Chapter 73: A Criminal? Are You Talking About Me?

  "Sui Da Shi, you're mistaken, aren't you? I'm not a beast tamer!" Leng Ruo Xue said calmly, she didn't want outsiders to know that she was still a beast tamer.

  "It doesn't matter, our guild's treasure has all been obtained by you. If you don't join our guild, I, as the guild leader, will have no way to explain it to others." Master Sui said with a smile, his eyes gleaming with calculation.

  "Sui Master, those two spiritual beasts, I won them from Princess Huangfu Yu, they are the spoils of our competition. And if I'm not mistaken, isn't Huangfu Yu your disciple?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with a slight curl of her lips.

  "It's indeed my disciple, but those two spiritual beasts are from our guild!" Master Sui emphasized.

  "What does that have to do with me? Master Sui should go find Huangfu Yu, and besides, when a disciple gets into trouble, the master wiping their butt is only right." Leng Ruoxue said directly without giving any face, implying: don't think about scheming against me!

  "This... Huangfu Yu has already gone mad." Sui Da Sheng said, suppressing his anger. In fact, before he came, the reactions that could have been expected from Leng Ruoxue he had thought of many kinds, but he never thought that Leng Ruoxue would actually be so uncooperative with him.

  "Sui Da Shi, Huang Fu Yu Cheng has gone mad, this account won't be counted on my head, will it?" Leng Ruo Xue said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

  "Could it be that Master Sui is also someone who can't tell right from wrong? If Huangfu Yu becomes a fool, you as his master will have to take responsibility for it!" Leng Ruoxue continued.

  "This...this..." Master Yu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, he had been famous for many years and had always been respected by people, no one had ever dared to accuse him so directly, but he couldn't deny it either, what Leng Ruoxue said was all true, Huangfu Yu was indeed spoiled by them.

  "Master Sui, please forgive me for not being able to join the Beast Tamer Guild. If Master Sui has any doubts about the ownership of those two spiritual beasts, please go directly to the person in charge." Leng Ruoxue said bluntly.

  "Miss Leng, think about it some more!" Master Sui was not giving up.

  "I've thought it through clearly, I'm not a beast tamer, so I don't qualify to join the Beast Tamer Guild, Master Sui doesn't need to bother." Leng Ruoxue said directly.

  "Alright, I won't force Miss Leng then. But Hu Bin from your academy should be able to join our Beast Tamer Guild, right?" Master Sui shifted his target to Hu Bin after failing to persuade Cold Snow.

  "Following the master, although all beast tamer guilds belong to the Beast Tamer Association, however, Hu Bin is after all a person from Dongchi Country. Joining the Beast Tamer Guild of Nanxi Country is indeed not very suitable." Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment and said that whether or not to join the Beast Tamer Guild depends on Hu Bin's own intentions, they can't make decisions for him.

  "This... I can give a shout-out to the Beast Tamer Guildmaster of Dongchi Country, and as long as Hu Bin is willing to join our guild, those are not problems." Master Sui guaranteed.

  "Master Sui, we appreciate your enthusiasm, but it's really not convenient for Hu Bin to join the Beast Tamer Guild of Nanxi Country. So, we can only thank you in our hearts." Leng Ruo Xue was getting a bit impatient - why was this old man so persistent? Couldn't he tell what a polite refusal sounded like?

  "Miss Leng, why don't we ask Hu Bin himself about this matter? What if he agrees?" The implication being, you're just an outsider, what right do you have to make decisions for others?

  "Alright! You little monster, go and invite Hu Bin over."

  "Alright, wait a moment." The demon turned around and left the reception room.

  Not long after, the demon returned, followed by a young man.

  "Hu Bin, this is Master Sui, the president of the Beast Tamer Association of Nan Xi Country." Leng Ruo Xue introduced simply.

  "Master Sui, hello." Hu Bin said with a bow, Master Sui was a master-level figure in the tamer world, and he had admired him for a long time.

