I Need To Find A Way To Make Her Love Me Again - Chapter 11

Seeing the look of disbelief on the person in front of her, she couldn’t help but stop and ask in return, “How do you know?”

During the fight on the sea earlier, Liu Ruoni had seen the pendant that Yan Xingyu inadvertently revealed. She said, “The Eastern Great Sea was originally under the jurisdiction of the Jade Ripple Palace. The Water Spirit Crystal was taken by Palace Master Yan a long time ago.”

“The Palace Master carried it close to her body, which is the necklace you are wearing now.”

Yan Xingyu raised her hand and felt the emerald snail shell hanging around her neck through her clothes. She hadn’t expected it to be the Water Spirit Crystal, but she hadn’t felt anything unusual about it at all.

Suddenly, she turned to look at the person behind her. Although the conversation just now hadn’t directly exposed her true identity, Guan Fei had been so good to her that she felt there was no need to hide her identity from her any longer.

She also needed to give her an explanation about the origin of the Water Spirit Crystal.

She secretly gathered her thoughts and said, “Guan Fei, I have something I need to tell you.”

“Miss Yan, please tell me.”

“I am actually the Young Palace Mistress of the Jade Ripple Palace, Yan Rou. But with the annihilation of the Yan clan, I don’t want to continue living with my former identity, which is why I didn’t tell you the truth at first. I want to live as Yan Xingyu from now on.”

After Yan Xingyu finished speaking, she couldn’t help but feel nervous and secretly observed the other party’s reaction.

Seeing that Guan Fei merely smiled gently and said, “Miss Yan, you are always the Miss Yan I know.”

Yan Xingyu felt a sense of relief seeing the other party accept it calmly with a smile, and she also smiled.

Liu Ruoni was a little surprised that she had revealed her identity so quickly. However, lies cannot withstand being together day in and day out, and it was indeed better to confess early.

So she continued to ask, “So, Miss Yan, where did you get the Water Spirit Crystal?”

Yan Xingyu replied, “My little aunt gave it to me. I also didn’t realize it was the Water Spirit Crystal.”

Liu Ruoni said, “It seems Palace Master Yan entrusted the Water Spirit Crystal to her sister, and she, in turn, gave it to you.”

Yan Xingyu hummed and said, “It should be so, but I haven’t found anything special about this Water Spirit Crystal.”

Liu Ruoni said, “It is merely a crystal from the seabed, nurtured by a hundred rivers and a thousand waters, gaining a slight spiritual essence. At most, it can dispel demons and calm the mind.”

As she spoke, she thought of another matter and continued, “If it weren’t for the Yan family ancestors, no one would specifically look for it. Speaking of which, there is also an Earth Spirit Crystal on Qingding Mountain.”

Yan Xingyu asked in return, “Didn’t you say you don’t believe in it? Then why do you still have the Earth Spirit Crystal there?”

“It is I who doesn’t believe in it. I don’t know about the others, but the Earth Spirit Crystal is indeed in our Sect Leader’s hands. Miss Yan, do you still want it?”

“Of course.”

“Then you’ll have to follow me back to Qingding Mountain.”

Yan Xingyu’s face fell when she heard that they would have to travel with Liu Ruoni again. Guan Fei said, “Since the Water Spirit Crystal has been found, we don’t need to stay here any longer. Miss Liu, when do you plan to head back?”

Liu Ruoni said, “I’ll wait for my junior brothers to return, tell them, and then we’ll leave.”

Guan Fei agreed.

Liu Ruoni said, “In that case, let’s head back and rest for now.”

The group agreed and headed back to the fisherman’s house, not expecting someone to have returned before them.

The woman standing at the doorway said in surprise, “Miss Yan, why did you return with my senior sister?”

Yan Xingyu suddenly remembered this detail. Seeing Guan Fei beside her, she couldn’t possibly tell her that she had told her two lies in one day, so she said, “Miss Liu is more familiar with this area than we are, so naturally she is guiding us.”

Liu Ruoni, on the other hand, said, “Junior Sister, you’re back so soon. That’s good, I have something to tell you.”

“I have to return to Qingding Mountain first. Are you coming back or not?”

Shang Xiaoyue frowned upon hearing this, saying, “The sea monster hasn’t been eliminated yet. How can we go back?”

