She Found Out!

Bai Shuying won the alchemy duel against Ye Mingyue, and her fame in the sect skyrocketed. To avoid her newfound fame, Bai Shuying quickly went to Hua Qingyan's garden to hide and relax.

She found herself eating and chatting happily with Hua Qingyan. Hua Qingyan always enjoyed her company.

Hua Qingyan smiled and said, "How are your classes so far? Other than gardening and cooking, you said you were taking alchemy, sword cultivation, and beast taming."

Bai Shuying, eating cake made by Hua Qingyan, replied, "The classes have been good. In alchemy, I learned to refine pills and won a duel against another disciple. For sword cultivation, I learned about intent and got better at my sword art. For beast taming, I made a blood contract with an egg."

Hua Qingyan curiously asked, "Who did you have an alchemy duel with?"

As a loner who stayed in her garden the whole time, Hua Qingyan was late to receive news.

Bai Shuying did not care too much, putting another piece of cake in her mouth and saying, "Someone named Ye Mingyue."

Hua Qingyan was surprised and quickly asked, "Why did she challenge you?"

"I don't know, but a friend said it was probably because I was close to Meilin," said Bai Shuying.

Hua Qingyan sipped her tea in thought.

Mo Xingyu's disciple challenged her for such a reason means she does not know Shuying is Xiran's disciple yet.

"Wait, you said you formed a blood contract with an egg?" asked Hua Qingyan.

Acting like a mother showing off her child, Bai Shuying took out the egg from her beast pouch and proudly displayed it to Hua Qingyan.

"Look, is it not cute?" said Bai Shuying.

Hua Qingyan, with a confused expression on her face, looked at the light orange egg and thought.

What's so cute about this egg?

Seeing Hua Qingyan's confusion, Bai Shuying pointed at its shell and said, "Look at the shine on its shell."

The egg felt happy about Bai Shuying's compliment and sent feelings of joy to her. Bai Shuying smiled.

Hua Qingyan remained confused and decided to just nod her head in agreement.

Bai Shuying, in a good mood, continued to eat her cake. Hua Qingyan noticed a piece of cream on the corner of Bai Shuying's mouth. She helplessly shook her head. Thinking of Hua Xiran, she used her index finger to scrape the cream from Bai Shuying's face.

Bai Shuying was eyes turned wide as Hua Qingyan placed the cream into her mouth.

Hua Qingyan looked at Bai Shuying's red face and giggled, but her attention went towards Bai Shuying's head. Two fox ears poked out from the top of Bai Shuying's head. Hua Qingyan noticed a swaying red object behind Bai Shuying.

Feeling that she was seeing things, Hua Qingyan rubbed her eyes and looked again, but the fox ears and tail remained.

Hua Qingyan's eyes opened wide in surprise, and she pointed a finger at Bai Shuying.

Bai Shuying tilted her head in confusion at Hua Qingyan's reaction.

Hua Qingyan hesitantly said, "Sh-shuying, what are those on your… head?"

Bai Shuying raised her hand and felt her hand and felt her fox ears were out. Her heart started to feel heavy, and she quickly looked at her right ankle and noticed the anklet was not there.

Before she wore the anklet, Bai Shuying was careful not to let her fox ears and tails to not show, but after receiving the anklet, she did not worry about it and did not bother to suppress them. When Bai Shuying feels intense emotions, her fox features show.

The actions of Hua Qingyan surprised her and made her extremely embarrassed, making her fox features emerge.

After Hua Xiran changed Bai Shuying's clothes, she never put back on her anklet, and Bai Shuying did not notice since she was in a hurry to go to the alchemy class.

Bai Shuying looked at Hua Qingyan's expression, seeing her brows almost touching and her not speaking, Bai Shuying was flustered. She quickly got up and ran away from the garden. Hua Qingyan sat up, stretching out her hand.

"Wa-wait!" said Hua Qingyan.

Why do you run so fast?!

Bai Shuying was already out of sight. Hua Qingyan sat back down and rubbed her face with her hands, feeling a little bitterness in her mouth.

"Sigh, curse me and my poor social skills."

Hua Qingyan regretted that she did not handle the situation well and may have hurt Bai Shuying.

"Hmm, what happened to you?" Hua Xiran asked curiously.

Hua Qingyan removed her hands and looked at Hua Xiran. Suddenly, she felt a surge of irritation.

"You! Did you know Shuying was a demon?" Hua Qingyan, gritting her teeth, asked.

Hua Xiran was surprised at her mother's behavior and innocently said, "Shuying's not a demon."

Hua Qingyan became confused and thought.

How is she not a demon? She has fox ears and a tail! Wait, but she has human cultivation!

"Sigh, this is why I said you should leave your garden?" Hua Xiran said, exasperated at her mother's ignorance.

Hua Qingyan pouted and said, "Stop talking nonsense and explain."

Hua Xiran looked at her mother and shook her head. "Shuying is not a demon; she is a hybrid. Half Fox, Half Human."

