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Chapter 68 He's gone too far! He dares to make decisions for me!
Xia Changfeng recalled that when he met Li Tingyun and Mei Shiyu in the teahouse, Li Tingyun took out the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda from his Qiankun Bag.
Amidst Wang Wu's gossip, the group learned about the tragic background of Si Wuxie and Si Wuyou, siblings who were abandoned by their parents at birth and even nearly killed by their own father.
The one imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower is Si Wuyou.
For thousands of years, Si Wuyou has never suffered any hardship under the protection of her brother, and her tail has been slow to grow.
She still has the temperament of a naughty and ignorant little girl. She doesn't like cultivation, argues with her brother, talks back, and runs away from home at the drop of a hat. Every time her brother catches her and brings her back, she sulks for several days.
Si Wuxie often lamented that taking care of a child was truly exhausting, and he was almost at his wit's end with this little devil.
It's okay if the older brother can't bring himself to be ruthless; the harsh realities of society will naturally teach her a lesson.
Si Wuyou will surely be punished by the laws of Taoism inside the Demon Suppression Tower. Perhaps it will be struck by lightning, or perhaps it will be yin fire. Who knows?
The severity of the punishment brought upon her by the magical artifact depends on the strength of the person wielding it.
Unfortunately, the master of the Demon-Suppressing Tower is Li Tingyun.
Swords and magic weapons are indiscriminate, obeying only their masters' will.
Because of Li Tingyun's one wrong decision, Si Wuyou's life in the tower became miserable.
The punishment she suffered in the tower was secondary; what Si Wuxie truly feared deep down was that Li Tingyun was a ruthless killer with unpredictable tempers. If he were to become interested in Si Wuyou's body as a furnace, getting him to release her would be an impossible task.
Si Wuyou's furnace body is a top-grade furnace.
This secret was known to no one except Si Wuxie.
Even Xia Changfeng, who had lived with them for one or two decades, was completely unaware of it.
Si Wuyou's slow progress in cultivation is inextricably linked to her physical condition.
In the eyes of cultivators, the body of a furnace or cauldron, setting aside beauty, is enough to arouse covetousness simply by discussing the benefits of dual cultivation. They would not hesitate to use any means to forcibly possess it.
Those with exceptional cultivation potential are no longer considered living beings; they are not even slaves, but rather "elixirs" that can enhance cultivation, resources that various forces compete to seize.
The fact that Si Wuyou is destined to become a furnace cauldron will inevitably bring her annihilation. Si Wuxie is desperate to protect his sister and tries every means to hide Si Wuyou's furnace cauldron aptitude, and he puts a seal on her body.
This seal might fool Li Tingyun, but there's no guarantee that he won't already see through it.
It is said that Li Tingyun has been searching for a suitable furnace for a long time, and everyone in the Taiji Palace is preparing for this matter.
And Si Wuyou is exactly that kind of perfect person.
This time, Si Wuxie really couldn't save her.
Xia Changfeng had every reason to believe that Si Wuxie was finally willing to risk meeting him and even gamble with him for fun because she wanted him to rescue Si Wuyou from Li Tingyun.
Even though Si Wuxie was hoping he would save her, she didn't act like she was asking for help at all.
They don't even feel remorse for the things that hurt them in the past.
Instead, she provoked him step by step with her words, as if afraid he wouldn't be angry enough.
It's not that Si Wuxie is stupid or incapable of assessing the situation; on the contrary, he's just too clever, too clever for his own good.
Si Wuxie wanted to force Xia Changfeng to retrieve the heart himself, so that they would be even... Maybe, maybe they could be even.
Even if things can't be even, it doesn't matter. He can just return the Vermilion Bird Heart and then have the face to ask Xia Changfeng to save his sister.
He knew that Xia Changfeng would soften his heart.
I will definitely agree to him.
How could he not understand the child he raised himself?
He knew everything about him, all his thoughts.
His obsessive attachment to his partner looks exactly like love.
The old fox had lived for a thousand years and had long since had his fill of worldly pleasures. In his youth, he had also boasted of being a romantic and cynical man.
Passing through a sea of flowers without a single petal clinging to me, flirting but not marrying, and taking no responsibility whatsoever.
