's a misunderstanding!"

"Your subordinate is executing the honey trap!"

"In order to obtain that myriad flowers spiritual dew, your subordinate spared no expense with his looks, sneaking into the enemy camp and venturing into the tiger's den…"

"Look, hasn't I not managed to succeed yet before you came?"

As he spoke, he frantically winked at Saintess Ji Wushuang.

The meaning was very obvious:

Big sister, I am an undercover agent! I am executing a mission! Can you not cause trouble at this time?

Saintess Ji Wushuang looked at his comical appearance, and the anger in her heart dissipated a little.

Of course she knew Gu Lan was acting.

But the kind of… blushing and ear-burning touch she felt earlier through the heart-linking gu was the real deal!

This brat was clearly turning fake acting into reality!

"Hmph, a honey trap?"

Saintess Ji Wushuang let out a cold snort, putting away her longsword, but her gaze was still unkind.

"I think you are thoroughly enjoying yourself, right?"

"How could that be!"

Gu Lan hurriedly flattered, "Your subordinate only has the Saintess's mission in heart, everything else… is just floating clouds!"

"Gu Lan! What are you winking and blinking at the Demon Cult Saintess for?"

Isn't this guy a Righteous Path Disciple? How is he so familiar with the Demon Cult Saintess?

"Could you… could you be a Demon Cult undercover agent?!"

Hua Nongying pointed at Gu Lan in disbelief, her eyes full of shock.

"It's over, the cover is blown."

Gu Lan's heart skipped a beat.

Great, now both sides have been offended.

"That's right, he is my man."

Saintess Ji Wushuang was quite cooperative this time, wrapping her arm around Gu Lan's shoulder, looking at Hua Nongying as if declaring sovereignty.

"Saintess Hua, thank you for taking care of this brat for me."

"But now…"

Her gaze turned cold.

"He belongs to me."

"You!" Hua Nongying trembled all over with anger, "You shameless witch!"

"Gu Lan! Explain this clearly to me! What on earth is going on here?!"

Caught in the middle, Gu Lan had a headache as big as two heads.

Explain?

How is he supposed to explain this?

Say I am a double agent? Say I want to have it both ways?

He'd probably be dismembered on the spot by these two, right?

"Uhm… Saintess Hua, actually…"

Gu Lan's eyes rolled, and he suddenly covered his chest, a painful expression appearing on his face.

"Actually, I was forced!"

"Forced?" Hua Nongying was stunned.

"Right!"

Gu Lan pointed at Saintess Ji Wushuang with a tragic and indignant face, "This Female Demon Lord planted a heart-linking gu on me! If I don't listen to her, I'll suffer agonizing pain! Just now… just now I also had to do it to protect you…"

"Really?"

The anger in Hua Nongying's eyes dissipated a bit, replaced by heartache.

"So you had this kind of unspeakable hardship…"

Saintess Ji Wushuang: "???"

heart-linking gu?

When did I ever plant that?

Does this brat not even need a draft to make up lies?

However…

Looking at Gu Lan's look of "enduring humiliation for the sake of greater righteousness", she actually found it… a bit amusing?

"That's right."

Saintess Ji Wushuang's lips curved into a mischievous smile, cooperating with Gu Lan's act.

"This brat's life is in my hands."

"Saintess Hua, if you want to save him…"

She pointed at the shelf behind Hua Nongying holding various rare Spirit Medicines.

"Then hand over that 'myriad flowers spiritual dew'."

"Otherwise…"

Her finger lightly tapped Gu Lan's forehead.

"I'll make him drop dead on the spot!"

"Ah! So painful!"

Gu Lan let out an extremely exaggerated scream, covering his chest and rolling on the ground.

"Don't! Don't kill him!"

Hua Nongying panicked.

She had truly fallen for this man.

Looking at Gu Lan's painful appearance, she gritted her teeth, turned around, and took out an exquisite jade bottle from a hidden compartment.

"Take it! I'll give it all to you!"

"Let him go!"

She threw the jade bottle to Saintess Ji Wushuang.

Saintess Ji Wushuang caught the jade bottle, opened it to take a look, and a rich medicinal fragrance rushed into her nose.

"Truly a good thing."

She nodded with satisfaction and put away the jade bottle.

"Alright, consider yourself sensible."

She grabbed Gu Lan, who was still playing dead on the ground, by his collar and prepared to leave.

"I'm taking the person away, the antidote… we'll talk about it later."

"Wait!"

Hua Nongying wanted to chase, but was forced back by a wave of Devilish Qi backhanded by Saintess Ji Wushuang.

"Don't chase anymore, if you chase again, I'll really kill him."

Saintess Ji Wushuang sneered, soaring into the sky with Gu Lan and disappearing into the night.

Leaving only Hua Nongying standing alone in the shattered bamboo building.

Looking in the direction where the two left, her eyes were filled with tears and reluctance.

"Gu Lan…"

"I will definitely save you!"

"Even if I chase to the ends of the earth, I will snatch you back from that Female Demon Lord!"

…

In the night sky.

Gu Lan, being held in Saintess Ji Wushuang's hand, quietly opened one eye.

"Uhm… Saintess, aren't we flying a bit too fast?"

"The wind is a bit strong, I'm afraid my hairstyle will get messy."

"Shut up!"

Saintess Ji Wushuang glared at him angrily.

"You had a lot of fun acting just now, didn't you? Forced? Enduring humiliation?"

"I think you were just taking the opportunity to pick up chicks, right?"

"Hehe, how could that be."

Gu Lan gave two dry laughs, "This is all to cooperate with the Saintess's operation."

"Hmph."

Saintess Ji Wushuang let out a cold snort, but wasn't really angry.

She looked down at the slick man in her hand, and a strange feeling unexpectedly surged in her heart.

Just now in front of Hua Nongying, he unhesitatingly chose to stand on her side (even though it was acting).

This made her… very pleased.

"This time counts as you rendering a merit."

She said indifferently, "After going back, the Cult Master will have rewards."

"Rewards and such are not important at all."

Gu Lan put on a flattering face, "As long as the Saintess doesn't plant any more Gu on me, it will be fine."

"Dream on."

Saintess Ji Wushuang's lips slightly curved up.

"This heart-linking gu is the red thread that binds you and me together."

"In this lifetime, don't ever think about untying it."