Chapter 369: Senior Brother, Night Talk
Snow clouds covered the moon and stardust, and fine snow gently rolled over the mountains and forests.
In the wing room on the third floor of the Tourist Pavilion, Ye Anping stood in front of the wooden window, with his right hand playing with the star-returning bell engraved with “Star Returning Bell” that Si Xuanji had given him. The clear ringtone echoed in the room.
Jingle bell, jingle bell——
It was difficult to see the sun and the moon in the Northern Domain. Every night, the full moon and stars would be covered behind by snow clouds.
Ye Anping looked at the mountains in the distance, feeling a kind of panic that he couldn’t let go.
The disappearance of boys and girls in Tianfeng Immortal City that should have disappeared by Wu You had still appeared.
This was the second time in the past twenty-two years that he had encountered an event whose outcome he could not see through at a glance, and the second time he had felt fear because of Wu You.
It was the first time he overcame his unimaginable death disaster. When he took Pei Lianxue out of the Hundred Lotus Sect and went to Wuxi Town to intercept Wu You, he was mentally prepared for failure.
It was undeniable that the unexpected death disaster was indeed a gamble made by him. There were many things that he could not predict at the time. It was like meeting Wu You at a wedding banquet in advance.
If Wu You hadn’t bewitched them at the wedding banquet, and then mistakenly thought that they had been devoured by the poison and relaxed their vigilance, they would never have been able to kill him outside Wuxi Town so smoothly in the bamboo forest.
However, something that was originally related to Wu You and should not have happened stood in front of him.
Ye Anping let out a long breath, looked at the Star Returning Bell in his hand, and tried to ring the bell to summon Si Xuanji.
Si Xuanji was probably the only person who could give him answers and a sense of security.
But it was a pity that the old woman didn’t like cold places, and she didn’t like the night in the Northern Domain where the stars and moon couldn’t be seen all year round, so she didn’t show up.
But at this time, the Snow Spirit Sword, which was leaning against the wall and wrapped in bandages, seemed to feel his uneasiness and the scabbard trembled slightly.
Buzzing~~
The low rumbling sound seemed to comfort him.
Ye Anping glanced at it and suddenly seemed to have an enlightenment. He smiled slightly and said sarcastically, “During the Qi refining stage, I was able to kill everything with my junior sister. Now that I have the Nine Dragons Heavenly Seal, a sword passed down from Master Yunjian and the Heavenly Dao Golden Core, why am I still so restrained?”
Since his early years, he had always said “I am just an ordinary cultivator with two spiritual roots”, but now it seemed to have become a shackle for him.
Six years had passed, and he could only be described in one sentence in the game. He was no longer associated with the word “cannon fodder”.
Ye Anping shook his head slightly, walked over, and picked up the Snow Spirit Sword, gently touched the sword’s surface with his palm, and looked out the window again.
After holding the spiritual sword in his hand, his mind couldn’t help but sink.
Wu You was indeed dead, with no possibility of resurrection. Then the people causing trouble around Tianfeng Immortal City must not be Wu You.
From his perspective, it might be that this matter was closely related to Wu You, but there was more than just Wu You in this world who was a demon cultivator who used boys and girls to refine insects.
Just because he knew the script, he encountered another coincidence and might be he was shocked by the name Wu You.
Ye Anping lowered his eyes and thought for a while, shook his head unconsciously, and finally chose to admit defeat to Feng Yudie.
Things like the Emperor Sect’s affairs, the Moon Shadow Sword Sect’s affairs, and the Chilong Mansion’s affairs were all because he stood from an omniscient perspective, so he was able to see clearly how to break the situation.
However, he had to admit that his intuition, insight, and adaptability were completely inferior to Feng Yudie. She knew something was wrong when she arrived at the Chilong Mansion without knowing it at all. In Li Feng’s fantasy chess game at the end, she broke the chess game with one piece and entered the realm.
Although Feng Yudie could not end with the best ending every time, her intuition would never go wrong in the general direction.
“Let the junior sisters and the others find a way to break the situation this time. It’s time for Yunluo to go through a trial. It will also help her transform into a dragon. She won’t grow up if she stays by my side.”
With that said, Ye Anping raised his sword with his hand, took out the “Han Tian Kingdom Strategy Plan” written in the storage bag, and ignited the fire control technique. Then with a gentle breath, the paper turned into fly ash and disappeared into the fine snow outside the window.
It was at this moment that Ye Anping’s ears twitched, and he heard a few light footsteps coming from outside the door. He quickly put on a gentle smile, straightened his collar, looked out the window, and said, “Miss Xiyue, the door is unlocked, please come in.”
After a few breaths, the door of the room was slowly pushed open by Xu Xiyue who was outside. She walked into the room cautiously with a pot of steaming tea and asked,
“Senior Ye, I brought you tea. If you don’t mind, please use it. I will stay in the next room today. If you need anything, just call me.”
