Chapter 148: Brother Liang, what does it do with me?
The gurgling moonlight cast its glow on Xiao Yunluo’s face, revealing a mix of weariness and delicacy. Despite her attempts to conceal her dissatisfaction, Ye Anping could not overlook it. She seemed to have cried just now, and it was pretty heart-wrenching.
However, Ye Anping understood. It was usual for a teenage girl to shed tears after a heartbreak. It would naturally pass with time. Turning his attention to his cultivation, he examined the condition of the meridians within his body using his spiritual consciousness. Although the spiritual energy within the meridians was abundant, his cultivation level had remained relatively high. At best, he had just reached the middle stage of foundation building.
This was slightly unexpected for him. Previously, settling accounts with Wu Yue alone had elevated his cultivation by one level. Considering this settlement, three more demon cultivators should be at the Foundation Establishment stage, even excluding Li Feng. This should have taken him to the middle or even late foundation-building stage. However, he understood the reason upon closer inspection of his spiritual consciousness.
The cultivation bestowed upon him by the “Golden Finger” was sufficient to directly advance him to the middle stage of the foundation building. However, most of the spiritual energy seemed to wander within his body.
It appeared that he had encountered a bottleneck, something he initially thought his “Golden Finger” could help him bypass. Yet, it wasn’t as miraculous as he had envisioned.
Ye Anping sighed heavily, realizing that a bottleneck for a dual spiritual root cultivator was inevitable. However, upon further consideration, he saw encountering a bottleneck as positive. It allowed him to consolidate his cultivation and improve his skills. With the recent resolution of the Chilong Mansion’s matters, he had ample time for this.
Ye Anping opened his eyes and, with a heavy exhale, turned to Xiao Yunluo, saying, “Senior Sister Xiao, please assist Young Master Li in managing the internal affairs of Chilong Mansion for the next few days. She has recently lost her sight and needs some time to adapt.”
Xiao Yunluo, not giving him a pleasant look, responded, “Hmph! This doesn’t need your reminder. Even if you didn’t mention it, I would have helped her.”
“Um,” Ye Anping nodded.
Feeling that this girl might not give him a good look for a while, Ye Anping turned his attention to Pei Lianxue.
“Junior sister, have you rested? Once you’re ready, we’ll go back with Brother Liang.”
“Um…”
Pei Lianxue nodded enthusiastically, looking forward to returning and being affectionate. However, as Ye Anping withdrew his hand from Pei Lianxue’s shoulder and took a step forward, he suddenly felt weak in his legs, lost his balance, and stumbled forward.
Quickly reacting, Pei Lianxue grabbed Ye Anping’s right hand to prevent him from falling while an angry Xiao Yunluo rushed forward. She leaned against him, placing his left hand on her shoulder for support. Xiao Yunluo looked concerned, ready to ask questions, but she noticed that Ye Anping seemed to have fallen asleep.
“Ye Anping, what happened… Oh, did he just fall asleep?”
Realizing that Pei Lianxue was still present, Xiao Yunluo suddenly understood the situation. She had come close to Ye Anping, which might have upset Lianxue.
“Ye Anping, how did you… Oh, did you just fall asleep like that?”
At this point, Xiao Yunluo suddenly realized that Pei Lianxue was still there. She had come close to Ye Anping, which might have upset Lianxue.
Xiao Yunluo swallowed, turned her head weakly, and glanced at Pei Lianxue. When she saw Pei Lianxue looking at her expressionlessly, she quickly excused herself:
“Lianxue, are you still injured? I… I’ll help you assist him inside. If you don’t want to, forget it.”
Pei Lianxue hesitated for a while, pursed her lips, and nodded. Although she wanted to carry Ye Anping alone, she needed more strength. And the most important thing was that Yunluo was also “safe.” She promised herself that she would never fall in love with Ye Anping.
“Well, please, Yunluo.”
Unexpectedly, Lianxue would agree. Xiao Yunluo’s eyes lit up, and she quickly replied, “No… It’s not troublesome. He’s also my companion, after all! I should take care of him… Hmm.”
Xiao Yunluo immediately stepped towards Ye Anping’s arms, letting him lean half of his body on her shoulders. Together with Pei Lianxue, they supported Ye Anping as he moved step by step into the back hall. However, neither Xiao Yunluo nor Pei Lianxue noticed a pair of small eyes watching from the beginning.
