Chapter 332: Senior Brother, the Immortal’s Trail
As time wore on, the sky, not yet fully dark, began to twinkle with stars.
Tianan City’s west was brightly lit, with a constant stream of people passing by.
After leaving the execution platform, Ye Anping bought another roasted chicken with Feng Yu Die and leisurely strolled back towards the inn, enjoying the lively night market of Tianan City.
Feng Yu Die walked beside him, eating the roasted chicken while observing Ye Anping’s profile. She asked, “Young Master Ye, are you sure she’ll agree to help?”
“She definitely will,” Ye Anping glanced at her and sighed. “She overheard everything about those Imperial Sect matters that Liang Zhu and I discussed. She’s a Daoist cultivator with a strong sense of righteousness, and with what her master taught her, she’ll surely come to negotiate with me.”
“A thief with a sense of righteousness?”
Ye Anping nodded. “Do you know why a thief could be called an ‘Immortal’?”
Feng Yu Die chewed on the roasted chicken, pondered for a moment, and shook her head slightly. “I don’t know.”
“This is also a form of inheritance, just like your Heavenly Scroll of the Dao. The Immortal Thief doesn’t rob the poor or the suffering; there’s a code to their thievery. And as for the title ‘Immortal Thief,’ you can check your Heavenly Scroll of the Dao later. See who the first Immortal Thief in history was and what they did?”
At this, Xiao Tian immediately emerged from Feng Yu Die’s forehead and chimed in, “An ancient cultivator surnamed Bai, during the war between the human, demon, and beast races tens of thousands of years ago, used the Star Plucking Technique to steal treasures from the three races and hid them in an unknown location, thus stopping the war for nearly a thousand years and saving countless lands from the ravages of conflict.”
Xiao Tian stood on Feng Yu Die’s forehead with hands on its hips, exuding an aura of “praise me.”
Ye Anping paused and nodded. “Precisely. The title of Immortal Thief originated with him and has now passed to Su Wan’er. And after today, this title will continue to be passed down from Su Wan’er to others.”
Feng Yu Die understood at this point. “Oh! At Tianxing Mountain, right?”
“Yes, those with an immortal connection to ‘Bai the Immortal Thief’ can receive his inheritance at Tianxing Mountain in the Western Regions.”
Speaking of this, Ye Anping couldn’t help but think: In the game, the Immortal Thief’s opportunity was passed to the player’s role, the amnesiac immortal… In the final part of the Imperial Sect main storyline in the game, Su Wan’er would retire at Feng Yu Die’s behest. Afterward, players could receive a side quest from her called “Immortal Thief Inheritance,” go to Tianxing Mountain in the Western Regions, and obtain the title “Immortal Thief” along with a fox mask appearance. This was a collection element in the game that also supplemented the background of the “Immortal Thief.” However, in the game, the Immortal Thief gives the quest, and the player accepts it. Now, he had become the one giving the quest, and all rogue cultivators in the world were the recipients.
Ye Anping’s actions also had another purpose: to try and find the amnesiac immortal played by the players in the game. Although players wouldn’t interact much with Feng Yu Die in the early stages, they would basically follow in her footsteps and even have conversations with her. Feng Yu Die would remember players, and if a female character was created, Feng Yu Die would even flirt with the player.
However, it had been almost four years since the destiny of the world began, and he still hadn’t seen any sign of that amnesiac immortal. Perhaps they didn’t exist, or perhaps his actions had turned that person into a mere passerby. Since the Immortal Thief’s opportunity wasn’t very impactful, Ye Anping also used it as bait. If someone could obtain the Immortal Thief’s inheritance from Tianxing Mountain, it was highly likely to be the character played by the player in the game. But as for the soul within that character, that would only be known after a conversation.
However, one thing was certain: that person was definitely not a transmigrator like himself. Otherwise, he would have already had some interaction with them by now. If they were also a former player, they would have surely noticed that he, the Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect, was still alive at this time.
Thinking this, Ye Anping let go of his thoughts, looked at the brightly lit streets, and said, “Senior Sister Feng, practice your Xuan Yin Art well. By the time the Demon Emperor arrives, you should at least reach the third level, understand?”
Seeing Ye Anping urging her again, Feng Yu Die pouted and complained, “Oh! I know! I’m practicing! Why are you like a nagging mother, always rushing me!”
“When I stop rushing you…” Ye Anping quickly glared at her, “It’ll mean I’m helpless, and you’re about to die.”
“Oh!” Feng Yu Die puffed up her cheeks, looked at Ye Anping’s face, and suddenly had a lightbulb moment. She quickly took out the rouge she bought that morning from her storage bag.
“?
“What are you doing?”
“Try it.”
Without a word, Feng Yu Die smeared rouge on her fingers and applied it to Ye Anping’s lips. Her fingers, stained with pale pink powder, lightly brushed across his lips, instantly coloring his pale lips with a hint of alluring beauty. Feng Yu Die stared and then covered her mouth, giggling. “Hehe, Young Master Ye, you look quite handsome with rouge on.”
“…” Ye Anping pursed his lips coated with rouge, then raised his hand to pinch Feng Yu Die’s face, pulling it into a flat pancake. “Senior Sister Feng, you’re getting bolder and bolder?”
“Aye~ aye aye! Ya ya ya… I was wrong! I was wrong… Stop twisting!”
Ye Anping reluctantly released Feng Yu Die’s face. Just as he was about to scold her again, Feng Yu Die suddenly grabbed more rouge and smeared it directly onto Ye Anping’s face. Then, she turned and ran towards the front.
“Nyah~~~”
“…” Looking at Feng Yu Die run away like a mischievous little girl, Ye Anping felt exhausted. He glanced at Xiao Tian, floating beside his head, saw it covering its mouth and chuckling, and sighed again. “Ai—”
“Anping, in the past, Yu Die often drew turtles on her master’s face while her master was meditating for Qi Cultivation. She’s treating you like her master now, which is a good thing!”
Ye Anping wiped the rouge from his face with his hand, shook his head, and slowly followed.
Unbeknownst to them, not far behind them, Xiao Yunluo and Pei Lianxue, wearing masks bought from the street, were peeking from the entrance of a dark alley, tailing the two from the southern district until now.
Pei Lianxue bit her lip slightly. “Yunluo, I’ve been feeling lately like my Senior Brother and Second are getting really close.”
“Ah… No way. Ye Anping is so good to you, how could he be like this to other girls?”
“But…” Pei Lianxue looked down at Xiao Yunluo in front of her. “I have a feeling.”
“Hmm? What feeling?”
“Someone is trying to seduce my Senior Brother.”
Xiao Yunluo averted her gaze and was silent for a moment. Then she retorted, “Why do you think that?”
“It’s just a feeling…” Pei Lianxue lowered her eyes, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly looked into Xiao Yunluo’s eyes and questioned her, “Yunluo, you didn’t try to seduce my Senior Brother last night, did you? You stayed in the same room with my Senior Brother all night…”
Xiao Yunluo was stunned. “I… definitely not. I only woke up in the middle of the night… How could I seduce him… Besides, I don’t even like Ye Anping, why would I seduce him?”
A Ying, perched on Xiao Yunluo’s shoulder, tilted its head slightly. “Yu…”
It only uttered one word before Xiao Yunluo quickly pinched its beak, making it swallow the rest of its words. She said nervously, “A Ying, I’ll buy you dried fish later…”
A Ying paused at the mention of dried fish and flapped its wings. “No seduction!! No seduction!!”
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