Chapter 532 486: Liyuan, Who Is Good at Imagining Herself the Wronged Wife

"Brother Pei, do you need Jin'Er's help to completely sever ties with Ye Liyuan?"

Nangong Jin's voice was as cold as frost, and like a great boulder, it plunged into Pei Yuhang's Heart Lake, stirring up one monstrous wave after another.

Pei Yuhang's heart jolted. He subconsciously blurted out a refusal, "There's no need, Junior Sister Nangong. I'll handle things with Liyuan myself."

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After Pei Yuhang's blunt refusal of Nangong Jin, the room fell silent. Only the swaying bamboo shadows outside danced across the orange-red wooden floor, casting mottled patterns of light and dark.

Nangong Jin's long eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a faint shadow beneath her eyes. She pressed her lips together gently, and only after a long moment did she speak softly:

"Back on Guanxian Island, I saw how you were in so much pain you wished for death when you learned of Ye Liyuan's true colors..."

She paused, her voice growing even softer. "I thought you had grown to detest Ye Liyuan."

As Nangong Jin spoke, she lifted her gaze, her cool and indifferent eyes sweeping like water over Pei Yuhang's tense profile. "But now it seems, even though she is so hypocritical, wicked, and vile, you still love her very much, Brother Pei."

Pei Yuhang's breath caught. A few strands of stray hair fell across his forehead, hiding the obscure light in his eyes.

He picked up a cup of tea from the table and took a sip. After swallowing the rich, slightly bitter liquid that left a sweet aftertaste, he met Nangong Jin's gaze once more.

"My relationship with Liyuan is too complicated. It can't be resolved on impulse, and it's not something I can sort out in a short time."

From Pei Yuhang's words, Nangong Jin could hear his determination to face Liyuan alone. Her Heart Lake, which had clearly reached the pinnacle of the Forgetfulness Dao and become incomparably pure, unexpectedly rippled with faint waves.

Nangong Jin lowered her gaze and placed a hand over her heart.

A strange, sour ache bloomed in her chest.

'This feeling... What is it?'

'It feels a little familiar, yet so strange.'

Nangong Jin turned to look out the window. A gentle breeze happened to blow by, lifting her sleeve to reveal a sliver of her snow-white wrist.

Her ethereal voice was so soft it almost dissipated in the wind.

"In that case, it seems Jin'Er was being presumptuous just now by trying to meddle in your family matters, Brother Pei."

"Please don't take it to heart."

Hearing this, Pei Yuhang's heart suddenly tightened.

For some reason, he sensed a hint of resentment and sorrow in Nangong Jin's words... But then he remembered that Junior Sister Nangong had already completely severed her worldly vexations, her Forgetfulness Dao nearing perfection.

'This must be my imagination,' Pei Yuhang thought.

So he shook his head and said softly to Nangong Jin:

"Please don't say that, Junior Sister. I know you mean well. If you hadn't helped me investigate those old matters from the past, I would still be kept in the dark by Liyuan.

But matters concerning Liyuan are for me alone to consider and handle... Besides, her health is still poor right now. I can't leave her at a time like this.

Once she has recovered a bit, I will have an honest talk with her about those past events."

Nangong Jin nodded. Since Pei Yuhang had his own plans, she didn't want to press the issue.

'Although, knowing him as I do, I can guess that this gentle and kind Brother Pei probably won't give up on Ye Liyuan in the end...'

'Ye Liyuan really lucked out. With one marriage, she tricked Brother Pei out of a lifetime.'

Nangong Jin thought to herself.

Nangong Jin, who had always been emotionally detached, once again felt that strange, sour ache in her chest.

She shook her head, not wanting to think about Ye Liyuan anymore.

"Brother Pei, I came to see you today about another important matter."

"In the middle of next month, or by the end of the month at the latest, our Xuanyuan Dao Sect will join forces with the Jade Pool Sacred Land, the Yin Yang Sacred Land, the Dragon Roar Sword Sect, Martial God Mountain, and several other major Righteous Sects to explore an important Secret Realm.

When the time comes, with the exception of the High Tier Cultivators guarding the Sect, all Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation realm and above may be required to participate.

Brother Pei, you should also prepare yourself... The only piece of information I can reveal is that our master, who has been missing for several years, is within that Secret Realm."

For confidentiality reasons, Nangong Jin did not reveal any more details to Pei Yuhang. But just those few words were enough to make Pei Yuhang's eyes widen in disbelief.

'What kind of Secret Realm would require the Xuanyuan Dao Sect to team up with the Jade Pool Sacred Land, the Dragon Roar Sword Sect, and other Major Sects just to explore it?'

If Nangong Jin hadn't told him they were going to explore a Secret Realm, with this lineup of several great Righteous Sects mobilizing together, Pei Yuhang would have thought they were about to fight the second great war between the Righteous and Demonic Daos.

'And there's actually news about Master...'

Only then did Pei Yuhang realize just what a massive opportunity Junior Sister Nangong must have found in the Endless Sea!

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「In the room next door, Ye Liyuan's room.」

Ye Liyuan was pressed flat against the wall, her ear glued to the cool surface. She was pushing so hard that a faint red mark had appeared on the side of her fair face.

But she moved her ear up, down, left, and right, listening all over the wall, yet she couldn't hear the slightest sound coming from next door.

'Strange... Why is there no sound at all? Could it be that Nangong Jin has put up a Sound Insulation Barrier!'

Ye Liyuan bit her lip, her small fists clenching tight.

'I'm not worried about hearing something strange, I'm worried about hearing nothing at all!'

'She must have put up a Barrier!'

'Just what is that Nangong Jin doing with Ah Han? What kind of shameful business are they up to that they can't let a single sound escape?!'

All sorts of images began to surface uncontrollably in Ye Liyuan's mind—