The Cannon Fodder Turns His Sister Into A Soaring Phoenix – Chapter 351

Chapter 352 Protagonist, Hmph!

Dong… Dong—

Autumn dawn sprinkled upon the peaks of the Hundred Lotus Sect. The morning bell of the main peak rang out, signaling the arrival of a new day:

Within the sea of flowers on the main peak of the Hundred Lotus Sect, petals scattered and fluttered with each sword strike. Her silver hair danced with her movements as Feng Yu Die wielded her spirit sword alone, her plain white robes already damp with sweat.

Whoosh—

“Hu…”

Feng Yu Die closed her eyes, catching her breath, and put away her emerald spirit sword. Today’s sword art practice was thus concluded.

Four years had passed since she first met Junior Sister Pei and was rescued back to the Hundred Lotus Sect by her.

Now, returning to the Hundred Lotus Sect, her heart was filled with emotion.

Junior Sister Pei was still the same as before, speaking little, but she was cool, striking, and beautiful. And she remained as devoted to Junior Sister Pei as ever.

However, Young Master Ye’s image in her heart had changed considerably.

Young Master Ye’s first impression on her was, just as her Master had said, a scoundrel who wanted to deceive her emotions because she was pretty and had good aptitude.

But after more than four years of interaction, she discovered that Young Master Ye was very good to her.

Not only did he help her earn a lot of spirit stones, but every time she was injured, Young Master Ye was always the first to rush over to care for her and buy her roasted chicken.

Being by Ye Anping’s side made her feel secure, as if as long as he was there, even if the sky fell, she could remain unharmed without having to think about anything.

This was her experience.

However, her Master had said: Not a single man in the world is good.

Young Master Ye had Que Que, so he was a man…

Feng Yu Die pouted, feeling as if her head was tied in knots, and her chest felt inexplicably heavy.

She couldn’t quite explain why, but ever since the Imperial Sect, whenever she thought of Ye Anping, she felt uneasy. Only when Ye Anping brought her roasted chicken would this discomfort disappear.

After pondering for a while, she gently pulled open her collar, tucked her chin, and looked at her chest.

“By the Grace of Heaven” and “Ye Anping” were still clearly imprinted on her chest, with no signs of fading.

These were put there by Ye Anping using the Nine Dragon Celestial Seal to save her at the time.

She had asked Xiao Tian about it before, and Xiao Tian had said it had no effect and would naturally disappear after a while, so she hadn’t paid much attention.

But now…

Feng Yu Die had reason to suspect that these seven words were related to the tightness in her chest when she thought of Ye Anping.

After a moment of thought, she formed a sword finger, summoned her flying sword, stepped onto it, and leaped out of the sea of flowers, flying towards the East Peak of the Hundred Lotus Sect.

The East Peak of the Hundred Lotus Sect was originally reserved by Ye Ao for Ye Anping. Since Ye Anping rarely returned to the Hundred Lotus Sect and did not manage or plan it, there were only a few scattered pavilions on the peak currently.

Feng Yu Die flew her sword to the entrance of a pavilion, looked up, and then walked forward to push open the door.

Bang—

“Young Master Ye! …Not here…”

The first floor of the pavilion was quite spacious, with only a few pieces of scattered furniture. She looked around, and upon seeing Ye Anping wasn’t there, she ran to the stairs and ascended to the second floor.

“Young Master Ye? …Not here either…”

The second floor was also empty. It looked like a study and contained a rather luxurious alchemy furnace.

Feng Yu Die paused, curiously looking around like a tourist. She pushed open the door to each room within the pavilion, poking her head in to call out, “Young Master Ye?”

After calling out “Young Master Ye” more than ten times like this, she had explored her way to the top floor of the pavilion.

Bang—

“Young Master Ye!!”

Her voice abruptly stopped. Upon seeing the room, Feng Yu Die froze on the spot. In a room with a double bed, clothes were scattered on the floor, and two pairs of boots were haphazardly placed by the bedside.

Ye Anping, who had been sleeping, was startled awake by her sudden shout and sat up.

Xiao Yunluo, lying naked on Ye Anping’s shoulder, was also woken by his sudden movement.

She rubbed her eyes drowsily and looked at Ye Anping, who was holding her, and asked:

“Anping, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Ye Anping’s eyes fixed on the doorway, she slowly turned her head to look.

Upon seeing the “Second Idiot” standing at the door, Xiao Yunluo’s light purple eyes widened slowly, her pupils contracting into tiny dots.

Feng Yu Die blinked, glanced at Ye Anping’s… and then at the disheveled Senior Sister Xiao, who was naked. Just as she was about to ask what they were doing.

Suddenly—

Whoosh—

Xiao Yunluo grabbed a pillow and, with all her might, threw it directly at Feng Yu Die.

“Second Idiot!!!”

Puff—

The feather pillow hit Feng Yu Die’s face and exploded, instantly filling the doorway with flying feathers. Feng Yu Die was sent flying backward, tumbling over the railing of the fourth floor and landing on the paved stones below, creating a crater with her backside.

