Chapter 64: A Huge Loss!

‘This woman is truly terrifying. She can even guess that I have a plan to assassinate her.’

Xiu Qingcheng’s furrowed brows could almost crush a mosquito.

Lu Tianzhao…

When Liu Chenxin was eating with Meng Yingxing before, Xiu Qingcheng remembered that Liu Chenxin had asked him about this person.

Now it seemed that Liu Chenxin at that time was not just casually chatting with Meng Yingxing during the meal, but was trying to get something out of him.

Unfortunately, Meng Yingxing didn’t know anything.

“I’ve only found out a little bit for now. If I find out anything else in the future, I’ll tell you immediately. How about it?”

Liu Chenxin was negotiating with Xiu Qingcheng to ensure that she wouldn’t suddenly find her head separated from her body one day.

Xiu Qingcheng didn’t reply immediately.

But no matter how she thought about it, if she wanted to find out about Meng Yingxing’s past, which he cared so much about, it seemed that she could only start with Liu Chenxin for now.

“First, tell me, why are you investigating the Tianfeng Sect?”

Besides Meng Yingxing’s past, Xiu Qingcheng was more concerned about what Liu Chenxin had said at the beginning, that she had ended up investigating Meng Yingxing because she was investigating the Tianfeng Sect.

“As for that, I can’t tell you yet. If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll definitely tell you.”

Liu Chenxin felt much more relaxed now, even putting her injured hands behind her back, but she still didn’t say anything useful.

“But please rest assured, Miss Sword Spirit. I’m not a bad person, and I have no intention of harming your precious disciple, Meng Yingxing.”

“What I said just now about killing him was just to force you to show yourself.”

“This is a secret between the two of us. I hope you won’t tell Meng Yingxing for the time being. If he gets involved, the things I need to do will become more troublesome.”

“In exchange, I won’t expose your existence. How about it?”

Xiu Qingcheng’s gaze shifted elsewhere, and she said nonchalantly, “It depends on my mood.”

Liu Chenxin didn’t say much in response to Xiu Qingcheng’s words.

“I still don’t know your name, Miss Sword Spirit?”

Xiu Qingcheng glanced at her, once again marveling at this woman’s audacity.

“Xiu Qingcheng.” Xiu Qingcheng told her her name truthfully.

Since she already knew of her existence, it didn’t matter if she told her her name.

“Xiu Qingcheng?”

Liu Chenxin nodded and flattered her, “Qingcheng, Qingcheng. Miss Sword Spirit’s appearance is indeed worthy of the name Qingcheng.”¹

Xiu Qingcheng didn’t know which characters Liu Chenxin had mistaken her name for, but she would have preferred it if Liu Chenxin had called her tall and mighty.

Although her current body had nothing to do with being tall and mighty, which was one of the reasons why Xiu Qingcheng resisted this body.

“Then I’ll go change my clothes first. Otherwise, when I go to find Junior Brother Meng later, he’ll laugh at me.”

Following Liu Chenxin’s words, Xiu Qingcheng’s gaze fell on Liu Chenxin’s injured arm.
It was indeed a mess.

Before leaving, Liu Chenxin even waved goodbye to Xiu Qingcheng in a friendly manner.

Xiu Qingcheng watched Liu Chenxin leave and let out a frustrated breath.

She could have just played dead until Liu Chenxin left, but she was so impatient that the moment she heard someone was going to harm Meng Yingxing, she jumped out.

She was even caught by Liu Chenxin and held hostage.

And she should have just rejected all of Liu Chenxin’s suggestions and ruthlessly eliminated the problem at its root!
After all, she could investigate her disciple’s past with him in the future!

‘All these years have been wasted, Xiu Qingcheng! My state of mind still needs to be tempered!’

To save some face, should she chase after Liu Chenxin now and cut off her head?

“Forget it, forget it. Rounding up, I’ll just consider it as helping Meng Yingxing investigate his past.”

Xiu Qingcheng comforted herself, finding excuses for her earlier impulsiveness and lack of consideration.

As for destroying the Tianfeng Sect and the entire world…
Actually, Xiu Qingcheng didn’t know to what extent she could do it, because she had never transformed into a human and used the Ting Tian Sword herself before.

And the spiritual energy realm of a sword spirit seemed to be different from that of ordinary spiritual cultivators.
The spiritual energy was only for constructing the spirit body, and the power used depended entirely on the power of the sword.

