"Then, as a condition for me to forgive you, can you grant me a small request?" Xing Yuan gestured with her hand.
"Of course! No matter what... Sister will agree to A Yuan," Mo Li Yue said with a smile, feeling a slight relief as she heard the change in Xing Yuan's tone.
"It's very simple, it's... it's just that I've hidden a small matter from you before, and I hope you won't be angry when you know the truth." Xing Yuan's eyes held a hint of slyness, her eyelids fluttering, but clearly with some anticipation.
"Just this!" Mo Li Yue completely relaxed, and couldn't help but cover Xing Yuan's eyes. "Sister promises you, but A Yuan, don't look at me like that all the time, I'll misunderstand."
"Misunderstand what?" Xing Yuan looked completely bewildered.
"Does Sister not like me acting cute with you? Does Sister prefer someone more independent?" Xing Yuan was a little disappointed, after all, she really wanted to be a useless little accessory.
"No!" Mo Li Yue quickly said.
What a joke, if she ruined her future benefits with just one sentence, she would cry to death.
"Then..." Xing Yuan's confused eyes looked at her.
Mo Li Yue looked at Xing Yuan's incomprehensible expression and blurted it all out. "Anyway, just tone it down a bit. You're too cute, I can't control myself."
"Oh~" Xing Yuan nodded in realization. So this is what Sister likes!
Well, that's good. She would act cute with Sister like this from now on, and it would definitely be more effective than before.
Mo Li Yue listened to Xing Yuan's clearly amused voice and felt a slight blush of annoyance. She turned and walked directly towards the mountaintop.
"Sister~ hold my hand." Xing Yuan naturally extended her hand.
Mo Li Yue's eyes flickered as she shot Xing Yuan a glare, but she very gently took the soft palm that didn't look like it belonged to a martial artist.
Because they needed to establish new alliances in Shu Mountain recently, the guards on the mountaintop were very strict.
However, since Mo Li Yue dared to come, she had naturally made thorough preparations.
The two changed into disciple robes, and with specific tokens and passwords, they successfully infiltrated.
After much investigation, Mo Li Yue learned that their meeting place was not on the main peak of Shu Mountain, but near the mountainside of a side peak. The environment was serene, and it was said to be the secluded cultivation place of a martial arts grandmaster for many years.
Coincidentally, this person was Xuan Xu, Xing Yuan's nominal half-master from back then.
Xuan Xu was proficient in Qimen Bagua, and had set up countless mechanisms in his secluded cultivation place. Perhaps they chose this place because they had great confidence in his mechanical skills!
The two arrived at the location. Mo Li Yue looked at the bamboo forest in front of her and doubted if she had come to the wrong place. However, she didn't understand anything about Qimen Dunjia, so she looked at Xing Yuan, her eyes filled with doubt.
"Is this the place? Can you find the entrance to get in?"
"It's here, but I can't guarantee if I can get in. Sister, let me try!" Xing Yuan said uncertainly.
Although she had learned some things, it wasn't her main focus. She was far from Xuan Xu, who had achieved enlightenment through it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen for his formation back then.
Xing Yuan took out her Bagua disk and tried to find the flaws in the formation before her. However, after two hours, she was still in the same spot, observing the formation motionlessly, appearing unable to start.
"How is it? Can we get in?" Mo Li Yue had already guessed the answer but still held a sliver of hope.
"I'm afraid not! His formation... it's not unsolvable, but it's too difficult. Unless you grow wings and fly over, with the mechanisms inside, we absolutely cannot get in unharmed," Xing Yuan said with a helpless expression.
"Since we can't..." Mo Li Yue mused, "Then we'll just go in openly."
"Huh???" Xing Yuan realized something was wrong, but before she could stop her, she saw Mo Li Yue gather her qi and shout into the distance:
"Daoist Xuan Xu, the Saintess of the Demonic Sect requests an audience regarding the matter of the alliance between the two factions."
"Sister!" Xing Yuan quickly grabbed Mo Li Yue, her voice filled with anger. "What are you doing? Aren't our Demonic Sect always at odds with those people? And they're all around here."
Mo Li Yue shook her head, patted Xing Yuan's hand, and said with clear eyes, "Others might, but I believe the martial arts masters who will be inside today would never do something so petty. Moreover..."
"Well said!" A voice suddenly came from within the courtyard. Then, the bamboo forest, which they couldn't find a door in, suddenly parted like guards, revealing a passage.
Xing Yuan instinctively grabbed Mo Li Yue, who was about to walk in, and said worriedly, "Sister!"
Mo Li Yue blinked her eyes and gently comforted her, "Doesn't A Yuan want to know how they'll negotiate? I don't want the Demonic Sect to become a sacrifice in this muddled affair."
Sister's words made sense, Xing Yuan's hand loosened. "Then I'll wait for Sister outside, okay?"
"?" Xing Yuan was at a loss as to what to do.
So she was pulled and pushed into the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest was manipulated by someone from behind. As they entered, it closed layer by layer, making it seem like it was just an ordinary bamboo forest.
Xing Yuan now greatly missed the world where she wore a mask every day, as she really needed one now. She knew without even going in that there would definitely be familiar faces inside.
However, there was a special magnetic field among martial arts grandmasters. Xing Yuan had already been detected by those of the same realm when she entered Shu Mountain. But as long as she didn't go in, they wouldn't go out of their way to expose her identity, which would be beneath them.
After all, these people were all quite busy, mostly engrossed in practicing martial arts. Otherwise, they wouldn't have reached such profound realms. Every success requires a certain amount of effort.
"Haha! Welcome." As soon as the two entered the small courtyard, a middle-aged man enthusiastically greeted them.
"I really didn't expect it! The Demonic Sect is also here to join the fun." In contrast to him, someone said sarcastically after the two were seated.
"Yes! After all, this is not just your business, but the business of our entire martial world, our entire jianghu. As a member of the jianghu, I'm worried... isn't that normal?" Mo Li Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, her tone exceptionally calm, as if she didn't care about being provoked at all.