Volume 3, Chapter 395 – She Had Been Waiting for This Moment from the Start

“The main body of the clothing on her is made from South Sea Mermaid Silk, but mixed into that South Sea Mermaid Silk is some Northern Frontier Snow Serpent Weave.”

“This material is very rare. Unless someone is extremely familiar with it, it is hard to recognize.”

That woman’s voice seemed to explode in Chi Xiyan’s ears at this moment.

Chi Xiyan was an alchemist, and she was extremely familiar with all sorts of alchemical herbs.

South Sea Mermaid Silk and Northern Frontier Snow Serpent Weave were not among them.

Neither of these two materials could be used in alchemy. Instead, they were more commonly used in weaving and in crafting artifacts.

The reason Chi Xiyan knew of these two things at all was because she was the Chi family’s eldest young lady, and needed to know the value of all kinds of rare treasures.

South Sea Mermaid Silk was common enough, but Northern Frontier Snow Serpent Weave was rather obscure.

Precisely because it was so obscure, when Chi Xiyan first heard the name, she had not immediately recalled what it was.

At this moment, that unsettling feeling surged up from within her.

“How could I have forgotten!”

“Something this important, why did I not think of it sooner!”

By now, Lu Zhuxin had already walked onto the stage.

Under everyone’s gaze, she stretched her waist, her raised wide sleeves of mermaid silk swaying in the wind.

Seeing this, cold sweat suddenly soaked through Chi Xiyan’s back.

“Snow Serpent Weave, when it meets the fragrance of the Southern Borderlands Seven Day Orchid, will turn as sheer as a cicada’s wing within moments…”

“It is a plaything favored by dancing girls and courtesans in houses of pleasure…”

Up on the stage, Lu Zhuxin remained completely unaware of any of this.

The crowd watched as ripples like water began spreading across the young woman’s magnificent woven robe.

Chi Xiyan’s pupils shrank sharply.

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At that moment, the Snow Serpent Weave mixed into the dancing robe was rapidly turning to vapor, and the fabric at the young woman’s collarbone had already begun to show the faint warm jade glow of skin beneath.

The clan disciples attending the selection included both men and women, and even Wei Ziqing, who served as the presiding judge, was male.

If Lu Zhuxin’s clothing truly dissolved into transparency in front of everyone like this, her reputation would be utterly ruined!

“Little Xue’er! Get away from there!”

“Get out of the range of that flower’s scent!”

Chi Xiyan shot up from her seat, and without minding the startled looks around her, rushed straight toward the platform.

Lu Zhuxin heard Chi Xiyan’s voice.

That was exactly right!

Was this not precisely what the opportunity she had worked so hard to create was for?

Lu Zhuxin smiled and continued her movements, acting as though she had not heard Chi Xiyan’s cries at all.

Bu Lianshuang’s expression darkened. She had caught the strange scent drifting through the air.

It was the Snow Serpent Weave burning away amid the flower fragrance.

So something really had gone wrong.

Seeing Chi Xiyan rush forward, Bu Lianshuang wanted very much to follow.

But she could not do that.

Since the fox miss had had her pass word of the Snow Serpent Weave to Chi Xiyan, then this opportunity was one the fox miss had specially arranged for Chi Xiyan.

But still…

Bu Lianshuang turned her gaze back to Lu Zhuxin.

She could see that the magnificent robe was gradually losing its color, and before long that color would vanish entirely.

Little Fox, was it really necessary to go this far?

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The officials of Huayue Court noticed Chi Xiyan’s unusual behavior.

“Stop! What do you think you are doing!”

“Stand back! This is before the Noble Consort! Do not be so insolent!”

Several officials hurried forward, preparing to block Chi Xiyan’s path.

Chi Xiyan looked at Lu Zhuxin’s back, her heart racing with urgency.

The Snow Serpent Weave had already begun to fade, and if she was stopped here, it truly would be too late!

