My Master Finds Out Who I Am

The two ate peacefully, yet Yu Xuelan could not restrain herself from turning her head around once or twice as a group beside them chattered loudly.

"I can't believe they're still holding the festival!"

"Yeah, even though they know that the Woman Eater, Bo Fan, clearly has his new lair near here!"

"I know. All the women here right now are in danger. I'm glad my wife is at home!"

"You idiot, just because she's at home doesn't mean that demon won't go after her!"

"Just remembering about the guy who returned after chasing after the Earth Demon God scares me!"

Yu Xuelan listened to the conversation beside them and she turned to Long Wen who was sipping on her soup in a structured manner.

"Young Madam Long, did you perhaps come here today to ensure nothing will happen at this city tonight?"

"Hm? Of course. Do you think I'll just muck around?" She replied sternly.

"Ah that's true," Yu Xuelan chuckled, scratching the bottom of her cheek, "How threatening is the Earth Demon God?"

"Threatening? I guess he is seen as a threat to humanity judging by how many people he kills for his meals."

"The only thing he's best at wreaking childish havoc and then running away," Long Wen stated in disgust, "I'm just here to make sure everyone is safe, I'm not going to hunt that Demon God down because that'd be too troublesome."

Of course, Yu Xuelan knew they couldn't hunt down a demon god because that was basically asking for war.

"I've heard that the Earth Demon God is quite mischievous. Apparently, he had a whole building for his favourite females and hung them inside like trophies," Yu Xuelan added.

Long Wen sighed, "Seeing as how disgusting and cruel he is, that is probably true."

Yu Xuelan smiled, thinking how it would be quite interesting to see the Earth Demon God, though she didn't know if she'd be able to come back alive. In fact, she had actually visited his lairs a couple of times. Not exactly visited, but thrown in.

"Young Madam Long, what do you think about the Sky Demon God?"

She was much more interested in knowing about the Sky Demon God rather than Bo Fan, after all, according to Lin Changying's stories, they had nearly destroyed HaiShen Yu and five other minor sects.

"The Black Heron? He's..." Long Wen hesitated and narrowed her eyes from both fear and rage.

"I've only recently heard about him since I've been confined in the house for a long time," Yu Xuelan added, attempting to justify her reasoning for asking about the demon.

"He's truly terrifying."

Yu Xuelan raised her brows. For Long Wen to call someone terrifying, they must really be fierce. She remembered how Long Wen was always the type that would rather die than comment on someone to be stronger than her.

"I don't really know what he looks like since he's always hooded, but I know that all four major sects have created an agreement between each other to never fight the Black Heron, anger him, or even get close to him."

This has only come to Yu Xuelan's mind but she never knew why the Four Autumn Alliance ever broke apart.

"I see," Yu Xuelan nodded.

Even the prominent sects are cautious of him. It's a possibility that the Sky Demon God is someone from HaiShen Yu. Could it be someone I knew? Yu Yang? No, it can't be.

The green-robed cultivator stood up and sighed, "Well, I have to get going now in case something happens."

She lowered her hand and left a bag of golden coins on the table.

"Ah, thank you for treating me to this meal Young Madam Long," Yu Xuelan stood up and clasped her palms.

"I just wanted to clear things up from before but it's been nice to chat with you. I'll see you another time, goodbye," she said and wandered off into the far distance, leaving Yu Xuelan to sit back down and finish her bowl of noodles.

…

While she was eating, Yu Xuelan felt a shadow cast over her. She bent her head back and widened her eyes in surprise, feeling her heartbeat stop.

"I was looking for you," Wu Zhitian said.

"Wu Zhitian?? Oh, I forgot that I originally got lost!" she panicked in her thoughts.

Although he spoke, Yu Xuelan had suddenly forgotten how to reply and only stared stubbornly at the man's eyes, watching his lashes lift up and down slowly as his eyes locked with hers.

