Nan Zhuo made no attempt to hide his laughter, laughing so hard he almost shook the roof off.
This pair of lively children always brings life to this big village!
Seeing his young master's steps already becoming unsteady on the plum blossom stakes, he couldn't help but laugh even more heartily.
The monk Wuwang realized he had been tricked by the little child again, and angrily turned and left, saying, "I'm hungry! Let's go have breakfast!"
Not only did I waste the whole morning waiting, but I also lost two red envelopes!
Xiao Youran chuckled for a while, then slowly opened the red envelope. Inside was just a yellow talisman. She asked crisply, "Oh dear, is this some kind of amulet? Master is so stingy! Who uses scribbles as a New Year's red envelope on the first day of the Lunar New Year? Aren't they afraid of seeing ghosts all year round?"
Upon hearing this, the monk Wuwang was so angry that he turned back from the doorway. "What do you know? This is the Eight Trigrams Formation of the Celestial Phenomena that I drew. Keep it safe, it might save your lives in a critical moment!"
Jiang Youchen frowned.
Xiao Youran snorted, "You're not Zhuge Liang, so why are you playing with some clever schemes and the Eight Trigrams Formation?"
"Who is Mr. Wolong?" asked the monk Wuwang.
Xiao Youran pushed him towards the door, "Alright, alright, when your scribbles actually save lives, that'll be true Feng Hong! Go have your breakfast!"
Wu Wang snorted and left with a flick of his sleeve.
At this moment, Wen Yuanbai finished practicing a set of techniques and jumped down from the plum blossom stakes with a graceful and unrestrained air, landing lightly like a banished immortal.
Xiao Youran was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but murmur, "Senior Brother Da Bai, you are so beautiful."
He took the handkerchief Nan Zhuo handed him, wiped the sweat from his forehead, then took two steps closer to her, his eyes deep, a faint smile playing on his lips, his gentle voice slowly entering her ears: "You'd be even more beautiful if you could remove the words 'Da Bai' from your name."
Xiao Youran stared blankly at that outrageously handsome face, as if she had been brainwashed, "Oh, okay..."
Jiang Youchen: ...
That damn Wen Yuanbai is using his honey trap again!
He grabbed his sister and pulled her behind him, saying, "As a dignified man, how could Senior Brother Da Bai care about this mere six-foot-tall body?"
Wen Yuanbai tossed the handkerchief to Nan Zhuo, turned and took two steps to the side, saying lightly, "You're not a woman, how can you understand your senior sister's appreciation of beauty?"
Jiang Youchen gritted her teeth.
The title "senior sister" has always been a sore point for him.
Although Xiao Youran always called him "brother," in front of Monk Wuwang, he had joined the sect a day later and was nominally Xiao Youran's junior brother, so he had to call his sister "senior sister."
Wen Yuanbai had been intentionally or unintentionally using this nickname to provoke him.
Xiao Youran watched the two bickering again, sighed, and pulled her brother along, bowing to Wen Yuanbai as well, "Senior Brother Da Bai, may the new year bring you good fortune and may you never fall down again."
Jiang Youchen reluctantly said, "I wish Senior Brother Da Bai a Happy New Year and a smooth and prosperous year ahead, free from bad luck."
Regardless of whether he calls her "Senior Sister" or not, he definitely has to call her "Senior Brother Da Bai".
Wen Yuanbai looked at the small hand that was so arrogantly stretched out in front of him, a faint smile appeared on his lips, and he said to Nan Zhuo, "Go and call Steward Zhang to prepare the red envelope."
Xiao Youran pouted and said, "Hmph, didn't Senior Brother Da Bai even think about anyone coming to wish you a Happy New Year?"
Feng Hong had not made any prior preparations.
Wen Yuanbai's face, which had just regained some warmth, immediately turned cold again. He wiped his hands, walked to the side, picked up a teacup, and took a small sip of water.
Jiang Youchen realized this was another good opportunity to tease him, so he tugged at her sleeve and deliberately emphasized, "Hehe, senior brother has always preferred peace and quiet. What's the big deal about paying New Year's visits?"
Such a lonely person, no one will come to visit him during the New Year, he might as well die of loneliness!
Why does he have to be so good-looking for no reason?
Xiao Youran ignored him and said in her clear voice, "If others don't come, we definitely will. If someone comes to wish us a Happy New Year, we must prepare lots of red envelopes! Besides, there are so many guards in this manor, surely they all wish to wish their master a Happy New Year?"
She blinked her big eyes at Jiang Youchen, "You only get a red envelope after paying New Year's visits, brother, don't you think they're so silly?"
Jiang Youchen chuckled.
Wen Yuanbai, who was initially somewhat displeased, couldn't help but chuckle. After all, she was just a four-year-old toddler; how could she possibly say such things to mock him? It seemed he had been overthinking things.
Seeing that Senior Brother Da Bai's expression had softened, Xiao Youran, supporting herself with her brother's hand, jumped onto the plum blossom stake in one go. Standing on it, she called out to Wen Yuanbai, "Senior Brother Da Bai, what kind of footwork were you practicing just now?"
"The Eighteen Steps to Soaring Clouds," Wen Yuanbai replied coolly.
Xiao Youran tried to follow the steps she had just seen Da Bai take, based on her memory, and surprisingly, she did a pretty good job.
Wen Yuanbai turned around and looked at him for a moment, a slight look of surprise on his face.
This junior sister learned footwork quite quickly when learning lightness skills, but she got stuck on internal energy cultivation.
But he didn't know that Xiao Youran had a photographic memory; she could remember most of his steps after only watching him walk once.
Xiao Youran took a step forward, but missed and almost fell off the stake.
Jiang Youchen exclaimed in surprise and stepped forward to catch her.
However, Wen Yuanbai lightly touched the ground with his toes and used his lightness skill to reach forward faster than him, grabbing his junior sister and then turning around to place her steadily on the plum blossom stake.
He then scolded, "You haven't even practiced the footwork yet, and you're already doing stance training? Aren't you afraid your master will punish you when he gets back?"
Xiao Youran chuckled and grabbed his hand, asking, "Isn't Master having a meal? Senior Brother, can you teach me? Did I take the right number of steps just now?"
Wen Yuanbai nodded helplessly, "The first sixteen steps were correct, the seventeenth step is like this..."
As he spoke, he began to demonstrate on the stake.
Xiao Youran followed closely behind him, practicing her footwork.
Jiang Youchen could only watch the excitement from below the stake, his heart filled with envy. He had thought his younger sister was an extraordinary being, but he hadn't expected that Wen Yuanbai was also quite formidable.
They had been studying under Master Wuwang for almost half a month, and the gap between the three had widened significantly. It was initially thought that Wen Yuanbai had some martial arts foundation from his previous training with his master, but his master said that in fact, his body was weak before, making it virtually impossible for him to practice martial arts; he was starting from almost zero as well.
My younger sister has only watched it once, yet she can already memorize the first sixteen steps of the eighteen-step footwork. I've watched the two of them walk it several times, but I still can't get the hang of it. Is it really because my comprehension is too poor?
After learning it twice, Xiao Youran chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Da Bai, I know it all now. Please step aside and let me go through it by myself."
Without waiting for Wen Yuanbai to set off, he immediately began to walk the Lingyun Eighteen Steps.
The Lingyun Eighteen Steps are not only exquisite in their footwork, but also allow for extremely agile dodging and weaving when the speed is fast, making them an absolute escape tool.
Feeling a surge of youthful energy, Wen Yuanbai was eager to compete with his junior sister, so he took a deep breath and began practicing the Lingyun Eighteen Steps on the stakes.
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