Chapter 399: Senior brother, a letter from Long Ling
Ye Anping’s deep purple eyes slowly scanned every word of the letter. Even though he didn’t understand calligraphy, he could still see the courage in the heart of the person who wrote it.
Strength penetrates the back of the paper, like iron painted on a silver hook.
It was precisely because of the calligraphy on this letter that he couldn’t help but frown, thinking about the intention behind Tong Zilan’s letter.
At first glance, it seemed that she was just asking him to take care of Ahting, and asked Xiao Yunluo to say good things to Si Xuanji, but in fact…
A little playful voice came from the ear:
“Is she unwilling to give up, or is it compensation for his daughter?”
Si Xuanji, who was tiptoeing on Ye Anping’s shoulder, looked at Liang Ahting and Ye Anping back and forth with her yin and yang eyes after reading the letter and said with a smile.
“Well, I think it’s the latter…”
Ye Anping shrugged slightly and sighed somewhat sadly.
Since the fall of Nangong Cheng, the Monster Clan had taken over more than twenty cities of the Emperor Sect as their own. The Pill Division and the Weapon Division of the Emperor Sect were scattered and scattered, and now only the Heavenly Execution Court was left. In other words, Tong Zilan wanted to leave the Heavenly Execution Court to Ahting.
In this way, no matter what Ahting wants to do in the future, whether it is establishing her sect or just becoming a disciple of the Hundred Lotus Sect, she will have Heavenly Execution Court behind her to help her.
After all, the blood of Nangong Cheng, the Emperor of the Central Domain, was flowing into Ahting’s bones.
“What do Mr. Ye think?”
Ye Anping was silent for a while. If they could be saved, they would lend a helping hand or sell a favor. But in the incident at the East Great Wall, the difference in combat power between the Heavenly Execution Court and demonic cultivators was as big as the difference between heaven and earth. He, Feng Yudie, and others alone could not turn the tide.
The demon cultivators encountered on the East Great Wall this time were the master of the Ghost Spirit Sect, dozens of cultivators in the God Transformation Stage and Nascent Soul Stage, as well as countless demon cultivators who formed cores and built foundations.
Ye Anping held his chin and recalled the ending of the East Great Wall plot in the game:
Fu Xuan, the master of the Heavenly Execution Court, was in the middle stage of becoming a god. To delay the demon cultivators and help other cultivators in the department gain time to escape, he was besieged by three demon cultivators who transformed into gods, and then encountered the leader of the Ghost Spirit Sect, one of the six demon sects and fell there.
Yue Mingxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Execution Court, was in the middle Nascent Soul stage. When he was escaping with the remaining disciples in the division, he encountered several Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators and died.
The commander of the Heavenly Execution Court also knew that two early Nascent Soul cultivators were also besieged by demon cultivators and died because they were delaying the time for the young disciples.
But even so, no one in the Heavenly Execution Court survived in the end. Even Feng Yudie, who rushed over to help, suffered heavy losses after encountering Gu Mingxin.
If she hadn’t had the Nine Dragons Sky Seal, she might have died at the hands of Gu Mingxin. In the end, it was Xiao Yunluo who carried her on her back and fled back to the Western Domain in a hurry amid the constant pursuit of the demon cultivators.
Thinking of this, Ye Anping shook his head slightly and replied, “There’s nothing I can do.”
Si Xuanji narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled:
“Really? Mr. Ye feels powerless?”
“Um…”
“Heavenly Execution Court sent a letter to my mother asking for help half a month ago, but my mother did not agree because she was concerned about the attention of other sects of the Immortal family.”
Ye Anping shrugged helplessly, but he also understood that the Xuanxing Sect would not be able to take action in this matter, otherwise, it would be easy for the Taibai Sect and others to suspect that the fall of Nangong Cheng was related to Danyue.
In that case, there will be even greater chaos.
“I see.”
Seeing Ye Anping’s understatement, Si Xuanji paused, pinched his shoulder worriedly, and reminded:
“Don’t act so hot-bloodedly.”
“Haha, am I like that kind of person?”