  "No need to be so polite, Hu Bin. I'm very satisfied with your talent for taming beasts and would like to invite you to join our guild and take you as my apprentice. What do you say?" Master Sui said with a warm smile, throwing out a big temptation that he believed no beast tamer could resist.

  When Hu Bin heard Master Sui's words, his elegant face was full of surprise. It must be known that Master Sui's status in the tamer world is extremely high, and being able to become Master Sui's apprentice is absolutely a fortunate thing for ordinary tamers!

  Moreover, if such an opportunity had arisen in the past, he would have been so delighted that he wouldn't be able to sleep at night. However, now, he doesn't feel any joy, or perhaps it can be said that his mood is very calm.

  "I'm sorry, Master Sui. I appreciate your kindness, but I won't be joining the Beast Tamer's Guild of Nanxi Country, nor do I plan to join any other beast tamer's guild." Hu Bin said with great determination. He was going to follow Leng Ruo Xue forever, so there was no way he could join any guild. Besides, he didn't think that joining a guild would allow him to learn more than following Miss.

  "Hu Bin, do you know what you're saying? As a beast tamer, if you don't join the Beast Tamer Guild, no one will recognize your status." Master Sui was not calm anymore. The condition he put forward was so good that many people dreamed of it, so he never thought that Hu Bin would actually refuse.

  "Sui Da Shi, I've thought it through clearly, thank you for your kind intentions." After saying that, Hu Bin directly exited the reception room.

  "Autumn Elder, are you going to let the students of your college make a joke out of their own future?" Master Sui turned his head and said indignantly to Autumn Elder.

  "Master Sui, these students are no longer young children, they won't joke about their own future, let alone our college can't force them to do things they don't want to do, right?" Autumn elder said with some helplessness.

  "Moreover, I think you should have also heard that our college's Liu Yan refused the invitation from the Dan Shifu Association a few days ago? Alas, these children! Their wings are hard, and they're no longer something our college can restrain. " Autumn Elder continued to say, with an expression of helplessness on his face, but in his heart he was secretly thinking: joining your association is not as good as following that little girl! If he weren't the elder of Feng Tian College now, he would also want to follow her."

  "Alas, since it's come to this, I won't force the issue either. Farewell." Master Sui said with great disappointment, today was probably his most failed day since he became famous, not a single thing he wanted to do in his heart was accomplished!

  "Girl! This time you've thoroughly offended Old Man Sui!" After sending off Master Sui, Autumn Elder couldn't help but remind her.

  "What's it to me? I'm not going to join the Beast Tamer Guild, he got himself into this mess with his own disciple, he should figure it out himself." Leng Ruoxue said without any sympathy. In fact, she was also aware that Huangfu Yu had taken two of the Beast Tamer Guild's spiritual beasts, and there would definitely be trouble. That's why during their competition earlier, she had asked Huangfu Yu to write a guarantee, and this was all an internal matter between Huangfu Yu and the Beast Tamer Guild, something she didn't want to get involved in, nor did she want to be used by others.

  "Old man, Xiaoxue will handle it well, don't worry about it." Leng Qingtian said to relieve his granddaughter.

  "Alright then, but if anything troublesome really happens, you'd better tell me, after all I'm a Spirit Venerable now." said Autumn Elder with a sense of righteousness.

  "Don't worry, I won't forget you." Who would reject free labor that comes knocking on their door?

  "Old Qiu, shall we leave tonight or tomorrow morning?" Leng Ruoxue wanted to settle on a time so she could make other arrangements.

  "Let's go early tomorrow morning!" said Old Qiu after some thought.

  "Let's have a good dinner tonight, and tomorrow, I'll ask Yu to take us back to Fengdu." Leng Ruo Xue said generously, she now only wanted to hurry back home and then prepare for her cultivation.

