novelapdf Chapter 264 Eavesdropping Outside the Cave, the Aloof Princess Blushes
Chapter 264 Eavesdropping Outside the Cave, the Aloof Princess Blushes
The night wind was chilly.
The atmosphere outside the cave entrance was far more somber and oppressive than the swirling cold wind.
Yu Jianhuan sat on the bluestone closest to the boundary of the isolation formation without any regard for his image.
Her striking rose-purple dress trailed messily on the dusty, muddy ground.
Those usually alluring phoenix eyes were now filled with resentment as they glanced occasionally into the depths of the cave.
Her once full and plump red lips were bitten so badly that they turned a bloodless grayish-white.
Su Qingying chose absolute physical isolation through the most straightforward action.
She sat upright at the outermost edge of the cave entrance, in the windy spot.
The Azure Spirit Sword, which was always by his side, lay across his knees.
Her stunningly beautiful face was completely hidden in the shadows as she closed her eyes to meditate.
This aloof swordsman adopted a haughty attitude, as if nothing had happened inside if I couldn't hear it.
Jin Qiaoqiao crossed her arms and leaned against the uneven cave wall on the other side.
Her phoenix eyes, which always held a defiant air, were tightly closed.
The demon princess seemed to be using the coolness of the stone wall to close her eyes and heal her injuries.
However, the extraordinary hearing possessed by a great demon in the transformation stage became an unspeakable torture at this moment.
Even though the man had set up a complex array inside to isolate and detect them.
The faint tremors emanating from the earth's veins still transmitted the rhythmic and impactful spiritual energy fluctuations within the cave intermittently into her five senses.
The long and agonizing wait compressed the air in this cramped space to a suffocating degree.
Yu Jianhuan finally couldn't suppress the restless feeling in her heart, like a cat's claws scratching at her.
She muttered in a volume that was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for all three people present to hear clearly.
"In the end, he was still bewitched by that vixen."
"Our seemingly respectable junior brother has done that shameless scumbag thing again."
This complaint created an awkward ripple at the entrance of the silent cave.
Upon hearing those blunt words, Su Qingying's slender fingers, which were resting on the scabbard, paused noticeably by half an inch.
A flush of intense red quickly spread across her fair, jade-like ears.
But she clenched her teeth tightly, swallowing her shame and refusing to utter a single word.
Jin Qiaoqiao, who had been pretending to be asleep, opened her eyes the moment she heard that word.
Her eerie golden vertical pupils flashed with a sharp glint that could pierce the heart in the dark cave.
The Peacock Clan Princess immediately identified the most illogical and fatal word in that sentence.
"You just used the word 'again'."
"Have you two already witnessed his absurd behavior within the sect?"
Jin Qiaoqiao lowered her voice and voiced the question that had been on her mind.
She simply couldn't believe that the male cultivator who usually seemed harmless and even somewhat timid was actually a repeat offender.
The notoriously ruthless and arrogant Rose Viper from this sect actually had an unspeakable secret past with that socially awkward junior brother.
After that question was uttered, the air between the three seemed to be completely sucked out.
This small area instantly fell into a strange and profound silence.
No one was willing to be the first to break through the veil that concealed their dignity and shame.
But this silence became the blunt weapon that shattered their defensive shells.
Realizing she had slipped up and revealed her hand, Yu Jianhuan decided to just go all out and throw caution to the wind.
She simply turned around and gave me a resentful look, as if to say, "Are you all idiots?"
Her old habit of stirring up trouble and gossiping was completely unleashed in this dimly lit environment.
"What's the big deal?"
"Do you really think our good junior brother is some kind of virtuous and abstinent gentleman?"
"His usual act of being a meek and submissive pushover is all a lie."
Yu Jianhuan grew increasingly angry as she spoke, and even began to point forcefully into the air with her nail-painted fingers.
"You haven't seen how ruthless he is when he's secretly framing and killing people, without even blinking an eye."
"He's a complete scoundrel with a wicked mind and a master of disguise, a womanizer who's always out there having affairs."
"Only that silly Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect would regard him as some kind of perfect man."
Yu Jianhuan took this opportunity to completely vent the pent-up resentment and bitterness that had been building up in her heart for so long.
At first, Jin Qiaoqiao just snorted and continued to stand by with her arms crossed.
She tried her best to maintain the aloof and untainted demeanor of the Peacock Clan's eldest princess.
Her bright and beautiful face was full of disdain for getting involved in such worldly squabbles and jealousies.
She tried to prove with her aloof silence that she was worlds apart from such dissolute and unruly behavior.
However, Yu Jianhuan's fox-like eyes, which were full of flirtatious charm, had already developed a keen eye for detail through years of scheming.
She keenly caught a glimpse of panicked evasion in Jin Qiaoqiao's seemingly composed eyes.
Yu Jianhuan immediately let out a delicate, cold laugh and turned her firepower directly towards him without hesitation.
"You don't need to put on that aloof air about us here, Your Highness."
"We are all unfortunate people gambling with our lives in front of the King of Hell in these ruins."
Yu Jianhuan casually tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear with her rose-colored nails.
"Where did that domineering yet pure golden Yang True Essence that has been dormant in your dantian come from?"
"Do I really need to go through all that for you in front of everyone?"
"Surely a proud demon like you didn't just borrow your true essence from some random cultivator on the roadside."
These few light words are like a soft sword laced with deadly poison.
It struck at Jin Qiaoqiao's fatal weakness, which she had been trying so hard to hide, from the most cunning angle.
Jin Qiaoqiao's narrow phoenix eyes contracted violently and uncontrollably.
The demonic energy that had been flowing smoothly around her became noticeably disordered due to the intense fluctuations in her emotions.
She opened her mouth, wanting to use the most arrogant words to scold this ignorant and presumptuous woman back.
But when the words reached her lips, she found her throat dry and, for the first time ever, she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
Seeing Jin Qiaoqiao's discomfiture, Yu Jianhuan couldn't help but exchange a complicated look with Su Qingying.
The two female cultivators, who had both been taken advantage of by that man, felt a surge of shock and disbelief.
They could hardly believe their ears and eyes.
This is the arrogant and haughty great demon princess who is full of suspicion towards human cultivators.
She too was completely manipulated by the same man using that dual cultivation technique amidst the perilous ruins.
The atmosphere outside the cave became even more tense and tense because of this shocking revelation.
Just as Yu Jianhuan and Jin Qiaoqiao were glaring at each other, neither willing to back down,