In some ways, his behavior, aside from avoiding having children to prevent future troubles, is not much better than that of his scumbag father.
But now that he's older, he's completely lost interest in love and can't possibly give his heart to someone.
Moreover, Xia Changfeng's ambiguous and distorted feelings for him were less like love and more like a fledgling's complex, not even reaching the level of romantic love.
Si Wuxie only wanted to take advantage of Xia Changfeng's affection for him, and gamble with his own life, hoping that Xia Changfeng would agree to save Si Wuyou and do his best to take care of him in the future.
While leading Xia Changfeng into the mural space, Si Wuxie sent people to find Li Tingyun and his group in the market and invited them to the Rebirth Inn.
He certainly didn't have any expectations of Li Tingyun.
But his intuition told him that Mei Shiyu might be able to help him.
If Mei Shiyu had been there, perhaps he wouldn't have had to pay the price with his life, and everything could have turned around.
It turned out that he was right.
He might not win at the gambling table, but he was adept at betting on people's hearts.
……
What a good plan, what a good plan.
Xia Changfeng couldn't, and dared not, think too much about what Si Wuxie had done.
The more he thought about it, the more heartbroken he felt.
The old fox schemed against him relentlessly, using him for everything, and couldn't find a single trace of genuine affection in him.
Xia Changfeng wanted nothing more than to strangle him, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.
No matter what storms he has weathered since losing the Vermilion Bird Heart, and no matter how unfamiliar he has become, he will still feel sorry for the Si siblings.
No reason.
When Xia Changfeng asked about Si Wuyou, Mei Shiyu replied directly, "The Demon-Suppressing Tower is with me."
When Yuanbao handed the golden coffin to him, he also gave him the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.
Xia Changfeng was quite surprised.
The Demon-Suppressing Tower isn't even in the hands of the Palace Master?!
An unexpected surprise.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If the Immortal Venerable can hand over the Demon-Suppressing Tower where Si Wuyou is imprisoned, I will immediately offer the Snow Lotus Seed."
These words conceal a hidden agenda.
Mei Shiyu had no idea that the boy beside him was Li Tingyun, nor did he know that the snow lotus seeds were originally given to him at Li Tingyun's behest, without him having to agree to any conditions.
Xia Changfeng took advantage of Li Tingyun's absence at the moment.
Mei Shiyu had no recent grudges or past enemies with Si Wuxie. From his perspective, it was no big deal to do Si Wuyou a favor and release her. It was just a small matter.
Mei Shiyu suddenly said, "But I didn't bring the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with me. It's still in my room upstairs. I'll have Yuanbao bring it down."
Xia Changfeng: "..."
Leave half of what you say unsaid, and don't eat noodles without garlic.
Mix arsenic into your rice, and it'll poison your wife to death!
Xia Changfeng immediately changed his mind and said, "Immortal Mei, you should go and fetch it yourself. I don't trust anyone else to do it."
Mei Shiyu said quietly, "You're not at ease? Why is that?"
Something is wrong, so wrong.
When he told Xia Changfeng that the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda was in his hands, the other man's eyes lit up, just like a cunning merchant who saw him as easy to fool.
He only used a lie to trick Xia Changfeng, but Xia Changfeng became a little anxious.
Mei Shiyu was very concerned. Did he really look so easy to fool?
He turned and left, saying, "Fine, I'll go get it myself."
Xia Changfeng pressed further, "What if your disciple is unwilling?"
Mei Shiyu replied without turning her head, "He's gone too far! How dare he make decisions for me?"
Actually, I was thinking: I need to go back and discuss this with Yuanbao.
Mei Shiyu is not good at negotiating with people.
He was afraid that if he handed Si Wuyou over, he would lose the initiative. Xia Changfeng saw that he was easy to manipulate, so he added some other conditions and led him by the nose.
When things get to this point, conflict is inevitable.
Taking something from someone else is more troublesome than killing that person, because you have to be careful not to harm them. If Xia Changfeng were to go all out and destroy all the snow lotus seeds, things would become quite difficult.
He had to admit that his young apprentice was quick-witted and eloquent, and was by no means someone who would suffer a loss.
Let my apprentice negotiate with Xia Changfeng face to face.