Chapter 360: If I Can Fly, Why Should I Buy a Ticket?

"Oh my! Boiled eggs, let's have a light snack of ten! Boiled cabbage, oh, poached cabbage, let's get a bowl of that too! Let's have a light snack of two baskets of small steamed buns! The pork intestine noodles smell so fragrant, let's get a bowl of that too!" Zhang Suannai wandered around the restaurant, talking to herself, "I seem to have eaten a bit too much carbohydrates. Hmm, stir-fried cauliflower and cucumber slices in chili oil, they seem to be low in calories, let's get two bowls to help with digestion!"

Zhang Suannai carried her breakfast like she was performing acrobatics and returned to sit at the table with Chen Shu and the others, filling up half the table. She seemed to be in a very good mood, staring at the people at the table with a beaming smile, her lively eyes looking as if they were glowing.

"How did you all sleep last night?"

"Very well!"

Chen Shu thought of last night and couldn't help but smile.

Qingqing was truly so soft and warm.

"Seeing you glowing and full of energy, I can tell you must have slept well last night." Zhang Suannai chuckled, then looked at the two sisters beside her, "What about you two, Qingqing and Xiaoxiao? Did you sleep well?"

"Slept very well!"

The little girl answered with a serious face, and after answering, she didn't forget to answer for her sister: "Qingqing also slept very well!"

"That's good, that's good..."

Zhang Suannai was happy and giggled, picking up an egg and flicking her finger. An invisible force completed the delicate work in that instant, allowing her to peel off the entire eggshell at once.

"Let me tell you..."

Zhang Suannai lowered her head and lowered her voice: "Last night, I even took Chen Banxia to fly on a Sword around the ancient city twice. That feeling was amazing."

"Huh?" Chen Shu was stunned and looked at Chen Banxia, "You went with her?"

"I was drunk, I was drunk." Chen Banxia avoided her younger brother's gaze while winking at the little sister, telling her not to talk about such things in front of her brother. If her brother were to lecture her in public later, she, as the older sister, would be very embarrassed.

"I'm telling you..."

"I was drunk, I was drunk!"

Chen Banxia hurriedly winked at her brother again, telling him not to talk about it in front of the little sister. As the oldest person present, she would be very embarrassed.

"..."

Chen Shu was speechless and asked again:

"When?"

"In the middle of the night."

"Aren't you afraid of getting caught?"

"We were disguised, and it was a dark and windy night. With my skills, they couldn't catch us at all." Zhang Suannai was very proud. As expected, the Great Accomplishment of happiness for a Sword Sect Disciple is to challenge order and court death; as for annoying others, that is merely Small Accomplishment of happiness.

"If you get caught, you'll have a criminal record." Chen Shu glanced at Chen Banxia, "Zhang Suannai doesn't care about these things, it just depends on whether you care."

"I know!"

Chen Banxia frowned, meaning he didn't need to say it.

As an older sister, she was about to turn thirty and still had to be lectured by her younger brother; she couldn't hold her head up in front of the little sister.

Chen Banxia glanced at the little sister beside her.

She saw the little sister was concentrating on pressing five peeled boiled eggs into the pork intestine noodles. The rich noodle soup stained the snow-white eggs. Seeing that the soup was just about to overflow, she let out a few "oh-oh-oh" sounds and hurriedly stopped her movements, seemingly completely immersed in it, not having heard a single bit of the conversation between her and her brother.

"Phew..."

That's good, that's good.

Chen Banxia breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the little sister turned her head: "Do you want to eat an egg? I have extras here."

"No, no."

Chen Banxia hurriedly shook her head.

After finishing breakfast and checking out, the group continued on their way.

Today's destination was New Ming City.

This was a county-level city, not far from the border of Yiguo. The plateau scenery was very beautiful, but the disadvantage was that it was somewhat remote and backward, and the conditions were not good.

It was also only a two or three-hour drive.