Xiao Tian was now hanging on the wall, with the upper half of his body outdoors and the lower half indoors, like a wall. It had seen everything from the first time Ye Anping kissed Pei Lianxue to Xiao Yunluo’s sneaky smile.
Seeing the two people supporting Ye Anping and preparing to enter the house, it put its head back into the wall and glanced at its feather butterfly. Seeing that Feng Yudie had no idea what was going on outside, it rushed back in anger, grabbed her hair, and kicked her in the head.
Ye kid was going to be snatched away by other girls!
This girl was still sitting there indifferent.
“Yudie, you’re a good-for-nothing!”
Feng Yudie slowly opened her eyes, and she didn’t know why Xiao Tian suddenly scolded her again, “What did I do, and you scolded me again?”
“Your Daoist companion is going to be snatched away by Xiao kid and Pei kid!”
“What?”
Feng Yudie needed clarification and needed help understanding.
At this time, the three people outside the house also came in. When Feng Yudie saw the three of them, she quickly stood up and limped over.
“Junior Sister Pei, what’s wrong with him?”
“Sleep.”
Feng Yudie looked at Ye Anping, who was sleeping on their shoulders and suggested, “Then let Senior Sister Xiao take Young Master Ye to find a room to lie down. Junior Sister Pei, please adjust your breathing for a while. I’ll pass on some true energy to you. My true energy is particularly good for injuries.”
Hearing this sentence, Xiao Yunluo was slightly startled.
This second idiot can come up with such an excellent proposal.
She nodded quickly and answered, “Yes, Lianxue, Ye Anping is very tired. Why don’t you stay here tonight to adjust your breathing, and I will carry Ye Anping on my back to find a place to rest first… You need to rest too.”
Pei Lianxue quickly shook her head,
“No, my husband said to go back now.”
As she spoke, she turned to look at Liang Zhu, sitting on the ground adjusting her breathing, and softly called “Brother Liang.”
When he heard the sound, Liang Zhu opened his eyes, glanced at Ye Anping and the three girls beside him, and suddenly saw Xiao Yunluo glaring at him with black lines all over his face for a moment.
He understood.
Young Master Xiao wanted Lao Liu to stay there to rest, while his younger siblings wanted to take Lao Liu back to Jiang Mansion. As for the white-haired one, she was staring at his younger siblings for some reason…
In other words, Young Master Xiao wanted him to help persuade his younger siblings to let him rest in Chilong Mansion.
After silence, Liang Zhu lowered his voice and asked, “Have you discussed it? Should you keep him here or go back?”
Pei Lianxue was determined. She wanted to go back for a kiss, she frowned and replied, “Go back!”
Xiao Yunluo quickly argued, “Junior sister Pei, it’s quite a long way here. Isn’t Chilong Mansion nice?”
“Go back!” Pei Lianxue twisted her eyebrows and turned to look at her, “My husband said he wanted to go back.”
Liang Zhu watched Xiao Yunluo being suppressed by Pei Lianxue, sighed, stood up, walked over, took Ye Anping from the shoulders of the two girls, carried it on his back, and turned to look at Pei Lianxue:
“Can you wield a sword?”
“Yeah, okay.”
“That’s good, Master Xiao and Miss Feng, I’ll take my leave.”
Liang Zhu nodded slightly and saluted them, then carried Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue out of the back hall, summoned the flying sword, and flew toward the Jiang Mansion.
After the three left, Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips and sighed, then glanced at Feng Yudie next to her.
“You idiot, how are you injured?”
“Hehe, I’m very durable.” Feng Yudie blinked and smiled, “Look, the injury on my shoulder has scabbed over. If I apply some medicine later, it will probably be cured as soon as I wake up.”
Xiao Yunluo glanced at the swollen lump on Feng Yudie’s shoulder, then reached out and poked it.
Feng Yudie jumped back a step in pain, covered her chest, and asked, “Hiss—Senior Sister Xiao, what are you doing~~?”
“You healed too quickly from your injury. I’m curious.” Xiao Yunluo curled her lips and waved her hands, “Forget it. Let’s go back and rest. Tomorrow I will help Junior Sister Li cook in Chilong Mansion.”
“Oh~~Okay!”
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