Ch. 528 - Jiujiu, Let's Talk About It Later!

Chirp, chirp...

The birds outside the bedroom were singing melodiously, and a hint of flower fragrance seeped through the curtains of the window.

Gu Mingxin lay quietly on the bed with a thin quilt covering her. After a night's rest, the blush on her cheeks faded, and her black hair was messily spread behind her.

"Anping~ I can do it myself... You go wash up first."

"I'm not in a hurry, it's okay... I'll help you."

...

A burst of fragmented words came into her ears, and Gu Mingxin slowly opened her eyes, staring at the carved wooden ceiling above the bed. After a while, she turned her head to look outside the curtain.

Ye Anping was kneeling on one knee in front of a wheelchair at this moment, holding a pair of over-the-knee cotton socks and helping Yun Yiyi put them on. The helplessness in his eyes seemed quite funny.

After helping Yun Yiyi put on her shoes and covering her legs with a velvet blanket, Ye Anping pushed her to the dressing table and started combing her frizzy blonde hair.

Hearing a sound coming from the bed, Ye Anping looked over.

Seeing him looking over, Gu Mingxin quickly put on a relaxed look, turned sideways, supported her cheek, and threw him a coquettish look, as if asking him: Ye Anping, are you satisfied now?

This shameless expression made Ye Anping's eyes twitch twice, but he simply ignored her and took out a new set of clothes from the storage bag, throwing it over. "Miss Gu, put on your clothes. We have to hurry on our way..."

Gu Mingxin caught the clothes and tried to move her legs, but she had no strength at all. After a moment of silence, she asked, "You helped her put on clothes, why don't you help me?"

"Hehe... Aren't you cute? Yiyi has a low level of cultivation and a delicate body unlike you, so I have to take care of her. You put on your own clothes."

Gu Mingxin pouted, glared at him, and then grabbed the clothes. "That's true. How can this golden-haired girl stand you."

Yun Yiyi was unhappy when she heard this and wanted to retort, but when she turned around and saw Ye Anping shaking his head at her, she endured it.

After Ye Anping helped Yun Yiyi bind her hair with a jade hairpin, he pushed the wheelchair and walked out of the room. Then, he turned around and said, "Hurry up and get dressed. I'll wait for you at the gate. We have to leave." 

After that, he pushed Yun Yiyi out of the bedroom and kindly closed the door for Gu Mingxin. 

The moment the two of them left, Gu Mingxin seemed to have deflated and collapsed on the bed with no strength left. She tried to move her legs but found that she couldn't move at all. "Oooooh~~ So sore..."

At this time, Xue'e came out of her forehead, looking at her paralyzed on the bed, shaking her head and sighing like a little adult. "Ah… Mingxin, you deserve it..."

"What do you mean?"

"If you acted a little softer, Ye Anping would definitely be a lot gentler to you, and maybe even help you dress like he helped that girl, hmm? You insist on being stubborn... You won't die if you admit defeat."

"Why admit defeat? It's just that my legs are a little sore... But isn't that girl in a wheelchair? I'll be fine after a short rest."

Xue'e was used to her stubbornness, so she simply stopped trying to persuade her. She landed on the bed, picked up the clothes Ye Anping had just thrown over, and walked to Gu Mingxin's side. "Okay! Turn over, I'll help you put them on..."

"Who asked you to help me put them on... It's hard for you to even move the clothes, I'll do it myself later."

"Turn over!"

"..."

...

Clang clang...

In the garden, the wooden wheels of the wheelchair rolled up and down on the gravel path.

Ye Anping pushed Yun Yiyi and was afraid that the wheelchair would shake her butt and make her uncomfortable, so he deliberately slowed down his pace. They strolled along the garden path, using the refreshing fragrance of flowers to dispel the indescribable dazzle in their minds.

"Anping, the demonic energy on the other side of the Blood River is much stronger than here. Given the current situation, you have to be careful when you go there."

