Chapter 64 064 "What a charming little girl who's good at stealing hearts!"...
"Master, you are so good to me."
Venerable Xueqiao thought to himself, "I only have three disciples, how could I not treat them well? However, Youqin is timid and doesn't participate in any of the secret realm competitions, so she does receive fewer treasures." Venerable Xueqiao thought that he couldn't be biased, so he would go and buy a treasure for Youqin as well.
Shu Bai also arrived at the main hall at this time and saw him tracking the treasure for Song Chi. He was still a little reserved, as if he was embarrassed to give Song Chi a better treasure in front of his master.
Venerable Xueqiao was speechless for a moment, then waved his hand and muttered to himself, "It's better to give it to her sooner rather than later, so that she won't be so ignorant as to think that other people's treasures are better."
Moreover, Shu Bai is extremely wealthy, and he still has such feelings for his junior sister; he'll probably have to give her a valuable treasure.
Sure enough, Shu Bai quickly produced a light green bamboo flute from her sleeve. This flute was clearly extraordinary, possessing exceptionally rich wood elemental energy. Although it had been crafted into a treasure, it still seemed as vibrant as if it had been cut directly from a bamboo forest.
"If this flute is played once in front of the person that Third Junior Sister wants to track, it can activate that person's spiritual power, allowing her to track them within ten thousand miles for ten days."
"Wow, it's voice-activated. That's great!" Song Chi exclaimed in surprise.
As she took the flute, her eyes lit up with genuine joy. "Senior Brother, you're so kind to me. Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Venerable Xueqiao thought to himself, "You've already thanked me, so why are you blushing? This girl usually hides it so well, not caring at all about her senior brother's appearance. But as soon as we get a little closer, look, she starts blushing."
Seeing that Shu Bai's cheeks were slightly flushed and the two were gazing at each other with deep affection, Venerable Xueqiao could no longer bear to watch.
This practice of forcibly separating lovers is truly unacceptable.
So he coughed lightly to stop the two from exchanging glances. He then waved for them to go back and rest, especially intending to keep Song Chi inside.
To his surprise, Song Chi was dressed in a bun, adorned with exquisite gold hairpins and hair ornaments. She was also wearing a soft, light gold robe, the fabric of which he remembered was the same one Shu Bai had bought for his two junior sisters years ago. You Qin liked cyan and blue, so Shu Bai had bought her two bolts of dark cyan and light blue fabric. The one for Song Chi, however, was made of soft white and light gold fabric, probably knowing that this girl had a taste for those colors.
The fabric, crafted by Shu Bai, was naturally incredibly precious. As soft and light as a feather, it possessed lotus-like folds and shimmered with golden waves; with the slightest movement, it flowed like golden water. People at the time called this fabric "Golden Lotus Flowing Clouds." A single bolt of this cloth was worth 100,000 high-grade spirit stones.
Venerable Xueqiao had never paid attention to this before, until he came to Yaochi City and saw this fabric. Only then did he realize that the scoundrel Shubai had actually spent such a high price.
As the saying goes, clothes make the man. Song Chi usually wore a simple white dress, looking as delicate and clean as a girl next door. But now, her hair flowed freely, revealing a graceful and charming beauty, quite like that of a beautiful woman.
Dressed like this, who is this girl going to meet? Venerable Xueqiao's mind was immediately filled with alarm bells.
Could it be that she's still going to go to that kid from the Cui family? After all, Sheng Sheng is one of the four beauties of the cultivation world; this brat probably won't be able to resist her.
"Who are you going to see today?" Venerable Xueqiao thought to himself. If she were to see any other man, he would have to seal this brat away in her little courtyard.
To everyone's surprise, Song Chi said happily, "I received news early this morning that the Changyun Sect has also arrived in Yaochi City. I was just planning to go and see my brother."
Venerable Xueqiao: "..." Well, we can't stop him.
The Changyun Sect is the same; they always dawdle and procrastinate, only arriving this morning.
"Fine. It's fine if you go see him, but remember to return to the guild hall early. Don't let me see you before you go and linger at other sects—!"
Venerable Xueqiao glared at Song Chi fiercely as a warning.
"I'll be back after I've seen my brother, Master," Song Chi replied obediently with a smile.