“Hu… Hu… Hu…”

Xiao Yunluo’s exertion was a bit too much, and she panted heavily. After calming down, she looked at Ye Anping in front of her, her face flushing slightly.

“Anping…”

Ye Anping gently tapped her forehead and said,

“Get up.”

“Ah… Mm.”

Xiao Yunluo nodded with a blushing face and reluctantly moved out of Ye Anping’s embrace, picking up the clothes scattered by the bedside. She then went to the dressing table in the room to fix her hair.

… …

Below the pavilion, Feng Yu Die sat stunned in the crater of shattered paving stones outside the door, her mind replaying the scene she had just witnessed. She suddenly recalled the “Illustrated Palaces of Immortality – Deluxe Edition” that she and Xiao Tian had found in Xiao Yunluo’s room before.

The illustrated figures inside seemed to be like Young Master Ye and Senior Sister Xiao…

She pursed her lips slightly, feeling her cheeks grow hot. Shaking her head, she stood up, brushed off the feathers and dust from her skirt, and re-entered the first floor of the pavilion, finding a chair to sit down.

A short while later, Xiao Yunluo came downstairs after changing. The moment she saw Feng Yu Die, her brows furrowed, and she rushed over angrily, grabbing Feng Yu Die by the collar:

“Second Idiot!!”

Feng Yu Die hunched her head, looking a little wronged, as if she didn’t know what she had done wrong. Xiao Yunluo, on the other hand, found it difficult to speak. She glared at Feng Yu Die through gritted teeth for a long time, before finally seeming to give up and letting her go back to the chair.

“Hey—what you saw just now, you’re not allowed to tell anyone, or else… I’ll eat you!”

“Oh…” Feng Yu Die nodded meekly and asked, “Senior Sister Xiao, what were you and Young Master Ye doing just now?”

Xiao Yunluo averted her gaze, at a loss for words.

Ye Anping came downstairs at this moment, looking at Feng Yu Die, feeling a bit tired. He raised a hand to rub his temples and interrupted, “Senior Sister Feng, why did you come here so early in the morning?”

“I came…” Feng Yu Die heard him and remembered her purpose for coming. She quickly opened her collar and showed the seven words on her chest to Ye Anping, “I came to ask you about this…”

Seeing her action, Xiao Yunluo immediately pulled her collar back and asked with a frown, “What are you doing?”

“Ah… I, I just wanted to show Young Master Ye, since he’s the one who did it for me.” Feng Yu Die said blankly, her mind not quite catching up. “That Nine Dragon Celestial Seal…”

Ye Anping looked somewhat speechless. He sat down at the table and retorted, “What’s wrong with this? These seven words will slowly disappear with cell metabolism.”

“But… I always feel a tightness here, right where these words are. It feels stuffy and blocked.”

“Chest tightness?”

Ye Anping’s brow furrowed in confusion. He glanced at Feng Yu Die’s chest again and, after thinking for a moment, took a small pillow from his storage bag and said, “Extend your hand, I’ll take your pulse.”

“Oh~”

Feng Yu Die paused, then lifted her sleeve and placed her hand on the small pillow, allowing Ye Anping to take her pulse.

Xiao Yunluo watched from the side, saying nothing, and brought a stool to sit down.

Ye Anping’s fingers landed on her wrist. He closed his eyes and released his spiritual sense, probing into Feng Yu Die’s meridians for a while.

The spiritual energy of the spring aspect filled the meridians as always. At first glance, there were no problems at all. Or rather, with his understanding of meridians, he couldn’t find any problems for the time being.

“There’s no problem.”

Feng Yu Die looked at Ye Anping’s eyes and pursed her lips, saying, “But… I always feel tight below these words, and sometimes it even hurts.”

Hearing this, Ye Anping frowned slightly. He didn’t believe Feng Yu Die would lie without reason. Since she said she felt chest tightness, then she truly felt chest tightness.

But after his examination, he saw no problem at all.

Her heart meridian, which had been severed by Huz Mo’s sword, had already completely recovered, leaving no scar.

Could it be that the “Nine Dragon Celestial Seal” had some side effect that he was unaware of?

“I can’t see any problems. The Nine Dragon Celestial Seal guided the spiritual energy of the Central Domain’s earth veins into your body, repairing your heart meridian that was severed by Huz Mo at the time. It should be harmless…”

Ye Anping mulled over it in silence for a moment, then turned to Xiao Yunluo and said, “Yunluo, when you and Senior Sister Feng return to the Xuan Xing Sect, have Doctor Zhang of the Xuan Xing Sect examine her. Also, consult books related to the Nine Dragon Celestial Seal. You definitely won’t find them in the Hundred Lotus Sect’s library.”

“Ah… Mm, I understand.”

Feng Yu Die glanced at the two of them again, but still couldn’t help but ask, “Young Master Ye, why were you and Senior Sister Xiao embracing without clothes just now?”

Ye Anping sighed helplessly, looked at Xiao Yunluo beside him, and said directly, “…Didn’t you find that book, ‘Illustrated Palaces of Immortality,’ in Yunluo’s room at the Xuan Xing Sect last time?”

?

