I don't talk about love with my Martial Sister

Chapter 23

After leaving the Demon Lord's Hall, the two temporarily returned to Shang Can's residence.

Although it was said that they were going to pack up, Shang Can didn't have much to take with her, so after a quick tidy-up, she sat down again in the guest room.

"Though it's a bit late to bring this up now..."

There had been too many incidents yesterday for Shang Can to spare any time to think about this matter. Now that she finally had a moment, her expression turned serious: "I didn't have much choice in front of those cultivators. Ah, it's not that I don't want to cooperate with Yun Zhongjun—"

She was just about to find a plausible excuse when she noticed Yun Duan nodding in understanding, saying, "No need to elaborate. I know you wanted to replace me back then."

"...That's true, but it's not that simple."

Shang Can didn't expect Yun Duan to remember that detail. She forced a dry smile and tried to change the subject.

"I just think that since we're going to cooperate, we should at least exchange information we have about each other, right?"

"Okay," Yun Duan replied decisively, "Ask away, I'll tell you everything I know."

Shang Can felt relieved that it was finally her turn, and this time she wouldn't let herself falter by asking trivial questions like yesterday. She narrowed the focus of her questions to the attack on Tianwaitian, pondering: "First of all, when was the Dao Heart Lotus Seed discovered missing?"

"I wasn't present when it was discovered, but I heard it was shortly after we left." Yun Duan frowned slightly, her tone flat. "It was probably only when the surrounding crisis was resolved that everyone had the leisure to care about this matter."

Even though her tone didn't change, Shang Can sensed a hint of personal emotion in her words. Shang Can, however, seemed unconcerned and continued to ask, "On the day of the tournament, how did you get injured? Did you investigate it afterward?"

Her question implied certainty that Yun Duan had been injured by a cultivator on the arena, and Yun Duan showed no signs of surprise, shaking her head calmly.

"I didn't find out."

The brevity of her response made Shang Can sag her shoulders, yet she pressed on, "So, can we rule out the people who attacked you afterward?"

"Yes," Yun Duan affirmed confidently, casually adding, "Those people are inexperienced and have already been dealt with by their sect."

"Given their level of cultivation, they couldn't possibly be the ones who injured me that day."

After that, both fell into silence. Shang Can felt somewhat relieved to hear that the attackers had already been dealt with but soon became serious again. She hesitated for a long while but ultimately didn't voice the concern stuck in her throat.

The person who injured Yun Duan not only had to possess significant power but, most importantly, had to know Yun Duan's secret about her physique.

Shang Can absolutely did not believe that Yun Duan's injury was merely an accident.

That person had to know that Yun Duan's injury would attract monsters and did not want them to open the spiritual power barrier, which is why they chose to act at that moment, using the monsters and cultivators to block the two of them—

But now, there was no one who fit that description.

As Chu Ming had said before, the secret of Yun Duan's flawless celestial body was highly confidential. Originally, apart from Shang Can, only their master, Wangyue, and the elders above the Qingyu Peak knew about it, and none of those people had come to Tianwaitian at that time.