Chapter 1505: Mother vs mother
Chapter 1505: Mother vs mother
Xiao Mu looked at the female elder with a strange look for a while as a long silence lingered in the air.
At this point, everyone was just waiting to see what Xiao Mu would say.
What broke the long silence was Xiao Mu’s voice.
"He was happy when he left."
It didn’t seem like the female elder reacted at first when she heard this, but those with sharp eyes could see that there was a reaction that came from her.
Even if it was a faint reaction, that was enough to prove what they were all thinking.
There was something that was going on between that old man and this beautiful young woman.
No, if one thought about it logically...this beautiful young woman should be an elder that was at the same age as the old man. It was just that she must have used some kind of special technique to maintain her appearance.
This kind of technique would be passed on to one’s soul, so she would have the same appearance that she had while practicing this technique.
Women really did care about their appearances...
Of course, Lin Fan wasn’t crazy enough to say something like this out loud.
After a long silence, the female elder gave a slight nod to acknowledge this before saying, "Since you’ve shown that you have talent in this field, I’ll teach you what you need to know in the future."
There was even a slight proud tone that was in her voice when she said this.
It was as if she didn’t believe that there was anyone better than her in this field, so there was no one better suited to teaching Xiao Mu about this than her.
It wasn’t as if her pride wasn’t justified since she was the elder of the Dao Sect that was in charge of this pavilion. If she was able to take charge of a pavilion like this, it was only natural that she would be considered an expert in her field.
However, there was something else that Ye Qing Huan had to say.
Even if the female elder was considered an expert when it came to this field, it wasn’t as if Xiao Mu was interested in it. The only thing that Xiao Mu was really interested in was the poison that the female elder possessed.
Other than that, it wasn’t as if there was anything that the female elder possessed that could interest Xiao Mu.
Which was why Ye Qing Huan suddenly said, "There’s no need for that. Just hand over your inheritance and be done with it."
The female elder naturally narrowed her eyes to look at Ye Qing Huan when they heard this.
As these two women stared at each other, it felt like the temperature in the air was dropping. It felt like there was a chill that came from them that made one unable to stop themselves from shivering.
Lin Fan naturally knew better than to get involved in this, but it wasn’t the same for Xiao Mu.
Even if Xiao Mu had learned a bit about human interaction, it wasn’t as if it knew everything about how to interact with humans. The one mistake that it made was that it got in between the two of them right now.
"Don’t I get a say in what I want?"
When Xiao Mu said this, the two women immediately turned to look at it.
Ye Qing Huan was the one that spoke first as she said, "Don’t worry about that right now. You don’t have to say anything."
The female elder quickly followed with, "It’s right, it should have the right to decide."
There was even a confident tone in her voice as she said this, as if she was certain that Xiao Mu would side with her.
In response, Ye Qing Huan calmly turned and narrowed her eyes to glare at the female elder.
The way that the two of them were acting, it was very obvious what was happening.
One of them had received Xiao Mu from the elder of the training hall. The other was someone that was close to the elder when they were still alive.
In this way, both of them were acting as mothers to Xiao Mu.
It was also why the female elder had decided to go against convention and pass this pavilion over to Xiao Mu. Though if there wasn’t a good reason for it, it wasn’t as if she would have been able to do this without being restricted.
So she had most likely found some kind of loophole to achieve this.
As the two of them continued acting this way, Xiao Mu looked like it was at a loss as to what to do. Which was why it suddenly turned and looked at Lin Fan, as if it was asking him for help.
Lin Fan looked away at first since he knew that there was nothing to gain from getting involved in this. However, it didn’t seem like Xiao Mu was going to give up with the way that it kept looking at him.
Unless he did something to help Xiao Mu get out of this situation, it really didn’t seem like Xiao Mu was going to give up.
He wouldn’t care if it was someone else, but he really couldn’t ignore Xiao Mu.
Just like how Ye Qing Huan was treating Xiao Mu like their child, it would be a lie to say that he didn’t feel anything for Xiao Mu.
So in the end, Lin Fan said with an awkward cough, "Let’s stop here."
He knew that the moment that he said these words, the two of them would immediately start glaring at him. These were one of the few things that he shouldn’t say to a woman when they were like this.
However, he did it on purpose because he wanted to draw their attention to him.
Then with another awkward cough, he said, "Let’s see what Xiao Mu has to say."
This was something that the two of them had already denied, but it wasn’t as if they really wanted to ignore Xiao Mu completely. It was just that if one of them brought it up, then the other person wouldn’t want to give them that credit.
Which was why when Lin Fan brought it up, they accepted it even though they still glared at him.
Once Xiao Mu had the chance to speak, it said, "I do want to learn how to make these things, but I don’t want to learn everything from you. I want to test things on my own and find out different things without any help from others."
Both Ye Qing Huan and the female elder once again narrowed their eyes to look at Xiao Mu after it said this.
However, when one looked closely into their eyes, they could see that there were traces of pride in them. When Xiao Mu told them all of this, it was hard for them not to feel a bit of pride towards Xiao Mu.
It was just that they didn’t want to show it in front of the other person.
With another cough, Lin Fan said, "Then for now, let’s just learn a few basic things. There’s no need to learn anything complicated, just a few simple things will do."
Ye Qing Huan once again glared at Lin Fan when he said this, but he looked away from her. After all, he knew that she wasn’t actually angry at him for saying this.
It was just that she didn’t want to back down in front of the female elder that she did this.
In reality, she was fully supportive of what Xiao Mu wanted to do since it was what it wanted to learn.
If it wanted to grow, there was no reason for Ye Qing Huan to stop it.
So in the end, the female elder went over and started reciting a few things for Xiao Mu.
Xiao Mu just silently listened, nodding along from time to time to show that it was understanding what was being said.
During this, Ye Qing Huan moved past Lin Fan and went to Xiao Mu’s side to support it.
Though as she passed by him, she didn’t forget to pinch his arm which caused a bitter smile to appear on his face.
Lin Fan already knew that it was no good deed to help Xiao Mu with this and that he would suffer, but he also knew that it didn’t seem like he would suffer that much. After all, if Ye Qing Huan was still in the mood to pinch him like this...
However, he also knew that he shouldn’t push his luck any further and moved to the side.
The main character right now was Xiao Mu and while they were distracted by it, he wanted to fade into the background so they would forget about what he did.
Though when he did, he felt something strange around him.
If Lin Fan’s reaction wasn’t good enough, then he wouldn’t have been able to put up the thin layer of Azure Wind around himself to block this strange thing.
From the sensation that came from this thing meeting the Azure Wind barrier, he could tell that it was poison.
In this place, there was only one person that this poison could come from and he could see her looking at him from the corner of her eyes.
In her own way, this was her way of getting back at him.
Though he could tell that this was weak poison and it was on the same level as the pinch that Ye Qing Huan gave him.
So in the end, Lin Fan could only stand there with a bitter smile on his face.