"Hello Ling Yi, my name is Mengli, the daughter of the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect!"
Ling Yi looked Mengli up and down. To be honest, this Little Potato is quite pretty.
Pshaw, is this the time to worry about whether it looks good or not?
What did you call me? Little brother?
"Yes, I'm nineteen years old this year. Is there a problem with calling you 'little brother'?"
"Are you sure you're nineteen? You're probably just starting junior high, right? Do you have an ID card? Show it to me."
"Junior high school, ID card? What's that?" Mengli blinked and asked.
"That's not important. Explain why you were in my room and even crawled into my bed?"
"Oh no!" Mengli really wanted to tell Ling Yi the truth.
In Mengli's opinion, there's nothing wrong with telling the truth. Even if Ling Yi finds out, it's a win-win situation.
Anyway, Mengli wouldn't hurt Ling Yi.
But the system told her not to reveal anything about it. It's so annoying; making up stories is something she's terrible at.
"Ahem, well, if I said I sleepwalked here, would you believe me?" Mengli said, tapping her fingers.
"What do you think? You sleepwalked and knew my name was Ling Yi, you sleepwalked and knew I was seventeen?"
"It doesn't quite make sense!" Mengli scratched her head, looking like she was racking her brains.
Ling Yi found this amusing.
Based on the current situation, this little girl doesn't seem to have any malicious intent.
"Are you really the sect leader's daughter?" Ling Yi began to probe.
"Yes, my name is Mengli. You can easily find out if you ask around, and you'll see I'm not lying to you." Mengli nodded.
"But you, the daughter of the dignified Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, sneaking into my bed in the middle of the night?"
" Pui Pui, pah! What do you mean 'crawl into your bed'? I just needed to talk to you, yes, I needed to talk to you, but you didn't wake up for ages, and then I got sleepy, and that's how it happened."
That's a completely irrelevant answer.
You, a cultivator, can still get sleepy?
Even if you're sleepy, would you really be so carefree as to fall asleep on top of a complete stranger?
Although Ling Yi didn't sense any malice from this little girl, he was certain that she was suspicious.
It can't be that the other person is lusting after her body, can it?
Although he was somewhat handsome, he wasn't handsome enough to make a sect leader's daughter throw herself into his arms.
Something unusual must be going on.
This little girl is definitely eyeing something of mine.
But what do I possess that would make the sect leader's daughter covet me?
"Not telling the truth?" Ling Yi stared at Mengli and asked seriously.
"This, that..."
[Ding! Ling Yi's Affection for you has decreased by 1. Current Affection: 4!]
[Ding, Warning: When Ling Yi's Affection for you drops to a negative number, the system will unbind from the host.]
Upon hearing the system's notification, Mengli was instantly dumbfounded.
Why did it lower my Affection?
But I can't tell the truth!
If I can't tell the truth, then I can only make up lies.
"Okay, I'll be honest. I want you to be my bodyguard. I want to go to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to gain experience."
Ling Yi raised an eyebrow, pointed at himself, and said, "You, you're looking for me, a newly Entry handyman disciple, to be your bodyguard?"
"I know you're very powerful, possessing the cultivation of Martial Dao Great Celestial Master, with Combat comparable to Golden Core cultivator, which is why I came to find you."
Ling Yi frowned. How did this little girl know his cultivation level?
He roamed the Jianghu, never revealing his true appearance nor using his real name.
Is this the method of cultivators?
It should be.
In movies and TV series, powerful cultivators can know the past and future just by pinching their fingers, and it seems understandable that some people can calculate their own origins.
Otherwise, there's really no way to explain it.
However, this greatly reduced Ling Yi's sense of security.
As time travelers, they all share a common problem: a fear of insufficient firepower.
To put it bluntly, it's about feeling insecure in an unfamiliar world.
Now, others can easily find out about his background and past. How can Ling Yi bear this?
It seems I'll have to find some divination methods specifically for cultivators to study later. I don't need to be able to predict the heavens and the earth, just the past.
At the very least, you can't let others easily figure out who you are.
Otherwise, everything would feel like a live broadcast, how could we possibly enjoy it?
[Ding, Ling Yi's Affection has decreased by 1 point, current Affection 3 points!]
[Ding, Warning: If Ling Yi's Affection drops to a negative number, the system will automatically unbind you.]
At that moment, Mengli received another system notification.
"No! What did I do to deserve this?" Mengli was almost in tears.
"What? You're still lowering your price?" Ling Yi looked at Mengli with a strange expression.
" Ling Yi, no, Ling Brother Yi, tell me, what will it take for you to stop being angry? I really don't mean you any harm, you have to believe me!"
Ling Yi stroked his chin as he looked at Mengli.
Mengli felt a chill run down her spine under Ling Yi's gaze; at that moment, she felt as if he could see right through her.
"Is he in a hurry? Why did he suddenly become so anxious?"
Are you worried that I won't help?
"I can protect you if you want, but you can't help for nothing, can you?" Ling Yi said, rubbing his fingers together.
"It won't be a waste of my help, it definitely won't be a waste of my help!" Mengli finally showed some intelligence this time.
With a flick of his wrist on his storage ring, a pile of dazzling Spirit Stone appeared on the wooden table in the next instant.
Good heavens, there are actually twenty Spirit Stone!
Twenty Spirit Stone are equivalent to ten months' salary for a menial disciple.
Each of these Spirit Stone would be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in the mortal world.
Twenty pieces is equivalent to two hundred thousand taels of silver.
One tael of silver could buy several months' worth of food for an ordinary person.
Therefore, these twenty Spirit Stone are quite a lot.
[Ding! Ling Yi's Affection has increased by 2, current Affection 5!]
Upon hearing the system notification, Mengli was overjoyed.
Goodness, you should have said earlier that giving Spirit Stone would increase Affection!
This is such a simple matter; Mengli has no shortage of Spirit Stone.
"Do you have any storage rings left?" Ling Yi pressed his advantage.
"Yes, of course I have some, I definitely do. But I'll give it to you when we set off; I don't have any extra on me right now."
Stealing one from Mom's treasure vault shouldn't be a problem, right?
"Okay, deal!" Ling Yi nodded.
He then asked, "How exactly did you know my Martial Dao cultivation level? If you can tell me, then tell me; if you can't, then tell me. Don't make things up!"
"Sorry, I can't say!" Mengli waved her hand.
What would happen if I told you?
"I don't know what will happen, but I definitely can't say, at least not now."
Okay, I can't smell it!
When do we depart?
"Tomorrow, I need to prepare some things tonight."
Go to Mom's treasure vault and find plenty of armor, magic items, and other protective gear. After all, it's your first time going out to fight monsters, so you should prepare more. Safety first.
"Okay, come find me then."
"Okay!" Mengli was already very satisfied with the current result.
Having bound himself to Ling Yi and activated the system, everything is now ready except for grinding monsters.
In high spirits, Mengli skipped and hopped away from Ling Yi's courtyard.
However, they happened to run into Shen Qingyue, a direct disciple of Alkaid Peak who was also looking for Ling Yi.
The two brushed past each other, nodding but saying nothing more.
Shen Qingyue and Mengli knew of each other, but were not close.
"Strange, what is that little devil Mengli doing in the servant disciples' area?"
"Strange, what is Shen Qingyue, with that icy face, doing in the servant disciples' area?"