The group did not rush to the city hotel but drove directly to the entrance of the Bailong Scenic Area in New Ming City.

When it was time to buy tickets, Zhang Suannai refused.

"What do you mean? We can clearly fly in, and we aren't walking through the gate, so why do we have to buy tickets?" Zhang Suannai looked at everyone, puzzled, "These mountains and waters are the common wealth of the people of the whole country, why should they fence them off and collect money?"

"Because the facilities in the scenic area were built by them, the parking lot was built by them, and the roads and plank roads were also built by them."

"I don't need to walk on these roads."

"..."

When Chen Shu heard this, it actually made some sense.

It's just that...

Chen Shu couldn't help but ask: "Then if there are tourists who go to that scenic area of your Sword Sect and fly in without paying for tickets, would you agree?"

"That's different!"

Zhang Suannai said without thinking.

Chen Shu thought she would say something like "The Sword Sect's territory has been our Sword Sect's land since ancient times," but he didn't expect her to say: "Our Sword Sect's fists are much harder than this silly scenic area, not many people dare to fly in."

"..."

Chen Shu was choked by her again.

In the end, the group bought tickets and went in. Zhang Suannai summoned her Spirit Sword, stepped on the Sword, and flew in from the sky. After flying in, she lowered her altitude and flew beside them.

Bailong Scenic Area was a plateau scenic area with three snow-capped mountains. The highest one was called Bailong Snow Mountain, and the other two had no names. Inside, there were lakes and meadows of various sizes. The meadows in this season were already withered and yellow, presenting a golden color under the sun. The trees by the lake were already bare, reflecting in the quiet, blue lake, which actually had a bit of charm.

Brother Suannai was a tough guy; if she said she wouldn't walk on the scenic area's roads, she definitely wouldn't.

Zhang Suannai, stepping on her Sword, attracted the attention of many tourists, and quite a few people held up their Mobile Phone to take pictures of her.

Some even recognized her as the female internet celebrity who had been popular on the internet for a while but gradually faded out because she couldn't produce high-quality work, the most beautiful Sword Immortal on the highway.

"Whoosh!"

The female Sword Immortal stepped on her Sword and transformed into a stream of light, flying up into the firmament; after circling around somewhere, she flew back, pointed in a direction, and said excitedly:

"There's another lake over there! Over there!"

"I know."

Chen Shu looked at the map on the ticket.

"It looks so good from the sky! Like a sapphire, the color looks fake!" Zhang Suannai said, "I suggest you guys fly up to see it too."

"I'll see how long your Spirit Power can last."

"Look!"

Zhang Suannai stood on a tree and grinned at Chen Shu: "Me standing on a tree to rest doesn't count as walking on their path, right? These trees are all naturally grown by heaven and earth, so they shouldn't have anything to do with that bunch of people collecting money, right?"

"……"

Chen Shu was speechless.

He couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this silly goose.

Ning Qing walked beside him, her expression serene.

Chen Shu leaned toward her and reached out to take her hand; he grabbed it quite easily, and she did not refuse him as she usually did, nor did she say anything about keeping a tally, instead letting him hold it quite naturally, continuing to walk forward at a steady pace while enjoying the scenery.

"!"

The Sword Immortal practicing Sword Flight swayed, nearly falling down.

After finally steadying herself, she looked closely and saw the two below holding hands, strolling along the stone-paved path, occasionally discussing the scenery and the weather, appearing even more at ease than she was while practicing Sword Flight.

Qingqing actually didn't refuse him?

"This……"

Although she had already accepted the fact that her goddess roommate and the silly younger brother of her little sister were a couple, seeing this scene, she still found it somewhat hard to believe.

Zhang Suannai blinked her eyes.

The group continued forward, walking and looking.

The stone path changed into a wooden plank road.

A small stream appeared beside it.

The water in the stream was so clear, and because of the steep drop, the flow was very fast; as it fell from a height, it looked like a small waterfall, appearing like white silk from afar.

