(62) I Transmigrated!
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Likewise, Jin Clan and Hei Clan gifted Zi Clan another batch of treasure and spirit crystals. Jin Xuan Pei calmly watched his sister defeat every young masters on the training ground. His gaze was dazed and somewhat deep. How can he not ponder like this when he saw his sister speak with Zi Yingjun before? As far as he knows, Jin Xuan Meng hates Zi Yingjun the most. What could have turned them into acquaintances? Just as Jin Xuan Pei felt grim, a hand patted his shoulder. He turned to his side to see Shi Zhao with a solemn expression like him.
"Have you thought it through?" he asked. Shi Zhao had told Jin Xuan Pei how Jin Xuan Meng and Zi Yingjun interacted. It was not like how enemies or friends should. Something that is between, like merchants negotiating.
"Im not sure. She never lied to me before. Its impossible she and Zi Yingjun are in cahoots." Jin Xuan Pei is still reluctant. Shi Zhao gave him a look then sighed.
"That doesn't mean she'll never lie to you in her whole life. Cultivators lived longer than mortals. The path to immortality is treacherous and you know that. Your sister is not too innocent either." Shi Zhao pointed out. He recalled how calm Zi Yingjun and Jin Xuan Meng spoke to each other. It was like they knew themselves for a long time already. "Sir Pei, just for example that she and Zi Yingjun helped each other in the previous contest. You told me she hates Zi Yingjun but why will she help him? Aside from that, Miss Meng is a strong woman. The only way to make a person like her become submissive is by force. Something that is permanent."
"I don't know but she told me once that Zi Yingjun poisoned her and none of the doctors we hired can cure her. It cant be that..." Jin Xuan Pei came to a realization. His younger sister was blackmailed! Zi Yingjun must be holding the antidote that can stop the poison temporarily which caused Jin Xuan Meng to be submissive!
The two of them looked at each other and immediately knew they both have the same thoughts.
Jin Xuan Meng rushed at her older brother while holding a wooden stick she used for sparring. She noticed their atmosphere off and stopped in front of them. Jin Xuan Pei gave her a thorough look. Her brow raised at his serious face. Since when did her older brother become a p*****t?
"Dage, what's with your look?" she unhappily tapped the stick on her palm as if warming up to hit him. Jin Xuan Pei looked around and it was fortunate their place was secluded.
"You seem quite close with Zi Yingjun now." Jin Xuan Pei started. He quickly grabbed her collar and folded it to the side. The poison's red mark is still there.
"Dage! You- not in front of a stranger!" Jin Xuan Meng abashedly shoved his hand away and kept her collar neat again. She thought Shi Zhao must have affected her brother's brain.
"Meng'er, tell me honestly. Zi Yingjun has been controlling you by offering a temporary cure for the poison, right?" he solemnly asked. Jin Xuan Meng flinched but she shook her head.
"There is no cure. It was only a short term poison so that he can threaten me not to sneak in his room again..." Jin Xuan Meng told half a lie, half the truth. She covered her mouth even though the mask was blocking her face when she realized she spilled something she hadn't mentioned to Jin Xuan Pei.
"You sneaked into his room?" his voice turned even more grim than before.
"Kind off...?" she laughingly answered. Jin Xuan Meng gulped and went honest. "I entered his room so I can prove he killed Hei Xue but I found nothing and ended up being poisoned. I was in the wrong so I apologized to him during the competition. He accepted it and gave me the cure. After that, I just thought of letting the matter go and stay neutral."
Shi Zhao hesitantly whispered to Jin Xuan Pei. "Sir Pei, I heard from Miss Hei Si Yin and Miss Jin Lixing that they caught your sister being harassed by Zi Yingjun but Miss Meng refused to tell anything. Do you think she and-"
"Nonsense!" Jin Xuan Pei waved his hand. Shi Zhao sighed helplessly. "Meng'er, hear me. If I were to know you are more than an acquaintance or more than a friend with that demon spawn, I'll have you marry a young master!"
"Dage! What if they were to know I wasn't Jin Xuan Meng?" she furiously argued. What's wrong with him? He's too overprotective when it comes to Zi Yingjun and her! And like hell she'll be more than friends with that perverted psycho!
By Da Long Mountain, a phoenix suddenly crashed just few miles away from Zi Clan. Zi Yingjun's advance senses notified him quickly. He opened his eyes after a couple minutes of rest while his classmates trained. His eyes sharply looked outside the academy's gate. Suddenly, burning orange-red feathers descended the sky. They all looked up but a single touch caused them to writhe in pain. A burning feather settled next to Zi Yingjun. He glanced at it upon recalling an important situation.
From the forest, a dead burnt phoenix lied motionlessly while the surroundings burned. Few meters away from the deep pit, a young girl was lying there. Her doll face have ashes and her clothes were tattered. She sat up and looked around before rubbing her eyes.
"Where...where am I?" she got confused. The young girl stood up but her knees gave way. "Ow!"
She sprawled back on the ground when she noticed her hands were small. Like that of a child. Her pretty scarlet eyes rounded in surprise upon seeing the pearl bracelet with the engraved character of 'Hai'.
"Hai? Wait, Hai Ancestral Bracelet?!" the young girl was full of disbelief. She saw the burnt phoenix and a smile appeared on her face. "I transmigrated! Im a Hai Royal descendant in this book!"
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