Chapter 22: Retreat to Advance

Everyone in Xianlai Sect knew Meng Zhu. He and Du Yue had been together for three years and had frequent contacts.

  Du Yue liked him very much and would talk about him every time they met.

  Meng Zhu had a sick mother at home and could not stop taking elixirs. In order to make his life easier, Du Yue always gave him money to subsidize him.

  Everyone felt that this was not very good, but Meng Zhu was always polite and courteous every time he saw them. There was nothing wrong with him, so it was difficult to say anything.

  Not to mention that Du Yue did not believe Mo Jiuwei's words when he first heard them, even Ji Qingqing, an outsider, felt that it was a bit outrageous at that time and felt that Meng Zhu was not guilty of such a crime.

  But now...

  Chen Lan happened to pass by at this time and heard Mo Jiuwei's words. With an idea, he took out the sound transmission stone and began to call other people from Xianlai Sect to come.

  Because there are too few disciples in Xianlai Sect now, many places in the sect are abandoned and everyone lives in a relatively concentrated area.

  So after a while, everyone put down their work and ran over. As soon as they arrived, they saw Ji Qingqing and Chen Lan standing together to watch the show.

  "Junior sister Ji, senior sister Chen, what's going on?"

  "Shh, don't make any noise, just watch first."

  The people from Xianlai Sect stood in a group, trying to shrink their figures, and then sneaked a peek at the situation over there. There were

  so many people, and Du Yue was facing their direction, so it was hard not to see them!

  When she found so many people peeking, she couldn't help but twitch her lips, but she didn't expose them. Instead, she adjusted her position so that Meng Zhu on the opposite side would not notice anything.

  "I see. But Yueyue, you look so dazzling today that I can't take my eyes off you." Meng Zhu looked at Du Yue affectionately, looking her up and down, and said.

  Du Yue found that his eyes stayed on the hairpin in her hair for a while longer, and her heart sank slightly.

  Then she convinced herself that this didn't mean anything, and she should wait a little longer...

  "Really? This is what Junior Sister Meng Ling gave me."

  Meng Ling also had a lot of things to try out when she was refining magic tools, such as this hairpin, which looks pretty, but is actually not a magic tool, just a decoration.

  Meng Ling made a lot of this kind of hairpin, and everyone had one. It was because Mo Jiuwei was too young and her hair was sparse, otherwise she would definitely have been given one.

  [Here he comes, he must continue to ask if the Xianlai Sect has made a fortune. ] Mo Jiuwei thought.

  Ji Qingqing and Du Yue couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

  "You actually have some spare money? I saw that Junior Sister Ji was dressed very well just now, not like before." Meng Zhu asked curiously.

  After asking, he found that Du Yue seemed to look at him with a strange look, "Yueyue, what's wrong with you?"

  "It's not that I have spare money, but I just have a meal." Du Yue lowered her eyes and said.

  Meng Zhu was eager to answer the questions in his heart, so he didn't take Du Yue's abnormality seriously at all. When he saw her answer, he asked impatiently: "I heard outside that the Xianlai Sect seemed to have some adventures. Now it seems to be true? Yueyue, I am so happy for you."

  Meng Zhu smiled very sincerely, as if he was really happy for her.

  Du Yue relaxed a little, thinking that maybe he was just concerned about her, so he asked by the way.

  "You are well-informed, but the rumors outside are still a bit exaggerated. We were just lucky enough to hunt some monsters when we went to train, and we got some crystals after selling the things." Du Yue said.

  "I see."     Meng Zhu's eyes flickered, but he was suspicious.

  Hunting monsters?

  The people in Xianlai Sect were average in strength, and they didn't even have any medicine to heal their wounds. Most of their magic weapons had been sold... What could they use to hunt monsters?

  Xianlai Sect was so poor now, and the crystals that could be used for emergency must not be a small amount. How many monsters would they have to hunt to earn so much money?

  So either Du Yue was lying, and the things they got actually had other origins. Or the monster they hunted was not an ordinary thing at all, but a rare monster with a high price!

  But he didn't ask any more questions, just sighed lightly, "Alas."

  [He sighed! Next, he must start to complain and play the victim! ]

  [Humph, I can really see through this cheap trick at a glance. ]

  [It's because Senior Sister Du is young and inexperienced that she was fooled by this trick. ]

  Du Yue pursed her lips, "Brother Zhu, why are you sighing? Is there something bothering you?"

  "Yueyue, don't ask, I don't want to bother you with my affairs. It's rare that your Xianlai Sect has made progress, and I also want you to practice well and not be bothered by these trivial matters." Meng Zhu said seriously.

  [Ugh, I want to vomit, this scumbag is really good at pretending! ]

  [What a good trick to retreat in order to advance. ]

  [It's over, this time Senior Sister Du will feel sympathetic, she will definitely ask more questions, and then obediently take out the crystal to help the scumbag! ]

  [No, these people from the Xianlai Sect have already come, are they just watching the show here? They must not watch Senior Sister Du being cheated of money without stopping it! ]

  Mo Jiuwei was already anxious when she saw this, because she could almost foresee what would happen next.

  Just like the methods used by this scumbag before, it was very old-fashioned and low-level, but it worked for Senior Sister Du Yue!

  "How can you say that? Your business is my business. If you have something to say, just tell me. Otherwise, I'll be worried about you too." Du Yue's eyelashes trembled, and then he raised his head and asked, his tone full of concern.

  Meng Zhu's mouth corners were slightly raised, and he barely suppressed them with force.

  "You know, my mother... Alas, her condition is always recurring and difficult to cure. I'm afraid that the previous medicine can no longer cure her. I have to change the medicine again, but where can I get the money to hire the alchemist."

  Meng Zhu smiled bitterly and shook his head in self-mockery.

  Du Yue's heart turned cold.

  All of Meng Zhu's reactions were actually all expected by his junior sister! Is all this a coincidence, or is Meng Zhu really...

  And what else do the people of Xianlai Sect not know after seeing this?

  Even if they believed in Meng Zhu at first, they knew what his cunning heart was after hearing it now, not to mention that everyone didn't trust him that much.

  The first person who wanted to stand up was Hu Jiu. In his opinion, all the female disciples in the sect were his sisters, and he, as a senior brother, must protect them.

  If anyone dares to cheat on his junior sisters, he will not let him go!

  But Liu Feng reached out and grabbed Hu Jiu's arm and shook his head at him.

  They could hear Jiu Wei's words, and so could Du Yue?

  Since she heard it, she must have an idea in her mind, and let's see how she decides.

  With them around, it's impossible for them to really watch her suffer without saying anything.