Ye Anping turned around and saw Xu Xiyue shrinking her head timidly like a little rabbit, and couldn’t help but shake her head, “Am I that terrible?”
“Senior Ye is different from the seniors at the Core Formation stage that I have seen before, but…” Xu Xiyue shook her head, “It’s just that this junior is a Qi Refining cultivator, so he should be in awe of the seniors at the Core Formation stage.”
“What about the remaining three points?”
“Of course, it’s a longing.”
“Ah…” Ye Anping smiled, used his sword fingers to lift the tea she was holding to the round table in the room with his spiritual power, then closed the window and sat down, “Your sister asked me to take good care of you, so I have to take good care of you. The qualifications for the dual spiritual roots of metal and earth are not very good, but… I happen to be a dual spiritual root cultivator.”
Xu Xiyue’s eyes widened slightly when she heard this, and a little curiosity flashed in her eyes, but she quickly reacted and suppressed her expression.
Ye Anping spread his hands and offered a seat, “There’s no need to be so indifferent. Meeting each other is fate. If you have anything to ask, just ask. You might not find this temple after passing this village.”
“…” Xu Xiyue thought about it for a while, walked slowly to the table, jumped up slightly and sat on the round stool, looked up at Ye Anping, and asked, “Junior would like to ask, what is the relationship between Senior Ye and Master Li?”
?
Don’t ask about cultivation matters, but ask about this. Ye Anping was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said honestly, “She is my wife.”
“Ah… Madam!” Xu Xiyue curled her lips, “Then why does Senior want to rest in a separate room with Master Li? Shouldn’t Madam live together?”
“I haven’t even made vows yet. It’s not a good idea to live in the same house. Besides, my wife is not just Long Ling. In addition, there are three other people, the eldest lady of the Yun family of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, the young master Xiao of the Xuanxing Sect, and My junior sister Pei Lianxue.”
Xu Xiyue didn’t expect Ye Anping to tell her so straightforwardly. She was a little surprised for a moment and raised her head to glance at Ye Anping secretly.
However, Ye Anping smiled and said, “Do you think I’m a bit dandy?”
“…No, Senior Ye is young, promising, and handsome. It’s quite normal to have three wives and four concubines.”
“My wives are not divided into wives and concubines, at most they are divided into descendants.” Ye Anping shook his head and said, “They trust me, and I will rely on them. I have sworn that no matter what happens in the future, at least for me, I will be responsible for them until I die.”
“Um…”
“But it’s easy to make an oath, but it’s hard to keep an oath.” Ye Anping shook his head helplessly and said, “How about asking Miss Xu to be a witness? If I break the oath in the future, you can chop me with a sword.”
“Ah!”
“These are the Heart and Sword Techniques of a certain sect in the Southern Domain that I once collected. How about treating it as a fate between me and you, Miss Xu?”
“…”
Xu Xiyue was silent for a while, looked at the jade slips, and said, “Junior dare not accept it.”
“Then let’s exchange for something.” Ye Anping glanced at the hairpin stuck in the back of Xu Xiyue’s head, “I think your hairpin is good, how about using the hairpin in exchange for these two skills of mine?”
“…”
Xu Xiyue was a little confused. It was just a wooden hairpin she bought casually on the street in Baiyue Town.
Could it be that she was lucky enough to pick up something good?
She was silent for a while, but looked at the two jade slips Ye Anping put on the table, and a trace of reluctance flashed in her eyes – she wanted them!
She decisively took off the hairpin, gently placed it on the table, and pushed it over.
“Senior, do you only want hairpins?”
“Then what else do you want to give me?”
“I have spirit stones and have saved a lot of them.”
“I don’t like the thousands of spiritual stones that you, a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, have saved.”
Ye Anping shook his head and smiled bitterly, put the hairpin into his hand with spiritual energy, then returned the two jade slips to Xi Yue and said, “It’s getting late. The cultivators in the Qi refining stage have to go to bed. Go back to your room and rest as soon as possible.”
“…”
Xu Xiyue nodded slightly, touched two jade slips of martial arts, jumped off the round stool, and bowed her hands to Ye Anping respectfully,
“Hmm… Hee hee. Senior, please rest early so as not to disturb senior.”
It was a little different from the original reserved look.
Ye Anping noticed her suppressed excitement, but he didn’t point it out. He nodded and watched her leave the room.
Then, Ye Anping let out a long sigh and turned to look at the window of his realm. When he saw the small hole poked by the bird’s beak on the paper window, he shook his head helplessly.
He poured a cup of tea and waited for a short while. The door that Xu Xiyue pushed open was opened by Li Longling who was holding the fire phoenix.
“Master Ye…”
“Long Ling, peeking is not a good habit.”
“Isn’t this just a little curiosity?” Li Longling covered her mouth and smiled, “To be honest, today was an eye-opener for me. I never thought you would attack a girl who is only twelve years old.”
