The Game with Fairies

“Elder Yan! Hahaha! Your Hall of Enforcement has achieved a remarkable feat this time!”

“Perhaps in this suppression of the Blood Lotus Sect’s unrest, the Hall of Enforcement will be credited with the leading role.”

As the meeting adjourned, some elders came up to offer their congratulations with a laugh.

Yan Xiaoru, however, merely gave them a cold glance and a curt “Hmm” before leaving directly.

Such a cold and arrogant attitude was very much in Yan Xiaoru’s style.

The other elders didn’t take it to heart.

With the intelligence provided by Li Muyang and the recent battles, the Demonic Sect’s elders were quite busy.

Everyone had their own matters to attend to and soon left one after another.

After the meeting, Yan Xiaoru, expressionless, rose into the air and flew away from the largest flying ship in the night sky.

She moved gracefully through the void, stepping on ripples in the air, and with each step, she traveled a hundred zhang.

Soon, Yan Xiaoru returned to her own flying ship.

The maids stood respectfully on the deck, but Yan Xiaoru walked straight into the cabin without acknowledging anyone.

Upon entering the cabin, she was greeted by a lake with pavilions and towers on a small island in the distance, like a world within a cave.

Once inside this mini sanctuary, Yan Xiaoru was out of sight.

Her cold and arrogant demeanor vanished.

Under the dim light of the lanterns floating in the sanctuary, the woman bit her lip, and her right hand, hanging by her side, clenched into a fist.

With force, she punched and shattered the railing by the lake.

“That damn guy!”

Yan Xiaoru murmured with her lips tightly pressed, “I told you to come back, and I could protect you. Are you deliberately defying me?”

Her voice was filled with deep resentment.

However, amidst the breeze by the lake, there was a long silence.

The bold young man she complained about couldn’t hear her voice.

Everything was set in stone, and even with her regrets and grievances, she couldn’t change anything.

By the lake, a woman’s mournful cry echoed.

“…You must not have anything happen to you.”

Within the secret realm of the flying ship, Yan Xiaoru looked wistful and anxious.

……

Meanwhile, in Tianjiao City, Li Muyang lay carelessly on a wooden couch, completely disregarding his personal image.

Not far from him was Miss Shen Yan of the Blood Lotus Sect, who held a special status.

Shen Yan showed no displeasure at Li Muyang’s disregard for his image and his unrestrained behavior.

Moonlight poured down from the heavens as the two sat on the terrace, overlooking the tranquil city under the night sky.

Shen Yan finished the sweet wine in her cup with a smile, saying, “You must find today’s events rather amusing.”

What Shen Yan referred to was her taking Li Muyang to handle a dispute between two Helmsmen.

The two had raced a thousand li, spending almost the entire day in the carriage.

It was only because the carriage prepared by the Blood Lotus Sect for Shen Yan was of such high quality that it didn’t fall apart under the furious speed of the beast-drawn vehicle. A normal carriage would have likely disintegrated.

In response to Shen Yan’s sigh, Li Muyang shook his head and said, “There’s nothing amusing about it. Such things are quite normal.”

“Even the most noble and great organizations, those truly dedicated to saving lives in dire situations, cannot be without disagreements.”

“In a large organization, there are bound to be various factions and different cliques. It’s a common phenomenon.”

“On the contrary, it’s often the organizations with the grandest ideals that are most prone to internal strife, struggles, and disagreements.”

“Because everyone has their own interpretation and understanding of the ultimate belief, and for the sake of their own justice, it’s hard for them to step back.”

“Unless there is a formidable figure who descends upon the organization, one who can predict the enemy’s moves and subdue everyone with invincible strategies and vision, compelling them to follow him.”

“Otherwise, the more noble the belief of the organization, the more intense the internal strife, and it’s not surprising to see bloodshed and heads rolling, as everyone wants to hold the ultimate right to interpret the truth and believes they are correct, unwilling to easily concede.”

As Li Muyang spoke, he looked at the young girl in front of him and said, “On the other hand, those organizations without such grand beliefs, simply united by interests, find it easy to come together and coexist.”

“However, such loose coalitions of interests will crumble at the first sign of a major setback, turning into a scattered mess.”

“The so-called ‘gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity; petty men the opposite’ is exactly this.”

Shen Yan’s eyes lit up slightly on the terrace.

“Gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity; petty men the opposite…”

She murmured this phrase to herself, then looked at Li Muyang with a smile and said, “Muyang, this is the first time I’ve heard such a viewpoint.”

“Do you think the beliefs of the Blood Lotus Sect are noble and great?”

The young girl seemed to misunderstand Li Muyang’s words, thinking he was trying to flatter her.

But unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

Li Muyang fell silent for a moment at her question.

I was talking about my past life…

Where is your Blood Lotus Sect noble and great?

After thinking for a moment, Li Muyang shook his head and said, “I won’t comment on the ultimate teachings of the sect.”

“But in my view, the conflict between the Helmsman of the Liehai Hall and the Helmsman of the Yubo Hall has nothing to do with beliefs or doctrines.”

“They simply don’t like each other, that’s all.”

Li Muyang bluntly pointed out the truth.

The two Helmsmen clearly couldn’t stand each other, and their mutual grievances had led to the conflict.

Such a gangster-like brawl being attributed to grand beliefs?

Li Muyang’s merciless exposure made the usually calm and graceful young girl somewhat embarrassed.

She smiled awkwardly, unconsciously brushing her fringe, and said,

“The two Helmsmen indeed had some misunderstandings in the past and occasionally had conflicts.”

“But apart from that, they are both loyal and brave individuals who fight for the sect’s beliefs without second thoughts.”

“The belief of the Blood Lotus Sect to cleanse the world of cultivators and save all beings is something everyone in the sect strives for.”

As she spoke of the Blood Lotus Sect’s doctrine, the young girl’s expression became serious again.

Li Muyang, however, looked at her in silence.

His silence made Shen Yan feel inexplicably uneasy.

After a while, the young girl on the terrace took the initiative to speak, “Muyang, don’t you believe it?”

The young man in white under the moonlight, handsome and youthful, not yet twenty years old, did not look at Shen Yan with the eyes of a naive youth.

For a moment, Shen Yan seemed to see a mature soul sitting opposite her.

After a long pause, Li Muyang under the moonlight nodded earnestly, pointed to his chest, and said, “I believe it.”

His words were decisive and filled with sincerity.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Muyang left the terrace to rest in his courtyard.

From the shadows, Banner Master Ruan Mei, who had been quietly guarding for a long time, stepped out.

She saw her young lady gazing pensively at the departing figure of Li Muyang.

Ruan Mei was puzzled, “Miss?”

Could it be that her lady was seeing this young man in a new light?

But then she heard the young girl on the terrace sigh and lower her head.

“Not only does the Martial God Tyrant Body possess a strong physique, but his insight is also far beyond ordinary people…”

“He’s only been in Tianjiao City for three days, yet he’s already identified the greatest calamity facing our sect.”