Chapter 43: The Clam and the Crane in Conflict

  As he walked to the Wuxin Garden, Yue Qun's heart was actually very nervous. To be honest, this was a situation he had never experienced before. However, as soon as he thought that Xiner would truly belong to him soon, his heart suddenly became determined again!

  Arriving at the entrance of Wuxin Garden, Yue Qun directly stepped inside and saw the demon still guarding the door. He raised his head high, with a proud face, and asked, "Has Xiner awakened?"

  "The young lady is awake!" The demoniac ignored Yue Qun's impoliteness and spoke calmly.

  "I want to see her, go and inform her quickly." Yue Qun ordered.

  "Miss, please come in, Young Master Yue." At this time, Leng Ruo Xue opened the door and walked out from inside, slightly bowing to say.

  "Hmph!" Yue Qun glared at the demon, let out a cold snort, and then strode into Leng Wu Xin's boudoir with large steps.

  "Please sit down, Master Yue." said Leng Ruoxue with deliberate politeness, to remind him that he was a guest, although this was his home.

  Yue Qun walked into the room, and he deliberately stayed in Wu Xin's courtyard to serve as a maid for Cold Wu Xin. She immediately brought up two cups of tea and some small snacks, while Leng Ruo Xue naturally also prepared something for her own young lady to eat. Then, she exited the room.

  Outside the room, Leng Ruo Xue dismissed the maid of the Yue family and sat down with Yao Jiao on a long chair in the flower bed, which happened to be facing Leng Wu Xin's room.

  "Xu'er, what shall we do now?" The demon asked with a wicked grin.

  "Look at the scenery! The view in this garden is really great, it's clear that a lot of thought was put into designing this place." Leng Ruoxue gazed at the scenery in the garden with shining eyes and exclaimed.

  "Every master here has been his favorite woman, how can he not be attentive?" The demon said disdainfully, hum! Attentive? It seems that according to him, it's probably the opposite, with ill intentions!

  "You demon, I think I smell something sour!" Ling Ruo Xue teased with a cold smile.

  "Nothing of the sort!" The demon king wouldn't admit it, but he felt a little unhappy when he heard Xue'er praising another man!

  "It's better if you don't, demon child, let me lean on you for a while." said Cold-as-Snow.

  "Sit wherever you want, don't be polite!" The demon said with a big smile.

  "I'm just telling you, don't be polite with me." Leng Ruo Xue said, directly leaning on the demon's body, closing her eyes tightly, and the two remained embracing each other like this...

  In the room, a small snake with a snowy white body and crystal clear skin slipped out from under the door and wrapped itself around Leng Ruo Xue's wrist, becoming an ornament.

  "Ah!"

  Several hours later, a piercing scream came from the room of Leng Wu Xin, startling Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao who were hugging each other in a false sleep. The two quickly got up and ran towards the direction of the room...

  In the room.

  Leng Ruoxue had just walked into the room when she saw through the screen that clothes were scattered all over the floor, and Leng Wu Xin was sitting on the bed crying with a quilt wrapped around her. Next to her, Yue Qun seemed to be comforting her, his whole body gleaming...

  "Xin'er, don't cry anymore, it's breaking my heart! Alas, it's all my fault. Although we couldn't help ourselves at the time, if I could have controlled myself, this wouldn't have happened. You can blame me if you want to! Don't get too upset and harm your body, I'll take responsibility for you. Once I get my hands on the Wild Mountain Ginseng, I'll immediately go to the Leng family to propose, okay?" Yue Qun coaxed in a soft voice, his tone as gentle as dripping water.

  But Leng Wu Xin just couldn't stop crying...

  Leng Ruo Xue listened for a while at the door, thinking to herself that this Yue Qun was indeed an expert in coaxing women! If Leng Wu Xin were a real woman, she would have been moved by such words and would have probably given in. However, she didn't dare linger too long and directly ran towards the bed. Just as she took two steps, she was stopped by Yue Qun!

  "Get out, don't come near." Yue Qun's overbearing command sounded.

  "Miss, what's wrong?" Ling Ruo Xue stood on the other side of the screen, anxiously asking.

  "It's nothing, you go out first, this has nothing to do with you." Yue Qun directly gave the order to drive him away.

  "Yes." Leng Ruoxue replied, then listened and exited the room.

  The demon guarding the door saw that Leng Ruo Xue had come out so quickly and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Xue Er, what's going on inside?"

  "I... I'm not quite sure, miss is crying very sadly, Mr. Yue is comforting her!" A faint sound of footsteps could be heard from afar, Leng Ruo Xue said with a choked voice, her small face still full of worry!

