Chapter 41: Confession
“Palace Mist, is it over?”
Half a day later, Yin Yu returned to Fallen Flower Hall and found that Ye Changsheng had already left.
“Yes.” Luo Lihong nodded slightly, “I asked him to obtain the Heavenly Extreme Sword Heart from the White Emperor Sword Sect, and he agreed.”
“He actually agreed?”
When Yin Yu heard the request, she thought it was asking too much.
But this was also good. If he couldn’t complete the mission, she would have more reason to eliminate him.
“Palace Mist, what do you think of that man?” Yin Yu asked curiously.
“A pity.”
“A pity?”
“Yes, it’s a pity he’s a man. If Wuxiao were a girl, that would be great.” Luo Lihong said with deep regret.
This was an evaluation that Yin Yu couldn’t understand.
But she was used to it. After all, someone as profound as the Palace Mist was not someone a Nascent Soul stage cultivator like herself could fathom.
Anyway, as long as the Palace Mist was awesome.
“By the way, Palace Mist, I have good news to report to you.”
“Oh?”
“Just now, in the Xingxuan Lin Hai Formation in the Peach Forest Sea, a breakthrough aura was detected. The Ferocious Beast Scarlet Wast has successfully reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage!” Yin Yu replied excitedly.
Even Luo Lihong, who had always had few expressions, showed rare joy.
This was great news!
After all, in the Wuhua Palace, aside from Luo Lihong, the Scarlet Wast was the strongest fighting force.
With the Scarlet Wast’s cultivation reaching another level, the Wuhua Palace had more confidence.
“What about the other Elders? Have they come into contact with the Scarlet Wast?”
Yin Yu’s expression froze, and a bitter smile appeared. “Reporting to the Palace Mist, the Elders tried to contact the Scarlet Wast, but its temper is still the same as before, extremely violent and unapproachable. Some Elders were even injured by it.”
Although the Scarlet Wast’s realm was high, it was a pity that no one in the Wuhua Palace could subdue it, so it couldn’t be fully utilized by the Wuhua Palace.
“Continue to appease the Scarlet Wast with spiritual items as before. It doesn’t matter if we can’t command it, as long as it’s willing to guard the formation,” Luo Lihong instructed.
“Yes, subordinate understands.”
…
Ye Changsheng left the Alchemy Hall after collecting some pills as mission expenses, as instructed. He was about to leave the Wuhua Palace.
He was even ordered not to inform Luo Yingying about this matter, and to keep it from everyone else.
In a while, the White Emperor Sword Sect would openly recruit a new batch of disciples, and Ye Changsheng needed to participate in the sect examination, pass it, and successfully infiltrate.
Before that, he needed to meet his informant near Qingping City, close to White Emperor Mountain.
After storing his luggage and belongings in the Small Qiankun Bag and completing the inventory, Ye Changsheng set off.
He walked through the outer hall of the Outer Disciples as if nothing had happened, and no one could see anything unusual.
Just as he was about to step onto the main road southward, passing through the Peach Forest Sea, he was called out by a girl.
“Wuxiao, where are you going?”
Ye Changsheng turned around and saw Ling Xiaoxing.
She leaned over with a smile, looking around Ye Changsheng.
“Hmm~ Are you planning to sneak off to Peach Town and slack off?”
“Something like that. Senior Sister Xiaoxing, is there anything you want? I can bring it back for you.”
Ling Xiaoxing thought for a moment, “How about steamed buns?”
“Okay.”
“Bring me five servings. They must be steaming hot when you return!”
“Alright, I’m leaving now.”
“Okay.” Ling Xiaoxing nodded.
A few steps after Ye Changsheng left, he was stopped by Ling Xiaoxing.
Her delicate hand was tightly gripping his arm, and anger appeared on Ling Xiaoxing’s face.
“You damn Cultivation Cauldron, you’re trying to trick me, aren’t you?”
“What did I trick you about?”
“Normally, you would never agree to such an unreasonable request from me, and you’d probably call me a glutton. Why are you so strange today?”
Ling Xiaoxing puffed out her cheeks, displaying the subtle intuition unique to girls.
Ye Changsheng also felt that the troublesome part about girls was this.
“Are you… leaving the Wuhua Palace?” Ling Xiaoxing’s eyes gradually became dejected.
“…”
“You’re really acting strange.”
