Chapter 205: The protagonist is obsessed
Under the pavilion in the pine forest, Su Yanyu was nervously rubbing her hands, biting her lips, and gazing at the tall pines blanketed by snow around her. There were wisps of snow and mist between the pine trees. Under the morning sun’s glow, it resembled a halo of ethereal light, drifting in the air with a dreamy and soft quality.
Su Yanyu wasn’t in the mood to appreciate it. She was a junior disciple of Sword Wine Peak, initially practising at the Middle Peak. However, the young elder who deemed her character too weak transferred her to Sword Wine Peak, instructing her to train with the senior disciples there to toughen up. However, she encountered an unexpected situation just a few days after arriving at Jianjiu Peak. A group of masked cultivators broke into her residence, knocked her unconscious, and brought her there, threatening her,
“If you want to survive, wait for someone named Feng Yu to arrive and attack him.”
As they threatened her, they also attached low-level thunder talismans to her.
What was worse, she overheard them saying they kidnapped her simply because her house looked nice, just picking a random person on the street as cannon fodder. She couldn’t understand why they chose her out of all the houses in her area!
“Sniff…”
Su Yanyu wiped her tears and scanned the surroundings once more. The forest was silent.
At this moment, the pine forest was tranquil, as if something was permeating the air, making it difficult for her to breathe. She felt herself on the brink of breaking down.
“Sniff… Senior Brother Yihe, didn’t you promise to protect me? Didn’t you say you’d marry me someday? Where are you?”
Five days ago, Zhang Yihe from Xiri Peak confessed to her and promised to marry her after forming his core. He even promised to take her shopping for beautiful clothes and jewellery.
Sough—
At that moment, footsteps crunching on snow came from behind Su Yanyu. She trembled and quickly turned around.
Feng Yudie emerged from the pine forest, smiling as she approached. She greeted Su Yanyu casually, “You’re Junior Sister Su, right? What can I do for you?”
Su Yanyu, pale with fear, stepped back. If Feng Yudie got within five feet of her, the thugs in the woods would trigger the thunder talisman on her body. Even if she said something wrong, it could start it.
“Ah… sniff… Ah… sniff…”
Su Yanyu desperately issued warnings like a frightened puppy, her eyes pleading with Feng Yudie. But Feng Yudie seemed utterly unconcerned.
“Hey, Junior Sister Su, why are you stepping back? Come closer.”
“Woo…”
“It’s okay. I’ll come to you if you don’t come to me.”
With a slight smile, Feng Yudie raised her right hand, hidden in her sleeve, formed a sword gesture, and rushed towards Su Yanyu.
Seeing her move, Su Yanyu couldn’t hold back any longer and exclaimed, “Are you crazy? Don’t come any closer!!”
Boom!
A dazzling flash of lightning burst from one side of the pavilion, engulfing both Feng Yudie and Su Yanyu.
At the same time, four dark figures emerged from the pine forest surrounding the pavilion, enclosing the lightning in the centre.
“Be careful. This person is formidable. This attack might not kill him. When the lightning dissipates, don’t hesitate. If anyone is still standing, strike them without mercy.”
With one command, the four lowered their stances, preparing their swords, and focused their gaze on the dazzling lightning.
One moment—
Two moments—
“Attack!!”
At the command, the four immediately rushed forward, converging at the spot where Feng Yudie and Su Yanyu had been moments before, as soon as the spiritual lightning vanished.
Ding!
Sparks flew!
The four swords met at the supposed centre of Feng Yudie’s chest, but instead of hitting her, each sword clashed against the other.
“What?”
Just as the four were puzzled about the sudden disappearance of Su Yanyu and the others, a voice sounded behind one of them.
“Hehe… Looking for me!”
Upon hearing this, the man widened his eyes and swung his sword behind him. But halfway through his swing, Feng Yudie’s palm pressed forcefully against his wrist, causing his hand to open involuntarily.
“Let me borrow your sword!”
With her left hand, Feng Yudie caught the spirit sword flying from his right hand and swung it in a circle, following his sword’s momentum.
Swish!
A golden aura enveloped her, forming a ring of sword energy that swept across the neck of the man who had attempted to attack her.
Seeing this, the other three immediately leapt to evade the sword energy unleashed by Feng Yudie.
Feng Yudie, positioned below, observed the three airborne individuals. With a swift motion, a spiritual sword shot out from the pine forest behind them, resembling a boomerang as it swept across their necks from left to right.
“Receive!”
Feng Yudie flipped her palm, causing the spinning spiritual sword to halt instantly in mid-air. She then aimed its tip towards the ground and inserted it without a sound.
“Jumping up, are you looking for trouble? Tsk… Hey—”
Feng Yudie walked over and retrieved her spiritual sword and the belongings from the four corpses. However, upon inspecting their possessions, she sighed in disappointment.
“…so destitute.”
She returned the items to her storage bag, her expression betraying her dissatisfaction.
“Ah… Thank you, Mr. Feng…”
“If you want to thank me, give me some spiritual stones~~”
“Ah… I… um.” Su Yanyu nodded shyly, then asked, “Mr. Feng, do you have any clothes? I look like this… a little cold…”
“I do! How about five hundred spiritual stones? My old clothes are quite fashionable.”
“Ah? Five hundred…” Su Yanyu was utterly perplexed but nodded nonetheless. “Um, okay.”
Seeing her agreement, Feng Yudie grinned and promptly handed over a neatly folded skirt from her storage bag to Su Yanyu.
—My old clothes.
Su Yanyu glanced at the garment in her hands, then at Feng Yudie, disregarding her eccentricities. She quickly grabbed the clothes and darted into the depths of the pine forest to change.
…
Yudie just blew her cover for 500 spiritual stones, a greedy, risky, low-income move (ㆆ_ㆆ)