Chapter 205: The daily life of group members

Wait until Fan Xian returns from the south...

That won't be long!

Lin Yu smiled slightly and replied: "The progress is quite fast!"

【Yunye: Hehe!】

Tang Zhuan world, on a meadow at the foot of Mount Yushan.

A handsome youth in a green shirt sat on the ground, smelling the fragrance of the wildflowers around him, giggling inexplicably.

Beside him, a beautiful woman in a goose-yellow dress blinked her eyes, her pretty face appearing somewhat shy as she whispered: "Brother Shi, what are you happy about?"

"... Nothing."

Yunye came back to his senses, turned to look at Xin Yue beside him, and smiled slightly: "Just felt a bit sentimental, remembering the days spent with my fellow disciples under my mentor."

"..."

Xin Yue blinked her beautiful almond eyes: "Just fellow disciples?"

Upon hearing this, Yunye was startled, then laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "That goes without saying!"

"My mentor was always someone who couldn't sit still, loved traveling through mountains and rivers, and was carefree in the world. The disciples he brought along were naturally all rowdy bear children like your brother."

"As for female disciples, there were a few, but they were all the type who preferred quiet over activity."

"I followed my mentor for over ten years, and until he passed away, I had never seen..."

So that's how it is!

Xin Yue was both enlightened and relieved. But when she came to her senses, she realized she was jealous of Yunye, and couldn't help but lower her head slightly, a sense of shyness and guilt welling up in her heart.

Not yet married, and asking such questions—if it were any other high-born son, he would likely have become dissatisfied long ago.

Xin Yue felt a faint sense of shame, but she did not regret it. Women from Shu were always fiery and bold, and for a perfect, ideal husband like Yunye, she naturally had to hold on tight!

Thinking of this, Xin Yue's pretty face flushed, but she still raised her head, enduring the shyness, and looked at Yunye with bright eyes, saying softly:

"Brother Shi, can you tell me about the stories of you and the high-level expert Xiaoyaozi back then?"

"Alright!"

Yunye readily agreed and began to tell Xin Yue the stories he had long since fabricated.

But as he spoke, Yunye suddenly felt a bit dazed. When did he become able to fabricate lies so naturally, and even feel personally involved in these fabricated stories?

Thinking of this, Yunye fell silent.

He had told so many lies that even he himself was starting to believe them.

It was as if in this world, there really was such a high-level expert with the demeanor of an immortal...

No, perhaps there really was!

Yunye raised his head and looked at the sky with a deep gaze.

These stories all originated from his experiences in his previous life.

Parents, teachers, colleagues, leaders, and even those passersby he met by chance but had some interaction with—everything condensed into the image of this omnipotent expert.

And now, the personality and image of Xiaoyaozi were increasingly leaning toward Lin Yu.

For Yunye, who possessed the 'loneliness of a transmigrator,' this big shot who had supported them all along had, to a certain extent, become a Big Brother he truly recognized...

Thinking of this, Yunye suddenly curled his lips.

Yes, it's not like he doesn't have real stories now, why must he fabricate lies?

Just then, a slight sobbing sound came from beside him.

Yunye came back to his senses, startled, and hurriedly turned to look. He saw Xin Yue in her goose-yellow dress kneeling sideways beside him, her slender hand resting on his arm, looking at him with red-rimmed eyes.

He panicked and hurriedly comforted her: "Sister Shi, what's wrong?"

Xin Yue sobbed: "It's all my fault for making you remember sad things..."

Yunye was stunned for a moment, then understood, patted her hand, and said warmly: "It's not your fault, I was the one who accidentally fell into memories and neglected my beauty... I haven't asked yet, how long did I daze off just now?"

Xin Yue replied while choking back sobs: "About... about a quarter of an hour!"

"What?" Yunye widened his eyes in astonishment, "That long?!"

Xin Yue nodded repeatedly, her gaze toward Yunye revealing a hint of worry and heartache.

Yunye came to his senses, and his heart stirred. He used his spiritual sense to look inward at the Qi Sea within his body.

Sure enough, the magical power in his Qi Sea had increased significantly compared to before, and the circulation of the Zhou Tian was running on its own, continuously extracting magical power from his elemental spiritual roots...

"Is this the 'epiphany' that Old Su mentioned before?"

Yunye was pleasantly surprised, and at the same time, he understood the reason for the epiphany.

When Su Haoming had his epiphany, he had completely abandoned his half-life of imperial examinations and official career, deciding to live freely in the world and cultivate immortals happily. This concept was extremely consistent with the essence of wind, thus making him more and more compatible with his wind-attribute spiritual roots.

And Yunye, as a transmigrator, had always been like duckweed, considering himself drifting without roots.

Even after finding his Yun family members and becoming the Marquis of Lantian County, this situation had not actually improved.

The fundamental reason was his fabricated identity as a disciple of a high-level expert.

The foundation built on lies was destined to be unable to stand on solid ground. Even if Yunye couldn't feel anything on the surface, deep in his heart, he still harbored a sense of unease about it.

Until just now, he suddenly realized it in hindsight, broke through the unease, and thus became more compatible with the down-to-earth nature of earth and the go-with-the-flow nature of water.

Of course, all of these were just Yunye's insights and guesses.

For the real reason, he would have to go to the dojo and let Lin Dage take a look...

Thinking of this, Yunye's mind settled. He looked at the woman beside him who still had red-rimmed eyes and smiled slightly: "Alright, don't worry, isn't your brother perfectly fine?"