  "Why aren't you in there serving the young lady?" The demon's eyes flashed with anger and he bellowed.

  "Master Yue won't let me stay inside." Leng Ruoxue said with tears in her eyes, looking very wronged.

  "What's going on?" At this time, the host of the Yue family rushed over and asked with a worried face.

  "You are..." The cold and snowy face looked at the middle-aged man with a hint of doubt, asking somewhat puzzled.

  "This is our family head, hurry up and pay your respects." The middle-aged man who looked like a butler said hastily.

  "Oh, it's the master of the Yue family, I apologize for the rudeness." Cold-as-Snow said with a very polite bow.

  "It doesn't matter, ignorance is bliss!" The master of the Yue family said with great magnanimity, glancing at Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jiao. In his heart, he couldn't help but praise them, indeed worthy of being raised by a super aristocratic family. Their mental quality was truly different, although they were anxious when faced with situations, yet not a hint of panic was seen. Alas! The gap between them was really great! From this, he believed in Leng Wuhen's identity even more!

  "By the way, where is your young lady? What happened just now? As soon as the master heard that something had happened in Wuxin Garden, he immediately brought people over." A middle-aged man who looked like a steward asked.

  "Yes, is your young lady all right? She's a precious guest in our household. If anything were to happen to her, we wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility!" The master of the Yue household said with a worried expression.

  "I... I'm also unclear what happened to the young lady, Mr. Yue is inside comforting her and won't let me get close." said Leng Ruoxue with a hint of fear.

  "The young master is inside? Then you don't have to worry, the young master will coax your miss." The host of the Yue family comforted, his pleased old face almost bursting into bloom.

  "But it's been a long time," said Leng Ruoxue with some concern.

  "Don't worry, let the children make a fuss for a while. Come, let's sit in the garden!" The host of the Yue family said warmly to Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao.

  "Good." Leng Ruoxue replied, then pulled the demon and followed behind the master of the Yue family, casually finding a place to sit in the garden.

  "Don't be nervous, let's just have a casual chat!" The host of the Yue family said slowly after the two sat down.

  "I wonder what Mr. Yue wants to talk to us about?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with a curious expression.

  "Heh heh, just casual conversation. How long have you been following our young mistress?" asked the head of the Yue family with seeming concern.

  "We've been following Miss since we were young, it should have been a long time ago!" Leng Ruoxue said uncertainly, heh heh, the old fox is probing her bottom!

  "Oh, that was a long time ago." The head of the Yue family said somewhat gloomily. This ugly girl didn't understand his words, or was there something wrong with his own expression?

  However, he still had to continue asking, and then he asked some more questions. But after finishing asking, he was thoroughly depressed, because after asking for a long time, he didn't get any useful information out of it.

  She gave the master of the Yue family a sideways glance, saw that old man's face was gloomy and black with anger, and couldn't help but secretly laugh in her heart, heh heh, this servant girl's mouth isn't so easily pried open.

  After a moment of silence, the door of the cold and heartless room was opened.

  Leng Wu Xin and Yue Qun walked out together, and after seeing the sudden increase in people in the courtyard, both of them were stunned for a moment, but soon came back to their senses!

  "Dad, what are you doing here?" Yue Qun asked with a surprised expression on his face, but at the same time, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Dad, your speed is too fast! I just settled my heart and you're already here!"

  "I was told that someone screamed in the Wuxin Garden, and I was afraid of disturbing the noble guests, so I brought people over to take a look. I didn't expect you to be here." The master of the Yue family said with a calm face.

  "Dad, I and Xiner can't help our feelings, we...Xiner is already mine." Yueshu said somewhat embarrassedly.

  "What? How dare you?! How can you treat Miss Leng like this?" the head of the Yue family thundered, his face full of indignation.

  "Ah! You're Miss Leng, aren't you? I've caused you trouble, I apologize! Alas! I haven't taught my son well! Miss Leng, don't worry, I'll personally go to the Leng's house to apologize." Having just scolded his own son, he immediately put on a warm and friendly smile towards Leng Wu Xin, the speed of his change in expression was astonishing.

  "Dad, Xiaoxin and I are mutually in love, truly loving each other." Yu Qun hastily said with a wronged tone.

  "Uncle Yue, Brother Qun is right, but I hope you can go to my house to propose as soon as possible. Moreover, the betrothal gift must include a thousand-year-old wild ginseng; otherwise, my parents will not marry me off to Brother Qun." Lan Wu Xin said with a hint of shyness.

  "Alright, alright, no problem, I'll go prepare now." The head of the Yue family said happily and left Wuxin Garden with his people.

