Chapter Thirty-Eight: Junior Sister, Senior Brother is a Scammer
Ye Anping casually found a reason to send Bai Yuexin back to Xuan Xing Sect. He then locked the door of his physiotherapy center, posted a sign saying “Out on urgent business,” and followed Liang Zhu on his sword to a dilapidated mountain temple on a mountain to meet with four other people.
After everyone had arrived, Liang Zhu first exchanged secret signals of the Seven Kill Gate with the four people who had arrived.
After confirming their identities, everyone briefly got to know each other. Liang Zhu then suddenly took out a jar of wine and pulled everyone over to pledge brotherhood in front of the temple’s Taoist statue.
This matter had really left Ye Anping speechless.
However, the other four readily agreed, and he couldn’t refuse. So, he also picked up a bowl of wine and became the “Sixth Brother” of this group.
After some pleasantries, Ye Anping took the lead. He led them through a secret path that only he knew, bypassing Xuan Xing Sect’s sect array and patrolling disciples, and entered the back mountain of Xuan Xing Sect.
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Inside a cave on Ling Xue Peak in the back mountains of Xuan Xing Sect.
The bonfire crackled, and the cold wind blowing in from the cave entrance was bone-chilling.
Ling Xue Peak was where Xuan Xing Sect’s cold spiritual energy converged. Among the several mountain peaks in the back mountains of Xuan Xing Sect, it was considered one of the most harsh environments.
Disciples participating in the physical trial would be randomly sent to various mountain peaks in the back mountains of Xuan Xing Sect. They would be considered to have passed if they returned to Xuan Xing Sect’s main peak within five days. For Feng Yu Die and the others, this would not be a difficult task, even without using their flying swords.
However, as soon as they reached Ling Xue Peak, a seemingly man-eating blizzard began to fall on the peak.
Therefore, Feng Yu Die and the others had no choice but to find a nearby cave. They spent some effort driving out a demonic beast that occupied the cave and took shelter, preparing to continue their journey when the snow subsided.
However, even while hiding in the cave and staying by the bonfire, the dense cold spiritual energy on Ling Xue Peak was not something that could be easily endured.
Pei Lianxue was used to being frozen by her senior brother, so she didn’t feel much. However, Xiao Yunluo next to her was somewhat unbearable. Ever since a while ago, she had been constantly rubbing her shoulders, her front teeth chattering non-stop.
“Haa-”
Xiao Yunluo sniffled, tucked her neck in, and glanced at Pei Lianxue, who was meditating with her eyes closed. Seeing her calm and composed demeanor, she couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you cold?”
Pei Lianxue opened her eyes and looked at Xiao Yunluo’s pale blue lips. After thinking for a moment, she asked, “Why don’t you circulate your spiritual energy to warm your body?”
“I am, otherwise I would freeze solid,” Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips and then slowly moved closer to Pei Lianxue, asking awkwardly, “Can I huddle with you?”
“Are you that cold?”
“My hands are almost frozen stiff…”
Pei Lianxue felt a bit helpless. After thinking for a moment, she simply took off her outer coat, moved closer to Xiao Yunluo, wrapped herself and Xiao Yunluo in the coat, and then held Xiao Yunluo’s hand and gently rubbed it.
Xiao Yunluo, whose hand was being held, was stunned and her face turned slightly red as she lowered her head. However, her face was not red from shyness, but from shame. She was the biological daughter of “Dan Yue Shang Ren,” the Young Miss of Xuan Xing Sect, and possessed heavenly spiritual root aptitude. Since childhood, she had enjoyed endless cultivation resources. The elders who taught her to cultivate at Xuan Xing Sect always praised her exceptional talent. She had always been proud of this and never slacked off. She didn’t oversleep; her daily life was extremely regular. Every time she practiced sword fighting, she was diligent. In class, she was more attentive than anyone else. From the age of five when she started cultivating until she was fifteen, Xiao Yunluo had been living the same way for ten years. Therefore, when she first met Pei Lianxue, Xiao Yunluo had assumed that Pei Lianxue was a very weak cultivator. When she struck up a conversation with her that day, it was only to satisfy her own vanity and show off a little.
“Hmph, hmph, I’m amazing, right? I managed to last a quarter of an hour against Senior Sister Bai, who is at the Foundation Establishment Stage, before being knocked off the stage!”
At that time, during the sword competition, this was what she had intended to say. But when she saw Pei Lianxue defeat Senior Sister Bai with a single move, she was completely stunned. Now, seeing Pei Lianxue acting as if nothing was wrong in the frigid spiritual energy, Xiao Yunluo was once again hit hard. She bit her lip and asked with a hint of jealousy, “How are you so amazing…”
“Hm?” Pei Lianxue didn’t hear clearly and tilted her head, “What?”
“I’m freezing to death, but your hands are as warm as a furnace,” Xiao Yunluo frowned at her face, “How are you so amazing?!”
