Chapter 24: Oh, Still acting oblivious, I see. Then Let me help you!
“Ah, Senior Sister Shiyue, What brings you here this late at night” Ashen asked with a polite smile after opening the doors of his house.
Shiyue had her plan ready, therefore, she answered with a confident voice: “I need to talk to you, Let’s talk inside”
“Oh Sure sure!” Ashen nodded before inviting her inside.
He took her to his bedroom instead of talking in the hall and finding it weird, Shiyue questioned:
“Why have we come to your bedroom? Wouldn’t the hall be a more suitable place to talk?”
Ashen took his time as he sat comfortably on the bed before answering with a smile:
“You see, this is my sleeping time and I am tired right now. I want to sleep right away after we are done talking. I hope you will understand Senior Sister Shiyue”
Shiyue nodded in understanding, She couldn’t retort as she was the one visiting him this late at night. Also, this was great for her as this would make the medicine work faster.
With the comfortable bed under him, he would fall asleep in a flash.
Ashen, getting Shiyue’s understanding, raised his eyebrows, asking:
“So? What is it that you want to talk about? Surely, it must be something important that you had to come this late at night and couldn’t wait till tomorrow”
Finishing his statement, Ashen looked at her while smiling, waiting for her answer.
Now this question made Shiyue awkward. Her plan was to offer this juice to Ashen to drink, however, it wasn’t that urgent to come this late at night. She could’ve always waited for the next morning to arrive.
Also, if she only wanted to give this juice, then, why the need to come inside Ashen’s house?
Ashen already had an idea about what she was here for and that made this more interesting for him.
He was intentionally making it difficult for Shiyue, to see her flustered face.
The calm and collected woman named Bi Shiyue, fluster in front of him, Wasn’t this an interesting sight?
Shiyue tried to think of different answers in her mind to respond to Ashen’s question.
After rejecting multiple ideas, her eyes shined brightly as a thought crossed her mind.
Without wasting a second, she answered:
“Sect Leader… It was the Sect leader who sent me. Here, she asked me to have you drink this juice. This has medicines mixed in it, that will help your cultivation.”
She brought the jug forward, displaying it to Ashen.
Ashen looked at the jug filled with green juice to the top as he excitedly asked: “Really? This was sent by master for me?”
Shiyue nodded with a confident smile, answering: “Of course, Why would I lie about something like this?”
Ashen received the jug from her hands before placing it to the side of the bed.
Shiyue, noticing this, asked in a loud voice: “What are you doing? Why are you not drinking it?”
Ashen made a confused expression to her question as he answered with a puzzled voice: “I will drink it later, Is there a Problem with that?”
He already understood that Shiyue had mixed something inside this juice.
He had expected something like this, therefore, he was just having fun with Shiyue right now.
Shiyue nodded to his question, answering with a hurried voice: “Yes, There is a big problem with you not drinking it right now. Sect Leader had asked me to make sure you drink the juice in front of me. I have to see you drink the juice”
Ashen smiled at her, standing up from the bed.
He moved close to Shiyue before leaning close to her face, asking: “Really? What if I don’t drink it?”
Shiyue’s eyes widened as she asked: “What do you mean not drink it?”
Ashen brought his face more close to Shiyue’s face, explaining: “I am asking what will happen if I refuse to drink this juice?”
Shiyue made some distance from Ashen before answering with a strict voice: “I will inform Sect Leader and you will receive punishment”
Ashen smiled cleverly at her, replying with a nonchalant voice: “Oh, Then go and Inform her. I will not drink this juice. I don’t believe she will punish me for such a small thing”
“What??” Shiyue asked with wide eyes in disbelief.
She didn’t understand why this was happening.
Isn’t making someone drink a glass of juice a simple task?
Why is Ashen, refusing to drink this juice even at the risk of Punishment?
She found something weird here with the way Ashen was behaving, Therefore, she decided to ask him the reason for not drinking the juice:
“Why are you so bent on not drinking it? The sect leader has sent this for your benefit, why refuse it?”
At this question, Ashen’s eyes turned cold as he asked: “Do you take me for a fool?”
Shiyue, reacting to this sudden question, turned nervous, stammering while asking:
“W-What do you mean?”
Ashen, wearing a clever smile, asked in a low voice: “I meant that do you think I don’t know your plan?”
