I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 217 Resentful Encounter: Jade Lock and Golden Shackles (6)

Mei Shiyu slept for a long time.

He woke up suddenly with a sore back, aching legs, and cramps. He sat up in bed, rubbed his head, and couldn't remember how he was sent back to Taiji Hall. He opened his eyes to find himself in the bedroom where he had been living for some time.

There's also this intricately carved, ornate canopy bed.

Every time she wakes up in bed, she feels like a rich young lady... Li Tingyun must be doing this on purpose, Mei Shiyu still thinks so.

Suddenly he heard some rustling sounds. He got out of bed, lifted the layers of curtains, and found the floor in a mess, piled with clothes, one here and one there, making it impossible to step on. The "culprit" was hiding in the pile of clothes, picking and choosing.

A pair of underpants flew towards him. Mei Shiyu caught it in his hand, his old face flushing red. He couldn't stand it anymore. He stepped forward and drew his Qing Shuang sword. This sword had been with him for so many years, and he had never seen it so mischievous. Li Tingyun's sword intent, like him, was shameless...

"What are you doing?" Mei Shiyu grabbed the sword hilt, but the sword was still unhappy, twisting and turning in his hand. Finally, it broke free, rubbing against his sleeve and then against the belt around his waist, as if to say, "I'm going to pick out some clothes for you! This belt is completely unusable!"

Mei Shiyu looked at the clothes scattered on the floor, picked them up one by one, and put them away. He had no idea that he had so many clothes in his room, all five colors—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—in all kinds of styles and designs, so many that his eyes were almost dazzled. Even if he changed clothes every day, he wouldn't wear the same outfit twice in three months.

Besides Li Tingyun, who else would be so bored as to love buying clothes for him?

Mei Shiyu rarely goes out, so who is she wearing all those clothes for? Li Tingyun shamelessly said: Me! Me! She's wearing them for me!

Mei Shiyu felt that the Taiji Hall Master was quite childish in some ways. He would even set aside some time each day to stand in front of the wardrobe and "give advice": "Wear this today, wear that tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow... I'll get you a new one!" Mei Shiyu had no choice but to accept whatever he said, since he was staying at the master's house.

So Mei Xianzun tried on all sorts of colorful and strange clothes.

Each garment was obviously gorgeous and unique, and the materials were obviously expensive. Some of the materials were so fine that it was impossible to tell what they were made of. When worn, one could even sense the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth... Mei Shiyu suspected that Li Tingyun had done something wasteful again, and after that, he refused to wear any more clothes.

Li Tingyun was extremely disappointed, but she still kept doing it, buying him even more clothes and filling his chests and cabinets to the brim.

Qing Shuang picked out a bright red one from the clothes and held it up to Mei Shiyu's eyes.

This one! This one! Red is festive!

Mei Shiyu waved it away, "Stop messing around."

What's so festive about it? Like I said, who's it for?

He was in a bad mood.

He had been back from the other side of the land for several days. In the vast Taiji Hall, he released his divine sense but could not detect even the slightest trace of Li Tingyun's aura. In other words, this guy had not returned yet.

Having lived together in the Taiji Hall for so long, under the same roof, Mei Shiyu had become accustomed to Li Tingyun appearing anywhere around him at any time. If, at some point, he searched his surroundings and could not sense the other's presence, he would feel a little awkward, as if someone or something was missing.

He casually changed into his usual sky-blue robe. As he straightened his sleeves, he suddenly noticed a willow vine wrapped around his wrist. He remembered that when he was listening to someone "tell a story" in the City of the Wrongfully Dead, Li Tingyun had picked up a willow branch from the ground out of boredom, wove it into a vine bracelet, and put it on his wrist...

Of all the things Li Tingyun gave him, this was probably the most inconspicuous. However, to prevent the willow branches from becoming dry, brittle, and easily broken, Mei Shiyu kept them nourished with spiritual power. Although the spiritual power supply was interrupted due to the Yin-Yang Curse, life is always very tenacious, and a few tender green willow buds even sprouted from the gaps between the branches.