But Venerable Xueqiao didn't believe a word of it, so he glanced at Shu Bai and gestured for him to keep an eye on things. After all, Song Chi had offended the head steward of the Cui family, and he was genuinely worried that the girl might encounter something bad or suffer some injustice when she went out.
Seeing that Shu Bai nodded, Venerable Xue Qiao felt relieved and went out to meet his friends.
As soon as his master left, Song Chi bid farewell to Mo Shubai and hurriedly ran to the Changyun Sect's guild hall.
That secret realm was formed on the evening of the day the various sects arrived at Yaochi City. Suddenly, a tidal wave of spiritual energy surged forth, accompanied by a sky full of flying peach blossoms, enveloping all the Golden Core disciples in the island's secret realm.
As for the Changyun Sect... as expected, they are always a bit slow in everything they do, and they just happened to be the last sect to arrive at Yaochi City.
Song Chi thought that it might be evening or even earlier this day, given the fact that this secret realm often activated its power early. Therefore, she suspected that they might rush over to abduct people at noon or in the morning.
Therefore, she rushed to Changyun Sect to find Song Yun at lightning speed.
Upon seeing her brother, she was still heartbroken. "This secret realm is very dangerous, brother. I even sent you a message telling you not to come. You're a pill refiner, why are you risking your life like this? The family is counting on you!"
Song Yun smiled faintly and replied in a cryptic tone, "It's alright. I've already refined the pills for my grandfather, father, mother, uncles, and aunts, and handed them over to them long ago."
The tone, as if he were making his final arrangements, was too ominous, so Song Chi quickly waved his hands, trying to dissuade him from mentioning it.
Then the brother and sister exchanged some spiritual treasures and supplies. Actually, Song Yun mainly gave her various poison pills and antidotes. She only gave Song Yun two defensive magic items.
After saying this, Song Chi heard Song Yun stammering and glancing at her shyly before even speaking. Then she asked, "Are your good sisters going to the secret realm this time too?"
"Oh!" Song Chi couldn't help but tilt his head back exaggeratedly and stare at Song Yun. "Brother, you haven't taken a fancy to one of my girlfriends, have you? Tell me quickly, hahaha, Dai Jia and the others are all so infatuated with your beauty, but they are all too scared to confess to you."
Song Yun's face immediately turned even redder, and she gave a vague laugh. "How could such a thing be?"
"In that case, brother, I'm leaving."
Song Chi was about to leave when Song Yun stopped him. He gave her a helpless, smiling glare, and then asked.
"Did Junior Sister Xi Ya come to Yaochi City this time?" he asked, his face flushed and his eyes still shining with a captivating light.
"Ah—!" Song Chi drew out the sound, making Song Yun even more embarrassed. It seemed that even someone as gentle as him wanted to hit her.
Song Chi stopped arguing with him and said with a smile, "Xi Ya is also going to the secret realm this time, brother, how about this?"
Thinking that Xi Ya and Dai Jia both survived to the end in the book, Song Chi thought they must be very lucky. But Song Yun wasn't even mentioned in the book, so Song Chi didn't dare to think about whether he was lucky or not.
"Brother, are you coming with us to the secret realm this time? Is that alright? Did your sect give you any special instructions?" Song Chi asked.
Song Yun smiled and shook her head. "I've been engrossed in alchemy and haven't gotten to know the other disciples very well. But it's good that I'm here with Chi'er."
Song Chi nodded immediately. "My brother is so weak; it's better for him to stay with Xi Ya and Dai Jia, who are both strong."
As for her, she can only act alone.
Thinking that the secret realm might erupt at any time, Song Chi said, "Brother, I still have to visit someone on my master's orders. How about this, you go and discuss the next steps with Xi Ya and the others, how to cooperate, and so on. The more detailed the better, so that we can be safer entering the secret realm."
Song Yun blushed again, but still nodded with a smile. "Alright."
Then he asked, "When are you coming back?"
"He should be back by this afternoon."
Song Yun asked her again who she was going to see, and Song Chi just gave a perfunctory answer. "I'm just going to see someone!" Then she hurriedly ran away.
