Chapter 93 Junior Sister Switches to the Path of Ruthlessness 4 Kite
Cultivating the Clarity of Mind is not difficult, especially since Yun Chi Yilizi is not a real thirteen-year-old girl, and their states of mind are incomparable.
Bai Qi was giving a lecture, and she sat to the side, listening with her face in her hands, but actually also paying some attention to the room.
His room didn't have that smell; there was only a faint, almost imperceptible scent of pine.
Bai Qi stared intently at the mental cultivation manual for a long time before looking up from the book and seeing Yun Chiyi holding her face in a daze. He then rolled up the manual and tapped her hair.
"You're the one who kept pestering me to talk, why won't you listen?"
Yun Chiyi's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head: "Senior brother, can you be more direct? I really don't understand."
Bai Qi chuckled softly: "You'll understand in time. There's no point in me explaining any further."
"Alright."
Yun Chiyi was extremely disappointed and slid off the bench, but suddenly her eyes lit up again: "Senior brother, can you add an ear of corn to my dinner?"
Bai Qi sighed and shook his head, saying in one breath, "If I don't agree, are you going to cry and make a scene until I do?"
Yun Chiyi raised her voice: "Who said that? I'm not that kind of person."
"I won't bother you any longer, senior brother. I'll come back to ask you for guidance in a couple of days."
She left the room with the cultivation manual, all smiles, but the smile vanished as soon as she closed the door.
Even without finding evidence, we cannot immediately clear Bai Qi of suspicion; he must have some unspeakable secret.
Bai Qi's voice came through the door, muffled: "Junior Sister, is there anything else?"
"Am I a little stupid?" Yun Chiyi pretended not to hear, and dejectedly went down the steps, her footsteps heavy.
Lin Yuwan was no longer visible at the base of the wall.
Yun Chiyi went to the training ground to watch the other senior brothers practice their boxing. She sat on the steps and saw Lin Yuwan quietly join the end of the group and stretch her fists and feet.
He seemed to have gained some weight this spring. His cheeks weren't noticeably sunken, his youthful face was exceptionally handsome, his hands and feet had grown a bit longer, and his waistline had changed. One could vaguely see a hint of good looks in him.
Yun Chiyi was happy to watch, and kept watching until the set of boxing techniques was finished. At the same time, she thought that in a few more years, she would be even more elegant and extraordinary.
Lin Yuwan had already noticed her gaze, and her whole body felt like it was covered in rashes, making her heart tighten and feel uncomfortable.
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That night, Yun Chiyi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. The strange fragrance in the room made it impossible for her to fall asleep; she was afraid that if she closed her eyes, she would suffocate.
On second thought, how can a person not sleep? So he instructed the system to keep watch and wake her up if anything happened.
She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
In her drowsy state, she heard the system's voice, buzzing loudly, which gave her a splitting headache. She raised her hand to cover her head, but suddenly froze, unable to move her entire body or open her eyes.
Her sense of smell was still sharp. She took a breath and was almost choked by the sweet smell.
She tried to move her fingers, and as she did, a series of bell sounds rang in her ears, but not because of her movement. The sound traveled from the top of her head to her toes, and wherever it passed, it felt as if there were worms wriggling inside her skin, but she felt no pain.
Yun Chiyi forced her eyes open a crack, and all she saw was red. There were a bunch of figures lying on the ground, while she was lying on a high place, with a clear difference in her line of sight.
She saw Lin Yuwan lying on the ground and was puzzled, but then it became clear that all the disciples were there, arranged in a circle, except for Bai Qi.
Under the system's continuous warnings, her mind became much clearer, and she could feel someone lifting her down and placing her in the circle, as if a ritual had begun.
Yun Chiyi squinted and saw a white snake-head mask bowing its head and twisting its neck toward her. The mask was engraved with incantations. Before she could think any further, she fell asleep again.
The sound of the bells in my ears faded into the distance, but the wriggling sensation in my body became clearer and clearer.
When she woke up again, she was still in the same place. Her head was throbbing so badly that she could barely move one hand. She reached out and grabbed Lin Yuwan's shoulder, digging her nails in hard. This almost used up all her strength.
She waited for Lin Yuwan to react, and fortunately, Lin Yuwan lived up to expectations, letting out a muffled groan as she regained consciousness.
Wanting to live, Yun Chiyi moved over and grabbed Lin Yuwan's hand.
Her voice was unusually hoarse: "Lin Yuwan, don't sleep."
Lin Yuwan was delirious and, realizing the danger, dared not close his eyes. He gritted his teeth to fight off sleep, his eyes bloodshot as he stared blankly at Yun Chiyi.
Both of them felt dizzy and disoriented, as if their bodies were being torn apart and pieced back together. Sweat was seeping through their fingers. Their hands clasped tightly together, and in the eerie red light, they could only hear the sound of each other's heartbeats.
After an unknown amount of time, the door was opened, and the two of them, exhausted, lost consciousness uncontrollably.
Yun Chiyi was picked up again. In her sleep, she lost her footing and opened her sore eyes. She was in her own room.
As the night passed, her memory was incomplete in many places; she didn't even know how she got back.
She sat up, her body aching, and rolled up her sleeve to examine her arm. She had clearly felt many insect-like foreign objects wriggling inside her skin before, but now, gazing at her smooth, jade-like skin, she fell into deep thought.
The only way Bai Qi could gather all his disciples together without being detected by Chang Heng is that he was acting under Chang Heng's orders, and Chang Heng was the mastermind.
Such a horrifying thing was hidden in the small town of Chengming.