The new greenery was delightful. Mei Shiyu carefully tucked the vine bracelet into her sleeve, tending to it gently. After a quick tidying up, she pushed open the door and went out.

The moment he stepped out of the hall, he suddenly realized that the restrictions on the Taiji Hall... seemed to be gone?!

He went in and out repeatedly and finally confirmed that the defensive line personally set up by Li Tingyun had completely disappeared!

This is terrifying to think about.

He dashed out and ran down the layers of white jade steps, only to find the people from Four Symbols City waiting outside, having waited for who knows how long.

All four were present, none were absent. Xue Rendong looked completely bewildered, as if asking, "Who am I? Where am I?" Xia Changfeng was like a ball of crackling flames, with Lin Qiutan occasionally adding fuel to his fire. As for the last one, it was Ye Juechun, the city lord of Qinglong City...

This was the first time Mei Shiyu had ever met her.

Almost everyone says that Ye Juechun is "a dragon whose head is seen but not its tail," but no one has ever mentioned to Mei Shiyu that she is actually a woman!

And for some inexplicable reason, it looked somewhat familiar.

Everyone reacted differently when they saw him, but Lin Qiutan smiled slightly at him and nodded.

Mei Shiyu raised her finger, trembling slightly, and pointed at the white fox surrounded by the four of them...

"Who brought her here?!"

It's Si Wuyou again!

Good heavens, how come she's everywhere?!

Mei Shiyu was quite troubled.

Xia Changfeng spoke first: "She chased me all the way here."

Mei Shiyu asked Si Wuyou, "Why are you pursuing him?"

Si Wuyou said, "I don't know either... but I recognize him!"

Xia Changfeng vehemently denied it: "I don't know you!"

Si Wuyou said, "My brother used to live in a small border country. He abducted a little prince, and we lived together for a long time. Is your surname Xia? If so, then I'm sure I haven't mistaken you for someone else."

Xia Changfeng insisted, "No! You've mistaken her for someone else! Say nothing more, Immortal Mei, tell her to get lost! Get lost now!"

Si Wuyou, completely oblivious to the situation, continued, "Later, due to some things, we separated and didn't see each other for many years, but it's not like you don't recognize me, is it? Do you remember my brother? He poached your..."

"Shut up!" Xia Changfeng snapped.

To have one's life's "stains" exposed in front of so many people is like having one's underwear pulled down in broad daylight.

That was very embarrassing.

Lin Qiu sighed and comforted him, saying, "It's alright, we already knew."

Xia Changfeng's flames trembled: "What? You all knew? And you said 'already'?!"

He looked at Ye Juechun, who nodded faintly.

Then, looking at Xue Rendong, Xue Rendong said, "I have a vague impression of him."

Looking at Mei Shiyu again, Mei Shiyu nodded apologetically.

Xia Changfeng roared, "Who on earth has such a big mouth?!"

Everyone looked at Lin Qiu and sighed.

Lin Qiu chuckled and said, "Sorry, I'm getting old, so I just like to chat with people..."

"Alright, alright," Mei Shiyu stopped them and asked directly, "What should we do with this fox?"

Xia Changfeng paused for a moment and said, "I want to send her back to Yunlan Sect, to her brother's place."

Lin Qiu sighed, "You acted on your own initiative. How will you explain this to the Palace Master?"

Xia Changfeng retorted, "Isn't it because the Palace Master isn't here? I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

“You can’t afford it,” Lin Qiutan analyzed rationally. “First of all, Si Wuyou is a top-grade furnace cauldron, and secondly, she and the Palace Master are… bound by a red thread of fate.”

"What?!" Xia Changfeng's anger flared up instantly. "What do you mean by 'love sealed by a red thread'? There's a generational difference between them, do you know that? If the Palace Master finds out you dare to spout such nonsense, you'll be in deep trouble!"

