Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 482 Breaking up the affair
You Su never forgot the 'self' he had seen in Kong Yan's dream. His request was for him to meet the Immortal Ancestor Xing Zhao.

Now we have the goal of helping Miss Xueruo enter Kunpeng Cave Heaven, so the first priority to achieve these two goals is to let the snake clan return to the sacred mountain.

But this is not something that can be rushed. It is not easy to return to the sacred mountain, especially in the demon territory where the law of the jungle is more deeply rooted. As long as the demons in the sacred mountain have the strength to defend their position, the demons outside the sacred mountain will have little chance.

But such seemingly crude rules also save a lot of trouble that only the four sacred mountains of the human race have. There is no need to prove from all aspects that your sect is more qualified to sit on the sacred mountain. You only need to prove that your clan is stronger than a clan on the sacred mountain, and you can naturally win the seat of Xingzhao Sacred Mountain.

Therefore, the competition in Dongying Continent is more pure, and once the direction of progress is determined, life in the Snake Clan goes on as usual.

While secretly talking about love with the two sisters, he practiced dual cultivation with them day and night for the purpose of becoming stronger; he delivered ice to the master's wife every day, and cared about the breakthrough of the senior sister; occasionally he helped the snake women solve some small troubles in life, and often returned to his dreams to practice swordsmanship with the master's wife and cultivate feelings...

The days were stable and happy in the past, but if the snake clan wanted to climb up, they could not be a small clan that always refused foreign guests and was self-contained.

……

You Su was half-kneeling on the ground, adjusting the bronze bearings of the cooling fan. Ji Xueruo was distracted by the sight of the man busying himself for her.

The summer in Japan is quite long, and even in late September, the nights are still unbearably hot.

According to the agreement, You Su should be with his sister today. However, he learned from Hong Xiao that his cooling fan was broken, so he resolutely sneaked into her bedroom at night.

He didn't even wait until tomorrow, saying he would fix it for her tonight.

Ji Xueruo was somewhat greedy for the warmth of being cared for, but it also made it even harder for her to say what she was about to say.

But the two of them had met so many times at night that they knew each other inside and out. He could tell what position the other liked just by looking at their expressions, so he could see at a glance that she was thinking about something.

"Why are you hesitant to speak?" You Su smiled and held the other person's hand.

Ji Xueruo was already used to this guy's frivolity, so she sighed and said, "Nothing."

"I guess... it's about the Jinpeng clan." You Su looked at the girl's surprised eyes.

"How do you know?"

"That's what Granny Liu told me."

"Granny Liu? She received a message about this, and she only told me. Why would she come to you to tell you?" The girl seemed to have guessed something, but it was a little hard to believe.

"There is no other reason except that you want me to persuade you." You Su turned on the repaired fan and sat closer to the girl. "Our tribe leader has become more radiant and beautiful these days. Even Sister Hongxiao and the others said that the tribe leader has become more beautiful and loves to smile. I think Granny Liu, who has watched the tribe leader grow up, can also see it. We can hide our affair from other tribe members, but not from her. I'm afraid she not only guessed it, but also found out."

You Su deliberately used the word "affair" to tease her, causing Ji Xueruo's ears to turn red with embarrassment.

Of course she knew that what You Su said was most likely the truth, because if Granny Liu hadn't verified it, she would never have gone directly to You Su.

In other words, this elder who had watched her grow up actually witnessed her having an affair with her sister's man in the bedroom.

And she...actually chose to turn a blind eye...

This made Ji Xueruo, the clan leader, not know how to deal with himself for a moment. He punched You Su’s shoulder angrily and said, “It’s all your fault! I told you not to come looking for me all the time!”

You Su smiled bitterly, thinking that these two little snakes were indeed sisters, as they both liked to beat people when they got angry.

