Chapter 288: Doesn’t She Know How Her Own Flute Sound Is?
Shen Yuyin lowered her eyes, and after a long while, she chuckled, “Can you take my sister away?”
“You don’t want to go?”
“I can’t go, but I hope my sister can go.”
“Don’t be afraid, Senior Sister Shen. You and Qianqian, both of you are people of our Ming Ye Sect. I would be sad if I lost either of you, okay?”
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled and looked at Shen Yuyin. The latter puffed out her cheeks, seemingly contemplating the credibility of Ming Zhaoshuang’s words. Finally, she shook her head and said:
“I am supported by the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, so I cannot leave the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea.”
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “There are many ways to repay support, why must you choose one that makes you unhappy?”
Shen Yuyin let out a long hum, looked up at the surrounding mist, and then said, “Probably because I have no choice.”
“But aren’t choices created by oneself?”
Shen Yuyin was startled by these words.
After a long time, she replied, “It’s just that this young lady doesn’t want to create choices, alright? Besides, I’m the dignified second young lady of the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, with an Innate Wood Spirit Root, how could I possibly go to your little, unknown sect.”
Ming Zhaoshuang had said as much as she could, and Shen Yuyin had also stated her stance. If she were to persuade further now, it would be somewhat inconsiderate, so she did not press on.
Instead, she went to check on Tan Zhu’s condition.
Shen Yuyin, however, was a step ahead. She touched Tan Zhu’s bloody wrist, and an extremely pure Wood Element Spiritual Flow surged within. She said to Ming Zhaoshuang:
“Alright, although I can’t go to your sect, my sister can. Although she was originally cultivated as a Young Palace Master, there are several people who can replace her, so it’s fine if she leaves.”
Ming Zhaoshuang was about to speak, but saw Shen Yuyin add, “But I’m saying this upfront, you must treat my sister well, otherwise I’ll take my sister back anytime.”
“But I want both of you to come.”
“Then there’s nothing I can do. Who told you I’m the woman you can’t have.”
Shen Yuyin waved her hand helplessly and changed the subject, “Is your senior sister a ghost? She looks like she has ghost meridians. Fortunately, she has a Wood Spirit Root, so even though she was bitten like this, she’ll be fine after some recuperation.”
“It’s just that your senior sister’s heart seems a bit fragile. I just played the flute a little. Although it’s not very suitable here in Youdu Mountain, why did she collapse like this? Her entire Sea of Consciousness is showing signs of collapse.”
Ming Zhaoshuang frowned upon hearing this, “Fourth Senior Sister experienced some things related to Youdu Mountain.”
Shen Yuyin waved her hand, “Alright, alright, I can understand a little better now. She had an inner demon in Youdu Mountain before, and now that she’s back in Youdu Mountain, her state of mind is easily shaken. Then, with my little bit of instigation, she collapsed.”
“I take full responsibility for this. I admit it. Sorry.”
As she said this, Xingyun and Liushui, standing beside her, exchanged glances filled with disapproval.
Did their Second Young Lady’s claim that her flute sound was only “slight instigation” sound believable to anyone?
Who didn’t know that when the Second Young Lady practiced playing the flute, anyone with an unstable state of mind had to stay far away to avoid having their state of mind shaken, falling into Qi Deviation, or even directly attacking fellow disciples.
Didn’t she know what her own flute sound was like?
A perfectly righteous immortal fairy, she managed to play her flute sound into something evil, and even the Palace Master had warned her not to play the flute casually, to avoid affecting his cultivation.
And now, in a place like Youdu Mountain, let alone someone like Tan Zhu who already had an inner demon, even they, two righteous disciples of Qingfeng Langyue, if not for her deliberate avoidance, would probably have been driven mad by her soundless yet Sea of Consciousness-impacting flute sound.
No, Ming Zhaoshuang doesn’t seem to have been avoided.
Why wasn’t she affected?