Ye Anping smiled. He had already planned not to participate in this matter. An enemy of that size was not something he could deal with by only relying on some strategy or cleverness.
Si Xuanji looked at Ye Anping’s expression and felt that he should be a self-aware person, so she said nothing more. However, Liang Ahting, who was listening to the two people talking, felt that she had met two Riddlers.
“Uncle, what are you talking about? What daughter? Why can’t I do anything? Is my aunt pregnant? Am I going to have nephews and nieces soon?”
“…”
Ye Anping looked at Liang Ahting, a little speechless, raised his hand and knocked her forehead, saying:
“Why are you here? Aren’t you participating in the selection?”
“Ah… The written test is over. I was going to take the sword test, but I got lost~ Hehe.”
“I’ll send you there. The sword test is at Heavenly Cloud Peak.”
With that said, Ye Anping called out the flying sword, stepped on it, and then saluted Si Xuanji:
“Miss Xuanji, I’ll take my leave now.”
“Um.”
“Ahting, come up!”
“Yes!”
Ye Anping stretched out his hand to pull Liang Ahting from the ground and stepped on his flying sword. Then he raised his sword finger slightly to call back the flying sword that Liang Ahting had just stepped on in the pool and then took her on a journey. She got up and headed towards the Heavenly Cloud Peak.
Si Xuanji watched the two of them fly away, then sighed silently, sat back on the shore alone, lifted her skirt, and dipped her feet into the water to make waves.
But as soon as Ye Anping walked for a while, she felt a little bored and no longer in the mood to play in the water…
“Come to think of it, it’s been several months, alas…”
Si Xuanji curled her lips, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. A few months were like a fleeting moment to her.
But after only a few months, why did her little tiger want to eat meat again?
“Let’s wait a few more months. He is becoming more and more unrestrained now. He even dares to lie on my lap and tease me. If it happens too often, I don’t know how that kid will take advantage of it…”
The voice sounded fierce, but Si Xuanji didn’t realize that she was smiling when she said this…
…
On the sword-testing platform at the top of the Heavenly Cloud Peak, the sound of wooden swords clashing could be heard endlessly. The new disciples who have completed the written examination have now gathered here, waiting for the disciple in charge of taking notes on the sword testing stage to call their names, and then go up to the stage to spar with the Xuanxing Sect disciples.
Ye Anping took Ahting with his sword and landed in front of the back door reserved for inner disciples next to the sword testing platform.
When the two Heavenly Cloud Peak disciples guarding the gate saw Ye Anping, they quickly stepped forward and politely asked, “Senior Brother Ye, why are you here?”
Ye Anping nodded to the two people, pointed at the shy Liang Ahting next to him, and said, “She came to participate in the selection. She just got lost and met me. There are too many people at the main entrance of the sword trial platform. I will take her in from here. It will be okay.”
“Of course. Senior Brother Ye, please come in.”
Although it was a bit against the rules, the two people didn’t say much and quickly made way for Ye Anping.
However, after passing by the two of them, Liang Ahting pursed her lips and smiled for some reason. She hugged Ye Anping’s arm and said shyly, as if coquettishly, “Uncle is getting more and more handsome.”
Ye Anping glanced at her expressionlessly, nodded, and admitted, “Yeah, indeed.”
“Is it my uncle who will have my sword test later? Can you put some water in it, and then Ahting can give my uncle a pat on the back?”
This girl…
Ye Anping shook his head slightly and said, “The sword test is for dozens of disciples from each peak of Xuanxing Sect, and each person is responsible for the sword test of dozens of new disciples. It is not under my control.”
“Then uncle, tell me. The main thing is not to take it too seriously. Ahting is afraid of pain.”
“Most of the inner disciples will be lenient. Don’t worry. It shouldn’t be difficult for you to pass the exam.”
While chatting, the two of them walked through the corridor behind the sword-testing platform and arrived at a high platform in the square. Liang Ahting let go of Ye Anping’s hand, ran to the fence, held the fence, stood on tiptoes, and looked down.
On the eight sword testing platforms below, there was a new disciple currently testing the sword.
And it was at this time that a scream of “Ah——!!” came from the sword testing platform in the southeast.
