Chapter 666: She’s in his heart
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Kong Xiang Yi’s face was burning when she heard what Sima You Yue said. She never thought that Ximen Feng would help her out of this situation. When she thought of what Sima You Yue said, she felt as if she didn’t know how to face him anymore.
She thought of just leaving for now, but she had come to look for him for something, so she had no choice but to remain in the courtyard and wait for him with her blushing face.
Ximen Feng brought Sima You Yue directly to the bed and changed her blanket.
“I know that Xiang Yi came to look for you for something. Go ahead.” Sima You Yue said to Ximen Feng after she lay down.
Just now, she had teased her again and again, but Kong Xiang Yi, who had left for a long time to check out the news of that situation, would definitely have brought back some news to discuss with Ximen Feng.
Ximen Feng guessed it too and helped her smooth out her blanket before instructing, “Lie down properly. If you want to go out, I can bring you out for some sun again tomorrow.”
“Okay.” Sima You Yue replied.
Ximen Feng walked out and she said to him as he opened the door, “If you want to head out, remember to take Little Roc with you.”
“Okay.” Ximen Feng knew that if he brought Little Rco with him, a whole group of old birds would definitely tag along. Otherwise, he would also be able to find some other bird clan to accompany them.
She was truly worried about him. She guessed that the one who attacked him back then was extremely strong, and knew that he would go back for revenge. Since he wouldn’t be able to eradicate them at the root, at the very least, he should do something that would cause them to spit blood.
Little Roc would not have to step on the battlefield personally, but the same wasn’t so for those protecting him. Especially so for that time when something happened to Sima You Yue. It was because the opponents had forced Ximen Feng to release his seal. That’s why Little Roc and the others wanted to take revenge on Sima You Yue’s behalf as well!
Sima You Yue was aware of how Little Roc and the others felt, which was why she said what she did earlier.
She thought of how Ximen Feng looked so worried when he left, and let out a soft sigh, “Sigh, my injuries to my soul and consciousness are really problematic this time.”
She character was one that made it hard for her to sit still, so with her forced bed rest these few days, it was truly torture!
Ximen Feng came to the courtyard, and when Kong Xiang Yi saw him, her blush that she just managed to get rid of, appeared on her cheeks once again.
“She’s been bored these few days, so she was just joking with you.” Ximen Feng unconsciously explained when he saw her acting this way.
“Then.. what do you really think?” Although Kong Xiang Yi’s cheeks were red, she still looked fiercely into Ximen Feng’s eyes.
They were the only two left behind, and he was already well aware of how she felt, so she naturally wanted to hear his reply as well.
If she held any place in his heart, all her feelings these past few years would finally receive their reply. However, if she had no place there, what was she to do? Give up?
No! She liked him, and she wouldn’t let go of him easily. If he really cared nothing for her, then she would just remain by his side, so that she would be the only one he could see. Maybe then, she would get her wish one day?
Although she had already prepared her heart, she couldn’t help that it was beating quicker. Would he respond to her? Or would he avoid it like he always did?
To her surprise, Ximen Feng raised his hand and tucked a loose strand of hair that the wind had tossed about behind her ear. “My current status isn’t good enough for you.”
Kong Xiang Yi’s heart that had been fluttering about in the skies because of his action fell to the ground in one fell swoop. So it was this kind of answer…
However, he had actually tucked her hair behind her ear. This was a vast improvement from the past.
She was secretly encouraging herself when Ximen Feng spoke again.
Ximen Feng retracted his hand, saying, “If I want to be with you, I have to be good enough for you. However, this might take me a long time. Are… are you willing to wait for me?”
Her heart that had fallen to the ground, was once again lifted up high to the sky. When she saw his serious gaze, she was suddenly crying tears of joy as she hugged him. She cried out happily, “I’m willing to wait for you. No matter how long it takes. Ah, Feng, I’m so happy. I’m really so happy. I thought that you didn’t care about me at all. What do I do? I’m so happy I could die!”
Kong Xiang Yi, who was usually arrogant and cold towards others, he who was used to treating her as his master who always had to reign in her anger, when he saw this little girl who was so excited that she didn’t know what to do, his icy expression couldn’t help but soften.