She then watched from afar as Song Yun tidied himself up, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he indeed left for the Azure Sword Sect. However, Song Yun's appearance, adorned with a jade crown and soft robes, suggested he had indeed dressed quite carefully. Therefore, as soon as he stepped out, he received two handkerchiefs that floated down from upstairs. He simply smiled, then vanished and headed towards the Azure Sword Sect.
Song Chi then rushed to the Jade Ruins Holy Sect.
Upon reaching the entrance, the two gatekeepers' eyes lit up as if they had seen a wealthy man arrive. They were already secretly taking pictures with their jade mirrors.
Song Chi was speechless. Could it be that filming her nowadays actually makes money? This cultivation world, can it not be less boring?!
Wen Xiujin did come to the door to greet her this time, and when he saw her dressed so elegantly, his eyes darkened. Song Chi could tell that he was somewhat pleased this time.
Then the young man stood beside her with his hands behind his back, and the two of them arrived at Xiyun Residence.
After drinking the tea, Wen Xiujin glanced at her expensive clothes before asking, "Today we will still practice your Instantaneous Movement Technique."
He was afraid of damaging her clothes, so he didn't really want to go to the practice room.
Song Chi didn't want to go either. Today, she had to stay in this courtyard and lure Hua Shalan from next door onto the wall. She needed to cast a tracking spell.
The tracking artifacts given by Master and the others were quite a coincidence; they perfectly matched the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood. Junior Uncle's was water-attribute, Master's was metal-attribute, and Mo Shubai's was wood-attribute.
Moreover, all the wood-attribute magic items he gave her had a characteristic: they could all resonate with her green leaf magic item. Therefore, she blushed deeply at the time and was glared at by her master, who was probably scolding her for blushing and wondering if she was thinking about the look on her senior brother's face again.
But she was used to these misunderstandings, so she didn't pay any attention to them and was completely immersed in the joy of receiving her treasure.
Her master's treasure only requires a tiny amount of golden spiritual energy to be placed on the target, and it's incredibly silent. She just used it on Song Yun, and he didn't even notice.
Now, we need to be extremely cautious about using this on that shrewd Hua Shalan.
Most importantly, I hope the person next door didn't go out today.
Moreover, to lure this person into breaking the seal, some tricks must be used.
Fortunately, people in the cultivation world love to hear new songs, and that's exactly what she has in abundance.
"Senior Brother Wen, what are your plans for this secret realm? Are you going to act alone or cooperate with the sect?"
After drinking his tea, Song Chi asked this question in a pretentious manner.
At the same time, she took out a flute and slowly twirled it in her hand. Of course, it wasn't the one Mo Shubai had given her this morning; she only got to play it after Hua Shalan broke the seal on this courtyard.
Wen Xiujin glanced at the flute in her hand, his eyes softening slightly. But after hearing what she said, he couldn't help but stare at her.
"What if I want to act alone? Or what if I want to cooperate with the sect?"
This kid really does speak with that arrogant air of a young nobleman, just like Ye Qingyu.
Song Chi chuckled. "It's nothing, I was just asking."
Wen Xiujin immediately snorted coldly. "You don't need to think about it this time. I will definitely cooperate with the sect's operation. Moreover, although this secret realm seems peaceful, it is actually full of dangers. I'm afraid a great terror will break out at any time as soon as you enter. You'd better travel with your sect's disciples. Alternatively, if you want to infiltrate my Jade Ruins Holy Sect's disciples' group, that's fine too. Stay by my side, and naturally no one will dare to say a word."
He said this with his arms crossed, as if he had seen right through her. He even offered to take her flying.
Song Chi pretended not to care, but a slight smile played on his lips.
"I see. Well, then I'll follow the sect disciples from now on. Ye Qingyu and the others are all quite strong, actually."
Upon hearing this, Wen Xiujin's expression immediately turned cold. Song Chi had noticed that he and Ye Qingyu didn't get along.
At that moment, laughter broke out from next door; it was Ye Qingyu's laughter.
This kid and Hua Shalan are such inseparable best friends. Perhaps it's because they both share an unusual and obsessive personality?
Song Chi only heard the laughter, and Wen Xiujin moved slightly in his sleeve, probably using some kind of magic weapon.
Then the seal was broken and then repaired in an instant. The spiritual energy fought amongst itself in a barely perceptible manner, without making a big fuss.