The new disciple who participated in the sword test was knocked directly from the stage to a height of seven or eight feet by the examiner and then fell heavily to the ground. He was carried away on a stretcher by the waiting inner disciples of the Xuanxing Sect.
The examiner with black hair tied into a ponytail danced a sword flower with his wooden sword, hanging it on his right hand, then slowly exhaled, turned to look at the disciple taking notes aside, and nodded:
“Um.”
“Uh…” The disciple who took the record looked ashamed. He quickly looked down at the roster, cleared his throat, and shouted, “The next one, Liang Ahting, comes to the Heavenly Cloud Peak Sword Test Stage!!”
Liang Ahting heard this and quickly raised his hand:
“Yes!!!”
The examiner was stunned for a moment when he heard the name, but he quickly came to his senses and turned to look at Liang Ahting.
Just now, because it was only from the side, Ahting didn’t recognize it at first glance. Now that the examiner had turned around, she recognized that it was her aunt!
Ahting’s smiling face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye. The raised right hand slowly retracted…
“Ah…”
Ahting swallowed, thinking of Ye Anping, and quickly looked behind him, wanting Ye Anping to help, but…
“Uncle!!!”
However, Ye Anping, who had just brought her in, had left without knowing when. Ahting was confused, looking around in panic, and then ran out, trying to escape quickly, but after just two steps, a hand grabbed her shoulder.
“Ahting? Why did you come to participate in the Xuanxing Sect selection?”
“…”
Pei Lianxue patted her head gently, her face full of affection, and said, “It just so happens that I’m in charge of your sword test. Let’s see if you have been lazy in the past few years when your aunt has been away.”
“Ah…”
Ahting turned around and smiled awkwardly, then broke away from Pei Lianxue’s hand and continued to run out, but was still caught by Pei Lianxue.
“No!! Oh wow ah ah ah – uncle, help me!!”
Pei Lianxue saw that Ahting didn’t seem to like her very much, so she curled her lips in disappointment but still dragged her to the sword-testing platform of the Heavenly Cloud Peak like a corpse.
However, seeing Ahting crying and fussing like this, she saw her former self in Ahting, and she felt a little nostalgic in her eyes:
“Ahting, don’t be afraid. Although Elder Qin asked me to be stricter in the sword test, you have sparred with me before, so your results should be better than others just now.”
“Ugh… Ah, Ting doesn’t want to be a disciple anymore!! Ah, Ting wants to return to the Hundred Lotus Sect… Ah, Ting no longer wants to be a disciple of the Xuanxing Sect!”
“Ahting, be obedient…”
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The sunset over the western mountains. The morning and dusk light shines on the forest, dyeing the entire bamboo forest with a layer of golden yellow.
In front of the pavilion in the forest, in the open space covered with bamboo leaves, Ye Anping held a wooden sword in his hand and, as usual, practiced the Nine Heavens Sword Technique that Feng Yudie had taught him over the past few months.
Whizzing–
The wooden sword drew bursts of sound in mid-air.
The figure was agile and light, and the wooden sword in his hand was like a white snake spitting out messages and hissing through the wind. At first glance, it seems that he had achieved something, but Ye Anping knew it very well.
Now, his Nine Heavens Sword Technique, in terms of sword power, was not as good as Feng Yudie’s, and it was not even as good as the Sword Questioning Technique and Leaves Shadow Sword Technique of his and Junior Sister.
But there was nothing he could do about it. In just a few months, if he could become like Feng Yudie and defeat all things with his spirit, then Feng Yudie would not be his destiny. But all in all, after understanding Feng Yudie’s sword skills, and cooperating with her in the future, although he and his junior sister could not achieve the same goal with their swords, they would not be at a loss.
Sough–
Two footsteps came from behind. Ye Anping lowered the raised wooden sword and turned around.
Feng Yudie came to the pavilion along the path with a helpless expression. It seemed that she had not sold anything today, but when she saw that Ye Anping had arrived early, her eyes suddenly lit up again:
“Young Master Ye, is it so early today?”
“Um.”
