Chapter 472: Yu Die, thank you
In the blink of an eye, it was early autumn, the Hundred Lotus Sect was ablaze with golden color, and red lanterns symbolizing happiness had been hung under the eaves of the streets and pavilions.
Beside the martial arts platform on the main peak, Qi-refining period disciples wearing Hundred Lotus Sect uniforms were coming and going. Most of them were talking about the marriage between their young master and Fairy Pei, thinking about having a big meal at the wedding banquet, or making friends with a few foreigners Senior Daoists who share the same goals.
The Hundred Lotus Sect was filled with joy everywhere.
However, standing in front of the railing of the martial arts viewing platform against the cliff, looking alone at the silver figure of the setting sun in the distance, it felt like she was outside the “Joy”.
The autumn wind blowing from outside the mountain ruffled the silver hair on one side of Feng Yudie’s face, causing her to raise her hand and push her hair behind her ears, hold her cheeks up, and let out a long, depressed sigh:
“Sigh…”
…
Two months ago, Ye Anping returned to the Hundred Lotus Sect and asked Pei Lianxue if she wanted to do something bigger or smaller?
But Pei Lianxue didn’t care about making things big or small, so Ye Anping thought of inviting some acquaintances to meet and have a happy marriage.
However, things turned out differently.
Because of what happened with the “Summoning Immortal Order” before, he, the young master of the Hundred Lotus Sect, was now the most popular cultivator in the Western Domain, and he was already a Nascent Soul cultivator at a young age.
Therefore, many second and third-rate sects in the Western Domain sent congratulatory gifts after learning about this incident.
Since everyone had sent congratulatory gifts, it would be really unkind not to invite them over for a meal.
In desperation, Ye Anping had to renegotiate with Ye Ao and others and turn the wedding ceremony, which was originally attended by dozens of people, into a feast for nearly ten thousand people.
Ye Anping had little experience in this matter, and the Hundred Lotus Sect had never held such a grand ceremony before, but fortunately with Tong Zilan and Immortal Fu Xuan there, the preparations for the ceremony went smoothly.
However, Ye Anping was the groom’s official after all, and many clans came to befriend him. During this time, he had to greet the clan cultivators one by one.
And when there are too many people, there will always be fights and fights.
Ye Anping, Liang Zhu, and Ye Wan’er also had to watch around the Hundred Lotus Sect and deal with the fighting cultivators. At the same time, they had to be on guard against anyone with evil intentions taking advantage of the situation.
All in all, Ye Anping was now troubled by trivial matters.
——He can’t even spare the time to cook roast chicken for her…
Feng Yudie lay on her arm and curled her lips in boredom. It had been a long time since she had eaten the roast chicken cooked by Ye Anping himself.
Moreover, the marriage contract seemed to say that “Chickens” are not allowed on the wedding day. All the chickens raised in the Hundred Lotus Sect had been sent to the back mountain to be locked up. Even the red-crowned crane worth 880,000 spiritual stones had been locked up.
Although Ye Ao only gave it a single room to live in…
“Sigh…”
Sighing again, Feng Yudie buried her face in the crooks of her arms and lay on the railing, her heart feeling inexplicably blocked.
Tomorrow night, her Young Master Ye would go to court with her Junior Sister Pei.
Junior Sister Pei looked very happy, and Young Master Ye was also very happy.
The two of them were obviously the people she cared about the most. They would definitely be happy as a couple. Logically speaking, she should bless them, but…
“Sigh…”
This time, how could there be such a thing as “Sorrow”!
Feng Yudie could only sigh constantly to relieve the depression in her heart.
“Sigh…”
Ta-ta-!
Suddenly two sounds of clogs came from behind, and then a small hand fell on her shoulder.
“Hey! Damn it, you’re here alone and feeling angry!”
Feng Yudie suddenly smelled the smell of wine and frowned. She turned around and saw that Yun Jiujiu was wearing a golden sword sect coat that was two sizes bigger than her. She felt a little more energetic:
“Jiujiu, when did you arrive…”
Yun Jiujiu jumped on the railing, opened the cork of the jade gourd at his waist, and took two big mouthfuls:
“We arrived early today. My sister and Yun Xi are playing mahjong with Master Li and Young Master Xiao. I said that I haven’t seen you yet, but you ended up enjoying the breeze here alone. What’s wrong with you? Are you looking at Yun Xi? She is still weak…”
“What’s wrong with Third Miss Yun?”
“She just entered the Hundred Lotus Sect’s mountain gate this morning and stepped on three pieces of dog poop. Now she have to look to see if there is anything in the cup even when she take a sip of tea, tsk tsk tsk…”
Yun Jiujiu shook her head and sighed, and asked:
“Why aren’t you with Young Master Xiao and the others?”
“They won’t take me to play mahjong…”
“Oh… it’s like this.” Yun Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, then handed over the wine gourd in her hand, “You want to drink some?”