There was no other way.

Seeing the Huayue Court officials draw out their artifacts, Chi Xiyan’s expression turned fierce, and she gave a low shout.

“Out of my way!”

A silver spirit sword appeared in her hand.

In an instant, a powerful sword aura burst forth all at once.

Chi Xiyan gave her long sword a shake, sending the two officials blocking her path flying.

The other officials’ faces filled with shock.

“A Fourth Realm sword cultivator! She’s a Fourth Realm sword cultivator!”

“Cheng Lixia, what do you think you are doing! Stand down at once!”

Chi Xiyan paid no heed to the officials’ warnings.

With the full power of a Fourth Realm sword cultivator unleashed, very few present could hope to stop her.

Before the surrounding officials could fully react, Chi Xiyan had already rushed onto the stage.

“Sister?” Lu Zhuxin looked at her with a face full of surprise.

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Chi Xiyan had no time to speak. She could see that the color in the young woman’s robe had already faded to a dangerously thin degree. If it grew even a little more sheer, the fine, delicate skin beneath the fabric would show through completely.

She pulled a cloak from her storage ring and threw it directly over Lu Zhuxin.

“Put this on!” Chi Xiyan shouted in a low voice.

The young woman froze for a moment.

Tch! So this was Cheng Yinyin’s plan!

Making someone run around exposed in front of everyone, how vicious indeed!

Here she had thought it would be like the drug from before, something that would ruin someone’s looks.

Lu Zhuxin tugged at the cloak over her, pressing her lips together and saying nothing.

Seeing that Lu Zhuxin was unharmed, Chi Xiyan finally let out a breath of relief.

At that very moment, a group of officials had already surrounded Lu Zhuxin and Chi Xiyan with weapons drawn.

“Cheng Lixia! Disrupting the proceedings and assaulting officials before the Noble Consort, what punishment do you think fits your crime!”

Only once the officials’ furious shouts rang out did the crowd finally register what had happened.

Cheng Yinyin watched Chi Xiyan, surrounded on all sides up on the stage, and felt first shock, then wild delight.

She had not expected Cheng Lixia to actually be a Fourth Realm sword cultivator.

But it did not matter now, even if that woman was a Fourth Realm sword cultivator.

Disrupting the proceedings and assaulting officials before the Noble Consort, that woman was already finished!

Up on the platform, Wei Ziqing said nothing.

In the instant Chi Xiyan had drawn her sword, he had thought this woman was coming for him.

A Fourth Realm sword cultivator, even he could not be certain of victory.

Unless he borrowed the power of the immortal sister within the ring.

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It was only once he saw Chi Xiyan throw the cloak over Lu Zhuxin that Wei Ziqing understood.

“So, it was to save someone?”

Wei Ziqing could faintly make out that the robe now hidden beneath the cloak on Lu Zhuxin had already lost its color.

“Immortal sister, what is that thing on that young woman?”

The phoenix ring trembled slightly as a voice sounded.

“Northern Frontier Snow Serpent Weave. When it comes into contact with the fragrance of the Southern Borderlands Seven Day Orchid, it dissolves and fades.”

“Heh heh, some clan disciples do enjoy using that sort of thing to humiliate people.”

“Still, this kind of snow serpent is born only in the northern frontier, and its yield is scarce. A robe woven from such material is quite rare indeed.”

“I never expected to come across one here, of all places.”

“That girl was likely set up by someone.”

Set up by someone?

Wei Ziqing looked at Lu Zhuxin held in Chi Xiyan’s arms.

He could tell that although the young woman’s face showed surprise, there was no trace of panic in it.

“Immortal sister, do you think she truly is the one who was set up?”

“Hm?” The one within the ring sounded puzzled.

Wei Ziqing smiled faintly.

He had always had a keen eye for women.

Good women and bad women, he could tell at a glance.

That girl held protectively in the other’s arms had been waiting for this very moment from the very start.