"Don't worry, I have a plan."

"Is there anything I can do for you? Do you want me to give you a flying boat to take you to the Blood River?"

"No, an immortal flying boat would be too conspicuous. If I take the boat, the Heavenly Demon Sect on the other side of the Blood River will be informed early..."

Yun Yiyi lowered her eyes with some disappointment and sighed. "If I had better aptitudes like Sister Pei, I could always be by your side to help you."

"Why are you so sad?" Ye Anping stroked her head. "Even if you had the same qualifications as my sister, I wouldn't take you with me. It's a life-and-death situation there. Just stay at the back. I don't want you to do the same thing as Jiujiu..."

"Come to think of it… Did Jiujiu come to see you in the past month?"

"No, she occasionally came to drink with Feng Yu Die. Every time I went there, she left. It should be that the Sword Sect has a lot of things to do, right? She is the Second Lady of the Sword Sect after all."

"Well..."

Yun Yiyi nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything more.

But vaguely, she could also sense a slight change in her second sister.

In fact, she had taken the time to find Yun Jiujiu before, thinking of dragging her to Ye Anping for a good chat, but every time she talked about this, Yun Jiujiu always found an excuse to refuse, either to discipline the disciples of Sword Wine Peak or to say that an Elder was looking for her.

Anyway, observing her second sister's look, it was obvious that she didn't want to see Ye Anping.

As Yun Yiyi was thinking about this, Ye Anping pushed her around a corner, and there, she saw Yun Jiujiu and Feng Yu Die sitting under a bare apricot tree, drinking and playing chess not far ahead.

Yun Jiujiu seemed to have heard the clattering of the wheelchair, and she looked in her direction. When she saw Ye Anping, she immediately stood up. "No-bird, I have something urgent to do, so I'll go back now!"

"Huh?"

Feng Yu Die was still thinking about chess, but when she looked up at Yun Jiujiu, she had already turned around and was running away along the corridor.

Ye Anping was a little puzzled. He was not blind. It was obvious that Yun Jiujiu was avoiding him lately. He subconsciously thought that he had pricked her too hard when he had treated her with acupuncture before... 

He pushed Yun Yiyi over and asked, "Yu Die, what's wrong with Jiujiu?" 

"Ah? Master Ye, you guys are up... She said she had something urgent to do and left." 

"Is that so..." 

Feng Yu Die's hair swayed left and right, and she weakly looked at Yun Yiyi sitting in the wheelchair. "Miss Yun, why are you in a wheelchair again? Weren't you fine yesterday?"

Yun Yiyi looked at Feng Yu Die's innocent eyes and covered her mouth, laughing. "Pfft– Miss Feng, you have been with Anping for so long, don't you know that he is very fierce in this regard? As long as he lets go, no girl in this world can stand it..."

Feng Yu Die shrank her neck. "I haven't practiced dual cultivation with Young Master Ye... Hehe..."

"Huh? No?"

Yun Yiyi was surprised, and she looked up at Ye Anping in confusion. "I remember Miss Feng was by Anping's side for a long time, and I thought you guys were..."

"Ahem--"

Ye Anping coughed immediately, interrupting their conversation. "Yu Die, go pack up. We will leave Heavenly Sorrow City soon and head directly to the Heavenly Demon Sect."

"...Oh."

Feng Yu Die looked at Ye Anping's pants thoughtfully, then agreed to go back to her room to pack up, but after walking a few steps, she seemed to remember something and took out a beautifully packaged mahogany box from the table with chess pieces.

"Oh, right! Master Ye, Jiujiu asked me to give this to you."

"Hmm?"

Ye Anping took the package and opened it. In the mahogany box was a small wine jar with a well-sealed lid. The wine jar was carved with an exquisite double sword totem.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the wine brewed by Yun Jiujiu herself.

