Chapter 828 - 62: Xiaohong’s Elder Sister

Chapter 828: Chapter 62: Xiaohong’s Elder Sister

"What?!"

"The Orchid Fairy is the chosen one?"

"That’s not right, in the previous years, they always picked a group of people, who would ascend the Seventh Layer and then be screened step by step. Why is only one person chosen this time?"

"And it’s a woman!"

"Could it be... has the owner’s preference changed?"

For a moment, everyone looked at Mo Xiaolan with extreme astonishment.

Mo Xiaolan herself was also bewildered. She came to the Immortal Brew Tower only because she received an invitation and wanted to check it out with Qin Gengyun, Xia Qinglian, and others.

She never thought about being the chosen one, nor did she plan on using external items to enhance her cultivation.

Since she walked in earlier, Luo Niansheng had been sneaking glances at her, and now the so-called Spiritual Jade flew to her hand.

Could there be a trick?

Mo Xiaolan was a bit doubtful. Qin Gengyun and Xia Qinglian exchanged glances and stood in front of Mo Xiaolan, clearly sharing her suspicion.

The Immortal Brew Tower had been under the Immortal Flying Peak for hundreds of years and was likely in cahoots with the Immortal Flying Pavilion. Now, suddenly asking Mo Xiaolan to ascend to the Seventh Layer alone, there must be some hidden agenda.

Luo Niansheng looked at Mo Xiaolan fervently, bowing deeply:

"Orchid Fairy, please ascend the tower with me."

Qin Gengyun smiled and said, "I heard that every Immortal Ascension Night Banquet invites multiple people to ascend the tower; why is Mo Xiaolan the only one invited today?"

Luo Niansheng was a bit impatient: "Sect Leader Qin, the Immortal Ascension Night Banquet has been around for hundreds of years, always benefiting cultivators across the world, never causing harm. You have several wives and concubines; isn’t that enough? Why suspect noble intentions with a petty mind?"

As Luo Niansheng finished speaking, she found she could no longer open her mouth and looked at Xia Qinglian in shock.

"Sect Leader Qin, Saintess Xia, my daughter spoke out of line, I apologize here on her behalf."

Just then, that gentle and soft voice sounded again:

"Please rest assured, I have no intention of harming the Orchid Fairy. Niansheng is my daughter; if you have any concerns, I can leave Niansheng as a pledge, how does that sound?"

As Wei Ying’s voice gracefully faded, Luo Niansheng sat down angrily next to Qin Gengyun, arms crossed:

"If anything happens to the Orchid Fairy, you can kill me, alright?"

Xia Qinglian replied indifferently, "Your life is insignificant."

"Hey, Xia Qinglian, don’t go too far!"

Luo Niansheng jumped up but quickly sat back down, remembering Xia Qinglian demolishing the building earlier, muttering softly:

"You can fight, so you’re impressive."

Surrounding cultivators were all stunned:

"Miss Luo is actually the owner’s daughter?!"

"Never heard the owner had a child?"

"Damn, whose child?"

"Isn’t it obvious? Naturally, it’s with the already ascended husband of the owner!"

"So, is Miss Wei also hundreds of years old?"

"Preserving one’s youth, what a skill!"

Many people looked at Luo Niansheng with peculiar gazes, and Luo Niansheng roared:

"I’m only over two hundred years old, the lifespan of a Nascent Soul Realm is over a thousand years, how am I old?!"

Others immediately shut their mouths, not daring to comment further.

"I’ll go have a look."

Mo Xiaolan suddenly spoke, and Qin Gengyun quickly interjected:

"Xiaolan, this is suspicious, you don’t have to take the risk."

Mo Xiaolan transmitted her voice to him, "Tomorrow we will ascend the Immortal Flying Pavilion; if this Immortal Brew Tower is connected to it, I might as well investigate, Qin Gengyun..."

Mo Xiaolan stood up, walked to the staircase leading to the upper floors, and looked back at Qin Gengyun, her smile as radiant as an orchid:

"Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon."

She said this and then stepped onto the stairs.

"Why not choose me? I want to ascend too!"

A few people were disgruntled and rushed towards the staircase, only to be gently rebounded by spiritual power.

The others all sneered, "Only the chosen ones can ascend, you toads dreaming of the impossible?"

Those few were not convinced, "That Orchid Fairy is a woman, even if she enters the owner’s room, what can she do?"

Luo Niansheng shouted angrily, "You all shut up!"

These people were shocked and did not dare to speak again.

Qin Gengyun stared at Luo Niansheng, and the girl who was over two hundred years old pulled up her collar warily.

"What are you going to do?"

Qin Gengyun asked Luo Niansheng gently, "Miss Luo, you bear some resemblance to a friend of mine, I’m wondering is this a coincidence?"

Luo Niansheng chuckled, "What friend? Is that your new concubine? Yes, she’s my sister."

...

Seventh Layer of the Immortal Brew Tower.

Mo Xiaolan slowly ascended the last step of the wooden stairs, glancing around. This Seventh Layer was the same as the ones below, all designed like a typical restaurant.

Suddenly, a wall emitted a faint light, an array opened, revealing a room.

The door opened, and a gentle, soft voice came from within:

"Orchid Fairy, please enter."

This was Wei Ying’s voice from earlier, only now it trembled slightly, seemingly quite stirred.

Mo Xiaolan thought for a moment, then stepped into the room.

It was an ordinary woman’s room, elegantly serene, with a screen in sight bearing a painting.

The painting depicted an injured couple facing a gigantic Flood Dragon Beast, and a heroic woman stood before them, wielding a sword against the massive dragon beast.

Mo Xiaolan’s gaze focused; she found that the appearance of the heroic woman was strikingly similar to her own.

She walked around the screen to a round table, where a woman sat with her back to her.

The woman wore a cyan off-the-shoulder cloud-patterned dress, draped with a thin veil, her mature woman’s charms were evident from the back alone.

The woman slowly stood up and turned around.

She wore a matronly bun, her eyebrows and eyes gentle, not like the legendary, mysterious, and formidable owner, but more like an ordinary beautiful woman.

Her features bore some resemblance to the Luo Niansheng downstairs, only with more charm in her brows and a fuller figure.

However, compared to Luo Niansheng, Mo Xiaolan found this woman even more similar to another person.

"Too similar..."

As Mo Xiaolan pondered, Wei Ying appeared emotionally stirred, her eyes moist, suddenly bowing deeply to Mo Xiaolan.

"I, Wei Ying, pay my respects to the benefactor’s descendant!"

First Layer of the Immortal Brew Tower.

"You are Xiaohong’s sister?"

Qin Gengyun and the others stared at Luo Niansheng in a daze.

Luo Niansheng casually waved her hand, enveloping everyone in several isolation arrays, making it impossible for other cultivators to hear their conversation.

"Damn! What can’t we hear?"

Many cultivators were curious, but none dared to attempt breaking the isolation arrays.

Inside the arrays, Luo Niansheng looked at the somewhat excited crowd and snorted:

"Speaking of which, Sect Leader Qin, you should call me sister, and your mother-in-law mother-in-law!"

Then she glanced at Xia Qinglian: "You should call me sister too!"

Xia Qinglian looked at her coldly, and Luo Niansheng quickly added, "Even if you call me, I don’t care, hmph!"

Qin Gengyun asked, "Miss Luo, whether this is true or false, what is the matter for your mother to have Xiaolan go up alone?"

Luo Niansheng’s expression suddenly changed, a look of seriousness appeared on her face, and she sighed deeply:

"You all don’t know; this world, the ’Ascension,’ the ’Cultivation,’ might all be a grand deception!"