“I don’t drink.”
Yun Jiujiu glanced at her, then took a big sip without caring, spit out a mouthful of spiritual objects, wiped his mouth with his sleeve robe, and said, “Is it because of the person named Pei?”
“Um?”
“I said you look so gloomy! Everyone else was beaming on the way here, but you are the only one who is so depressed!”
Yun Jiujiu waved her hand, as if because of the wine, and suddenly patted Feng Yudie on the shoulder in an old-fashioned way:
“Don’t be stubborn and insist on something you shouldn’t insist on. You and that guy named Pei are both in trouble. Think about it sooner and get rid of it sooner.”
“I know.”
“Look at me, you don’t know! I know you still look like this! If you ask me, I’ll give up on this idea… Look at me, you like the guy named Pei, not as much as the guy named Ye, at least he’s so cool and the bird is big…”
?
Feng Yudie was stunned for a moment and twisted her eyebrows: “You know?”
“After the night you cried last time, in the sword sect, my sister was in a wheelchair the next day. I think she must be older…”
Feng Yudie scratched the back of her head, somewhat confused, and after being silent for a while, she asked:
“But I used to like Junior Sister Pei. Junior Sister Pei was handsome and powerful…”
“Then did she agree?”
Feng Yudie was speechless, lowered her eyes, and fell silent:
“…”
Yun Jiujiu shook her head, took another sip of wine, hung the jade gourd back on her waist, and sighed:
“This is wrong, let go if you can’t hold on! Didn’t I tell you last time, don’t be a licker!”
“Then what do you think we should do…”
“What can I do? Tell me face to face.” Yun Jiujiu jumped off the railing, grabbed Feng Yudie’s shoulders, and said seriously, “Go and tell that person named Pei now that I don’t like you anymore! Just put a full stop on this matter, and then it’s over… If it’s not broken, it’s not established~”
Feng Yudie’s head was empty, and she looked at Yun Jiujiu’s face. After hesitating for a while, she nodded slowly:
“Oh…”
Bang bang——
Yun Jiujiu slapped Feng Yudie on the shoulder hard, bared her teeth, and said with a smile:
“That’s right! Let’s go!”
“Ah?”
“Go now! I will accompany you!”
“Ah… Wait!”
Without giving Feng Yudie time to make excuses, Yun Jiujiu bumped her shoulder into her belly, summoned her flying sword and stepped on it. While carrying her, she drew a spiritual light that circled the mountain above the main peak, flying toward the East Peak of the Hundred Lotus Sect.
The east peak was specially designated by Ye Ao for Ye Anping. Ye Anping doesn’t come back often and doesn’t take care of it. Now there were only a few scattered pavilions standing on the top of the peak.
Now the windows of the pavilion were covered with window grilles with the word “囍”. Many teenage girls from the Hundred Lotus Sect, wearing festive red dresses, were running around the pavilion cleaning.
Liang Ahting was also standing in front of the main pavilion with her hands on her hips, commanding these little girls like a general:
“That window grille is a bit crooked! Re-attach it, and then take out all the green and black carp from the pond and put some red ones in! Hehe… Be more festive!”
“Yes~”
During this time, her aunt was preparing for her marriage, so she would not come to her to practice swordsmanship; her adoptive father was also busy guarding the surroundings of the Hundred Lotus Sect. Liang Ahting was particularly relaxed now, playing as much as she wanted, sleeping as much as she wanted, and she also had more than a hundred boys from the Hundred Lotus Sect she could give orders to, and she really looked like a king of Guzi Mountain.
Seeing a flying sword falling from the sky, Liang Ahting turned around and ran over after seeing the silver thread:
“Second aunt, and this senior… Who are you?”
Yun Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and knocked Liang Ahting on the forehead, then put down Feng Yudie on her shoulder:
“Is Pei Lianxue here?”
“Well… My aunt is trying on makeup.”
“Okay…” Yun Jiujiu grabbed Feng Yudie’s back and said, “Go! I’m waiting at the door.”
Feng Yudie nodded blankly as if she didn’t even realize what she was doing, so she just listened to Yun Jiujiu and walked toward the house.
However, she was stopped by Liang Ahting:
“No, second aunt! My uncle asked me to keep watch. You are not allowed to see her before worshiping…”
Boom–
Before she could finish her words, Yun Jiujiu raised her hand and hit her on the back of her neck, then put it on her shoulder.
Yun Jiujiu looked at Ahting speechlessly, and then pushed Feng Yudie:
“Go!”
Feng Yudie looked at the door and hesitated for a while:
“Or…”
Yun Jiujiu raised her fist like a steamed dumpling, veins popped out on her forehead, and she gritted her teeth:
“Are you going to go or not? Believe it or not, I will beat you up!”
“…”
Feng Yudie curled her lips and looked at the attic door with the ‘囍’ window grilles. After taking a deep breath, she also stepped forward, opened the door, and walked into the attic.
