Chapter 226: Yiyi and Jiujiu, the relationship improves
Yun Yiyi listened, feeling something was off.
She hadn’t spoken much with Feng Yu, only meeting him once during the investigation at the pavilion. Clad in scholar’s white attire, with sharp features and a hint of femininity in his silver hair and golden eyes, he seemed decent enough at first glance, though not as impressive as her Ye Anping.
But judging from his reactions during the investigation, he was likely putting on a facade.
“Second, sister, I advise you not to rush into things. Get to know him better first. You don’t really know what kind of person he is. Following him so impulsively! With your smarts, if he betrays you, you might end up helping him count his coins.”
Hearing Yun Yiyi speak ill of Feng Yu, Yun Jiujiu became instantly unhappy, retorting,
“What’s with you? Jealousy! Brother Yu is doing just fine, with a simple heart and skilled hands.”
“You’ve only known him for less than a month! Do you really know what he’s like deep down?”
“Of course I do!” Yun Jiujiu boasted, “I’ve made up my mind about him. When we’re out, I’ll write him love letters.”
“With your handwriting! It looks like ants crawling on paper.”
“But he’ll understand my feelings, won’t he?” Yun Jiujiu twisted her eyebrows, smiling, “Who cares if my writing is ugly? As long as I’m beautiful? Brother Yu even complimented my looks, hmph.”
“…”
Yun Yiyi finally realized that her sister had been completely bewitched. Her brain wasn’t the sharpest to begin with, and now, under the influence of a love potion, it was even more muddled. However, she could somewhat understand. It was almost like fate—when Yun Jiujiu met Feng Yu, she met Ye Anping.
But unfortunately…
“Ah…”
Yun Yiyi sighed, feeling a twinge of jealousy in her heart. She also thought that once she got out, she would write a love letter to Ye Anping and bury him on the highest peak of the Sword Sect, visiting every month to play the zither for him. She felt she wouldn’t encounter another Ye Anping in her lifetime.
“Second sister, how about I help you test Feng Yu when we’re out?”
“Ah! Test a hammer. Why would I want you to test it?”
“I’m afraid you’ll be deceived. Anyone could lure you away and sell you. If it weren’t for a few people on Sword Wine Peak serving as your advisors…”
“Get out of here—how could he deceive me?”
“Deceive you…”
Yun Yiyi assessed Yun Jiujiu, originally intending to mention her figure. Still, Yun Jiujiu, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old with a chest like a steel plate and short legs, had no figure to deceive…
Sensing Yun Yiyi staring at her chest, Yun Jiujiu reacted, immediately raising her eyebrows and cursing, “Get lost!”
Yun Yiyi looked away, pursed her lips, and said, “He might deceive you for spiritual stones or cultivation treasures. Think about it: has he asked you for anything?”
Yun Jiujiu thought for a moment and replied, “Roast chicken. Two roast chickens every day. If I don’t cook roast chicken for him, he won’t drink with me.”
“Aren’t you tired of it?”
“Brother Yu really likes roast chicken.”
“Do you think you’re roast chicken? Will he like you as much as he likes roast chicken?”
Yun Jiujiu was puzzled for a moment, then rolled her eyes and said, “I think you look more like roast chicken.”
“No… That’s not what I meant…” Yun Yiyi hesitated for a moment, then sighed, “Forget it. I won’t talk to you about this anymore.”
However, seeing Yun Yiyi’s expression, Yun Jiujiu paused, raised her eyebrows, and threatened, “Yun Yiyi, don’t even think about seducing my brother Yu! If you dare, I’ll break your legs.”
“Who cares about your Feng Yu?”
“You just lost your Daoist companion, didn’t you? Who knows how you…”
“Can’t you talk properly?”
“I swear…”
Thud, thud—
When the two of them were chatting, two sounds came from outside the iron door of the stone room. Yun Yiyi and Yun Jiujiu immediately closed their mouths and turned their heads to look at the door. The hinges of the iron door seemed to be rusted, emitting a creaking sound that made Yun Jiujiu’s skin crawl.
A person stepped directly into the threshold. When she saw the man’s white beard trailing in front of him, Yun Yiyi frowned instantly. It was Zhuang Yan.
Zhuang Yan walked in with his hands behind his back, looked at the two sisters who were leaning together now, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, “The second young lady and the eldest young lady seem to get along quite well?”
“Elder Zhuang…” Yun Yiyi muttered with narrowed eyes.
