Asking the Way

Chen Mobai was a little at a loss too.

He wanted to explain that they were just ordinary friends, but in this kind of situation, shouldn't the girl be the one to deny it first? Yet Qing Nü only lowered her head, her long, slender, snow-white fingers constantly interlacing, without saying a word.

Fortunately, at that moment, the entire Grand Theater darkened.

A long, clear opening cry made Wang Xinying immediately turn her head to look at the stage.

The two heads of the Jade Phoenix Troupe had appeared.

The first to come out was Jiang Yuyuan, who sang the male lead. Sure enough, he was handsome and elegant in bearing, and even more rarely, he was bare-chested, revealing a masculine physique with eight-pack abs. His whole person combined striking beauty and athletic fitness; he truly deserved to be the Immortal Sect's Top Male Lead.

However, Chen Mobai was a boy, so he only watched, listened, and savored it with the mindset of appreciating opera.

Meng Huang'er, who came out next, was what truly made his eyes light up.

She wore splendid robes, with a gauze-like white garment draped over her. She looked about seventeen or eighteen, her clear eyes noble and refined. A Plum Blossom petal huadian adorned her smooth forehead, making her incomparably beautiful. On her small and exquisite oval face were painted two slanting crimson crescent marks, which, set against the snow-white lead powder on her face, made her bearing appear even more holy.

The story of "Stepping on the Moon" was known in every household. The goddess Meng Huang'er played finally ascended to the moon in desolation. Although he had long known it was such a tragedy, after truly watching it to the end, Chen Mobai still felt as if he had experienced it himself, and an indescribable, nameless sorrow rose in his heart.

"After immersing myself completely in appreciation, the Spiritual Sense that was about to fall silent because the effects of the Startling Dream Melody had vanished was indeed awakened again."

However, Chen Mobai had come to listen to the song not only to see Meng Huang'er, this Immortal Sect's Top Qingyi, but even more for his own cultivation.

Bian Yiqing's Startling Dream Melody had helped him open the gate to Spiritual Sense cultivation, but in the end, this was not something he had cultivated himself, and by now its effects were already completely gone. Even with the Nurturing Thought God Forging Technique, he was gradually beginning to feel that the seed he visualized was breaking through the soil more and more slowly.

Since one song was not enough, then naturally he had to follow it up with another.

It just so happened that he still had a ticket. Although Bian Yiqing was no longer singing, since the two members of the Jade Phoenix Troupe had such great reputations and had been entrusted with important duties by the Immortal Sect, walking the path of the Startling Spirit Melody, the opera they sang would definitely also have part of the effects of the Startling Dream Melody, so Chen Mobai had come to listen.

Sure enough, he had reaped a full harvest again.

When Jiang Yuyuan and Meng Huang'er took their curtain call, he stood up from the bottom of his heart and clapped loudly.

It was not only him. Wang Xinying and Qing Nü beside him, and even the thousand-plus people inside the Grand Theater, all stood up, thanking the two who had sung a perfect piece. The cheers were like stormy waves, surging endlessly.

Only after waiting more than ten minutes after the two of the Jade Phoenix Troupe had left the stage, confirming that there would be no encore, did the cultivators inside the theater reluctantly stand up and begin to leave.

"Let's go. I'll take you home first."

Chen Mobai was not the type who liked lining up and squeezing through crowds, so he waited until most people had left before getting up and saying this to Wang Xinying.

"No need, Bro. My dad will come pick me up. You take Sister-in-law."

In that instant, countless television dramas she had watched flashed through Wang Xinying's mind, and she very skillfully gave him an assist.

"Just call me sister."

At this moment, Qing Nü finally reacted, a little embarrassed as she had Wang Xinying change the way she addressed her.

"Hello, Sister. See you next time."

As Wang Xinying spoke, she winked at Chen Mobai.

However, the latter was still worried, so he called his uncle Wang Jianyuan. After confirming that he was already waiting in the parking lot, he first had Qing Nü wait at the entrance for a while, then personally took Wang Xinying over and delivered her into her family's hands.

"Remember, don't talk nonsense to your parents."

"I get it, Bro. After all, dating at your age basically blows up by the time you get to university. But this sister looks pretty nice, so don't be too much of a scumbag."

Before she got in the car, Chen Mobai exhorted her a thousand times and urged her ten thousand times. Wang Xinying patted her chest and gave him her guarantee, but what she said made Chen Mobai unable to resist knocking her little forehead.

"What are you saying? Am I that kind of person?"

After Chen Mobai greeted his uncle Wang Jianyuan and watched the father and daughter leave, he turned back again.

"Sorry to keep you waiting so long."

Qing Nü was standing in the same spot as when he had left her, never having moved away.

"No, it was only a little while. Your little sister is quite cute."

"Not at all, she's very mischievous..."

When the conversation reached this point, the two of them suddenly became awkward.

Because the matter of cooperation had been discussed, and the opera had been watched. They could not find a topic at all.

"I'll take you back."

"No need. I can just take the bus back myself."

Qing Nü took out a Student Card from her small bag. Chen Mobai glanced at it; it belonged to Vermilion Cloud City's Immortal Sect First High School.

That was the public school with the highest admission score. Could her Spiritual Root talent be very good?

Right, he still did not know what level of Qi Refining she was at.

"Let's go together anyway. Although public security in the Immortal Sect is very good, there's no guarantee that some fallen evil-cultivator fugitive won't run around to this place. The sky's already dark, and with two people walking, at least we can keep each other company."

These words of Chen Mobai's made Qing Nü unable to help taking another look at him.

Actually, she had originally only wanted to find a big household to support her Alchemy cultivation, but after messing around like this, it seemed there really was a hint of dating about it now.

No, no!

She had to be reserved! "Then let's go."

Although that was what she thought in her heart, the words she finally said were the opposite of what she meant.

The two walked side by side to the bus stop. After waiting ten minutes, a bus finally arrived. Chen Mobai had originally wanted to hail a car, but Qing Nü shook her head and said it was too wasteful.

After getting on the bus, they sat in the last row. It was still awkward, and neither of them said a word.

"I'm here. I'll get off first."

Five stops later, Qing Nü got up first.

"Mm. See you tomorrow."

"Um, you can come over after dinner. My teacher won't be in the shop then."

Qing Nü hesitated for a moment, then softly said this as she passed by Chen Mobai.

After another two stops, Chen Mobai also arrived home.

As soon as he got off the bus, a young man wearing a blue-and-white long robe asked for directions.

"Hello, may I ask how to get to Evergreen Pharmacy?"

"Turn left at this intersection and go all the way to the end. But the pharmacy is closed at night."

On ordinary days, Qing Nü might be there, but she definitely was not today. According to what she had said, her teacher Gu Changfeng got off work punctually at five and never stayed even one minute longer.

"Oh, is that so? Thank you."

After hearing this, the young man in the blue-and-white long robe thanked Chen Mobai very politely.

"If you want to buy medicine, you can wait for this bus and ride two stops. Once you get off, you'll be able to see another pharmacy."

"Thank you."

The blue-and-white-robed young man still thanked him with a gentle smile, then did not continue walking. He waited right there at the bus stop, as if he had accepted Chen Mobai's suggestion and was going to another pharmacy.

"This person seems very strong."

Chen Mobai was still under the effects of the Stepping on the Moon melody, and his Spiritual Sense was active. He could vaguely sense that this young man who had asked for directions seemed like a boundless sea, unfathomably deep.