  "Hehe, I'm going to make you spend money again, how can that be good?" said Autumn Elder with a smile, his face showing no signs of embarrassment.

  "Since you're too embarrassed, then you can treat us to dinner tonight." Leng Ruoxue gave Qiu Shanggong a cold glance and said, then signaled to the demon with her eyes, turned around and left the reception room.

  "Hey, I was just kidding!" Old Qiu chased after him, where did he have the money? Woe is me... isn't this going to cost him his life?!

  In the evening, more than 30 people from Fengtian Academy gathered in the living room. They chose to have dinner here because the place was big enough and there wouldn't be any unwelcome visitors to disturb them.

  "Wow! Miss, tonight's dishes are so rich! Miss, I'm really in love with you!" Feng Da said with some complacency, it had been a long time since he had eaten such a sumptuous meal.

  "What did you say?" A cold voice sounded behind Feng Da, startling him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

  "Nothing... nothing, heh heh, Night Commander, you must have misheard me, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything!" Feng Da waved his hands repeatedly in denial, and oh... got too excited and forgot about the vinegar jar that was Night Commander.

  "I heard him say he's dying for a girl." At this time, a shiny purple butterfly flew over and said very honestly.

  "You heard it wrong, you dead butterfly!" Feng Da cursed in his heart, this guy is so fond of adding fuel to the fire!

  "I didn't mishear, he really said it." Butterfly emphasized.

  "You scoundrels, what are you doing? Come and help quickly." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat displeased, while others were busy helping, they actually had the leisure to chat.

  "Here comes Xue Er!"

  "Here comes the young lady!"

  "I'm coming too, girl!" Butterfly saw them and responded accordingly, also learning in a similar way.

  "What are you doing here? I didn't call for you, go play elsewhere." Leng Ruoxue said with some disdain to the butterfly that flew beside her. This little guy had only been following her for less than a day, but it hadn't failed to cause trouble for her.

  "Girl, how can you dislike me!" Butterfly said with some sadness, her black and shiny small eyes had a hint of mist, looking very wronged.

  "You're just going to cause trouble and stir up problems!" Leng Ruoxue said bluntly, she really had no idea where this butterfly learned all those bad habits.

  Let's just talk about daytime, she and the demon went out on the street, this butterfly also had to follow, but as soon as it saw a woman with some charm, it would go up and flirt, even lift up several women's skirts, and what's more, it actually complained that someone's figure was not good... At that time! She really wanted to pinch it to death!

  "What others say is true, isn't it?" It's an honest butterfly, can speaking the truth be wrong?

  "You're a fairy, what does it have to do with you whether others are ugly or not, or whether their figure is good or bad?" asked Cold Snowflake, she had to teach this butterfly a lesson someday, what can be said and what cannot!

  "But... but women are meant to be looked at by men, aren't they!" Butterfly didn't think it was wrong of her to be picky about women, thinking back to when she was in the Moon Shadow Academy, those old folks had always told her that!

  "Who the hell said that? Who says women are meant to be looked at by men? I'd say men are meant to be looked at by women too!" Leng Ruoxue was furious, this was just too disrespectful to women!

  "What's more, are you a man?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "My mind is a man!" Butterfly emphasized, although it doesn't have a gender yet, but when it grows up it will, and it has already decided to be a man.

  "That's of no use, so now you'd better behave yourself, otherwise don't follow me." Cold Snow said to this unrepentant butterfly for the last time.

  "Oh!" The butterfly reluctantly nodded its head, feeling wronged in its heart! Having high standards isn't its fault, huh... Who let it have a high taste anyway!

  "Xue Er, it's all done, you can eat now." Feng Mo Ran said as he walked over.

  "Good."

  "Old man Qiu, do you have anything to say to everyone?" Leng Ruoxue asked as soon as she saw that everyone was seated. Apart from over 30 students present, their respective spirit beasts were also released, so the entire guest hall was basically full.

