Chapter 546: Three Qin Strings Broke!

Lu Yunfeng?

Nan Yan is unrelenting, wanting to make amends.

But Lu Yunfeng already has a serious empathy disorder, and on top of that he had long lost patience with Nan Yan; after she finally begged him, how could he possibly change his words?

Nan Yan sees Lu Yunfeng unmoved, not even giving her a glance, and she fumes with anger.

Especially Hong Wu, whose laugh is over the top, tears streaming from her laughter, which only intensifies Nan Yan's fury.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Nan Yan glares at Hong Wu, saying viciously.

"Satisfied, extremely satisfied!" Hong Wu nods vigorously.

She is utterly satisfied. If Lu Yunfeng could slap Nan Yan away with a single hand, she'd be even more pleased.

Nan Yan, after scolding Hong Wu, turns to Lu Yunfeng, her eyes red.

"Lu Yunfeng, I feel that each time I go up the mountain to find you, it interferes with your cultivation, so I won't disturb you any longer."

Obedient, mature.

She feigns an understanding demeanor.

Clearly she has been deeply wronged, yet she continues to consider others.

Many male disciples are touched.

They find Nan Yan genuinely kind.

"Lu Yunfeng, can I freely go up and down the back mountain to find you from now on?"

Ye Qingran raises an eyebrow and suddenly asks.

Everyone's eyes flash, all looking at her.

Nan Yan furrows her brows, and her face instantly darkens.

Ye Qingran asking this now is clearly deliberate. She must be trying to disgust her.

Ye Qingran, you wretch!

Lu Yunfeng, you must never agree to her!

Nan Yan prays silently.

But things go against her wishes.

Lu Yunfeng slightly lowers his face, looking at Ye Qingran.

He is very tall, considerably taller than Ye Qingran, his silhouette like a slender bamboo—upright and resilient.

His jade‑white face bears little expression, yet those quiet eyes are unlike his usual indifferent detachment.

On the contrary, within those eyes, it seems as if ice and snow are melting, brimming with vitality.

The gleam in his eyes is dazzlingly crystal, like the brightest star at midnight.

Nearby, Qin Feixue watches the scene, feeling especially conflicted.

This is undoubtedly the most vivid Lu Yunfeng she has ever seen.

The former him seemed like a walking corpse, devoid of feeling, calm and flat.

But now he suddenly exudes vitality, finally becoming a whole person.

All of this is because...

Instructor Ye?

Could he like Instructor Ye?

This realization makes her heart ache as if twisted by knives.

Yet she forces herself to believe that if anyone in this world can make Lu Yunfeng vibrant, she should bless them.

"If you want to come, the back mountain... you are always welcome."

When Lu Yunfeng says this, his expression is somewhat unnatural; as a result, he stops halfway, shifts his gaze away, and the tips of his ears faintly flush.

Ye Qingran notices, and the curve at the corner of her lips deepens.

She increasingly finds this Lu Yunfeng quite intriguing.

His true nature is certainly not this cold.

She begins to wonder what Lu Yunfeng will be like after his soul returns.

Everyone's eyes become especially surprised after Lu Yunfeng says that.

After Lu Yunfeng withdraws Nan Yan's unrestricted access to the back mountain, he transfers that privilege to Ye Qingran.

Ye Qingran, what exactly is her power?

She actually gets Lu Yunfeng to do this for her?

"No!"

Nan Yan can hardly believe what she heard.

How could Lu Yunfeng, after canceling her qualification, give what originally belonged to her to Ye Qingran?

To her, this is like a loud slap, making her head spin.

She glances at the people around, seeing they all smile mockingly, even pointing at her.

"Lu Yunfeng, you can't do this!" Nan Yan, too agitated to control her tone, almost shouts.

"What I do doesn't need you to meddle!"

Lu Yunfeng glowers at Nan Yan with unmistakable disgust.

"No, Lu Yunfeng, listen to me. I mean, you and Instructor Ye aren't familiar, so handing such an important right to her might be improper?"

Some female disciples, after hearing, also voiced agreement.

They are all jealous of Ye Qingran, naturally not wanting her to obtain this right.

Nan Yan, having received support, nodded even more resolutely.

"I believe her."

Lu Yunfeng looked at Ye Qingran and said, word for word.

Even Ye Qingran felt surprised.

She and Lu Yunfeng really weren't close, yet this guy seemed to place great trust in her.

That made her feel quite moved.

Nan Yan opened her mouth, but was actually powerless to refute.

But...

Why?

What exactly about Ye Qingran made Lu Yunfeng trust her so much?

She wasn't willing to accept it!

Right...

Nan Yan, blessed in spirit, suddenly remembered the PhoenixTail Guqin!

"Lu Yunfeng, I just remembered I left something on Duan Yun Peak last time; I'll go get it."

Nan Yan said that and rushed eagerly up the back mountain.

Lu Yunfeng twisted his eyebrows but did not stop her.

It was Ye Qingran who, watching Nan Yan's back, saw a flash of sharp light in her eyes.

Nan Yan hadn't actually left anything on Duan Yun Peak; the reason she was so eager was that she intended to frame Ye Qingran with the PhoenixTail Guqin whose three strings had been broken.

Soon after, Nan Yan, panting, descended the mountain.

She held a Guqin in her arms.

"Lu Yunfeng, something's wrong, three strings of the PhoenixTail Guqin have broken!"

Nan Yan's face was full of anxiety.

She knew how much Lu Yunfeng treasured this Guqin.

He only played it occasionally; most of the time it was kept stored away.

Now that three strings are broken, he will surely lose his temper!

Sure enough, upon hearing that the strings were broken, Lu Yunfeng's complexion changed abruptly.

He practically rushed to Nan Yan, grabbed the Guqin in one hand, lifted the silk covering, and saw indeed three strings were broken!

This Guqin was his mother's heirloom, the only thing left to him.

Even though he lacked a human soul and suffered severe empathy and expression disorders, the emotion etched into his bones would not vanish because of it.

On the contrary, it would only deepen as the years passed.

"Did you do this?"

Lu Yunfeng's murderous gaze shot at Nan Yan, startling her, and at the same time she felt boundless excitement.

Lu Yunfeng's furious outburst clearly shows he cares about this Guqin even more than she imagined, doesn't it?

"It wasn't me! Lu Yunfeng, when I went up to get something just now, I happened to discover it!"

Seemingly to prove her innocence, she hurriedly pinched the broken string, "Lu Yunfeng, look, the broken end of this Ice Silkworm Silk string is purple, indicating that about half an hour or more has passed since it broke."

Nan Yan felt extremely fortunate that she had once casually looked up Ice Silkworm Silk in a book.

Ice Silkworm Silk, after breaking, gradually darkens on the fracture surface; if broken for more than a day, it turns a black as ink.

Lu Yunfeng stared closely and indeed saw that.

The fracture of the Heavenly Silkworm Silk is purple, indicating it has been broken for over half an hour!

Yet Nan Yan's round trip took less than a quarter of an hour.

That shows she didn't break the strings.