The moon was bright and the stars were few.
Several small teams composed of Xing Tian Division disciples and Sword Sect disciples patrolled the Seven Dragon Valley on their flying swords, guarding against demonic beasts and the unpredictable weather of the great desert.
Inside a tent at the camp, a dim candlelight cast several tall and short shadows on a screen to one side.
Yun Yiyi, dressed in a golden robe, instructed the Sword Sect disciples beside her: “Except for those on guard duty, tell everyone else to rest well. We’ll set off tomorrow afternoon. Then, deliver these three jade slips to Second Miss, Third Miss, and my father using spiritual arts…”
“Yes.”
“Also, have the people around my tent and Young Master Ye’s tent withdrawn. Young Master Ye is tired today; don’t disturb his rest…”
“Yes…”
After arranging these miscellaneous matters, Yun Yiyi dismissed the people around her tent, sealed the curtains at the tent entrance, undressed, and soaked herself in the bathtub that the female disciples had helped her prepare…
Huala Huala—
The sound of flowing water.
A jade-like beauty emerges from a bath, her fragrant face half-opened, charming and enchanting…
Changing into a white nightgown, Yun Yiyi, with her golden hair flowing, walked out of the tent and looked towards the tent where Ye Anping and Xiao Yunluo were currently staying. She then walked over.
As she passed a tent prepared for the female cultivators accompanying them, she faintly heard several female cultivators discussing Ye Anping: “At that time, Young Master Ye told us to hide well and went alone on his flying sword to confront the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect. I didn’t hear what they said, but that Nascent Soul cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect was so scared that he didn’t dare to step forward.”
“Really? A Core Formation Stage cultivator scared a Nascent Soul cultivator into not moving?”
“I saw it with my own eyes. But then again, Young Master Ye’s courage is extraordinary, and he’s also very handsome. If I could catch his eye, I wouldn’t have to worry about spirit stones and cultivation anymore…”
— “Cough, cough.”
Hearing this, Yun Yiyi coughed lightly, startling the women in the tent into silence. She then smiled and shook her head, continuing towards Ye Anping’s tent.
Most women would feel jealous if someone wanted to throw themselves at their husband.
However, Yun Yiyi felt very happy.
The more people praised Ye Anping, the more it showed that her cultivation partner was a great cultivator who stood tall and upright, didn’t they?
Although she knew she couldn’t fight alongside him in battles like Xiao Yunluo or Pei Lianxue, she was confident she could serve her husband well in other ways.
Whether it was managing the household, handling the affairs of their dwelling, or bearing children…
Ah… I wish it could be like that night…
Yun Yiyi’s legs suddenly went weak, and she felt she had lost her composure as Eldest Miss. She quickly took a deep breath, suppressing the desire in her heart.
After all, Xiao Yunluo was still with Ye Anping.
She hadn’t met Xiao Yunluo before, but she had heard that the Xuan Xing Sect Young Master had an excellent reputation, was humble and receptive, and had no strange hobbies. Unlike the young ladies of the immortal great families, he didn’t often seek out handsome men in the pleasure quarters or squander money extravagantly at auctions…
Moreover, she was a dragon, and quite young…
Yun Yiyi estimated that Xiao Yunluo was likely quite naive in matters between men and women.
So, she was conflicted, wondering what excuse she would use to get Xiao Yunluo to leave…
She had been looking forward to reuniting with Ye Anping for years!!
How could they part again without some “contact”?
In Donghuang Immortal City, because the matter was urgent, and her father was always around her, she had no opportunity to spend a night with Ye Anping.
But if she didn’t mention it now, she didn’t know how long she would have to wait to see Ye Anping again…
Yun Yiyi arrived in front of the tent. After taking several deep breaths, she raised her hand, pulled open the tent flap, and stepped in: “Young Master Xiao, Anping he…”
Her voice abruptly stopped, and Yun Yiyi froze at the entrance.
?
She saw Ye Anping lying on the bed with his eyes slightly closed, seemingly asleep. Xiao Yunluo was sitting by the side, her right hand extending gently from under the covers, touching something unknown.
When Xiao Yunluo heard Yun Yiyi’s voice, she reacted like a “mother caught with her hand in the cookie jar,” her face full of panic. She quickly withdrew her hand from under the covers.
“Young Master Yun… you… you startled me! You should announce yourself before coming in…”
“…”
Was she helping Anping with that?
Yun Yiyi felt a bit awkward, unsure whether she should expose it. After thinking for a moment, she walked over, intending to pull back the covers to take a look.
But as soon as her hand grasped a corner of the quilt, Xiao Yunluo reached out and pressed it down.
“Ah! Young Master Yun… let Anping rest? He might catch a cold later…”
Yun Yiyi couldn’t help but chuckle. After a moment of silence, she directly asked: “Young Master Xiao, what were you just doing?”
“Ah… I was, I was…”
Seeing that Yun Yiyi had seen through her, Xiao Yunluo’s face turned red. She lowered her head slightly and pinched her earlobe: “Anping’s spiritual energy was depleted, I was replenishing his spiritual energy!”
Yun Yiyi was stunned and asked with a blush: “Uh… using the Art of Harmonizing?”
Xiao Yunluo nodded her dragon horns like a pecking chicken: “Yes, it’s more effective than replenishment pills and doesn’t harm the body…”
“Mm…”
“Mm.”
