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But it's hundreds of miles away, isn't it? I'm lying here perfectly fine, whose Dao heart have I disturbed, whose foundation have I destroyed?
Fu Hai pondered deeply, but ultimately could not find an answer. It was utterly baffling.
This is all nonsense, it's completely inexplicable.
He lay back down on the bed, but found himself tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He decided to get up and leave the room.
A bright crescent moon hung in the courtyard, and the night sky was filled with countless stars. Stepping outside, a cool night breeze blew, and all was quiet.
After walking for a long time, we suddenly heard a whooshing sound coming from the other side.
He followed the sound and arrived at the training ground, where he saw his junior sister Lingyue wearing a plain white dress and practicing swordsmanship under the moon. The sword Lingyue was practicing the Bright Moon Meteor Sword, with its light shining like the bright moon and its stars scattered like meteors.
Presumably, having nothing to do after her bath, she was practicing her martial arts here. Her hair was uncombed, flowing freely, and in the moonlight, it bloomed like an orchid. Fu Hai walked towards his junior sister.
Song Lingyue noticed his arrival, sheathed her sword and stood gracefully: "Shi Ke, it's so late, aren't you asleep yet?"
Fu Hai said, "I took a nap, but suddenly woke up and couldn't fall back asleep, so I came out for a walk." The two siblings walked together under the moonlight.
Fu Hai said, "This Bright Moon Meteor Sword set seems more suitable for you to cultivate, Junior Sister. It's much better than the original Shattered Moon Sword."
Song Lingyue raised her head, the moonlight shining on her serene face: "Xiao Ye's Bright Moon Meteor Sword technique requires a heart as pure as the bright moon. I could never have done that before."
Fu Hai said, "Really? I think you used to be as aloof as the bright moon. In fact, it's not just me, many people think you're hard to approach."
"It's much better now."
Song Lingyue lowered her head, slightly embarrassed.
Others think she's aloof, but she herself used to lack confidence, and because of a past family tragedy, she didn't like talking to people much.
The self we perceive is completely different from the self that others imagine.
Perhaps once the distance between people widens, it's like looking at the moon in the sky—it's hard to distinguish between imagination and reality. Song Lingyue whispered, "Senior brother is very different from what I used to think."
"Me?" Fu Hai couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did you think I was like before?" Song Lingyue whispered, "Senior brother, do you really want to hear?"
Fu Hai's heart pounded at her words, but he still forced a smile and said, "You said... no matter what you say, I won't be angry."
Song Lingyue said softly, "I used to think that Shi Ke was an upright person with a good attitude, and a pure and kind nature."
Fu Hai couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Could it be that it's not like this now?" Song Lingyue replied, "Now..."
Fu Hai was getting a little impatient with her pause: "So, what's the situation now?"
Lingyue, the junior sister, blushed slightly, turned her face away, and whispered, "Yanyan!" "Really...really?" This answer left him speechless.
"Yes!" The girl's voice hummed softly, with a hint of coquettishness that made the senior brother feel a sweet warmth in his heart.
To be called a pervert by his junior sister, Fu Hai began to question himself. He realized he had indeed lost his former innocence lately.
He looked up at the moon, reminiscing about his past self, how bright the red scarf on his chest was, how much he longed for it... Wait a minute, why did I have to be taught that "brother and sister are more exciting" and "that place is also okay"? Lingyue said.
He couldn't help but lower his head and whisper in Lingyue's ear, "Junior sister, you're actually more lecherous than me!" "What do you mean?" Lingyue turned her face away, trying to avoid his hot breath that tickled her ear. "You are!"
"No!" Lingyue jumped up and punched his chest with her little pink fist.
Then, with her hands folded behind her back, she jumped in front of him, looked up, and pouted her red lips: "No, I don't!"
"It's no use denying it now," Fu Hai laughed. "Who's been thinking all day long? Who started having wild thoughts after seeing me treat Xiao Ye?"
They even said that kind of place is also okay.
"Sure!" Shi Dui moved closer and closer, forcing Song Lingyue to bend backward while pushing him away. "Then you'll end up doing it with Xiao Ye later, won't you?" "I was helping Xiao Ye cultivate, so you're saying my thoughts are impure, you bastard."
Song Lingyue was furious. "You hugged Xiaoye from behind and went straight into her room, and now you're saying I have impure thoughts?"
My senior colleague not only started to change his demeanor, but he also became increasingly shameless. And he insisted that she was lecherous too. What do you mean, "I'm not lecherous"?
Song Lingyue realized she couldn't win an argument with Shi Ke, so she started running outside: "If you don't want to see her, go find Xiao Ye. Anyway, she's already used to being bullied by you."
