Chapter 100100 "Friend Su, long time no see."...
The celebratory luncheon for the two best friends was booked at "Yanhuilou", a restaurant located in Tianshu City, which is also the largest and most prosperous of the seven satellite cities around Taiyan.
Ruan Mianmian was afraid that the big liar Yu Yingchun would find out and run away, so she went to wait for him half an hour in advance. So they boarded the light wing boat docked on the deck early and flew to Tianshu City.
The two of them moored the wing boat on the Xixing River next to the restaurant, then followed the waiter up to the second floor and sat down in front of the large table by the window.
Recently, due to the Dragon Ridge Peak Trial, the inns and restaurants in the seven cities of Taiyan have been doing a booming business. "Yanhuilou" is one of the best restaurants in Taiyan. Without some connections in Taiyan, it is impossible to book a private room. Even the window seats in the second-floor lobby are hard to get, and there is a minimum consumption fee.
It was still early for lunch and there were not many people in the restaurant. The two of them drank tea, looked at the menu, and looked at the scenery while waiting for Yingchun to appear.
Unexpectedly, Yu Yingchun appeared before I even finished my cup of tea.
He had changed his clothes, looking much more formal than when they met by chance in the morning. His peacock blue dress was embroidered with feather patterns in silver thread, his long, slightly wavy hair was half-draped, and his temples were adorned with gold chains and hair accessories made of pearls and gems. His hair had a coppery luster in the sunlight, and his skin was not particularly fair, but a warm light honey color, which paired with his hair color gave him an exotic look.
Although he still looks like a man at first glance, his outfit is as gorgeous as a peacock spreading its tail.
Su Xiaoyuan was not really attracted to handsome men with effeminate features, but she couldn't help but admire Yu Daoyou's good looks, and even wanted to draw him.
As soon as Yu Yingchun appeared, his eyes were fixed on Ruan Mianmian like a kite string.
Su Xiaoyuan is now considered to be half an experienced person, and she immediately saw the clues and began to examine this admirer with the harsh eyes of a mother-in-law.
First of all, the appearance meets the requirements. The androgynous appearance and slender frame are the types that Kaishan likes most.
Since he could make Kaishan feel like an old friend at first sight in the secret realm, then his personality must be very good too.
He Kaishan went against everyone's opinion and was willing to fail the trial to save the villagers, which shows his excellent character.
One's speech, manners and interpersonal relationships show that he has good family education.
Although his high-level Jindan cultivation was a little inferior to Kaishan's, it was rare for someone like Kaishan to reach the Yuanying stage in his twenties. He was not bad either. Moreover, Kaishan said that his swordsmanship was elegant and agile, which complemented Kaishan's tough physical cultivation method.
It's just that a man dressing as a woman needs a reasonable explanation. If it's a transgender person, then there's nothing we can do about it.
There is also another requirement of clean background. No matter how many points you have added before, if you are a rotten cucumber, all of them will be reduced to zero. This requirement remains to be investigated.
Su Xiaoyuan had already examined the other person from head to toe in her mind, but Ruan Mianmian was still unaware of it. She was just shocked by the liar's beauty. She immediately came to her senses and began to roll up her sleeves.
Su Xiaoyuan sweated nervously and quickly pulled her back: "It's a hot day. Fellow Daoist Yu just arrived and hasn't even had a sip of tea yet. Please ask him to sit down first."
Ruan Mianmian ground her back teeth until they creaked, and she squeezed out the word "OK" viciously.
At this time, Yu Yingchun had already walked up to the two of them, greeted them, and the three of them sat down.
Yu Yingchun said to Ruan Mianmian, "I have something to apologize to Daoist Xie for."
Without waiting for her to say anything, he continued, "To be honest, I am actually a man."
Ruan Mianmian was so angry that she almost flipped the table: "Why didn't you say it earlier or later? Now that I saw through you, you're the first to admit your mistake. Did you do that on purpose?!"
Su Xiaoyuan was so anxious that she kept pulling her best friend's sleeve: "Kaishan, don't get excited, there might be some misunderstanding..."
"Xiao Yuanzi, don't drag me along. There's no misunderstanding at all," Ruan Mianmian said angrily. "Look, he came to the appointment wearing women's clothing. It's obvious he wanted to continue to deceive people. He only admitted it after he realized something was wrong!"
She glared at Yu Yingchun fiercely, like a furious King Kong: "I can't swallow this. I treated you as a sister, and you lied to me like this!"
Yu Yingchun looked ashamed: "Thank you, fellow Daoist, I can explain the matter of women's clothing..."
Ruan Mianmian: "What else is there to explain now?"
Su Xiaoyuan kept pushing her sleeves down: "Just listen to Fellow Daoist Yu's explanation before you start. There's no need to rush..."
Ruan Mianmian hesitated for a moment, crossed her arms and sneered, "Okay, for Xiao Yuanzi's sake, I'll listen to what you, a liar, have to say!"
