The Cannon Fodder Turns His Sister Into A Soaring Phoenix – Chapter 317

Chapter 318, The Great Female Protagonist, Dance

The bright moon hung high, casting down its silvery white light, making the small river that ran through the west side of Tianan City sparkle with rippling reflections.

An arch bridge spanned the river, like a small path connecting day and night. One side of the bridge was the lively and noisy night market on Changyu Street, while the other side was the quiet tranquility of the late night.

Xiao Yunluo, wearing a light purple sect uniform, lowered her head and looked at the paving stones on the ground. Her blue and white embroidered shoes stepped with small, precise paces, each landing in the center of a stone, avoiding the cracks between them, deliberately slowing her pace.

Although Ye Anping was her companion reader and they were supposed to have a lot of time alone, in reality, it was not so. When they were at the Xuan Xing Sect, apart from returning to their residences after morning and evening classes, Ye Anping spent most of his time with Pei Lianxue.

Later, whether it was going to Chi Long Mansion or Moon Shadow Sword Sect, Ye Anping had not taken her along.

Therefore, Xiao Yunluo cherished the time she could spend alone with Ye Anping.

She had left Xuan Xing Sect with her mother several months ago. She thought about the person walking beside her at all times, rehearsing countless topics in her heart and secretly practicing in front of the mirror.

“Ye Anping, I’m already at the late Foundation Establishment stage, impressive, right?”

“Ye Anping, I’ve grown a little taller. You haven’t seen me for so long, can you tell?”

“Ye Anping, when you weren’t here, I diligently practiced my sword and cultivated my Qi every day, just as you told me to.”

…

However, now that they were truly alone, she couldn’t utter a single word of what she had thought of saying.

After crossing this bridge and walking another hundred steps along the street, they would reach the inn where Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue were staying. The solitary time she had looked forward to for so long would soon be over.

Perhaps it was an instinctive reluctance, but Xiao Yunluo’s steps grew slower and slower. When she reached the center of the arch bridge, she stopped altogether.

Ye Anping, who had been matching her pace, walked a few steps forward. Seeing that she hadn’t followed, he immediately turned around and asked,

“Senior Sister Xiao, what’s wrong?”

“Ah…”

Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips slightly, raised her head, and glanced at Ye Anping’s face, which showed no emotion. She took a deep breath and mustered her courage to say,

“Um, the dance… do you want to see it? It was interrupted by the Empress’s maid when we were at the Qing Guan before.”

Ye Anping looked around. Only willows stood on the banks of the river, and there was no one else. The sounds of gongs and drums could only be heard from the direction of Changyu Street.

He hesitated for a moment and asked softly,

“Here?”

“Yeah… there’s no one else here, and…” Xiao Yunluo frowned, arguing unreasonably, “And you said you wanted to see it when we were at the Qing Guan just now, right? I saw you staring intently at the four girls dancing… I can dance much better than them.”

“The one staring intently was your mother…” Ye Anping felt a little helpless. Looking at Xiao Yunluo’s blushing cheeks, even in the moonlight, he felt that if he said he didn’t want to see it, this girl would likely burst into tears in front of him.

Although he felt like saying “I don’t want to see it” for the sake of amusement, doing so would likely make their future encounters extremely awkward.

Ye Anping crossed his arms and asked with a smile,

“Senior Sister Xiao is willing to dance for me?”

Xiao Yunluo raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, averting her gaze. She nodded slightly,

“Only for you to see, just consider it… just consider it… consider it…”

“Consider it?”

“Nothing!! Don’t blink, I’ll only dance for you once!”

“Okay.”

A gentle breeze swept across the river, causing the willow branches on both sides to sway lightly.

On the river’s surface, the reflection of the full moon in the sky mirrored the two people standing on the bridge facing each other.

Xiao Yunluo placed her hand over her chest and took a deep breath. She secretly counted the beats in her heart. Her slender hands raised her sleeves slightly, and with the sound of the water as her accompaniment, she gracefully moved her body. Her light purple hair swirled around her under the illumination of the silvery moonlight.

