CHAPTER 391: BLACKENED JUNIOR SISTER (96)

If she can turn the tables and reverse the situation, maybe she can also increase their favorability for her in the process! Besides, these two were the strongest people in this world. It might be safer to follow them than to flee far away!

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Before Yue Ran arrived at the base of the Dark Sky Pavilion, Hai Bing Tu sensed her breath from a distance and immediately rushed out to greet her. At the same time, Yue Ran noticed a figure sprinting towards her from afar.

"My Lord!!! I missed you!"

Yue Ran blinked. Oh, it was Hai Bing Tu.

"Is it not just a few days since we last saw each other?" Yue Ran raised a brow.

"A passing day feels like a passing year to me," Hai Bing Tu said dramatically. "Why did my Lord leave me there all by myself?"

Hai Bing Tu wrapped her hands around Yue Ran’s arm and acted coquettishly. Even though Hai Bing Tu sounded like she was whining to her, Yue Ran knew that Hai Bing Tu did not mean to blame her. Hai Bing Tu was just acting spoiled, as usual.

"All right, it will not happen again," Yue Ran said. "Anyway, the Dark Sky Pavilion will not be at peace these next two days, will it?"

"The people from the Exalted Sea Sect have been here, and some are still waiting for my Lord in the Dark Sky Pavilion," Hai Bing Tu said.

"What did they say?" Yue Ran asked.

"They want to see you first before they make a decision," Hai Bing Tu stated.

Yue Ran laughed when she heard that. In this situation, the Exalted Sea Sect had no other option but to choose to side with her. If not, they may spend the rest of their lives wallowing in regret.

"Let’s go," Yue Ran said. "I also gained a lot from this trip."

"My Lord, is this white tiger your contracted demon beast?" Hai Bing Tu asked, peering at the large and furry tiger demon beast following behind the group.

"Yes, that is right," Yue Ran answered.

In fact, there were other dozens of rabbit demon beasts that she had also contracted. Yue Ran quietly added in her heart. However, she refrained from saying this out loud since Hai Bing Tu herself would find out about it sooner or later. In addition, when those rabbit demon beasts are transformed into a necklace and worn by her, they can also continuously absorb her spiritual power to practice and improve their own cultivation.

Originally, demon beasts could cultivate faster than humans. The first giant white rabbit that Yue Ran contracted with was almost catching up with the cultivation of Qing Xi— the female protagonist who needed to increase the favorability value of the male protagonists to increase her cultivation rank.

The party returned to the base of the Dark Sky Pavilion together, and the first person that Yue Ran met head-on as soon as she got back to her room was Shu Ye.

"How is your trip?" Shu Ye inquired.

"Not bad, I gained a lot," Yue Ran remarked. "I will keep things short."

Yue Ran picked up the key points and narrated them to Shu Ye, including the background and history of her identity. After all, the two were in the same boat now, so there was no need to conceal things like this.

Shu Ye fell into confusion for some time after hearing her words. Looking at her calm face, his heart felt very complicated. Even an outsider like him could sense the twists and turns in her story, but why did Yue Ran seem to be fine? It was as if she was not the person involved in the story at all when, in fact, she was standing in the center of the storm.

"All right, I know," Shu Ye said. "And you must have heard from your subordinate," he took a glance at Hai Bing Tu, "that the people from the Exalted Sea Sect want to see you. What do you think about this?"

"Let them come to me," Yue Ran said. "I will meet them."

Long Yuan poured a cup of tea for Yue Ran. She merely glanced at it and raised her hand to rub the area between her eyebrows.

"All right, I will ask them to come here," Shu Ye said.

Shu Ye did not delay. He got up and went out to lead those people over.

Shortly after, five people, looking around fifties to sixties, all men, pushed the door open and walked in one after another. Seeing an unidentified young woman, the only occupant in the room who was sitting down and sipping tea in a leisurely manner, they asked a question: "Are you Miss Yue Ran?"

"Yes, I am," Yue Ran answered. She stood up and bowed a little. The moment she raised her head, those people saw her face clearly. One of these people suddenly had the rims of his eyes turned red, and some others murmured, "Miss Luo Lian." Yue Ran knew that that was the name of the mother of the original body.

"Do you know...?" One asked, his voice trailing off.

"I already know everything," Yue Ran said, not really interested in hearing a recounting of whatever tale the five wanted to share with her.

Yue Ran nodded to them and gestured for the five of them to take a seat. Long Yuan stood behind her while Hai Bing Tu poured tea for the guests one by one.

Before those people could speak, Yue Ran slowly told them some of the information that she knew, but she did not reveal everything. Those people looked at one another, and they were filled with emotion. Before they met Yue Ran face to face, they only thought that she might be the descendant of an ordinary member of the Exalted Sea Sect, and she had also contracted the magic sword through some luck and adventure.

However, they never...