Chapter 19: Turning the Tables on the Enemy

Yan Changsheng only felt that Nan Sheng was kind and adorable, and he couldn't help but press her down again and kiss her. As he kissed, he said, "What I love most about you is your understanding nature. You're mine now, and you mustn't have eyes for any other man. If you do, I will kill that person, understand?"

Nan Sheng felt extremely guilty and eagerly returned Yan Changsheng's kisses, easily arousing the man's passion and setting off a new wave of fervor...

As they had become more intimate, the relationship between Yan Changsheng and Nan Sheng had progressed by leaps and bounds, the two were sweet as honey, and everywhere they went, they seemed joined at the hip.

Yet Nan Sheng still minded the presence of Shen Qinghe and couldn't let go of Xiao Chen.

Shen Qinghe, who had not visited Juxiu Hall for a long time, suddenly appeared one day, and everyone's gaze fell upon her.

Since Shen Qinghe's Foundation Establishment, besides the first day she had come to Juxiu Hall, she never showed her face again and did not seem to be cultivating properly.

Unlike Nan Sheng, who was clearly a cultivation prodigy, yet was still so diligent and hardworking, advancing from the Early Foundation Establishment Stage to the middle stage in just a few months.

At this rate, in another year, Nan Sheng was very likely to break through to the Late Foundation Completion Stage and become a Core Formation Cultivator.

Nan Sheng not only had a talent for cultivation but had also become increasingly beautiful. When she first entered the Sky Pole Sect, she was pure and naive, fragile and touching, but now she had acquired a lustful and charming flavor, and with her voluptuous figure, she was the epitome of a pure desire beauty.

Every male cultivator who saw Nan Sheng couldn't take their eyes off her, wishing they could glue their eyes to her.

The sudden appearance of Shen Qinghe undoubtedly caused the male cultivators who sought Nan Sheng in vain to brighten up.

Today, Shen Qinghe wore a moon crescent white cross-collar wide-sleeved dress, her slender waist pinched by a green palace sash to a barely graspable circumference. Her lips were like flower petals, her eyebrows like green indigo, her skin whiter than snow. The previously ugly birthmark had become much smaller and obediently nestled between her brows, like two budding sprouts that added a touch of playfulness to her appearance.

The girl who used to be unnoticeable wherever she went now shone like the clean, translucent moon, captivating and making it difficult for people to look away.

Even Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen, who were accustomed to seeing beauties like Nan Sheng, were stunned for a moment when they saw Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe herself did not know the stir her appearance had caused.

She had run out of stored spiritual energy and came to Juxiu Hall because she had no other choice. As she cultivated, she found herself using more and more spiritual energy. Her reserves were depleted quickly, and she could only absorb the energy from the protagonists of the story.

Today there was a class in Juxiu Hall, and the protagonists were all present—wasn't it the perfect opportunity for her to draw spiritual energy?

As soon as she stepped into Juxiu Hall, she was drawn to the abundant spiritual energy emanating from the protagonists, and her spirits instantly lifted.

Shen Zhiyao saw Shen Qinghe and immediately greeted her excitedly, "Qinghe, how have you become even more beautiful?"

Shen Qinghe smiled lightly, "When have I not been beautiful in elder sister's eyes?"

Shen Zhiyao thought it made sense, "Indeed."

She pulled Shen Qinghe toward the seat next to Xiao Chen. Shen Qinghe saw this and her brow furrowed slightly, "Didn't elder sister say that you would no longer fancy Big Senior Brother in the future?"

Why did you still proactively move closer to Xiao Chen?

"Y-Yes…" Shen Zhiyao was a bit guilty and didn't dare to look at Shen Qinghe.

But whenever she saw Xiao Chen's face, she couldn't move her legs, wanting to get closer to him. She couldn't control her feet, what could she do?

Shen Qinghe sighed quietly in her heart and silently followed Shen Zhiyao to Xiao Chen's side.

