Chapter 148: Brother Liang, What Does It Have to Do With Me?
The moonlight shone on Xiao Yunluo’s face, making her appear both frail and delicate. Even though she had tried her best to hide her discontent, it hadn’t escaped Ye Anping’s notice. She must have been crying earlier, and quite hard at that. However, Ye Anping could understand. It was normal for a girl in her adolescence to cry after a heartbreak. It would pass with time.
He ignored her and first used his spiritual sense to examine the state of his meridians. Although his meridians were now extremely full of spiritual energy, his cultivation hadn’t increased significantly, barely reaching Mid Foundation Establishment. This was slightly beyond his expectations. After all, a single settlement involving Wu Yue had previously elevated his cultivation by one level. With this latest settlement, even excluding Li Feng, there should have been three Core Formation stage Demonic cultivators, which should have at least elevated him to Mid or even Late Foundation Establishment.
However, after a while of using his spiritual sense, he understood the reason. The cultivation that the “Golden Finger” had injected into him was indeed enough to directly advance him to Mid Foundation Establishment. But most of the spiritual energy seemed to be restless, swirling around his body. If he wasn’t mistaken, this situation meant he had encountered a bottleneck. He had originally thought his “Golden Finger” could help him bypass bottlenecks and forcefully raise his cultivation, but it seemed the “Golden Finger” wasn’t as miraculous as he had imagined. He couldn’t escape the bottleneck that cultivators with dual spiritual roots faced.
On the other hand, thinking about it, encountering a bottleneck was also a good thing. His cultivation method was still stuck at the level of complete Qi Refining. If his cultivation advanced too quickly while his cultivation method lagged behind, he would just be a resilient punching bag. Now that the Chi Long Mansion matter was settled, he would have a long period to consolidate his cultivation, improve his cultivation method, and take his time.
Ye Anping opened his eyes and let out a heavy sigh. Then he looked at Xiao Yunluo and said, “Senior Sister Xiao, please help Young Master Li with the internal affairs of Chi Long Mansion for the next few days. She is blind and will need some time to adapt.”
Xiao Yunluo gave him a cold shoulder, crossed her arms, and turned her head away. “Hmph! Do you think I wouldn’t help her if you hadn’t said anything? I’ll help her regardless.”
“Mm,” Ye Anping said with a hint of helplessness. It seemed this girl wouldn’t give him a good look for a long time. But he didn’t say anything else and turned to look at Pei Lianxue. “Junior Sister, are you rested? If you are, Brother Liang and I will take our leave.”
“Mm…” *Going back to kiss…* Pei Lianxue nodded vigorously, full of anticipation.
However, just as Ye Anping withdrew his hand from Pei Lianxue’s shoulder and took a step forward, he suddenly felt his legs go weak and lost his balance, falling forward. Pei Lianxue was startled and quickly grabbed Ye Anping’s right hand to prevent him from falling. Xiao Yunluo, who had been standing there with her arms crossed and looking angry, saw this and also looked horrified. She instinctively stepped forward, leaned against him, and placed his left hand on her left shoulder to support him.
Xiao Yunluo, looking worried, was about to ask what was wrong, but then she realized Ye Anping seemed to have fallen asleep. “Ye Anping, how did you… Ah, he just fell asleep?” As she said this, Xiao Yunluo suddenly remembered Pei Lianxue was still there. She had gotten so close to Ye Anping, would Lianxue be angry? Xiao Yunluo swallowed and timidly turned to look at Pei Lianxue. Seeing Pei Lianxue looking at her expressionlessly, she quickly made an excuse, “Lianxue, are you still injured? I… I can help you take him inside, if you don’t want me to, it’s fine.”
Pei Lianxue hesitated for a moment, then nodded with pursed lips. Although she wanted to carry Ye Anping herself, she really didn’t have much strength right now and couldn’t support him. More importantly, Yunluo was “safe.” She had promised herself that she would never fall for Ye Anping. “Mm, thank you for your trouble, Yunluo.”
Unexpectedly, Pei Lianxue agreed. Xiao Yunluo’s eyes lit up, and she quickly replied, “N-no trouble at all, he’s my companion reader after all! It’s only right that I take care of him… Humph, humph.” Xiao Yunluo immediately leaned a step closer to Ye Anping, letting him lean half of his body on her shoulder, and together with Pei Lianxue, they supported Ye Anping step by step into the back hall.
However, neither Xiao Yunluo nor Pei Lianxue noticed – a pair of small eyes had been watching from the side. Xiao Tian was now hanging on the wall, with its upper half outdoors and its lower half indoors, like a decorative mural. It had witnessed everything from Ye Anping kissing Pei Lianxue to Xiao Yunluo’s secret smile.
