Chapter 91 Junior Sister Switches to the Path of Ruthlessness 2 (Wanwan)

When Yun Chiyi woke up, she was lying in bed. She frowned, wondering if she had been dreaming.

However, when she turned her head to the side, she felt a clear pain in the back of her head, indicating that what happened last night had indeed occurred.

Who knocked her unconscious?

She asked the system, and the system said it couldn't see clearly.

This was truly like being lost in a fog, completely clueless.

She covered her head and got up to wash, then stretched out her short arms to comb her hair. With this still-growing body, she felt powerless and too lazy to move.

Not long after, Lin Yuwan arrived on time to deliver breakfast.

Yun Chiyi kept him there to tidy up the house, while she sat and drank plain porridge.

Her eyes seemed to see right through him. Last night, that man hit her hard. Could it be that Lin Yuwan was trying to kill her under the cover of darkness?

But if that's the case, why did they move her back to bed and pretend nothing happened?

Yun Chiyi stirred the white porridge with a spoon, and asked casually, "Junior Brother, did you sleep well?"

Lin Yuwan, who was making the bed, paused. Yun Chiyi usually bossed him around but never cared about his private affairs, treating him like a servant. What tricks was she up to today?

Lin Yuwan replied without turning her head, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. I slept very well last night."

Yun Chiyi: "Oh, I didn't sleep well at all."

She wanted to probe more subtly, but then the bell summoning Chengming rang, its ethereal sound echoing in circles in the air.

Why were they suddenly summoned? Yun Chiyi pondered, guessing that someone had also noticed the strangeness of last night and was gathering everyone together for questioning.

She held the bowl without moving. Lin Yuwan noticed that he was in a daze and reminded him as she passed by, "Senior sister, it's time to go over."

She quickly finished her porridge, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and tossed it onto the table: "Let's go."

All the disciples of Chengming gathered in the training room. Yun Chiyi stood at the very back. There were eleven disciples in the room, and she was the only female disciple.

Yun Chiyi felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

She instinctively stole a glance at Lin Yuwan, who, despite her short arms and legs, stood ramrod straight, unlike her, who was so relaxed and unconcerned with details.

After waiting for a while, Chang Heng finally arrived.

He was still dressed in white, his face solemn, and he even looked a bit older.

Chang Heng stroked his beard and said, "I called you here today not for anything else, but for the Star-Treading Banquet."

Upon hearing this, the disciples began to whisper among themselves, and even the usually composed Bai Qi couldn't help but repeat Chang Heng's words.

The system explained to Yun Chiyi that the Star-Treading Banquet was a competition held under the guise of a feast, where various sects would compete to select an outstanding disciple from all over the country, who would then be rewarded with secret manuals and magical treasures. If someone from the Chengming Sect were to win, it would be an incredible stroke of good fortune, a merit that would take hundreds of years to accumulate.

The Star-Treading Banquet is held once every fifteen years. In the past, when Chang Heng received an invitation, he would simply glance at it and move on. Given their cultivation levels, whether they could even attend the banquet was a question.

Besides, isn't the Star-Stepping Banquet still two years away? Why bring it up now? Could it be that Chang Heng is trying to pressure them into diligently cultivating?

Since it wasn't related to what happened last night, Yun Chiyi seemed uninterested. She knew very well that it wasn't her place to be sent by her sect.

She looked at Lin Yuwan again, but there was no change in his expression. He wouldn't be the one representing his sect in the battle, as his cultivation level was low.

The disciples whispered for a moment, then fell silent again when they looked at Chang Heng, whose expression was serious.

Chang Heng said, "After much thought, I believe you have been staying on the mountain for too long. You need some opportunities, not just for the Star-Stepping Banquet, but also to gain some experience."

He stroked his chin and said, "From today onwards, Bai Qi, you will lead your junior brothers to focus on cultivation. Two years later, I will select five people to go to the Star-Stepping Banquet."

Bai Qi straightened his chest, looking as if he had been entrusted with a critical mission: "Disciple obeys, and will certainly not fail Master's orders."

There were only eleven people in total, so the competition wasn't fierce.

Yun Chiyi was ranked last, so it seemed the Star-Treading Banquet had little to do with her. Unexpectedly, after Chang Heng left, Bai Qi, unable to fully express his enthusiasm, assigned tasks to everyone. Yun Chiyi was assigned the task of gathering herbs in the back mountain, and Lin Yuwan accompanied her.

Today, while the iron is hot, we must go up the mountain. Bai Qi left Yun Chiyi with instructions: "Don't go to dangerous places. If you get tired, ask your junior brother for help."

It was cold and damp outside, and Yun Chiyi felt very resistant inside, but she grinned and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I'm very familiar with the terrain of the back mountain, nothing will happen."

Bai Qi smiled and said, "You used to like climbing up there to play."

Yun Chi replied smugly, "This is exactly what I needed."

The two of them were chatting and laughing. Lin Yuwan stood in the shadow of the pillar and looked over. Although he didn't say anything, Yun Chiyi could tell that he was urging her.

After exchanging a few more words with Bai Qi, Yun Chiyi went back to her room to change her clothes. When she opened the door again, Lin Yuwan was waiting with a basket on her back.

She muttered a complaint: "With such a heavy snowstorm, do we really have to go gather herbs today?"

The path on the back mountain was difficult to walk. Yun Chiyi followed Lin Yuwan's footsteps slowly for a quarter of an hour, but her basket was empty; she hadn't picked anything.

She stopped to catch her breath and saw Lin Yuwan holding a hoe, climbing up the mountain. Although he was thin, he was agile and quickly climbed over the slope. At this moment, Yun Chiyi could only see his head when she looked up.