On the first floor of the attic, there were several little maids playing harps and hanging up lanterns, but they didn’t pay attention to Feng Yudie’s arrival. They just took a look and continued doing what they were doing.
Feng Yudie covered her chest with some anxiety. She went up the mahogany stairs on the first floor and reached the top floor of the seventh floor. She heard Xiao Die’s voice coming from inside the house:
“Junior sister Pei, this is better~ I think it still looks better like this…”
“I don’t know how to put on makeup. Do you want me to show you to my senior brother first?”
“The bride cannot see the groom the day before the wedding. This is the rule!”
“But what if Senior Brother doesn’t like it?”
“Junior sister Pei, even if you turn into a ghost, Young Master Ye will not dislike you. You two grew up together. You used to take baths together when you were young… Have you forgotten?”
…
Feng Yudie was at the door listening to the chatter in the house. After hesitating for a while, she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
Bang bang——
“Here it comes! Who is it?…”
Xiao Die quickly ran to the door and opened the door. When she saw Feng Yudie standing outside the door with an uneasy look on her face, she felt a little strange and asked:
“Fairy Feng, are you here…”
“Can I have a few words with Junior Sister Pei?”
“…Um.”
Feng Yudie nodded to express her gratitude, and after Xiao Die stepped aside, she slowly stepped across the threshold.
But in front of the dressing table, Pei Lianxue was dressed in red. She held up the red veil on her head with both hands. She turned her head expressionlessly. The light eyeshadow above her orange eyes was filled with scattered pearlescent powder…
Feng Yudie’s golden eyes opened slightly, and she pursed her lips gently. She suddenly wished that Junior Sister Pei would dress like this for her, or that she would dress like this for Junior Sister Pei.
How great it would be if she and Junior Sister Pei could embrace the other person’s arms at this moment…
Unfortunately, the protagonists of this wedding are Junior Sister Pei and Young Master Ye.
She is just a guest…
“…”
Feng Yudie’s lips and teeth were slightly open, and she hesitated for a long time but did not speak. She suddenly wanted to turn around and leave, but she kept telling herself not to escape in her heart.
Seeing her frozen at the door, Pei Lianxue twisted her eyebrows slightly, tilted her head, and said:
“You idiot, what’s going on?”
The emotionless voice woke up the hesitant Feng Yudie. She took a deep breath, looked at Pei Lianxue’s face, raised the corners of her lips, and asked:
“Ah… Pei… Junior Sister Pei!! I like you!! From the very beginning, I fell in love with you at first sight, so… I don’t mind if you marry Young Master Ye, Young Master Ye is also a very good person. But if possible, can you marry me after marrying Young Master Ye or marry me again!!!”
?
Xiao Die, who was holding the door to the side, almost turned to stone when she heard these words.
Pei Lianxue was stunned for a long time, but then she bluntly refused:
“No, I belong to senior brother.”
“This… It’s like this…”
“Yes, it is like that.”
Feng Yudie slowly lowered her head, as if she had already expected this answer, and her expression did not change much. She stood there and fiddled with her hands:
“Isn’t it even possible…”
“No.”
Listening to Pei Lianxue’s decisive refusal again, Feng Yudie closed her eyes, and two small drops of pearls squeezed out from the corners of her eyes, but for some reason, she seemed to be relieved.
When she walked up the road just now, her stiff shoulders were no longer stiff.
The congestion in her heart these days had also been relieved.
Just like Yun Jiujiu said just now, nothing could be broken without establishing!
She liked Junior Sister Pei, but Junior Sister Pei doesn’t like her, so it’s time for her to let go.
Feng Yudie raised her head, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, smiled, narrowed her eyes, looked at Pei Lianxue, and said:
“Junior sister Pei, thank you.”
“…You’re welcome?”
“Thank you!! Thank you for giving me back to myself!!!”
“…”
“I wish Junior Sister Pei and Young Master Ye a happy wedding!!!”
After shouting loudly, Feng Yudie took one last look at Pei Lianxue’s face, then turned around and stepped out of the house.
Outside the loft railing, a ray of sunset sank on the horizon.
The dim light shone on Feng Yudie’s face, clothes, and silver hair as if she was covered with a light golden gauze.
Now she could like Young Master Ye wholeheartedly.
“Whee…”
After two chuckles, Feng Yudie jumped off the railing in one step and landed steadily back in front of the attic door.
Yun Jiujiu, who was leaning on the attic door with her arms crossed and drinking, watched Feng Yudie falling from the sky. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly took back the wine gourd, ran up, and asked:
“Did you say…”
Halfway through her words, Feng Yudie turned around and looked at her with a rejuvenated face, and Yun Jiujiu’s little frowning eyebrows couldn’t help but relax.
She slapped Feng Yudie on the back and hugged her shoulders:
“Okay, okay, let’s go! Go drink with me!”
“Okay! Hehehe…”
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