Chapter 84: Senior Brother, An Unexpected Combination Punch
Xiao Yunluo, standing at the doorway, was not wearing the uniform of a Xuan Xing Sect Disciple. Instead, she was adorned in an azure blue ruqun that reached her chest, and her long, light purple hair was neatly tied into four ponytails, complemented by a pair of blue jade earrings.
Ye Anping stared at her for a long moment.
Today, his Junior Sister and Feng Yu Die were supposed to undergo Foundation Establishment, so logically, Xiao Yunluo should have been doing the same. Why had she suddenly appeared before him?
“Is Senior Sister Xiao here for physiotherapy?”
Xiao Yunluo blinked in surprise, then walked up to him, hands on her hips.
“I’m not here for physiotherapy, I’m here to see you.”
Ye Anping raised an eyebrow. “Oh… And what do I owe the pleasure?”
*Why isn’t he surprised at all? I even put on makeup and wore a nice outfit when I came,* Xiao Yunluo pouted. She then took out a jade slip from her storage bag and said, “I need to deliver this jade slip to the Hundred Lotus Sect…”
Ye Anping felt a bit confused. Delivering a jade slip was a minor task, and normally, it wouldn’t require Young Miss Xiao Yunluo to do it herself.
He quickly scanned the jade slip with his Spiritual Sense but found it protected by a rather high restriction, seemingly a personal decree meant only for his father, so he couldn’t read its contents.
After a moment of thought, Ye Anping shrugged and agreed. “Alright. It happens that I’m planning to return to the Hundred Lotus Sect anyway, I’ll take it for you.”
Ye Anping reached out to take it, but Xiao Yunluo immediately pulled her hand back. “Ah… No, I didn’t mean I wanted you to run an errand for me.”
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Ye Anping tilted his head. “Then what did you mean?”
“I’ve never been to the Hundred Lotus Sect and don’t know the way. I came to ask you to take me there.”
“Then wouldn’t it be better if you just gave me the jade slip, and I’d take it back on my way? Flying there on a sword takes over half a month, and my Junior Sister and the others should have started their Foundation Establishment by now. Aren’t you doing yours?”
“…”
Xiao Yunluo was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and said seriously, “Hiss— Ye Anping! I wanted to ask you…”
“Please, ask away.”
“You… you…” Xiao Yunluo couldn’t meet Ye Anping’s eyes, and shyly asked, “Are you… willing to be my companion reader?”
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Ye Anping narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, “You want me to be your companion reader?”
Xiao Yunluo was startled and quickly shook her head, denying it. “Ah? It’s not me! I don’t want a companion reader at all. I’ve always been a loner, I don’t even want a maidservant, let alone a companion reader. I absolutely don’t want a companion reader!”
*Please continue…* Ye Anping watched her silently.
Xiao Yunluo felt a little flustered under his gaze and repeated herself. “What? I really! Really! Don’t need a companion reader!! Besides, you almost killed me last time.”
“Then why did you come here to ask?”
“It’s just… because Mr. Qi designated it. I couldn’t refuse.”
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Ye Anping’s brow furrowed slightly. “…Mr. Qi?”
“The Dean of the Xuan Xing Sect Academy, a highly respected Elder within the sect.”
“I know… But why me? I’ve never even met Mr. Qi.”
“Mr. Qi said it’s because Lian Xue got a perfect score on the written portion of the Sect Selection. And Lian Xue told him that you taught her, so he recommended you to my mother, and my mother agreed.”
*So that’s how it is…*
Ye Anping felt there was something illogical about this chain of reasoning.
So, it was Si Xuanji’s doing.
He could even imagine Qi Bai Shi and Si Xuanji playing chess and exchanging veiled words.
“…”
Ye Anping glanced at the jade slip in Xiao Yunluo’s hand. He now roughly guessed its contents – most likely a deed to a spiritual land or some kind of appointment letter.
It seemed that when they were shopping before, Si Xuanji had almost forcefully pushed Xiao Yunluo into a marriage with him. She must have seen that he wasn’t particularly interested in Xiao Yunluo.
Therefore, she wanted to tie him and Xiao Yunluo together by making him a companion reader.
To prevent him from having any chance to refuse, she even used something to bribe his father, using some benefits to “buy” him from his father to be Xiao Yunluo’s companion reader.
Furthermore, the jade slip might even mention the “engagement.”
If his father knew that Si Xuanji had betrothed her only daughter to him…
He would definitely be overjoyed and would surely launch a fierce campaign to urge them to get married quickly and become cultivation partners.
Moreover, this was a betrothal by Si Xuanji, not him marrying into her family.