Fu Hai pressed her, saying, "I wasn't making noise because I couldn't sleep. I came to keep you company because I saw you couldn't sleep."
"I'm going to sleep." "Me too." "Then why are you following me?"
"I'll take you back, junior sister. Are you getting the wrong idea again? You're such a pervert!"
"You, you."
The next morning, Fu Hai woke up in his bed.
Although I escorted Junior Sister Lingyue back to her pavilion and even stayed with her on her bed to talk, she eventually kicked me out, and I didn't wake up on her bed. After washing up, because I was going to the Goddess Temple in the afternoon, I went down the mountain to the inn in the morning to see if I needed any help.
Upon arriving, they found Lingyue already there, sitting behind the counter helping several guests check out. Two other tables in the lobby were occupied by people eating breakfast provided by the inn before heading into town. "Where's Sister Qiu Ying?" Fu Hai asked his junior sister, whispering in her ear.
Song Lingyue glanced at him and said, "The guests who reserved the superior rooms have arrived. Sister Qiu Ying is outside helping them park the car." Fu Hai exclaimed "Ah." Those who can reserve superior rooms are basically wealthy families, so they can't be rushed.
He walked around the counter and went outside. He then saw Sister Qiu Ying leading three brightly dressed young girls toward him, followed by several maids and servants.
Chapter 91 Don't come any closer!
Fu Hai observed that the three young women were all charming and beautiful, each with their own unique characteristics, and clearly all practiced martial arts. It was actually quite easy to discern whether someone practiced martial arts.
One reason is that martial artists wear flowing sleeves when they go out, for ease of movement and to avoid being pulled or tugged in close combat. Girls who don't know martial arts, on the other hand, don't have such strict rules.
After all, straight sleeves, wide sleeves, and pipa sleeves are indeed more attractive, especially wide sleeves and pipa sleeves, which give a more graceful and ethereal feel.
Then there are skirts. In order to perform light-footed skills and leap across rooftops, women who know martial arts always wear relatively short skirts, and most of them are flowing skirts or other styles of pleated skirts.
Girls who don't know martial arts can wear straight skirts, high-waisted skirts, and pleated skirts. Although both martial arts practitioners and non-martial arts practitioners can wear pleated skirts.
Normally, girls who like pleated skirts will pair them with wide-sleeved skirts or pipa skirts.
A short, loose pleated skirt paired with sleeves that taper continuously from the shoulders to the arms without any extra lace is almost always indicative of someone who practices martial arts.
These three girls were clearly quite talkative, chattering away. Along the way, they told Sister Qiu Ying a lot, "So your little Diancang Mountain is just like our Yucheng Mountain, both are prestigious sects."
One of the girls, dressed in a peach-colored flowing dress with arrow-sleeved sleeves, spoke without restraint, "You guys are doing pretty badly here, how come you've all opened inns? Back home, the surrounding farms are vast, and the rent we collect each year alone is enormous."
Another girl in a bright green pleated skirt with arrow sleeves said, "Xiangtao! Even if they are all from reputable sects, they are all different. Let's not talk about such things anymore."
The girl named Xiangtao said, "Oh dear, I just find it strange. There are plenty of people who want to learn martial arts but can't find a way. Even if we merged into a martial arts school, wouldn't that be better than running an inn? The poor study literature, the rich study martial arts; there are quite a few people willing to spend a lot of money to learn martial arts!"
Another girl, even younger, said, "It's possible that even the sect's martial arts have been lost. You might not even be able to find a single ninth-grade martial arts manual. They're just using the sect's name as a cover."
Xiangtao exclaimed in surprise, "So tragic? How did a respectable and righteous sect end up like this?"
Fu Hai's face burned. He hated people who spoke so bluntly. Besides, what could he do?
By the time it came into his possession, Little Diancang Mountain was already in this state. Qiu Ying led the three women in to investigate and found that their master was also there.
He then introduced the young woman to the three girls, saying, "This is our master, Young Master Fu Hai, who also holds the position of head of the Dragon Claw Sect of Xiaodiancang Mountain." The three girls were surprised to find that the head of Xiaodiancang Mountain was here, and so young at that.
We are all from the righteous path of the martial arts world. Even though the other party has been reduced to a mere figurehead, we should still show them the proper etiquette.
A young woman in a bright green pleated skirt with arrow-sleeved cuffs bowed and said, "I am Zhu Xiuhui from the Painting Immortal Pavilion of Jade City Mountain. These are my two junior sisters, Li Xiangtao and Zhao Xiangmei. We'll be meeting Young Master Lao during the Lantern Festival."
Fu Hai thought to himself, "Jade City Mountain Painting Immortal Pavilion? No way!"
