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Don't you guys think these Stone Lions are a bit strange? Each one is in a different pose, as if they're practicing some kind of Cultivation Method...?
"Yes, it is indeed strange," Ye Qinghui responded softly.
Ye Zhenzhen was curious and wanted to touch the Stone Lions, but Shen Xingyan, "Little Bean, these Stone Lions are the guardian treasures of our Kongtong School. Outsiders can't touch them casually."
"No, I insist!" The Little Bean pouted, stubbornly trying to touch it, only to be blasted away three meters by a beam of Five-Colored Light. These Stone Lions seemed to possess some kind of barrier, making it impossible for anyone to get close.
You can look at it but not touch it, damn it! What is this thing?
Ye Zhenzhen mentally cursed the Stone Lions and the bunch of idiots from the Kongtong School one by one, which made Ye Qingchuan and the others' lips curl up again and again. This is what happens when you offend your Junior Sister.
Once inside the Kongtong School, even more strange things seemed to emerge.
Mount Zhaoyao has a special tree called the Lost-Path Tree. Legend has it that carrying a branch of the Lost-Path Tree can prevent one from getting lost. The Kongtong School has planted a large number of Lost-Path Tree, but these Lost-Path Tree are not planted in rows. Instead, they are scattered here and there, seemingly without any order. Moreover, it seems that some kind of Restrictive Formation has been placed on them. If you try to break off a few Lost-Path Tree to prevent getting lost, you will be repelled by an invisible force.
Just as the Little Bean was looking at the Lost-Path Tree with confusion, a familiar, affected female voice rang out, "Oh, Shen Lang, who have you brought to visit our sect this time?"
Following the sound, a red figure that was both unfamiliar and familiar appeared.
The woman in red had already noticed that Shen Xingyan had brought back several beauties, and immediately became alert. She strode forward and affectionately took Shen Xingyan's arm. She glanced around at the people he had brought, and when her gaze fell on Ye Qingyao, who had become even more beautiful and radiant, the smile on her face froze instantly.
"Oh, isn't this Junior Sister Ye? What brings you here?" To assert her claim to Shen Xingyan, she deliberately addressed Ye Qingyao as Junior Sister, just like Shen Xingyan.
Upon closer inspection of the woman in red's face, Ye Zhenzhen's heart skipped a beat. In just a few years, Luo Bingyao looked over twenty years older! Logically, having advanced to the Personal Disciple and having her cultivation level boosted from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, she should be able to maintain a youthful appearance for a long time. However, her tired face and the deep wrinkles around her eyes and brows couldn't conceal her haggardness and aging. If the balding Shen Xingyan like a greasy woman in her thirties...
Uncle
Luo Bingyao was like a gaudy woman in her forties, clearly showing signs of aging, yet insisting on acting like a young girl, dressing up as the bright red focal point in the crowd.
It seems that Luo Bingyao has been Shen Xingyan's Furnace quite a bit these past few years.
In the original book, Ye Qingyao was physically and mentally exhausted during the time she Shen Xingyan's Furnace. Fortunately, she was able to recover thanks to the Medicinal Pills from her Little Junior Brother Dongfang Miao, and with the special physique of her naturally occurring Spirit Herb, she did not age rapidly. Luo Bingyao, on the other hand, was clearly not so lucky. Yet, she still eagerly sought to get closer to Shen Xingyan, perhaps because she wanted to age faster than she could.
"Recently, the Devil Race has been rampant, so I invited Junior Sister Qingyao and the others to the sect to discuss countermeasures." Shen Xingyan, worried that Luo Bingyao was deliberately embarrassing Ye Qingyao, answered the question quickly.
"Since you've come to discuss how to deal with the Devil Race, then hurry up and discuss it so we can take action against Devil Race as soon as possible." Luo Bingyao first echoed, then changed the subject, implying, "To be honest, over the years, many female Daoists have come to our Shen Lang to discuss how to deal with the Devil Race, but as they discuss it, they start to have ulterior motives towards Shen Lang. Some women are just shameless; they like to steal men who are already taken. They have many decent-looking men around them, yet they don't win the favor of those men."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen was the first to Qi Ingestion. She deliberately shoved Ye Qingchuan, thinking to herself, "[Third Senior Brother, she actually said that Senior Sister has no one who likes her. You should go and prove it for her; there are plenty of people who like her.]"
Ye Qingchuan's foot only moved forward one step after being pushed, then stopped. No matter how much Ye Zhenzhen pushed or pulled him, he wouldn't budge. Over the past few years, he had gradually figured out his own feelings. His feelings for his senior sister were more like familial affection, a younger brother's attachment to his older sister, nothing more. He didn't want to cause any misunderstandings.
But for Zhenzhen...
He seemed to have developed feelings for her differently. But the Little Bean was too young to understand his feelings for her.
Seeing that she couldn't push her Third Senior Brother, Ye Zhenzhen gave her First Senior Brother a push. Ye Qinghui, however, wisely stepped forward and said politely, "Junior Sister Luo, you're not speaking properly. First, it was Junior Brother Shen who warmly invited us to the Bi Sect to discuss strategies for dealing with the Devil Race, so we came. It wasn't that we wanted to come. Second, many people like my junior sister, including myself. I've always admired her pure and kind nature."
He spoke eloquently, only saying he liked Ye Qingyao's personality, without saying he liked her as a person. But his elegant and ethereal appearance, like that of a celestial being, made everyone's gaze towards Ye Qingyao turn into envy, especially Jiang Wan's.
After Ye Qinghui said that, Luo Bingyao didn't know what else to say. But seeing the warning look in Shen Xingyan's eyes, her fighting spirit was reignited. "Since so many people like Junior Sister Ye, she should be getting married soon. May I ask if Junior Sister Ye has someone she likes now?"
Asking such blunt questions about someone's emotional and private matters is not only abrupt and impolite, but it can also be offensive to those who are particular about such things.
Although Ye Qingyao was gentle, she disliked such intrusive questions about other people's privacy and did not respond for a moment.
Shen Xingyan stood silently to the side, equally curious about Ye Qingyao's current emotional state, looking at her with a probing expression. Seeing this, Luo Bingyao became even more smug and continued to press, "Junior Sister Ye, are you perhaps shy and embarrassed to tell us?"
"You woman, are you ever going to stop?" Finally, Ye Qingchuan couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to retort angrily, "Why should I tell you about my senior sister's privacy? Besides, how dare you, a Foundation Establishment, call my senior sister 'junior sister'? You have no shame!"