Yun Jiujiu, on the side, resembling Zhuang Yan, suddenly brightened her eyes and said, “See, Third sister and Brother Yu will definitely react immediately and bring people to rescue us.”
Yun Yiyi glanced at her as if she were an idiot and was speechless for a moment, but Zhuang Yan couldn’t help laughing after hearing this.
“Ah, haha – the second lady is still the same as always…” Zhuang Yan paused here, and then the smile on his face disappeared in an instant and became serious, “Stupid.”
“Huh!” Yun Jiujiu’s eyes widened instantly, and she frowned and cursed, “Old man Zhuang, who are you calling stupid?”
“You.”
“…”
Zhuang Yan shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and sighed, “Hey – the world is declining, and none of the descendants of the Yun family can shoulder the responsibility. Immortal Yunjian himself originally founded the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. When he was alive, the Moon Shadow Sword Sect was closely related to the Xuanxing Sect and the Tai Bai Sect, equally famous. But since the Supreme Immortal fell into the hands of the demon cultivator, and the position of the sect leader fell into the hands of his son, Yun Tianchong, the sect has been deteriorating, and now it has almost become a second-rate sect.”
“Elder Zhuang, what do you mean by this?” Yun Yiyi narrowed her eyes and asked.
“What do I mean? A young lady should know. Yun Tianchong is your father. You should be more familiar with him than me. He indulges in worldly desires, his Daoist heart is in turmoil, and he still wants to break through to immortality. Will he fare any better after the next retreat? Can he come out?”
After Yun Tianchong came out of seclusion in March, he would soon go into seclusion again to break through the realm of becoming a god. Breaking through the divine transformation was the aspiration of a cultivator to enter into the void transformation stage.
Yun Yiyi didn’t know much about breaking through the void, but she had heard that it was tens of thousands of times more difficult than forming cores and forming babies. The test of Daoist heart and luck was almost despairing. Once the breaking of the void failed, it would result in the loss of one’s soul.
Based on her father’s character, she had always felt that there was almost no possibility of her father breaking through. Everyone else in the family had the same idea, but her father insisted on going his own way. Who could persuade him?
In other words, after Yun Tianchong’s next retreat, the Moon Shadow Sword Sect would have completely lost a late-stage divine transformation cultivator.
Seeing Yun Yiyi’s silence, Zhuang Yan shook his head and said,
“The eldest lady is smart, but her qualifications are too low. The second lady’s qualifications are good, but her brain is like a wooden fish. The third lady’s qualifications and brains are both good, but her luck is too bad. In the future, no matter which one of you takes over the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, it will be doomed.”
Yun Yiyi was not afraid of his gaze and asked,
“What do you suggest, Elder Zhuang? Now there are only three of us descendants of the Yun family, and there are no outstanding disciples among the inner family…”
“Haha… Who said there are only three of you?”
“Who?”
“Your eldest brother, Yun Kunwu.”
Zhuang Yan smiled and stroked his beard, saying,
“He is also my disciple. He had the qualifications of Heavenly Spiritual Roots and the body of Sword Heart. Kunwu established the foundation at the age of fourteen, formed the core at nineteen, and became a Nascent Soul cultivator at thirty. Compared to you two, who have been practising for sixty or seventy years and are still in the middle and late stages of foundation building, what are you?”
“I’ve heard about it, but it’s a pity that he died hundreds of years ago.”
“Haha, what you hear may not necessarily be true.”
“Yun Tianchong destroyed his body with his own hands back then and imprisoned his soul in the forbidden sword sect. My poor apprentice has been guarding the sword tomb for hundreds of years without seeing the sun and the moon while your three sisters are playing outside. Playing house and competing for the position of sect leader? Ha, what a joke!!”
Seeing Zhuang Yan’s burning eyes, Yun Yiyi swallowed. She could see that Zhuang Yan had gone mad. No matter what words she tried, she probably couldn’t persuade him anymore, so she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, but she didn’t avoid his sight.
Ye Anping died because of this person, and she must make him pay back a thousand times, but at least for now… She had to hold back.
Seeing that Yun Yiyi was not afraid at all, Zhuang Yan paused for a moment, then put her down again and said,
“The eldest lady is so brave, but I don’t know if she will be so brave again soon.”
“…”
“Take them up.”
Zhuang Yan left with his hands behind his back and said something to the stone room.
Two Sword Sect disciples who were in the early stage of core formation walked in from outside the door, pulled Yun Yiyi and Yun Jiujiu from the ground, and led them out of the stone room with iron chains.