Zhang Suannai still followed them while practicing Sword Flight, looking up and gazing around: "Where does this stream flow down from? The snow mountain?"

"Upstream."

The little girl looked up and said to her: "It flows down from upstream."

"Oh, oh……"

Zhang Suannai nodded, fiddling with her Mobile Phone to check the scenic area information, ignoring those who were secretly filming her, and said again: "The internet says there was a white dragon here in ancient times, right on the top of that highest snow mountain over there, so that's why it's called Bailong Snow Mountain. Is that true?"

"……"

Zhang Suannai looked down.

Taozi ran ahead by itself, at the very edge of the plank road, looking down at the stream as if searching for something, and repeatedly looking back at its owner.

Chen Shu was no longer satisfied with just holding Qingqing's hand, so he turned to wrap one arm around her shoulders while using his other hand to hold hers. Yet Qingqing continued to walk forward expressionlessly, as if she were being coerced by him.

The little girl walked honestly by their side.

In any case, no one paid her any mind.

In the end, Chen Banxia couldn't stand it anymore, turned her head, and replied: "I don't know either, it's what the internet says, who knows if it's true or false."

"Isn't your dad a historian?"

"What does it matter to me that he's a historian? I'm just a plain and simple little genius at making medicine," Chen Banxia said.

"Little genius at making poison," Zhang Suannai said.

"Making medicine!"

"Making poison! Dosing people!"

"……" Chen Banxia rolled her eyes and gestured with her chin toward her younger brother in front, "There's a genuine historian right there, why don't you go ask him instead of asking me."

"He ignores me."

"How do you know if you don't ask."

"He thinks I'm annoying," Zhang Suannai said, then paused, "Even though he's very annoying himself."

"……"

Chen Banxia had no choice but to help her ask:

"Chen Shu, she's asking you."

"The dragon was fabricated by Shengzu," Chen Shu said without even turning his head.

"On what grounds do you say the dragon was fabricated?" Zhang Suannai argued without even thinking, "What evidence do you have?"

"Then what is your brilliant opinion?"

"Look, among the twelve zodiac animals, the other eleven are all real, so could it be that only the dragon is fake? That's not reasonable! So I think the dragon also existed, it just might have gone extinct later due to various reasons!" Zhang Suannai said with a firm tone, speaking quite logically.

"You're right……"

Chen Shu admitted her speculation quite readily.

Zhang Suannai was instead choked up, vaguely feeling that this person was calling her an idiot, but she had no evidence.

For a moment, she felt like vomiting blood from frustration.

Strolling through the path in the forest, passing several lakes and a few meadows, they arrived at the foot of Bailong Snow Mountain, where there was a cable car that could reach the mountainside of Bailong Snow Mountain at an altitude of nearly five thousand meters; the plank road ended here, while the main peak of Bailong Snow Mountain had an altitude of over six thousand meters.

The cable car cost two hundred per person for a one-way trip.

Chen Shu was unwilling to pay this money.

Even if he paid it, it couldn't take them to the peak.

"Zhang Suannai, you take Chen Banxia, and Qingqing and I will take Xiaoxiao and Taozi; we'll fly up," Chen Shu said to Zhang Suannai.

"Hmph, why aren't you buying cable car tickets anymore?"

"Enough nonsense."

"Hmph, hmph, hmph..."

At this moment, a sense of triumph rose in Zhang Suannai's heart, a feeling that "as expected, Zhang Suannai's idea was the correct one."

A moment later—

Tourists were lined up in long queues below the cable car, and there were also Cultivators or Martial Artists with good stamina walking up the mountain along the stone steps to the side. Suddenly, a crisp "Woo-hoo" came from the sky, and they all looked up to see two figures stepping on a Sword, flying obliquely toward the mountain. Immediately after, three more people holding hands, with one person also carrying a cat, soared into the air along with the former, charging into the clouds on the mountain.

Everyone was not particularly Surprise.

In this day and age, who isn't a Cultivator?

It was just a bit of envy.