Xiao Yunluo froze, then her eyes widened as she looked at Ye Anping, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Feng Yu Die looked at Xiao Yunluo blankly and nodded, as if she understood: “Oh… I get it. But, why?”

“Yunluo likes it.”

Xiao Yunluo:?

Feng Yu Die: “Oh… Then do you like it, Young Master Ye?”

Ye Anping nodded frankly: “I like it.”

“I see…”

Feng Yu Die lowered her head, pursing her lips. She glanced at Xiao Yunluo beside her, seemingly wanting to say something but not uttering it.

The room fell silent. Xiao Yunluo also lowered her head, her cheeks blushing, and twisted her hands.

Ye Anping looked at the two of them and sighed softly, saying, “You two should pack up. Aren’t you returning to the Xuan Xing Sect today? Go say goodbye to my Junior Sister. You won’t see each other for a long time after this.”

Hearing this, the tuft of hair on Feng Yu Die’s head stood up. Ye Anping telling her to go say goodbye to Junior Sister Pei, did that mean Ye Anping was gradually agreeing to her being with Junior Sister Pei?

She immediately became happy and stood up to walk out: “Okay! Hehe…”

Watching her leave through the door, Xiao Yunluo rubbed her fingers again with some reluctance. She felt that Ye Anping was rather heartless, being so good to her last night and then rushing her back to Xuan Xing Sect after waking up.

“Anping… How about I stay at the Hundred Lotus Sect to accompany you?”

“There’s no spirit array to help you form a Core at the Hundred Lotus Sect.”

Ye Anping looked at Xiao Yunluo’s reluctant expression and sighed helplessly. He gently cupped her face and said tenderly, “Yunluo, I said I would be responsible for you, and I will definitely do it. And being responsible for you doesn’t mean keeping you by my side all the time. Staying at the Hundred Lotus Sect is detrimental to your immortal path. Return to Xuan Xing Sect to form your Core, and I will come to find you after you’ve formed it.”

“…Mm.”

Xiao Yunluo nodded with blushing cheeks, reached out to take his hand, and stood up to kiss him.

Peck~~

Feng Yu Die walked out of the door and suddenly heard a “peck” sound from behind her. She stopped abruptly, turned back, and saw them kissing.

For some reason, her chest felt tight again. The joy Ye Anping had just given her by telling her to find Junior Sister Pei was completely extinguished by this suffocating feeling.

She pouted, covered her chest, didn’t disturb them, and no longer looked. She walked down the stairs from the pavilion alone, waiting for Xiao Yunluo.

A short while later, Xiao Yunluo was also sent out by Ye Anping.

She walked to Feng Yu Die’s side, her brows furrowed as she looked at her: “Second Idiot! About what happened before… you’re not allowed to tell Lian Xue.”

“Oh…”

Feng Yu Die glanced at her, pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised an eyebrow and extended her hand, making an upside-down “OK” sign with her fingers and pouting: “Hush money!!”

?

Xiao Yunluo’s eyes twitched slightly, but she was somewhat helpless. “How much do you want?”

Feng Yu Die narrowed her eyes: “One hundred thousand!!”

“What?!” Xiao Yunluo thought she had misheard and looked at her incredulously. “How much?!”

“Hmph! One hundred thousand. Senior Sister Xiao, if you don’t give it, I’ll run and tell Junior Sister Pei right now.”

Feng Yu Die crossed her arms and turned her head away, summoning her flying sword as if she were about to go find Pei Lianxue.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yunluo got scared and quickly grabbed her shoulder: “Second Idiot, you…”

“One hundred thousand! Non-negotiable! Hmph~”

Xiao Yunluo felt a pang of pain. One hundred thousand spirit stones wasn’t an amount she couldn’t afford, but…

She pursed her lips and finally agreed: “…I’ll give it to you back at Xuan Xing Sect. Don’t tell Lian Xue.”

Seeing Xiao Yunluo agree, Feng Yu Die’s chest no longer felt tight. Young Master Ye had helped her earn another one hundred thousand spirit stones. She grinned, showing her teeth: “Okay! Hehe…”

“…Let’s go, we’re heading back.”

The two of them summoned their flying swords and flew back towards the main peak of the Hundred Lotus Sect.

Standing at the entrance of the pavilion, watching the two of them haggling over hush money outside, Ye Anping sighed helplessly. He no longer dwelled on it, returned upstairs, went back to lie down for a while, wrote his replies to Li Longling and Yun Yiyi, and sent them to the Hundred Lotus Sect’s post station to be mailed back.

At sunset, Xiao Yunluo, Feng Yu Die, and the others boarded the flying boat borrowed from the Xing Tian Division once again.

Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue stood on the platform high on the main peak, cupping their hands in farewell as they watched the flying boat gradually disappear into the afterglow of the setting sun.

After the boat flew into the clouds and vanished, Ye Anping finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly turned his head to look at Pei Lianxue, who was holding his hand.

“Junior Sister.”

“Mm…”

“Pack your things. I’ll take you back to see your parents, and then send you to Xuan Xing Sect. After that, you can prepare to form your Core.”

Pei Lianxue squinted and nodded, resting her head on Ye Anping’s shoulder.

“Mm.”

… …