Xingyun looked at Ming Zhaoshuang with a somewhat terrified gaze, “I say, didn’t you hear our Second Young Lady’s flute sound?”
Liushui nudged Xingyun and rolled his eyes, “Our Second Young Lady just played a soundless flute, not a vocal one. It’s normal that she couldn’t hear it.”
“No, I mean, wasn’t her Sea of Consciousness agitated?”
This wasn’t logical!
She’s just a minor Nascent Soul, and she’s been in Youdu Mountain for so long, she’s bound to be affected by the environment. Plus, with our Second Young Lady’s flute sound, it’s impossible for her not to go mad!
Liushui also felt a sense of dread for a moment: Even those in the Void Refinement Stage were somewhat shaken, how could she, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, not be shaken?
Ming Zhaoshuang said speechlessly, “If my Sea of Consciousness wasn’t agitated, would I have been able to find you all?”
Wasn’t this an obvious question?
Although she had deliberately let her thoughts wander and agitated her Sea of Consciousness, it was clear that she was not unaffected.
She had even seen those extremely tragic scenes.
It was enough to show that Shen Yuyin’s flute playing indeed had some skill, at least on the level of an evil cultivator boss.
Xingyun stammered, “No, I mean… it’s just that how, you didn’t feel that our Second Young Lady’s flute sound could stir up what you fear the most, the hurdle you can’t overcome?”
“I don’t have anything I fear the most, nor do I have any insurmountable hurdles.”
Liushui found it strange, “How is that possible? Even I remember being bitten on the butt by that big yellow dog at the sect entrance when I was seven. Why didn’t you?”
“Yes, yes! I also remember being punished by Honored Master and ridiculed by my fellow disciples for wetting the bed when I was five.”
Ming Zhaoshuang: “……”
The things you two are afraid of are truly quite outrageous.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “I’m not saying I don’t have things to fear, nor do I say I don’t have hurdles. But I believe that if you are afraid, then face your fear, even shatter what you fear; if you have a hurdle, then face that hurdle until you cross it. That way, I won’t be shaken by them.”
This was why she was not affected by the Heavenly Dao Seed, and why she was not affected by Shen Yuyin’s flute sound!
Arguing with these two was pointless, Ming Zhaoshuang preferred to talk to Shen Yuyin.
She settled for the next best thing, “Actually, our sect…”
Shen Yuyin: “I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I won’t listen!!”
Ming Zhaoshuang: “……”
What to do when Tenth Senior Sister is so stubborn?
Ming Zhaoshuang changed her approach, “I wanted to say, Shen Liqian she…”
Shen Yuyin: “What about my sister?”
Ming Zhaoshuang continued, “If Shen Liqian joins our sect, without personal support, wouldn’t she also be uncomfortable? The person she cares about most is you. If you could join our sect…”
Shen Yuyin: “I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I won’t listen!!”
Ming Zhaoshuang: “……”
She patiently continued, “I’m not asking you to leave the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea. I mean, you can try to make Ming Ye Sect your second sect. After all, in our cultivation world, there’s no such thing as one person not joining a second sect, right? You can have Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea as your first sect and our Ming Ye Sect as your second.”
Back then, the sect Cheng Zhaoyang wanted to join most was the Sword Sect, and she didn’t force Cheng Zhaoyang to come to their Ming Ye Sect.
Firstly, because at that time she didn’t have such a strong desire to establish a sect for herself; it was more of a whim.
Secondly, she remembered that Cheng Zhaoyang received quite good treatment at the Sword Sect. In the Sword Tomb of the Sword Sect, she commanded the reverence of Myriad Swords and gained the recognition of the Divine Artifact Changming. Although she later fell in love with Qin Feilong, she never picked up Changming again.
Ming Zhaoshuang would not stop these exceptionally cute young girls from pursuing a better future. Now that Shen Yuyin was determined to court disaster, although she felt regret, she would not interfere excessively.
Therefore, she proposed this solution, leaving Shen Yuyin a way out.