Seeing that the two were about to escort Ye Anping into the room, it retracted its head back inside the wall and glanced at its Feather Butterfly. Seeing that Feng Yu Die was completely unaware of what was happening outside, it became angry and rushed back. It grabbed her ahoge and kicked her forehead repeatedly. *Young Master Ye is going to be snatched away by other girls! This girl is still standing by doing nothing.* “Feather Butterfly, you useless thing!”
“?”. Feng Yu Die slowly opened her eyes, wondering why Xiao Tian was scolding her again, “What did I do? Why are you scolding me again?” “Your cultivation partner is going to be snatched away by Xiao Girl and Pei Girl!!” “?”. “What?” Feng Yu Die was completely bewildered, not understanding.
At this moment, the three people from outside also entered. Seeing them, Feng Yu Die’s ahoge stood on end. She quickly got up and walked over, limping. “Junior Sister Pei, what happened to him?” “He fell asleep.” Feng Yu Die sized up Ye Anping, who was sleeping on the shoulders of the two women, and suggested, “Then let Senior Sister Xiao take Young Master Ye to find a room and lie down. Junior Sister Pei, you can recuperate for a while longer. I’ll transfer some True Essence to you; my True Essence is especially good for injuries.”
“!!!”. Hearing this, Xiao Yunluo was slightly stunned. *This second fool actually came up with such a brilliant idea.* She quickly nodded vigorously and chimed in, “Yes, Lianxue, Ye Anping is very tired. Why don’t you stay here tonight to recuperate, and I’ll carry Ye Anping to find a place to rest… You need to rest too.”
Pei Lianxue quickly shook her head, “No, Husband said we have to go back now.” As she spoke, she turned to look at Liang Zhu, who was sitting on the ground recuperating, and softly called out, “Brother Liang.”
“…” Liang Zhu opened his eyes at the sound and glanced at Ye Anping and the three girls beside him. Suddenly, he saw Xiao Yunluo glaring at him, and his face filled with black lines. He understood. Young Master Xiao wanted his little brother to stay and rest here, while his sister-in-law wanted to take him back to Jiang Mansion. As for the white-haired one, he didn’t know why she was staring at his sister-in-law… In other words, Young Master Xiao wanted him to help persuade his sister-in-law to agree to let Little Brother stay in Chi Long Mansion.
“…” *You girls fighting over him, what does it have to do with me, why drag me into this?* Liang Zhu was depressed. If he said they would take Little Brother back to Jiang Mansion now, Young Master Xiao would be unhappy with him. If he said to let Little Brother stay in Chi Long Mansion now, his sister-in-law would be unhappy with him. After a moment of silence, Liang Zhu lowered his voice and asked, “Have you guys decided? Are you leaving him here or taking him back?”
Pei Lianxue was resolute. She still had to go back and kiss him. She frowned and replied, “Go back!” Xiao Yunluo quickly argued, “Junior Sister Pei, it’s quite a distance to go back and forth. Isn’t Chi Long Mansion perfectly fine?” “Go back!” Pei Lianxue furrowed her brows and looked back at her, “Husband said we have to go back.”
“…” Liang Zhu looked at Xiao Yunluo being suppressed by Pei Lianxue, sighed, pushed himself up with his knees, walked over, took Ye Anping from the two girls’ shoulders, carried him on his back, and turned to Pei Lianxue, “Can you fly a sword?” “Mm, yes.” “That’s good. Young Master Xiao, Miss Feng, farewell.” Liang Zhu bowed slightly to the two of them, then carrying Ye Anping on his back and with Pei Lianxue, walked out of the back hall. He summoned his flying sword, ascended into the air, and headed for Jiang Mansion with Pei Lianxue.
After the three of them left, Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips and sighed. Then she looked at Feng Yu Die beside her. “Second fool, how is your injury?” “Hehe, I’m very resilient,” Feather Butterfly blinked and smiled. “Look, the wound on my shoulder has scabbed over. If I apply some medicine later, I’ll probably be fully recovered after a night’s sleep.” Xiao Yunluo glanced at the large lump swollen on Feng Yu Die’s shoulder and poked it. Feng Yu Die jumped back a step in pain, clutching her chest, and asked, “Hiss—Senior Sister Xiao, what are you doing~~?” “Your injury is recovering too quickly, I’m curious.” Xiao Yunluo pouted and waved her hand. “Never mind, we should go back and rest too. I still have to help Junior Sister Li with the Chi Long Mansion tomorrow.” “Oh~~ Okay!”
