Legend Management Bureau Chapter 238

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“Du Yu, are you really sure the Western Queen Mother isn’t in her bedroom right now?” Xie Yujiao asked.

“How should I know if she’s there or not?” Du Yu replied absentmindedly.

“You…” Xie Yujiao’s face contorted with difficulty as she spoke. “How can we do this, then? What if she sees us?”

“It doesn’t really matter if she sees us or not,” Du Yu said after a moment of thought. “This is mainly something for the two of us to do. It’s not important whether the Western Queen Mother is around.”

“I… I know this is between the two of us… but we are in the Western Queen Mother’s bedroom, after all… I…” A deep blush spread across Xie Yujiao’s cheeks, and her heart pounded wildly in her chest. She simply couldn’t bring herself to say the wild, scandalous things Du Yu spouted, the words catching in her throat.

Du Yu gave her a bewildered look, completely clueless as to what she was agonizing over.

As they spoke, the two of them stepped into the bedroom. It looked exactly the same as the last time Du Yu had seen it—shrouded in thick mist, leaving visibility incredibly low.

Du Yu strolled a lap around the room, muttering to himself, “Strange, is Big Cat not here?”

“Big Cat… who is that?” Xie Yujiao asked.

“You… you invited a friend to join us?!” Xie Yujiao’s eyes widened in sheer panic. This kind of thing was just too unbelievable!

“Well, we made plans, but not necessarily for today… Anyway, let’s get started.” Saying that, Du Yu began pulling Xie Yujiao deeper into the room.

Xie Yujiao’s body began to tremble slightly.

“Hm?” Sensing her unusual reaction, Du Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Are you cold?”

“I… y-yes, a little…”

Du Yu curled his lip, then promptly began taking off his jacket.

Xie Yujiao gritted her teeth and slowly took a step back. After agonizing over it for what felt like ages, she let out a slow sigh and reached up to unbutton her own clothes.

After shrugging off his jacket, Du Yu looked up, only to see that Xie Yujiao had unbuttoned her clothes as well. He stared at her in sheer confusion.

“Are you… cold or hot?” Du Yu asked, his expression baffled.

“I…” Xie Yujiao stammered, entirely unable to form a coherent sentence. She felt incredibly ashamed.

“Forget it, don’t be nervous. The Western Queen Mother isn’t as terrifying as you imagine.” Assuming Xie Yujiao was just intimidated by the Western Queen Mother’s reputation and feeling a bit timid, Du Yu gently draped his jacket over her shoulders.

“Eh?” Xie Yujiao jumped slightly, startled by his action.

“Is that better?” Du Yu asked.

Xie Yujiao’s expression shifted uncertainly, yet she remained silent. Du Yu figured he somewhat understood this strange girl by now—she seemed exceptionally reserved, and most of the questions he asked her went unanswered.

Reaching the deepest part of the bedroom where the mist was exceptionally thick, Du Yu began scouting for a suitable spot.

He had seen the teleportation array once before. Even though it didn’t take up much space, he still needed to consider practicality. It shouldn’t block the walking path, nor should it be hidden behind furniture.

After pondering for a bit, the area right beside the Western Queen Mother’s bed seemed the most appropriate.

“Let’s do it here…” Du Yu pointed at the bed. “She rarely uses this bed anyway. It’s probably just a decoration, and barely any Immortal Beings ever come in here. This is the perfect spot.”

With that, Du Yu began clearing away the clutter scattered around the bedside.

“It seems that even though Big Cat holds the exalted status of a Heavenly Venerable, she’s still a single woman living alone, tossing her things wherever she pleases…” Du Yu neatly arranged the various clothes and pieces of jewelry the Western Queen Mother had left strewn by the bed. It took quite a bit of effort. Once he finished, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now, they finally had a clear space to set up the array.

He turned around, about to say something, but suddenly his eyes bulged wide.

Standing behind him, Xie Yujiao’s face was flushed beet-red, and she had stripped down to nothing but a small, pink silk undergarment.

This was the second time Du Yu’s brain had completely blue-screened since meeting Xie Yujiao.

“????”

Du Yu stared awkwardly at her, completely at a loss for words.

“If you think this spot is suitable, then let’s do it here!” Xie Yujiao reached back to untie her undergarment.

“Holy crap!” Du Yu hurriedly turned his back, not daring to look. With a look of sheer terror, he demanded, “Wait, what exactly are you doing?! Aren’t you super protective of your purity? Could you please not spring these things on me out of nowhere?!”

“I…” Xie Yujiao instantly felt a wave of intense humiliation. For the man in front of her to suddenly say something like that was absolutely infuriating. “Are you saying… I’ve been actively throwing myself at you? Can you even call yourself a man, speaking to me like that?”

“Oh my god…” Du Yu scrunched up his face, feeling like he was about to suffer a complete mental breakdown.

Right at that moment, someone slowly walked into the bedroom from outside. She was dressed in a loose bathrobe and was rigorously toweling her wet hair.

It seemed the Western Queen Mother had just gone for a bath in the Jade Pond and happened to return exactly at this time.

The moment she stepped into the room, she witnessed this bizarre scene. Her hand, which had been wiping her hair, stopped mid-motion.

Before her stood Du Yu and a girl wearing nothing but a scant undergarment.

Beads of water still clung to the Western Queen Mother’s face, and a distinct, alluring fragrance wafted from her body, making her look incredibly captivating. But right now, she truly couldn’t wrap her head around what she was seeing. What on earth was going on?

