Volume 3, Chapter 448 – This Is the Contingency She Left for You

“Miss Xiyan, I’ve been looking for you for quite a while.”

The beauty in green sat at the tea table, smiling warmly as she looked at Chi Xiyan.

Chi Xiyan’s brow furrowed slightly, and she watched the green robed beauty before her with wariness written across her face.

She recognized this woman in green.

To be precise, they had crossed paths once before.

Back then, this woman’s identity had been the manager of the Five Immortals House in Beihe Commandery.

But now, in this place, this same woman had become the manager of the Silver Bell Commerce Association.

Was this merely a coincidence?

Or had the illusory heart realm simply pulled some random image from her memory?

Whatever the reason, in this place, Chi Xiyan had never had any dealings with this green robed beauty at all.

“You know me?” Chi Xiyan’s brow knitted together. “Why are you looking for me?”

“No need to be so tense. I mean you no harm.” Qing Niang smiled. “It was little Xue’er who asked me to find you.”

Little Xue’er?

Chi Xiyan looked startled. “You know Muxue?”

“Of course.” Qing Niang blinked. “She’s my good sister!”

Good sister?

Since when had Muxue gained a good sister like this? And one from a rival faction, no less.

And besides… could a good sister really call her by something that intimate?

Chi Xiyan paused for a moment. “How did you two… come to know each other?”

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“Oh.” Qing Niang covered her mouth lightly. “Didn’t little Xue’er tell you?”

She truly had not.

Chi Xiyan had never once heard Muxue mention this.

Qing Niang thought back for a moment. “Little Xue’er and I met purely by chance.”

“But she has entrusted me, for quite some time now, to help her look into the truth behind that great fire at the Chi family more than a decade ago.”

Chi Xiyan’s eyes widened sharply, and she stared at the green robed beauty in shock.

“Muxue… has she been investigating the Chi family this whole time?”

“Huh?” The green robed beauty tilted her head slightly. “That’s what surprises you?”

“I assumed you already knew. The hidden struggle between little Xue’er and that head of the Chi family.”

“I…” Chi Xiyan fell silent for a moment.

She remembered that Chi Muxue had once promised her that she would help investigate the truth behind the Chi family.

But so many years had passed, and Chi Xiyan had long since stopped caring about the truth of the Chi family.

To her, it had only ever been an excuse, a pretext.

Just as it had been back when she brought Yu Lizhi back into the Chi family.

But Chi Xiyan had never imagined that after all these years, Chi Muxue had still remembered their promise, and had continued secretly investigating that fire at the Chi family, investigating the truth behind her birth parents’ deaths.

Chi Xiyan opened her mouth, then gave a bitter laugh. “But Chi Jingwen is already dead.”

“He once tried to seize Muxue’s body, but Muxue sensed something was wrong.”

“Afterward he shifted his target to me instead, only to be cut down directly by Muxue’s sword.”

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“In the end, I was never able to confirm whether that person had truly been Chi Jingwen himself.”

Hearing this, Qing Niang sighed as well. “Yes, plans never do keep up with how things change.”

“The matter of the Chi family was never fully investigated before it had to be hastily set aside.”

“Little Xue’er is trapped in a difficult situation of her own now too.”

Chi Xiyan pressed her lips together and asked, “Muxue… how is she doing now?”

Qing Niang spread her hands helplessly. “To be honest, although she hasn’t told me directly, from what I’ve gathered, she isn’t doing very well.”

Chi Xiyan’s brow furrowed. “What do you mean by that?”

“Immortal Venerable Qingzhi has been intent on matching little Xue’er with Song Shixuan, and it has caused her no end of trouble.”

“For instance, little Xue’er’s quarters were arranged as a side chamber next to Song Shixuan’s, with a small door installed that lets Song Shixuan enter her room whenever he pleases.”

“Oh, and there’s also this. Before, in order to help Song Shixuan break through to the Fifth Realm, they deliberately had little Xue’er cultivate the sword cultivator’s dual cultivation method, hoping to use little Xue’er’s primordial yin to help him break through his bottleneck…”

Before Qing Niang could finish speaking, a bitterly cold killing intent suddenly erupted from Chi Xiyan’s body.