Yu Yingchun nodded gratefully to Su Xiaoyuan and began to explain why he was dressed as a woman.
According to Yu Yingchun, he was born into the direct line of the Yu family in Fenglinzhou. His ancestors had the blood of Suzaku and had been priests serving the Suzaku Goddess since ancient times. Every generation would select a saint from among their descendants as a priestess.
However, due to the difficulty of having offspring due to the Suzaku bloodline, by his generation, there were only three children in the entire direct line who were qualified to be priests, and they were all boys. So he had to pick the best-looking one among the three and raise him as a girl.
Because he had sworn an oath to the goddess, he had to wear women's clothes until he was a hundred years old. When he was a child, he couldn't stand being laughed at by other children, so he secretly ran away wearing men's clothes. As a result, the oath backfired and he was struck by lightning, leaving him burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. Since then, he never broke the law again.
After hearing his explanation, Ruan Mianmian's expression eased slightly, but she still kept a straight face: "Even if you had a legitimate reason, why didn't you say it earlier?"
A trace of grievance flashed across Yu Yingchun's face, but she quickly recovered. "At first, I didn't expect that Daoist Xie would treat me as a woman. It wasn't until Daoist Xie proposed to become sworn sisters that I realized you had misunderstood me. But by then, you and I had already known each other for three or four days..."
Ruan Mianmian's suppressed anger surfaced again: "Even if it was three or four days ago, you could have told me!"
Yu Yingchun lowered her eyes, her long and curled eyelashes covered her face, and two blushes appeared on her face, making her look a bit like a girl.
"For those three days, Fellow Daoist Xie and I shared a room. I originally thought it was because Fellow Daoist Xie was not particular about small matters. Only then did I realize it was a misunderstanding. Because I serve the goddess, I have always lived alone in the temple. This was the first time I had made a friend. I was afraid that if I told Fellow Daoist Xie the truth, Fellow Daoist Xie would spit on me and leave in anger. So I only hinted at it, hoping to find an opportunity to explain it to Fellow Daoist Xie."
Ruan Mianmian seemed to be lost in thought: "You said 'It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't obey', so it turns out that it means this 'can't'."
Yu Yingchun nodded and said, "The next day, I finally mustered up the courage to apologize to Fellow Daoist Xie, but who knew a monster would suddenly attack..."
Ruan Mianmian frowned and thought, "You asked me out alone that day just to talk about this?"
"Yes." Yu Yingchun said.
"Then why didn't you say anything later?"
Yu Yingchun's pretty face suddenly turned red: "Thank you, fellow Daoist, for being injured by the monster that day..."
"Ah!" Ruan Mianmian scratched the back of her head and muttered, "Is it because I took off my shirt in front of you and asked you to help me apply the medicine?"
Yu Yingchun was so embarrassed that she was about to cry.
Ruan Mianmian was completely unaware: "I'm just wondering, we're all women, and I'm not without one, so why are you suddenly so shy, blushing and closing your eyes?"
Su Xiaoyuan listened beside him and kept holding her forehead.
"It's all my fault for being hesitant and not explaining things clearly sooner," Yu Yingchun said, bowing. "I came here today only to apologize to Daoist Xie, not to ask for his forgiveness. If Daoist Xie wants to break off our friendship, I deserve it."
"Who said I was breaking up with you?" Ruan Mianmian asked in surprise, "Hasn't everything been explained clearly?"
Yu Yingchun: "Fellow Daoist Xie, are you really willing to forgive me?"
"You can't be blamed entirely for this," Ruan Mianmian said, "Now that you're clearly a man, it's my fault for having a preconceived notion."
She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Yu Yingchun, then filled it up for herself, raising her cup: "Let's use tea instead of wine. Let's drink this cup, and the past will be over. We can still become sworn sisters, and if we can't be sisters, we can be brothers and sisters..."
Yu Yingchun looked embarrassed, and Su Xiaoyuan covered her mouth and coughed.
Ruan Mianmian touched her forehead in confusion. "Xiao Yuanzi, did you catch a cold? Why are you coughing all the time? Oh, Xiao Yuanzi is my good sister, and her character is impeccable. How about the three of us become sworn brothers?"
Su Xiaoyuan finally understood the anxiety and helplessness others felt when they looked at her, because she now had the same feeling when looking at her slow-witted best friend.
"It's okay, it's okay. Stop talking," Su Xiaoyuan said. "Let the waiter serve the food and wine first. Fellow Daoist Yu must be starving."
Daoist Yu looked at her gratefully and said shyly, "I'm actually a little hungry."
Ruan Mianmian laughed, reached over the food tray and patted him on the shoulder: "What are you pretending to be, kid? You've been fasting for years and you're still hungry! Are you greedy?"
Su Xiaoyuan pinched her eyebrows and said, "I can't carry it with me. I really can't carry it with me."
Yu Yingchun said good-naturedly, "Xie Daoyou is right. I'm just greedy."
Su Xiaoyuan handed him the menu and called the waiter to take the order.
