Messenger

"But I’m not interested in you~"

Wu Xin merely smiled. He already had Li Yueya. Even if he didn’t, he would never fall in love with Yue Qiluo. He liked women who could take care of him and didn’t despise him, not a young lady who needed others to wait on her.

"Is it because of her? Her looks are passable, but everything else is mediocre. She’s not even as good as the several women in his residence. If it were me, I wouldn’t even give a woman like that a second glance."

Yue Qiluo compared Li Yueya with the other concubines in Zhang Xianzong’s residence. Whichever one she picked seemed to completely outshine Li Yueya.

"You~"

Li Yueya was displeased. If Wu Xin hadn’t stopped her, she would have argued with Yue Qiluo properly.

"What are you here for today~?"

Wu Xin had probed her intentions and discovered that Yue Qiluo truly seemed to bear no hostility. That only made him even more puzzled. Hadn’t she been threatening to kill them all just before this?

"I originally planned to kill all of you, but he wouldn’t let me deal with you. He said to spare Gu Xuanwu."

Yue Qiluo smiled and looked toward Gu Xuanwu. "I couldn’t ignore his words, so I’ll spare your life. By the way, how many shots did you fire at him?"

"Three~"

Gu Xuanwu answered Yue Qiluo’s question blankly, as though he had fallen under a spell. Wu Xin sensed that something was wrong and was just about to help when Yue Qiluo pulled with her right hand. A red thread tugged Gu Xuanwu up into the air.

"Bang~"

Gu Xuanwu slammed into a stone pillar. Before he could get up, Yue Qiluo tugged again. With another crack, Gu Xuanwu crashed into the incense burner, then was yanked back into the air.

"Bang~"

Gu Xuanwu landed heavily on the offering table, smashing it into pieces.

"Lord Gu!"

Wu Xin hurried over to help Gu Xuanwu up. His eyes were spinning with stars, his whole body was sore and swollen, and his face looked as if a dye shop had exploded on it, covered in every shade of blue, white, purple, and red. Wu Xin nearly laughed himself breathless.

"Stop laughing~"

Gu Xuanwu shouted furiously. Pointing at Yue Qiluo, he launched into a tirade. "What do you mean by this? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t deal with us? Oh! I get it. You don’t want to kill us—you plan to torture us like this!"

Gu Xuanwu’s words made Wu Xin and Li Yueya freeze. They immediately looked toward Yue Qiluo, neither daring to relax too much.

"You shot him three times, so I dealt with you three times. That’s fair, isn’t it?"

Yue Qiluo’s words left Gu Xuanwu stunned, then even more enraged.

"I shot him three times, but that Japanese woman blocked them all. He didn’t suffer the slightest injury! What do you call this? I’m seriously wounded here!"

Gu Xuanwu was unusually furious. The pain of Zhang Xianzong’s betrayal surged out all at once. "I treated him like a brother, but what did he do? He screwed me over…"

"You’re no match for him, so no matter how much you say, it’s useless."

Yue Qiluo’s words were enough to infuriate Gu Xuanwu to death. He stood there rooted to the spot.

"All right, all right~"

Wu Xin came over and pulled Gu Xuanwu back. Then he lowered his head and cupped his fists toward Yue Qiluo. "Madam Zhang, what brings you here this time?" He had already seen that Yue Qiluo had truly fallen for Zhang Xianzong, also known as Gu Sheng.

"Madam Zhang. That’s a lovely form of address. I like it."

Yue Qiluo smiled, her cherry lips parting as she said, "Wu Xin, I came today to tell you that Zhang Xianzong has no intention of dealing with you. The current pursuit is entirely Shirakawa Rin’s personal decision, so you don’t need to worry about him sending an army after you.

"He wants to let you go, and I have nothing to say about that. But there’s one thing: from now on, you are not allowed to go after him."

"Don’t worry. We wouldn’t go looking for trouble with him for no reason!"

Wu Xin nodded, feeling somewhat relieved. If it was only Shirakawa Rin and not Yue Qiluo, they were much safer. At the very least, they no longer needed to worry about the Paper Doll appearing and disappearing without a trace.

"Chuchenzi, I don’t care what you plan to do, but if you dare oppose me, don’t blame me for disregarding our shared lineage and attacking you, my junior."

Yue Qiluo looked toward Chuchenzi again and spoke as if offering advice. "These three are being hunted by others. They sought you out only to redirect the trouble onto you. There’s an Onmyoji from Japan among those people, and his cultivation isn’t low. Think carefully about what you’re going to do."

"This disciple’s grandson will remember!"

Chuchenzi felt greatly reassured. He had even less goodwill toward Wu Xin and the others now. So they had come together simply to drag him into their mess!

"Wu Xin~ Your body is excellent, but I don’t particularly like that face."

Yue Qiluo smiled at Wu Xin again. "He is ultimately just a mortal. He will age and die, but I don’t want him to leave me. Once he grows old, I plan to give your body to him. With your undying body, he’ll be able to remain with me forever.

"So before I attack you, you’d better protect this body well and wait for me to give it to Zhang Xianzong.

"He may be a mortal, but he’s far cleverer than you. All you know how to do is bleed yourself, while he can use your blood to create other things. Dealing with Shirakawa Rin won’t take him much effort.

"Shirakawa Rin and the others are coming. Take care of yourselves~~"

As soon as Yue Qiluo finished speaking, her entire body rose into the air. Countless Paper Dolls fluttered around her, carrying her away from above Qingyun Temple.

"Phew~ She’s finally gone~"

Only after Yue Qiluo had left did Chuchenzi slowly let out a breath. She had nearly scared him to death just now.

"By the way, who is Zhang Xianzong?"

He looked around, then patted Gu Xuanwu on the shoulder and asked. He was genuinely curious which great expert had transformed his infamous martial grand-aunt into this.

"He was my former chief of staff. Now he’s in charge of Wen County—a pretty boy who married eight wives."

Gu Xuanwu grumbled, "You heard her just now, didn’t you? Your martial grand-aunt is disgracing our sect’s reputation by becoming someone’s mistress!"

"Don’t ask me about that. Those are an elder’s affairs. A junior like me can’t interfere."

Having received Yue Qiluo’s assurance and learned that she had no interest in seeking him out for the time being, Chuchenzi was no longer afraid. And once he stopped cowering, he no longer feared Wu Xin and the others either. "What do you think you’re doing, bringing your enemies to our Qingyun Temple?

"I’m telling you, our Qingyun Temple doesn’t welcome troublemakers like you. Leave at once!"

"Damn, you’re turning your back on us now?"

Gu Xuanwu immediately flared up. "Don’t forget, you were the one begging us to stay just now. Well, we’re not leaving now."

Gu Xuanwu dropped heavily onto the ground, apparently preparing to play the rogue.

"Hey, what’s wrong with you? Aren’t you just being shameless?"

Chuchenzi refused to accept that. He shoved and tugged at Gu Xuanwu, trying to drag him outside.