As she was about to sit down, Xiao Chen looked at her with an extremely cold gaze.

She immediately stood up straight as if burned, looking at Xiao Chen with a face full of fear and said, "Big Senior Brother, don't kill me, I won't dare to disturb you and Miss Nan being intimate anymore! Last time, I just accidentally saw it, I didn't mean to intrude on you and Miss Nan cultivating your relationship, I really know I was wrong..."

All the cultivators present were dumbfounded, looking back and forth between Xiao Chen, Nan Sheng, and Shen Qinghe.

This was because, in the past few days, there had been countless rumors flying around about Shen Qinghe, discussing how she spent a night in Xiao Chen's Spring Breeze Pavilion. The rumors suggested that Shen Qinghe seduced Xiao Chen on purpose to get back at Yan Changsheng, and some even claimed to have seen ambiguous marks on Shen Qinghe's neck when she left the Spring Breeze Pavilion.

After the rumors spread, Xiao Chen did not respond at all, and Shen Qinghe remained silent too. Later, it was rumored that the reason Yan Changsheng called off his engagement with Shen Qinghe was because she did not maintain her virtue, falling in love with every man she saw, even while she was still engaged to Yan Changsheng, she was seducing Xiao Chen.

Nan Sheng appeared when Yan Changsheng was heartbroken and got together with him then.

In any case, in the rumors, Shen Qinghe was portrayed as a woman without virtue, whereas Nan Sheng went from the third person to the one who rescued Yan Changsheng like a Flower petal.

But the information revealed by Shen Qinghe's recent speech was exactly the opposite.

The rumors were originally spread by Nan Sheng herself. Recently, Shen Qinghe had been like an invisible person, and she thought everything was settled. Who would have expected that Shen Qinghe would turn the tables on her in front of so many cultivators?

Her complexion turned ugly, and in a moment of loss of composure, she questioned, "Shen Qinghe, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

Shen Qinghe saw the fierce yet vulnerable look on Nan Sheng's face, her lips trembling slightly, and tears quickly gathering in her eyes, "Second Senior Brother is already with Miss Nan, I wouldn't foolishly oppose Miss Nan. Last time, it was also accidentally that I saw Big Senior Brother kissing you. I didn't tell anyone else about it, but Big Senior Brother wants to kill me because of it. I know, Big Senior Brother wants to silence me to protect you..."

She timidly glanced at Xiao Chen and met his icy stare.

She "frightenedly" contracted her neck, immediately distancing herself further from Xiao Chen, as though she regarded him as a flood beast.

Shen Zhiyao was crazily protective of her sister. Hearing this, she looked at Xiao Chen and asked coldly, "Big Senior Brother, did you really want to kill Qinghe last time?"

Xiao Chen pursed his thin lips, looking at Shen Qinghe who was avoiding him as if he were a venomous snake, and clenched his fists tightly.

In that moment at the Spring Breeze Pavilion, he indeed had a fleeting thought of killing Shen Qinghe. He had been restraining himself for years and for the first time in his life, he experienced strong personal desires because of a woman, and that out-of-control feeling scared him.

At the time, he thought that if Shen Qinghe died, it might be for the best, so he impulsively made a move against her. He couldn't deny this incident.

"It seems to be true. After the rumors spread, everyone splashed the dirty water on Qinghe, yet Big Senior Brother never came out to clarify. If Big Senior Brother hadn't frightened Qinghe today, she wouldn't have accidentally revealed this. Last time Qinghe even lied to me to protect you, saying you never harbored any thoughts of killing her." Shen Zhiyao looked at Xiao Chen as if he were a stranger, feeling disappointed in him for the first time, "Even if Qinghe has many faults, she is still my sister, my father's own daughter. Even if you like Nan Sheng, you should openly compete with Second Senior Brother; why did you have to attempt to harm Qinghe with such ruthlessness?!"