That night, Shangguan Yun returned to the dormitory very late. Mu Yanxi had already finished dinner alone and practiced cultivation for a while before Yun pushed the door open and came in, still wearing an elegant gown instead of her usual short qipao.
“Why are you back so late? Don’t tell me you had to entertain that Lin Haochen?”
Mu Yanxi had already guessed what Shangguan Yun had been up to.
“You know the answer. The sect held a grand banquet to welcome that young master, and as a member of the student council, I had to attend. The family also wants me to find ways to get close to Lin Haochen and curry favor. How exhausting!”
Shangguan Yun flopped directly onto the bed, completely losing her dignified image.
“The Shangguan family received news that quickly? So you managed to make contact with Lin Haochen?”
Mu Yanxi sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to gently massage Shangguan Yun’s shoulders.
“Mm! A little harder. You’re asking if I successfully made contact with Lin Haochen, right? We did exchange words, and I found an opportunity to be alone with him in a private room for a short time. There’s good news and bad news.”
Shangguan Yun spoke while enjoying the massage.
“Let’s hear the good news first?”
Mu Yanxi always preferred to hear the good news first.
“The good news is that I relayed everything you told me. I held back a bit—I didn’t mention anything about you, just said I encountered it myself. I also didn’t mention the medicine bottle.”
Shangguan Yun said.
“And the bad news? That Young Master Lin isn’t serious about thoroughly investigating the smuggling of experimental drugs?”
Mu Yanxi guessed.
“No, he’s quite serious. The Lingyue Art has a method to observe people, and I could tell he genuinely wants to get to the bottom of it. The bad news is that I might have already been exposed.”
Shangguan Yun said.
“Huh? Exposed how? Did someone eavesdrop when you reported the private drug sales to him?”
Mu Yanxi asked in surprise.
“No. Remember how I said I’d report it to the student council first? I confirmed in person—Lin Haochen never received my report. There’s a mole in the student council, and their position must be fairly high.”
Shangguan Yun said irritably.
“Ah?”
Mu Yanxi was stunned. This meant that even among the Enforcement Disciples, there were those who violated sect rules and were covering for the mastermind behind it all.
“I was careless before. Since I wasn’t sure I could meet the Yangxin Hall representative, I wrote a report and sealed it for submission.”
“The mole in the student council probably thought I wouldn’t be able to meet him, so they intercepted the report at some point.”
Shangguan Yun said.
“Since she dared to intercept it like that, she must be confident she won’t get caught. She probably has backing from some teacher. Luckily I was cautious—I didn’t mention you in the report either, just said I was the one who encountered it.”
Mu Yanxi felt a suffocating sensation, as if a huge net was closing in on her and Shangguan Yun. This was clearly forbidden by the sect rules. She only wanted to do something right, yet she faced invisible resistance at every turn.
But for now, Mu Yanxi focused on Shangguan Yun’s situation.
“Are you okay? Will they target you for retaliation?”
“Probably not. They still have to consider the Shangguan family. After all, I just happened to witness it, and reporting something like that as a student council member is normal—it wasn’t directed at them. As long as I play dumb and don’t dig deeper, they likely won’t make trouble for me.”
Shangguan Yun said seriously.
“But you’re different, Yanxi. You don’t have my background or a safety net. If they find out you’re trying to investigate, they’ll go all out to suppress you. You have no backing, no support.”
“So let’s stop here. Don’t forget what I told you before—don’t get involved in this. Private drug sales existed before, and they exist now.”
“Even if we uncover the mastermind this time, someone else will do the same thing in the future. I’ve told Lin Haochen, and that’s enough.”
“Yun’er is right. I won’t meddle anymore. In that case, let me reward the hardworking Yun’er.”
As Mu Yanxi spoke, she leaned over Shangguan Yun, and the two began to cultivate together through dual cultivation.
Recently, Shangguan Yun had been following Mu Yanxi’s advice to release her desires appropriately. After a high, drawn-out moan, Shangguan Yun, exhausted from the day, fell asleep directly.
Phew~
Mu Yanxi climbed off, breathing heavily. She adjusted Shangguan Yun into a comfortable sleeping position and then headed to the bathroom.
Shangguan Yun had indeed been partially satisfied, but Mu Yanxi herself had not.
So Mu Yanxi planned to take the opportunity to cultivate the Purple Star Heavenly Heart Great Art, as usual.
She entered the bathroom and closed the door, took out her jade token to activate the forbidden ward, and confirmed the soundproofing was on. Then she bent over, leaning on the bathtub. This time, she intended to try a rear-entry posture.
Just as she was about to reach her hand under her clothes, an awkward voice suddenly rang out:
“Ahem!”
“Who?!”
Terrified half to death, Mu Yanxi immediately drew the White Edge Sword and swept a horizontal slash behind her, but there was no one in the bathroom except herself.
She quickly activated a shield and meticulously swept her spirit sense around. Still, she saw no one.
Then the Star-Imprint Eye, aided by her Immortal Brain, locked onto a spot on her clothes near her abdomen—though to her naked eye, there was still nothing there.
Mu Yanxi immediately channeled the Flower Moon Palm and struck down at that spot. Although she saw nothing, her hand felt the solid impact of hitting something.
Then Mu Yanxi saw a transparent object fall from her clothes, gradually shifting from invisible to transparent, then to solid.
“Oh? You can actually see it?”
The voice exclaimed.
It was a silver, eight-legged insect. On closer inspection, it was entirely mechanical. On its head were six camera-like red mechanical eyes of various sizes, giving off an instinctive feeling of disgust, making one want to stomp it to death.
[Tianwan Company’s spider-type spy drone, S300 premium edition. Capable of blocking Nascent Soul-level and below spirit sense detection and exotic eye observation.]
[Can connect to its owner to unleash divine abilities. Best suited for infiltration and tracking. This model requires Tianwan Company advanced membership to purchase, not available to the general public. Market price: three hundred thousand spirit stones each.]
The Immortal Brain displayed the data.
“Infiltration and tracking? So you saw everything just now? You despicable coward, die!”
Rage surged from the bottom of Mu Yanxi’s heart. The White Edge Sword swept with moonlight as she thrust directly at the mechanical spider—the first form of the Lingyue Sword Art: Moon Piercing Rainbow.
“Wait! It’s a misunderstanding! I wasn’t following you with ill intent! Miss, please stop!”
The mechanical spider emitted a familiar voice while raising a shield, easily blocking the Moon Piercing Rainbow strike.
But Mu Yanxi, furious and humiliated at the thought of what had just happened, stabbed at the mechanical spider again and again at high speed.
The second form of the Lingyue Sword Art: Moonfall Starry River!
“Hold on! I’m the Lin Haochen you’re looking for!”
The mechanical spider shouted.