He gently held both of the girl's hands in his palms and said softly, "Grandma Liu didn't say anything, which means she also understands the difficulties of the clan leader, so she chose to acquiesce. Love and the cause of rejuvenation don't necessarily conflict. So Miss Xueruo doesn't have to feel ashamed. It's better to think that the most respected elder of the Snake Clan is the first person to agree to our relationship. Then it won't be difficult to get the approval of other clan members in the future."

"You're just smooth-talking!"

Ji Xueruo was extremely embarrassed. You Su didn't let her hit him, so she used her nails to scratch the boy's palm to vent her endless shame and anger:
"What if she didn't acquiesce, but thought that family disgrace should not be made public? She doesn't even know whether my sister knows about this. If she really thinks that I am having an affair with you behind my sister's back, how will she look at me? I really can't face her!"

Although You Su felt a little hurt, he let the girl throw a tantrum, because even a proud woman like Xueruo did not break off her relationship with him because of such a shameful thing as the exposure of the affair. This shows that in the girl's heart, his position has long been deeply rooted.

"No, she has already asked me this question." You Su gently soothed the girl's emotions, "I told her that you sisters all knew about this, and I promised her that I would never let you sisters down. Only then did she sigh for a long time and tell me about the Golden Peng Clan."

"She must want to kill you!" Ji Xueruo said hatefully, gritting her teeth.

"So I have to seize the opportunity she gives me."

You Su looked at the angry girl with a firm gaze, which actually relieved Ji Xueruo's embarrassment a little. She seemed to feel that it didn't matter if the whole world opposed her, as long as You Su didn't give up this relationship.

She tilted her head slightly, but still spoke in a haughty tone: "So? So you want to listen to her advice?"

You Su squeezed the hand even tighter: "Of course I have to advise you, now that the Snake Clan wants to return to the sacred mountain, then the alliance with the Golden Peng Clan must not be abandoned. This time the Golden Peng Saint has come to thank you in person, if you refuse, wouldn't that be a loss of face for them? We could have been friends, but now we may become enemies. How could you not understand such an unwise choice?"

Ji Xueruo bit her lower lip and said, "My snake tribe is self-reliant and strong, why do we need help from other tribes?"

You Su couldn't help laughing and exposed the girl's disguise, "If you really think so, how could you have gone to Zhongyuan alone to find the lotus root heart in order to complete the mission issued by the Jinpeng Clan?"

The young man pulled the girl into his arms. Ji Xueruo pretended to struggle a few times, but then let him do it.

"You risked your life to give the Snake Clan the opportunity to join the Shenshan Clan. How can you give up so easily just because of me? You have already given up the opportunity to ascend to Kunpeng Cave Heaven in order to find me. I will never let you give up the opportunity for the Snake Clan to advance because of me."

"Who said I gave up because of you?" The girl muttered, "That was the lotus root heart that I found with great difficulty. I can refuse this 'life-saving favor' just like that. My snake clan is not that wealthy. It's just that I had to... I had to accompany my sister to find you, so I didn't attend the banquet after the recovery of the Golden Roc Saint. My original intention was not to ask for repayment, but I just wanted to use this lotus root heart as a token of my loyalty, but I didn't expect that the Golden Roc Saint would attach so much importance to it. He even came to thank me in person even though I didn't go... But my snake clan is all women, how can we let him, a man, in? So I thought I should just go to the Golden Roc clan, but he sent a message saying that the favor was so great that he had to thank me in person, which was really troublesome."

"I am not a man too?"

"You are a son-in-law." Ji Xueruo said mercilessly.

You Su couldn't stop smiling bitterly. Naturally, she could tell that this reason was untenable. After all, in order to develop cooperation, it was impossible not to receive foreign guests, and it was inevitable that there would be men among the foreign guests. It was even more impossible for them to refuse the visit request from such a great demon tribe of Shenshan. Because the snake tribe only tried to avoid contact with men to avoid suspicion, and they were not really disgusted with men. Otherwise, if they were labeled as disgusted with men, it would be difficult for them to develop in Dongyingzhou.

