Ch 74 – We’re just checking his body
“Yuyan, what are you doing?” Yanran’s voice came from in front of the group.
Yuyan who was leaning close to Yino’s ear suddenly shivered. She quickly stepped back and covered her mouth with her hand keeping a safe distance from the shirtless young man.
Meanwhile, Yuyan secretly released Yino’s pressure points. She casually took some clothes from Yunjin and handed them to Yino, hinting for him to get dressed quickly.
“So like I was saying when your senior teaches you body tempering techniques don’t slack off just because it’s not swordsmanship. It’s not just for strengthening your body. It also protects your vital points, so you don’t easily expose weaknesses to opponents.”
As Yanran approached Yuyan stood with her hands behind her back, cleared her throat and continued lecturing seriously on the previous topic.
Yino knew someone was coming so he hurriedly got dressed and turned around meeting eyes with the graceful black-robed girl. “Mu….!!!”
Seeing Yanran made Yino’s pupils tremble slightly. Memories of his past life’s tragic ending suddenly attacked his mind almost making him blurt out her name.
But as a hardcore player who had achieved all endings in Fallen Immortal Yino had evolved to be immune to any plot twists. He reacted quickly noticing the cultists being dragged by Yanran’s ice sword. He quickly changed the subject, pointing at the three gruesome corpses.
“…?”
Meanwhile Yanran also snapped out of staring at Yino’s face. She coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness much like Yuyan had done then explained following Yino’s lead:
“These are the Full Moon cultists who escaped earlier. All the cultists infiltrating Northern Snow Mountain have been cleared out now.”
Though Yino had brought it up, Yanran was actually explaining to Yuyan.
Yuyan looked back at the cultists’ bodies raising an eyebrow then shaking her head regretfully. “That’s a shame they’re already dead. Senior should have kept some alive for questioning.”
“These cultists are very cunning hiding poison in their teeth” Yanran said calmly, making up a story. “When I caught up, they knew they couldn’t escape so they all bit the poison and killed themselves.”
Yino looked at her eyes frowning slightly with a helpless expression. This quick lying without thinking truly befitted her role as one of the original moles in the Wuji Sect.
“Hidden poison… as expected of cultists” Yuyan said without doubt, her cold eyes flashing with disgust at the cultists.
As Yino was lost in thought staring at Yanran’s face. the two immortals who had been discussing the cultists suddenly went quiet.
“Hm?”
“What… what’s wrong?”
At some point, Yino found himself between the two women. He felt like they were talking about the cultists but kept stealing glances at his face.
-Something is not right… I didn’t even know Yanran in this life!-
“…?”
Yanran looked at Yino then at Yuyan, her blue eyes seeming to ponder something.
But just then Yuyan unexpectedly spoke up to explain: “Actually, I was just checking if Yino was injured which is why I had him take off his clothes…”
Just like Yino had observed earlier when Yuyan felt awkward, she also coughed lightly and folded her arms.
Yanran listened silently still not saying anything.
But a bead of sweat rolled down Yuyan’s face. She looked away and continued explaining: “After checking his body, I found Yino had some injuries on his waist and abdomen. So I took the chance to teach him a lesson urging him to study body tempering techniques properly in the future to protect his vital areas.”
Yuyan had explained twice now.
But when she finished, Yanran just raised an eyebrow slightly and said awkwardly “I see I thought we’d moved past that topic already.”
Yanran had just casually asked when she first arrived. Later her question had been overshadowed by the cultist topic. Yanran herself hadn’t thought much of it but now Yuyan was suddenly bringing it up again, explaining to her twice.
“It’s fine, I was just worried Senior might misunderstand” Yuyan said coolly though her eyes looked a bit uncomfortable.
The atmosphere became a bit strange.
Yanran looked around first meeting eyes with the foxgirl hiding behind Yino pretending nothing had happened.
Then as if suddenly remembering something Yanran quickly looked towards Chen Jianxin. who had almost been forgotten by everyone.
Earlier when Chen Jianxin went berserk and was about to attack Yino, Yuyan had casually sent him flying.
After that, Chen Jianxin had fallen to his knees and passed out from the pain.
Now when Yanran looked back she suddenly realized the truly important protagonist had been lying unconscious on the ground this whole time!
“So this must be the genius swordsman who took first place in the Wuji Sect entrance exam…”
“What happened to him? Is he still alive?”
Yanran covered her mouth with her hand, her beautiful eyes looking at the young man with interest.
