Chapter 148

"How?"the Flower Fairy smiled gently.

Xiao Ting looked at her deeply but said nothing more.

For the first time, he felt the situation had slipped beyond his control; what use was there in speaking nonsense now?

Yet at the same time, this incident only strengthened his resolve to seize the "Heavenly Sword"!

As long as he held the "Heavenly Sword,"he believed he could shatter the Flower Fairy's"turtle shell"in a single strike!

With this thought, Xiao Ting's heart grew even more urgent.

Just as he was about to return to the Xueyueshen Sect's main headquarters—the Tianluo Palace—his steps halted once more.

Xiao Ting turned back to look at Tang Ruoxuan, and a rare tenderness appeared in his cold eyes: "Ruoxuan, my feelings for you are sincere."

Hearing this, Tang Ruoxuan slowly turned her gaze, and a glimmer of light returned to her dazed eyes: "Sincere?"

"Your sincerity is killing my parents and wiping out my entire Tangjiaman Sect?"

"Your sincerity is murdering my Master, Master Jing, along with her brother and nephew?"

"Your sincerity is orchestrating one play after another, saving my life multiple times to make me grateful and fall in love with you, only to have me played like a fool before you hurt me deeply with the truth?"

"Xiao Ting, do you truly love me?"

Xiao Ting pressed his lips together, having no reply.

If not for the variable of Jiang Sishui, his plan would have been flawless.

The only thing that surprised him was that, through daily contact, he had truly fallen in love with this woman who shared a blood feud with him.

His affection for Tang Ruoxuan was genuine, and the destruction of her entire family was also genuine; Xiao Ting fully understood the pain and turmoil in Tang Ruoxuan's heart, because he felt the same.

Seeing him silent, Tang Ruoxuan let out a self-mocking smile: "I trusted you so much; I made you my everything, yet you repaid me like this."

"Your eyes could be healed by Xiao Xiao Zi, and my Master contributed greatly to that, yet you repaid her in the same way."

"Xiao... no, King Abiluo, you are a heartless person. In your eyes, there is only power, ambition, and hegemony. You... you are not the one I love."

Tang Ruoxuan spoke in a calm tone with a soft voice, yet every word was like a knife stabbing into Xiao Ting's heart.

Xiao Ting slowly raised his head and looked at Tang Ruoxuan.

Tang Ruoxuan was also looking at him.

After staring at each other for a long while, two streams of blood suddenly flowed from the corners of Xiao Ting's eyes.

"Ah!"Huang Xiang suddenly let out a startled cry.

This was self-blinding, returning to blindness!

Tang Ruoxuan naturally saw this and immediately felt a heart-wrenching pain; instinctively, she stepped forward to support him.

But after taking half a step, she remembered the tragic scene of her parents and beloved Master at their deaths, and instantly stopped.

"From now on, I am only... King Abiluo."

Having spoken, Xiao Ting's figure leaped upward and vanished without a trace.

"Only King Abiluo?"

Tang Ruoxuan stood dazed and lost, murmuring: "So be it. While it is still possible, let us cut all ties."

In fact, the Flower Fairy's interference today had disrupted King Abiluo's plan ahead of schedule; in a way, she had turned misfortune into blessing.

For in the original story, Tang Ruoxuan had even shared intimacy with King Abiluo and conceived the child of her enemy.

Even at the finale, when no one could harm King Abiluo, it was Tang Ruoxuan who traded her own life and that of her unborn child to achieve mutual destruction with King Abiluo.

Now, although the sweet love is gone, these tragedies have not yet occurred; this is already a great fortune amidst misfortune.

From this perspective, Tang Ruoxuan should even thank the Flower Fairy.

Before the crowd could recover from the shock, the Flower Fairy suddenly moved, rushing straight at Huang Xiang.

Gu Gu Hanyang and Huang Xiang hastily acted to respond but were struck away by the Flower Fairy's two palms.

The Flower Fairy's slender hand swept over Huang Xiang's head; without lingering, she turned and returned, saying: "Go!"

Having spoken, she led the women of the Xianshui Palace away on horseback.

Huang Xiang paused for a moment, then reached up and grabbed her head, her expression suddenly changing: "My hairpin!"

Shouting loudly, she immediately gave chase.

Gu Gu Hanyang quickly embraced her: "Eunuch Wei Wei Wei, are you seeking death? It's just one hairpin! I'll buy you ten later! A hundred!"

"You don't understand; that hairpin is a family heirloom, I..."

Before Huang Xiang could finish explaining, seeing that the women of the Xianshui Palace had vanished from sight, she angrily stamped her feet.