"Ah, um, I just got hungry." Yu Xuelan stammered, still gluing her gaze with his, "And lost."

Even though she desperately wanted to break eye contact, her eyes nor face didn't seem to want to move away. It seemed like everything that came into contact with his eyes instantly became a vague dream. Like a slight breeze, gently brushing over her only to make her fall asleep.

Wu Zhitian glanced at the bowl beside Yu Xuelan and the foreign money pouch beside it, asking, "Were you eating with someone...?"

"I was with a friend," Yu Xuelan answered and turned back around to finish the remaining soup in her bowl.

Wu Zhitian's brows sunk and sat down beside the black-robed girl. "Is everything alright?"

"Mn. I just got lost and somehow ended up eating since I got a bit hungry," Yu Xuelan laughed while the boy stayed silent and continued staring at her with the same sunken eyes.

Yu Xuelan smiled to reassure him, "Where's Changy- I mean my sister? Why aren't you with her? It's dangerous to leave her alone!"

"She's fine."

"No I mean-" Yu Xuelan paused, realizing she couldn't continue her sentence.

Although a part of the reason why Yu Xuelan left Lin Changying with Wu Zhitian was that so Lin Changying didn't do anything rash. Perhaps, there was also another reason but wasn't able to pinpoint what exactly.

There was another short silence before Wu Zhitian spoke up, "...Did I do something wrong?"

What?????

Yu Xuelan parted her lips in confusion and started choking on her lukewarm soup, feeling some of it travelling up to her nose.

"I don't think so?" Yu Xuelan questioned in utter confusion.

"Why do you keep pushing me towards Changying...?"

Yu Xuelan's face was smudged in puzzlement. She looked over to the white-robed man and was immediately attacked by his saddened expression.

His long lashes covered the majority of his eyes especially since they were lowered. To make it worse, the lighting of the restaurant made him look as pale as ever which made her feel like she had just committed a crime by abandoning this innocent boy.

"No, no, no, I really, actually just got lost!" Yu Xuelan laughed and she stood up from her seat energetically, preparing to leave the restaurant.

"Well, I'm full now! Let's go!" She smiled but the moment she was about to leave, Wu Zhitian grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her back down.

She was startled by the sudden contact but she noticed his grasp was extremely gentle, as though he was trying to not hurt her.

That was when she realized she had basically voluntarily sat down herself.

"I'll try to fix it, please don't be mad at me..." He uttered softly.

An arrow pierced through her heart upon seeing the sullen boy still holding on her wrist, waiting for her answer.

Although his grip was quite loose, Yu Xuelan didn't feel the need to shake his hand away. However, seeing as how the white-clothed cultivator was eager for her response, Yu Xuelan grinned mischievously.

She frowned jokingly, "Sect Master Wu, can you call my name? You always refer to me as "you" or "disciple" but you call Wu Ming, Feng Yi, and even Changying by their name."

Wu Zhitian slightly raised his brows by the sudden request and questioned, "But I thought you didn't want me to call your name?"

"Huh? What? Why?" Yu Xuelan blurted and stopped frowning, instead, she rubbed her head in confusion.

"Because it might've gotten you in trouble."

"Trouble?"

Yu Xuelan thought for a while before remembering that she was basically still a slave whose master had passed away. It was a sin for a slave to continue living on when their masters were buried dead underground.

If Wu Zhitian hadn't brought her back to the Feather Temple, she would probably be lying beside Master Xiao's body right now.

Yu Xuelan laughed, "Oh, it doesn't really matter anymore! I doubt anyone would even know who I am."

"Alright, I'm sorry, I'll call your name from now on."

"Pff! Please you don't have to!! I was just joking! Plus, you're my teacher and I'm just your disciple! How could a disciple demand something from their master?" Yu Xuelan joked, patting his shoulder to comfort him.

Wu Zhitian stood up and spoke, "Well, there's somewhere I want to take you."

"Where-"

"Yu Xuelan."