Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 404 390: Making Lin Qianyan Feel the "Pain" of a Transgressive Sight

"Giggle... P-Pei Yuhang! How dare you torture me like this... The Holy Daughter won't let you get away with this! Giggle..."

Jiu curled up on the ground, her slender body trembling nonstop.

She bit down hard on her lip, but the intense, irresistible itch still forced broken, soft giggles out of her.

"You bastard... what in the world did you do to me? Giggle..."

As Jiu let out another uncontrollable laugh, a wave of panic washed over her.

As a member of the Red Lotus Guard, she had undergone exceptionally cruel and specialized training.

Whether her body was in extreme pain or paralyzed and weak, she could always use her willpower to suppress the negative sensations.

But just a moment ago, after Pei Yuhang had cast a strange spell on her...

A completely irresistible itch washed over her. Jiu, who had believed her will to be as hard as steel, felt it instantly melt under the terrifying sensation, and she couldn't stop the soft moans and whimpers that escaped her.

Her fingers unconsciously clutched at her collar. Beneath her mask, a faint blush spread across her fair neck. Strands of disheveled hair clung to her sweat-dampened skin, swaying gently as her body writhed.

On her long, slender legs, which twitched slightly, her thin black stockings had long since been torn open in her struggles, revealing the pale skin underneath.

"S-Stop... giggle... Pei Yuhang, you're done for..."

Jiu's voice was finally tinged with tears, but it cracked from a sudden wave of ticklishness.

She glared at Pei Yuhang, a mixture of shame and anger in her eyes, but unfortunately, the mask on her face hid her alluring expression.

After another violent tremor, she finally couldn't take it anymore. She collapsed limply on the ground, her chest heaving violently, unable to even utter a coherent threat:

"Just... just wait 'til I tell the Saintess... You... you'll regret this... Giggle..."

Pei Yuhang looked at Jiu, who had collapsed onto the floor like a boneless heap but was still defiant, and slowly let out a long breath.

"You're really something, still acting tough. I don't know what kind of poison Shang Miaoyan has been feeding you, but you can't seem to say three words without bringing her up to threaten me."

"That's enough for today. You like bullying Yueqiu, don't you? From now on, I won't let her come anymore. I'll come personally. I hope you'll be satisfied."

After speaking, Pei Yuhang turned, walked into the corridor, and left the secret chamber.

Jiu watched his white-robed back as he left and muttered with a hint of jealousy, "Always protecting his own... It was clearly that woman who looked down on me first."

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「In the sky.」

A single, noble, platinum-gold Spiritual Ship slowly cut through the Sea of Clouds, heading toward the Cold Palace Sword Mansion.

Dressed in a sky-blue gown, Lin Qianyan stood at the bow of the ship. She tilted her delicate chin up slightly, feeling the chilly wind blowing from ahead. The cool air dispelled the sweltering summer heat, making her brows relax in comfort.

Beside her, Pei Xiaohan diligently peeled a Spirit Fruit for Lin Qianyan. She handed the fruit to her master and said softly,

"Master, why are we coming to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion again today? Weren't we just here two days ago?"

Pei Xiaohan glanced at Lin Qianyan's gentle and beautiful side profile, then deliberately drawled,

"Lately, the gossips in the Dao Sect have started a rumor... that you've set your sights on Fairy Ye's handsome Dao Companion..."

Hearing this, a blush rose on Lin Qianyan's pretty face. She coughed lightly and said, "Sister Liyuan and I are as close as sisters. What's wrong with me coming to visit her when I have time?

"If people want to gossip, let them. All that matters is that Sister Liyuan and I don't mind."

"..."

'Master, do you even believe what you're saying?'

'You won't even mention Elder Pei's name.'

The more Pei Xiaohan looked at Lin Qianyan, the more she felt that her master was a far cry from the strategic, rational, and poised Jasper Pool Saintess she remembered.

'When did Master become so irrational, so self-deceiving?'

'It must have been after our first visit to the Xuanyuan Dao Sect, after we returned from the Cold Palace Sword Mansion...'

'Love really does make women stupid.'

Pei Xiaohan clenched her small fists. She felt that the matter of separating her master from Pei Yuhang could no longer be delayed!

WHOOSH—

The Spiritual Ship slowly passed through the clouds, descending toward an open space in front of an ancient mansion that was perennially covered in pure white snow.

"Sister Qianqian, you're here again."

Ye Liyuan walked out of the mansion and waved at Lin Qianyan.

"Hello, Sister Lin."

Beside her stood a curious-looking Yu Xiaoyan and an expressionless Qing Yueqiu. When they saw Lin Qianyan disembark from the Spiritual Ship, they both greeted her as well.

Yu Xiaoyan, however, was a little more excited because she didn't know about the secret relationship between Lin Qianyan and Pei Yuhang. After all, in her eyes, Lin Qianyan was the incredibly noble Jasper Pool Saintess, and becoming a familiar face to her would surely bring benefits.

On the other hand, Qing Yueqiu, who knew the inside story, sounded much colder.

'Are you kidding me? Lin Qianyan is here to steal my man. The master's wife can greet her like a fool, but I won't!'

