Free Web NovelChapter 1013: Chapter 306: Wei Zhe and Miss Xiangxiang (Part 1)
"If my identity causes you to be ridiculed by others, it’s my own fault for not handling it well. But with Yuchi’s support, standing behind us, I’ll feel completely at ease."
"And when I go to the Wei Family in the future, I won’t be afraid of people pointing fingers at me. So, I’m sorry, Young Master Zhe, please forgive my cowardice."
Xiangxiang sighed lightly as she spoke, gazing apologetically at the scholar Wei Zhe in front of her.
Wei Zhe nodded slowly. He understood.
Now, the real mastermind behind the Wei Family is his third brother. If his third brother steps forward to support them, no one else would dare speak a word against them directly. With Wei Sanlang’s support, there wouldn’t be any gossip in Xufu Town either.
Though he felt something was amiss, since these were the words of the woman he loves, he agreed outright.
"Okay! Wait for me!"
Wei Zhe had just entered Xiangxiang’s room, and within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he rushed out in a flurry. He didn’t care about the pitiful looks from other men; he looked like a man who would charge heroically forward, even boldly acknowledging it.
"I’ll turn off the light and wait for you!"
"Okay!"
Wei Zhe left.
Xiangxiang’s smile gradually faded, and she sat properly on the stool, watching Wei Zhe leave. She said nothing, as if lost in other thoughts. Half an hour later, a winged creature from the Wei Mansion flew toward the Ascension Gate.
...
The sky was vast and distant.
In the sky, a Jade Ship flew steadily. This Jade Ship belonged to Yuchi. As for why it changed from the Immortal Sword to a Jade Ship, it wasn’t because of a change in preference; it was because Yin Shuang was too mischievous. She had fallen off the Immortal Sword three times before!
If it weren’t for Yuchi catching her, she might have ended up as a pancake.
Inside the Jade Ship, Yin Shuang sat at the front, teary-eyed, with a bump on her head and arms crossed. Her silver hair flowed softly behind her. It was hard for her to accept the present reality without the chill of the wind. Her puffed-up cheeks indicated she was either sulking or truly mad...
Clearly, she was angry, so upset that nothing could cheer her up.
"Alright, alright, don’t be mad, okay? You can’t blame me for this, can you? You were giving wrong directions, obviously lost. You acted like you knew the way to Medicine Master Valley and led me in circles. If it weren’t for me realizing in time, we’d be heading to the western heavens."
Yuchi approached with a smile.
He nudged Yin Shuang’s back with an elixir. Yin Shuang remained puffy-cheeked but couldn’t resist the allure of an elixir. Her nickname wasn’t given for nothing. Could she let him off so easily after he criticized her for being a road idiot?
Not likely!
"Don’t want it? I’ll put it away then?" Yuchi teased.
"..." Yin Shuang.
She quickly turned her head, clutching the elixir, still radiating grievance. She gave Yuchi a dirty look before swallowing the elixir whole, then rubbed her round belly contentedly.
Haha, all better now.
Yuchi relaxed and sat on the edge of the Jade Ship, starting to find his way by comparing the landscape below.
They’d left the Ascension Gate three to five days ago, and only covered a little distance due to the vague route map from Medicine Master Valley.
Once they left Tiesi City, going west, there were no significant large cities, at most ones like Jiangzhou City.
The size of such cities seemed large from the ground but was like nothing from up high, disappearing within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Thus, they could only make progress bit by bit by following the cities.
Luckily, there were rivers from time to time to guide them, so their direction wasn’t entirely off after some course corrections.
"Ah, I miss my past life sometimes. Back then, you could just set a navigation point and follow it. Unlike now, where I have to slowly figure out the path, not daring to lose focus, and the journey feels dull, with no other cultivators in sight."
An hour later.
"Pair of threes!"
"..."
Yuchi had taught Yin Shuang to play poker. Making a deck was simple, and now he waved his last card smugly, saying, "I only have one card left, haha, haha, haha, haha, haha, haha, haha, haha."
Yin Shuang, with big, squinted eyes, sat on her knees, her silver hair cascading down to her heels.
She bit her lip, looking at her left hand with "four, five, six, seven," and her right with "eight, nine, ten, Jack," extending her neck to survey the table. Seeing Yuchi’s last card, her eyes filled with pleading.
"Another three!"
Yuchi dropped a card onto the table, bursting into laughter, leaving poor Yin Shuang, who was no more than twenty centimeters tall, clutching the ground in dismay. Black lines trickled down from her forehead as if she had fallen into an abyss, silently lamenting her fate.
She lost.
Lost again.
She had never won. The man in front of her seemed like a gambling god, unapologetically picking on a child. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
"Little Yin Shuang, if I remember right, you owe me ten Qi Cultivation Realm elixirs, twenty Foundation Establishment Stage elixirs, six Golden Core Stage elixirs, and eight Spirit Storage Stage elixirs. Come, let me lend you ten more, to help you turn things around." Yuchi reshuffled the cards carefreely.
Narrowing his eyes at a tear-stained Yin Shuang, he continued, "Or you could massage my shoulders. An hour of shoulder massaging equals one elixir. How about it?"
Yin Shuang, seeing Yuchi’s smug expression, felt utterly aggrieved. Truly, as a Spiritual Painting Avatar, she felt like the most unsuccessful one!
She pitifully climbed onto Yuchi’s shoulder, squatted down to give the dog-like cultivator a mournful massage, silently weeping as she did so.
Yin Shuang: "Boo-hoo."
Yuchi: "Hahaha."
The sorrows of people do not interconnect. freewёbnoνel.com
At this moment, though, Immortal Stone delivered a message. What was initially thought to be a notice about disciples exchanging elixirs turned out to be a communication from Qinghan. Had something major happened at the Ascension Gate? Hmm... unlikely, as he had already discussed matters with the shadow.