  "Now I'd like to say a few words. This year's college competition, our college was able to achieve such good results, thanks to the efforts of everyone present here. On behalf of the college, thank you all! Let's raise a glass!" Autumn Old Man said with great emotion, then raised his cup and drank it in one gulp.

  "Old Autumn, good job! Another cup!" someone cheered.

  "Good." Old Qiu downed another cup. After two cups of wine, his round cheeks had already turned rosy.

  "Alright, don't let Old Man Qiu drink anymore." Leng Ruo Xue knew that Old Man Qiu's capacity for liquor was not good and hastily stopped him.

  "Tomorrow we'll be leaving, so let's drink a little less." Feng Mo Ran also said. It had been a long time since everyone gathered like this, so they were all a bit overexcited.

  "Don't worry, Captain Feng, everyone has it in mind." Feng Da hastily said.

  So everyone ate and chatted until very late, and this meal was truly over. Some students even got drunk and fell asleep directly on the floor of the living room...

  "Are they just going to leave them like that?" asked Leng Ruoxue, looking at the people lying scattered on the ground with some concern.

  "Don't mind them, they're all men, what's the big deal about sleeping on the floor for a night?" The demon was very unsympathetic.

  "Let's go to sleep, it's very late." Leng Ruoxue said after some thought, Grandfather and the others had long since returned to their rooms to rest.

  "Uh-huh."

  The next morning, Leng Ruoxue arrived at the living room and saw that everyone who had gotten drunk last night was already awake, and they looked quite spirited. It seemed that the physique of a Ling Master was indeed different from others!

  "Everyone get on board, we're ready to depart." Reminded Ling Ruxue.

  "Miss, we finished collecting everything yesterday afternoon," said Lin Yuan. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare get drunk!

  "Then go and settle the bill, let everyone gather downstairs." Leng Ruoxue instructed, and handed a purple crystal card to Lin Yuan.

  "Yes."

  Leng Ruo Xue left the living room and rushed straight to her grandfather's room.

  "Grandpa, are you packed? We're leaving." Leng Ruoxue knocked on the door and said directly.

  "Alright." Leng Qingtian opened the door.

  Then, Leng Ruo Xue went to call her brother and Yeou Ya again, and they met Feng Mo Ran in the corridor. Several people went downstairs together.

  After going downstairs, Leng Ruo Xue discovered that everyone from Feng Tian Academy was surrounded by a group of government soldiers.

  "What does this mean?" Leng Ruoxue pushed away the onlookers, her voice cold and detached, a glint of icy light flashing in her eyes, a hint of murderous intent flickering and disappearing.

  "By order of Empress Xu Gui, apprehend the culprits who harmed the princess." A military officer who looked like a captain said in a very official tone.

  "Criminal? Are you referring to me?" Leng Ruoxue laughed lightly and said calmly, no wonder Xu Guifei has been quiet for the past few days, it turns out she was waiting for the Academy's trial to end!

  "The person we want to capture is Leng Ruoxue." The officer said calmly, he knew that Leng Ruoxue was not easy to mess with, but because Xu Guifei had his back, he dared to directly go to the 'Yalan Pavilion' to capture her.

  "Are you here to capture someone? Does the Emperor of Nan Xi know about this?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "This...this, of course, is also the meaning of Your Majesty's edict." The officer said with a forced calm tone, but his words lacked conviction.

  "Is that so? I really didn't know, this is the hospitality of Nanyue country. Yesterday's events, those present have their own opinions. If you want to detain me, think of a better reason!" Cold Snow's implicit meaning was that it was impossible to use such a reason to keep her.

  "Grandfather, let's go!" Cold Snow said, ignoring the surrounding soldiers and turning to speak, it was beneath her dignity to bother with such petty people.

  "It's okay." Such a small role, nobody paid attention to it.

  "None of you are allowed to leave, catch them all for me." The officer saw that he couldn't stop it, and hastily ordered, if this matter is not handled properly, Empress Xu will not let him off.