"Sister Liyuan, and Yueqiu, Xiaoxiao, hello."

"I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare any fine gifts beforehand."

As Lin Qianyan spoke, she took out several exquisitely packaged boxes of spiritual pills and elixirs and offered them to Yu Xiaoyan and Qing Yueqiu.

Yu Xiaoyan took one sniff and knew the elixirs inside were of extraordinary quality. Her eyes lit up as she thought to herself, 'As expected of the Jasper Pool Saintess, she's so loaded! So much better than that stingy, domineering bitch Shang Miaoyan!'

"Thank you, Sister Lin."

Yu Xiaoyan accepted the elixirs and gave Lin Qianyan a sweet smile.

Qing Yueqiu, however, frowned. She didn't really want to accept it. It made her feel as if she were receiving material goods by selling her body for her master...

_Sister Yueqiu, just take it. Don't forget our plan. My master is very perceptive; we can't let her get suspicious._

Pei Xiaohan's voice rang out in her Sea of Consciousness.

Qing Yueqiu pursed her lips but accepted the box of Spirit Pills anyway.

'She could just give them back to Pei Xiaohan later.'

Seeing that both of Pei Yuhang's disciples had "happily" accepted her gifts, the smile on Lin Qianyan's pretty face deepened.

'It was a somewhat tacky thought, but Lin Qianyan felt that giving Ye Liyuan and Pei Yuhang's two disciples some material compensation would make it easier for her to integrate into the big family of the Cold Palace Sword Mansion.'

"Where's Brother Pei?"

"You're asking about Ah Han... I don't know what he's been busy with these past two days. He won't tell me."

Ye Liyuan sighed. She always felt that Ah Han was hiding things from her, that he had many little secrets of his own.

'Fortunately, she was a tolerant and open-minded Dao Companion, so she generally didn't pry into Ah Han's private affairs.'

'After all, Ah Han was a good man. Ye Liyuan believed that no matter what, he would never betray her.'

When Lin Qianyan saw that even Ye Liyuan didn't know where Pei Yuhang had gone, her brows furrowed slightly.

Her gaze swept over and she vaguely noticed Qing Yueqiu's eyes flickering evasively.

"Yueqiu, do you know where Brother Pei went?"

Qing Yueqiu froze when Lin Qianyan questioned her.

Yu Xiaoyan's and the master's wife's gazes also focused on her, making the silver-haired girl feel immense pressure.

'She didn't know if her master would want her to reveal the matter of the "female captive from the Yin Yang Sacred Land."'

'Considering Ye Liyuan's "close friendship" with Shang Miaoyan, the Saintess of the Yin Yang Sacred Land, her master probably wouldn't want her to speak of it.'

Just as Qing Yueqiu's fingertips, hidden in her sleeves, tightened slightly, and she was wondering how to bluff her way through this...

"Qianqian, you were looking for me?"

A clear, bright male voice sounded from behind the group, and Lin Qianyan's gaze immediately shifted away from Qing Yueqiu.

"Brother Pei!"

After Pei Yuhang arrived, everyone's attention moved away from Qing Yueqiu, but the girl didn't feel particularly happy about it.

'Because now, whenever she saw anyone being intimate with her master, she would feel a tightness in her chest, her thoughts becoming blocked and agitated.'

'Perhaps this was her true self: a petty, narrow-minded woman.'

Qing Yueqiu thought to herself.

"Sister Yueqiu."

Pei Xiaohan quietly came to the back of the group and walked beside her.

"Our 'For Master's Happiness' plan, are you ready?"

Pei Xiaohan looked toward Lin Qianyan, who was walking at the very front. At that moment, her master was gazing affectionately and gently at Pei Yuhang as he conversed with Ye Liyuan. Her usual calm and cold expression had quietly melted away, replaced by a smile.

This only strengthened Pei Xiaohan's resolve.

"My master and I will be staying at the Cold Palace Sword Mansion for two days this time. It will be hard to get another chance like this in the future..."

"Don't worry, I'm ready."

Pei Xiaohan pursed her lips and quietly apologized to Qing Yueqiu.

"I'm sorry, Sister Yueqiu. This plan requires too much sacrifice and effort from you.

"After all... it requires you to pretend to be as intimate with Elder Pei as a lover. Only then can we worsen my master's impression of him."

Hearing this, Qing Yueqiu's expression remained as impassive as ever.

'She was already planning to turn the act into reality.'

'Just like that, she would show Lin Qianyan everything.'

'Let that woman see her true relationship with her master.'

'Let her see how loving she and her master were, just like that day when she had seen Ji Xichan with her master in the Cold Spring.'

'Let Lin Qianyan feel the same heart-wrenching pain she had felt at that moment.'

'Let her understand that I, Qing Yueqiu, am Master's true lover!'

'The Jasper Pool Saintess had a noble status; being willing to share Master with the master's wife was already a great condescension on her part.'

'After witnessing such a scene, she would surely find me unacceptable...'

'Besides, our relationship is taboo... It cannot be openly accepted by outsiders.'

'If Lin Qianyan was disgusted, loathing both me and, by extension, my master, maybe then she would finally leave.'