In the game, at the end of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect's side quest that triggered the Yun Jiujiu love letter event, she would give the wine she brewed to the player before she died in battle, which was considered proof of full favorability level.

The effect of the wine was mediocre, and players generally chose to sell it in the store. After all, this wine could be sold for fifty thousand spirit stones, which was quite a lot in the early stage.

So...

Did he "fill" Yun Jiujiu's favorability level by accident?

"..."

Ye Anping smiled helplessly but did not refuse. He put the wine into the storage bag and said, "Yiyi, tell Jiujiu that I don't drink, but I accept the gift."

Yun Yiyi also understood the meaning of this wine. Her second sister treated the wine she brewed as a treasure and never gave it to anyone, not even letting others drink a sip. The meaning of giving wine was self-evident.

But after hearing Ye Anping's answer, she understood that it was probably a refusal.

"Don't you want to consider it?"

"No, I'll always treat her as my sister-in-law."

"Okay, I'll tell her later."

Yun Yiyi sighed slightly. She didn't mind it, but if Ye Anping didn't agree, she wouldn't say much. She would just have to talk to Yun Jiujiu later.

At this time, a heavy sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the garden.

"Hehe… as expected."

The old voice surprised Ye Anping a little, and he turned his head to look.

An old man with white hair and a long beard came in, accompanied by several Bright Star Sect disciples.

Yun Yiyi felt that the old man was a mortal, but the Bright Star Sect disciples beside him were all inner disciples in the Nascent Soul stage. She was a little confused until Ye Anping bowed and said, "Greetings, Patriarch Zu". 

Then, she suddenly understood.

"Greetings, Immortal Zu Yuan..."

"Hehe... What immortal, I am just an old man now."

Zu Yuan waved his hand and laughed self-deprecatingly. Then, he glanced at Yun Yiyi and Feng Yu Die, saw Yun Yiyi sitting in a wheelchair, looking a little weak, and knew at a glance how she got the wheelchair.

Then, he waved his hand with a smile. "Young man Ye, let's chat?"

"Well... Yu Die, push Yiyi to the back room."

Feng Yu Die nodded, took Yun Yiyi's wheelchair, and pushed her to the corridor. Zu Yuan also asked several Bright Star Sect disciples who came with him to withdraw outside the garden.

An old man and a young man sat on both sides of the stone table under the tree.

Ye Anping didn't know why Zu Yuan came here in person. After sitting down, he asked respectfully, "Master Zu, you are now an ordinary man. The demonic energy in the Eastern Region is very intense... It's not a good idea to come here, right?"

"I have lived for more than ten thousand years. This demonic energy can't stop me!" Zu Yuan stroked his beard, smiling. "I heard that Yun Tianchong led the Sword Sect to conquer Heavenly Sorrow City in one day. I was wondering where he got such a great ability but seeing you here… it makes sense."

"Uh... I didn't do anything."

"If you didn't do anything, how could Yun Tianchong with a few thousand Sword Sect disciples take over Heavenly Sorrow City?"

"..."

Ye Anping was not used to being praised like this, and he bowed awkwardly before pouring him a cup of tea. "What is your purpose for coming here?"

"Across the Blood River is the Heavenly Demon Sect. Once the Heavenly Demon Sect is destroyed, the war will be over. After all, I am the former leader of the Bright Star Sect. How could I not come to see the result with my own eyes?"

"Ah so..."

"Another reason is to see how you are doing. Sun Juehu has bad intentions... You know the relationship between her and your cultivation partner, right?"

Ye Anping reacted and nodded. "Of course I know, and I have a plan."

"It's good to have a plan. If you need any help from the Bright Star Sect, just ask. You have taken my spiritual root, so you are my successor. Although I can't make you the Young Master of the Bright Star Sect, if you ask, they will naturally help you with all they have. "

"I don't need anything, but thank you for your kindness, Master Zu."