Song Chi didn't care. Since Ye Qingyu had already laughed out loud, he figured Hua Shalan must be entertaining guests in the courtyard as well.
She picked up her flute, wondering what to play.
At this moment, a golden ray flickered in the east as the sun rose. Thousands of golden rays transformed into a luminous mist in the fog, tinging the pale blue morning sky with crimson clouds that swirled and danced across the heavens.
A flute melody, full of narration and storytelling, then resounded in the courtyard.
To show off, Song Chi even jumped onto the roof and, facing the eastern sunset, played a passionate piece.
This piece is magnificent, yet carries a lingering sense of melancholy. Within this melancholy lies a profound sense of expectation for those living in the world, and a sense of open-mindedness arises spontaneously from within.
The most easily moved by the ephemeral light are those who cultivate swordsmanship. This is because it contains the heroic spirit of drawing a sword from its sheath, and the solemnity and sorrow that cause the world to change.
Wen Xiujin was indeed deeply shaken. He had originally intended to sit firmly and disdainfully in the flower hall, but when Song Chi's stirring melody rang out for the second time, he finally leaped to her side and stood silently facing the golden glow of the sunset.
In fact, figures began to emerge from rooftops everywhere. The first to jump out were all sword cultivators with sword energy soaring into the sky.
Ye Qingyu stood in the neighboring courtyard, arms crossed, leaning against a pillar, her face slightly tilted back, silently gazing at the rising sun.
Hua Shalan, presumably weakened by illness, leaned against a soft couch by the lotus pond, holding a folding fan, gazing at the magnificent sunrise reflected in the water, his face serene. At this moment, even the stubbornness that had plagued him since his illness had faded, revealing him simply as a gentle nobleman hidden deep within the flowers and trees.
Song Chi satisfied them, and after the second round, he played it a third time.
This is a flute piece that you could listen to on repeat for hours without getting tired of it.
However, on the third try, Song Chi quietly switched to the light green bamboo flute. Although this flute was a tracking treasure, its craftsmanship was truly exquisite. Surprisingly, the flute's tone was exceptionally clear and resonant, as if it were tailor-made for this particular piece.
Therefore, when this flute was changed, even Wen Xiujin's eyes flickered slightly, showing a hint of approval.
Not far away in the side hall of the main hall, a handsome young man in a blue shirt leaned against the window on the second floor. At this moment, he looked at the figure of a girl in a light gold soft robe playing a flute in the morning light and rosy clouds. He couldn't help but smile slightly and sigh to the person beside him.
"What a charming little girl who's good at stealing people's hearts!"
This person was none other than Yin Zhi'an, a close friend of Mo Shubai and the eldest disciple of Lingzhu Venerable of the Jade Ruins Holy Sect.
Previously, when Yin Zhian discovered that her two junior brothers liked the same woman, she was worried that there would be a conflict.
Who knew that after his trip to the secret realm, the third junior brother became much more silent upon his return. Even when he saw his second senior brother occasionally meeting with Senior Sister Yanran, he only showed a slightly cold expression, seemingly unconcerned. But sometimes, amidst the glow of the sunset and the surrounding mountains, when this young man gazed towards the northwest, an unyielding and tender sentiment lingered around his figure.
He hadn't actually believed the letter he received from Shu Bai. His third junior brother had actually fallen for him.
Looking at the couple standing silently, he couldn't help but smile slightly. They were indeed a handsome couple, though perhaps Xiu Jin was just another one secretly infatuated. After all, among Song Chi's many rumored lovers, there were at least five, six, or seven.
Among them, his close friend is one of the most favored lovers by the public.
Yin Zhi'an's gaze involuntarily swept over Shu Bai's expression beside him. He only saw Shu Bai glance at him briefly before offering a faint smile. Then, he naturally gazed into the distance at the eastern sunset and the slender, beautiful figure in pale gold robes that swayed like flowing clouds.
His gaze looked as calm and serene as ever. But Yin Zhian sensed a subtle, unspoken warmth within it.
That pure and innocent kiss must have gently stirred the heart of the person beside him who knew nothing of love.
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Author's Note: [Cat Head][Cat Head] First update delivered!
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