In the past few months, he and Feng Yudie had made an appointment to come to the bamboo forest at 4:00 a.m. every day to practice sword fighting until sunset, and then they would go back to the triple courtyard to rest.
Seeing that Feng Yudie had also arrived, Ye Anping calmed down a little bit took out a wooden sword, and threw it over:
“Just get started.”
Feng Yudie picked up the wooden sword with her toes, reached out to catch it, nodded, and smiled:
“Very good~.”
…
Ta-ta…
Despair……
Along with the muffled sounds of wooden swords clashing, the dusk that fell on the two of them through the bamboo leaves gradually darkened. The blush on the horizon was replaced by the endless starry sky.
Thump–
“Ha ha……”
Ye Anping opened his hands and fell to the ground full of bamboo leaves. He breathed heavily as if he had just fended off hundreds of girls. His face was covered with sweat, and he was trying to calm down his breathing. Feng Yudie on the side, although she was a little better, her face was still covered with hot sweat at the moment. She threw the wooden sword in her hand aside, followed his example, and fell next to him.
Feng Yudie took out a long breath, turned around in a circle, lay down on the bamboo leaves, dragged her cheek with her palms, and bared her teeth in a smile:
“Hee~~.”
“…”
Ye Anping glanced at her, sighed helplessly, and asked, “Where is Xiao Tian? What is he doing again?”
After the voice fell, Xiao Tian appeared directly from Feng Yudie’s head, touched her forehead, and said with a smile:
“Anping, do you miss me? ~Hehe.”
“No, just asking. I see you’ve been leaving early and coming home late these past few months.”
“Oh, you and Yudie have private meetings together every day during this period. I’m sorry to disturb you. Isn’t it fun to practice swordsmanship with Yudie? Did you notice that Yudie looks very good today? She just bought lipstick the day before yesterday~~.”
When Ye Anping heard this, he looked at Feng Yudie’s lips. They seemed to be a little pinker than yesterday, but he didn’t care. He sat up straight, picked it up with his sword finger, and took out a piece he had just baked from the storage bag. The good roast chicken was thrown into the belly of Feng Yudie.
“I’m going back.”
“Why? Anping, wait, I haven’t finished speaking yet…”
Xiao Tian quickly chased after him and continued talking in Ye Anping’s ear. Seeing that Ye Anping was gone, Feng Yudie pursed her lips with a red face, then sighed with some pity, and simply got up from the ground, covered her hair with bamboo leaves, and shook them off, holding the roast chicken in her arms and went in the other direction.
As she walked, she said to herself:
“Young Master Ye didn’t notice it, and then Junior Sister Pei probably didn’t notice it either. Let’s use a different color of lip ester next time… um.”
However, at this moment, a fiery red light streaked across the night sky.
Ah——
The sound of phoenixes came from above. The two people walking with their backs to each other suddenly stopped and looked up in unison. The fire phoenix spread its wings a hundred feet in the air, then tightened its wings, swooped in front of Ye Anping, waved its wings to cushion it, and finally landed on Ye Anping’s shoulders.
Ye Anping took a look at Ah Feng’s majestic flaming eyes and then noticed a jade slip tied to its claws. He quickly took it off and looked at it with his spiritual consciousness.
The letter contained news from Li Longling:
——Yun Tianchong, the leader of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, took three young ladies and a thousand disciples of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect and crossed the southern boundary of the Central Domain. According to rumors, he seemed to be preparing to go to the Eastern Great Wall.
“…”
This news, which was completely beyond his expectations, made Ye Anping’s eyes widen slightly.
Yun family? Why are they dragging their families to the Eastern Great Wall?
Family trip? Or a seven-day tour of the battlefield…
Ye Anping raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little tired. Seeing his expression, Feng Yudie hurriedly walked over, put her hands behind her back, leaned close to her face, tilted her head, and asked expectantly:
“Master Ye, what happened?”
What are you doing…
Ye Anping couldn’t help but look away, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, calmed down, put on an extremely serious expression, and replied solemnly, “Your master’s husband may be in danger.”
Feng Yudie drew back her neck and opened her pink lips slightly: “…Huh?”
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