You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Chapter 124: Fate is full of twists and turns

Dew drops fell slowly in the early morning.

Inside the courtyard, within the pavilion.

The members of Tantian Sect gathered here, facing Lin Yue who sat behind the stone table.

"Alright, go make the preparations," Lin Yue waved his hand and said, "Even if we are confident, we must be cautious. The opponents might be from the Prince’s forces, and their methods are unpredictable, so be extra vigilant."

"Yes."

The Master and others immediately left to prepare.

Lin Yue took a sip of water and sighed helplessly, "After this matter is over, we’ll have to change locations again. I haven’t even been to Liangzhou City yet."

"Why not visit just before you leave, Your Highness?" Baili Fengzhi suggested.

"Forget it, there’s nothing interesting to see."

Lin Yue shook his head slightly and said, "Just buy more snacks for the little fish, get more clothes for you, and prepare some good wine for Daoist Tu, that should be enough."

Baili Fengzhi was momentarily stunned and said, "This subordinate doesn’t need many clothes."

"You clearly like pretty clothes, your war robes are flamboyant, and you say you don’t like them?" Lin Yue glanced at her.

"...Then, thank you very much, Your Highness," Baili Fengzhi bowed gratefully.

"It’s nothing, seeing you in beautiful clothes while giving me massages is also a pleasure for me," Lin Yue laughed.

Before Baili Fengzhi could express her confusion about when she had ever given him a massage, Lin Yue preempted, "I know, you’ve never given me a massage, I understand."

Baili Fengzhi: "..."

"By the way, where is the old drunk?"

Lin Yue looked puzzled, "Doesn’t he come asking for wine every morning? Why haven’t I seen him today?"

"Your Highness," Baili Fengzhi said, "Half an hour ago, Daoist Tu mentioned he was tired of drinking and went to check out the wine cellar in Red Maple Lake."

"This old drunk..." Lin Yue chuckled helplessly.

Baili Fengzhi asked softly, "Your Highness is keen on capturing the Twelfth Prince’s forces alive to pursue the antidote for the parting sorrow poison, right? Is the poisoned one Daoist Tu?"

Lin Yue was slightly taken aback and looked at her in surprise, "You actually guessed it? Well, it’s not difficult to guess..."

He shook his head and said, "It’s just holding onto a sliver of hope, only responsible for scouting martial cultivator talents, not an important figure, afraid I might not find out much, but still, I have to try, what if?"

...

The sun was high in the sky.

Amidst the misty Lishan, a blur of a figure moved swiftly through the mountains, gliding over forests and peaks as swiftly as a swallow.

Soon enough, this figure darted up the peak belonging to the Supreme Elder deep within Nanyun Sect.

Then, they made their way into a luxurious and massive residence, quickly slipping into the mansion’s inner chamber.

The person sat cross-legged in the chamber, though disheveled, with sleeves torn and hair partly undone, the woman’s face remained alluring, with an effortless charm between her brows.

The Supreme Elder of Nanyun Sect.

"That was close... I didn’t expect they would invite a guard from the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier..."

Still frightened, the alluring woman pressed her hand against her chest and slowly exhaled, a trace of palpitations in her eyes.

Then, she furrowed her brows slightly, looked around the chamber, and said in a cold tone, "Where’s that wretched dog?"

"Where is he?"

After looking around to no avail, the alluring woman closed her eyes and began to sit in meditation to heal her wounds.

A moment later.

"What happened, Lan Ji?"

Suddenly, a sinister, low voice echoed in the chamber.

The alluring woman slowly ended her meditation and turned to look, only to see two figures in black robes standing at the entrance of the chamber.

"My lord."

The alluring woman stood up and curtseyed before sighing, "If not for searching for martial cultivator talents for my lord, I wouldn’t have encountered such trouble. I was surprised by a guard from the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier and got injured in my carelessness. My lord, you must compensate me."

She also said, "By the way, where’s that dog from my chamber? He was gone when I returned, did my lord take him away?"

"Indeed, it was me."

The mysterious person in the black robe said in a low voice, "Finding you absent, I questioned your dog, and he refused to speak until I gave him some Immortal Fate Water, and then he confessed everything."

"That vile dog!" the alluring woman scoffed.

"I heard you went to Red Maple Lake four days ago to capture a talented individual?"

The mysterious person in the black robe looked her over and said, "You’ve only returned today, it seems you’ve failed?"

The alluring woman said angrily, "I spent three or four days observing and investigating that talent, only to find the optimal moment to strike, never did I expect Red Maple Lake to have the nerve to hire a hidden cultivator from the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier to protect him. My efforts were all in vain and I even got injured."

"A cultivator from the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier? Who?" asked the mysterious person in the black robe.

"I don’t know them, just that it was a female martial cultivator."

The alluring woman frowned and said, "That woman’s strength isn’t much stronger than mine, only that she has mastery over the Taiyang, using a surprise attack to catch me off guard. Otherwise... hmph."

"And what about that talent?" asked the mysterious person in the black robe.

"Indeed, a rare talent."

The alluring woman licked her lips, "Not even twenty and already at the peak of the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier, still cultivating a very profound killing move. Perhaps it won’t take a few years for him to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, and it seems he has been cultivated in secret, with limited experience in confrontation. Moreover, his appearance is handsome, even his scent remains untouched."

"Such a talent?" The mysterious person in the black robe was also taken aback.

A talent like this could not be compared with those in Jingzhou Imperial City, but throughout the entirety of Liangzhou, he would be considered high-quality.

"What does my lord intend to do?"

The alluring woman suddenly seemed to realize something and couldn’t help but say, "I’ll call for help to capture that talent immediately, my lord, please don’t intervene? Surely, my lord won’t snatch the prize from my grasp?"