“Am I amazing?”
“Are you pretending to be dumb? Or do you really need me to praise you?” Xiao Yunluo pouted in dissatisfaction. “Your cultivation level is even a realm lower than mine, yet how did you defeat Senior Sister Bai before? What kind of sword art are you practicing?”
“…The sword art my senior brother taught me.”
“Your senior brother…”
Xiao Yunluo looked at the smile on Pei Lianxue’s face and furrowed her brow. It seemed like every time she talked about her senior brother, a silly smile would appear on her face. She seemed to have seen it many times. For a moment, Xiao Yunluo became curious about Pei Lianxue’s senior brother, so she said, “Junior Sister Pei, tell me about your senior brother?”
“About my senior brother?” Pei Lianxue blinked. “Tell you what?”
“What kind of person is he? What do you usually do with him?…Things like that?”
“This…” Pei Lianxue pursed her lips, thinking. She instinctively wanted to say good things about her senior brother, but when she caught sight of Xiao Yunluo’s beautiful face, she suddenly changed her mind and said, “My senior brother is a terrible person!”
“What? A terrible person?” Xiao Yunluo looked confused.
“Yes, a terrible person. He would barge in when I was bathing, beat me until I was bruised and swollen, break my bones, feed me to demonic beasts, and poison me…”
“???” Xiao Yunluo was completely stunned. “What kind of heinous villain is this?!”
“That’s right, my senior brother is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a big villain,” Pei Lianxue nodded solemnly.
Seeing Pei Lianxue’s serious expression, Xiao Yunluo paused and asked, “Then you suffered a lot before?”
“Yes! I suffered a great deal…”
“I see…” Xiao Yunluo nodded and after thinking for a while, asked, “Then can I help you?”
“Ah? Help…help me? Help me with what?”
“Well, after the physical trial is over, I’ll tell the elders about your senior brother. Then, the elders of Xuan Xing Sect will have your senior brother arrested. I guarantee he’ll spend the rest of his life in the Xuan Xing Sect Heavenly Prison.”
Hearing this, Pei Lianxue’s face paled with terror. She took a sharp breath. She just didn’t want Xiao Yunluo to think her senior brother was a good person and approach him, but why did Xiao Yunluo suddenly want to lock her senior brother in prison? She quickly waved her hands in negation, “Ah, no! No!”
“Such a scumbag should be locked up in the Heavenly Prison.”
“Ah… it’s not… I…” Pei Lianxue was flustered and tried to explain, but didn’t know how. In the end, she simply grabbed Xiao Yunluo’s collar and glared at her, threatening, “Don’t you touch my senior brother!!”
“…” Xiao Yunluo was so startled that she quickly retracted her neck.
“Ah, I’m sorry.” Realizing she had lost her composure, Pei Lianxue quickly apologized and mumbled an explanation, “That, actually, my senior brother isn’t bad. He’s quite good.”
???
Xiao Yunluo knit her eyebrows and tilted her head to ask, “Is your senior brother good or bad? Didn’t you just say…”
“This…” Pei Lianxue was vague and hesitated for a moment before finally giving up, her brows furrowed as she threatened, “In any case, you are not allowed to have anyone arrest my senior brother!! Senior brother is mine!! Otherwise…”
“Otherwise… what?” Pei Lianxue looked around and saw Xiao Yunluo’s cold, pale hands. She said, “Otherwise, I… I won’t warm your hands anymore!”
“…”
Xiao Yunluo didn’t know how to react, but after thinking for a while, she understood Pei Lianxue’s meaning.
“Oh! I see, you want to get revenge yourself, right?”
“Ah?”
“You don’t want me to help you get revenge, you want to do it yourself. When your cultivation is high enough, you’ll go back and get back at your senior brother for everything he did to you.”
“???” It was now Pei Lianxue’s turn to be stunned.
After a pause, Pei Lianxue said, “Anyway, just don’t go arrest my senior brother.”
“…”
“You’re not allowed to arrest my senior brother! Did you hear me? Answer me?!”
“I heard you…”
Xiao Yunluo sighed and inexplicably felt a trace of sympathy for Pei Lianxue. Then, she looked towards the cave entrance and asked, “By the way, why hasn’t that white-haired idiot come back yet? It’s been half an hour since he went out?”
Pei Lianxue pouted and said, “That idiot might have been eaten by a bear.”
“I see…” Xiao Yunluo shrugged and stopped thinking about the idiot. After hesitating for a moment, she tried to snuggle closer to Pei Lianxue again and asked, “Will you be uncomfortable if I stick close to you like this?”
“No, if you’re cold, just stick closer,”
“You said that…” Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips and smiled. She then hugged Pei Lianxue tightly, rested her face on her shoulder, and said, “Right, from now on, you’re my friend. If you encounter any trouble in Xuan Xing Sect in the future, just mention my name, and no one will dare to bully you.”
“Ah… mm.”
