Chapter 10 | You Said You Only Wanted to Die

"Is that Sister Nanzhu ahead?"

Li Nanzhu had absolutely no desire to deal with Cang Dongqing. She wasn't afraid, but the girl was like a toad sitting on her foot—it wouldn't bite, but it was disgusting.

She tried to pull Duan Xianxing away quickly.

But the other party clearly lacked self-awareness and called out even louder.

"Little Junior Sister, is someone behind us calling you?"

Duan Xianxing subconsciously stopped. In that brief delay, the person behind caught up.

Li Nanzhu felt helpless. Since she hadn't explained things to Duan Xianxing beforehand, she could only face the newcomer with a cold expression.

"From a distance, I thought I was mistaken. Only up close did I realize it really is Sister Nanzhu. We truly share a fated connection!"

Cang Dongqing looked at Li Nanzhu with a beaming smile. She was currently at the sixth level of Qi Condensation. Even if Li Nanzhu had finished drawing qi into the body earlier, she only had a triple spiritual root; how could she possibly compare?

Her smile widened. To an outsider, it might seem like the two were on excellent terms.

Li Nanzhu wanted to roll her eyes. 'If you weren't sure, why were you shouting so enthusiastically? You recognized me ages ago, so why are you still acting?'

Since Cang Dongqing loved to put on a show, Li Nanzhu decided to play along. Disgusting people? Who didn't know how to do that?

She immediately grabbed Cang Dongqing's hand, acting affectionately.

"Oh, it's Sister Dongqing! I saw a huge crowd surrounding you all at the city gate earlier. I also thought I was mistaken. I didn't expect it to really be you, Sister!"

Hearing this, the faces of the others darkened. She just had to bring up the one thing they wanted to forget. They had finally managed to ignore the incident at the city gate and pretend nothing happened, only for her to mention it again.

Jiang Zhi and the others looked quite uncomfortable, secretly blaming Cang Dongqing. Why did she have to chase after her? Couldn't she see that the girl wanted to leave directly? If she hadn't called out, this wouldn't have happened.

Cang Dongqing's expression stiffened briefly, but she quickly recovered. After all, she wasn't the one who had been embarrassed the most.

Li Nanyi's face was grim. He couldn't understand why, after that brat had hit someone and even demanded medical fees, his junior sister could still speak to her so warmly.

Now, everything Cang Dongqing was doing was like a slap to his face. That strange feeling he had earlier resurfaced.

Cang Dongqing, oblivious to Li Nanyi's thoughts, was focused solely on making Li Nanzhu suffer the same embarrassment.

"At the Immortal Ascension Assembly that day, there must have been some misunderstanding between my sister and me. If you hadn't been taken away, I would have liked to have a good talk with you. Even though you relied on your master to hit me and even took away a mid-grade magic tool and some spirit stones."

She sighed dramatically as she spoke. Hearing this, the disciples of the Shenmu Sect looked at Li Nanzhu with slight disapproval. This girl was quite rude—daring to hit someone at the Immortal Ascension Assembly by relying on her master, and even taking a magic tool and spirit stones?

"But I believe that wasn't your intention. However, you shouldn't have used that matter to blackmail me, which also caused my master to lose face. If you can return them, I believe my master won't hold it against you."

"After all that talk, it turns out you just want to force my Little Junior Sister to give you things?"

Duan Xianxing finally figured out what was happening. His junior sister had described her apprenticeship scene to him, so he naturally knew this woman was no good. At the time, he had even said it was lucky he hadn't gone to the Sword Heart Sect.

Cang Dongqing looked at Duan Xianxing. Judging by the address, he was likely Li Nanzhu's senior brother, and he was even better-looking than Li Nanyi.

She immediately wanted to win him over. Wouldn't that infuriate Li Nanzhu? Her eyes welled with tears as she looked at Duan Xianxing.

"This senior brother must have misunderstood me. How could I want to force her? She was the one who hit someone first that day and caused my master, Ling Xiao, to lose face. I thought that if my sister was willing to return the items, Master would no longer be angry. I only have good intentions; I have no desire to steal anything."

She thought that once she showed such a fragile state, the other party would naturally take her side. However, Duan Xianxing retreated several steps as if he had seen a ghost.

But it wasn't entirely useless. The gaze of the person behind her grew even more tender.

Li Nanyi's slight displeasure vanished instantly. Indeed, his Little Junior Sister was so pure; she just wanted to help him get back the spirit stones and Master's magic tool.

"Little Junior Sister, why is she so terrifying? She just started crying out of nowhere; it's so scary. I've never seen a female cultivator who bursts into tears for no reason—wait, my sixth senior brother told me that female cultivators who cry at the drop of a hat are mostly from the Hehuan Sect. Little Junior Sister, are you sure she's from the Sword Heart Sect?"

Li Nanzhu burst out laughing, while Cang Dongqing was truly moved to tears of rage this time.

The Hehuan Sect ranked second among the eight great sects, second only to the Sword Heart Sect. But everyone knew that they primarily relied on dual cultivation techniques. They only ranked second because every sect master of the Hehuan Sect was more or less involved with the sect masters and elders of various other sects.

The disciples of the Hehuan Sect were the same. Thus, to many female cultivators, being called a disciple of the Hehuan Sect was not a compliment; it was practically an insult to one's face.

While Li Nanzhu didn't think it was an insult—after all, such things happened often in the modern world and were based on mutual consent—others didn't see it that way.

"You... how could you slander me so?"

"Heavens, how did my senior brother slander you? He wasn't wrong. He really hasn't seen any female cultivator from the Sword Heart Sect who cries for no reason. If you feel insulted because my senior brother said you look like a disciple of the Hehuan Sect... do you look down on the Hehuan Sect that much? Or is it that your Sword Heart Sect looks down on everyone from other sects!"

Li Nanzhu put on a shocked face, covering her mouth with a gasp. She spoke quite loudly. The mention of the Hehuan Sect and Sword Heart Sect instantly attracted many gazes. Although people didn't swarm over, they were all paying attention.

The Shenmu Sect disciples, who had been standing with Cang Dongqing and Li Nanyi, silently backed away, pretending not to know them.

"Who said they look down on our Hehuan Sect disciples?"

The voice came from a woman in red. Although her features were quite striking and aggressive, her attire was extremely sexy without being overly revealing. It only made her beauty more vibrant. Behind her followed several young girls in various outfits, all with jade plaques symbolizing the Hehuan Sect hanging from their waists.

Li Nanzhu thought to herself, 'Good grief, the real deal has arrived.'

Rong Yuying's gaze fell directly on Cang Dongqing. She had noticed this group before coming over and naturally knew roughly what was going on.

Moreover, Cang Dongqing gave her an inexplicably uncomfortable feeling, making her really want to target her.

"Senior Sister Rong, my junior sister definitely didn't mean that! It's all Li Nanzhu's instigation!"

Li Nanyi knew he had to back down at this moment, or it would be easy to spark a sectarian conflict. He simply pushed all the blame onto Li Nanzhu.

Cang Dongqing also nodded hurriedly.

But Rong Yuying clearly didn't buy it. Still, her gaze turned toward Li Nanzhu. If possible, she didn't want to conflict with the Sword Heart Sect either.

But for some reason, she hadn't been able to stop herself from speaking up. It was too late for regrets now; she could only listen to what this little girl had to say.

Besides, this little girl was quite cute, and she didn't want to make things difficult for her at all. Thus, Rong Yuying's gaze toward Li Nanzhu became gentler.