Chapter 64: Night Talk in the Forest
Under the illumination of a half-moon, the two of them flew back to the Tianyun Peak with their swords. Then, Xiao Yunluo went back to her triple courtyard and brought some pastries and plum juice. The two of them sat in front of the stone table in the courtyard and ate in silence for a while. After that, Xiao Yunluo spoke, “Lianxue, what’s going on between you and your senior brother?”
“Um… I was brought back to the Hundred Lotus Sect by the master of the Hundred Lotus Sect. I grew up with my senior brother since childhood. We are childhood sweethearts.”
“What about what you said, that your senior brother beat you and poisoned you?”
“That’s cultivation practice.” Pei Lianxue pursed her lips and said, “Senior brother said that it would be very helpful for my cultivation.”
“Cultivation?” Xiao Yunluo looked surprised. She had never heard of that kind of cultivation method. “But… won’t it hurt?”
“As long as senior brother is here, I can’t die.” Pei Lianxue said proudly. “No matter what the situation is, senior brother will look at me intently. Once he sees that I can’t hold on any longer, Senior Brother will come to save me. And several times, he almost lost his life in order to save me. Senior brother loves me very much.”
Xiao Yunluo couldn’t understand it at all. But looking at Pei Lianxue’s eyes, one could feel that she seemed to be thinking this seriously.
In fact, in the past few days, she would sneak over from time to time to observe Pei Lianxue practising his sword. Xiao Yunluo wanted to know why Pei Lianxue was so much better than her. She used to be quite proud and satisfied with her cultivation achievements. Even if she looked at all the immortal sects, she was still the best. There were really not many people who could achieve perfect Qi refining at the age of fifteen until she met Pei Lianxue and Feng Yudie.
“Then what about other than that? How did you practice before?”
“Um… Senior Brother will help me unblock my meridians, break my bones, apply ointment, and reconnect them. He said it can make the bones more flexible and stronger.”
Xiao Yunluo frowned. She originally wanted to practice according to Pei Lianxue’s method, but now just hearing it made her feel terrified. Xiao Yunluo bit her lip and asked, “Then why did you lie to me that your senior brother was bad?”
When asked this question, Pei Lianxue suddenly blushed and was speechless for a moment. Finally, after hesitating for a while, Pei Lianxue simply spoke out.
“I’m worried that you will snatch my senior brother away.”
“Ha?”
Pei Lianxue frowned, took a deep breath, stared at her, and said seriously, “You are the young lady of the Xuanxing Sect. You are rich, beautiful, and have Heavenly Spiritual roots. It’s not like me… who has no background and still owes my senior brother so much money.”
“…”
“Um… You’re not the first one. That idiot wanted to steal my senior brother. He flirted with my senior brother several times when we were in the Hundred Lotus Sect and even secretly had private meetings with him behind my back.”
Xiao Yunluo raised her eyebrows, looked at her, and said softly, “Lianxue, could you possibly…”
“Um?”
“Do you like your senior brother?”
“…”
Pei Lianxue was stunned, lowered her eyes, and curled her ear hair slightly with her fingers. She nodded slightly, then shook her head again, and finally nodded again.
Xiao Yunluo seemed to be relieved and said, “I will not rob your senior brother.”
“But… what if senior brother falls in love with you?”
“Then let me make it clear to him that he already has you.”
“Ah!” Pei Lianxue was stunned and quickly waved her hands, “You can’t say that…”
“Why?”
“Feelings have meaning only if they are expressed in person.” Pei Lianxue murmured, as if worried, “I don’t need anyone else to express my feelings for me. We understand each other about my senior brother and my senior brother towards me… Probably.”
“…”
“And senior brother definitely doesn’t have that much thought about marrying me now. Don’t say that!”
Pei Lianxue frowned seriously, brought her face closer, and threatened, “Don’t say it, got it? Our chat tonight will be our secret.”
“…”
Xiao Yunluo shrank her neck and then smiled. She felt that she looked very cute, and she could not be related to Pei Lianxue, who killed the Seven Killing Sect thugs during the previous physical examination.
“Pfft——”
Pei Lianxue frowned and said seriously, “What are you laughing at? Did you hear that?”
“I heard you.” Xiao Yunluo responded with a smile, then stretched out her right hand, “Don’t worry, I promise not to tell anyone else what we discuss tonight.”
Pei Lianxue stretched out her right hand and wrapped her little finger around hers. The two hooked their right little fingers and shook them.
Afterwards, Xiao Yunluo took a sip of the sour plum juice and asked, “Do you want me to help you?”
“What can you help me with?”
“Help you check out your senior brother’s tone and see what he thinks of you.”
“No need. I know what he is thinking.” After a pause, Pei Lianxue reminded again, “You are not allowed to go.”
“If you don’t let me go, then you won’t let me go.”
Xiao Yunluo shrugged, then looked up at the sky and saw that the moon had risen for almost a quarter, so she stood up.
“Okay, it’s getting late, so I’ll go back to rest first, and you should rest early. You can save these pastries for breakfast tomorrow morning.”
“Um…”
After watching Xiao Yunluo walk out of the yard, Pei Lianxue breathed a sigh of relief, paused for a moment, looking at the unfinished pastries on the table, and quickly took out a dustpan from the kitchen to cover it, preparing to take it to his senior brother to share with him tomorrow morning.
Originally, she was going to take a quick shower and then go back to her room to rest, but looking at the stars in the sky, she suddenly thought of Ye Anping, who was wrapped in bandages.
The senior brother had been protecting her since she was a child, but now the old brother could no longer defeat her. Now it was up to her to protect her weak old brother. However, based on her current ability, it was still not enough.
Pei Lianxue stood in the yard and hesitated for a while, then simply went back to the house to pick up her spirit sword, ran out of the yard again, went to the bamboo forest next to the triple courtyard, and continued to wave the long sword in her hand. She wanted to be a junior sister who could protect her senior brothers thoughtfully, no matter what the situation.
The silver light of the long sword drew curved arcs one after another in the bamboo forest. Repeating the same actions over and over again. Suddenly the only sounds left in the huge bamboo forest were the waving of long swords in the air and the even and rhythmic breathing.
After a while, Pei Lianxue’s already dry sweatshirt was once again soaked with her sweat.
The waist-length black hair danced lightly with her movements, and because of the sweat beads on it, it glowed in the moonlight.
And she probably was too focused. She never noticed from the beginning to the end that there was a girl in the pavilion about thirty feet away from her who had been staring at her for a long time.
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