Interlude: Meng Yue

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    Meng Yue made her way out of the Xiao Sects main house with a serene smile on her face. The moment she took one step outside the building, her form vanished. It was merely a movement technique, but Meng Yue felt it was proper to use it. Making a big impression was always good.

    The woman of such beauty that men would cut their arms off if she but asked reappeared several miles away on a rooftop. She mentally congratulated herself on a job well done. By showing up at the wedding, she had given the Xiao Sects Patriarch a lot of face. No one would be able to say anything bad about Xiao Zheng for a long time.

    Meng Yue smiled proudly.

    It had been a last-second decision, but it had worked out beautifully. Why, everyone in the Xiao Sect had been overjoyed to see her! They hadnt even been able to meet her eyes from the joy! They had kept such a respectful silence for her! Truly, Eastern Port City had very well-behaved people living it!

    To think her sisters thought shed embarrass the Sect!

    Sister Yue is strong and beautiful, but her gifts are best used away from boring meetings.

    Sister Yue is great at cultivation. I envy her strength. Perhaps it is better if Sister Yue focuses only on that?

    I dont mean to offend, but the image our Divine Frozen Palace wants to maintain and the image Sister Yue projects. Sister Yue understands, right?

    Yue, I won''t mince words. You are utterly without skill in diplomacy. Youre quick to violence and not at all subtle. When angered, you are without mercy. It is as if you never left the Renegade Realm. If we let too many people see you, theyll get the idea that were all unthinking savages.

    To think those four had the gall to say such things to her!

    Who did they think they were!

    When had she ever made the Divine Frozen Palace look bad? When?

    Meng Yue had been so angry with her sisters that she had left to hunt. The need to kill something had been strong. Luckily, she had found a Ravenous Silver Wolf, a fine specimen at that. It had taken almost a month to chase it down and kill it. As she was beating it to death, Meng Yue imagined it was her sisters faces staring back at her instead of the wolfs.

    It had been a fairly satisfying endeavor.

    After killing it, Meng Yue realized she was very close to Eastern Port City. For someone as powerful as her, a city that small usually wasnt worth remembering, but as one of the Five Fairies of the Divine Frozen Palace, Meng Yue knew the names of all the Sects they were allied with as well as their central locations.

    The Xiao Sect wasnt worth mentioning next to the Divine Frozen Palace, but it was still among the Top 100 Sects of the Empire.

    It had only been proper for her to pay a visit, right?

    There was absolutely nothing wrong with that. Meng Yue most certainly hadnt just gone there to prove she could represent the Sect without looking like an angry savage.

    Not at all.

    In the span of a breath, he appeared before her. He was an old man with pure white hair and a long beard.

    He was not in the Emperor Realm.

    This was something Meng Yue understood instantly. This was not someone who stood in the Emperor Realm. His Qi was very well hidden. Indeed, Meng Yue couldnt believe it had taken her so long to detect him. For an Emperor to be able to conceal his Qi so well was quite a feat.

    However, this man was not an Emperor.

    The Qi Meng Yue could detect was undoubtedly in the Emperor Realm. She was certain those who managed to see through the first layer of deceit would be shocked upon discovering an Emperor.

    There was just one problem with that.

    You are dying.

    Now that he was right in front of her, Meng Yue could feel the sorry state of his Qi. It was hard to believe he was not dead yet. That meant the only reason his Qi felt like it was in the Emperor Realm was that he was dying!

    In other words, this person was someone who had at least taken the first step into the Divine Realms before being diminished like this!

    You are blunt.

    Meng Yues eyebrow twitched. The old man laughed.

    Relax. It is as you say. The one before you is a dying old man. I have no designs for you or your disciple. I am merely someone who has found a place to die in peace.

    Meng Yue believed him instantly. Her sisters would reproach her for being so trusting, yet she felt no falsehood in him.

    Still, this Old Jiang has gotten way too lax, the old man said. Since the most dangerous thing Ive had to deal with has been a small Emperor, Ive lowered my guard far too much lately.

    The boy, Meng Yue said as something clicked inside her mind. Is he your disciple?

    He is.

    Meng Yues delicate eyebrows rose.

    I see.

    In that case, she may have been mistaken. It may be that the boys and Xiao Shuangs paths would cross once more in the future.

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