798: Pork Ribs Stewed with Jade Wheat [Monthly Tickets Requested]

"F-Fellow Junior Brother?"

Yun Ce stared at Xianyu Jian, checking and rechecking.

His face practically spelled out, "Are you sure you've got the right person?"

Xianyu Jian was nearly as surprised as Yun Ce. He even forgot to lower the weapon he'd raised. "Senior Brother Yun?"

He hurriedly retracted his martial qi and stumbled from the muddy field toward the ridge. His trouser legs were rolled high, to midway up his thighs; below them, the wheat-colored skin of his legs stood in stark contrast to the mud caked on his calves. Yun Ce stared in disbelief.

He hurriedly asked, "Junior Brother, what are you doing?"

Xianyu Jian wanted to ask, "Senior Brother, what are you doing here?"

The two fellow disciples stared at each other. In the end, Xianyu Jian scooped water from an irrigation ditch to wash his legs, then wiped them off carelessly and considerately said, "Senior Brother, why don't we talk as we walk?"

Yun Ce had no objections.

Before Xianyu Jian left, he remembered to wave at his subordinates, who were still hard at work plowing the fields. "Keep it up! There'll be meat tonight!"

At the mention of meat that evening, everyone worked even harder.

"Wasn't Senior Brother Yun already on his way back?"

Xianyu Jian's words brought Yun Ce back from his wandering thoughts.

Yun Ce smiled bitterly and explained what had happened to him. Then he spread his hands. "...I've thoroughly offended Huang Xiguang. It wouldn't be wise to return to the mountain gate right now, so I came here instead. Junior Brother, why are you...doing this kind of work in the fields?"

Xianyu Jian seemed to think it was perfectly ordinary.

"Because it's our lord's order."

"Come, Senior Brother!" Before Yun Ce could say anything, Xianyu Jian grabbed his hand and led