There is a phenomenon that can explain the reason - among the human race, the number of all-female sects is much greater than the number of all-female banshee sects, and their situations are much better. Some powerful ones can even completely refuse to have any contact with any men, truly demonstrating the power of independent women.

That's because the female cultivators in the all-female sect and the female cultivators outside are all women, and can understand and support each other to a certain extent, so they can attract a steady stream of female members to strengthen the sect's strength and thus gain the right to speak.

But in the demon tribe, the concept of tribe is obviously higher than gender. If you anger a group of tiger men, the tiger women will not ignore the tiger men to help you or join your snake women's camp just because you are a woman. If the tribe cannot be strengthened, it will naturally not have the right to speak. Therefore, the slogans of mutual assistance among women shouted by the all-female sects of the human race are completely unworkable in Japan.

Of course, You Su does not think that the snake tribe has not demonstrated the power of women. On the contrary, the fact that the snake tribe does not simply distinguish between genders to identify themselves and has continued to exist in such a difficult situation shows their tenacity.

Moreover, leaving aside these objective environmental factors, first of all, for a group that is in urgent need of development, both men and women are merely guests who can bring opportunities. There is absolutely no reason to reject guests because of their gender.

"I know you don't want to let outsiders in, because it may expose the existence of me and Venerable Lian Jian, and you don't want us to be put in danger." You Su expressed the girl's real concerns.

Ji Xueruo pursed her lips, but stopped being stubborn. Instead, she said seriously, "His letter hinted that he would not be the only one coming, which means that his trip was not just to express his gratitude. He brought people to investigate the snake tribe. It is impossible for the Jinpeng tribe to repay the Saint Son's life-saving favor by supporting the snake tribe to enter the sacred mountain.

"Those big demon tribes have been entrenched in the sacred mountain for longer than those big sects of the human race. Most of the demon tribes that come in and out of Xingzhao Sacred Mountain are also the result of the manipulation of these big demon tribes behind the scenes. So they need to see the value of helping the snake tribe enter the sacred mountain before they are willing to invest in the snake tribe."

The differences between ethnic groups are far more unshakable than the differences between human clans, which makes it almost impossible for the demon race to grow on their own to a level that can compete with the demon race of Shenshan.

Because the human clan can recruit talented disciples from all over the place to make up for the resource gap between the sacred mountains and non-sacred mountains, while the demon clan can only pray that a peerless genius who can break through the poverty with bare hands will be born among their own weak clan.

But such people are so rare, so if you want to make up for the gap in cultivation resources, the best and quickest way is naturally to let the big demon tribes with excess resources on the sacred mountain see the value of investment.

"So we shouldn't reject his visit this time, right? Granny Liu told me that the snake tribe is no worse than those demon tribes at the bottom of the mountain."

"Why are you so stupid? If he comes to inspect, he will naturally bring strong people from the clan. Wouldn't the possibility of you being exposed be greater?" Ji Xueruo was so anxious that she spoke out her true feelings.

You Su smiled upon hearing this, "I remember that Miss Xiaoyu is not only proficient in the art of controlling snakes, but also in the art of hiding her breath. I think it should be no problem for the snake tribe to hide a person."

When Ji Xueruo heard You Su calling her "Little Fish Girl", she immediately recalled the time when they first met. At that time, she used her clan's secret method "Virtual Snake Shedding" to completely conceal her aura and turned herself into a mortal little fish. Later, she used this method to take You Su, who was dressed as a woman, to walk in the Yuhuan Pool.

As her thoughts drifted away and the memories became sweeter, Ji Xueruo did not continue to savor them. She said seriously, "If you are exposed, it will be a serious matter. So even if you can hide it, you have to make sure it's just in case."

You Su was deeply touched by the girl's deep love and loyalty, and she was so cautious for him, so he made up his mind:

"Getting the Snake Tribe to the sacred mountain is not only your goal, but also my goal, so we must not give up this opportunity. I will take my master's wife and sister away from the Snake Tribe tomorrow."

