Chapter 185: Jiang Yuyan's Deception.

"Li Qiushui, you truly are a bitch!!!" Tianshan Tonglao cursed bitterly after reading Ye Xiuxin's diary entry. But then, a strange expression crossed her face: "Junior Brother Wuyazi actually—"

"Ah!" Tianshan Tonglao couldn't help but sigh.

According to the diary entry, Wuyazi's fate as a cripple wasn't too bad.

From the very beginning, Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui had been competing for Wuyazi. Wuyazi was well aware of this, but she had watched Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui fight over him. Wu Xingyun was even tricked by Li Qiushui, becoming possessed and relegated to the appearance of an eight or nine-year-old girl for the rest of her life. At twenty-six, she should have achieved Grandmaster status.

However, because of Li Qiushui, she would never achieve

that level. It could be said that Wu Xingyun's life was essentially ruined.

After she was reduced to the appearance of an eight or nine-year-old girl, and her chances of becoming a Grandmaster were numbered, Wuyazi turned and joined Li Qiushui.

This, in turn, led Wu Xingyun to leave her hometown and come directly to the Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan.

After Wuyazi and Li Qiushui were together, he began to spy on Li Qiushui's sister, even playing with statues. Not only did he end up separated from his wife and children, but he was also conspired against by Li Qiushui and Ding Chunqiu.

Upon closer examination, the Tianshan Tonglao realized that Wuyazi's fate was well deserved.

Of course, Wuyazi deserved his punishment, and Li Qiushui couldn't claim she was innocent.

Li Qiushui, inherently malicious, plotted against Wu Xingyun to eliminate the threat she posed, preventing her from achieving Grandmaster status. Given Wu Xingyun's talent, she could have reached Grandmaster status at the age of twenty-six, and perhaps even reached Celestial Being status later. Yet, Li Qiushui drastically undid her plans.

After being ignored by Wuyazi, she unexpectedly took on numerous concubines, flirting with him. Later, she even seduced his disciple, Ding Chunqiu. After being discovered, she conspired with Ding Chunqiu to plot against Wuyazi. Later,

Li Qiushui fled to Western Xia, where she unexpectedly married the emperor, bore him a son, and then supported him to ascend the throne.

Originally, Li Qiushui's actions would have had nothing to do with Wu Xingyun.

However, Li Qiushui, with her malicious intent, refused to let Wu Xingyun off the hook. During Wu Xingyun's rejuvenation, she attempted to kill her, angering her. After the rejuvenation was complete, Li Qiushui went directly to the Western Xia palace and scratched Li Qiushui's face, disfiguring her. This escalated their decades-long feud.

Ultimately, Wu Xingyun was the victim from beginning to end.

After all, given Wu Xingyun's personality, she loved Wuyazi and would always choose to compete openly. However, Li Qiushui, feeling she couldn't win against Wu Xingyun, began to plot against her. After Li Qiushui and Wuyazi got together, Wu Xingyun left for the Lingjiu Palace on Tianshan Mountain, ignoring the two.

Unsatisfied with the plot, Li Qiushui even attempted to kill Wu Xingyun, prompting Wu Xingyun to retaliate.

However, even then, Wu Xingyun didn't intend to go too far and chose not to kill Li Qiushui.

After all, Wu Xingyun's strength far surpassed Li Qiushui's before she regained her youth. Yet, she only scratched Li Qiushui's face and never harmed her life, demonstrating the Tianshan Child-Grandma's immense potential.

...

After reading the diary and recounting her life from the beginning to the present, Wu Xingyun realized how absurd her life truly was. It even seemed as if the entirety of her life's fate was rooted in Wuyazi.

Wu Xingyun's expression shifted as she gazed at the Divine Illumination Sutra's secret manual placed nearby.

Should she use it to rescue Wuyazi? Suddenly, Wu Xingyun hesitated, realizing that Wuyazi wasn't worth saving at all. After all, she'd lost her chance to become a Grandmaster, and even the source of her celestial being, thanks to Wuyazi.

Of course, Wuyazi hadn't expressed anything from the start. It could be argued that it was Wu Xingyun's own impulsiveness, her self-absorbed affection for Wuyazi, that had led to Li Qiushui's scheme. While it might seem like Wuyazi had nothing to do with her, the truth was, Wuyazi hadn't chosen anyone, allowing Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui to fight over him.

"Forget it, Wuyazi pretended to be ignorant and made no choice, so I'll pretend to be ignorant too," Wu Xingyun said, slamming the Divine Illumination Sutra's manual into dust.

After making this choice, Wu Xingyun felt a significant sense of relief, as if even breathing felt easier.

"Hmph, Ye Xiu, brat. Just once, you've taken advantage of me," Wu Xingyun snorted. After all, Wu Xingyun had previously given Ye Xiu the Tianshan Six Yang Palm because she wanted to give Wuyazi the Divine Illumination Scripture. Now, it seemed like her Tianshan Six Yang Palm was given to Ye Xiu for nothing.

Meanwhile, Li Qiushui, who was counting on her fingers in the Xixia Imperial Palace, sneered, "It's almost time! Less than a month has passed, and you'll be rejuvenated. This time, I'll absolutely kill you!"