"Hehe... I am looking forward to seeing that brat Red Moon sitting in a wheelchair. I hope you don't die in the middle of dual cultivation."

"...I will try my best."

"Then, I will wait and see... Hehe-- come, play a game with me."

Ye Anping smiled and nodded, then put away the chess pieces on the chessboard on the table. "Of course I will accompany you..."

...

The sun that rose from the east slowly came to the middle of the sky. 

Ye Anping played a game of chess with Zu Yuan in the garden of the Blood Prison Mansion. Meanwhile, Gu Mingxin and Feng Yu Die packed up their things, so they did not stay any longer.

The three of them walked out of the main gate of the Blood Prison Mansion at noon before taking off on their flying swords.

"Then, I will take my leave. Master Zu, please take care. Yiyi, you too..."

"Sure." 

"Anping, be careful on the road..."

After exchanging a few words with the people who came to see him off, Ye Anping looked at the sky, then took Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin. They turned into three green rays rising from Heavenly Sorrow City, and then turned at a right angle before flying straight to the northwest.

However, Ye Anping did not notice that there was someone at the entrance of a dark alley across the street from the Blood Prison Mansion.

Yun Jiujiu gripped the wall, poking her head out and watching him, Feng Yu Die, and the other one until the three disappeared into the clouds. Then, she let out an anguished sigh.

"Damn… Sigh..."

She took the wine gourd at her waist, raised her head, and took a sip. Then, she wiped her mouth and turned around, preparing to go back to the City Lord's Mansion.

However, just as she turned around and took a step in her clogs, the sound of wheels came from a distance.

Yun Yiyi rushed over in her wheelchair and smirked at her. "Jiujiu… are you attracted to Anping?"

Yun Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, then cursed with a frown. "...What the hell!! He is my brother-in-law!"

But when she turned around and saw Yun Yiyi sitting in a wheelchair, she frowned and asked, "Is brother-in-law really that manly? You slept with him almost every day for the past month, right?"

"... Anping has too much yang energy, which is a disease." Yun Yiyi shrugged and answered. "He asked me to tell you that he doesn't drink, but he accepted the pot of wine you gave him."

Yun Jiujiu frowned when she heard it, but she understood and pouted. "Damn, so prissy. If you don't like it, don't like it, but why do you say such roundabout words..." 

"But if Anping is willing to accept you, I don't mind it. If it doesn't work, how about you be my dowry girl and we marry him together?" 

"Ah?! Who the hell wants to be your dowry girl?! Get lost!" 

"With your temper, if you don't want to be my dowry maid, you won't be able to get married in the future." 

Yun Jiujiu rolled her eyes at her, turned around, and walked out, shouting, "So what if I can't get married. If I can't get married, then I won't!! What's the big deal..."

Yun Yiyi sighed and turned her wheelchair to follow. "If you don't get married, how can you carry on the family line? If Anping and I don't have any offspring, you and Yun Xi must have at least one child, otherwise the Yun family will be extinct. Grandfather's legacy must be passed on..."

"...Sister, why are you so nagging? What is so urgent? I can live for at least a few thousand years, and sooner or later, I will meet someone as pleasing to me as my brother-in-law..."

"So, you really like Anping..."

"Hiss-- Sister, why are you... Are you trying to trick me again?! "

"Hmm~" Yun Yiyi shrugged slightly as she followed Yun Jiujiu. "What if thousands of years have passed and you haven't met anyone you like?"

"Let's talk about the future later… If it really doesn't work..."

"...If it really doesn't work?"

"I'll just ask my brother-in-law to lend me his bird to give birth to a child."

"?!"

"Sister, if you keep saying this, I'm going to beat you up!! My brother-in-law and the others are gone, and we have to prepare to cross the river… Where is Dad?"

"...Alas, he should be helping the Bright Star Sect to besiege the Hedonistic Sect… By the way, borrow a bird? Who taught you this?"

"Heh, I won't tell you!! Forget it..."

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