Chapter 44: The Luo Sisters

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: The Luo Sisters

"Wait a moment, fellow cultivators. This one still has something to say," she called out.

Sui Sui and Yizhou stopped and turned around.

Sui Sui looked at the woman again, only then realizing that they had been talking for quite a while without even knowing her name.

"uhmm...Is there something you need from us, young miss?"

The woman seemed to realize the same thing. She smiled lightly before stepping forward and cupping her hands in a proper introductory salute.

"This one’s name is Luo Qingya. I am the chief disciple of the Vermillion Moon Palace. It is a pleasure to meet you, fellow cultivators."

The moment Sui Sui heard the name, his eyes widened slightly.

Luo Qingya.

He knew this name.

In The Path of the Heavenly Tyrant, Luo Qingya was one of the women who would eventually become involved with the protagonist, becoming part of the unofficial harem.

In the original plot, Yizhou would not meet her until several years later, when he traveled to the Western Region of the Human Realm, where the Vermillion Moon Palace was located.

At that time, Luo Qingya would be caught in a difficult situation, and Yizhou would happen to intervene. That encounter would become the beginning of their acquaintanceship

But Sui Sui remembered that Luo Qingya’s troubles did not end there.

Several years later, something would happen within the Vermillion Moon Palace. The novel had never gone into much detail about what exactly happened, but Sui Sui remembered that someone within the sect had colluded with the demons.

The matter eventually developed into a serious internal conflict, dragging Luo Qingya and those close to her into the chaos.

Her master would die during the conflict, while even her younger sister would become a target and eventually be poisoned.

At the time, Luo Qingya would desperately search for a particular herb to save her sister.

And by coincidence, Yizhou would possess that very herb.

Because of this, Luo Qingya would owe him a great favor. From there, the two would gradually become connected, and Luo Qingya would eventually become one of Yizhou’s most loyal allies.

She would willingly help him take revenge against those who had betrayed him while also deal with the people who had wronged her and her sister, becoming a pawn in his hands without hesitation.

The irony was that Luo Qingya did not know Yizhou’s true identity.

She had been betrayed by people who colluded with the demons, yet the person she eventually placed her trust in was also a demon.

When this issue came to light, her relationship with Yizhou in the novel had become rather complicated, the both of them would be caught somewhere between hatred, trust, and affection.

Yet despite everything, Luo Qingya had never betrayed him, although she had hatreds against the demons, she could not deny the fact that Yizhou did indeed help her.

Sui Sui stared at the woman in front of him for a moment.

He had not expected to meet her here.

According to the original story, the protagonist and Luo Qingya’s first meeting should have happened in the Western Region a year from now. Yet here she was, standing in front of him in the Northern Region, a year ahead of schedule.

Sui Sui’s thoughts immediately became complicated.

Was this another change caused by me?

Ever since he had arrived in this world, more and more events had begun deviating from the plot he remembered. Although his goal was indeed to change the original ending of the novel, he still did not know if the changes he did would have a big impact on the overall ending.

"I want to express my gratitude to this young sir," Luo Qingya said, her gaze turning toward Yizhou as she gave a grateful smile. "If it weren’t for you, my sister would have been injured."

As soon as Luo Qingya finished speaking, a young girl slowly stepped out from behind her.

She looked somewhat similar to Luo Qingya, though she was clearly a few years younger. Unlike her elder sister’s sharp and valiant appearance, the girl’s features were much softer. She had a pair of peach-blossom eyes that gave her an especially gentle appearance, and there was a faint blush on her cheeks as she quietly looked at Sui Sui and Yizhou from behind her sister.

Sui Sui’s gaze paused on her, The moment he saw her face, another name surfaced in his memory.

Luo Qingxue.

If his memory was correct, then this girl should be Luo Qingya’s younger sister—and another one of the female leads who would eventually become involved with the protagonist.

Luo Qingxue’s personality was completely different from her elder sister’s. In the original novel, she was described as a gentle and shy girl, the typical white-lily type who would become particularly flustered whenever she was around the protagonist.

And just like her sister, her connection with Yizhou would begin because of that incident several years later.

When Luo Qingxue was poisoned, Luo Qingya would desperately search for a rare herb to save her. Yizhou happened to possess that herb, and after he gave it to them, Luo Qingxue would become really grateful to him and gradually develop feelings for him.

Unlike most disciples of the Vermillion Moon Palace, who specialized in swordsmanship, Luo Qingxue would eventually take a completely different path. She would become exceptionally skilled with the bow, possessing an accuracy that was completely at odds with her delicate appearance.

No one would expect someone who looked so gentle and harmless to be capable of drawing a bow and striking her target with such frightening precision.

In the future, the two sisters would both become well-known figures in the Human Realm, eventually known as the Twin Battle Maidens of Yizhou’s own faction

Sui Sui silently stared at the two sisters.

First Luo Qingya, and now Luo Qingxue.

He had originally thought meeting one of the protagonist’s future harem members ahead of schedule was already strange enough.

Now, both sisters were standing right in front of him.

What kind of coincidence is this?

"No need to thank me. I wasn’t intending to save your sister anyway. It just happened to be on the way." Yizhou’s tone stayed flat and unbothered, as if dealing with the rampaging spirit beast had been no more than a brief detour on his way.

The two sisters were both caught off guard.

Luo Qingya’s smile froze for a brief moment, while Luo Qingxue, who had been standing half-hidden behind her sister, blinked several times. Neither of them had apparently expected such a blunt response after they had gone out of their way to express their gratitude.

Seeing the awkward silence settle between them, Sui Sui quickly stepped in.

"Don’t mind my senior brother. He’s just like this."

He gave the two sisters an apologetic smile before continuing the conversation himself.

After all, these were the future harem members of the protagonist!

How could Yizhou treat them like this? Do you want to be a lonely man in the future? With this type of attitude it would be hard to find a wife

As expected of the protagonist, he really did treat everyone equally. Whether they were old men, young men, or even future harem members, there was apparently no difference in his attitude.

He was a jerk, through and through.

Once Sui Sui started talking, the awkward atmosphere gradually disappeared. He became much more enthusiastic than before, asking about the Vermillion Moon Palace and chatting with the two sisters as though they had known each other for a long time.

Luo Qingya also relaxed considerably, occasionally answering his questions with a smile, while Luo Qingxue slowly came out from behind her sister. Although she was still somewhat shy, she no longer looked as nervous as before because of Sui Sui’s enthusiasm.

The conversation quickly became lively.

Sui Sui, completely absorbed in the novelty of meeting characters he had only ever known from the novel, failed to notice the change in the atmosphere beside him.

Yizhou stood quietly at his side.

His posture remained straight, and his expression was still as calm and indifferent as ever. Only his gaze had changed.

His eyes slowly settled on the back of Sui Sui’s head.

He watched as his usually rather quiet junior brother suddenly became a chatterbox, happily talking to the two women and even unconsciously moving a little closer to them as the conversation continued.

For some reason, the sight made Yizhou feel strangely irritated.

The tip of his tongue pressed lightly against his teeth, as though an inexplicable itch had appeared there.

He frowned slightly.

He had never realized that this junior brother of his could be this talkative.

More importantly...

Why had he never been this talkative when speaking to him?

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Unbeknownst to the four of them, someone else had been watching the entire exchange from a distance.

Lin Fan’s expression was unusually ugly, his gaze fixed on the strangers who had just stolen what should have been his moment.

Damn it!

He was supposed to be the one who saved the two sisters.