Last night, the system inexplicably said that I had prevented some senior sister from breaking through at the Jade City Mountain Painting Immortal Pavilion, disturbing her Dao heart and damaging her foundation, thus contributing to the future rise of the martial arts world by eliminating demons.
"The Jade City Mountain Painting Immortal Pavilion has come to cause trouble today?" Fu Hai returned the greeting, saying, "You're too kind, Miss."
He quickly opened the "Completed" list in the task bar and whispered, "I've heard that your sect has a Miss Li Xianrui. I've heard of her for a long time. Would you be willing to come with me?"
The three girls, Zhu Xiuhui, Li Xiangtao, and Zhao Xiangmei, exchanged glances.
Li Xiangtao said, "So our senior sister's reputation has spread across the entire Duanyun Mountain Range, even reaching Anjun, which is far away here?"
Zhao Xiangmei chuckled, "So, Senior Sister isn't just a renowned talent from our Jade City Mountain; she's famous throughout the martial arts world." Fu Hai's scalp tingled instantly... Is there really such a person?
As the second senior sister, Zhu Xiuhui was always more composed than her two junior sisters, Ji Xiangtao and Zhao Xiangmei. She replied, "I didn't expect that you, sir, would know the name of our eldest senior sister, even though you are far away."
"It's just that our senior sister has recently made great progress in her cultivation and is about to break through in her martial arts realm. She is currently in seclusion in the mountains and cannot come for the time being."
Li Xiangtao seemed very proud: "Our senior sister is incredibly powerful. She should be able to advance to the middle rank in the next couple of days. Even in the righteous path of martial arts, there are very few people like her who can reach the middle rank at such a young age."
Fu Hai glanced at the system taskbar again.
[The host has successfully prevented Li Xianrui, the senior disciple of the Painting Immortal Pavilion on Jade City Mountain, from breaking through her cultivation, disrupting her Dao heart, and damaging her foundation, thus causing the future decline of the Dao and the rise of evil in the martial world. Congratulations!]
I didn't do anything!
Fu Hai said, "So, your senior sister is still at Jade City Mountain? What a pity, what a pity. I've heard of her for a long time and was hoping to have the chance to meet her at the Lantern Festival." He was testing the waters.
Zhu Xiuhui said, "Our senior sister is indeed still in Yucheng Mountain at this time."
So, she's all far away in Jade City Mountain, what could I possibly do to her? How could I possibly harm her foundation, causing the rise of demons and the decline of the Way?
Junior Sister Zhao Xiangmei from Yucheng Mountain said happily, "In two more days, Senior Sister will successfully break through and should still be able to make it to the Lantern Festival. She will then come to join us."
Don't come any closer!
He seemed to already see a beautiful young woman who, upon seeing him, immediately raised her eyebrows and flew into a rage. She drew her sword and slashed at him: "You demonic villain, how dare you disturb my Dao heart and destroy my foundation! I'll fight you to the death!" His small, declining Diancang Mountain sect was truly no match for a major sect like Yucheng Mountain.
Others own vast tracts of fertile land and are rolling in money just from the rent. But for a small sect like mine, even the sect leader has to stand here to greet guests. In order to earn some extra money, we have to personally participate in the lantern troupe's lion dance and demon dance.
The difference is too huge!
Fu Hai summoned his junior sister Lingyue and led the three girls from the Jade City Mountain Painting Immortal Pavilion to the Heavenly Room they had reserved in advance.
The three young girls were attended to by maids and servants, looking quite impressive. Fu Hai glanced at Qiu Ying, whose eyes were pitiful and delicate.
If our Little Cangshan Mountain really goes to war with their Yucheng Mountain, Sister Qiu Ying, you absolutely must help us! Our Dragon Claw Sect is counting on you!
Youying turned her head slightly. What's wrong with the boss now?
Fu Hai still doesn't understand how he managed to disturb the Dao heart of that senior sister from the Painting Immortal Pavilion. Therefore, he doesn't know whether he should go and lay low for a while.
After thinking it over and over, he still couldn't figure it out. After lunch, he could only go into the city and continue practicing his performance at the Goddess Temple. As soon as he arrived at the backyard of the Goddess Temple, he immediately saw Cen Yao, whom he had angered and driven away the day before.
Chapter 92 So that's what they were all about?
"Hmph!" Cen Yao stood on the golden-red lotus platform, looking down at him, then crossed her arms and arrogantly turned her face away.
Fu Hai just chuckled. You're ignoring me? I don't want to talk to you either.
Master Cheng rushed over and tried to persuade and mediate, but the two men remained silent. Master Cheng was at a loss as to what to do with them.
Actually, Master Cheng was quite worried after Cen Yao was driven away by the young owner of the Dragon Claw Inn yesterday. He was afraid that this second young lady Cen would throw a tantrum and quit.