Chapter 10: What is the Mysterious Sect?

Fei'er was filled with grievances.

"If you're going to cry, wait until I leave. Cover yourself with the quilt; no one will hear you, and you can cry your heart out all at once!" the woman said with a cold laugh.

"What are you saying? Who's crying! It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up here? That was my birthday!" Fei'er was so aggrieved she was on the verge of tears.

The woman's beautiful face was written with bewilderment and helplessness; clearly, she was quite incapable of handling Fei'er's current behavior.

"I..." the woman stammered.

She broke into a cold sweat in her heart; she was someone who could most stand not seeing people cry.

"What 'I'? You're the one who harmed me!" Borrowing a bit of courage from the heavens, Fei'er spoke to her in anger.

The current Li Fei'er didn't care whether she would get angry or not. She only wanted to vent the unhappiness in her heart.

The woman froze, but in her mind, she was saying: *This damn girl, her temper changes so fast!*

The more Fei'er cried, the more spirited she became!

"You caused me to be separated from my flesh and blood, divided between the living and the dead. And then you came running to cause me trouble for no reason!" Fei'er said, her face a mess of snot and tears.

"Alright, stop crying!" She was actually getting angry.

She had originally thought this little girl, Li Fei'er, would behave obediently, but who would have thought? If she hadn't gotten angry, it would have been fine, but once she did, it only made the girl cry even harder.

"You damn girl, shut up, stop crying right now!...If you keep crying, I'll throw you into the latrine!" As soon as these words were uttered, Fei'er's crying stopped.

"Fine, you're ruthless. I, Li Fei'er, will endure it!" Fei'er muttered to herself.

"Alright, fine, I'll admit I've wronged you. Didn't you have many questions? I'll give you this chance. I will certainly tell you everything I know, without holding anything back!" she said helplessly.

Fei'er was overjoyed. Had she known she would compromise so easily, she wouldn't have wasted so much brainpower; she should have just used crying from the very beginning!

"You said it! No lying allowed!" Fei'er pouted childishly.

"Mhm, I never lie. Ask away!"

"Why did you go to the research institute to steal the pearl? And also, how did you recognize me?"

A mysterious smile appeared on the woman's face.

"As for why I went to the research institute to steal... take! Take the pearl, that's because... ah! It's a long story!" The woman looked troubled.

Fei'er was not the type of person to stop asking until she got to the bottom of things.

"Then make it short," Fei'er said with a serious expression.

"This... this..." Her expression told Fei'er that she was unwilling to say, and very unwilling at that.

This only served to attract Fei'er's attention further.

"Who said that? You said you would certainly tell me everything you know, without holding anything back!" Fei'er wickedly repeated her words from just now. She was invisibly reminding her: *I heard you loud and clear, Li Fei'er, so don't even think about reneging!*

The woman looked troubled; clearly, she was unwilling to speak. This attracted Fei'er even more, for Fei'er was exactly the type of person who would press until the very end.

Finally, after a period of deliberation and hesitation, the woman spoke: "Fine! I'll tell you!" She paused, regaining her signature cold expression.

"As for why I went to the research institute to steal... no, to snatch! To snatch that pearl, it was... ah, it's a long story!" She furrowed her beautiful brows.

"Then make it short!" Fei'er said playfully, pouting her small mouth.

The woman shook her head helplessly. After a moment of thought, her gaze momentarily became somewhat dreamy.

"My name is Wenren Xianjing. I am a practitioner of the Xuan Gate, in..."

"Xuan Gate? What is the Xuan Gate?" Fei'er looked at Wenren Xianjing in confusion.

"You've just arrived, so you might not know. It's a sect within the martial arts world. However, this has nothing to do with you, so there's no need for you to know."