Gu Gu Hanyang held her tightly, refusing to let go: "So what if it's an heirloom? We can't even defeat one Flower Fairy, let alone them with so many people. If you go, isn't that throwing an egg against a stone?"

Hearing this, Huang Xiang gradually calmed down.

What Gu Gu Hanyang said was right; rushing up now would only be offering oneself as food; they could only plot carefully later.

Fortunately, she knew who had taken the hairpin, and there would still be a day to retrieve it.

Seeing this, Gu Gu Hanyang released her and then nodded toward Tang Ruoxuan nearby.

Huang Xiang understood and immediately went forward to comfort her.

Two riders rode side by side; Sima Huan looked at the hairpin in the Flower Fairy's hand and asked in confusion: "Sister Flower, is there something special about this hairpin?"

The Flower Fairy turned and glanced at her, smiling sweetly: "Do not ask what you should not."

A chill inexplicably rose in Sima Huan's heart; she quickly lowered her eyelids: "Yes."

Originally, she had wanted to ask the Flower Fairy what the protective light shield was that had withstood King Abiluo's attack earlier, but now she dared not ask.

The Flower Fairy played with the hairpin in her hand, her eyes slightly narrowed, her gaze flickering uncertainly.

Just then, a black demonic wind swept up, blowing so fiercely that people could not open their eyes.

Sand and stones flew across the ground; Ma Er and the other horses were startled and neighed loudly one after another.

A sudden change occurred, but aside from the Flower Fairy, the women of the Immortal Water Palace were not alarmed but delighted, and they all dismounted and bowed: "Greetings, Palace Master!"

The next moment, the black demonic wind gathered and transformed into a slender, exquisitely graceful, breathtakingly beautiful figure.

It was the Immortal Water Palace Master—Immortal Concubine Green Mother! (properly so)

Immortal Concubine Green Mother wore a composed, elegant smile on her face. Her gaze swept over the women as she said, "All of you may withdraw."

"Yes!"

The women of the Immortal Water Palace obeyed the order, leading their horses far away.

In the field, only Immortal Concubine Green Mother and the Flower Fairy remained.

Immortal Concubine Green Mother's gaze lingered on the hairpin for a moment, then she looked at the Flower Fairy and gave a soft laugh.

"What? Are you hesitating over whether to directly destroy the hairpin and take out the sparrow beak? Or find a trusted confidant to disguise as Huang Xiang, then use the hairpin to identify herself to me and seize the chance to plot against me?"

Having her inner thoughts exposed, the Flower Fairy fell silent.

After a moment, she asked, somewhat unwillingly: "How did you arrive so quickly?"

Originally, in her estimation, even if Immortal Concubine Green Mother had read the diary and planned to deal with her, it would still take some time for the Zhaoshang Sect to come.

After all, the Immortal Water Palace was not close to here.

But now, Immortal Concubine Green Mother had suddenly appeared, which truly caught her off guard, and all her plans were thus shelved.

164 Trade the Flower Fairy for the Heavenly Sword?

Immortal Concubine Green Mother looked at the Flower Fairy's expression and knew what she was thinking. She smiled and said: "Yesterday, when I saw him mention the 'Five Sparrow Beaks of the Heavenly Sword' in the diary, I had a premonition that he was going to expose the secret of the Five Sparrow Beaks."

"So I immediately left the Immortal Water Palace and came specifically to look for you, planning to take it directly from Abei... oh, Xiao Ting."

"I had originally planned to forcibly seize it from Xiao Ting's hands, then follow the diary's hints to find the remaining sparrow beaks and extract the 'Heavenly Sword.'"

"Unfortunately, no matter how fast I rushed, I was still a step too late."

So that's how it was!

The Flower Fairy suddenly understood. She hadn't expected Immortal Concubine Green Mother's intuition to be so sharp, nor that she had acted so decisively.

"But what I didn't expect was that besides the whereabouts of the 'Five Sparrow Beaks of the Heavenly Sword,' the diary actually also wrote some other things."

Immortal Concubine Green Mother's words made the Flower Fairy's heartstrings tighten.

But thinking carefully, she had no power to resist at the moment, and could only hope that the "Kunji Seal" could protect her.

Previously, facing Abei Luo's attack, the protective light barrier had not only remained unbroken, but hadn't even budged.

This gave the Flower Fairy a bit more confidence in it.

Even though Immortal Concubine Green Mother was the foremost expert in the drama, stronger than Abei Luo, she wouldn't be unreasonably stronger, would she?

Thinking of this, the Flower Fairy felt slightly reassured and asked: "What do you want?"

Immortal Concubine Green Mother gave a slight smile: "I violated the palace rules. Are you still planning to make me pay the price?"

The Flower Fairy was silent for a moment, then said honestly: "The palace rules cannot be defied."