The back mountain was densely forested and home to many ferocious beasts. The terrain was also steep. Yun Chiyi suddenly felt a chill. If Lin Yuwan wanted to attack her, it would be an easy matter. Her cultivation was inferior to his, and she wouldn't even have a chance to fight back.

It wasn't that she was overthinking it; this guy had tried to drown her yesterday, so she could only be wary of him.

She became cautious and took out the whistle Bai Qi had given her from her purse, hanging it around her neck. That way, if there was any unusual movement, she could blow the whistle, and Bai Qi wouldn't ignore it.

Feeling a little relieved, Yun Chiyi leaned against a tree, pretending to be out of breath: "Lin Yuwan, why did you run so fast? Come back and pick me up."

No one answered.

Yun Chiyi frowned and called out again, "Lin Yuwan?"

The only response she received was the sound of snow breaking branches. She could no longer pretend to be weak and took a few steps forward.

"Wanwan?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yuwan appeared in her field of vision, covered in sweat. Yun Chiyi knew that he hated this nickname the most because the original owner had previously used "pots and pans," and she didn't know how he came up with the name.

Seeing his tense little face, Yun Chiyi forced back her laughter, raised her clear voice, and scolded, "Can't you slow down a bit?"

Yun Chiyi reached out her hand: "Give me a hand, I can't get up."

Lin Yuwan's face darkened, and she used both hands to pull Yun Chiyi up from below.

Upon reaching the top, Yun Chiyi felt dizzy from exhaustion. She suspected it was from the blow to the back of her head. Seeing a clean stone, she fanned herself with her hands and quickly sat down to rest.

"My leg hurts terribly, it feels like it's going to cramp up, can you massage it for me?"

Lin Yuwan lowered his head, leaning against a big tree, seemingly not having heard Yun Chiyi's words, but his furrowed brows and clenched fists betrayed him.

Yun Chiyi urged, "What are you standing there for?"

After a long silence, Lin Yuwan took off her basket, half-squatted beside her, and rolled up her sleeves to massage her legs.

He was strong, and Yun Chiyi winced in pain, yelling, "Be gentle!"

Lin Yuwan said, "Didn't Senior Sister say her legs were about to cramp? Being gentle won't help."

He was taking the opportunity to vent his anger. He had already sobered up Yun Chiyi, and the pain in the back of her head was gone.

After a moment, she actually got used to his strength, leaned against the tree trunk behind her, squinted her eyes, and relaxed her body.

Lin Yuwan's hands were aching from massaging, so he stopped and asked, "Senior Sister, is it still in pain..."

Before he could finish speaking, a warm, fleshy hand covered the top of his head and patted it as a reward: "Not bad, you're not entirely useless."

Lin Yuwan narrowed her eyes, subtly turning her head to the side to avoid her touch, her eyes filled with disgust.

Yun Chiyi sneered, her face full of disdain: "Have you ever seen an immortal bestow blessings? I'm going to cultivate into an immortal in the future, so you've gotten a great deal first."

"Now that Senior Sister is better, let's continue uphill. All the medicinal herbs around here have been harvested."

Once Yun Chiyi sat down, she didn't want to move. She raised her chin and said innocently, "I'll wait for you here."

"Alright."

Lin Yuwan then added, "There are many wolves and tigers in the mountains, so you must be careful, Senior Sister."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chiyi pursed her lips and patted the leaves off her skirt: "I was just teasing you. How could I possibly let you go up the mountain alone?"

She slowed her pace, letting Lin Yuwan walk ahead, to prevent this cunning young man from making any underhanded moves.

Lin Yuwan noticed her avoidance and turned around to ask, "Why are you standing so far away from me, Senior Sister?"

Yun Chiyi said angrily, "I walk slowly."

Lin Yuwan had doubts. Yun Chiyi might not be very capable, but she had quite a temper. She never liked others walking ahead of her, feeling like she was being overshadowed.

Seeing a fork in the road ahead, with dense trees, perfect for the growth of spiritual herbs, Yun Chi turned around without thinking and headed in that direction.

Lin Yuwan quickly grabbed her arm, her expression panicked: "Senior sister, this way."

Yun Chiyi had doubts in her heart and pulled her foot back.

After climbing up for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, there is a protruding stone platform in front of you, offering a very open view. Standing here, you can see the entire Chengming Sect.

Yun Chiyi waited until Lin Yuwan stood on the stone platform before she moved to follow, but she didn't get close to the edge.

"Um?"

Lin Yuwan heard her voice and looked over.

Yun Chiyi bit her index finger lightly, looking down at her sect below. She had just seen several figures come out of her room, but her vision was obstructed and the mountain wind was strong, so she couldn't see them very clearly.

She said, "I wonder what my senior brothers are doing now. Can you see them from here?"

Lin Yuwan peered down but didn't see anything strange.

In the blink of an eye, everything was gone. Perhaps she had misread it.

The cold wind made Yun Chiyi's head ache. Her shoes were a little wet. If she had known to have a fight with Bai Qi, she would have saved herself from suffering on the mountain.

“Go up and take a look. If there are no medicinal herbs, go back and come back tomorrow or when the weather is better. I don’t know what Senior Brother Bai Qi is thinking. Why is he in such a hurry to gather herbs now?”

She had only been out for a short while when she complained several times. As she turned around, she stepped on a piece of broken ice on the stone platform and suddenly fell forward. In the nick of time, she managed to protect herself by reaching out her hand.

Yun Chiyi fell and grimaced, landing face down on the stone platform. She vaguely heard a laugh and looked at Lin Yuwan with a cold face. His expression was indifferent, as if he wasn't the one who had just been gloating.