  After the host of the Yue family left, Yue Qun couldn't wait to hold Leng Wu Xin in his arms and happily said: "Xin Er, I'm really too happy, you finally truly belong to me."

  "Brother Qun, I'm tired and want to rest. Can you go back first?" The beautiful face of Leng Wu Xin was full of pleading expressions, with tears welling up in her eyes.

  "Alright then, I'll head back first. Heart, I'll come visit you again tomorrow." Yue Qun said with some reluctance.

  "Hmm." Leng Wu Xin slightly nodded his head, also reluctantly watching as Yue Qun left. However, the moment he turned around, he immediately spat it out!

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao looked at Wu with a face full of surprise, thinking to themselves, "Huh? This reaction came too quickly!"

  "What the hell is with your eyes?"

  "Ah! Nothing, nothing, you just ate something bad!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a slightly awkward smile, her face full of understanding.

  "Hurry up and take me in, I want to take a bath!" Wu Some was growling with anger, damn it, being held by that stinky man for so long, no wonder he felt nauseous!

  "Hmm!" Cold-as-snow nodded, then suddenly changed her mind and the three of them entered the ring together!

  After entering the house, the first thing is to immediately go back to the room and take a bath, washing away the smell of that stinky man on her body.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nie sat in the garden, watching with interest.

  "Sister, my news is timely, right?" Qing Jue appeared in front of Leng Ruo Xue with a flattering expression, and said with a smile, "Hey, sister has been angry with him for the past two days, so he has to be obedient."

  "It's tolerable!" said Leng Ruoxue indifferently.

  "Master, wasn't I the one who performed well? Hehe, all thanks to my Illusory Realm!" The Wu coiled around Lord Cold's wrist couldn't help but speak up and take credit.

  "Hmm, it seems you've done a great job." said Leng Ruoxue with unreserved praise.

  "Sister, how can you treat me differently! Waaah..." Qing Jue said with a face full of grievance, tears quickly welled up in his eyes, but just wouldn't fall!

  "Alright, stop pretending to be pitiful, go work now. The Yu family should be making their move in the next two days." Leng Ruo Xue lightly pinched Qing Jue's soft and delicate face, seeing through his little thoughts.

  "Waa... Sister doesn't like Qing Jue anymore, sister is bullying the young servant!" Qing Jue obediently turned around and left, but he kept muttering to himself as he walked away!

  "Stinky Qing Jue! You're talking behind my back again!" Leng Ruo Xue listened to Qing Jue's muttering, and two drops of cold sweat fell from her forehead.

  "Haha, Xue'er, you're really too adorable." The demon smiled happily and stretched out his long arm to pull Leng Ruoxue into his own embrace.

  "Young master, it's been a long time since you've returned to your room, hasn't it?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, leaning against the young master's chest.

  "Ah, it's been about half an hour." The demon guessed.

  "How long does he plan on showering? Isn't he an energy body? He can even take a bath?" Leng Ruoxue was really too curious.

  "Of course." The demon's forehead slid down several black lines and sighed. Ah! Now Xue Er is still too early to come into contact with these things!

  "What's up?" Just as they were chatting, a sudden voice inserted itself and sat down in front of them.

  Leng Ruoxue raised her head and looked at Wu, who was refreshed after taking a bath. She couldn't help but tease: "We were discussing your bathing problem!"

  "What's there to discuss about me taking a bath?" A puzzled expression with big question marks all over her beautiful face.

  "You won't wash it off while taking a bath, will you?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with a curious tone.

  "Why does washing make me worse?" He was very puzzled, did he reveal something?

  "Because you are an energy body!" said Leng Ruoxue with a surprised expression.

  "Hmm! Xue'er, the energy body isn't made of paper, it can't be broken." Wu Nai wiped off two drops of cold sweat from his forehead, somewhat helplessly saying, "Sigh! Why does this girl always like to think wildly?"

  "Haha, that's good, I was really afraid you'd disappear!" said Leng Ruoxue with a light smile.

  Three people were chatting, when suddenly the space in front of them rippled and Qing Jue appeared, saying: "Sister, the Yue family plans to take action tomorrow night!"

  "Alright, Qing Jue, let Cheng Wu and the others come up with a way to inform the other four families about this matter!" Leng Ruo Xue ordered after some thought.

  "Alright, sister." Qing Jue replied, then suddenly vanished into thin air again.

  "Xue Er, are you planning to take them all down at once?" Qing Jue asked with some curiosity after leaving.

  "It's just a thought, but I'm afraid it won't be enough!" Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of contemplation. What she was really worried about was that the five major powers still remembered her ancestors' last words, so they wouldn't let go easily!

