Chapter 64: Master’s Wife Backs Him, Returning to a Familiar Place

Not long after, Ye Qiuyue arrived at the reception hall.

“Sister Qiuyue, has Tianyi successfully broken through?”

Seeing Ye Qiuyue, Wen Yuanying stepped forward and asked with concern.

“She has just broken through and left seclusion. She is recovering now. If she had not come out, I could not have come here. How is Qin Xiao? That old fool Yao Tiansheng hasn’t made trouble for him, has he?”

Ye Qiuyue answered briefly, then asked after Qin Xiao.

“Please watch your words, Elder Ye. This is the Tianyuan Sect. You should not call our Great Elder that.”

Lin Tiancheng could only caution her when she called the Great Elder an old fool.

“I said it. What can he do? He could not beat me when we were young, and he still cannot.”

Ye Qiuyue was unconcerned.

“Very well. We are discussing the Abyss Secret Realm. Would you care to join us, Elder Ye?”

Seeing that he could not persuade her otherwise, Lin Tiancheng steered the conversation back to official business.

“Join what? Three hundred years ago, my Ye Family was just a small family. We took no part in destroying that sect. My elder brother only founded Heavenly Clothes Pavilion two hundred years ago, for Tianyi when she was born. My family had nothing to do with any of it.”

Ye Qiuyue was exasperated. There had been no share for her family when the benefits were divided. Now they had a mess to clear up, and suddenly they remembered the Ye Family?

“Elder Ye is right. Those who benefited can clear up the mess. When I go back, I’ll leave it to those old men. I’m going into seclusion.”

Li Huan immediately voiced his support for Ye Qiuyue. The sect always used his temperament as an excuse to withhold any real authority, yet now they expected him to clean up their mess. He refused to oblige.

“Uh, there is nothing more to discuss, really. We’re just chatting. Once Qin Xiao arrives, we’ll thank him and go home.”

Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Qi Hu hurriedly smoothed things over.

Qi Hu was the only one present who had fought in the sect’s destruction, making him a supposed beneficiary. It was awkward. He had only been an Inner Disciple then. What had he gained? The sect’s new Beast-Taming Department had brought him no share of the benefits.

“Qin Xiao greets you, Seniors.”

Fortunately, Qin Xiao arrived before the awkward silence lasted long.

“Xiao’er, there you are. Has that old fool Yao Tiansheng troubled you? If the Tianyuan Sect bullies you, leave and come to Heavenly Clothes Pavilion. I’ll take you as my Personal Disciple.”

Ye Qiuyue hurried over to ask after him.

“Ahem. Elder Ye, poaching our disciple right in front of me is going too far.”

Lin Tiancheng quickly interrupted. Qin Xiao was precious. How could he let her take him away?

“What do you mean by poaching? If that old man Yao chooses to bully Xiao’er, can you protect him? If you cannot shield him, keeping him here is only harming him.”

Ye Qiuyue cared little whether Lin Tiancheng was the Sect Leader or not. To her, a junior had no business questioning her.

By age, Lin Tiancheng was a junior to her: he was only a little older than Ye Tianyi. He was treated as her peer because of Seventh Elder Qin Changqing.

Qin Changqing had reached Body Integration and could have become a Supreme Elder. He had refused, choosing to remain Seventh Elder and Peak Master of Seven Stars Peak. That left him on the same footing as Lin Tiancheng.

“Master’s Wife, you misunderstand. The Sect Leader has treated me well. He even fell out with the Great Elder to protect me.”

Seeing where this was going, Qin Xiao explained quietly to Ye Qiuyue. The source of this chapter is NovelPing.

“Is that true?”

She doubted it. She knew young Lin’s character. He always put the sect first. Had he really fallen out with Yao Tiansheng for Qin Xiao?

“It is true. His daughter is my disciple now, so we are practically family. Master’s Wife, please show him some respect.”

Qin Xiao continued to reason with her.

“Well done, young Lin. Changqing’s kindness to you was not wasted.”

Ye Qiuyue changed her attitude at once. She had come to take Qin Xiao away. Since Lin Tiancheng was protecting him so firmly, though, she could hardly steal him from the sect.

“You two carry on. We have things to do. We’ll give Qin Xiao our thanks and head back.”

