Chapter 90: Experienced with Spiritual Sense, Lifelike
Feng Yu Die watched Ye Anping emerge from the courtyard, her expression instantly turning blank. Where were her beautiful senior or cute junior sisters? How did they turn into her brother-in-law or uncle? Rubbing her eyes to confirm it was indeed Ye Anping, Feng Yu Die felt a wave of awkwardness. “Oh my~ It’s Young Master Ye. We haven’t seen each other in a few months, and you’ve reached Foundation Establishment… Huh?!”
What?! At this point, Feng Yu Die paused, a question mark popping up above her head, her brows twitching as if in disbelief. She released her spiritual sense again to repeatedly scan Ye Anping.
Ye Anping, feeling a headache from her constant scanning, frowned slightly. He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, repelling her spiritual sense and interrupting her. “Can you stop scanning me with your spiritual sense so many times? No matter how many times you scan, I’ve reached Foundation Establishment.”
Feng Yu Die shook her head, retracting her spiritual sense. She asked with a perplexed expression, “But… last time we met, you were only at the fifth level of Qi Refining?”
“I encountered some fortuitous encounters.”
“Is that so…” Feng Yu Die nodded hesitantly, then asked, “Then how did you become Senior Sister Xiao’s companion?”
“Still due to fortuitous encounters.”
“Fortuitous encounters…” Feng Yu Die nodded, then glanced at Xiao Yunluo beside her, a strange smile appearing on her face.
Huh? Not understanding the meaning of her smile, Ye Anping was about to ask when Feng Yu Die ran over and tugged at his sleeve. “Senior Sister Xiao, I need to have a private word with Young Master Ye.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yunluo’s brows knitted slightly, but she couldn’t find a reason to object, so she remained silent. Feng Yu Die pulled Ye Anping a short distance away, then slung an arm over his shoulder, gesturing for him to bend down slightly. She chuckled foolishly a couple of times, looking at him. “Heh heh…”
Ye Anping was completely baffled. “What is it?”
Feng Yu Die’s eyes curved into crescent moons, and she looked at him with a comical smile. “Young Master Ye, how about we make a deal?”
“What deal?”
“It’s just… I’ll help you win over Senior Sister Xiao, and you promise to be with Junior Sister Pei. How about that?”
“?”
“Young Master Ye, I truly, truly… sincerely like Junior Sister Pei, and Junior Sister Pei also truly likes me. As the saying goes, true lovers will eventually tie the knot. As her senior brother, don’t tear us apart… that would be terrible.”
Ye Anping’s brows furrowed deeply. He wondered if, during her Foundation Establishment, this girl had intruded into his junior sister’s Spirit Gathering Array and stolen her chance, which was why his junior sister hadn’t finished establishing her foundation yet? In an instant, a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he confirmed, “My junior sister likes you?”
Feng Yu Die nodded vigorously, arguing, “Yes, yes! Before, Junior Sister Pei even complimented me on how good I looked in her old clothes. And before her Foundation Establishment, Junior Sister Pei even asked if I had Foundation Establishment Materials and specially spent a lot of spirit stones to help me buy some very good ones.”
“…”
Upon hearing this, Ye Anping’s tightly furrowed brows slightly relaxed. After a moment of thought, he displayed an expression of disbelief. “Really?”
“Heh heh… Really! Junior Sister Pei likes me a lot.” Feng Yu Die nodded with a smile, then blinked her watery eyes. “So… Young Master Ye, you see… I swear I’ll treat Junior Sister Pei well for the rest of my life and only like her. Just agree, okay~?”
“No.”
Ye Anping replied with a smile, then returned to a blank expression. He directly peeled off her hand from his shoulder and turned back towards the Three-Bay House, intending to continue tidying up.
“Ah… Young Master Ye…”
“…”
“Sigh—”
Feng Yu Die felt a twinge of disappointment and sighed inwardly. She wondered if her brother-in-law or uncle’s affinity hadn’t been raised enough yet? But they had cooperated so well last time…
Just then, Xiao Tian also floated out from her Soul Realm. Unlike its usual energetic self, it now stretched and yawned as if it had just woken up. After flying to Feng Yu Die’s head and stretching, it rubbed its eyes.
“Haa~~~ Yu Die, congratulations on your Foundation Establishment…”
After offering its congratulations to Feng Yu Die without much joy, it looked around. The moment it saw Ye Anping, its drowsy little eyes instantly lit up.
“Huh?! Young Master Ye has actually reached Foundation Establishment!”
Before, Xiao Tian had always felt that Ye Anping and Feng Yu Die might be a match made in heaven, but it was still quite uncertain. After all, Feng Yu Die had excellent aptitude, while Ye Anping was just a relatively ordinary dual-spiritual root. If that were the case, after Feng Yu Die formed her Nascent Soul, Ye Anping might only be at the Mid or Late Foundation Establishment stage. But now, seeing that Ye Anping had also reached Foundation Establishment, Xiao Tian’s conviction grew stronger! Ye Anping and its Yu Die were truly destined. No wonder it found that kid Ye Anping more and more likable!
“Yes.” Feng Yu Die shrugged and replied, “He said he encountered some fortuitous encounters and is now Senior Sister Xiao’s companion.”
“Fortuitous encounters? Companion?” Xiao Tian saw Ye Anping walking towards Xiao Yunluo’s Three-Bay House and suddenly realized something. It felt a surge of worry for its Yu Die—Your destined partner is going to run off with someone else!!
“Yu Die, how can you let him live with that Xiao girl? He’s your future Cultivation Partner!!”
“?”
