Chapter 21: The Unlucky Qin Jiaojiao
"You're just a mere mortal, yet you dare to contradict me!"
A trace of anger appeared on Qin Jiaojiao's face. Ever since leaving her sect, whenever she revealed her identity as a true disciple of the Yujian Palace along her journey, whether it was sect disciples or influential figures of the Jin Kingdom, they all treated her with the utmost respect.
Now she was actually being contradicted by a mortal, even if he was the Senior Brother Guardian of the Wushang Sword Sect.
Today she would teach him a lesson!
"Since when is telling the truth considered contradicting?"
Chen Xuan spoke slowly while taking a leisurely sip of tea, his relaxed demeanor as if he hadn't noticed the anger on Qin Jiaojiao's face at all.
Zhao Youqian chuckled as he pulled over a cushion and sat down. "Brother Chen, you need to understand this junior sister from the Yujian Palace. After all, she hasn't seen much of the world, so it's normal for her not to know how to speak properly."
Clang!
Qin Jiaojiao's hot temper instantly flared up. She drew her precious sword and pointed it at the two of them, saying angrily:
"Apologize to this young lady! Or else don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Tsk tsk..."
Chen Xuan remained unmoved and shook his head. "This young lady is quite pretty, but unfortunately she's not mute."
Zhao Youqian nodded. "And she doesn't have a brain either."
This back-and-forth exchange completely enraged Qin Jiaojiao. With a wave of her slender hand, sword qi instantly filled the room, seemingly about to split both the people and the Wenjian Pavilion in two.
Facing the whistling sword qi, Chen Xuan had no intention of making a move at all. He just sat there quietly, watching Qin Jiaojiao's performance.
Is this guy not afraid of death?
The thought had just flashed through Qin Jiaojiao's mind when Liu Yunmeng, who was pouring tea, gently raised her hand. The water from the teapot splashed out with a whoosh, and the sword qi in the room instantly dissipated without a trace.
The tea water extinguished the sword qi and also splashed all over Qin Jiaojiao's face.
"Ah!"
The scalding tea gave Qin Jiaojiao quite a fright, and her movements came to a halt. Ordinary hot water wouldn't cause any harm to a cultivator.
But this move caused little physical harm while being extremely insulting.
Looking at everyone trying to hold back their laughter, Qin Jiaojiao wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. As a disciple of the prestigious Yujian Palace, being humiliated like this... she instinctively grabbed her sword.
However, seeing the white-robed woman slowly raise the tea in her hand, Qin Jiaojiao backed down. After the brief exchange earlier, she could clearly sense that her opponent's strength exceeded her own. Continuing to fight would only bring further humiliation.
She didn't even bother wiping the tea leaves from her face as she asked angrily, "Who are you? Why did you launch a sneak attack on me?"
Liu Yunmeng smiled gently. No wonder the young master liked using seemingly ordinary moves to defeat opponents—it turned out there were unexpected effects.
"I am Liu Yunmeng, merely someone who serves tea and water for Young Master Chen. Earlier, I clearly made my move right in front of you—how can you call it a sneak attack?"
Chen Xuan heard this and glanced at Liu Yunmeng with surprise. This woman had the potential to be treacherous. He subconsciously said:
"Miss Liu, you've changed."
Liu Yunmeng smiled. "It's because you taught me well, Young Master."
Chen Xuan: "..."
Zhao Youqian and the others looked at Chen Xuan with admiration. Not only is your strength formidable, but your skills at charming women are also so strong—how are the rest of us supposed to survive?
"Waa waa waa..."
Qin Jiaojiao was so aggrieved that she burst into tears. All the grievances she had suffered growing up combined weren't as many as she experienced today.
Being contradicted by a mortal was one thing, but she couldn't even defeat someone who served tea and water beside him—it was truly embarrassing.
Her crying instantly silenced the entire Wenjian Pavilion.
