Refining the Mountains and Rivers

The more he looked, the more pleased he was. The more pleased he was, the more vexed he was, and the more vexed he was, the more intense his thought became.

How could such a talented boy be so shamelessly taken away by that peach seller? Why was such a talented person not on his side? As the East Sea Dragon Saint, I am dissatisfied with that!

But a thought was just a thought. He couldn't be so direct and crude. Moreover, Peachy was here, so he didn't have enough reason.

However, that didn't matter. Qin Yu was in the East Sea right now, so there was a lot of room for manipulation and operation…the Dragon Saint glanced at his daughter and suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

What was in his heart and what he displayed were two completely different emotions. It was too easy for the Dragon Saint to do this.

From within the crystal wall, there was a deep exhale. Then came a low and majestic voice that echoed in Qin Yu's ears, "I don't care what you did, but my daughter was wronged. This is an irrefutable fact! But today, because of the Spring Master, I won't investigate this further. But remember this Qin Yu. If such a thing happens again, I will never give up. Do you understand me?"

Peachy frowned, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes. The Dragon Saint of today was different from what she remembered. She kept thinking that things weren't as simple as they seemed.

Was there something else going on?

Dragini had an unwilling expression, but even a favored daughter couldn't question a decision of the Dragon Saint.

Dragini glanced at Qin Yu and sneered inwardly. She thought that she would give him a painful lesson this time, and next time she would force him to leave the stage!

Give up?

It was impossible for her to give up. Not to mention anything else, anyone who dared to have thoughts about Peachy, even just the tiniest thought, absolutely could not be forgiven!

Qin Yu's complexion paled…he really was pale. Just the collision of aura from being warned by a True Saint in person was enough to cause the average person to vomit blood.

Qin Yu only turning pale was already very fierce. Even though he felt annoyed, he still relaxed. He cupped his hands together and bowed, "I thank the Dragon Saint for showing mercy!"

Leaving the Dragon Saint's sea trench and arriving at their temporary residence at the Dragon Palace, Dragini gave Qin Yu a cold sneer and swaggered away.

Qin Yu was silent for a long time. He wryly smiled and said, "Senior-apprentice sister, should I leave first?"

Peachy's back faced him. She furrowed her eyebrows and said, "I will remind Dragini to not make things difficult for you anymore."

This was acknowledgement.

Qin Yu wanted to speak more, but Peachy didn't give him a chance. She pushed open the doors and walked in.

She returned to her room and closed the door.

The movement was simple and complete.

Standing outside the courtyard, Qin Yu bitterly smiled. As he thought about Dragini secretly eyeing him from the shadows, he hurried away from the courtyard.

If he followed beside Peachy, he could make her feel a bit of fear. Otherwise, who knew what that lunatic woman Dragini would do?

Just think about it. In order to frame Qin Yu, she didn't even care about her reputation and fabricated an incident of being peeped at while she was bathing! She was simply mad!

Qin Yu had already decided that until he left the East Sea, he had to follow close to Peachy and not take a single step away…after all, with what the Dragon Saint said before, if Dragini managed to successfully plot against him one more time, he really would be in trouble!

But Qin Yu didn't know that the truth was that it wasn't just Dragini who was plotting against him.

It was said that spears in the light were easy to dodge, but daggers in the dark couldn't be avoided. If he wasn't expecting it, there was just no place to hide!

…

After staying in seclusion for three days and seeing that the longevity feast was about to start, Qin Yu still couldn't think of a way to ensure he remained safe.

The main problem was that the East Sea Dragon Saint was too muddle-headed, so muddled that Qin Yu had no idea how he managed to believe Dragini's horrific acting.

In the end, he could only blame it on a father's unrestrained doting on a daughter. That's how hard this was to deal with. It was likely that the Dragon Saint wasn't muddle-headed, but even if he knew there was a problem he still chose to run with it. What was Qin Yu supposed to do about that?

But in fact, when people lived in the world, no matter who they were and what background they had, there would almost always be moments when they were left helpless.