"You can't do that!" Ji Xueruo grabbed You Su's hand. "Venerable Henglian has spread the rumor that you might be in Dongying or Xihuang. Although Venerable Qianhua has ruined his reputation, it doesn't affect people's desire to catch you. Now the demon tribe is also under martial law everywhere, so only the snake tribe is the safest."

You Su was in a dilemma after hearing this. He felt that it didn't matter if he was cursed, but why did he have to implicate the people around him? When he thought of the instigator, the head of Henglian, he subconsciously clenched his fist, wishing to cut him into pieces, but he accidentally pinched the girl's soft hand and hurt it.

Ji Xueruo felt the boy's self-blame but didn't say anything. She just endured it silently, showing a rare gentleness:

"Believe me, even if I don't let him come to investigate, I will be able to get the help of the Golden Peng Clan. And even without the help of the Golden Peng Clan, I will definitely be able to get the Snake Clan back to the sacred mountain."

You Su came back to his senses upon hearing this and quickly loosened his grip. Looking at the girl's tender hands that had been pinched red, he felt so distressed that he gently stroked them with pity.

The girl looked at his guilty expression and smiled lightly, then she took the initiative to move forward and pecked You Su lightly on the lips.

This was a very rare time for her to initiate a kiss, and even the dazed You Su felt a little flattered.

"I believe in you, too. Didn't you say you would help me achieve my goal? But you're even more reluctant to accept help from outsiders than I am. What's going on? Do you want to save effort and take advantage at the same time?"

Looking at the girl's sweet smile, You Su couldn't restrain his emotion and pulled the girl into his arms and hugged her tightly, feeling that he was lucky to have the favor of this pair of sisters.

The girl, who was not used to intimacy, hugged him in return. You Su's palm was still on her waist. Through the semi-transparent gauze, they could feel the pulse beating under each other's skin.

How could a hug be enough to ease the affection between the young couple at this moment? Ji Xueruo's face turned even redder, and she leaned her head on You Su's shoulder. She didn't know who she was asking for permission, but she whispered:
"My sister and I will exchange one day..."

As she said this, the girl's plain gauze skirt had slipped to her elbows, revealing half of her arms that were whiter than frost and snow, shining like pearls in the candlelight.

The girl's black hair cascaded like a waterfall, and her uncontrollable breathing and the chirping of cicadas outside the window formed a dense net.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door at an inopportune moment, shattering the night like an icy spike falling to the ground.

The two people who were in love were both shocked. Ji Xueruo even struggled violently to get up from the boy's arms. The butterfly pattern on the marigold lining drew messy arcs in panic.

"Miss, it's me."

A clear and gentle voice came from outside the door, it was Granny Liu!
Ji Xueruo's pupils suddenly contracted and her fingertips pinched into her palms.

Although she knew that Granny Liu had tacitly approved her secret meeting with You Su, she never thought that it would be discovered at such an embarrassing moment. The belt of her white gauze skirt had come undone at some point, and it hung loosely at her knees. The jade hairpin in her hair was crooked, and a few strands of hair stuck to her sweaty forehead.

You Su reacted faster than her. His fingertips swept across her waist like butterfly wings and he quickly tied her belt.

He didn't intend to hide, but out of consideration for the girl's face, he pointed under the bed, indicating whether he should go in and hide.
Ji Xueruo took a deep breath and grabbed You Su's hand. As she breathed in, she had regained the dignity of the clan leader, but her fingertips were still trembling slightly.

"Why is Granny Liu knocking on the door so late at night? What happened?"

"Ao Yu of the Golden Lion Clan requested to see him, saying that it was extremely urgent and he had already reached outside the restricted area of ​​the ancestral land."

Ao Yu from the Golden Lion Clan? ! Not the Holy Son of the Golden Peng Clan? !
(End of this chapter)