  Leng Ruo Xue's face was slightly impatient as she raised her hand, and a massive fire-attribute spiritual energy shot towards the group of soldiers. In an instant, all the soldiers were blown away to several meters outside, and their bodies were still burning with purple-red flames...

  "Ah! Ah!" Only painful wails could be heard coming from the mouths of those officers and soldiers, each one rolling around on the ground non-stop...

  "Miss Leng, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Huang Fu said with a apologetic face, walking up to Leng Ruoxue from afar.

  "What? Is Your Highness the Crown Prince also here to capture me?" Cold Snow sneered.

  "Of course not, I was sent by the Emperor to see off Miss Leng." Huang Fu hastily said. Alas! The Empress Dowager was right, Miss Leng is indeed angry.

  "It's really interesting that the royal family of Nanxi Country is like this, the imperial concubine wants to capture, the emperor wants to send, who has the final say in Nanxi Country?" Leng Ruoxue asked with a curious and puzzled expression, looking eager to know.

  "Of course it's my father." Huangfu Lian's forehead was covered in cold sweat. If Father Emperor were to hear this, he would be so angry that he'd die!

  "Oh, that's good, can we go now?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Of course, I'll send you off." Huang Fu's face remained gentle with a soft smile as he spoke calmly.

  "Grandpa, we can go now. With the prince protecting us, we don't have to be afraid anymore. I reckon no one will dare block our way." Leng Ruo Xue said with a pure and innocent face to Leng Qing Tian.

  "That's good, Grandfather is old and really can't take the fright." Leng Qingtian pretended to be concerned and patted his own heart, saying in a very cooperative manner.

  After hearing Leng Tian's words, everyone present had a few black lines on their foreheads. Excuse me, are you a Spirit Venerable or not? I've never heard of a Spirit Venerable being frightened!

  "Grandpa is not afraid, the prince will protect us." said Leng Ruoxue reassuringly.

  "Uh-huh, Xue'er, let's hurry up and go, otherwise who knows what will pop out to block us again." Leng Qing Tian said with a fearful tone, as if he couldn't wait to leave the place immediately.

  "Let's hurry then!" The demon walked forward and supported Leng Qingtian's arm.

  "Wait, wait for me." Just as everyone was about to take a step and leave, they heard someone calling out from afar...

  It really is something! Upon hearing this voice, everyone couldn't help but secretly think to themselves that General Cold was about to become a god.

  As soon as the words fell, a flying spirit beast landed beside them, and Huo Qing jumped down from the flying spirit beast.

  "Wait for me, I'll go with you." The passionate breath was a bit short.

  "What are you following us for? We don't welcome you." The demon growled, while inwardly cursing Huo Qing, this person was really too annoying.

  "I'll also become a student of Feng Tian Academy later on, so I'll be walking with all of you guys!" Huo Qing said, ignoring Ye Chen's unfriendliness as he smiled lightly.

  "What?!" The demon got angry! Not calm anymore! How can this guy be so persistent?! He's really infuriating.

  "I've already decided to transfer to Feng Tian Academy to study, Elder Qiu, is that okay?" Huo Qing asked directly, ignoring someone's anger.

  "This...this, you should ask the principal, I'm just an elder, what I say doesn't count, and would Longsheng College agree?" Elder Qiu said under Night Chen's menacing gaze, somewhat cowardly. He was just an elder, why make things difficult for him?

  "Snow, you'll welcome me, won't you?" Huo Qing set his sights on Leng Ruo Xue, after all, he was transferring schools for her sake.

  "I won't." said coldly and lightly.

  "Why?" Huo Qing's emotions were somewhat disheveled, was he really that unpopular? Moreover, Ye Chen's smug expression also made him very uncomfortable.

  "You're too much trouble!" said Leng Ruoxue, gazing up at the sky.

  Another flying spirit beast descended...

