novelraw Chapter 347 334: "Miss Ji, the Mirage Dragon Illusion Realm Was Your Doing, Wasn't It?
Chapter 347 334: "Miss Ji, the Mirage Dragon Illusion Realm Was Your Doing, Wasn't It?
Down the hallway, a small head would pop out from time to time, peeking at Pei Yuhang's door.
Whenever she saw that the door remained stubbornly shut, the graceful figure would curse under her breath and stomp her foot in frustration.
'It's already noon, and neither Sword Immortal Pei nor Qing Yueqiu has come out...'
'That shameless little hussy Qing Yueqiu must have seduced Pei Yuhang and gotten her hooks into him again!'
Ji Xichan stared at the closed door, her heart in turmoil. It was as if she could see through the wood to the two lovers entwined within.
Envy, jealousy, and resentment churned within her. Ji Xichan felt as if ants were crawling all over her, an unbearable itch she couldn't scratch.
'If everything had gone smoothly last night, I should be the beauty lying next to Pei Yuhang right now!'
Ji Xichan had even prepared fertility-aiding Magical Treasures and Elixirs. She'd even found a Magical Treasure that could preserve the 'seed's' activity, planning to receive some herself and store the rest for later.
'If I don't get pregnant this time, I'll go back and study Pei Yuhang's seed. I'll get pregnant sooner or later!'
But Ji Xichan never expected Lin Qianyan and Qing Yueqiu to show up one after the other, completely shattering her plans.
'After this, if I try to act pitiful and get him to drink with me again, will he still agree to my request out of pity?'
Damn it—!!
The thought made Ji Xichan even more furious. She wished she could charge into the room, pull Qing Yueqiu away, and take her place.
CLICK—
The sound of a door opening was heard, but it wasn't Pei Yuhang's. Given his and Qing Yueqiu's superhuman stamina and compatibility, they probably wouldn't open their door until sunset.
The one who opened the door this time was Lin Qianyan.
A guilty conscience pricked Ji Xichan, and she immediately ducked out of sight.
Just as the young woman was about to wait for Lin Qianyan to leave or close the door again...
"Miss Ji, don't hide. There's something I want to talk to you about."
Ji Xichan's heart sank. After a moment of silence, she stepped out.
Last night, when she and Lin Qianyan had stared at each other in the dark after Qing Yueqiu's unexpected arrival, Ji Xichan had already prepared herself for Lin Qianyan to seek her out for a talk.
After Pei Yuhang had successfully stalled Qing Yueqiu, allowing the two of them to leave the room, Lin Qianyan hadn't stopped her. This had given Ji Xichan a sliver of false hope, and she had breathed a sigh of relief.
But now, it seemed she couldn't escape it after all.
Ji Xichan walked into the hallway and met the gaze of the White-clothed Saintess before her.
There wasn't a hint of retreat in the young woman's eyes, only stubbornness and a refusal to admit defeat.
'We're both just "other women" messing around behind the back of Pei Yuhang's official Dao Companion. Neither of us is innocent, so who's afraid of who?'
'Even if Pei Yuhang has fallen for you, you're still just a mistress like me! You're no nobler than I, Ji Xichan!'
At this thought, Ji Xichan puffed out her chest, walking toward Lin Qianyan with newfound confidence.
But Lin Qianyan's gaze remained calm, a stark contrast to the obvious hostility in Ji Xichan's eyes.
"Miss Ji, let's talk inside."
She turned slightly, gesturing for Ji Xichan to follow, and then led the way into the room. Her skirt swayed gently, and her steps carried a natural grace and composure.
But Ji Xichan stopped in her tracks. Her brow furrowed, and her gaze flickered between Lin Qianyan's back and the room's interior, a trace of hesitation on her face.
She unconsciously wrung her sleeves, her fingertips turning slightly pale, clearly showing her apprehension.
"Is Miss Ji afraid that I've laid some kind of Array in the room to trap you?"