Hua Qingyan was stunned. "How is that possible?"

Hua Xiran shrugged her shoulders, picked up the fork, and continued where Bai Shuying left off.

"Wait, how did you find out?" Hua Xiran curiously asked.

"While she was eating, her fox ears and tail sprouted." Hua Qingyan answered, but excluded the part where she wiped cream off her face and ate it.

If Xiran knows that, it means Meilin must know. Guess I'm the only one who didn't?

Hua Qingyan felt a little betrayed.

Hua Xiran was eating her cake, thinking.

Tsk, tsk, Shuying, you're so careless!

Hua Xiran completely forgot she had removed Bai Shuying's anklet, making this incident happen.

"Well, just go talk to Shuying. She's very sensitive about people finding out she's a hybrid." Hua Xiran seriously said.

Hua Qingyan nodded her head, thinking.

I can't have my new daughter hating me!

Hua Qingyan does not consider Bai Shuying as a daughter-in-law, but as her daughter at this point.

"Don't forget a sect meeting is going to happen to discuss the secret realm and tokens. I want you to use your token for Shuying." Hua Xiran said.

Hua Qingyan curiously asked, "Do I get a token?"

Hua Xiran grabbed the bridge of her nose in frustration. "Of course you do! You're the grand elder of the sect!"

"You're right, I am the grand elder." Hua Qingyan nodded in agreement.

Hua Xiran, seeing this, could not help but think.

Why did I make you the grand elder?!

As a sect leader, Hua Xiran appointed her mother as the grand elder. At the time, she faced criticism about the abuse of power. When she heard this, she raised her fist and everyone became quiet.

…

Bai Shuying hurriedly hid her fox features and ran back to her residence. She rushed to her room and dove into her bed, covering herself with her blanket.

"Oh no, what should I do now?! Elder Hua knows my secret!" Bai Shuying screamed her worry into her pillow.

Bai Shuying hugged her pillow, rolled left and right on her bed.

After exhausting herself, Bai Shuying jumped up from the bed and exclaimed, "Where's my anklet?!"

She started to rummage through her room but could not find it. Soon, she ran into the bathroom and checked the baskets. The first basket had red robes inside. Bai Shuying picked it up and held it up, staring at it in confusion.

"Whose clothes are these?" she wondered.

Could it be Mailin's? No, she's in seclusion. Then could it belong to the master, but when did she take a bath here?

Unable to figure it out, Bai Shuying put the robes back and looked inside the second basket.

"Oh, here it is!" Bai Shuying exclaimed.

She quickly placed the anklet on her right ankle and sighed with relief.

Bai Shuying wanted to distract herself and went back to her room to write volume two of her book, Love in the Ashes.

Bai Shuying covered her egg with a piece of cloth to keep it warm and placed it on the cushion beside her.

She then placed paper and ink on her table and held a brush in her hand, deep in thought.

In the first book, Su Yan and Ye Ming established their relationship. Now in the second book, hehehehe, I must destroy it!

Bai Shuying was truly a menace who broke the hearts of many young girls.

"I need to give this female antagonist a name. Hmm, for a villain, they must have a grand name. Let's go with Xinyu! For the last name, I'll just use Mo since that elder teaches the dual cultivation course." Bai Shuying pondered and confirmed.

Bai Shuying did not know Elder Mo, or her full name was Mo Xingyu, truly, coincidences are scary.

Bai Shuying started to write furiously. She grinned like a scheming villain, sometimes she blushed with embarrassment, and other times she frowned with anger.

Truly I am amazing, look at this scumbag cough villainous character I created!

Having finished her draft, she quickly proofread it and started to make copies.

What Bai Shuying did not know was that due to her book, wall banging, and pinching chins had become a trend in the Yin-Yang Sect.

…

In a secluded area in the beast farm of the Yin-Yang Sect, a man and a woman were having a discussion.

"I need your help with the upcoming sect meeting," Mo Xingyu asked with a charming smile.

"What kind of help?" The delicate young man asked curiously.

"I just need you to take my side when I need it." Mo Xingyu softly asked.

The delicate young man raised his brow and asked, "What do I get in return?"

Mo Xingyu bit her lower lip, showing her struggle, but soon wrapped her arms around his neck, and her chest pressed against his. She softly whispered, "What would you like? I'm very accommodating."

The delicate young man felt his blood boil. He pushed Mo Xingyu against a tree and slammed his right palm near her head, startling her.

"Ah!" Mo Xingyu yelped.

He then pinched her chin and spoke in a gruff voice, "You know what I want."

Mo Xingyu was surprised at this series of actions that had never happened before made her excited.

Soon, loud noises echoed through the forest. Two disciples passed by.

"What's that noise? Seems to be coming from the beast farm."

"Well, duh, what do you think it is? We'll probably see an increase in the number of beasts soon."

The two disciples gave each other knowing smiles and left the area.