Ye Anping did not understand dance and could not offer any valuable evaluation. In his eyes, there were only two categories: “danced well” and “danced poorly.” Therefore, he inherently had little interest in dancing.

Before Xiao Yunluo started dancing, he thought it would be quite awkward, after all, there was no music to accompany her and no dazzling makeup or dance skirts.

However, watching Xiao Yunluo bite her lips lightly, turning and twirling in front of him as if shy yet forcing herself, he seemed to feel Xiao Yunluo’s feelings for him.

Xiao Yunluo liked him.

Her misty eyes secretly glanced at his face, like a proud sparrow. She had many things she wanted to say to him but hesitated to speak.

Perhaps for those who understood dance, Xiao Yunluo’s dancing posture was captivating, beautiful, and exceptionally moving.

However, he saw a shy and slightly tsundere young girl who wanted to show herself but was too embarrassed to speak, resorting to this method to express herself.

The original wife of Feng Yu Die, the Great Female Protagonist in “Heaven Sword Wonder Tale.”

Xiao Yunluo herself surpassed other cultivators in all aspects—her bloodline, aptitude, destiny, and even her appearance. However, in the game, due to Feng Yu Die’s protagonist halo being too dazzling, she had to remain in the background.

She was simply a clumsy and somewhat childish young girl.

“Bead tassels twirl, stars shimmer; she dances by the louvre, beneath the moon. Her pure face, in a purple skirt, ethereal and spiritual. As her jade sleeves droop, Xiao Yunluo stops dancing, lowering her head and holding her breath to calm her slightly disordered breathing. Then, she looks up to see Ye Anping’s reaction.”

Seeing Ye Anping looking at her with the same expressionless face as before, she inexplicably felt a little nervous.

It was then that Xiao Yunluo realized.

She had danced here without any music…

How… awkward!

Xiao Yunluo’s toes curled inside her embroidered shoes. She bit her lower lip tightly, even entertaining the idea of drawing her sword and ending herself.

However, Ye Anping did not feel that way at all. After a moment of hesitation, he clapped his hands gently and said,

“Senior Sister Xiao danced wonderfully, much better than those four girls at the Qing Guan earlier.”

Xiao Yunluo’s eyes lit up. “…Really?”

“Of course. If the Central Domain Emperor could watch Senior Sister Xiao dance every day, he probably wouldn’t have the leisure to cause all these troubles.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yunluo felt a little reassured, but immediately puffed out her cheeks and averted her gaze.

“What kind of comparison is that? How could I possibly dance for him? You are the first person, besides my mother, to see me dance. Hmph~”

Ye Anping smiled and asked, “Didn’t Miss Xuan Ji also see it?”

“Ah…” Xiao Yunluo paused, changed her words speechlessly. “Then you are the second.”

“Then I am the third person to see Senior Sister Xiao dance~ Hehe…”

Feng Yu Die’s voice came from behind Ye Anping.

“?!”

Xiao Yunluo’s body trembled. She immediately looked towards the source of the sound and saw a girl with flowing silver hair squatting by the pier of the arch bridge, covering her mouth and chuckling.

Seeing that she had been discovered, Feng Yu Die stood up and walked to Ye Anping’s side.

“Young Master Ye~ E-he he…”

Ye Anping looked dejected. He glanced at Xiao Yunluo, saw her clenched fists, and thought that this girl would likely not be able to sleep tonight. He sighed, directly grabbed Feng Yu Die’s face, and asked,

“When and where were you peeking?”

“Hey~ No, no, no…” Feng Yu Die quickly grabbed Ye Anping’s hand. “Just when Senior Sister Xiao started dancing. Junior Sister Pei waited for you for a long time. Worried that something might happen to you, she asked me to come out and look for you separately.”

“Then where is my Junior Sister?”

“Senior Brother!”

Pei Lianxue’s voice came from behind Xiao Yunluo. Seeing Ye Anping standing on the bridge, she quickly ran over. She seemed to have been looking for him in Changyu Street just now.

Upon hearing Pei Lianxue’s voice, Xiao Yunluo’s face instantly turned pale with fright.