Lin Qianyan suddenly stopped and turned around. A faint smile touched her lips, but her eyes held no trace of mockery, only a sense of candor.
She paused, her tone calm yet forceful:
"Rest assured, the doctrine of the Jade Pool Sacred Land is to act openly and honorably.
As the Saintess of the Sacred Land, I would naturally not be as shameless as those from the Yin Yang Sacred Land, who like to use underhanded means to eliminate rivals who get close to Brother Pei."
Hearing this, Ji Xichan pressed her lips together. After a moment of silence, she walked in, though her eyes still held a guarded and probing look.
"Have a seat, Miss Ji. Let's not talk while standing."
Lin Qianyan flicked her sleeve lightly and sat gracefully by the tea table, beginning to arrange the tea set.
Her movements were skilled and unhurried. With a light touch of her fingertips, the fragrance of tea began to fill the air.
But Ji Xichan just crossed her arms, neither sitting down nor showing any intention of accepting tea from Lin Qianyan.
"Saintess Lin, if you have something to say, just say it. I'm not used to the Fairy etiquette of your Jade Pool Sacred Land."
Lin Qianyan's expression didn't change at her words. She simply took a calm sip of tea, her pink lips parting as she spoke. Her voice was like a breeze rustling across a lake—gentle, yet clear:
"Very well... Miss Ji, I didn't ask you here to talk about last night."
'Not about last night?'
Ji Xichan was momentarily stunned.
"Then what does Saintess Lin want to talk about?"
Lin Qianyan set down her teacup and looked up, her gaze fixed on Ji Xichan. Her dark, clear eyes seemed to grow deeper.
She spoke softly, her tone calm, but her words struck Ji Xichan's heart like a heavy hammer: "I want to talk about—the Mirage Dragon Illusion Technique."
The Mirage Dragon Illusion Technique.
The moment these words were spoken, Ji Xichan's pupils contracted, and a flash of panic crossed her eyes.
Her fingers trembled slightly as she subconsciously clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms as if her innermost secret had been exposed.
Lin Qianyan looked up, keenly noticing the fleeting panic in Ji Xichan's eyes.
This made her even more certain of her suspicions.
'So it's true... Ji Xichan was the one who orchestrated the entire 'A Thousand Years of Great Dream'.
This journey to find the Mirage Dragon had been fraught with problems from the very beginning.
From the start, Ji Xichan had insisted on having only Pei Yuhang as her dragon-hunting companion. Then she deliberately gave me false information to lure me and Qing Yueqiu away, creating an opportunity to be alone with Pei Yuhang...
Even within that dream realm, there were roles for Shang Miaoyan, who had possessed Brother Pei for thirty years, and for Qing Yueqiu, and even for Yu Xiaoyan and Ye Liyuan.
But Ji Xichan alone was absent.
'Looking back now, didn't I just usurp the righteous, heroic female lead role that Ji Xichan had intended for herself in the dream—the one who saves Pei Yuhang?'
'So meticulously designed at every turn.'
'If not for my intervention—a Void Refining powerhouse's intervention—the one who would have entered the Mirage Dragon Illusion Realm with Brother Pei and lived through a thousand-year dream would have been Ji Xichan, wouldn't it?'
Lin Qianyan looked at the now pale-faced Ji Xichan—or rather, looked through her at the Goddess Statue residing within the young woman's body—her eyes growing more scrutinizing.
"Miss Ji, what is the origin of that Goddess Statue inside you?
When you fought Yueqiu, you could use it to freeze time and space. When facing the Mirage Dragon, you could use it to control the Dragon's Divine Abilities and unleash that domain-like power...
Are you certain you can control such a divine object, Miss Ji?"
Ji Xichan took a step back, her pale, delicate toes tensing subconsciously.
"What, is Saintess Lin planning to snatch this fortuitous opportunity from a junior like me?!"