Chapter 138: Jiang Xun Makes a Good Point!

"How did Tu Wan fall into your hands?"

Jiang Xun could not help but ask.

"Three days ago, Tu Wan appeared in Yunyin City and was captured by the undercover disciples we sent; yesterday, she was sent to the Baiyun Sect via the Teleportation Array."

"Tu Qingtian has no sons, only this one daughter. Surely he won't just stand by and do nothing, right?"

It was Lu Yingying who recognized Tu Wan, but it was the Baiyun Sect disciples who actually made the move to capture her. After capturing Tu Wan and leaving Yunyin City, over a dozen sect disciples pooled together four thousand Spirit Stones to send that Baiyun Sect disciple and Tu Wan to Tianling City.

"That is your assumption. I, however, feel that Tu Qingtian will not care about Tu Wan's life or death." Jiang Xun shook his head.

"But I heard that Tu Nan and Tu Mo dote on their niece very much. They won't just ignore this."

Jiang Yan said with certainty.

"That is true." Jiang Xun nodded, recalling how Tu Nan had previously disregarded his own life for Tu Wan, dropping all defenses right in front of Zhong Lingqing.

At that time, killing her would have been a matter of a single sword strike.

"Then what do you say now? Do you still think we have no chance of winning?" Jiang Yan asked.

"I have one question for you."

"Go ahead."

"If the Wushang Pavilion and Tianwai Island were to help the Tianwu Sect, what would you do then?"

"How could that be?" Jiang Yan retorted.

"As I said before, the people you sent to the Wushang Pavilion never returned. If they were truly killed by the Wushang Pavilion, what would you do?"

"I would demand an explanation from them!" Jiang Yan gritted her teeth.

"Oh, give it a rest." Jiang Xun opened his folding fan and fanned himself lightly: "You can't even find the Lingerie-Sect, yet you want to find the Wushang Pavilion? I suspect you three Elders would be dead before you even found the Wushang Pavilion."

"You..." Jiang Yan did not expect that a Transformation Spirit Initial Stage cultivator like Jiang Xun would dare to speak to her like this, but upon closer reflection, she felt that what Jiang Xun said made a lot of sense...

"I will not agree to join you in crusade against the Tianwu Sect, but we can make a different deal."

"What kind of deal?" Jiang Yan asked curiously.

"I will help you keep the Wushang Pavilion in check, preventing them from interfering in the matters between you and the Tianwu Sect."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan fell silent for a long time. Her mind raced, recalling her conversation with Jiang Xun, and coupled with the incident involving Elder Liu and the others, Jiang Yan truly suspected that the Wushang Pavilion might help the Tianwu Sect, so she asked.

"... What do you want in exchange?"

"A hostage to ensure our Lingerie-Sect is not besieged by the Ten Great Sects. You, give me one of your Personal Disciples for me to keep for the time being."

Jiang Xun's abacus beads were clicking in the direction of Qin Miaoyin.

"A Personal Disciple?" Jiang Yan was stunned upon hearing this; those were all her precious treasures!

"Their strength cannot be above Golden Core, otherwise they are too hard to control. I can swear that as long as you do not make a move against the Lingerie-Sect, this disciple of yours will absolutely come to no harm in my hands."

Jiang Xun nodded.

"Cannot be above Golden Core?" Jiang Yan frowned deeply upon hearing this. The only disciple she had under Golden Core right now was Qin Miaoyin.

But that little girl Qin Miaoyin had never left the mountain gate, and her heart was extremely pure. If she were really handed over to Jiang Xun, what would become of the child Miaoyin in the future?

She was already pitiful enough as it was.

But... the Wushang Pavilion...

"You can consider it. I will give you one day. Tomorrow at this same time, I will come to find you." Seeing Jiang Yan hesitate, Jiang Xun stood up and said.

With that, he waved his fan and left.

"Wait!"