If Pei Lianxue knew that she had danced for Ye Anping, would she think she was trying to steal Ye Anping and then come to hack her to pieces?!

Xiao Yunluo nervously greeted her,

“Lianxue… you… you’re here.”

“?”

Pei Lianxue walked up and saw Xiao Yunluo looking flustered, feeling a little confused.

“Hmm? Yunluo, what’s wrong?”

“Hehe, Senior Sister Xiao was just dancing for Young Master Ye…”

Feng Yu Die was halfway through her sentence when Xiao Yunluo suddenly transformed into a blur and instantly appeared in front of Feng Yu Die, clamping her mouth shut and staring at Feng Yu Die with a hungry gaze.

*If you dare tell Lianxue, I’ll eat you!!*

“Mmph…”

But noticing Ye Anping looking at her, she quickly withdrew her predatory gaze and instead looked at Ye Anping with pleading eyes.

*Please don’t tell Lianxue that I danced for you, okay?*

“…”

Ye Anping was speechless. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed. At this moment, Xiao Tian, who had been watching the show from above, also slid down and sat on Ye Anping’s shoulder, crossing its legs and shaking its head.

“Anping, tsk tsk tsk…”

Ye Anping glanced at it without saying a word.

Pei Lianxue looked at Feng Yu Die, whose mouth was held shut by Xiao Yunluo, and didn’t pay much attention. She only asked,

“Senior Brother, where did you go today? You left since morning… I thought you had run into some trouble.”

“If I were to run into trouble, I would definitely bring you,” Ye Anping tapped her head and said, “Earlier, Senior Sister Xiao and I went to the Tianan City Imperial Palace to see the Empress and arrange some matters, so it took some time.”

“I see… Then do I need to make any preparations? Senior Brother, you want to kill the Central Domain Emperor, don’t you?”

Ye Anping showed a wry smile, shook his head, and pinched his Junior Sister’s cheek, admonishing her,

“The Central Domain Emperor must be killed, but not by you. You, or Senior Sister Feng, going there would be suicide. Also, Junior Sister, aren’t you going to ask me why I want to kill the Central Domain Emperor?”

“Hmm, on the way, I asked Brother Liang, and he said the Central Domain Emperor had done some evil deeds, and Senior Brother was helping to right the wrongs for the common people.”

*I’m not that noble…* Ye Anping was somewhat speechless and didn’t reply.

Feng Yu Die looked at Ye Anping, gestured that she had something to say, and asked Xiao Yunluo to release her hand. Then, she raised her eyebrows and said,

“Young Master Ye, aren’t you here in the Central Domain to earn Spirit Stones? I thought there were benefits to be gained here.”

Ye Anping glanced at her. “Righting wrongs for the common people, is that not allowed?”

“It is allowed. My Master also told me to draw my sword when I see injustice! But… shouldn’t I at least get something out of it? Hehe~~”

“You’re truly someone who only acts when there’s profit. Where did your immortal principles go?”

“I have principles! But I’m short on Spirit Stones… Feng Yu Die grinned, “So, how are we going to get Spirit Stones this time?”

Ye Anping shook his head and said,

“The Imperial Sect’s treasury.”

“Hmm?”

“We’ll move as much as we can. But this matter is not urgent. In a few more days, we need to kill a Demonic cultivator.”

“Another Demonic cultivator?”

“Yes. We’ll surround and kill her then. I’ll ask Brother Liang to bring the Xing Tian Division disciples to help. It would be best if we can kill her… but I suspect she’ll likely escape. In any case, we have to force her away. Otherwise, when the Demon Emperor arrives at the city, we’ll have a lot more trouble.”

Xiao Yunluo listened and pursed her lips slightly. She suddenly felt as if she wasn’t on the same wavelength. She licked her lips awkwardly and said,

“Then I’ll head back first. You guys chat…”

“Senior Sister Xiao, you should come over in a few days as well. It would be best if you could bring your sister.”

Hearing that she could help, Xiao Yunluo’s previously dim eyes brightened again.

“Ah… okay!”

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