Chapter 1776 - 654: Hidden Motives

The courtyard where Su Mo and his group were staying.

Inside Hua Shiyi’s room.

The girl who previously dressed as a maid had changed into a blue outfit.

The member of the Tianjing Sect was still unconscious.

The girl sat beside him, looking rather worried.

"What on earth should the two of us do now?"

She murmured softly, reaching out to lightly touch the forehead of the Tianjing Sect disciple.

Her eyes contained countless thoughts.

Yet she couldn’t make up her mind.

At that moment, the door sounded, causing the girl to tense up as she hurriedly turned around, only to see Hua Shiyi coming in with a bowl of medicine in her hand.

"Still not awake?"

Hua Shiyi glanced at the Tianjing Sect disciple lying on the bed.

She subconsciously frowned.

She truly had no fondness for people from the Tianjing Sect.

"Hmm..."

The girl nodded slightly: "Thank you, sister, for giving us refuge here."

"Let him drink the medicine first."

Hua Shiyi reached out to hand over the medicine:

"He was injured by the shockwaves from experts clashing; this is just the right remedy."

"Thank you."

The girl accepted it gratefully, carefully prying open the man’s mouth, spooning the medicine in little by little.

It was quite difficult to feed, with medicine occasionally spilling from the corners of his mouth.

Fortunately, the girl was very attentive, blowing on each spoon to cool it down before feeding, otherwise, his injuries wouldn’t heal, and he’d end up with blisters from burns.

Hua Shiyi stood quietly watching from the side, then casually asked:

"Who exactly are you two?"

"... His name is Wang Dengyun; he is my senior brother, and my name is Liu Yuying.

"We entered the Tianjing Sect at the same time.

"Though it seems like there’s not much connection, just an ordinary senior brother and junior sister.

"But... actually, before entering the Tianjing Sect, I was already acquainted with him.

"At the time, I was all alone with no relatives; only with him by my side could I feel secure.

"As time went on, we just... just..."

As she spoke, her face turned slightly red, making it difficult to continue.

Hua Shiyi nodded:

"Understood, you can skip that part."

"Hmm."

Liu Yuying quickly nodded, looking at Hua Shiyi with some gratitude.

Then she continued:

"Originally, the two of us had it all planned out.

"Within the Tianjing Sect, we would follow our master and train diligently.

"Once our skills were honed, we could either travel Jianghu as a pair of martial arts lovers,

"Or find a secluded and quiet place, till a couple of acres of barren land, and live in a modest home.

"As long as we could be together, it would always be good.

"Yet the heavens didn’t favor us...

"After the Jinglong Hall’s young hall master arrived at the Tianjing Sect, everything changed.

"Despite being from the same Eight Sects and Nine Peaks, the Tianjing Sect seemed spineless in front of Jinglong Hall.

"Servile and obsequious, utterly ridiculous.

"That young hall master is nothing but a lecherous ghost.

"And I... was selected to serve him.

"From then on, seeing Dengyun became difficult.

"I missed him day and night, pondering constantly.

"Seeing the young hall master become more outrageous, I knew one day, he would surely make a move on me.

"That’s when I seized the opportunity, knocked out a maid in the kitchen, changed into her clothes, and escaped."

Saying this, she glanced at Hua Shiyi:

"In my maid’s outfit, I couldn’t get out of the Tianjing Sect, but going to the back mountain meant facing a lack of poison mitigators.

"The back mountain is called Yanglong Mountain by them; without these items, you’d die within a few steps.

"So I headed up the mountain, thinking that avoiding for a moment would mean another moment granted.

"Unexpectedly, I happened to encounter you."

"I see..."

Hua Shiyi nodded slightly, about to continue speaking.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind her:

"So, why did you go to the back mountain?"

Hua Shiyi and Liu Yuying simultaneously felt their hair stand on end.

Quickly turning around, they saw a black-clothed man sitting by the window, arms crossed, watching them.

"It’s you..."

Seeing the attire and hearing the voice, Hua Shiyi let out a breath:

"Senior, don’t you know it’s frightening to scare people?"

"When did I scare you?"

Su Mo’s voice held a hint of confusion:

"I’ve been here for a while; you were so absorbed in listening to the young lady’s story that you didn’t notice my arrival.

"Now you’re blaming me?"

"...I wouldn’t dare."

Hua Shiyi chuckled dryly a couple of times.

"It’s good that you wouldn’t dare."

Su Mo said with a smile:

"In that case, tell me, how did you end up going to the back mountain?"

"Well..."

Hua Shiyi gently nodded:

"Coming to the Tianjing Sect today, I just felt uneasy in my heart..."

"Why unease in your heart?"

Asked Su Mo.

"Even you, senior, want to inquire about this?"

Hua Shiyi looked aghast.

Su Mo laughed:

"Maybe it’s because you know your lies are about to be exposed?"

Hua Shiyi’s face changed:

"Are you from the Shunfeng Escort Agency?"

"Yes, indeed."

Su Mo nodded:

"To be honest, I am the Chief of Shunfeng Escort Agency."

"..."

Hua Shiyi was rendered speechless; such a straightforward admission was actually untrustworthy.

But how did he know the reason for her unease?

Along the way, the Shunfeng Escort Agency had not mentioned anything about the Xing Family in Baisui City.

Initially, this already made her and Lu Ren somewhat suspicious.

Today, they were almost blocked outside.

From Elder Zhou’s words and the Tianjing Sect disciples’ views, this so-called Lu Family was also unconvincing.