"... Really?"

"Of course!"

Yunye promised confidently, then slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "By the way, always speaking ill of my mentor behind his back is quite disrespectful to him. Why don't we change the subject, and let me tell you the story of my Eldest Senior Brother!"

"Eldest Senior Brother?"

Xin Yue was indeed piqued by curiosity about this new character.

Yunye recalled Lin Yu's appearance and sighed: "Eldest Senior Brother is the most outstanding person I have ever seen. In terms of Dao cultivation alone, even my mentor is inferior by a few points..."

Xin Yue said in surprise: "That powerful?"

Yunye nodded heavily and said softly: "The first time I saw Eldest Senior Brother was in his study..."

He modified his experiences slightly, using the Great Tang as the background, and told some stories about his time with Lin Yu and the others.

And this time, the details of the story were quite elaborate, and Xin Yue listened as if intoxicated.

About half an hour later, Xin Yue was full of wonder and couldn't help but ask:

"The flying fish as big as a ship—it wasn't the Kun from legend, but the Le... Le..."

"Leviathan."

"Leviathan... is there really such a strange beast in this world?"

Yunye laughed: "Of course, would your brother lie to you?"

Xin Yue yearned: "For Eldest Senior Brother to be able to subdue such a strange beast so easily, he must also be a person like a celestial being..."

Yunye looked at the expression on her face and suddenly smiled: "If in the future, you and I can be of one heart, I will ask Eldest Senior Brother to personally preside over our wedding, how about that?"

"... Ah?"

The sudden direct approach hit Xin Yue's heart, making her feel dizzy and flushed, her hands seemingly losing control, shy and having nowhere to put them.

Seeing this, Yunye couldn't help but laugh heartily.

"Then it's settled!"

Fan Xian had too many immediate family members—biological father, adoptive father, and master were all present, so he couldn't make decisions for himself.

But Yunye was different; he was a transmigrator all alone, the only male in the entire Yun family. If he wanted to ask Lin Yu to preside over his wedding, absolutely no one in the Yun family would object!

Just as Yunye and Xin Yue were being sweet, the messages in the group did not stop.

Joy of Life world, Fan Xian was riding a tall horse with three guards, leading the Southern Qing envoy's carriage toward the border while chatting enthusiastically in the group.

Just then, an extremely slight sound suddenly came from the dwarf cedar forest filled with thick fog ahead.

Fan Xian frowned slightly and glanced calmly in the direction the sound came from.

The next second, a whistling sound came from the front, and a short axe tore through the air, spinning toward the carriage behind Fan Xian.

Fan Xian frowned slightly, looking expressionlessly at the flying axe attacking from the front.

"Hum!"

With a hum, the sharp axe blade stopped a zhang in front of Fan Xian, trembling continuously in the air.

Looking back along the axe blade, one could see a ferocious face with a scar.

It was none other than the tallest and strongest of the three guards beside Fan Xian!

He had actually appeared in front of Fan Xian with a speed that didn't match his size before the short axe could reach him, and had firmly grabbed it.

Those pitch-black eyes were now staring fixedly at the direction from which the short axe had come, his gaze full of coldness and anger.

"How bold!"

Fu Hao gripped the axe handle tightly, his five fingers actually sinking into the metal, and glared at the dwarf cedar forest: "You coward hiding your head and showing your tail, actually ambushing my young master on the road... are you tired of living?!"

Before the words fell, his five fingers exerted force, throwing the already twisted short axe back.

In an instant, the thrown short axe turned into a stream of light, breaking seven or eight trees in succession and disappearing into the dwarf cedar forest.

Fan Xian didn't care about Fu Hao's actions; his gaze had been locked on the hidden figure in the forest from the beginning—

Combining the information from the original story and that exquisite little short axe, Fan Xian thought for a moment and said thoughtfully:

"Northern Qi Saintess, Haitang Duoduo?"

"..."

The dwarf cedar forest was silent for a moment, and then a young woman walked out.

Her appearance was not very beautiful, and her attire was quite ordinary. She had a floral cloth scarf on her head and a bamboo basket hanging from her hand, with some freshly picked mushrooms in the basket, looking just like an ordinary village girl.

But Fan Xian knew that the woman in front of him was definitely not a village girl.

Because her eyes were exceptionally bright, as if they could reflect the meadows, lakes, and even the entire sky she saw.

Her inner light was restrained, and her essence was sharp—this was a sign of successful true Qi cultivation.

Without a doubt, this person was the Northern Qi Saintess—Haitang Duoduo!

After appearing, Haitang Duoduo looked at the axe that had disappeared into the forest behind her and sighed helplessly: "Why bother? My target isn't your young master."

"Can't you just let me kill the person in the carriage, so we can all be at peace and go our separate ways?"

"At peace?" Fu Hao gave a ferocious laugh and stepped forward heavily, as if ready to strike, "You offended the young master and still want to run? Do you really think we don't exist?!"

"Fu Hao."

Fan Xian suddenly spoke, calling Fu Hao to a stop.

Fu Hao was startled, then stopped and waited respectfully beside Fan Xian.

Fan Xian raised his head, sizing up the slightly surprised Haitang Duoduo, and said indifferently: "A dignified Northern Qi Saintess, actually breaking into Qing territory alone to intercept and kill a prisoner of the envoy group."

"Such behavior is completely different from the personality you are rumored to have."

"I suppose only your master, Ku He, could make you do this, right?"

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