Chapter 532: Heiyao
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The blonde-haired, black-dressed woman heard the door open but didn't even turn her head, continuing to search for something on her own.
What could she possibly be searching for? The master's room was now in utter disarray, as if ransacked by thieves.
Ye Qinghan instinctively wanted to call out Li Shiyu's name, but Li Shiyu had just been right beside her!
Moreover, she had never seen Li Shiyu wearing a black dress!
But speaking of black dresses…
Could this be Lord Xunye?
If it truly was Lord Xunye, he was certainly not someone she could afford to provoke. Moreover, it was clear her master held Lord Xunye in high regard. If possible, Ye Qinghan naturally wished to avoid antagonizing him.
Ye Qinghan was agonizing over whether to strike first. After all, against such a formidable foe, if she allowed the other to seize the initiative, she risked being suppressed for a long time. But the black-skirted girl had already turned around.
"Huh? Senior Sister? What are you doing?"
The black-clad woman wore a dazed, innocent expression—a look that screamed "innocent wife"—and she was unmistakably Li Shiyu. What's more, this black-clad woman was addressing her as senior sister…
But Li Shiyu had clearly been with her just moments ago!
How could there be two Li Shiyuos?
"You're Li Shiyu?" Ye Qinghan eyed the black-clad girl suspiciously. Though this person looked exactly like Li Shiyu, there was still an indescribable difference.
If she was familiar, this Li Shiyao's innocent, adorable face carried a hint of maturity. If she was unfamiliar, this innocent, adorable face seemed uniquely hers.
After all, Ye Qinghan had seen Xun Ye's photos. Though Xun Ye bore an identical resemblance to Li Shiyao, their auras were worlds apart. Xun Ye exuded an intimidating presence that kept others at bay—even in photographs, that aura was palpable.
Ye Qinghan thought only Xiao Ai and the Master could stand beside Xun Ye with cheerful smiles!
After all, the peerless Gu Ai was fearless.
"Senior Sister, have you lost your mind? If Shiyu isn't Shiyu, then who else could she be?"
Li Shiyu walked over to Ye Qinghan without a care, raising her delicate hand to touch Ye Qinghan's forehead…
"Hmm… no fever…"
This whole sequence left Ye Qinghan feeling a bit…
That IQ is undoubtedly Li Shiyu's, but when did she become Heiyao?
"My junior sister was just beside me. How could you possibly be her?"
Li Shiyao froze, as if suddenly realizing she wasn't Li Shiyao.
"Senior Sister has a small plum blossom tattoo on her left buttock, right?"
"You…" Ye Qinghan froze. Normally, only Li Shiyao and the Master would know such things…
"I know more than that. I also know Senior Sister spit in Master's tea, and she stole Master's spiritual herbs to refine medicine for him~"
Ye Qinghan was dumbfounded. Indeed, only direct disciples would know such things…
But this Li Shiyu before her was truly strange!
Just as Ye Qinghan was about to tell her, "It's useless to say anything—her junior sister is right outside," Ye Qinghan noticed something!
"Is that the Chaos Bell at your waist?"
Ye Qinghan's eyes widened in disbelief. This couldn't be possible!
How could Shiyu's Chaos Bell be on this black-robed woman? By all logic, it should be in the Master's possession!
The master had taken Shiyu's Chaos Bell right in front of her eyes!
Li Shiyu glanced at the Chaos Bell at her waist and chuckled lightly. "Aw, at that time, our master took everyone's magical treasures, right? That's why Senior Sister is so surprised!"
"This time? What do you mean? So you traveled back from the future to the present?"
Ye Qinghan seemed to grasp a clue. Only this explanation made sense!
Li Shiyu beamed with delight and nodded vigorously. "Exactly! Senior Sister is absolutely right!"
Though Ye Qinghan dared not acknowledge Li Shiyao, she harbored no doubts whatsoever about the Chaos Bell!
"Why did you come back instead of staying in the future?"
"Ah! Senior Sister, I came back to retrieve something and also to remind you of a few matters."
At this mention, Li Shiyao abruptly snapped out of her relaxed mood, her expression turning serious.
Seeing this, Ye Qinghan felt a bit more trust toward the "dark-haired Yaoyao" before her, yet she remained guarded.
"What are you looking for? What do you need to remind me?"
Li Shiyu pondered for a moment: "The future senior sister asked Shiyu to retrieve the positioning anchor point. The future positioning anchor point was damaged by ■■■, so we need to borrow the one from this time period."
"Then there's the ■■■■■■ in Lingmiao Garden. Since Master ■■■, Senior Sister must instruct the junior sisters to tend to it diligently as soon as possible. That's Master's winning ■■. Had we not been negligent, Master wouldn't have regretted not knowing enough when it mattered most, leaving us to go our separate ways!"
Hei Yao wore an expression of utmost seriousness, as if a cold-hearted female CEO issuing orders to subordinates.
Ye Qinghan froze. So this too had been erased by the law mentioned by Chu Youwei?
Was that why she couldn't hear those crucial details?
Did this violate the law?
But it didn't really matter. After all, it didn't affect her understanding of Li Shiyu's meaning. The positioning anchor had definitely been destroyed by some powerful enemy. As for Lingmiao Garden, what else was there besides spirit plants?
Those stones Master had given them? Since planting them, they'd been indistinguishable from ordinary rocks. They'd been nourished with spirit essence and the aura of magical treasures, yet showed no signs of life whatsoever.
She’d heard her master mention those "supreme spiritual roots" before, but he hadn’t exactly provided an instruction manual, had he?
Even Miao Miao, that little cutie who hadn't even received a cultivation technique yet, and Chu Youwei, that nominal disciple, had obtained their own spiritual root seeds and divine beast eggs.
"Senior Sister, you're not still doubting Shiyu, are you?"
"Senior Sister hasn't acted yet—doesn't that precisely prove Shiyu is who she claims to be?"
Li Shiyu wore her usual innocent expression. Though she appeared simple-minded, her words were always impossible to refute.
Li Shiyu grinned, playfully slapping Ye Qinghan's butt before watching her puff up with indignation—utterly powerless against her antics.
"Haha, Senior Sister, you have no idea how long Shiyu has waited for this day~"
"Oh my, how the tables have turned! What goes around comes around. Senior Sister, it's been ages~"
Ye Qinghan let Heiyao stare at her with a lecherous gaze. Since earlier, her small hands hadn't left Ye Qinghan's butt, kneading and squeezing it~
"Shiyao, how many years have you been gone?"
Since she couldn't fight back, what could Ye Qinghan do? Seeing Heiyao's nonchalant demeanor, all the little tricks she'd prepared earlier were probably useless in Heiyao's eyes.
"Two thousand years, maybe? But it's Shiyao's first time back, so she's still a bit rusty."
Two thousand years later… No wonder even her mere presence carried such terrifying pressure. This girl must be capable of influencing the entire world by now, right?
"Does Shiyu know what our Master is doing now? Why lock us all up in Lingxian Hall?"
Hearing this, Heiyao knew full well that with her senior sister's sharp mind, she'd likely guessed most of it already!
But the Master never deceived them. If she said she would personally teach them, then absolutely nothing could go wrong.
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