Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 246 Not necessarily just a holy land of one country

Lu Xingzhou never imagined that there could be bad people among the crowd.

You can just say things like that? Are you trying to ruin someone's chance to pick up girls? No, you're trying to kill them!

However, to everyone's surprise, after glaring fiercely at Lu Xingzhou, Ye Tinglan didn't ask any questions. Her beautiful eyes swept over the empty store and she snorted coldly, "I'll borrow the changing room for a moment."

He then went straight inside.

What should we say to him, and how should we say it?
I'm just his mentor; what business is it of my which woman he brings to buy clothes? Is it okay to get angry in public? What kind of relationship does getting angry like this in public represent?
I can only endure it.

You still want to pursue me? Go to hell!

Ye Tinglan has her own clothes and doesn't need to buy any; she just couldn't find a place to change clothes before.

When I touched my robes while changing clothes, I felt like facepalming.

If she were wearing her own robes as the Holy Lord of Tianyao, none of the spatial rifts and corrosion she experienced today would have damaged them at all. But because she was playing the role of "Madam Ye," she didn't wear her own robes and wore ordinary clothes, resulting in this mess.

What's infuriating is that we still have to wear ordinary clothes.

What's even more infuriating is that this performance is now completely meaningless... Su Yuan, that idiot, keeps calling himself the sect leader, and I'm an idiot too, always calling myself "this one".

But Su Yuan felt that since Long Qinghuang had already made it public, there was nothing left to hide, so he was the real idiot.

Judging from Lu Xingzhou's completely unsurprised reaction, the performance was all about comedy from beginning to end. How could someone as smart as him possibly hide such a flawed joke? But given that he had just managed to maintain the facade of being just a junior sister, he still had to grit his teeth and continue to be funny.

Ye Tinglan reluctantly gave up the sect leader's robes and instead put on some ordinary clothes before walking out the door expressionlessly.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Lu Xingzhou surrounded by a group of people from the Hanlan Sect: "You dare to come here!"

Lu Xingzhou said helplessly, "You repay kindness with enmity. You have no idea how much I have suffered for you."

Seeing that even the sect leader had come out, Ye Tinglan crossed her arms and watched him die, planning to save him only after he was beaten half to death.

But Lu Xingzhou continued, "You've come at the perfect time. I was planning to visit you anyway. In this glacier incident, Hanlan City was the starting point, and your sect cooperated the most. You even had direct exchanges with the bidders from Tianyao Holy Land. I wonder if you know more about the inside story? Have you communicated directly with Gu Zhanting?"

Ye Tinglan: "..."

Hanlan Sect Leader Zhang Liying sneered, "You seem to know quite a lot! Take him down!"

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Tinglan appeared before him, expressionless.

Facing those deep eyes, Zhang Liying suddenly felt as if she were being stared at by an ancient tyrannical dragon, and her whole body went numb.

I heard that the man brought a Tyrannosaurus Rex yesterday, so what kind of girls does he date?

Before he could react, Ye Tinglan grabbed his shoulder, and Zhang Liying didn't even have time to resist before his power was sealed.

With Lu Xingzhou on his right and Zhang Liying on his left, Ye Tinglan vanished in a flash.

The room was left filled with the horrified high-ranking members of the Hanlan Sect staring at each other, none of them knowing what had happened.

The "bad guys" in the crowd outside had vanished without a trace.

After a long while, a high-ranking member of the Hanlan Sect finally came to his senses: "The topic this man is talking about is something that ordinary people could not possibly know... He is a deep participant in this matter."

"With the two powerful women beside him... have you guessed it? The Demon Emperor and the Holy Lord of Tianyao openly stealing a man?"

"So the woman who came in wearing men's clothes to change earlier... was the Heavenly Yao Holy Master? So the Sect Master couldn't even withstand a single move, and we couldn't even see her movements?"

"So that golden-haired woman who killed my sect's disciple yesterday was the Demon Emperor?"

"Everything makes sense now, no wonder they're so powerful..."

"But why are we still alive?"

It's not unusual for a man to be flirting with both the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Yao Saintess at the same time. What is unusual is that an ordinary third-rank sect that has offended both the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Yao Saintess has only lost one disciple who was harassing her in the street so far, and the sect leader's fate is still unknown.

Watching a group of high-ranking members of the Hanlan Sect leave with trembling legs, the clothing store owner looked up and pondered for a long time before hanging two plaques at the entrance: "Magnificent attire, the Demon Emperor swept it all away; Comfortable clothing, the Saint Sect lingered there, reluctant to leave."

The horizontal scroll reads: "A Second Bloom."

After that, the clothing store became a local tourist attraction, with more tourists coming to worship than to train in the frozen moon valley.

"Bang!" Ye Tinglan threw Zhang Liying to the side of the road and sat down on a roadside stone. Just as she was about to interrogate him, she realized that she was still holding someone in her right hand, so she casually put him down beside her.

As a result, Lu Xingzhou sat next to her, and Ye Tinglan didn't notice anything amiss at all.

Zhang Liying stared blankly at the two sitting so close together, her mind completely blank.

His family's higher-ups had already guessed Ye Tinglan's identity, so he naturally figured it out on the way. So, is True Person Tinglan going to return to secular life?
Ye Tinglan coldly said, "Speak, have you met Gu Zhanting or his envoy?" Zhang Liying dared not hide anything: "I truly know nothing about the Qian Emperor's affairs, but the Lord of Si Kingdom personally came to find me. The southern part of the glacier borders more than a dozen sects and towns, and he should have searched them all, but our Hanlan Sect is the closest one, so he ultimately chose to start from here..."