“As I said, our trip is for demon cultivation. It’s not a marriage proposal…”
“But I am curious. Miss Xu is not very old, and you are from the Hundred Lotus Sect in the Western Domain. How do you know that there is a girl named Xu Xiyue in Tianfeng Immortal City in the Northern Domain?”
“I dreamed of it.”
“Then the person in Mr. Ye’s dream is the same person as her?”
“Of course not.” Ye Anping picked up the teacup and smiled, shaking his head and saying, “The person in the dream was her when she grew up, and the person I meet now is her in the past.”
“This sounds like there is some truth in it.”
“It’s nothing more than Xuanxing Sect’s theory of destiny against the star.”
“So it’s like this…” Li Longling put Ah Feng on the table, held up her cheek, and asked, “Just now when Miss Xu asked you what is my relationship with you, how did you answer?”
“Didn’t you hear that?”
“Eavesdropping is different from listening to you in person.”
“Wife.”
“Then why did you reject me at the Chilong Mansion? Or did you use Xiyue as an excuse to reject me? But it made me depressed for several days.”
“I was just cannon fodder at that time.” Ye Anping looked at the Snow Spirit Sword leaning against the wall and said, “I don’t dare to take over your karma, Long Ling.”
“Let me tell you… Anping, you underestimate yourself too much. I quite like the way you showed off in front of Commander Xu today.”
“I won’t allow you to call me Anping directly.”
“Would you not allow it?”
“Oh… Long Ling, you will get beaten if you dance.”
“But then again.” Li Longling held the fire phoenix’s feathers and said, “Senior Sister Pei and Senior Sister Xiao aside, why is there still the eldest lady of the Yun family? How can this sweetheart of mine be attracted in the past six years? How many relationships have you had?”
“…”
Ye Anping was speechless. He looked at Ah Feng standing on the table, was silent for a while, and raised his sword with his hand.
Whoosh——
A golden aura hit the fire phoenix’s belly, wrapped it up, and took it out from the window.
Ah——!!!
The fire phoenix suddenly glared and spread its wings to attack him, but it could not break through the golden spiritual shield for the time being.
Li Longling was suddenly dizzy and said in horror, “Ah! I can’t see!”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to go and see the fine snow-capped mountains in the northern domain?” Ye Anping smiled, stood up, and hugged Li Longling, “I agreed that I would check your meridians tonight.”
“Ah… then… don’t drive Ah Feng away…”
Plop——
“Why?”
Li Longling didn’t know what Ye Anping was doing. What she could see now was the snowy night scene in Baiyue Town, but she felt like she was being picked up and her shoes were being taken off.
“Anping… You let Ah Feng come back! I was wrong! I won’t eavesdrop next time…”
“Give it a good memory and get used to it. You’ll need it later.” Ye Anping sat on the edge of the bed, grabbing Li Longling’s ankles with his fingers, and pointed at the soles of her feet with his sword fingers, “I guess it will take a few days. Senior Sister Xiao and the others are coming soon, so you and I should not show up in front of them.”
“Hey…you let Ah Feng come back first…”
“In a while.” Ye Anping replied with a smirk on his face, “This case in Tianfeng Immortal City must be solved by them. If they know that I am here, they will leave everything to me to think about.”
“Anping… Ah Feng… I’m going to faint.”
“Then what’s wrong, I’m by your side, why are you still worried about meeting some bad guy?”
“No… Eh… This is so weird…”
…
The dark clouds in the night gradually dispersed, and the falling snow gradually stopped.
The noise in the inn’s room gradually disappeared. Ye Anping looked at Li Longling who was lying in his bedroom and fell asleep, helplessly shook his head, and then withdrew the golden spirit energy that imprisoned the fire phoenix.
Ah Feng, whose feathers were stiff due to the cold weather and snow on the roof, entered the house and clawed at him with all his teeth. As a result, Ye Anping said, “Your master is resting. Do you want to wake her up?”
Ah, Feng looked aggrieved and turned to look at Li Longling. As if because she failed to protect her, she fell to the bedside and lowered her head aggrievedly.
Ye Anping didn’t care. After thinking for a while, he climbed out of the window and sneaked into Xu Xiyue’s bedroom along the roof, hoping to secretly transfer some true energy to her while she was sleeping.
However, when he entered the room, they found that Xu Xiyue was now hugging the two jade slips he gave her sweetly, huddled up, and giggled in her dream, “Hahahaha.”
“…” Ye Anping shook his head slightly and noticed that there was a small diary on the table. He turned to the last page and looked up, “Han Tian Calendar, the first day of August.”
“I had an unexpected encounter today. A very handsome-looking cultivator in the core formation stage came to the Tourist Pavilion. At first, he kept staring at me, which made me a little scared. But after chatting for a few words, I found that he was a nice person. However, after that, he tried to bribe me with two jade slips of martial arts, so I have to wait and see.”
Ye Anping looked at this paragraph in the diary and was stunned for a long time. He turned to look at Xu Xiyue who was sleeping soundly, shook his head, and said,
“Isn’t it nice to give something away? That’s all, take your time…”
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