To find out the truth, Yun Chiyi put on her shoes and then pulled a butterfly kite out from the bottom of a box.
Holding a kite, she stood in front of Lin Yuwan's door with a bright smile: "Come fly a kite with me."
Lin Yuwan stood on the threshold, looking down at her expression. She must have forgotten what happened last night.
Yun Chiyi frowned and scolded, "Hurry up, don't just stand there like an idiot."
"Where does Senior Sister want to go?" Lin Yuwan asked slowly.
Yun Chiyi pointed to a spot, grabbed Lin Yuwan's wrist, and started running in the yard. She bumped into Bai Qi, who was returning from his morning class, and looked up with an apologetic smile.
"We're going to fly kites, senior brother, do you want to come along?"
Bai Qi lowered his eyes, his gaze shifting. Yun Chiyi let him stare at her, then tugged at his sleeve and shook it: "Senior brother, let's go together. The spring scenery is beautiful, flying kites and feeling the breeze is so much fun."
"No, remember not to go too far, come back early, and your senior brother will cook taro porridge for you tonight."
Bai Qi stood straight, his smile as gentle and refined as jade.
Yun Chiyi hurriedly responded and, unable to wait, pulled Lin Yuwan to the open space behind the mountain.
The two ran one after the other, as fast as two kites. Yun Chiyi even thought Lin Yuwan was too slow, so she hit him on the shoulder with a butterfly kite.
Bai Qi watched for a while and muttered to himself, "It seems Master was right, she really has forgotten."
In the open space behind the mountain, pale yellow wildflowers bloomed all over the hillside. Yun Chiyi stepped into the grass, then unfurled the kite and stuffed the string into Lin Yuwan's hand.
"You have to run for the kite to fly."
Lin Yuwan stood there blankly.
Yun Chiyi slapped him on the back: "Run!"
"Senior sister."
Lin Yuwan had something to say, but Yun Chiyi gestured for him to shut up and then urged him to release the line.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yuwan reluctantly got up. The wind was just right today, and he ran along the hillside for a while. Suddenly, a blue-tailed butterfly spread its wings in the spring breeze. Yun Chiyi sat on the edge of the field and picked a handful of small flowers to make a wreath.
The butterfly slowly regained its footing. Lin Yuwan's forehead was covered in fine sweat. He ran over and returned the string to Yun Chiyi.
Yun Chiyi casually placed the flower wreath in her hand on his head, her face showing a solemnity that Lin Yuwan had never seen before. Lin Yuwan smelled the fragrance of spring grass emanating from the flower wreath on his head, and he squinted his eyes uncomfortably.
"Lin Yuwan, we might die in Chengming."
Yun Chiyi's words were startling, but Lin Yuwan remained calm after hearing them, as if she had already known this outcome.
"How much do you know?" Yun Chiyi tugged at the kite string every now and then.
Lin Yuwan took off the flower wreath and threw it at her feet: "I don't understand what you're saying, senior sister. I won't tell Master what you said. Please don't mention it again in the future, senior sister."
His eyes were full of distrust. And rightly so. Yun Chiyi was unreliable before, and she was the little junior sister who was loved by all her senior brothers. She was fearless in Chengming. Who would believe her words without any scruples?
Yun Chi, overcome with anger, kicked Lin Yuwan off the ridge. Seeing him roll around in the grass in a sorry state, his frustration immediately dissipated.
"Get out of here, you coward."
"I desperately tried to wake you up last night, you ungrateful little brat."
Lin Yuwan rolled over and stood up, a few blades of grass stuck in her hair, glaring angrily.
Yun Chiyi ignored him, swinging her legs and looking up at the butterfly kite in the sky.
A gentle breeze caressed her fair face, and a hint of contentment appeared in her eyes, as if she had already forgotten what had just been said.
Lin Yuwan, her face dark, bent down and rubbed the footprints on her clothes with both hands: "Senior Sister."
He called out softly, and when Yun Chiyi turned her gaze to him, he said slowly, "How do I know you're not testing me?"
Yun Chiyi: "I only care about whether I can live."
Lin Yuwan's pupils widened in surprise, then she lowered her eyes, pondered for a moment, and then raised her clear black and white eyes again.
"I know nothing."
Yun Chi was about to kick the stubborn brat again when Lin Yuwan continued, "I vaguely felt something was strange the day I entered Chengming. For more than a year, I have often heard music at night. Sometimes I am outside, and when I come to my senses, I suddenly appear in the room."
"It seems that after living in Chengming for more than ten years, Senior Sister has finally noticed something amiss."
If I hadn't had to wait for him to finish speaking, his sarcastic and strange manner would have been infuriating.
Lin Yuwan added, "However, I really don't know their purpose. What happened last night was the first time. It's hard to say whether it will happen again."
Yun Chiyi asked, "Where's the exotic fragrance?"
Lin Yuwan breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Before this, I had only smelled it in two places: one was Master's study, and the other was Senior Sister's room."
"This incense has quite a history. It comes from a withered vine on the back mountain. So I sharpened my knife, intending to cut a section to examine it. Unfortunately, when I arrived, the withered vine had already been dug up."
He sounded somewhat gloating, but since he was willing to cooperate, Yun Chiyi could tolerate it for a little longer.
"It has a special origin? Then why is it just vines from the back mountain?" Yun Chiyi asked.
“I overheard Master mentioning it by chance, but I don’t know anything else.”
Chang Heng wouldn't publicize it, so he probably overheard the news.
Lin Yuwan blinked and said seriously, "Senior sister, it's your turn to confess."
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