The thought that in a month—no, less than a month—she would be able to kill the Tianshan Child-Grandmother filled Li Qiushui with joy.

In her cheerful mood, Li Qiushui didn't notice—well, actually, nothing at all.

Although the odds between Li Qiushui and Wuyazi were evenly matched, Ye Xiu didn't have much affection for Li Qiushui.

Favorability wasn't high enough. Or rather, without favorable impressions, even if Li Qiushui were mentioned in the diary, she wouldn't have received any response. It was impossible for her to obtain the diary like Wu Xingyun had.

Just like Lin Xian'er before.

...

"My grandparents—" Wang Yuyan read the diary's contents, a delicate expression on her face. She hadn't expected her grandparents to be anything but pleasant people—

Grandpa Wuyazi was irresponsible and unfaithful to his wife, especially neglecting her during her pregnancy.

Wang Yuyan even felt that her father, a stud, was a bit better than Wuyazi. Well, just a bit.

After all, even though Duan Zhengchun was a philanderer, falling in love with every woman he met without taking responsibility or giving them a legitimate relationship,

he still had feelings for those women. Wuyazi, on the other hand, seemed completely devoid of emotion, even ignoring his pregnant wife.

Of course, her grandmother, Li Qiushui, was no pushover either. Not only did she flirt with young men, she even had a lover who played with her in front of Wuyazi. Later, she even hooked up with Ding Chunqiu, and then plotted against Wuyazi.

The two of them were practically equal.

Of course, Wuyazi was half a catty, while Li Qiushui was a bit more, eight taels.

"Sister Ah Zhu, should I still go look for my grandfather?" Wang Yuyan asked, looking at the seemingly ordinary middle-aged man next to her.

Ah Zhu and Wang Yuyan were both still in disguise, and both looked like ordinary middle-aged men.

"This—" Ah Zhu's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. She hadn't expected Wang Yuyan's grandparents to act like this. "I think we should go and see them. After all, the diary says your grandpa might not live long. Just treat it as a last visit."

"Well, I'll listen to Sister Ah Zhu then," nodded Wang Yuyan, who wasn't very opinionated herself.

The two of them headed straight for Leigushan Mountain.

...

"Dongfang, Yaoyue. You're all back? Have you dealt with the Sun Moon Sect and Yihua Palace matters?"

Ye Xiu was a little surprised to see Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue. According to the original plan, they weren't supposed to return to Huashan so soon, but they were back so early, which was a bit surprising.

"It's not a big deal, actually. We just need to deal with it a little bit," Dongfang Bubai said casually.

"With Lianxing in charge of Yihua Palace, there won't be any problems," Yaoyue replied more bluntly.

Ye Xiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard them say this.

Although Ye Xiu didn't know exactly how many matters the Sun Moon Cult and Yihua Palace had to deal with, he knew they would undoubtedly be at the helm.

However, the two of them had abandoned those matters and returned directly to Huashan. The reason they did so was all because of him, so Ye Xiu was quite happy.

"By the way, where's Yuyan?" Ye Xiu asked, suddenly realizing Jiang Yuyan hadn't returned with Yaoyue.

"Jiang Yuyan is at Yihua Palace. She's very skilled at handling various matters, and she enjoys it, so I assigned her there," Yaoyue explained.

Ye Xiu looked at Yaoyue in astonishment. He hadn't expected Yaoyue to leave Jiang Yuyan at Yihua Palace.

But then again, it seemed Jiang Yuyan was indeed quite adept at handling such matters. After all, Jiang Yuyan was quite intelligent, and one could even say she was quite gifted at handling various matters. Otherwise, in the original novel, she wouldn't have nearly become the Yan Emperor.

However, Jiang Yuyan had clearly become his maid, and Ye Xiu was accustomed to her care, yet Jiang Yuyan remained at Yihua Palace.

This was somewhat regrettable for Ye Xiu. Between being his maid and the steward handling all matters at Yihua Palace, perhaps even the future Third Palace Master, Jiang Yuyan might not necessarily choose to be his maid.

After all, Ye Xiu felt that only he knew the extent of his future achievements, given his cheat program. Jiang Yuyan had no idea how high Ye Xiu would ultimately rise. Therefore, choosing to be the future Third Palace Master of Yihua Palace seemed the best option.

Ye Xiu couldn't help but glance at Yao Yue. "Does Yuyan like staying at Yihua Palace?"

"Yes!" Yao Yue replied coldly.

Far away in Xiuyu Valley's Yihua Palace, Jiang Yuyan couldn't help but sneeze, a look of bitterness and resentment on her face.

From the very beginning, she hadn't wanted to leave Ye Xiu. Even if Ye Xiu were to go to the Qingcheng Sect, she wouldn't leave Huashan.

Yaoyue insisted on taking her to Yihua Palace, and she had no power to resist under Yaoyue's control, so she had no choice but to follow Yaoyue to the palace.

Jiang Yuyan wanted to please Yaoyue, and on the way back to Yihua Palace, she did her best to take care of Yaoyue's daily life. After returning to Yihua Palace, she even tried to help Yaoyue with some minor matters.