  Among the five major forces, the Yang family's strength is the strongest. Not only does it have a mysterious master sitting in town, but also the number of mysterious emperors in the Yang family is the largest. If it were one-on-one, none of the other four families would be able to match up against the Yang family. However, if they were to join forces, the Yang family would undoubtedly lose. The question is whether the other four families will unite or not."

  "Definitely not, and I don't want them to be too united either. It's better for them to drag each other down!" Leng Ruoxue said with a cold smile, heh heh, the more chaotic the five major powers are internally, the more beneficial it is for her!

  "Hmm, if they can kill each other off, it'll save us a lot of trouble!" The demon agreed.

  "Haha, let's see how far they'll go, we'll know tomorrow night." said Leng Ruoxue with some anticipation.

  "Ah! It seems I'm finally free, no need to pretend to be a woman anymore." Wu said with a sigh of relief.

  "It's not necessarily so, the five major powers have deep roots, how can they be greatly injured once? So, you still have to continue pretending!" Leng Ruoxue said with a sly smile.

  "How much longer do I have to pretend?" he asked with a gloomy face and a somewhat depressed tone.

  "It won't be long, and I guarantee that Yue Qun won't have time to bother you, so you can rest assured?" Leng Ruo Xue said with a smile.

  "Hmm, that's about right." He nodded slightly in satisfaction. In fact, he understood Xue Er's meaning. If they were to disappear immediately after the five major forces' intense battle, those five major forces would definitely suspect them. At that time, their efforts over the past few days would likely be all for naught. As the saying goes, "If you're going to put on a show, you have to do it thoroughly!" Anyway, he had already pretended to be a woman, so what's a few more days?

  "Let's get some rest early today and recharge our spirits. We'll be waiting for a good show tomorrow night!" said Leng Ruoxue, standing up with some anticipation.

  "Good." The two demons responded in unison.

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruo Xue then entered the Purple Bamboo House with Yao Nie to rest, while Wu Ze returned to his own room...

  The next night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, it was when people slept most soundly, also the most suitable time to do bad things. However, Leng Ruo Xue and others had arrived at Yu's main house early on and found a good spot on the rooftop to watch the show!

  On the roof.

  Leng Ruo Xue leaned against the demon's body, her arms holding several adorable small beasts in disguise. In front of them were all sorts of food and pastries. She sipped tea while enjoying the demon's feeding, also teasing her own beasts, feeling extremely comfortable!

  "Miss, our people are all hidden." The steward saw everything in front of him, with several black lines slipping down his forehead, somewhat speechless. It seemed that the miss was really here to watch a show.

  "Ah, great steward, tell them not to be too tense, they are invisible, the other party can't see them, so they can just wait and watch the show like me." Cold Snow's beautiful eyes swept across each corner, reminding them that she had specifically asked Ling to cast an invisibility spell on each of them. How could those people still be as nervous as if they were facing a great enemy? Alas! This time, the ones who came to watch the show are all from the Mystic Emperor's side, how can they still be so timid?!

  "Hmm! I've already told them." The butler said with some helplessness, after all, it was related to their future life, so none of them could be as casual as the young lady.

  "Oh, steward, you'd better find a place to sit down too, don't block my view." Cold Snow said lightly. Just now, the grandfather in the bangle had transmitted a message to her, saying that the steward was blocking their way. Alas! These old men were really helpless. They had agreed to retreat, but they still wanted to watch the show. There was no way out, so she could only call them up herself! Otherwise, she was afraid that these old men would join forces and come after her for revenge.

  "Eh, yes." The butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied, then sat down beside Leng Ruoxue, waiting for orders at any moment.

  In the bangle.

  "Why haven't the people from the Yue family arrived yet?" The old man was getting a bit anxious, looking around left and right. Ever since the young lady was going to carry out the "Beauty Plan", they didn't have anything to do with those few old guys, so they very naturally went into seclusion. However, before they went into seclusion, they had made a prior agreement: if there was going to be a good show, they couldn't forget about them! Fortunately, the young lady had a conscience!

  "What's the hurry? It's still dark outside!" Lin Liang said while sitting on a stone chair, eating fruit in his hand.

  "Wait till the dawn, Huanghuacai will be cold!" The old man shouted with some anger, he went out of the pass easily? Who knows when he can come out again, and let him wait so long without opening a fight! This is really too unprofessional!

  "Haha, the wild monkey can't sit still anymore!" The old man said with a happy smile, somewhat gloating.

  "Get out, you're a wild monkey!" The old man retorted, turning his head to glare at the other old man with malice.

  "I didn't sleep by hugging a tree!" The old man continued to provoke fearlessly.

