In the Teahouse (3)

The words that were said by Ouyang Xue had stunned Lu Qingyun. 

Bai Laoxiong was a fifth realm golden celestial, the same realm as his master. He was a full two realm higher than Ouyang Xue. For him to demand such a price from her was preposterous. There was only a simple explanation and that was he was trying to obtain Ouyang Xue's primordial yin to prolong his own vitality.

 Lu Qingyun was speechless, "Isn't he a grand elder? He is asking for a price to help his own cultivation sect?"

 Ouyang Xue was now smiling bitterly, "Senior brother, you have just joined the Heavens Ridge Villa and there may be many things that you do not know. Although all the six masters of the martial halls appeared to be working cordially with one another, there are actually fierce rivalries between them as they compete for the cultivation resources of the Heavens Ridge Villa."

 Elder Ouyang heaved a soft sigh as he said, "The Red Heaven Sword Hall, the Green Fields Martial Hall and the White Spirit Hall are the three most powerful powerhouses in the Heavens Ridge Villa. The Yellow Hills Martial Hall that my daughter is in, is only a lesser influence in the cultivation sect. Unless there is a clear advantage, Celestial Bai Laoxiong won't even try to benefit the other martial halls."

 As Lie Xingyuan listened to their conversations, she had suddenly realized that she was listening to something that she should not have listened to in the first place.

So she was trying to keep as quiet as possible and hoping that everyone would not be able to notice her. What if Elder Ouyang and Ouyang Xue have decided to silently remove her? She was smiling bitterly when she had this thought.

 Lu Qingyun said weakly, "If Miss Ouyang is just trying to breakthrough to the fourth realm then I don't think I will be of much help. My cultivation level is too lowly and I've no pointers to give…"

 Ouyang Xue interrupted him quietly as she looked at him with her bright alluring eyes, "But you have the Golden Roc Flame."

 Lu Qingyun was startled and he was stammering, "You want to obtain my Golden Roc Flame for yourself?"

 She had finally stated her true objective.

Lu Qingyun was naturally unwilling to give her the Golden Roc Flame. The only person that he was willing to give was Qin Keqin and she was the one that had given it to him. Moreover, he had formed an attachment with Yan'Er who had gained sentience.

 Ouyang Xue quickly said with a bitter smile, "I am not so foolish as to take your Golden Roc Flame away from you. If your master found out about it then I may not even have a place to hide. This is your personal resource. Moreover, the mere act of transferring a spirit entity will also weaken it. I merely wish to study it with you."

 The insight of studying a ninth rank spirit entity was an enticing attraction to many cultivators who were hoping for a breakthrough.

 "However…" She lowered her glances to say shyly, "I won't let this be a disadvantage to you. That's why…"

 She did not continued and no matter how dense Lu Qingyun was, he would be able to understand. Moreover, Lu Qingyun was not a dense person. He was a weak cultivator but he was never a stupid one.

 Lie Xingyuan was suddenly spirited. Why did she not think of that before? She could study his spirit entity for her own benefits. At the same time, she could also study from Ouyang Xue too. Although Lu Qingyun was only a first realm cultivator but Ouyang Xue was a third realm cultivator. She basically could have the best benefits of the two worlds…

 Therefore she could not resist saying, "Senior brother, I think both of you are a match under the heavens. You may not know this but senior sister is ranked among the top 20 beauties in the city."

 Ouyang Xue was flushing shyly and it was shown on her countenance as she said with great shyness, "I am willing to help you to reach the second realm quickly. You…can do whatever you want with me."

 Lu Qingyun muttered, "It is too much of a price for you to pay…"

 Ouyang Xue turned to look at him quietly.

It was as though she was silently saying to him that compared to Celestial Bai wasting half of her potential, giving to him some of her primordial yin was but a small price to pay. 

 Lu Qingyun smiled bitterly as he suddenly made a respectfully bow with his hands to Elder Ouyang and Ouyang Xue, "Thank you for looking up to me. However I must really decline. If you want to study my Golden Roc Flame, feel free to approach me. Who knows if I may gain some pointers too?"

 With that he had already walked to the doors and had opened it.

 But when he had opened the door, he and all the others in the room got the shock of their life.

 It was because a ravishing beauty that was like a goddess was standing there quietly. It looked like she had been standing there for a long time. Even though all of them were cultivators, none of them were able to sense her presence.

 But this was not the most shocking part, especially when Elder Ouyang had suddenly stammered out. "Acting sect leader, you are here…"

 When Ouyang Xue realized that this ravishing beauty was their acting sect leader, she had immediately turned ashen!

She quickly performed a humble curtsy as she trembled uncontrollably.

 Even Lie Xingyuan was shocked beyond words and did not even know how to react. The sect leader must have heard their conversations and goodness know what her reactions would be for conspiring with each other. She was now regretting that she had spoken out for Ouyang Xue…

Lu Qingyun was the most shocked because he had recognized that she was Qin Keqin and he had never thought to find her in this place. 

 Qin Keqin was smiling as she looked at Lu Qingyun intently with her mesmerizing eyes, "Hmph. Are you sure you want to give such a great marriage proposal a miss?"

 Lu Qingyun was delighted to see her as he said nonchalantly, "Hm, what's wrong with that?"

 Qin Keqin smiled, "You may be struck as a low level cultivator for making such a bad choice."

Lu Qingyun: ???

She wants me to consider this marriage proposal?