What did he say?
The musical score has already been modified?
When?
How did I not notice?
Is that even possible?
In such a short time?
Does he really think he's Lord Chixiao now?
No, even Lord Chixiao wouldn't have such ability, would he?
Su Hua didn't believe it. She felt that if she believed it, she'd be a complete fool.
Just as she was about to pick up the Little Blue Flower Language musical score from the table, a shout suddenly rang out.
"Wait!"
In the blink of an eye, a figure flashed forward, pressing the score onto the table with lightning speed. Everyone focused their gaze and saw it was none other than Huode.
Su Hua asked with immense confusion, "Master Huode, you... what do you mean?"
Not only Su Hua, but even Gu Qingfeng opened his eyes, picked up the Taixu Cup, took a sip, and said, "Huode, what kind of mischief are you up to now?"
Huode grinned, neither responding to Su Hua nor Gu Qingfeng. Instead, he looked at the people in the Spirit Seclusion Garden and said, "Everyone, you've seen enough of the show. Shouldn't you leave now?"
"Huode! How dare you play tricks at a time like this!"
"Gu Qingfeng's true face is about to be exposed, Huode. With death at your doorstep, are you afraid?"
"Are you afraid of losing face? Don't want us to see?"
"Why should we leave?"
Chang Tianrui, Bai Hanfei, and others gathered around.
Huode smiled. "For no particular reason, except that this is Yunxia Sect. You all came uninvited. Shouldn't you leave?"
"What if we don't leave?"
"Exactly! We came for Immortal Su Hua. What business is it of yours?"
Chang Tianrui and the others were certain that Gu Qingfeng and Huode were up to something. They were all waiting and looking forward to Immortal Su Hua teaching Gu Qingfeng a lesson. Now, at this critical juncture, why would they leave?
"Immortal Su Hua, don't you think it would be better for them to leave?"
Although Su Hua didn't understand why, she still nodded and said to the crowd, "Thank you all for your affection for me. However, this is, after all, Yunxia Sect. We came uninvited, which is already impolite. Everyone, please leave for now."
Since the Immortal had spoken, even if these people were unwilling in their hearts, they had no choice but to leave. The crowd dispersed one after another, leaving only Xu Jintong, Chang Tianrui, and a few others unmoved.
"Young Master Xu, Young Master Chang, Young Master Bai, please return."
Xu Jintong, Chang Tianrui, and the others exchanged glances and said, "Immortal, this Gu Qingfeng has been so disrespectful to you. Why bother considering his face?"
In their minds, the reason Huode pressed down on the Little Blue Flower Language score was surely because he knew the deception was about to be exposed. He was afraid of losing face in front of so many people and being unable to hold his head up in the future, hence he was asking everyone to leave.
Not only did they think so, but Su Hua also believed the same. Although she was furious now and very much wanted to teach this rude fellow a lesson, she thought it best to show mercy where possible and leave him some dignity. She smiled and said, "Everyone, please return. Five days from now, I will be lecturing on the Dao at the Taixuan Platform. You are all welcome to attend then."
Since Su Hua insisted, Xu Jintong, Chang Tianrui, and the others could not press further. After all, they wanted to appear magnanimous in front of their goddess.
"Heh, very well. For the Immortal's sake, we'll let him off for today."
Soon, Xu Jintong and the others also left one after another. Only Ouyang Ye, Ouyang Feiyue, Su Hua, Qian Shan, along with Little Jin'er and Master Wenzhu remained. Huode looked at Master Wenzhu, and Little Jin'er immediately pleaded, "Grandpa Huode, please don't chase us away, okay..." Huode had little resistance to a girl like Little Jin'er. With the little girl's plea, he agreed. With a wave of his hand, he formed spirit seals and reactivated Yunxia Sect's protective grand formation. Once activated, Yunxia Sect was completely sealed off. Not only could people outside not see or enter, but even divine sense could not penetrate.
"Grandpa Huode, the deception is exposed, and you're afraid of losing face too! If you knew this would happen, why did you go along with Gu Qingfeng's boasting in the first place!"
Clearly, Ouyang Ye also believed that Huode drove everyone away because he was afraid Gu Qingfeng would lose face. Seeing that Gu Qingfeng was still reclining on his chair, looking almost asleep, made Ouyang Ye's anger flare up. She walked over and kicked the chair, shouting, "Hey, you surnamed Gu! The deception is already exposed, and you're still putting on an act here!"
Gu Qingfeng glanced at Ouyang Ye but paid her no mind. He just looked at Huode and said, "Huode, you old rascal, you're really good at thinking of others, aren't you?"
Gu Qingfeng understood Huode, just as Huode understood him. When Huode raised his rear, Gu Qingfeng knew what he was about to do. The moment Huode snatched the Little Blue Flower Language score and drove everyone away, Gu Qingfeng immediately realized that Huode was considering Su Hua's dignity.
"Miss Su is, after all, an Immortal renowned throughout the world. In a few days, she still needs to lecture on the Dao. If people saw her serving as your maid, rubbing your shoulders and massaging your legs, how could she continue her lectures in the future? I'm thinking for everyone's sake."
Gu Qingfeng, holding his little cup of wine, teased, "She's a good-looking woman and saved your life once, so you're considering her dignity. That's all there is to it. Why bring up lecturing on the Dao? Stop talking nonsense."
"You brat!"
Huode's old face flushed red from Gu Qingfeng's words, and he quickly apologized to Su Hua.
As for Su Hua.
She looked at Gu Qingfeng, then at Huode, her thoughts in disarray.
When Huode snatched the Little Blue Flower Language score earlier, she truly thought Huode knew the deception was exposed and drove those people away to preserve Gu Qingfeng's dignity. But listening to the conversation between the two of them, it seemed that wasn't the case at all.
As if realizing something, she asked in a tone of disbelief, "Master Huode, you didn't drive those people away just now to preserve his dignity, but to preserve mine?"
"This... Immortal, didn't I just say? You still need to lecture on the Dao in the future. If people saw you rubbing Gu kid's shoulders and massaging his legs, it wouldn't look good."
"Heh..." Perhaps this outcome was too unexpected for Su Hua. She couldn't help but let out a disbelieving laugh. "I find it strange. How can you be so certain that my Little Blue Flower Language is riddled with flaws?"
"Immortal, you'd better take a careful look for yourself."
Huode handed over the snatched Little Blue Flower Language score, then squatted to the side, burying his head in smoking his large tobacco pipe. He truly couldn't bear to witness what was about to happen, nor did he want to watch helplessly as Immortal Su Hua suffered a severe blow and then, crestfallen, go to give Gu kid a massage...
He was old. He really couldn't handle such a huge shock.
Su Hua, with a mix of strong doubt, suspicion, defiance, displeasure, curiosity, anger, and a series of other complex emotions, took the Little Blue Flower Language score and began to examine it carefully.
The Little Blue Flower Language score had been modified beyond recognition. The melody was still the original melody, but every note, the required technique, spirit, spirit seals, string positions, and so on were all completely different from before.