novelzi Chapter 122 100, Waterside pavilions and cloud-covered corridors reflect the clear waves, when will the jade person come out playing the flute?
Chapter 122 100, Waterside pavilions and cloud-covered corridors reflect the clear waves, when will the jade person come out playing the flute?
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Listening to the two arguing once again, Xu Yuan had just let out a sigh of relief when he quickly held his breath again.
He lifted the tablecloth and signaled with his eyes for Chu Bingyan to be quiet, but she, already intoxicated, was slow to respond.
Xu Yuan bit his teeth and, deciding it was now or never, reached his hand under the table.
After finally ending the conversation, which was difficult in various ways,
Xu Yuan left the place, trembling and tentative, along with the two of them.
During this process, if it were not for his special physique and gifted talent, his legs would have almost given out.
After one such incident, Chu Bingyan, as if she had acquired a taste for it, became even more crazed, not even giving him a moment's rest.
He not only had to constantly worry about being discovered by them but also had to listen to the dialogue of the two distractingly.
Under such stimulation, Xu Yuan almost had an out-of-body experience and had to lean against the wall to walk.
An hour later, when silence had fallen, Chu Bingyan emerged from under the table, her light blue fairy dress clinging to her sweaty body.
She stared blankly at the clouds drifting leisurely in the sky, her hair disheveled like a lush blooming garden, her cheeks flushed red as the glow of the setting sun.
Despite the time that had passed and the servants having left, her cheeks were still burning hot, and she was overwhelmed with shame.
Chu Bingyan herself did not understand what had happened to her.
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How could she have done such a thing in such a place?
And, under such circumstances.
What was most important was that this was only the second time they had met.
As if understanding their thoughts, Lan Mei smiled, saying lightly, "Your thinking is indeed correct—they are being disorderly, but that is just a superficial reason. In fact, rather than calling it disorder, it would be more accurate to say it's a rebellion."
"A rebellion?"
Xu Yuan was taken aback, even though he already knew the inside story of the uprising, but hearing Lan Mei say it so openly still shocked him.
"Indeed, they themselves do not wish to rebel, but driven by the eight major Sects, they have no choice. Well, let me test you. "Lan Mei's smile was coquettish: "What do you think the eight major Sects aim to achieve by doing this?"
The four fell silent simultaneously.
"Is it to prevent them from sharing the credit with us?"
Zhong Sheng hesitated.
"That's part of it, but it's not the main reason."
Lan Mei's gaze fell on Xu Yuan and asked, "Xu, what do you think?"
"Is it to showcase their might, to gain better control over these princes and princesses, and at the same time to eliminate the Cultivators they can rely on, to prevent any dissenting thoughts?"
Xu Yuan pondered for a moment and grasped the general scheme.
"Exactly."
Lan Mei nodded, speaking frankly: "Due to the checks and balances among the eight major Sects, it's inevitable that some of these princes and princesses are fools who think we just want to look good without any substance. To prevent them from having a misguided perception of our strength when they ascend to the throne, as well as to prevent them from believing that we did nothing when they ascended, and to also train some of you new-generation Sect disciples, we have arranged this trial. Do you understand now?"
She spoke quickly.
"A trial?"
Xu Yuan felt a tinge of emotion in his heart.
He remembered the way the commoners of Ancient Moon Town looked at them like saviors.
If those mortals knew that the Cultivators, whom they saw as lofty beings, were also merely potential sharpening stones for trials in the eyes of the major Sects, he wondered what they would think.