At the same time, Yuyan also looked back, her cold eyes flashing with something unusual.
“Yes, that’s him.”
“When I arrived earlier this boy seemed to have gone berserk even attacking his fellow disciples so I punished him lightly…”
“Of course, he’s still alive I just put him to sleep for a bit.”
Yuyan said coolly, her cold eyes glancing at the ahoge girl beside her.
Standing next to the Yuyan, Yunjin nodded. She walked over, picked up a small twig from the snow and gently poked Chen Jianxin’s nostrils.
Soon, Chen Jianxin’s face tensed up, his furrowed brows showing signs of movement.
He suddenly sat up gasping for air. The Wuji Sect disciples watching all took two steps back, looking scared and uneasy as if observing a fierce beast that had just woken up.
Yuyan and Yanran also looked back observing the disciples’ expressions each with their own thoughts.
“I… what happened…” Chen Jianxin mumbled as he sat up opening his eyes to see the ahoge girl crouching next to him, poking him with a twig.
“Senior Yunjin?”
He was about to raise his hand but she stepped back warily keeping a safe distance from Chen Jianxin.
Suddenly fragmented memories flooded back and Chen Jianxin seemed to recall what had happened before he passed out.
-So that’s what happened… I was consumed by my inner demon?-
-No wonder Senior Yunjin is afraid of me…-
Chen Jianxin thought to himself sighing. He could only scratch his head and smile saying:
“Sorry for worrying you Senior, I’m fine!”
“Mm…” Yunjin nodded quietly, her face still expressionless as she observed Chen Jianxin half-believing.
Knowing the atmosphere was awkward, Chen Jianxin stood up ignoring the aches all over his body.
He looked around first seeing the strange looks from the other disciples then finally meeting eyes with the two beautiful immortals in front of him who had serious expressions.
“Ah… you are…!”
“This disciple greets Sword Immortal Mo Yuyan!”
Chen Jianxin was startled and quickly knelt on one knee saluting with clasped hands.
He didn’t recognize the black-robed immortal next to Yuyan but from her cold gaze examining him, Chen Jianxin knew her status must be high at least on par with Yuyan!
“Chen Jianxin, I saw everything you did in Snow Village tonight. The disciples here have also recounted it all.”
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“Although you killed many cultists which counts as an achievement… later you were possessed by your inner demon and even tried to kill your fellow disciples!”
“Luckily I stopped you in time or it could have led to disaster.”
At the front of the group, Yuyan spoke first with her usual icy tone, yet not without the rationality befitting her role as the senior disciple.
She neither cursed and completely dismissed Chen Jianxin, because of her relationship with Yino nor showed any favoritism due to Chen Jianxin’s shocking sword potential.
Yuyan’s face showed almost no emotion as she purely objectively evaluated Chen Jianxin as a disciple.
Meanwhile, under the scrutiny of the two immortals, Chen Jianxin nodded repeatedly standing up straight to accept the scolding.
“Chen Jianxin, perhaps your initial intention in going berserk was to defeat the cultists but based on the current results you clearly don’t have the ability to control the demon within you yet…”
“Now that you’ve regained consciousness you should apologize to Yino.”
At the end, Yuyan looked back at Yino, her cold beautiful eyes finally showing a hint of warmth.
Chen Jianxin listened silently looking up at the handsome young man flanked by the two-immortals.
He thought of Yino’s suspicious absence at a critical moment last night. He thought of the strange scales on Yino’s arm during the chaotic battle with the cultists and his frequent suspicious conversations with the cultists…
Chen Jianxin now suspected Yino was the mole his senior brother had mentioned!
But he had no evidence and wasn’t in the right. Plus with the two immortals’ cold gazes on him, Chen Jianxin could only suppress all the clues and suspicions in his heart, unable to speak.
Chen Jianxin sighed. Though very unwilling he still lowered his head slightly walked up to Yino and said in a deep voice:
“Sorry, I hated the cultists so much that I mistook you for one of them and almost hurt you by mistake…”
His apology was loaded with hidden meaning, even his glare at Yino concealed resentment.
Beside the two young men, Yuyan took a deep breath, her eyes which had been cold and emotionless the whole time finally narrowing slightly in displeasure.
But before Yuyan could speak, Yino smiled slightly and patted Chen Jianxin’s shoulder:
“It’s okay. With your skills, I doubt you can hurt me even a bit.”