Wu Li produced a Storage Bag, stepped over to Qin Xiao, handed it to him, and spoke.

“Same here. I need to get back to seclusion.”

Li Huan likewise tossed a Storage Bag to Qin Xiao and took his leave.

“I must report back too. Qin Xiao, you have done well. Please accept this small gift of thanks from the Pure Yang Sect.”

Qi Hu also handed over a Storage Bag.

In moments, all three guests had taken their leave.

They wanted no part in the Tianyuan Sect’s affairs. Better to hear less.

“Junior Sister, keep Elder Ye company. I have something to attend to as well.”

With everyone else gone, Lin Tiancheng hurried away too. He was a little afraid of Ye Qiuyue.

Before becoming Sect Leader, Lin Tiancheng had often asked Qin Changqing for guidance. That brought him into frequent contact with Ye Qiuyue. Even the Seventh Elder did not dare cross her, and Lin Tiancheng had learned to be wary of her too.

“Yuanying, you need not stay with me. Finish what you have to do, then it is time for seclusion. I won’t trouble you. I’m going to look around Seven Stars Peak.”

With that, Ye Qiuyue pulled Qin Xiao along and headed straight for Seven Stars Peak.

“Indeed, it is time to break through to the late Soul Formation stage.”

Watching their retreating figures, Wen Yuanying sighed softly.

As Qin Xiao accompanied Ye Qiuyue back to Seven Stars Peak, the other peaks’ spies sent word home.

The spies were older disciples paired with new ones. The older disciples knew Ye Qiuyue.

Her arrival meant another powerful ally for the Sect Leader. News that important had to be reported.

Upon reaching the courtyard at the summit of Seven Stars Peak, Ye Qiuyue came to a halt.

“Five years… I left in anger back then, never expecting to return. Yet now that I am back, everything has changed.”

Old memories left Ye Qiuyue a little saddened. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.

“Master’s Wife, please come inside.”

Qin Xiao could see it, but did not know what to say. He invited her in first.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Lin Shimeng and Yun Man heard them and came out.

“Grandma Ye, you’ve come!”

Lin Shimeng hurried forward to greet her.

“Shimeng, look how you’ve grown. You were just a girl in your teens then. Now you’re a young woman.”

Affectionately, Ye Qiuyue patted her head.

Because of her father, Lin Shimeng had often come to play on Seven Stars Peak. Ye Qiuyue had watched her grow up.

“Yun Man, come here. I don’t need to introduce her, do I? She’s my master’s wife. What should you call her? Grandmistress? Martial Grandmother?”

As he spoke, Qin Xiao grew confused himself. What was the right form of address?

“No need for so many rules. Call me Grandma Ye, as Shimeng does.”

Ye Qiuyue gave Qin Xiao an exasperated glare and spoke casually.

“Disciple Yun Man greets Grandma Ye.”

Yun Man promptly greeted her.

“Very good, very good. Xiao’er, you have quite the luck with women. Two disciples, both with Heavenly Spirit Roots, and already at Nascent Soul so young.”

Ye Qiuyue expressed her satisfaction.

“Master’s Wife, you mean good fortune in cultivation, not luck with women.”

Qin Xiao was exasperated. Could his master’s wife be illiterate? How could she mix those up?

“It amounts to the same thing, the same thing.”

Ye Qiuyue brushed the correction aside with a knowing air.

Back then, there had been both teaching and friendship between her and Qin Changqing. Much had happened before they finally became Dao Companions.

“Xiao’er, you have never been to Heavenly Clothes Pavilion, have you? Shall we go and look around? You can’t stay on Seven Stars Peak all the time.”

Ye Qiuyue wanted to look inside the house too, but held back. She feared she would lose control of herself, so she quickly changed the subject.

“Yes. But if you are in no hurry, Master’s Wife, could you come to Tianyuan City with us first? I want to buy a few things, for myself and my disciples.”

Qin Xiao had wanted to buy Body Refinement materials, but feared an ambush by the Great Elder. Now that his master’s wife was here, he could finally buy them.

“I’m in no hurry. Nothing is happening at Heavenly Clothes Pavilion, and Tianyi is out of seclusion.”

Ye Qiuyue had nothing to attend to. Qin Xiao seldom asked for something, so she readily agreed.