Mei Shiyu became suspicious: How did Lin Qiutan know about the red thread? It happened not long ago, and he hadn't even been to the area!

Lin Qiu sighed and asked, "Immortal Mei, what do you think?"

Mei Shiyu wished she could be as far away from Si Wuyou as possible, but considering the invisible yet incredibly glaring red thread between her and Li Tingyun... Mei Shiyu wished even more that Si Wuyou could be as far away from this place, from the Taiji Palace, and from Li Tingyun as possible!

There was no reason, and there was no need to hide it; this was simply his most straightforward thought.

He said bluntly, "Xia Changfeng, you take her away. If anything happens, I'll take responsibility with you."

Mei Shiyu practically made the decision on the spot.

After I finished speaking, I realized that my tone was a bit harsh.

Then I added, "Is that alright?"

Lin Qiu sighed, "You don't need to ask that. Whatever you say, we will do it."

He reminded him, "The Palace Master has entrusted you with the Taiji Yin Yang Token."

Mei Shiyu asked him, "How do you know everything?!"

Lin Qiu sighed and laughed it off: "As I get older, I just like to gossip and find out bits of gossip..."

Mei Shiyu: "...How old are you?"

Lin Qiu sighed: "Just a little bit older than you..."

Mei Shiyu knew that no matter what she asked him, he could smoothly deflect the question. She remembered Li Tingyun saying that three of the four people were "quite stupid," while only Lin Qiutan was "very hypocritical and very complicated."

It must be said that Li Tingyun is very good at judging people and has a keen understanding of the ways of the world. However, most of the time, he does not need to use this knowledge, and there are not many people he can take seriously.

"By the way, you guys, how did you manage to get back up after being swept into the River of Oblivion in the underworld?" As far as Mei Shiyu knew, Yuan Che could fly on his sword in the River of Oblivion, so he was saved. Xia Changfeng, with his wisp of soul fire, might not have fallen in at all. Then, what about Ye Juechun? What about Si Wuxie?

Ye Juechun said nonchalantly, "I know how to swim."

Mei Shiyu: This doesn't seem to be a problem that can be solved simply by knowing how to swim!

Xia Changfeng said, "I was lucky I didn't fall... thank goodness."

He had lingering fears.

Mei Shiyu asked him, "Then do you know Si Wuxie...?"

"How would I know? I don't care!" Xia Changfeng interrupted him directly, snorting coldly, "That old fox is heartless. So what if he falls into the River of Oblivion? He probably won't even get his fur wet before he flips ashore."

Hearing this, Mei Shiyu assumed that Si Wuxie had already returned to the mortal realm, so she asked, "Do you need someone to help you send Si Wuyou back to the Yunlan Sect?"

Xia Changfeng declined, saying, "No need, I can do it myself."

"Why are you 'doing it yourself'? You'll cook her up."

"..." That makes sense.

At this moment, Lin Qiu sighed and offered up his "Nine-Turned Exquisite" box again, saying, "Use this."

Si Wuyou was put back into the box.

Mei Shiyu carefully noticed that the box was the same one that Si Wuyou had been holding in his mouth earlier. It had a coiled snake pattern on it, and it seemed to be something from the ghost realm. Her mind was filled with doubts.

Lin Qiu threw the box into Xia Changfeng's flames, and despite being engulfed in flames, it remained completely unharmed.

His action seemed to be to prove that true gold fears no fire, and that his "Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Craft Box" was not a defective product! It was clearly unbreakable, indestructible, and indestructible. If something went wrong, it couldn't be blamed on the box... the blame should be on the fact that the world itself was flawed.

After Xia Changfeng left, Mei Shiyu asked, "Do you know why the restrictions on the Taiji Hall disappeared?"

Lin Qiu, who was still the most talkative, sighed and replied, "Naturally, it's because the Palace Master has also 'disappeared'..."

"How could he?!" Mei Shiyu refused to believe it. "Don't say that! Don't try to scare me!"