Ye Chu did not really fight Bai Xuan again. Although Bai Xuan showed alluring charm, seeing her covered in fragrant sweat, Ye Chu felt it was not good to do it once more.
“Fourth senior brother, who rang the mountain bell? The one hundred and eight peaks are not what they used to be. Who has the authority to ring the mountain bell and gather all the peak masters?” Xi Xi was stirred by the bell sounds. Seeing Ye Chu just walk out, she asked him in surprise while her eyes fell on the streaks of rainbow light shooting across the sky.
Xi Xi could not help but feel strange. Within the entire Qing Mi Mountain, no one had such authority to gather all the peak masters anymore. Not to mention others, even her master held the various peak masters in contempt. Normally when people were sent to invite him multiple times, the old madman would disdainfully throw them out directly.
But this time the old madman actually went as well. This surprised Xi Xi. She could not understand who had such prestige to make all one hundred and eight peak masters gather. That was no ordinary honour and authority.
“The Holy Master of the Floating Life Palace.” Ye Chu said to Xi Xi.
Xi Xi did not know much about the Floating Life Palace, but she understood very well what the title of Holy Master meant. The emotion domain was vast, spanning countless tens of thousands of miles. Yet how many could be called saint clans? As the most honoured person in a saint clan, the Holy Master naturally held enormous significance. Xi Xi just had not expected that such a person would summon all the peak masters.
“What did he summon all the peak masters for?” Xi Xi asked curiously.
Ye Chu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His heart felt uneasy and he glanced at Xi Xi with some guilt.
“Well, maybe she thinks the world is nice and invited everyone out for tea and a chat.” Ye Chu made up nonsense.
“Puchi…” Xi Xi could not help laughing. She thought that the dignified Holy Master would not come to build relationships for no reason. Seeing Ye Chu’s evasive expression, Xi Xi, who knew his character well, blinked her eyes. “Fourth senior brother did not cause some big trouble outside and now they have come to the door, right?”
“Absolutely impossible.” Ye Chu said firmly. “That is not trouble at all. At most it is a matter of wrong timing when doing some very low key and pure things.”
“What things?” Xi Xi asked curiously. She opened her mouth wide, not expecting that Ye Chu had really provoked Weak Water.
“You are still young and do not understand. You must know that when doing things, the most important thing is to find the right time and the right person. Cough, how does that saying go? Meeting the right person at the right time means even rape can be counted as love.” Ye Chu sighed. His heart felt uneasy and he very much wanted to rush over to see what Weak Water was doing. But Ye Chu forced himself to hold back. If he really ran over and Weak Water was denouncing him, then things would get out of hand.
Xi Xi looked at Ye Chu with a smile. “Is the Holy Master a woman?”
Xi Xi seemed to have guessed something but also felt it was impossible. To be the Holy Master, even if weak, she would be thousands of times stronger than Ye Chu. How could Ye Chu possibly bully her?
Ye Chu secretly glanced around, then whispered to Xi Xi, “Do not tell sister Bai Xuan.”
“…”
Xi Xi was speechless. But looking at Ye Chu’s cautious and guilty thief like appearance, she could not help wanting to laugh again.
…
When the old madman returned to Wuxin Peak, it was already dusk. Ye Chu secretly glanced behind the old madman and saw no sign of Weak Water. His heart felt much more at ease.
Yet he also thought that if Weak Water had said something, the other peaks would treat him as a mortal enemy. Ye Chu wondered if he should find a place to hide properly at this time.
The old madman saw Ye Chu turn to escape and called out to stop him. “What are you running for?”
“Ah. Nothing. I just want to find a place to rest. The journey was too tiring.” Ye Chu naturally would not admit it and spoke in a casual tone. “By the way, what did that woman Weak Water say to you?”
One sentence made the old madman’s expression become very strange. He looked Ye Chu up and down with hot and puzzled eyes.
Being stared at like this by the old madman made Ye Chu’s scalp tingle. His body could not help breaking out in cold sweat. Weak Water would not really have issued some order at Qing Mi Mountain, right?
With Weak Water’s status, if she really gave any order at Qing Mi Mountain, countless people would be willing to turn the world upside down for her. Public anger would be hard to calm. Even with the old madman guarding Wuxin Peak, it would be hard to protect his safety.
“Well… when you all gathered, what did you talk about? You just drank tea and chatted, right? You imagined the future of Qing Mi Mountain. As for other matters, not a single word was mentioned, right?”
After looking Ye Chu up and down, the old madman suddenly said, “What did you do to Weak Water?”
One sentence made Ye Chu’s hair stand on end. His whole body was instantly covered in coldness. Damn, this woman did not really say it, right? Then would he not become the public enemy of Qing Mi Mountain in the future?
“I did nothing at all.” Ye Chu denied it to the death. Otherwise he even suspected the old madman would betray him.
“Impossible. If you did nothing, how could she make that decision? I really did not expect that you, kid, have good methods. I underestimated you.” The old madman stared at Ye Chu and looked him up and down as if seeing him for the first time.
“Which… what exactly did she say?” Ye Chu felt terrified from the stare and had the urge to turn and run.
“What exactly is your relationship with Weak Water? Did you do something to make her…” The old madman continued to ask.
Ye Chu felt his heart was about to explode. He quickly said, “Of course not. I did nothing. I really did nothing. I have not even touched her. We do not interfere with each other. We only have a light friendship. The feelings are very shallow. I did nothing else. You have to believe me.”
Ye Chu said hurriedly. What a joke. At this moment he could not admit anything even if beaten to death.
But the old madman spat and said, “Nonsense. If you really did nothing, would Weak Water ask all the peak masters of Qing Mi Mountain to give you special care?”
“Wait.” Ye Chu was stunned and suspected he had misheard. “What did you say? You said Weak Water asked the many peak masters to give me special care?”
“What exactly did you do, kid? Are you really not familiar with Weak Water?” The old madman frowned. “This is strange. Did I just hear wrong?”
“Ah. You definitely did not hear wrong.” Ye Chu said. “I was just joking with you earlier. What is my relationship with Weak Water? It is a life and death relationship. We are so close we could wear the same pair of trousers. You do not know how good we are. It is simply to the point of swearing blood alliance and becoming sworn brothers. You do not know how deep our feelings are.”
The old madman heard Ye Chu’s words and spat. “Keep talking nonsense. Why do you not say you slept in the same bed with her?”
“…” Ye Chu closed his mouth and said nothing. He thought that this matter had indeed happened, but he could not let you know.
“I do not know what methods you, kid, used to make the Floating Life Palace treat you like this.” The old madman said in surprise. “Could it be that moving that Supreme Sword could make the Floating Life Palace value you so much that even she personally spoke up and even suggested you go to that place?”
The old madman felt puzzled. He knew the significance of that sword to the Floating Life Palace. But these matters originally had nothing to do with the other peaks. Why would Weak Water gather all the peak masters of Qing Mi Mountain for this?