Jiang Yan appeared in front of Jiang Xun in an instant.

Jiang Xun only felt a flash of white light before someone else was suddenly there.

Good heavens, this is too fast, isn't it?

Could the Crimson Wings outrun her??

"I agree."

Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Xun, her face pained.

"You should ask your disciple if she is willing; show some respect for her, won't you?" Jiang Xun said after catching his breath. Jiang Yan's speed truly made his heart jump.

Jiang Yan clearly had not expected Jiang Xun to actually respect a disciple's opinion. This did not seem to match the Hehuan Young Master she had heard about?

Hmm?

Why would I think that? Could it be that I have been bewitched by his Natural Charm Bone?

"Her name is Lin Yiyi, she is at Foundation Establishment Mid-stage. I will go back and ask her. If she is willing to do it for the sake of the sect..."

"Wait a minute?" Jiang Xun interrupted Jiang Yan, stepping back a few paces to maintain a safe distance from her.

Lin Yiyi?

Yiyi my foot!

Nice try, Jiang Yan. I want Qin Miaoyin, and you bring out Alin Yiyi to fool me?

If he didn't know about Qin Miaoyin, Jiang Xun would have really been fooled by her pained expression.

But he couldn't just blurt out that he wanted Qin Miaoyin, could he?

Where would he explain how he knew Qin Miaoyin?

"... What's wrong?" Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Xun and asked.

"You aren't going to bring me a fake to fool me, are you?" Jiang Xun looked at Jiang Yan and asked.

"How could I." Jiang Yan was very certain.

That confident and affirmative expression—if he hadn't talked to Qin Miaoyin and learned that Jiang Yan only had her as a disciple who hadn't reached Nascent Soul yet, Jiang Xun would have been fooled again!

Not bad acting, this Jiang Yan.

"Swear it."

"I swear!" Jiang Yan said immediately, "As long as the person arrives, we will swear in front of you." She thought to herself: Once I go back, I will take Lin Yiyi as my Personal Disciple!

In fact, Lin Yiyi was just a disciple by her side who served tea and water; because her talent was limited and she was unwilling to leave the sect, Jiang Yan had kept her by her side to serve tea and water.

Let alone a Personal Disciple, her lifespan was already coming to an end.

"If you really can't trust me, you can come with me to the Baiyun Sect to find Lin Yiyi together."

"I'm not going!" Jiang Xun said immediately; what difference would that be from walking right into a trap?

At least right now, he was still in Tianji City, still within the territory of the Lingerie-Sect.

"Qin Miaoyin! I want Qin Miaoyin!"

Jiang Xun felt helpless and shouted directly.

"... You, you, you Lingerie-Sect people have spies in the Baiyun Sect?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan managed to squeeze out this sentence after a long while, which actually provided Jiang Xun with a good excuse.

"Yeah, as the Sect Master of the Baiyun Sect, why are you so wicked?" Jiang Xun went along with the flow, nodded, and even gave Jiang Yan a look of contempt.

Jiang Yan felt extremely guilty under Jiang Xun's gaze.

To think that this Lingerie-Sect spy was hidden so deeply! She hadn't noticed it at all for so long; it was truly...

"Sigh, that child Qin Miaoyin has a pitiful background, and I raised her from a young age, so she is no different from my own daughter. I have been training her as the next Sect Master; can we choose someone else?"

Jiang Yan's tone carried a slight hint of pleading.

"If you put it that way... then I'm even more certain; I want her! Everything else is off the table."

Jiang Xun said.

"And rest assured, what I promised you is absolutely valid. I can even have everyone in the Lingerie-Sect swear to protect Qin Miaoyin's safety with their lives, unless you strike at us first."

"And think about it again, with a great war imminent, is Qin Miaoyin safer in the Baiyun Sect or safer in the Lingerie-Sect?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan felt that Jiang Xun made sense again; why did everything this person said sound so reasonable! Was he really this smart?