Heading Out on Assignment with Two Beauties

Three days later, the day to head out on assignment finally arrived.

To be honest, trying to win over the little beauty Gu Yiyi on Emerald Bamboo Peak would be no easier than tearing apart a beehive right in front of the bees.

This was not the world of ordinary people, after all, but a world of cultivators.

Her father was a distinguished elder. If you tried anything with his daughter right under his nose, you would be fine if you went undiscovered, but once you were caught, even if you survived, you would likely lose a layer of skin.

Heading out on assignment was a different matter. Once they left the Famous Sword Sect, even if Gu Yiyi ended up taking maternity leave, her father's whip would fall short of reaching them.

"Junior Sister Yiyi, what will we mainly be doing on this assignment?"

Early that morning, before the morning bell had even rung, Qin Yi was already up and waiting for Gu Yiyi at the path leading down Emerald Bamboo Peak.

As the peak master's daughter, Gu Yiyi lived in the inner courtyard.

Qin Yi and the other disciples all lived in the outer courtyard. But because he was special, the peak master had also given his accommodations particular attention. Many of the other disciples shared quarters, while he had a room and even a courtyard all to himself.

At first, the other disciples had felt deeply aggrieved by this treatment.

Their master had even tacitly accepted his wager with Huang Tianrong, acknowledging Qin Yi as Emerald Bamboo Peak's eldest disciple.

Yet Huang Tianrong had worked conscientiously all these years, doing everything an eldest senior brother should. Although he had no particularly outstanding qualities, he had no obvious shortcomings either.

Wasn't demoting him to second senior brother over a single wager going too far?

That resentment and jealousy had indeed intensified over those first few days. But once word got out that Qin Yi had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, those people immediately became wholeheartedly convinced.

If you refused to accept it, if you were jealous, then reach the Foundation Establishment Realm yourself if you had the ability!

Once you reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, you would surely receive the same treatment as Qin Yi.

Even Huang Tianrong, who had initially been the most disgruntled, now accepted it.

However, news of Qin Yi reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm had only spread within Emerald Bamboo Peak.

Their master had forbidden them from spreading it outside and ordered them to keep their lips sealed until the next [Sword Debate for First Place].

The moment their master told everyone to keep their lips sealed, they understood his intentions-Emerald Bamboo Peak probably wanted to contend for the Sword of First Place at this year's [Sword Debate for First Place].

Their master, known as the Dripping Water Sword, had indeed once enjoyed great fame.

But he had been thoroughly dispirited over the years. Of the Famous Sword Sect's nine great peaks, Emerald Bamboo Peak was the weakest in overall strength.

Emerald Bamboo Peak's disciples were all assigned there by the sect. Before their assignments, practically all of them would pray to be sent anywhere but Emerald Bamboo Peak.

The seventh elder, the Dripping Water Sword, rarely put much effort into teaching his disciples. His approach to instruction was laid-back, so his disciples were also the weakest in the Famous Sword Sect.

As this continued year after year, everyone had assumed their master simply did not care about his reputation.

But now it seemed that it was not that their master did not care at all. He clearly just felt they were incapable of holding up the banner.

Thinking about it, that made sense. With their aptitude, what difference would wholehearted instruction make?

No matter how diligently someone of ordinary aptitude was taught, they could never become a genius rarely seen in the world.

Geniuses were geniuses precisely because their talent was exceptional and irreplaceable.

And Qin Yi was that genius.

Scrap iron could not be forged into a treasured sword.

Only rare profound iron was a treasured sword born to slice through iron like mud.

It was precisely because of Qin Yi that their master finally wanted to contend at the [Sword Debate for First Place].

"Our assignment this time is to gather spiritual herbs."

Gu Yiyi wore a black dress, its silk skirt making her long legs look even longer and straighter.

As she spoke, she took out a list detailing the required quantities of various spiritual herbs.

"But it won't just be the two of us. A lot of people are going together. We need to wait at the mountain gate."

"How many?"

"There are five people in our group altogether."

As they spoke, Gu Yiyi pointed at a willow leaf flying through the sky and called out, "They're here."

A giant willow leaf flew through the sky, looking like a dragon boat.

Its emerald-green surface gave off a faint fluorescent glow.

Soon, the willow leaf arrived before Emerald Bamboo Peak's mountain gate.

Three people were already seated upon it.

Two men and one woman, all looking spirited and dashing.

The one in front was clearly very familiar with Gu Yiyi. He called out from afar, "Junior Sister Yiyi, are you ready?"

Gu Yiyi smiled in reply. "I've been ready for ages, Senior Brother Song. We've just been waiting for you."

After replying, she quietly introduced them to Qin Yi. "The one in front is Song Xianming, Pine Cloud Peak's eldest disciple. The woman behind him is also a senior sister from Pine Cloud Peak. Her name is Xu Xinran, and the two of them will soon become Dao companions. As for the third person, he's a disciple of Furious Cypress Peak. I did an assignment with him once before. His strength is passable. His name is Miao Xiufeng. You don't need to greet any of them. Just stay with me."

"Why?"

Although they were not from Emerald Bamboo Peak, they were all disciples of the Famous Sword Sect.

Since they were going on an assignment together, getting acquainted ought to be necessary.

Gu Yiyi said quietly, "Senior Brother Song Xianming is Huang Tianrong's cousin. You took the title of Emerald Bamboo Peak's eldest senior brother. Do you think Song Xianming will have a good impression of you? You'll be fine if you keep quiet, but once you open your mouth, things might blow up. So it's better not to say anything."

So that was it.

Since that was the case, Qin Yi readily took her advice and followed beside Gu Yiyi without saying a word.

When the willow leaf turned and stopped at the mountain gate, he boarded it with Gu Yiyi.

Then the willow leaf started moving, vanishing from the spot in a flash at tremendous speed.

Gu Yiyi had ridden this willow leaf before. As soon as she boarded, she sat cross-legged, steady as a rock.

It was Qin Yi's first time riding it. He had only just stepped onto the willow leaf and had yet to settle into his seat when it set off.

The sudden inertia nearly flung him off the willow leaf.

Gu Yiyi hurriedly grabbed him, and he firmly steadied his footing before slowly sitting down.

Seeing a measure of annoyance in Qin Yi's eyes, Gu Yiyi shook her head at him, urging him to let it go and not take issue with it.

He had thought that if he kept quiet, Song Xianming would not pick a fight. For Gu Yiyi's sake, Qin Yi decided to let it go. He could give way to him this once.

But in Song Xianming's eyes, his forbearance had apparently become a sign of weakness.

Along the way, Song Xianming could not resist sneering, "Junior Sister Yiyi, could the person behind you be Emerald Bamboo Peak's current eldest senior brother? He can't even sit steadily on a Willow Leaf Boat. What remarkable talent."