Ye Anping couldn’t help but sigh— Truly worthy of being called a Loli Old Woman, this combination punch had caught him completely off guard.
But!!
As the saying goes, the devil is a foot high, and the Dao is ten feet high.
Si Xuanji made her move, so he would accept it. He wasn’t incapable of handling it.
Looking at Xiao Yunluo’s innocent face, completely unaware that she had been “sold” by her mother, Ye Anping was silent for a moment.
“Alright, have you packed your things? I’m ready to leave immediately.”
Xiao Yunluo’s eyes lit up, and she couldn’t hide her joy. “You agreed to be my companion reader?”
“You’re that happy? Didn’t you say you didn’t want one?”
Xiao Yunluo froze and quickly coughed. “Cough, cough— I don’t want you as a companion reader. I was just passing by and asking casually.”
“Since you’re so unwilling, then forget it.”
“Ah…” Xiao Yunluo blinked slightly, and immediately clutched her skirt, swallowing nervously, as if regretting her feigned indifference. She looked at Ye Anping pleadingly, looking as if she was about to cry.
*Sometimes I envy the innocence of young people…* Ye Anping shook his head slightly and decided to give her an out. “Never mind. Being your companion reader has its benefits. I can open the physiotherapy center directly within the Xuan Xing Sect in the future. Since all the patients are Xuan Xing Sect disciples anyway, and it would be convenient for me to contact my Junior Sister, I wouldn’t have to make her run back and forth all the time.”
“That makes sense then…” Xiao Yunluo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. “Then I suppose I’ll just consider it helping Lian Xue bring you over, hmm…”
Ye Anping waved his hand. “I’m going to pack. You should go back and pack too. Once you’re ready, come here to find me, and we’ll depart.”
“Ah… Okay.”
“Right, you’re coming with me to the Hundred Lotus Sect, what about your Foundation Establishment?”
“Mr. Qi said I can undergo Foundation Establishment at the Hundred Lotus Sect. After all, I have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, so Foundation Establishment doesn’t depend on timing or location or anything…”
“…Oh.”
After that, Ye Anping went to his bedroom to pack, while Xiao Yunluo quickly flew back to Tianyun Peak on her sword and packed her belongings.
When she returned to the entrance of the physiotherapy center, Ye Anping was already waiting for her by the door, dressed in a crimson brocade robe.
Seeing Ye Anping dressed like this, Xiao Yunluo’s cheeks instantly flushed.
Normally, Ye Anping wore a clean and simple T-shirt, looking like a vibrant young man. But now, Ye Anping truly made Xiao Yunluo feel that he was the young master of a sect.
Although it was a small sect.
Xiao Yunluo shook her head and, approaching him, asked softly, “Why are you dressed like this?”
Ye Anping gave her a look and replied, “You’re dressed like a young lady of a wealthy family. If I dress like this and walk with you, people will think I’m your kept boy.”
“…”
“Alright, we can talk on the road. It will be at least a month to get to the Hundred Lotus Sect, and then another two or three months for Foundation Establishment. The sooner we leave, the sooner we’ll be back.”
After saying that, Ye Anping summoned his flying sword, stepped onto it, and prepared to set off.
At this moment, Xiao Yunluo quickly interrupted him. “Ye Anping… I brought a Divine Speed Boat. We can ride it together, and it should only take half a month to get there.”
With a wave of her hand, a small pink boat flew out of her storage bag.
Ye Anping stared at the small boat she conjured for a long time.
“…Is this made of cherry wood?”
“It’s made of hundred-year-old cherry wood.”
“…”
Ye Anping wanted to say something but held back, only sighing inwardly. *Indeed, she’s a young lady from a major sect.*
The spirit stones he and Feng Yu Die had painstakingly acquired from the Seven Kill Gate wouldn’t even be enough to buy one of Xiao Yunluo’s flying artifacts.
He thought for a moment and asked, “Um… Can you pilot it?”
“I’ve tried, but I’m not proficient,” Xiao Yunluo replied immediately. “This was a gift from an Elder when I was one year old. I haven’t had the chance to use it.”
Ye Anping sighed, stepped onto the boat, and extended his hand to Xiao Yunluo.
“…I’ll pilot it. Come up.”
“Okay… Thank you.”
Xiao Yunluo pursed her lips, took his hand, and leaped onto the Divine Speed Boat.
The next moment, with a “whoosh,” a gale swept through the entrance of the physiotherapy center. The two of them, like arrows released from a bow, shot up instantly, reaching a hundred meters into the sky. They then slightly adjusted the boat’s heading and sped off towards the northwest.
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