She thought that by currying favor with Yaoyue, Yaoyue would give her a chance to become Ye Xiu's woman.

However, Jiang Yuyan was unaware that after seeing Jiang Yuyan handle many things, Yaoyue would simply leave Jiang Yuyan at Yihua Palace, letting her handle many affairs on her behalf, and then Yaoyue ran away.

This almost angered Jiang Yuyan to death.

She didn't expect Yaoyue to treat her like this. She had chosen to temporarily rely on Yaoyue, but Yaoyue would do such a backstabbing to her.

Just as Jiang Yuyan finished sneezing and silently cursed Yaoyue, Lianxing appeared before her.

"Yuyan, how are you? Are you used to staying in Yihua Palace?" Lianxing's voice sounded much gentler.

"It's okay, but there is no young master here, so I'm a little uncomfortable." Jiang Yuyan said quickly.

"...I'm sorry, my sister..." Lianxing apologized to Jiang Yuyan.

Of course, in fact, although Lianxing is not as domineering as Yaoyue, she also has her own pride. When it comes to apologies, Lianxing almost never apologizes to others except Yaoyue.

But, how to say it, after getting Ye Xiu's diary, Lianxing realized that no matter what happened before, whoever got Ye Xiu's diary would eventually achieve no less.

So Lianxing adjusted her mentality and put people like Jiang Yuyan who got the diary on an equal footing with herself, so Lianxing apologized at this time.

"Palace Master Lianxing, I understand," Jiang Yuyan said quickly, her eyes flickering as she spoke. Although she had only been at Yihua Palace for a short time, she already had a good understanding of both Yaoyue and Lianxing. "Palace Master Lianxing, how are your hands and feet?"

"Hands and feet?" Lianxing directly pulled her hands out of her sleeves.

Lianxing was now much more open than before. At least she wasn't shy about people mentioning her hands and feet. She no longer subconsciously retracted her hands and feet when someone mentioned them.

Now, Lianxing could pull her hands out of her sleeves

when someone mentioned them. Aside from the slightly different skin color on her left hand, everything else seemed fine.

Like her right hand, her fingers were slender and the joints distinct, with no abnormalities.

Meanwhile, Lianxing's left foot had almost fully recovered.

So, every time Lianxing saw her left hand and foot, she couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. At the same time, her gratitude towards Ye Xiu grew, and her favorable impression of him grew. It could even be said that almost every time someone mentioned Ye Xiu, or her hands and feet, her favorable impression of him grew a little.

"Congratulations, Palace Master Lianxing! Your hands and feet have fully returned to normal," Jiang Yuyan congratulated with surprise.

"Thank you. Actually, there's a slight difference in skin color," Lianxing said with a smile.

"Such beautiful hands, if the young master could see them, he would surely be very happy," Jiang Yuyan whispered, just loud enough for Lianxing to hear. Lianxing

was stunned by this.

"The young master, having given the Divine Illumination Sutra to Palace Master Lianxing, must have been eager to see the day when they returned to normal. Perhaps he even wanted to be the first to see them. What a pity—" Jiang Yuyan's expression was filled with regret.

Lian Xing's expression was startled. She lowered her head and looked at her left hand. Jiang Yuyan's words kept echoing in her mind.

Lian Xing subconsciously tucked her hand back into her sleeve, just like she had done before practicing the Shen Zhao Jing when others mentioned her hands and feet. She suddenly didn't want others to see her hands and feet, which had returned to normal.

Lianxing suddenly wanted Ye Xiu to be the first to see her restored hands and feet.

However, after her left hand had returned to normal, many people had already seen it—Lianxing subconsciously felt a surge of murderous intent within her—

but the next moment, that killing intent vanished. Lianxing wasn't Yaoyue after all. She wasn't that ruthless. She wouldn't kill anyone who saw her hands just to let Ye Xiu see them first? She couldn't do such a thing.

Fortunately, only her restored left hand had been seen, but no one else had seen her left foot.

Therefore, her left foot's virginity could still be reserved for Ye Xiu.

Thinking of this, Lianxing suddenly felt the urge to leave Yihua Palace and head to Mount Huashan to find Ye Xiu.

This urge was incredibly difficult to control.

"Palace Master Lianxing, let's go to Mount Huashan too," Jiang Yuyan suddenly said.

"Huh?" Lianxing was stunned, even subconsciously wondering if she was hallucinating.

"Palace Master Lianxing, you haven't seen the Master for a while. I think the Master must have missed you too..." Jiang Yuyan said seriously.

"Will Ye Xiu miss me?" Lianxing asked subconsciously.

"Of course. In fact, the Master really cares about your left hand and left foot. The Master has said more than once that if Palace Master Lianxing's hands and feet return to normal, she will definitely look very good and beautiful. In fact, the Master once thought that if Palace Master Lianxing's hands and feet cannot recover as soon as possible, he will go find the Black Jade Fracture Ointment."

Lianxing listened to Jiang Yuyan's words, her eyes shining, and her body a little weak. At this moment, she really wanted to see Ye Xiu.