Chapter 947: Heartless Reaping Machine

While Long Qingyue had remained single, Ye Wenxin seemed to be constantly expanding her harem.

“Uh, you know Gui Gui is much closer to Ran’er. I thought she was sneaking up on me again, so I was gonna spank her butt hard.”

Ye Wenxin hurriedly adopted a fierce expression, but her eyes drifted up and down Long Qingyue’s figure. She even started to wonder. Had she been bolder and spanked Long Qingyue, would she have seen her shed that unruffled mask and react like a normal human?

“Oh? Feel free to try that on me. In return,” Long Qingyue caught Ye Wenxin’s wandering hand and slowly guided it downward, “I promise I’ll keep you for the rest of your life.”

Of course, Long Qingyue hadn’t lifted her curse, so her sensitivity remained heightened tenfold. But she still hadn’t told Ye Wenxin the price she’d paid to walk again. Right now, she wanted to teach Ye Wenxin a lesson.

It hadn’t been that long since they’d last seen each other, but Ye Wenxin now seemed far more brazen than before. Those eyes were hungry even in front of her. The old Ye Wenxin had been more restrained. Long Qingyue wondered whether doing it with ghosts too many times had somehow unbalanced her mentally.

Ye Wenxin was oblivious to Long Qingyue’s silent concerns. Startled by her seductive actions, she immediately put some distance between them.

“Yue’er, I didn’t do it on purpose. Please stop messing with me,” Ye Wenxin said, smiling wryly, her heart pounding.

Even though she knew Long Qingyue did it on purpose and had a terrible personality, it still affected her.

Long Qingyue slowly sat up and smiled casually. “Oh? I thought you’d lost your soul in the arms of those beauties and forgotten about your good friend here.”

“How could I?” Ye Wenxin replied. “I was just afraid you might be carrying out a secret plan, so I had to pretend not to know you.”

She didn’t dare meet Long Qingyue’s eyes, partly to avoid her mind-reading and partly because whenever Long Qingyue wore that youthful appearance, it always reminded her of decades past.

Back then, the two were in their prime, journeying together. Long Qingyue loved playing tricks on others and had tormented Ye Wenxin countless times. Sometimes, she would make flirtatious jokes, making Ye Wenxin blush furiously.

But over time, Ye Wenxin realized Long Qingyue had no romantic feelings for her, so she quickly buried that notion in the deepest depths of her mind. Even when rumors about them swirled wildly, Ye Wenxin remained calm as still water. Yet now, that subtle emotion surfaced again, leaving her uneasy.

“Oh? Is that really the case?” Long Qingyue didn’t believe her. She smoothly reached out to tidy Ye Wenxin’s slightly messy hair.

Ye Wenxin wanted to resist, but when she saw Long Qingyue’s look, she ultimately chose not to push her away. Long Qingyue finally showed a genuine smile, but her attention was elsewhere.

A murderous aura surged nearby. Ye Wenxin looked to the side and unsurprisingly saw Ghost Mother.

The baleful energy radiating from her stirred the surrounding spirits. The air grew oppressively chilling. Her eyes gleamed with a dark green light, filled with a deadly intent toward Long Qingyue.

“Let go of her!”

“Why should I?”

Long Qingyue didn’t even deign to glance at Ghost Mother. She suspected Liu Churan had placed Ghost Mother at Ye Wenxin’s side to spite her. But Long Qingyue would not let something that wasn’t even human intimidate her. She leaned closer to Ye Wenxin, trying to erase their last unpleasant encounter with her actions.

When Ye Wenxin struggled, Long Qingyue said, “If you resist, I’ll consider you my enemy, Qingcheng.”

Ye Wenxin immediately stopped.

Long Qingyue rarely joked, not with that serious look on her face. She was genuinely angry, and Ye Wenxin had a feeling the cause was Ghost Mother, not her.

“Ye Wenxin, if you let her do as she please, I’m cutting ties with you!”

Ghost Mother didn’t make a move. For one, she was no match for Long Qingyue right now. And more importantly, she had already lost far too many times.

She had lost to Liuli, the unexpectedly powerful Xuan Luofei, and even Han Shanxue—the icy beauty who had recently grown close to Ye Wenxin. Ghost Mother felt unusually reluctant, but deep down, she knew she didn’t have what it took to make Ye Wenxin willingly look at only her.

Her outburst didn’t stem from anger but insecurity.

The same went for Long Qingyue. She had assumed that even if she took her time dealing with the Ten Great Dynasties, Gu Qingcheng would always be hers, and no one would steal her away.

But after hearing recent updates from her Secret Guards, Long Qingyue began to notice the changes in Ye Wenxin as well.

They were both uneasy for the same reason. Ye Wenxin had never responded to their affections with any real emotion.

“You two fight all you want. I’m going to the privy.” Caught in the middle, Ye Wenxin had no choice but to activate her ultimate escape technique: the Bathroom Evasion. Knowing Long Qingyue and Ghost Mother wouldn’t actually come to blows, she felt safe leaving the scene.

Sure enough, without Ye Wenxin, both women immediately lost interest in their standoff. They stared at each other in silence for a while until Long Qingyue broke it.

“There are countless divine weapons in this world. Losing one umbrella sword isn’t a big deal.”

“There are countless sincere women in this world. Losing one best friend would be no great loss for Master, either. Don’t you agree, Your Highness?”

They wore fake smiles before walking away in opposite directions.

Unfortunately, no matter how far apart they tried to go, they still headed to the same destination.

“Miss Yue has arrived!”

“Look, it’s Miss Yue. Oh, who’s that beside her? She’s so beautiful!”

Long Qingyue and Ghost Mother’s arrival immediately drew everyone’s attention. Ye Wenxin had already slipped over to Han Shanxue upon hearing the commotion. The chill she radiated helped Ye Wenxin stay clear-headed, reminding her not to be intimidated by either Long Qingyue or Ghost Mother.

But Han Shanxue seemed not too fond of Ye Wenxin getting so close. She wordlessly moved a few steps away, unwilling to stand so near.

“Miss Han, don’t be so heartless,” Ye Wenxin muttered, feeling downcast.

Han Shanxue stared at her for a few breaths before moving even farther away.

Ye Wenxin had no idea what Han Shanxue’s problem was but was seriously worried about her own survival right now.

If Long Qingyue didn’t kill her, Ghost Mother just might. Between those two inglorious deaths, she’d rather freeze to death. But Han Shanxue still avoided her, leaving Ye Wenxin at a loss.

So, she pulled a few spirit stones from her bag of holding and waved them in Han Shanxue’s face.