The Ting Tian Sword was very strong, so she should also be very strong.

“What Meng Yingxing, what Liu Chenxin, what Lu Tianzhao, what Tianfeng Sect…”

Xiu Qingcheng’s mind had never been filled with so many things, nor had she ever received so much information.
Her head was about to split open.

Xiu Qingcheng scratched her hair.

“According to the normal routine, Lu Tianzhao might be my disciple’s biological father?”

“My head is so itchy. Am I going to grow a brain?”

“Do sword spirits have brains? I don’t think so.”

“Then zombies definitely don’t like to eat sword spirits.”

Regarding the information Liu Chenxin had just given her, Xiu Qingcheng decided not to think about it and just abandon her brain.

Besides, there was so little information now that thinking too much wouldn’t lead to anything, just unreliable guesses.

Time to slack off!

On the other side, Liu Chenxin, who had just escaped from Xiu Qingcheng, was the complete opposite of her earlier smiling self.

Her face was gloomy, and her expression was even somewhat dejected.

“I just wanted to meet this sword spirit, but now I’ve almost screwed up.”

“Luckily, that sword spirit doesn’t seem to be very smart. She was bluffed by me.”

Otherwise, if she had thought a little deeper, she would have realized that what she had said was completely harmless to her, and she would have been killed on the spot.

Or perhaps… that sword spirit really cared about Meng Yingxing and was willing to take a risk and let her go for the sake of his seemingly not-so-simple past.

Although her negotiation with Xiu Qingcheng had been a complete failure, it wasn’t without its good points for Liu Chenxin.

At least she had met this sword spirit whose strength was unfathomable and had formed a delicate, peaceful relationship with her.

In the future, as long as she could clearly investigate the matter she was looking into, and it was indeed related to Meng Yingxing, then this sword spirit lady could probably become a powerful ally.

“Tsk… I hope it really turns out that way.”

Liu Chenxin sighed.

In the negotiation just now, both Liu Chenxin and Xiu Qingcheng felt that they had lost.
So who was the one who gained?

After about half an hour, Meng Yingxing finished helping Liu Chenxin and returned to his own room.

When he came back, Xiu Qingcheng was still leaning against the table like a good little sword, not going anywhere.

Actually, Xiu Qingcheng had wanted to move, but she found that she couldn’t move after turning back into a sword, probably because Meng Yingxing had gone too far away.

Her human form didn’t seem to have this flaw.

‘But the human form is really convenient. Not only can I eat, but I can also go wherever I want.’

Xiu Qingcheng thought to herself.

When Xiu Qingcheng saw Meng Yingxing return, she asked him, “When your Senior Sister Liu brought people to find you to move things just now, was she any different?”

“Not really. She just… changed her clothes?”

Meng Yingxing didn’t feel that Liu Chenxin was any different.

Hearing this, Xiu Qingcheng immediately said:
“You should stay further away from Liu Chenxin in the future.”

Meng Yingxing didn’t understand. “Of course, but Master, why so suddenly?”

“Could it be that while I was gone… she did something to you?”

“No.”

Xiu Qingcheng still decided to hide the previous matter from Meng Yingxing.
After all, it was better not to tell others about some things before they were completely settled.

“It’s just that I suddenly dislike her even more.”

‘It’s definitely not because I was bluffed by Liu Chenxin.’

Meng Yingxing was speechless for a moment.

Alright, although this explanation was very far-fetched, it did fit his image of Xiu Qingcheng.

His master, her thoughts were erratic, she did as she pleased, as if she had no brain.

“Master, tomorrow is the day the mountain gate opens.”

After returning, Meng Yingxing started the cultivation he hadn’t finished before, but he was also casually chatting with Xiu Qingcheng.

“I know. You said you were going to buy me a gift. What are you going to buy?”

Xiu Qingcheng was still very curious about what Meng Yingxing could buy for her, a sword.

“Tomorrow.”

Meng Yingxing smiled brightly. “You’ll know tomorrow, Master.”

Xiu Qingcheng floated in mid-air, her sword body tilting to the side as if she were speechless.

‘He’s even keeping me in suspense, and smiling!’

‘Does this disciple know what I just went through!’

‘No! He doesn’t know!’

‘He only cares about the suspense he’s creating!’

Footnotes:
¹Qingcheng literally means “toppling cities” and is used to describe a woman of devastating beauty.