Liu Ruoni ‘oh’ and said, “If that’s the case, then you all stay here. I’ll leave first.”

As she spoke, she summoned her sword, flew onto it, and said to Yan Xingyu, “Get on.”

Yan Xingyu shook her head and said, “I need to travel with Guan Fei.”

Liu Ruoni replied, “Alright, then you follow behind me.”

As she spoke, Guan Fei also summoned her sword. Yan Xingyu jumped onto her sword, directing the way, and the group quickly flew off on their swords.

Shang Xiaoyue watched their actions and found them a little strange, but considering that her senior sister had always been aloof towards her fellow disciples, she let her go.

Yan Xingyu saw that they were getting further and further away from the Eastern Great Sea and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, that person didn’t ask too many questions. Looking at the woman flying in front, she was truly a sharp one, immediately realizing the situation and taking them away.

Liu Ruoni seemed to sense something, turned back, raised an eyebrow, and smiled at her.

Yan Xingyu rolled her eyes at her. Seeing Guan Fei wielding the sword with one hand, and the little fox curled up in her arms, not bothering her for once, she asked, “The little one is asleep?”

Guan Fei said, “No, Yuyu is behaving quietly.”

Yan Xingyu recalled how, at the beginning, she was always afraid that the little fox would suddenly wake up and cause trouble, requiring close watch. Now that it was behaving well, she said, “It seems it can be tamed after all.”

Jiaoyu heard this, flipped over, climbed onto Guan Fei’s shoulder, and shouted, “I am not your pet! You wicked woman, if you say that again, I’ll come over and bite you to death right now!”

Seeing how sensitive the little fox was to being called that, Yan Xingyu quickly said, “Alright, alright, I won’t say it. We are still in the sky, little one, don’t make a fuss.”

Jiaoyu snorted and returned to Guan Fei’s embrace.

Yan Xingyu felt at this moment that her own Little Silver was truly well-behaved. However, she never summoned it out unless absolutely necessary. Her spiritual power was insufficient, so it was very weak, and she wanted it to rest well.

Thinking of this, she asked, “Guan Fei, do you know of any way to make spiritual power abundant?”

Guan Fei was adjusting her posture with her hand to make the little one more comfortable for sleep. Hearing Yan Xingyu’s question, and recalling her unusually weak spiritual power, she asked, “Miss Yan, was your spiritual power deliberately weakened by someone?”

Yan Xingyu thought of the original host being trapped in the Nine Profound Palace before and hummed to confirm she was correct.

Guan Fei said, “If that’s the case, your spiritual meridian is already damaged. You need to properly repair your spiritual meridian before you can gather spiritual power again without it dissipating.”

“Is that so? Then how can the spiritual meridian be repaired?”

“You need to find a treasure land rich in spiritual power, and I will help you reintroduce and repair your spiritual power.”

“Okay.”

Liu Ruoni heard their conversation and said, “Why do you need to go to such lengths?”

“Qingding Mountain is the best place with good feng shui.”

Of course, a cultivation family would not lack good places for people to cultivate, but such places would certainly not be easily accessible to outsiders.

Guan Fei thought of this point and said, “Miss Liu, Sect Leader Xu might not be willing to lend the treasure land to us.”

Liu Ruoni slowed down her flying speed to be level with them, looked at Guan Fei, and said, “If it were anyone else, our Sect Leader would absolutely be unwilling. But if it’s Miss Guan going, it would certainly be different. After all, you are the Young Palace Mistress of the Lingluan Palace.”

Guan Fei chuckled, “Do I really have that much influence?”

Liu Ruoni said, “Miss Guan, your Lingluan Palace is the most prominent palace now. It would be an honor for us to invite you to be a guest at Qingding Mountain.”

Guan Fei simply said, “Then I shall have to trouble you.”

Liu Ruoni said, “No need to be polite. I believe the Sect Leader will certainly welcome your intrusion.” Saying that, she flew ahead again to continue leading the way.

Yan Xingyu asked Guan Fei when she heard their conversation, “I didn’t realize your family’s influence was so great.”

Guan Fei didn’t respond, perhaps thinking of something. Yan Xingyu wondered if she had said something wrong. Just as she was about to ask, she heard the other party say, “They are merely common titles.”