Ye Tinglan asked a few more questions, but there really wasn't anything new to ask. Hanlan City was at most the executor and the starting point; it was unrealistic to expect a mere third-grade sect to know anything inside information.

After asking this question for a while, Ye Tinglan had other ideas.

Asking Zhang Liying is useless, why not ask Si Han in detail?

If Gu Zhanting wanted to persuade Si Han, he certainly wouldn't just offer a benefit in a crude way; any ideas they had must have been discussed in great detail.

The struggle between Tianyao Holy Land and the Great Qian Royal Family is a very serious and cautious matter. It has been the matter that has consumed the most of Ye Tinglan's energy in the past ten years. Now that Si Han has a breakthrough and has a strategist by his side, why not try to go deeper?

Turning to look at Lu Xingzhou, who guessed what she was thinking, he said, "If you want to find Si Han, you need to hurry... otherwise things might change. Si Han has lost the Bone Dragon and is injured. There are many sects in Tian Shuang Kingdom, and there are no shortage of ambitious people who want to replace him as the leader of the alliance. Gu Zhanting doesn't even need to do anything. If Gu Zhanting is manipulating things behind the scenes, then Si Han might die a very bad death. This might be the final link in Gu Zhanting's plan. How could he sit idly by and watch a unified and powerful Tian Shuang Kingdom rise up with him right next to him?"

Ye Tinglan said, "Whether Si Han lives or dies is irrelevant. Do you also think it's worth looking for him?"

“It’s worth it.” Lu Xingzhou said seriously, “Since there were no casualties, this little grudge with him is just a minor one. If we can save him from danger, then Gu Zhanting’s former ally will become an ally of Tianyao Holy Land. Speaking of which, Si Han is not weak. He can hold his own against you and Long Qinghuang… If there is a possibility of a Super Grade being produced in Tianshuang Kingdom, then he has the highest chance. Holy Lands are independent of political power, so you may not be limited to being the Holy Land of Daqian Kingdom.”

Zhang Liying's eyes widened, and Ye Tinglan also stared straight at Lu Xingzhou with her eyes wide open, and the air was silent for a moment.

It's not surprising that someone would want to turn an enemy into a friend and make the enemy's ally their own.

But when it comes to that last sentence, it's something that almost no normal person would consider.

Is this the man who straddles both the Demon Emperor and the Holy Lord?

Ye Tinglan was silent for a moment, then turned to Zhang Liying again: "Sect Leader Zhang, regarding this matter, your sect..."

Having received Lu Xingzhou's strategic hint, Zhang Liying's mind raced this time. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Our sect is willing to submit to the Tianyao Holy Land. From now on, we will be the Holy Lord's dog, guarding the gates of the Frozen Moon River in the north and watching over the changes in the Tianshuang Kingdom in the south."

Seeing that Ye Tinglan did not answer immediately, Zhang Liying immediately said, "If the Holy Lord wants to directly annex us, it is also possible to treat us as a branch. We will follow the Holy Lord's orders."

Ye Tinglan was actually just stunned by his directness. Upon hearing this, she finally shook her head and chuckled: "Why would I want to annex you? I agree to the proposal of becoming an annex. I will have Elder Su Yuan connect with you another day."

Zhang Liying was overjoyed: "Thank you, Holy Lord!"

Ye Tinglan waved her hand: "Alright, go back by yourself."

Zhang Liying quickly bowed and said, "Wishing you both a long and happy marriage."

Ye Tinglan's smile vanished, and the smile shifted to Lu Xingzhou's face.

Watching Zhang Liying's figure disappear without expression, Ye Tinglan said with a stiff face, "Su Yuan called me Holy Lord because he used me to pretend to be Holy Lord to scare people during the previous battle. Zhang Liying did the same thing this time; I was just using my senior sister's name."

"Mmm." Lu Xingzhou said seriously, "I know you're not a monk."

Ye Tinglan now feels that the one who's been kicked in the head by a donkey isn't her sister, but herself.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally said, "I am the junior sister of the Holy Lord of Tianyao, and of course I am also a nun."

Lu Xingzhou said, "How do you know that her disciples are not monks?"

Ye Tinglan: "..."

How could I forget about that?

Qingli, with her cold heart and indifference, will eventually become a nun; it's just not the right time yet.

But Lu Xingzhou said, "Besides, the Imperial Preceptor said that Taoist priests in the National Temple can get married."

Ye Tinglan's eyes widened: "Nonsense! When did the Imperial Advisor ever say such a thing?"

Lu Xingzhou said, "I did say that you should go and confront her with me, right?"

"You!" Ye Tinglan stood up abruptly, gritting her teeth as she grabbed Lu Xingzhou: "Focus on planning Si Han's affairs properly, and stop thinking about such improper things!"

Lu Xingzhou tilted his head and looked at her for a long time, then suddenly said, "Sir..."

"Hmm?" Ye Tinglan suddenly realized that he hadn't called him "sir" in a while...

Lu Xingzhou said, "I want to help you share the burden because I care about you. I don't want to be forced to fawn over someone who doesn't appreciate my efforts."

Ye Tinglan released his hand, revealing a fake, charming smile, and reached out to smooth the wrinkles in his clothes: "What... does Young Master Lu want me to treat you the same way Shen Tang did?"

“No need for that.” Despite clearly sensing Ye Tinglan’s murderous aura, Lu Xingzhou still smiled and said, “But no matter what, I don’t take threats seriously. How about… a reward?”

(End of this chapter)