  "Wait for me, Brother Qing!" Shui Ran Yan had just gotten off the Ling Beast when she directly stuck herself to Huo Qing's side.

  "What did you follow me for?" Huo Qing said somewhat displeasedly.

  "I..." Water fragrance looked at Huo Qing with a wronged expression, and tears welled up in her eyes.

  "Let's go!" Leng Ruoxue said to everyone, she really wasn't interested in this kind of play.

  Everyone quickly left the Moon Capital City.

  "Crown Prince, please return!" At the city gate, Leng Ruoxue spoke politely to Huangfu Jie, then released her arrow.

  "Hmm, I'll be back." Looking at the enormous flying spirit beast, Huangfu Jian suppressed his astonishment and said.

  Leng Ruo Xue saw that everyone had already sat on Yu's back, and then she also sat up. "Yu, let's go!"

  "Yes, master." The feather slowly rose into the air and brought with it a powerful gust of wind, disappearing into the sky.

  Huang Pu Lian stood foolishly outside the city gate for a while, until he couldn't see any shadow of spiritual beasts, then turned around and walked back.

  "The Crown Prince, where is the person from Feng Tian Academy?" Huo Qing blocked Huang Fu's way at the city gate and asked.

  "It's already gone."

  "How long have you been walking?"

  "Don't chase anymore, you can't catch up." Huangfu Jiang said kindly, but before he could finish his words, he saw Huo Qing had already released the spiritual beast and flown away.

  In the Imperial Study of the Southern Dynasty Palace.

  "Your Majesty, I just want to avenge Yu'er." Xu Guifei knelt in front of the emperor's desk, crying with tears streaming down her face, looking pitiful and heartbreaking.

  "I've told you before, this matter must be considered in the long term, have you forgotten?" Huang Fu said angrily.

  "But they are leaving today, and I'm in a hurry, so... please, Your Majesty, consider my daughter's sincere heart and don't bother me about it." Consort Xu begged, but in her heart, she scolded the emperor to death. Humph! He's really a useless man, not even daring to provoke Cold Snow, yet still considering this and that. The resentment in her heart!"

  "Do you still want to stop them from leaving? Do you want to offend both the Fengtian Academy and the Qishi Guild?" Huangfu Zhen roared, the Qishi Guild had already made arrangements with all the top forces, saying that Leng Ruo Xue was their honored guest.

  "I was wrong."

  "Bring someone in and confine Xu Guifei to Fengxiang Hall. Without my consent, no one is allowed to see her." Huangfu Zhen ordered the eunuch beside him.

  "Yes, Your Majesty."

  After the eunuch took Empress Xu away, the entire imperial study was left with only the Emperor.

  "Your Majesty, you can come out now."

  "Your Majesty, is this matter going to be left like this?" The empress asked puzzledly as she walked out of the secret chamber.

  "What else can be done? The Xu family's ambition is not small, and it's not the time to move her yet." Huang Fu Chen's face was full of helplessness.

  "Your Majesty, will Cold-as-Snow's side...?" Huangfu Shocked was somewhat worried.

  "It shouldn't be, I've already sent Lian'er over, hopefully she hasn't caused any big trouble yet." The empress was also worried.

  "Heh heh, Your Majesty, there won't be a big mess, that Cold-as-Snow girl absolutely won't suffer any losses. I'm just worried, will she think this is my idea?" Huangfu Zhen was somewhat uncertain, that girl was too cunning.

  "Your Majesty, I've said it before. Cold as Snow can only be friends with people who don't try to use her, because the Cold family doesn't like being taken advantage of. So if we want to cooperate with her, we need to show our sincerity." The Empress said firmly.

  "The Queen is right."

  "Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Empress, and His Highness the Crown Prince have returned to the palace." The eunuch reported at this time.

  Digression

  Thank you for the diamond sent by dear Liu Xichen.

  Thank you jenhui for the flowers.