“Du Yu, run!!!” Seeing the Western Queen Mother, Xie Yujiao turned pale with fright and bellowed, “I am already your woman! I will fight to the death to cover your escape!!”

“No… I…” Du Yu cringed so hard he felt like he could dig a hole through the floor with his toes. “Why should I run? What did I even do?”

“Young Kid, you’ve certainly got some nerve.” The Western Queen Mother seemed to understand what was happening. Slowly wiping the water from her face, she let out a cold scoff, her expression darkening terribly. “There is absolutely no precedent in the laws of the Immortal Realm for what you’re doing. I truly underestimated you.”

“What the hell is even happening… Big Cat, don’t get worked up just yet. Let me figure out what’s going on myself, and then I’ll explain it to you, okay?” Du Yu wore a look of utter innocence. He hadn’t understood this Xie Yujiao from the very beginning, and now he understood her even less.

“Why would I be worked up?” The Western Queen Mother slowly sat down at a table, but the entire bedroom began to tremble slightly around them. “Take your time. I’m listening.”

“No… you seem really furious…” Du Yu hurried over to her. “Big Cat, I just brought this girl here to set up an array for you… but I can’t even begin to guess why all this other stuff happened…”

“Big Cat? Set up an array…?” Xie Yujiao paused, suddenly realizing something.

“Are you setting up an ‘Undergarment Array’ for me?” the Western Queen Mother asked irritably.

“Undergarment my ass! We’re here to set up the ‘Teleportation Array’ I agreed upon with you!” Du Yu roared anxiously. “If I told you… that I was just looking for a place to set up the array, and when I turned around, this girl was stripped down to her underwear, would you believe me?”

The Western Queen Mother set down her towel, picked up a delicate little box from the table, scooped out a glowing dollop of lotion, and began applying it to her face.

“If you were me, would you believe it?” the Western Queen Mother retorted.

Du Yu offered a bitter smile. His story definitely sounded incredibly far-fetched, but it was the absolute truth. What else was he supposed to do?

Although the Western Queen Mother’s face remained expressionless, the oppressive aura filling the room told Du Yu that she was absolutely furious.

“Big Cat, I swear I have never touched this girl… I…” Du Yu quickly rushed to Xie Yujiao’s side and pleaded, “Miss Xie Yujiao, please help me explain! We came here to carry out a secret mission, so why did you suddenly pull a stunt like this…”

Right now, Xie Yujiao just wanted to die.

“Du Yu… when you talked about our ‘secret mission’—the thing we absolutely couldn’t tell anyone about, the thing I wasn’t supposed to panic over, the secret thing that only the two of us could do… Did you mean ‘setting up a teleportation array in the Western Queen Mother’s bedroom’?”

“Yeah!” Du Yu nodded. “What else could it be?”

Xie Yujiao smiled bitterly, slowly walked to the side, picked up her clothes, and silently put them back on.

Her mind was a total blank. Looking back on everything that had just happened, she felt like she had committed the ultimate form of social suicide.

To think she had solemnly pledged herself to Du Yu… all for the sake of helping him with such a minor, effortless chore…

Watching Xie Yujiao quietly dress herself, Du Yu was confused once again. What in the world was going on here?

The Western Queen Mother let out a soft sigh, her anger dissipating in an instant. She thought to herself, ‘So that’s how it is. You really are a scoundrel, Young Kid. After hearing you phrase it like that, who wouldn’t misunderstand?’

“Enough,” the Western Queen Mother said, waving her hand. “Young Kid, stop making things difficult for this girl and just get to work.”

Xie Yujiao gave a faint nod, took out her Array Flags, and began setting up the formation.

Despite keeping a completely straight face, her mind was echoing with endless screams:

‘Ahhhhh, this is so mortifying! Ahhhhh, I just want to die!’

After a good bit of busywork, the magical array was mostly set up.

At this point, Du Yu shot Xie Yujiao a puzzled look and asked, “Miss Xie, are you a descendant of Guan Yunchang?”

“O-of course not. I belong to the Xie family,” Xie Yujiao replied.

“Oh… your face has been so red the whole time, I thought you might have some relation to Second Lord Guan. Have you ever heard that one song? It goes: ‘The red-faced Guan Gong battles at Changsha’?”

The moment Du Yu finished speaking, Xie Yujiao’s face turned even redder.

The Western Queen Mother couldn’t help but frown. “Young Kid, if you dare bully this junior again, I will scorch your face black and make you a descendant of Zhang Fei.”

“Ah! Yes, yes, yes!” Du Yu nodded frantically. “I definitely don’t want to be ‘The black-faced Zhang Fei shouting his head off’.”

Xie Yujiao thanked the Western Queen Mother in her heart. However, she didn’t quite understand why the previously furious goddess had suddenly started defending her.

Finally, under Xie Yujiao’s exquisite technique, the teleportation array lit up with a faint, ethereal spiritual glow.

“Oh?” The Western Queen Mother, having finished freshening up, slowly walked over to the teleportation array and asked, “Can I use the array right now?”

“N-not yet…” Xie Yujiao explained. “Teleportation arrays come in pairs. I still need to set up another array for the Goddess at the destination. May I ask where the Goddess wishes to be teleported?”

“The Legend Management Bureau, naturally,” the Western Queen Mother stated. “I am the Bureau Chief there, so having this will make working much more convenient.”

Hearing this, the color completely drained from Xie Yujiao’s face as her expression darkened.

‘Good heavens, this really was a purely professional business transaction! There wasn’t even the slightest hint of anything scandalous about it!’

‘What in the world had I been thinking this entire time?!’