“I still can’t hide it from Senior Sister Xiaoxing, can I?” Ye Changsheng said helplessly.
“Is this a very important mission that you can’t talk about casually?”
“Yes.” Ye Changsheng nodded.
“When will you be back?”
“I don’t know.”
“Then… can you come back?”
“That’s hard to say too.”
Because of Luo Lihong’s request, this was a confidential undercover mission, and he really couldn’t tell anyone else.
Ling Xiaoxing lowered her head, her bangs covering her eyes.
Ye Changsheng noticed a small detail: after returning from Shuiyun Town, Ling Xiaoxing’s clothing style was no longer imitating Luo Yingying’s, but had adopted a brand-new style.
“I have something I… I want to say to you!”
Ling Xiaoxing’s voice became nervous.
“Okay, I’m listening, Senior Sister Xiaoxing.” Ye Changsheng faced the short girl directly.
Ling Xiaoxing looked around, as if she were a thief, first ensuring no one else was around except for herself and Ye Changsheng, before daring to continue speaking:
“What I’m about to say, you, you, you… don’t misunderstand! And you must listen carefully, listen clearly!”
“Junior Brother will definitely listen with an open mind.”
Ling Xiaoxing’s face turned redder and redder, like a ripe apple, and she even started to stutter.
“You are not allowed to laugh!”
“I won’t laugh.”
“Nonsense, you’re already laughing now!!”
Ling Xiaoxing bit her lip, stood on tiptoe, and forcefully closed the distance between herself and Ye Changsheng.
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, if you’re embarrassed, you can turn around and say it.”
“No! I must say it directly and clearly. Otherwise, if you a stupid idiot misunderstand, wouldn’t I be terribly embarrassed.”
Ling Xiaoxing was almost in tears, forcing herself to look at Ye Changsheng, her voice trembling.
“I, I… I like you!”
“…”
“That’s right, I like you, I’ve fallen for you! Even though you’re stupid and dumb, and strange, and all you know is how to run away, I, this foolish girl, have still fallen for you!”
Ling Xiaoxing finally blurted out her true feelings, her heart pounding like a deer in her chest.
Since birth, this was the first time she had felt such a palpitations of affection for a man.
“Alright, you can laugh at me now. Laugh out loud! You probably look down on me anyway. After all, I’m nowhere near as good as the Young Palace Mistress. How can I compare to her.”
“I won’t laugh at you, Senior Sister Xiaoxing.”
“…You already knew, didn’t you?”
“Yes.” Ye Changsheng nodded.
He had been in Wuhua Palace for so many years and had interacted with so many women; he wasn’t so dull as to not realize.
From Ling Xiaoxing’s reaction to him, he could pretty much guess.
“Then, what’s your answer…?” Ling Xiaoxing looked at him with anticipation, but also with fear of disappointment.
Ye Changsheng cleared his throat, “My answer is—”
“Wait, don’t say it yet!”
Ling Xiaoxing covered Ye Changsheng’s mouth.
“Keep your answer on hold for now.”
“Huh?”
“I’ve decided, it’s not time yet! I want to become more outstanding, and then I’ll make you say ‘I like you’ to me yourself!”
Ling Xiaoxing released Ye Changsheng’s mouth and put her hands on her chest.
“Don’t misunderstand, it’s because I like you too much that I don’t want to be rejected and give up now. It’s not for any other reason!”
Senior Sister Xiaoxing, your tsundere attribute seems to have become a bit strange.
“The Young Palace Mistress is your idol, Senior Sister Xiaoxing, is that okay?” Ye Changsheng asked.
“That… I’ve thought about it! Although the Young Palace Mistress is my idol, I can’t back down in terms of feelings.”
“Very determined.”
“Of course. I will pursue you relentlessly, and I will definitely make you like me. This is my persistence,” Ling Xiaoxing said firmly. “At least, I want to strive to be a concubine.”
A gentle breeze blew past, carrying peach blossoms between the two.
Ling Xiaoxing also understood that no matter how much she pouted and acted cute, he wasn’t a superficial man who would be moved by such things.
She needed to be someone he could rely on. She had to work hard to become outstanding, so she would have the right to compete with Luo Yingying.
At least confessing today was a new starting point.
Ling Xiaoxing’s lips curved into a slight smile. She hopped a few steps backward, turned in a circle in the breeze, and waved at Ye Changsheng.
“Wuxiao, I’ll wait for you to come back.”