  "You..." The old man was just about to yell when he saw the people from his daughter's family arriving, and his attention was immediately drawn away. He had already forgotten that he wanted to argue with the old man!

  "The good show is about to begin, everyone focus!" Qing Jue stood in front of the light screen he had set up, taking on the role of live commentator.

  "It's all over! The Yue family has been completely surrounded, and the good show is officially on!" Qing Jue said with some excitement.

  The atmosphere in the arena was lively and fiery, with everyone from Cold Engine to the Beastmasters focusing intently on the screen, afraid of missing any exciting moments. Although they couldn't see the live broadcast, watching the live relay was just as good! They would also cheer and shout encouragement for both sides in the battle.

  The onlookers were excited and passionate, but the main characters of the battle didn't feel so good. The Yue family members who had been tricked were depressed to death, and the mood of the other four families wasn't much better either. This was because this should be considered their first truly meaningful fight. The elite of all five sides went all out, and although there had been occasional large-scale casualties in previous battles, they couldn't compare to this one.

  "Yue, you are really shameless, coming to my house to rob me!" The host of the Yu family took the lead in attacking. Hmph! Anyway, they had already decided to tear their faces apart, so why should he give Yue any face?!

  "He's always been shameless, isn't that normal?" Nian Jiajia's master added fuel to the fire, humph! His own son was beaten by Yue Qun and became seriously injured, now he can't even move in bed! So, he had long wanted to avenge his son, and also vent the grievances of those years, it just so happened that Yu Jia also had this intention, so they joined forces immediately!

  "What's the point of talking nonsense with him? It's already like this, let's just fight!" Zhao, the master of the house, was a hot-tempered person and couldn't help but get anxious when he didn't start fighting for half a day!

  "Hmph! Since you want to die, don't blame me for not cherishing our past relationship." The master of the Yue family spoke coldly with a gloomy face, trying to calm himself down, but his mind was constantly searching for the person who might have betrayed him. However, after thinking for half a day, he couldn't figure out who it was, because only his most trusted confidant knew about their actions today, and he was absolutely certain that his confidant would never betray him.

  "Old affection? You had old affection for us? Hmph!" The master of the Fang family snorted coldly, saying disdainfully.

  "If that's how you think, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" The head of the Yue family took out his own weapon with a hint of annoyance and infused it with Xuan power, launching a direct attack on the head of the Fang family. Meanwhile, the members of the Yue family saw their leader take action and each found an opponent to prepare for a fierce battle...

  The master of the Fang family dodged quickly and avoided that fierce attack, but he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Damn it! Everyone was talking, why did this crazy guy come after him first? He was furious in his heart! At the same time, he didn't forget to open his mouth for rescue: "Hurry up and come help!"

  "Everyone follows the plan." Yu's family head glanced at the situation and instructed, The old thing from the Yue family is a mysterious master, it's unknown whether the four of them can handle him, but even if they can't kill him, they must heavily injure him, otherwise their meticulous plan would be wasted.

  As soon as the head of the Yu family finished speaking, the four of them joined forces to attack the head of the Wan family. Their subordinates also fought against the people from the Yue family. For a time, only the sound of clashing swords and flying magic could be seen in the courtyard of the Yu family's mansion. The five major powers of Wanshan City turned the Yu family's mansion into their battlefield, where they were engaged in a battle for life and death...

  On the roof.

  Cold as snow, she narrowed her eyes to watch the battle below, nodded slightly with a hint of satisfaction, and murmured, "This is more like it!" But I wonder, after this battle, how many elite troops will the five major powers lose? The more, the better!

  "Miss, this...this is too intense!" The butler looked stunned, watching the fierce battle in the courtyard and muttered.

  "Hmm, it's just a habit. The five major powers have been harboring deep resentment for a long time. Otherwise, a small 'beauty trap' like this wouldn't have had such an effect. They only needed a spark to ignite the contradictions between them, and I happened to give them one." Cold Snow explained calmly.

  "Yes, I understand." The housekeeper replied respectfully, now he truly admired Leng Ruo Xue!

  "If it weren't for the suppression of the five major powers, those people you've taken in should be able to fend for themselves from now on!" Cold Snow looked at the butler and said.

  "Yes, it's all right now, Miss has saved them." The steward said hastily.

  "Don't flatter me, I'm not doing it for them, but for myself. They're a big trouble, and I hate trouble the most!" Leng Ruoxue said with an expressionless face. In fact, she just wanted to find a place for herself and others to settle down, and incidentally helped those troubles a bit.

  "Hmm!" The butler was depressed, why did others always flatter in the right place, while he flattered on the horse's leg? This is really too unfair, wooo...

  Digression

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