It swept through the entire room in an instant, like a raging blizzard.

“Calm down.” Qing Niang said, “I know you’re angry. Anyone in your place would feel angry.”

Chi Xiyan said in a low, furious voice, “The Lingxiao Sword Sect, they truly go too far…”

“It’s all right.” Qing Niang said soothingly. “Little Xue’er did not let them succeed.”

“Whatever underhanded schemes the Lingxiao Sword Sect tried, little Xue’er found a way to avoid every one of them.”

Chi Xiyan fell silent for a while. “I just saw Song Shixuan earlier…”

“He’s here in Heiyin City. I think this could be an opportunity…”

Hearing this, Qing Niang’s expression changed. “Oh, my dear little ancestor! Calm down for a moment.”

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“Song Shixuan is a Fifth Realm sword cultivator. As you are right now, you don’t stand the slightest chance in front of him!”

Chi Xiyan raised her head and looked at Qing Niang. “Then what about you?”

Qing Niang waved her hands frantically in alarm. “Please, spare me, my little ancestor!”

“My level of cultivation is only enough to scare those paper tigers in the Chi family… If you actually had me go up against an elite disciple of the Sword Sect, you might as well just let me smash myself against a wall!”

“Besides, Song Shixuan is the personal disciple of Immortal Venerable Qingzhi. He’s certain to be carrying a protective treasure bestowed by his master. Unless another venerable steps in personally, no one could kill him!”

“…” Chi Xiyan’s expression turned bleak, and she said with a sorrowful sigh, “I failed to protect her. When she needed me most, I had no way to reach her side either…”

“No.” Qing Niang patted Chi Xiyan on the shoulder. “You’re wrong.”

“What she needed most was not for you to be by her side. It was for you to reach the Fifth Realm as a sword cultivator as quickly as possible, so that you would have a chance to save her.”

“And besides…” As she spoke, Qing Niang’s gaze drifted downward slightly.

“She’s been by your side this whole time, hasn’t she?”

Chi Xiyan looked startled, and she raised her hand. The small jade sword appeared in her palm.

This was Muxue’s sword. Chi Muxue’s natal sword.

Qing Niang wore a knowing smile, like someone who had been through it all. “It seems she’s protected you many times over.”

“Yes…” Chi Xiyan murmured. “Muxue, she’s always been by my side.”

“She’s saved me many times too.”

Chi Xiyan raised her head, her expression hardening once more with resolve. “I have to save her.”

Qing Niang nodded, her expression turning serious once more.

“That’s exactly why I’ve come.”

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“Little Xue’er told me about your plan. You wanted to use the power of pills to defeat Song Shixuan, and that’s why you needed to make use of the Chi family’s Lingbao Commerce Association connections.”

“But I never expected that in the end, you’d become a traitor to the Chi family.”

“Still, it doesn’t matter. Even if the Silver Bell Commerce Association’s wealth and resources fall short of the Lingbao Commerce Association’s.”

“On this matter, the Silver Bell Commerce Association will spare no effort in providing you with all the resources you need.”

“Enough to let you catch up to Song Shixuan!”

Chi Xiyan looked a little surprised. “This… is this also something Muxue asked for?”

“Of course. This is part of the arrangement as well.” Qing Niang smiled. “So don’t feel like you owe anyone anything…”

“This is also the last gift little Xue’er prepared for you.”

Chi Xiyan fell into silence.

Her lips moved, but no words came out.

She could not quite name what she was feeling right now…

She was supposed to be the older sister.

An older sister was supposed to look after her younger sister.

But in truth.

Chi Xiyan realized she had been wrong all along.

All this time, it had been Chi Muxue, the younger sister, looking after her, the older sister.

Chi Muxue had paved the way for her, had secretly investigated the deaths of her birth parents, and even in the midst of danger, had prepared a contingency for her.

And Chi Xiyan, up until this very moment, had accomplished nothing at all.