Chapter 176: Xiao Tian, what’s her name?
At the same time, in the streets of Xuanxing City. On a small stall by the street, a silver mirror reflected a girl with skin as fair and crystal clear as snow.
Feng Yudie turned her cheeks left and right in front of the mirror, raised her hand to adjust the newly tied ornament in her hair, and then turned to Xiao Yunluo beside her. She blinked her eyes and asked, using a respectful tone, “Young Master Xiao, do you think I look good wearing this hairpin?”
Xiao Yunluo looked puzzled, “It looks good, I suppose…”
“Then I’ll buy it! If Senior Sister Xiao thinks it looks good, Junior Sister Pei will surely think so too.” Feng Yudie quickly interrupted, smiling at the shop owner, “Is this a pair of hairpins? Can you give us a discount?”
Initially happy to have two beautiful Xuanxing Sect female disciples as customers, the stall owner became visibly frightened upon hearing the address “Young Master Xiao.” He quickly stood up and said, “Miss has a good eye. These are a pair of couple hairpins, representing yin and yang…”
“Alright, just give us a price,” Feng Yudie interrupted.
“Well, how about a thousand spiritual stones? Normally, these hairpins sell for three thousand,” the owner suggested nervously.
“Hmm…” Feng Yudie glanced at Xiao Yunluo and used her eyes to signal that the price was unsuitable. “Young Master Xiao, is this price reasonable?”
Xiao Yunluo’s eyes twitched slightly, but she sighed and said, “Well, it’s a bit expensive…”
Upon hearing the Xuanxing Sect young master’s opinion, the owner turned pale and quickly suggested a lower price, negotiating with the two disciples.
In no time, with tears in his eyes, the owner bid farewell to Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo, who walked away happily. He thought about how he had lost a month’s income in just one day.
Feng Yudie, on the other hand, was thrilled. She spent five hundred spiritual stones to purchase a pair of two to three thousand hairpins in the market. Turning to Xiao Yunluo, she said, “Senior Sister Xiao, is there anything you’d like? I’ll buy it for you.”
Xiao Yunluo rolled her eyes and said, “No, I don’t need these things.”
“In that case, I’ll treat you to roast chicken later, hehe.”
Xiao Yunluo sighed faintly, “Alright…”
She and Feng Yudie had been back for less than half a day and had yet to report to Elder Qin. Instead, she was dragged to the market by the two friends to shop. She had hoped to enjoy a stroll with her senior sisters.
Little did she expect that she would be treated as a “human discount coupon” by the two friends. As the dignified young master of Xuanxing Sect, being used as a shopping discount was beyond belief.
Regardless, she didn’t want to dwell on it with the two fools. Going out to shop and relax was a nice change of pace. She wondered if Ye Anping and the others had returned to Xuanxing Sect.
Xiao Yunluo gazed at the sky, lost in thoughts of spring for a while, then glanced at the bags of various sizes that Feng Yudie held on the side.
On second thought, she was a bit surprised just now. Knowing the habits of the second idiot, this guy behaved like a rough man. During their time in Chilong Mansion, he would go to the gambling den to play dice or to the tavern to eat roast chicken. Only occasionally, when getting up and taking care of her daily appearance, Xiao Yunluo could see a hint of feminine elegance in her.
However, in the cosmetics shop in the market just now, Feng Yudie could discern the quality of the rouge just by smelling and looking at it. She even spoke eloquently about whether the rouge was fine or coarse, whether it was ground from rough stone or spiritual jade.
In the eyes of most male cultivators, rouge was just rouge. But in the eyes of female cultivators, rouge was divided into more than ten types, such as “fat rouge,” “powder rouge,” “milk rouge,” and more. This second idiot seemed to understand these distinctions better than Xiao Yunluo did.
And then there was the second idiot’s taste in choosing clothes, which Xiao Yunluo had to admit was quite refined.
“Second idiot, you know about these things?” She asked.
“Huh?” Feng Yudie looked over with a blank expression, blinked, and tilted her head. “What?”
“…Never mind, it’s nothing. Just forget I asked,” Xiao Yunluo said.
“Oh…”
Feng Yudie was confused and sat there, and the little celestial on her shoulder also shook its head, feeling a mix of helplessness and satisfaction.
The celestial had read in the Heavenly Dao Scroll that a man had deeply hurt Master Taixu, and when he found Yudie, his life was already at its end. Perhaps, fearing that Yudie would be deceived by a man and follow in her footsteps after her departure, Master Taixu had raised Yudie as if she were a boy, teaching her to stay away from men.
If it weren’t for the celestial occasionally sharing some elegance of girls with Yudie, she might not wear skirts or hairpins when she left the mountain.
Xiao Tian squinted his eyes, looking at Xiao Yunluo, who seemed pure and innocent. Unexpectedly, this girl read those kinds of books at night…
Thinking back to a scene he inadvertently witnessed a few days ago when he walked through the wall into Xiao Yunluo’s room, his face instantly turned red.
‘…’
Suddenly, a man and a woman passed by Feng Yudie and the others.
At this moment, the Xuanxing Sect was in the midst of the autumn harvest, and people were bustling on the streets of the market. Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo didn’t notice, but Xiao Tian felt that one was familiar while the other emitted an unusual aura.
It couldn’t pinpoint what was unusual, but it felt something was off about them. Xiao Tian hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the two. The man was not tall, and the woman was even shorter, her height reaching only to the man’s chest. She wore a fox-face mask on the side of her forehead, which looked very delicate.
Just then, the man spoke to the woman, turning his face to the side. Seeing his profile, Xiao Tian exclaimed, ‘Ye kid!’
“Huh! Master Ye!”
“Where?”
The three of them, as if hearing a “Look to the left,” Xiao Tian took the lead.
Xiao Tian stared at Ye Anping, his brows slightly furrowed. It felt like Ye Anping’s presence was elusive as if it would be impossible to find him in the crowd if it diverted its attention.
The woman next to Ye Anping was even stranger. She appeared enveloped in a mist, making it impossible for Xiao Tian to see her face clearly, no matter how hard it tried.
Using an illusionary technique!
Heh, how could a mere illusion deceive the discerning eyes of the Heavenly Scroll Spirit, a divine being?
“Heh…” Xiao Tian chuckled disdainfully, raised his right hand in a sword-like gesture, and then touched Feng Yudie’s face with his left hand. “There!”
After being touched on the face, Feng Yudie turned to see Ye Anping, who had his back turned to her.
“Huh? What’s going on? Why didn’t I see him just now?” She asked.
Only Xiao Yunluo remained confused, turning her head left and right. Eventually, she followed Feng Yudie’s gaze, squinting for a while before spotting Ye Anping. However, she immediately looked again at the woman walking next to Ye Anping and furrowed her eyebrows. “Doesn’t look like Junior Sister Pei. She’s too short, with very long hair, but her chest seems quite substantial.”
Xiao Yunluo couldn’t help but murmur, “Huh? Who is the little girl next to Ye Anping?”
“Yes,” Feng Yudie replied.
Before Feng Yudie could say anything more, Xiao Yunluo grabbed her wrist and pulled her along.
“Follow them, but keep it low-key,” Xiao Yunluo instructed.
“Why?”
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