Everyone except Qin Jiaojiao looked at Chen Xuan with strange expressions.
"Why are you all looking at me? I wasn't the one who made her cry."
Chen Xuan spoke with some annoyance. He hadn't expected this little firecracker to be so fragile inside. He hadn't even made a move yet, and she was already crying.
Zhao Youqian said seriously, "Brother Chen, this is your territory. On your turf, of course you have to take responsibility for things."
"???"
Chen Xuan looked at Zhao Youqian with a face full of question marks. How did this guy shift the blame faster than I could?
"Young Master Chen, Senior Brother Zhao is right. This Junior Sister Qin can be considered half your fellow disciple. You really should comfort her." Liu Yunmeng said with a smile.
This girl really is a treacherous one.
Chen Xuan stood up, walked to Qin Jiaojiao's side, and wiped the tea leaves from her face with his hand:
"There, there, Junior Sister. Miss Liu was just joking with you earlier. I'm not a petty person either. If you apologize to me, we'll let this matter go."
Qin Jiaojiao's crying stopped abruptly. Her large, watery eyes glared at Chen Xuan as she gave a little huff. "Hmph! Is that how you comfort people?"
With that, Qin Jiaojiao sheathed her sword and turned to leave the Wenjian Pavilion.
In her heart, she was determined that when she returned, she would complain to her Saintess Senior Sister about all of Chen Xuan's misdeeds. She absolutely could not let this guy marry into the Yujian Palace.
Everyone watched Qin Jiaojiao's retreating figure. Zhao Youqian said with a speechless expression, "Brother Chen, how can you reason with a girl?"
Liu Zhenshou chimed in, "Young Master Zhao is right. Women are all unreasonable—they must be coaxed."
Chen Xuan replied nonchalantly, "It's fine. Girls just need some time alone to calm down."
Everyone: "..."
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"Stinky Senior Brother!"
"Bad Senior Brother!"
"So annoying!"
After leaving the Sword Tomb, Qin Jiaojiao vented her anger on the flowers and grass along the way, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She even had an urge to go back.
But how could a girl from the Yujian Palace bow down to a boy from the Wushang Sword Sect?
This was a tradition of the Yujian Palace—she absolutely couldn't go back. But if she didn't go back, where else could she go?
Her mission wasn't complete yet. She couldn't just slink back with her tail between her legs after her first time down the mountain—that would make her the laughingstock of her fellow junior sisters.
"I, Qin Jiaojiao, will definitely complete the mission and find that great demon!"
Before she finished speaking, Qin Jiaojiao felt something was wrong. Why had the sky suddenly darkened? And there seemed to be thick demonic qi all around.
She subconsciously looked up and saw rolling demonic clouds actually covering the sun. Though they were far away, she could still clearly sense that there was a powerful entity within those demonic clouds.
"Could my luck really be this bad? I just wanted to find a great demon, and I actually encountered one?"
As she muttered to herself, a bewitchingly beautiful woman emerged from the demonic clouds. Though Qin Jiaojiao was a girl herself, she was mesmerized by the woman's stunning appearance.
"So beautiful... her looks are only slightly inferior to the Saintess."
The beautiful woman seemed to sense someone watching her and subconsciously glanced in Qin Jiaojiao's direction.
Qin Jiaojiao instantly felt the terrifying aura emanating from her opponent. This demoness was not someone she could contend with. Without even thinking, she turned and ran.
"Girls from the Yujian Palace aren't fools."
Seeing Qin Jiaojiao flee, a disdainful smile appeared on the beautiful woman's face. "Thinking of leaving now? It's too late!"
Before her voice faded, she made a grabbing motion with her large hand, and Qin Jiaojiao was lifted up like a little chick.
Seeing the six fox tails behind her captor, Qin Jiaojiao's heart went cold. She almost cried out—a Six-Tailed Demon Fox at the Fusion Realm! How could I be so unlucky!