As soon as she entered the borders of Yuzhou, Shen Qingyi could hear all sorts of astonished voices coming from outside the carriage.
“Hey, did you hear? Apparently, Sect Master Pei suddenly announced last night that she’s going into seclusion and won’t be seeing any guests!”
“Oh, that? Let me tell you, I heard that after Sect Master Pei came out from the Mysterious Realm, she was badly injured. The injury flared up last night, so she had to enter seclusion in a hurry!”
“No way, that’s Sect Master Pei we’re talking about! She’s at the mid-stage of the Divine Platform Realm, and she actually got hurt in the Mysterious Realm?”
“That’s where you’re wrong. If a Mysterious Realm wasn’t dangerous, would it still be called a Mysterious Realm?”
“True that!”
Listening to the conversation between the two passersby outside the carriage, Shen Qingyi was left a little dazed. She furrowed her delicate brows and said, “Huh? How come the moment we arrive, the Sect Master gets injured? If she’s gone into seclusion, will we still be able to meet her?”
This was a matter worth taking seriously.
After all, the Sect Master of Yushenzong was the founder of the Sword of Six Desires.
The power she could display with the Sword of Six Desires would undoubtedly be the greatest.
Having her use the Sword of Six Desires to cut away the Evil Thought within Su Qiulian was clearly the best choice, but now that she was in seclusion, how were they supposed to ask her for help?
Shen Qingyi couldn’t help but ponder bitterly.
Sitting next to her, Su Qiulian, who was holding her hand, suddenly thought of an idea.
She squeezed Shen Qingyi’s small hand and said, “How about this—why don’t we, as disciples, enter Yushenzong and learn the Sword of Six Desires directly from Sect Master Pei?”
Of course, Su Qiulian suggested this more as a way to use the opportunity to make Shen Qingyi rekindle her feelings for her.
After all, from their conversation last night, she had realized that Shen Qingyi was only accompanying her out of gratitude for saving her life and repaying her favor, nothing more.
Who knew, once the Evil Thought was dealt with, little Shen might leave her behind.
If that happened, how would she keep little Shen by her side?
Would she have to shamelessly stick to her?
Not to mention that White Luo Shuang still hadn’t shown up.
Just thinking about how Shen Qingyi had called out “A Shuang” before made her feel irritated.
But she still couldn’t figure out how White Luo Shuang and Shen Qingyi were connected, and when she asked, Shen Qingyi seemed to be intentionally hiding something.
So annoying, truly annoying!
Still, if little Shen didn’t say anything, she must have her reasons.
After all, she didn’t really believe that little Shen had betrayed her.
Rather than betrayal, she was more willing to believe that White Luo Shuang, like herself, had also been reincarnated, and that in their past lives, she too had a deep relationship with Shen Qingyi.
It sounded a little far-fetched, but what if it was true?
Thinking like this, she felt even more determined to enter Yushenzong and cultivate alongside Shen Qingyi.
Even if they both had a history with her, she was advancing far faster!
If she still got outdone after all this, then she, the Demon Emperor, might as well just eat dirt!
With these thoughts, Su Qiulian looked at Shen Qingyi and asked, “Well? What do you think, little Shen?”
What did she think?
Shen Qingyi couldn’t say for sure.
She felt that entering Yushenzong as a disciple to learn swordsmanship would be too slow.
What if, before they made any progress, Su Qiulian lost control of the Evil Thought and did something to her?
But at the moment, there didn’t seem to be a better solution.
After all, Sect Master Pei was in seclusion, and who knew, maybe she really did have outstanding talent?
It wasn’t impossible that the moment she joined Yushenzong, she could become a personal disciple or something!
Thinking that, Shen Qingyi decided to agree for now and said, “Alright, let’s go check out Yushenzong first!”
Seeing Shen Qingyi agree, Su Qiulian couldn’t help but break into a delighted smile.
The carriage sped toward the foot of the mountain where Yushenzong’s main gate stood.
But when they arrived and made their inquiry, Shen Qingyi immediately shouted in annoyance, “This is discrimination! It’s not right!”
The disciple they questioned replied helplessly, “It’s really not me discriminating against you two, but that’s the rule set by the Sect Master!”
“What kind of ridiculous rule is that? If you’ve got the guts, tell us the reason!”
Shen Qingyi puffed up her cheeks and said.
It wasn’t really her fault.
When she and Su Qiulian got off the carriage and asked the gatekeeping disciple, the disciple had said directly, “You’re a blind girl, and she’s got a fox face. By the rules, neither of you can ever become disciples of the sect. Just give up now!”
As soon as Shen Qingyi heard that, wasn’t this discrimination?
So, the argument just now had occurred.
The gatekeeping disciple saw Shen Qingyi’s puffed-up, angry look and hadn’t wanted to pay her any attention, but upon seeing the cold, frosty gaze from Su Qiulian beside her, she couldn’t help but shudder.
“Ahem, ahem.”
Coughing lightly, the gatekeeping disciple solemnly explained, “It’s not that we’re targeting or discriminating against you, Miss, but the fact is that we cultivate the Six Desires here—Desire of Sight, Desire of Sound, Desire of Taste, Desire of Smell, Desire of Touch, and Desire of Intention. As a blind girl, you cannot see, so for you, Desire of Sight is basically nonexistent. Of course, that’s not to say a blind girl doesn’t long to see, but the Six Desires would be thrown off balance, so naturally you wouldn’t be suited to our cultivation methods.”
“Similarly, if you weren’t blind but deaf, the logic would be the same. Of course, there have been Elders in the sect who, after establishing a foundation, have severed a sense to focus on cultivating one Desire, but that’s after establishing their cultivation base. So, forgive my bluntness—blind girls cannot become disciples of Yushenzong. Rather than wasting time here, you’d be better off joining another sect.”
After hearing this, Shen Qingyi considered for a moment and realized it kind of made sense.
So she asked again, “Then what about her? What’s wrong with a fox face? Does cultivating the Six Desires even care about appearances?”
“This…”
The disciple glanced at Su Qiulian standing beside her, saw that her eyes were still as cold as ever, and shivered again as she replied, “About the fox face, that rule was set by our current Sect Master after she took charge!”
“The reason is, back when Sect Master was young and cultivating the Six Desires, she was seduced by a Fox Demon, which caused her to fail in cultivating the foundation of Desire of Sight. That’s also why she still hasn’t broken through to the late Divine Platform Realm. So, this rule is purely because the Sect Master holds a grudge against Fox Demons. She doesn’t want to see anything related to foxes in the sect! So, a fox face definitely won’t do!”
“There’s even something like that?”
After hearing this, Shen Qingyi was astonished and squeezed the hand that Su Qiulian was holding.
Fox Demons really were seductive, but the one by her side only had eyes for her.
That’s what she thought, but Su Qiulian had very different thoughts.
After hearing the gatekeeping disciple’s answer, Su Qiulian suddenly remembered.
Wasn’t that Fox Demon who once seduced the Sect Master of Yushenzong none other than her own subordinate, Su Meiyin?
She still recalled how Su Meiyin once said she had played around with a human cultivator surnamed Pei during her early years in the mortal realm.
It must have been that Sect Master Pei Xianyun of Yushenzong!
So, what was this?
Foes destined to meet again?