As Qin Yu bitterly smiled and was left annoyed waiting for Dragini's second move, he had to deal with a problem ushered in by Peachy.

When there was a knock on his door, Qin Yu was worried this was a trap aimed at him. But he soon determined that it was completely unrelated to him.

They were Peachy's suitors!

The reason he used 'they' to describe them was because in a short two or three days, he had braced himself and received at least ten cultivators.

Their common feature was that they were all incomparably handsome and dashing. They all had extraordinary appearances, noble backgrounds, and their cultivations were tyrannical. Not just that, they even had polite manners.

Although they had never seen Peachy's face before, they were still polite to Qin Yu. In particular, after learning he was the new Ninth Mister who recently entered the peach garden, their attitudes became warm and friendly.

"Ninth Mister, please wait! Miss Peachy is in seclusion and it is my deepest regret that I cannot see her today. This gift is a small expression of my regard, so I ask Ninth Mister to please accept it…you have to accept it. Please consider this a minor compensation for me disturbing your cultivation today."

"Seeing Ninth Mister today, I feel like we are old friends. We must have some deep shared origin together. In the future, mister can come to Clearsky Paradise for a visit, and you will receive the best treatment as a guest. These tea leaves aren't anything precious, so let me leave them to you as a gift to a friend."

"There's no need to see me away, no need at all! When Miss Peachy leaves seclusion, please inform me…eh? What is this? I haven't lost anything at all. This must be Ninth Mister's. You must have forgotten about this, so please take it. Then, goodbye."

They said these were small gifts and had completely unconcerned expressions. But if someone dared to come here today and pay a visit to try and please Peachy, how could they be ordinary?

The things they sent definitely weren't bad. And with their statuses, if they sent something bad, they would just be losing face. But with Qin Yu's status as the Ninth Mister…it wasn't like he hadn't seen anything good before.

Like this, they still wanted Qin Yu to say a few words of kindness for them? That was just wishful thinking. Not smearing their names was already an act of mercy!

So during these two days, Qin Yu had really received so many gifts that his arms felt weary. At the start he flatly refused, but Peachy didn't say anything at all. And these people were forceful. They had a completely brazen manner, indicating that if they didn't accept their gifts, it would be like despising them, and despising them was the same as despising their families!

In brief, because he didn't want to cause trouble for the peach garden and provoke more troubles, he had no choice but to 'helplessly' accept them all.

As the endless stream of visitors continued coming to visit, Peachy stayed behind closed doors and Qin Yu busily received gifts. Dragini stayed in her palace, her lungs almost exploding with rage.

These bastards! These smelly scumbags! They really had guts! To dare to pursue Peachy right in front of her, even giving her gifts? Did they think she was made of mud or something?

And there was that deadbeat Qin Yu. Not only did he not help fend these people off for Peachy, he was even being close with them, calling them good brothers as if they had been friends for a long time.

Bah!

A little gift was enough to buy him; he was just useless. For him to be Peach Blossom Spring's Ninth Mister was a shame to the entire peach garden!

After all, anyone who was qualified to come into contact with the circle of Saints would know that the Spring Master was the cream of the crop when it came to top value amongst the Saints!

If she had a chance, she had to find the Spring Master and lodge a complaint. She had to beat this Qin Yu up and drive him out of the sect!

But now, her most important problem was preventing these people from running about. Although Peachy had never shown any signs of favoring someone throughout the years, this meant even more so that she couldn't lower her guard.

Those that had the courage to come to her door and show their affection weren't ordinary characters. What if one of them managed to catch Peachy's attention? Qin Yu might be able to mindlessly accept gifts, but Dragini couldn't endure it!

Peachy was the person she chose. And it was decided long ago that no one could approach her; anyone who tried had to die…ah, this was a bit of a brag. This was the East Sea and her father was the East Sea Dragon Saint and was fond of her. But if those scoundrels were really killed, she would have to follow them into the grave.

She couldn't kill them, but she could make them suffer to the point where they didn't have the energy to run around and cause problems.