“Uh…”
“Mm…”
“…”
The two women faced each other and fell silent.
They didn’t know each other well, so they were both trying to guess the other’s acceptable limits.
However, neither of them knew that they both wanted to ask the same question:
— Together?
But neither dared to speak first, both wanting to maintain their dignified “Young Master” image…
Yun Yiyi and Xiao Yunluo remained in a silent stalemate by the side of the bed. The only sound in the tent was the “sizzle” of the fire spirit stones burning in the brazier nearby.
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Yiyi seemed to have made up her mind. She took a deep breath and asked, “Young Master Xiao, you don’t mind me marrying Anping, do you?”
“Ah?”
“Young Master Xiao, your status is actually higher than mine as the Sword Sect’s Young Master. According to etiquette, for Anping to marry me as his cultivation partner, I would need your consent first.”
Yun Yiyi slowly sat down by the bed, her hands resting gently on her lap, her gaze lowered to face Xiao Yunluo.
“I know that I’m not like you; you’re a descendant of the dragon race and the daughter of Dan Yue Shang Xian, and my aptitude is naturally inferior to yours. But I promise you, after marrying into the Ye family, I, Yun Yiyi, will never betray Anping… I truly love him.”
“…”
Xiao Yunluo was surprised to hear Yun Yiyi speaking with a tone as if she were placing herself in a servant’s position. She looked up in surprise.
She had thought Yun Yiyi was difficult to deal with before, but now…
Xiao Yunluo mumbled, “I… I don’t mind. I don’t have much of my own opinion. If you want to ask, ask Lian Xue later?”
“Miss Pei?”
Xiao Yunluo turned to look at Ye Anping, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, lowered her gaze slightly, and nodded: “Yes… Lian Xue and Anping grew up together. Their bond is much deeper than ours. However, if Anping said something to you before, Lian Xue probably wouldn’t say much. Lian Xue listens to Anping, and I listen to Anping too…”
Yun Yiyi followed her gaze to Ye Anping and said, “I see. I thought Anping would marry you as his main wife, given your highest status.”
“Anping said he doesn’t distinguish between wives and concubines here.”
“I see…”
Yun Yiyi nodded with a gentle expression and then said, “He once told me we’d meet again, and when we were in Donghuang, he also said his main purpose was to save me.”
“I see…”
“Mm…”
After chatting to this point, Xiao Yunluo pondered for a moment, then looked back at Yun Yiyi’s face and hesitantly asked, “Um, how about… together?”
“How about together?”
However, their voices overlapped.
They looked into each other’s eyes.
Suddenly, they felt as if they had met a kindred spirit. Their eyes widened slightly, and then they both covered their mouths and laughed.
“Young Master Yun, I thought you were reserved!”
“I heard that Young Master Xiao was pure and clean. How could I have guessed that you, Young Master Xiao, would think the same…”
“Ah…” Xiao Yunluo chuckled awkwardly, “…Blame Anping!”
“Oh?”
“…Who told him to be so captivating, so handsome, so talented and brave, so good to people, and even though he’s sometimes cunning and treacherous, he’s also attractively wicked.”
“Yes, then… Young Master Xiao, you start?”
“Mm…”
Xiao Yunluo shyly nodded, then waved her hand and extinguished the brazier in the tent with spiritual energy. She stood up, undressed, and then was the first to leap onto the bed and pull down the curtain.
“Young Master Yun…”
“Just call me Yiyi.”
“Yiyi, come up…”
“Mm…”
Rustling—
Ye Anping, who had been sleeping soundly, seemed to sense the movement on the bed and slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that Yun Yiyi and Xiao Yunluo were treating him like a vegetable made him somewhat weary.
He had really wanted a good night’s rest, but as he had predicted earlier.
Tonight would undoubtedly be a sleepless night.
Yun Yiyi noticed that Ye Anping had opened his eyes and felt a bit shy, her cherry lips pursed slightly: “Anping? Did I wake you?”
“I’m really tired, but…” Ye Anping looked at Xiao Yunluo, who was now lying on the other side, and seeing her embarrassed expression, he said, “I’m also a man.”
Xiao Yunluo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became proud, goading him: “You’re a man, then step up! Hmph~ Let me and Yiyi see your prowess~”
“Yiyi has already seen it. Last time, she was begging for mercy.”
?
Yun Yiyi froze, her eyebrows immediately knitting: “That was years ago.”
Ye Anping sat up and looked at the two women kneeling on the bed beside him. He inexplicably remembered his thoughts when he was formulating the plan for the Sword Sect—
If he wanted Yun Yiyi and her two sisters to survive, he had to ease the tension between them and let them rely on each other to jointly support the Moon Shadow Sword Sect.
— And there were only two ways to bring the two women closer:
Enjoying pleasure together, or facing a common enemy together.
Yun Yiyi and Xiao Yunluo were not familiar with each other, so drawing them closer was not a bad thing.
However, Ye Anping didn’t quite understand if this situation was about enjoying pleasure together or facing a common “enemy” together.
He shook his head and simply reached out, pulling both women into his embrace.
“Hey?!” “Mm…”
… …
The sounds of playful scuffling came from within the curtain.
As the sounds of swords ceased, the world fell silent, leaving only a wisp of spring breeze and a faint, lingering fragrance circulating within the tent of yellow cloth.
… …
