Chapter 1260 - 1263: This Really Is a Coincidence!!! (Part 2)
Chapter 1260: Chapter 1263: This Really Is a Coincidence!!! (Part 2)
The night watch of the sect didn’t pay much attention to where Lin Xi had gone.
After all, in the whole of Leqing Mountain, there was basically nothing that posed a threat to him.
So, as someone who had saved the entire sect, wherever he wanted to go, they naturally wouldn’t interfere.
Thus, Yue Chan, carrying a small wooden bucket, headed towards the hot spring without anyone reminding her.
She herself was quite exhausted these past few days.
The sect had undergone such major changes, creating a backlog of issues that needed to be addressed.
Moreover, there was the matter of how to deal with Yue Ying and her subordinates.
The three elders, along with her, repeatedly interrogated Yue Ying, mainly questioning how she plotted against the sect leader and who the mysterious man really was.
In response, Yue Ying openly confessed everything.
Her method of plotting against her master was actually through Gu Insects.
Except, she ordered the Gu Insect to directly bite and damage her master’s heart.
What was the mysterious man’s real identity?
She, Yue Ying, couldn’t quite articulate it.
Or rather, Yue Ying had little understanding of the mysterious man.
After confirming several times that she wasn’t lying, Yue Chan understood Yue Ying’s stance on the spot.
It’s not that she was cold-hearted or ruthless!
Yue Ying requested this herself.
Even now, she had certain regrets about her actions.
With the mysterious man’s death, she no longer had the will to continue living.
As for Yue Ying’s subordinates, most of them were deceived, with only a few exceptions. The others were all punished for three years.
The few exceptions had some knowledge of the crime against the old sect leader.
Regarding this situation, Yue Chan directly planned to imprison them for ten years.
As for Princess Consort Le, she strongly urged and pleaded to keep Princess Consort Le in the sect.
No matter what!
Princess Consort Le, the elder, was not very old and had already broken through to the Innate level.
It could be said that her talent and development potential were far superior to the eight elders.
However, Princess Consort Le’s attitude was strong and she refused.
Yue Chan wasn’t too disappointed about it, as from this incident, it’s clear Princess Consort Le’s affection for the sect remains unchanged.
In the future, if the sect faces any issues, she definitely won’t just stand by.
Not to mention, her relationship with Lin Xi.
Should the sect encounter any major crisis, it’s possible Lin Xi will intervene again.
Towards Lin Xi, they unanimously judged him as a monstrous genius.
In terms of strength, it’s certainly at least at the Innate mid-stage or higher.
Otherwise, how could he have exhausted the True Qi of an Innate mid-stage expert almost completely?
In the end, resulting in being killed by a King of Soldiers.
And from start to finish, Lin Xi didn’t sustain much injury.
Thus, it’s evident that his strength is probably beyond their imagination.
So in the past couple of days, Yue Chan was truly tired.
She didn’t possess Lin Xi’s kind of powerful recovery constitution and Golden Finger.
So, she was practically dragging her fatigued body towards the direction of the hot springs.
At this point, she never even considered there might be someone at the hot springs.
Even if there were, they would all be people from the sect.
There’s no danger at all.
Upon reaching within twenty meters of the hot spring, she took a look around.
Noticing that there was no one around.
She walked to a big rock by the hot spring and placed the wooden bucket on it.
A perfect physique was displayed at the misty side of the hot spring.
Feeling the warmth of the spring water and that faint, elusive energy passing through the skin, greatly alleviated the fatigue of her body.
She picked up the bucket and gradually stepped into the spring.
The warmth enveloping her felt as if she had returned to the womb, instantly surrounding her entire body.
At this moment, holding the small wooden bucket with one hand,
she leaned against a protruding stone slab in the center of the hot spring.
Completely comfortable, the exhaustion from her body gradually dissipated.
She slowly closed her eyes and began to doze off.
Moreover, she hadn’t soaked in the sect’s hot spring for over ten days.
Before this, regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, she soaked in the hot spring almost daily.
She had never gone more than two days without soaking.
But this time, because of going out for business and being falsely accused as well as dealing with sect affairs, she had no choice but not to soak for many days.
Gentle breathing sounds, amidst the constant bubbling of the hot spring, were virtually undetectable.
After a few minutes, she furrowed her brows slightly and emerged from her doze.
"Hmm?"
She felt some movement underwater, about a meter in front of her.
At first, she thought it was the sound of the bubbling hot spring.
But then, she dismissed it.
Because it seemed more like the movement made by some living creature.
"A fish or some other animal?" she mused, becoming slightly alert.
Only she couldn’t understand that she had been soaking in the hot spring for nearly twenty years.
Never had she seen any signs of animal life.
Nor had she seen any mountain animals take a dip in the hot spring.
To them, it seemed like soaking in cold water or not soaking at all was most comfortable.
Unexpectedly, before she could react.
A figure leaped up less than a meter in front of her.
This figure had well-defined muscular arms, every part perfectly outlined.
It looked like a physique sculpted by the heavens.
And there was no sign of any flabbiness or excess.
The most crucial difference being, it was quite different from her own body.
"A man???"
She quickly realized.
She didn’t notice the face, as it was obscured by the splashing water.
Of course, if she took a good look, the water wouldn’t have been able to obstruct her view.
Yet, at this moment, she was completely flustered.
The next moment, "Ah ah ah ah..." resounded like an echo throughout the mountain woods.
Lin Xi, who had leaped out of the water, was holding two glowing stones in his hands, with a perfect physique.
In the water, he could slightly perceive some differences.
This made him a bit dumbfounded.
Under Yue Chan’s startled scream, he immediately came forward and covered her mouth with his hand.
Honestly speaking, he did have fantasies about a beautiful woman like Yue Chan.
But now, it was purely accidental.
He just discovered some unusual things in the water and dove underwater to investigate.
Little did he know, as he emerged, he’d encounter Yue Chan.
If she kept screaming and attracted the attention of the sect’s night watch, he really wouldn’t be able to wash it away even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
The good man’s reputation he’d built would be completely tarnished.
Yue Chan didn’t neglect to struggle.
Especially since she was unaware that the person in front of her was Lin Xi.
But, even though she was quick, there’s no way she’s faster than Lin Xi.
After all, this was a difference in strength.
And a disparity between one lying down and one standing.
Thus, she was immediately controlled by Lin Xi.
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