Feng Yu Die stared blankly for a long time, then rolled her eyes at Xiao Tian and simply ignored it. Afterward, she waved to Xiao Yunluo, “Senior Sister Xiao, I’ll head back now~~”
“Yu Die! What are you doing? Listen to me… Go chase after him quickly!”
Ignoring Xiao Tian tugging at its antennae, Feng Yu Die turned and headed back towards her own Three-Bay House.
…
Returning to the room, Ye Anping could only exclaim, “Yosh yosh daze.” For a fleeting moment, he had almost pulled out his weapon from his Storage Bag and struck Feng Yu Die’s head. Thinking about that emotion, Ye Anping immediately began self-reflection. —Don’t let emotions control your mind; always be rational. This was a principle he had taught his junior sister since childhood; how could he make such a low-level mistake himself? Even if Feng Yu Die hadn’t said that last sentence, he should have immediately known that his junior sister could not have been “snatched” by her.
“Sigh—Losing composure.” Ye Anping noted this incident in his little black book to avoid repeating it, and then continued tidying up the room. Just as he crouched down to pick up the scattered things on the floor, he suddenly spotted a book pressed under an empty medicine bottle.
Four large characters were written on the cover of the book.
—Immortal Palace Erotic Illustrations—
If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be that kind of thing… The things here should all belong to Xiao Yunluo, so this book should be hers too. She actually reads this? Ye Anping glanced towards the direction of the room door. Seeing Xiao Yunluo walking towards her own room, after a moment of hesitation, he pulled the book out from under the medicine bottle and held it in his hands.
“Hoo—” He blew away some dust from the cover and gently opened the first page.
Only one sentence was written on the first page:
Experience with Spiritual Sense, Lifelike.
“What does ‘experienced with spiritual sense, lifelike’ mean?” Ye Anping’s brows furrowed slightly. He flipped through a few more pages, scanning them briefly. Just as he expected, it was a picture album of erotic illustrations. For him, the little figures in the album were a bit hard to get aroused by. However, remembering the sentence on the first page, he hesitated for a moment, formed a sword finger with his hand, and tried infusing a tiny bit of spiritual energy into the book.
And then—his understanding of cultivators’ erotic books was instantly refreshed. After the spiritual energy was infused into the book, the originally static ink drawings of little figures transformed into dynamic scenes. Although the entire book was still rather unarousing due to the drawing skill, a “biu” sound was heard, and two drops of ink flew out from the pages, landing on the floor before quickly disappearing.
“…”
Ye Anping silently stared at the book for a long time before decisively retracting his spiritual energy and closing the cover. He didn’t know how to evaluate this book. However, he suddenly remembered the lessons taught by the elders of the Hundred Lotus Sect in the past. The Hundred Lotus Sect had similar courses where elders would lecture girls aged six and above, whether they were maidservants or laborers, on related knowledge, albeit in a very simplified manner, such as “take care of your body” and “men and women should not touch.” He had even taken his junior sister to listen to them before.
Now that his junior sister had reached her Coming of Age Ceremony, it was time to teach her some details about this aspect. After all, even if his junior sister wouldn’t need it, when he took her out in the future, they might encounter similar situations. At that time, it wouldn’t be easy for him to explain if his junior sister asked. And the content of this book was just right, nothing particularly strange. He might as well give this book to his junior sister so she could learn by herself. It could also serve as her Coming of Age Ceremony gift. — A very meaningful gift.
“Mmm…”
After thinking for a while, Ye Anping took the book and walked towards Xiao Yunluo’s bedroom.
Bang bang—
“Senior Sister Xiao.”
“What is it?” Xiao Yunluo’s voice came from inside the room. “Don’t come in!”
“Um… I found a book. Could you sell it to me or lend it to me?”
“A book? Wait a moment.” Xiao Yunluo, who was halfway dressed, paused slightly, glanced towards her bedroom door, then quickly finished dressing, tied her belt, and walked over to open the door.
“What book? If you want it… then… then… then… then…” Like a skipping record, Xiao Yunluo, upon seeing “Immortal Palace Erotic Illustrations” in Ye Anping’s hand, her voice grew quieter and her cheeks grew redder.
“This one. I just found it while cleaning up.”
“…”
Xiao Yunluo averted her gaze, and after holding back for a while, she finally replied, “This… this isn’t mine.”
“Then I’ll take it?”
“Yes, whatever you want.” Xiao Yunluo nodded. After a moment of thought, she quickly pretended to be curious and asked, “By the way, what is this book about? I’ve never read it.”
“…”
“I… I really haven’t read it. Why are you staring at me?”
“Nothing.” Ye Anping said somewhat helplessly, without exposing her. “It just talks about some interesting tales.”
“In-interesting tales?!”
“Mhm.”
“Oh… then you can take it…”
“Thank you.” Ye Anping solemnly cupped his fists in salute. Xiao Yunluo slowly closed her bedroom door, leaned against it, took a deep breath, and then—spun, jumped, and closed her eyes. She threw herself onto her bed, burying her face in the pillow, her hands and feet flailing against the bedsheet.
“Wuwuwu—Wu wu ah! I can’t face anyone anymore!!”
Hearing the commotion from inside the room, Ye Anping shook his head and chuckled. Xiao Yunluo likely wouldn’t come out of her bedroom today, and he wouldn’t have to worry about Xiao Yunluo peeking at him while he bathed today either. After tidying up his room again, Ye Anping went to the Bamboo Forest outside the Three-Bay House to practice swordplay for a while. Afterward, he boldly went to the bathhouse to take a bath. Before sleeping, he even knocked on Xiao Yunluo’s door to reinforce her embarrassment.
Bang bang—
“Senior Sister Xiao, I’m going to sleep now.”
“…Ah… Oh… Oh!!! I know.”
“Goodnight.”
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