Supreme Magical Concubine Is Wickedly Strong - Chapter 31
Chapter 31: Withered Flame Tree (4)
But to Liu Shiqi’s disappointment, Mo Ziyan did not coax her patiently as he usually did. Instead, he looked in another direction anxiously.
Liu Shiqi had a sense of foreboding.
Looking in the direction of Mo Ziyan’s gaze, she indeed saw a familiar figure.
“It’s that woman again!” Liu Shiqi bit down on her lip.
She didn’t understand why this woman caught Mo Ziyan’s gaze again and again.
In the past, she had been the only one in Mo Ziyan’s world!
Qiu Nuo had no idea that she had evoked hatred in Liu Shiqi. After circling the Flame Tree several times, the little Red Lotus Pig finally crawled out of the hole in the tree and spat out a piece of glowing red stone in front of her. It looked at Qiu Nuo wide-eyed, as though saying, “Take it, my respected master!”
With that, it strutted with its head held high back into the Ring of Contract.
“This little fellow.”
Qiu Nuo bit on her lip and quickly picked up the Red Lotus Fire Spirit from the ground, keeping it in Xue Ling’s storage space.
Many others had witnessed this scene.
“This woman is quite lucky. I can’t believe that she actually got a Red Lotus Fire Stone. But why did I see that Red Lotus Fire Stone dropping out from a ball of fire just now?” Yin Feng muttered in confusion.
The Red Lotus Pig had a ring of fire around it, and, from a distance, it looked like a ball of fire was running around.
“Humph! It’s just a Red Lotus Fire Stone. That woman treats something that we don’t care for like a treasure.” Yin Yun’s gaze was disdainful as he said coldly.
“That’s right!” Yin Feng’s expression revealed his confusion. “Do you mean that Master has fallen for a woman like that?”
“That’s impossible!” Yin Yun denied straightaway. “Only someone like Miss Shiqi is worthy of our master.”
“I don’t agree.” Yin Feng pursed his lips. “Miss Shiqi is indeed perfect. She’s talented and pretty. But Master doesn’t seem to like her very much. Do you remember how Master rejected the Emperor right away when he had wanted to arrange a marriage for him? At that time, he said that he had no plans for marriage. If Master really likes Miss Shiqi, why didn’t he just ask for her hand in marriage?”
As he heard that, Yin Yun frowned too.
“But apart from MIss Liu Shiqi, who else would be worthy of our master? Her?”
Yin Yun gestured toward Qiu Nuo disdainfully.
Compared to Miss Shiqi, this woman was just mud on the ground. He couldn’t even be bothered to spare a glance at her.
“I think she’s not bad.” Yin Feng smiled foolishly as he looked at Qiu Nuo. “At the very least, she’s genuine.”
“I think that you may have fallen for her, but Master wouldn’t.” Yin Yun wrapped his arms around his body, insisting on his stance.
But Yin Feng was furious upon hearing that. “Don’t spout nonsense! I just admire her! Do you understand? Besides, if Master doesn’t have any feelings for her, why would he send both of us to protect her? Have you forgotten who Master was so worried about for the past few days that he lost so much weight from not eating or drinking? She’s the first person apart from Miss Shiqi that the master cares so much about!”
Yin Yun frowned. Although he didn’t really agree, he couldn’t find the right words to rebuke him.
“Forget it. I can’t be bothered with you.”
He had finally won against Yin Yun in an argument and as such, Yin Feng’s expression was smug. “Look! This woman isn’t that simple!”
At that very moment, there was a sudden change in the weather, and the humongous Flame Tree turned into a vortex, absorbing all the heat from its surroundings.
The temperature suddenly dropped, but the temperature surrounding the Flame Tree itself was insanely high.
All those fighting over the Red Lotus Fire Stones involuntarily retreated. Even Qiu Nuo retreated with them.
“What shall we do? We didn’t manage to get even one Red Lotus Fire Stone.” Qiu Sinan gazed at the Flame Tree in disappointment.
What was wrong with this tree? They had almost gotten a Red Lotus Fire Stone out when this had happened all of a sudden.
They would definitely be reprimanded once they returned this time.
“Brother Sinan, why were you so slow just now? If you had been a little faster, we would have gotten the Red Lotus Fire Stone.” Qiu Yue was fuming, and her tone was rough and irritable.
Qiu Sinan was momentarily stunned.
How could the gentle and kind Qiu Yue say such a thing?
Earlier on, they had only stopped to take a rest because she had complained of being exhausted. That was why they had slowed down. Why had it suddenly become his fault?
At that moment, Qiu Yue realized her gaffe and continued in a gentle voice, “Brother Sinan, don’t get angry. I was just too anxious. I…” With that, Qiu Yue’s tears started falling freely.
This was a move she never got tired of using.
As expected, the moment Qiu Sinan saw that all of his earlier dissatisfaction went out of the window.
“Sister Qiu Yue, I wasn’t blaming you. Don’t cry. I’ll feel bad if you do.”
“Really?”
Qiu Yue blinked at him with watery eyes. “I knew that Brother Sinan loves me the most!”
“Actually, there might still be a way…” One of the Qiu family’s disciples suddenly spoke up.
“Explain yourself.” Qiu Sinan frowned at that disciple.
“I think I saw that piece of trash, Qiu Nuo, digging out a piece of Red Lotus Fire Stone from the Flame Tree just now.” The disciple explained as he shrunk his neck.
At that moment, the Flame Tree looked like a fiery planet. It was so hot that it forced people to back away.
But just as the temperatures got unbearable, the flame was suddenly extinguished, leaving behind only a withered Flame Tree in its place.
Then, as a gentle breeze blew, the withered Flame Tree suddenly turned into ash and flew away in the wind.
“The Flame Tree… is gone?” Everyone looked on in disbelief.
The Flame Tree had existed for more than a decade and brought a substantial amount of wealth to people every year.
But it was suddenly gone. This was a little hard to accept.
“Look, the Red Lotus Fire Stone is gone too!”
Seeing that the fiery hot temperatures were gone, some people wanted to dig up the remaining Red Lotus Fire Stones.
Only to find that all of the Red Lotus Fire Stones had disappeared along with the tree. Only those that had already been dug up were left.
This was a double blow for Qiu Yue.
Her gaze landed on Qiu Nuo, and she hurried over.
“Sister, don’t you think you should hand over your Red Lotus Fire Stone for the sake of our family clan?”
Qiu Yue didn’t beat around the bush and immediately brought the family clan into the picture.
She believed that Qiu Nuo would definitely hand the Red Lotus Fire Stone over as long as she wanted to remain in the Qiu family.
But she would definitely take the credit.
As for Qiu Nuo.
A trace of mockery flashed past Qiu Yue’s eyes.
She would let Qiu Nuo remain on Ziying Mountain for the rest of her life! She would never return to the Qiu family!