Yan Xingyu rarely heard a lack of her usual calmness and gentleness in Guan Fei’s tone. She recalled how Guan Fei had been very composed when she had confessed her previous concealment, yet her emotions seemed very off when talking about her family matters.

So she didn’t bring up her family affairs again, instead saying, “Then when we get to Qingding Mountain, I’ll have to trouble you again.”

“Miss Yan, there is no need for formality between us anymore.”

“Guan Fei, then why are you being so polite with me all the time? Call me Xingyu.”

Yan Xingyu saw the person didn’t respond. She thought, calling her by her name shouldn’t be a big deal, should it? Was it that hard to say, or was Guan Fei just being falsely polite to her?

After thinking for a while, her name suddenly sounded in her ear.

“Xingyu.”

Yan Xingyu smiled and replied, “Now that’s what friends are for.”

As the sky gradually darkened, they still hadn’t flown to Qingding Mountain. Liu Ruoni suggested finding a nearby village to stay the night and continuing their journey the next day.

They casually landed in a village. Unexpectedly, as soon as they landed, someone exclaimed, “Immortals have arrived! Immortals have arrived!”

Yan Xingyu saw a child yelling, attracting quite a few people. In an instant, they were surrounded. An elderly man, slightly older, stepped forward and respectfully bowed, saying, “Please, Daoist Masters, help us.”

Liu Ruoni glanced at the crowd, seeing they were all common people, and asked, “What has happened to you all?”

“Daoist Masters, a monster has come to our village.”

The elderly man began to tell them the story. This place was originally a small village of only about twenty households hidden in the forest. The villagers lived off the mountain and the water. The village was small, and neighbors lived together very harmoniously.

But one day, the wife of the Wang family at the head of the village suddenly began to frequently forget things she had done, needing others to remind her to recall. Everyone didn’t think it was a big deal and didn’t pay too much attention to it. Later, the woman became increasingly forgetful and even began to have a dramatic change in personality.

She often insulted and suspected neighbors of stealing her things or trying to harm her, instantly turning the harmonious village upside down. However, if it had just been this one Wang family wife, it might have been different, but later, other people in the village also began to show similar symptoms.

Now, five households were severely affected by this, and the stable and harmonious atmosphere of the entire village was completely ruined.

They suspected that a monster was causing trouble. They had wanted to ask other Daoist Masters for help, but their village was remote and small, and no one was willing to come, so they could only suffer in distress.

Yan Xingyu asked after listening, “Have you seen the monster?”

A man walked out of the crowd and said, “No, but there is definitely a monster. Otherwise, how could people suddenly have a drastic change in personality, and in more than one family? Daoist Masters, if you don’t believe us, please come and see.”

With that, they turned and led Yan Xingyu and the others into the village, arriving at a house.

This was the Wang family, where the problem first appeared. The person who brought them was Wang Datou, the husband of the Wang family wife.

He walked into his yard and knocked on the door, saying, “Wife, I’m home.”

The door creaked open, and a woman with a haggard face and dark circles under her eyes appeared before everyone.

The Wang wife’s voice was low and soft; only a few people heard her. She said, “Old Wang, you’re back.”

“Yes, I’m back. Come out for a bit.”

“Come out for what?”

“You haven’t left the house for many days. Should we go out and get some air?”

The woman’s expression suddenly changed when she heard the word “out.” Her voice also became sharp, a stark contrast to her earlier frail appearance.

“I just went out yesterday! Why do you want me to go out again? Are you annoyed that I’m staying at home and not working, and you want to drive me away?”

“I’ve been so good to you, how dare you treat me like this, you heartless man?”

“I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving! No one can drive me away!”

Seeing the woman gradually becoming hysterical, the elderly man stepped forward and said, “Wang family wife, no one is driving you away. You haven’t left the house for half a month. Datou is just worried about you.”

But when the Wang wife saw the elderly man, her face suddenly became terrified, and she cried out loudly, “Father, don’t hit me anymore! I know I was wrong.”

Saying that, she frantically slammed the door shut, but the sharp, incoherent cries from behind the door did not stop.

“Help! Father, don’t hit me anymore!”

“I was wrong, wuwuwu, don’t hit me!”

“Don’t hit me, wuwuwu!”