As lunchtime approached, more and more people came into the restaurant and their food and drinks arrived one after another.
After several rounds of wine and a variety of dishes, Ruan Mianmian completely let go of her grudges and started chatting with Yu Yingchun: "Does the other people in the secret realm know that you are a man?"
Yu Yingchun: "You should know."
Ruan Mianmian slapped her forehead and said, "Oh, I remember now! No wonder that female cultivator from the Pure Pure Sect always comes to talk to you with a blushing face. I thought she just wanted to tease you..."
Su Xiaoyuan was so frightened that she jumped up and stuffed a glutinous rice ball into her friend's mouth: "Kaishan, try this."
He changed the subject and asked Taoist Yu what he usually did in the temple.
Yu Yingchun answered them one by one. Su Xiaoyuan heard that he had been fasting and practicing since he entered the temple at the age of six, so he didn't think he had much chance of becoming the Sea King.
However, we cannot be careless. If our best friend really has that intention, we can hire someone to go to Fenglinzhou to investigate further.
"By the way, does Fellow Daoist Yu have a Taoist name?" she asked.
Yu Yingchun: "My Taoist name is Li Heng."
Su Xiaoyuan felt that it sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly remembered that when they voted for the top ten most desirable handsome men at the Wushan Festival Garden Party in Yueliang Village, the one who voted first seemed to be called Immortal Lord Li Heng.
"Is it the 'li' of dawn, and the 'heng' of measure?" she asked.
Yu Yingchun raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Exactly."
Ruan Mianmian had obviously forgotten everything: "Xiao Yuanzi, how did you know?"
Su Xiaoyuan could only remind her: "We have seen Li Heng, the Immortal Lord, before, a few months ago, in Moon Village."
Ruan Mianmian opened her eyes wide and clapped her hands: "Oh! I remember now! That 'Ranking of the Most Desirable Men in the Three Realms'!"
Su Xiaoyuan rubbed her forehead and no longer had the strength to speak.
Yu Yingchun asked curiously, "What is that?"
Ruan Mianmian briefly explained the Wushan Festival, the Moon Village Garden Party, and the ranking of handsome men. "I even voted for Fellow Daoist Yu, but the lantern man didn't do what you did, so I didn't think of it just now. Oh, and next time I get a chance, I'll definitely take you to the garden party. It's so much fun, especially the iron stick triathlon..."
Su Xiaoyuan nearly choked on a mouthful of wine. She coughed and stuffed a crystal cake into her friend's mouth: "This, cough cough, this, cough cough, it's delicious. Kaishan, don't, cough cough, just talk, eat more..."
She had never eaten such an exhausting meal in her life, and only the afternoon tea at Dragon's Back Peak that day could compare to it.
Just as I was thinking of Dragon's Back Peak, there was a sudden commotion downstairs.
"What happened? What happened?" Ruan Mianmian asked curiously.
Su Xiaoyuan vaguely heard key words such as "handsome man", "unique in the world", and "peerless appearance", and she couldn't help but stretch her neck to take a look.
After a while, a man with gorgeous clothes, wealthy face and who looked like a boss enthusiastically welcomed the two guests upstairs.
"There's still an elegant room on the third floor. Please come in..."
"Don't bother," a man said. "We just want a cup of tea. We can find a table in the lobby."
The voice was cold and sharp, like the breaking of jade from Kunshan Mountain, and seemed to carry some kind of magic. As soon as it sounded, the originally noisy hall suddenly fell silent.
Su Xiaoyuan recognized the voice instantly, because once heard, she would never forget it.
She looked in the direction of the voice in disbelief, only to see Ling Yue Immortal in white and a Taoist in green walking up the stairs one after the other. Su Xiaoyuan was very sensitive to people's faces and felt that the Taoist in green looked familiar. She immediately remembered that he was one of the two peak masters who came to ask Sect Master Shen for instructions on sect affairs when they went to Taiyan that day.
That is Immortal Ling Yue’s senior brother.
She lowered her head, trying to reduce her presence.
There were a few empty tables in the lobby. Except for the table next to them, the other tables were some distance away, so if they were lucky they might not be recognized.
Ling Yuexianzun glanced around the hall and for some reason chose the table next to them. He said to the shopkeeper, "Let's go here."
"Little Yuanzi, little Yuanzi," Ruan Mianmian desperately pulled her sleeve. Although she thought she had lowered her voice, the whole hall must have heard her. "Look, look, here comes this peerless handsome man, the one you like best, the pure and innocent type!"
Su Xiaoyuan didn't dare to look, her best friend turned her face away: "Don't be embarrassed, we know each other."
Su Xiaoyuan wanted to hide, but the real person was already looking at them.
She could only pray that Ling Yuexianzun was face-blind and could not recognize a small figure like her.
However, this tiny wish was immediately shattered. Immortal Ling Yue met her gaze, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He then nodded, his face cold and without a trace of smile: "Friend Su, long time no see."
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