“W-What plan are you talking about?” Shiyue acted oblivious to his question as she wasn’t sure about how much Ashen knew.
Maybe he was talking about something else here, Who Knows?
“Oh, Still acting oblivious, I see. Then Let me help you”. Raising his Index Finger, Ashen said while smiling:
“Here is a hint, You found a letter in your house.”
Upon hearing this, Shiyue’s eyes opened wide in surprise and seeing this reaction, Ashen raised his eyebrows with an interested expression on his face as he leaned forward towards Shiyue, getting close to her surprised face, he asked: “Oh, looks like you are ready to confess now”
Shiyue took some steps back as she asked while keeping her guard up: “J-Just how much do you know?”
Now, she knew that Ashen knew her motives and she suspected that Ashen would’ve got some backup in place to be so confident as to give up his advantage of catching her off guard.
“Oh I Know everything there is to know, like your sister has been kidnapped and the kidnapper is someone who desires revenge on me.
Although I don’t know the contents of the letter, however, I can guess what he would’ve demanded from you and seeing you come to my house this late with a jug filled with juice, I cannot help but be suspicious that you have mixed something shady in this juice.” Ashen explained with an all-knowing expression and calm voice.
Shiyue wanted to refuse that the juice wasn’t something shady, however, before she could even attempt to do so, Ashen’s voice reached her ears: “If you want to deny that the juice is all right, then, you drink it and prove it to me, otherwise don’t waste your time”
Now, with the cat out of the bag, Shiyue could only resort to force.
She bowed apologetically in front of Ashen, apologizing sincerely: “I am sorry Junior Brother Ashen, however, I have no choice but to do this to save my sister. I am forced by my circumstances.”
Next, she raised her head before getting into a fighting stance: “Get ready Junior Brother Ashen!” She shouted before releasing her nascent soul realm – eighth stage aura, expecting to pressurize Ashen.
However, to her surprise, Ashen didn’t have a change in his calm expression as he continued to gaze at her with an amused smile. It was as if he wasn’t feeling any pressure from her aura.
She, wearing a surprised expression, questioned: “H-How are you alright?”
Ashen, instead of answering with his mouth, answered by releasing his aura for her to see.
“N-Nascent Soul Realm? But how?” Her mouth gaped open in shock as she asked.
Ashen didn’t answer, instead, widened his smile as if he was watching something amusing and fun.
Shiyue didn’t like that smile one bit as she snorted to herself: “Hmph, so what if you’ve advanced to nascent soul realm? It hasn’t been long since you’ve joined the sect, you couldn’t have learned many skills. Let’s see how long you can keep that smirk of yours.”
Finishing her thought, She clenched her fingers into a fist as Fire enveloped it.
Next, She took a step forward as flames appeared beneath her soles, exploding while pushing her forward with a burst of speed.
“Phoenix Origin Fist!” She shouted as she punched at Adrian, with fire gushing out towards him, threatening to burn him.
Ashen, in response, maintained his smile as he met her attack with his Phoenix Flame Fist.
His Fist was also enveloped in Fire, however, it could be observed that his fire was hotter and bigger, while giving his attack more momentum.
Shiyue didn’t have the time react as both their attacks collided,
Boom!
An explosion occurred as a result of this collision, an intangible wave of energy bursting out, making Ashen’s house tremble while prompting the furniture in the room to start shaking.
As a result of the collision, Shiyue was sent sliding to the back while Ashen didn’t took a single step.
Shiyue looked at him with wide eyes, grabbing her hand that was shaking due to the pain of colliding with such a powerful attack.
In that exchange of attacks, she knew that she couldn’t beat Ashen.
It was clear that he didn’t even put his full strength and then too, was fine. Also, he had the chance to employ some secret talisman, however, he just stood there confidently.
This confidence in his strength made Shiyue surrender as she knelt in front him, imploring: “Junior Brother Ashen, Please help me save my sister, I will provide you with whatever you desire – Gold, treasure, just name it and I will give it to you!”
“Oh, you think I will trade my life for something like that?” Ashen, raising his eyebrows, questioned with a smile.
Now, his way of putting this question had a subtle hint that he wouldn’t do it for something like gold or treasure, but, maybe for something else, and catching on to this, Shiyue asked:
“Then what would it take for you to help me?”
Ashen, wearing a sinister smile, showed three fingers to Shiyue as he answered:
“Accept my three conditions!”
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(A/N – Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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