Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 419 405: A Triangle is the Most Stable Relationship Between Women

Qing Yueqiu bit her cherry lip and said seriously to Pei Yuhang, "Master, you can't let your guard down around that woman! She might be working with Shang Miaoyan from the inside!

Those despicable rats from the Yin Yang Sacred Land are absolutely not to be trusted!"

Hearing this, Pei Yuhang gently patted Qing Yueqiu's shoulder, signaling for her not to be so tense.

"Don't worry, Yueqiu. I've already thought of everything you've said. Since I was willing to take her in, I naturally made thorough preparations.

After all, I have to be responsible for your safety, as well as Liyuan's and Xiaoxiao's."

As he spoke, Pei Yuhang confidently took out a Transmission Token and waved it in front of Qing Yueqiu.

"First, the Transmission Token. Inside the Cold Palace Sword Mansion, it's impossible for her to contact anyone on the outside."

...

Jiu stared at the Transmission Token in her hand, her voice tinged with annoyance.

"That Pei Yuhang... Did he tamper with my Transmission Token? I can't contact anyone except for him."

She put down the Transmission Token with a helpless sigh, then lightly tapped her Red Lotus Mask. The Red Lotus Pattern on it shimmered faintly.

'But the Holy Daughter foresaw this. My mask can function as a simple communication device.'

...

"Second, I've placed a Restriction around Jiu's room. The moment she steps outside that area, I'll know immediately.

At the same time, the Restriction I placed on her will activate. Jiu's Cultivation will drop by severalfold, and she won't be able to stir up any trouble in the Cold Palace Sword Mansion."

...

Jiu's eyes, flashing with a bewitching Red Lotus Pattern, swept over the door and windows.

This was a Pupil Technique the Holy Daughter had left in her eyes, capable of seeing through all illusions.

Before this Pupil Technique, the Restrictions Pei Yuhang had placed on her and around the house were completely exposed.

'Did the Holy Daughter foresee even this?'

'Her Highness truly is clairvoyant. She left me two Magical Treasures to counter Pei Yuhang's measures.'

As she thought this, her palm closed in the empty air, as if grasping something invisible to the naked eye.

This item was called the [Cloak of Nothingness]. It was an exceedingly rare Spatial Treasure that allowed a Cultivator to enter the cracks in space, bypassing all manner of physical restraints.

She took the item and draped it over herself. In an instant, Jiu's body vanished from the spot.

CREAK—

The wooden door, with no wind to move it, was slowly pushed open.

Then it closed on its own.

...

Meanwhile, Pei Yuhang, far away at the foot of the mountain, was completely unaware that Jiu had already left.

He was currently busy confidently showing Qing Yueqiu his maturity and composure as an adult.

"In any case, Yueqiu, I'm not careless like your master's wife. I'm a reliable and mature Sword Immortal. Nothing will go wrong."

Even though Qing Yueqiu still felt worried hearing Pei Yuhang say this, she decided not to voice her concerns.

'It wouldn't be good if Master thought I didn't trust him.'

"Yes, I trust that Master will handle everything perfectly."

Qing Yueqiu forced a smile.

But inwardly, she was still vexed.

'Why is it that as soon as Ji Xichan leaves, Lin Qianyan shows up? And once Lin Qianyan leaves, some other strange woman appears?'

'Why? Why can't all these troublesome women just stay away from Master!'

Qing Yueqiu looked at her master before her, the resentment in her crimson eyes growing more intense.

She took a step forward, pressing close to Pei Yuhang's chest, rising slightly onto her tiptoes, her thin lips parting slightly.

Just as she was about to claim something...

"Senior Sister, what are you doing?"

A crisp voice, laced with suspicion and vigilance, came from behind her.

Qing Yueqiu's back stiffened. She quickly reached out and made a grabbing motion over the top of Pei Yuhang's head.

"Um... There was some dust on Master's head. I was just getting it for him."

Qing Yueqiu clapped her hands together, feeling a bit guilty, and spoke with her back to her approaching junior sister, Yu Xiaoyan.

Yu Xiaoyan stared at her senior sister's graceful and slender back, her expression turning icy.

'Brushing off dust?'

'Why would you need to get so close to brush off dust? You were practically glued to him!'

'Do you take me for Master's wife? I'm not that easy to fool!'

Just as Yu Xiaoyan was about to say more, Pei Yuhang spoke up.

"Alright, Xiaoxiao. Yueqiu is your senior sister. Why are you being so harsh to her?"

"..."

'Rotten Master, you're taking her side again!'

Yu Xiaoyan was so angry her small chest trembled... Err, not that you could tell.

In any case, she was furious. She ended up inserting herself between Pei Yuhang and Qing Yueqiu, staring at Qing Yueqiu as if she were a thief.

Pei Yuhang watched this familiar scene unfold, feeling rather speechless.

This was, one might say, not just similar to how Yueqiu would stare at Qianqian, but completely identical.

'Why are both of my disciples such little balls of jealousy?'

He patted Yu Xiaoyan's shoulder and asked her, "Xiaoxiao, what are you doing here on the back mountain?"

"Master is willing to let Senior Sister come to the back mountain, but not me?"

Yu Xiaoyan said sulkily.

"Of course not... Yueqiu came to the back mountain to help me."

Pei Yuhang began to smoothly deceive a woman once again.

"Help?"

Yu Xiaoyan raised her eyes slightly, so Pei Yuhang explained the matter of the Spirit Field to her once more.

"Oh, so that's how it is~"

Yu Xiaoyan drew out the last syllable. She suddenly stood on her tiptoes and leaned close to Pei Yuhang, the faint scent of jasmine from her hair wafting over him.

"So Senior Sister was really wiping Master's sweat just now~ And here I thought... you were about to kiss~"

"Junior Sister!"

Hearing this, Qing Yueqiu's expression changed drastically. Her white jade-like face instantly flushed cherry-pink.

She clenched her fists so tightly her knuckles turned white, her voice sounding as if it had been quenched in ice. "How dare you be so flippant and disrespectful to Master!"

Yu Xiaoyan heard this and sneered sarcastically:

"Me, flippant? I think you're the one who was being flippant, Senior Sister."

"You have no idea how shameless you looked 'brushing the dust' off Master just now! It was truly disgraceful!"

"Xiaoxiao, how can you speak to your senior sister like that!"

Seeing Pei Yuhang step in, Yu Xiaoyan finally settled down.

However, she didn't concede defeat to Qing Yueqiu. The young woman crossed her arms, her slender fingers tapping intermittently against her arm. When she looked at Qing Yueqiu, she let out a soft "Hmph!" through her nose, her cheeks puffing out slightly, just like a pouting kitten.

And as for Qing Yueqiu, although she was indignant about what her junior sister had just said to their master...

...in a way, her junior sister hadn't been wrong.

This made her feel guilty and lacking any justification to "seek justice" for her master and teach her impertinent junior sister a lesson.

So, she simply copied her junior sister, turning her face away and refusing to look at her.

The two of them remained in a standoff, neither willing to yield.

Seeing this, Pei Yuhang sighed helplessly.

He knew that the relationship between his two disciples had never been good.

It wasn't until Ji Xichan arrived that the conflict shifted onto her, and the relationship between these two had eased somewhat.

He hadn't expected that after Ji Xichan left, they would be at odds again...

'Could it be that a triangle really is the most stable relationship between people?'