“Cough cough…”
When Jing Wen entered the courtyard and saw the two of them, he coughed lightly and Kong Xiang Yi immediately released Ximen Feng.
She wanted to stick to Ximen Feng, but she knew that he didn’t like being this way in front of others.
“You guys are here whispering sweet nothings to each other, but have you already finished discussing the main thing?” Jing Wen walked over and commented. When he saw how out of it the two were, he knew that they definitely didn’t.
He knew it!
“Jing Wen, you’re here?” Sima You Yue’s voice carried out from inside the house, but it sounded weak as ever. “Since you’re here, why don’t you come here and chat with me?”
“Sure!” Jing Wen walked in happily, but before he went in, he didn’t forget to turn around the tell them, “If you want to continue cooing to each other, remember to finish discussing the main thing first!”
“Since you know that they want to whisper sweet nothings to each other, then why don’t you quickly get your ass in here!” Sima You Yue ordered from inside.
“Aiyah, aren’t I already here?” Jing Wei pushed the door open and entered, but he didn’t close it behind him.
Although he wasn’t around often, his relationship with Sima You Yue had grown quite a bit.
That **** didn’t know who Jing Wen was ever since she came back from the sect. However, seeing how he had treated Ximen Feng, she guessed that he was a doctor. Later on, after getting him to act, she confirmed that it was such. After that, when she had woken up, she knew finally knew that he was the one who had made the Protection Pill that Dear Feng said was effective.
He had refined the protection pill personally, which meant that he was a famous alchemist!
In the beginning, she thought that Jing Wen was someone from the Kong Valley. It was only later on that she knew that he was a friend of Ximen Feng and Kong Xiang Yi, and was someone who was on good terms with them.
Since he was a good friend of her younger brother, she accepted him as a friend as well. After she had awoken and Jing Wen had seen her, she casually conversed with him some questions about medical arts and alchemy.
Jing Wen was initially in awe of her, and after interacting with her more, it turned into worship. Because he didn’t know that she was female, he often came to chat with her. Ximen Feng couldn’t say it outright either, so he just said that he wasn’t allowed to close the door behind him after going inside the house.
Jing Wen felt that his request was rather strange, but he still agreed good naturedly.
Now that he heard that Sima You Yue had called him in for a chat, it was natural for him to run in without hesitation!
After being teased once again, Kong Xiang Yi was really beyond herself with embarrassment. Ximen Feng glanced at Sima You Yue’s room before saying lightly, “Let’s talk outside.”
When he mentioned business, Kong Xiang Yi became as she normally was as she followed him outside with a nod.
They left Sima You Yue’s courtyard and went to a secluded place, where Ximen Feng finally asked, “What did you find out?”
Chapter 667: Jing Wen’s invitation
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Kong Xiang Yi handed over the item she was inspecting over to Ximen Feng, saying, “The ones who attacked me were the Orchid Redolence Sect and Innumerable Scarlet Cloud Sect.”
“How did those two sects end up working together?” Ximen Feng was rather puzzled when he saw the item in her hand.
“Strange, right?” Kong Xiang Yi said, “Innumerable Scarlet Cloud Sect appears to be on good terms with our Kong Valley, but who would have known that he would have plotted against us like this behind our backs.
“Yeah. I didn’t expect that so many problems would arise for the Kong valley after news of the ore vein had been leaked. “Ximen Feng said, “Have we found out who was the one who spread the news of the ore vein?”
“We have. Father and the others have already dealt with him.” Kong Xiang Yi said, “The fact that we have discovered that ore vein has really evoked jealousy in others.
“Did anything else happen apart from this?” Ximen Feng asked.
“Yeah.” Kong Xiang Yi said, “We found out that Orchid Redolence Sect’s head is leaving the sect today. Do you have any interest in going to kill him?”
“Was he part of the people who surrounded us?”
“Orchid Redolence Sect was part of the team he led.”
“When do we head out?”
“Now.”
“Such a rush?”
“We have to set up an ambush first, and Lan Fang’s clansmen are about to head out.”
“Alright, give me a moment.”
Ximen feng wanted to look for Little Roc. Sima You Yue said that he had to take him along if he wanted to head out. However, before he had taken two steps, he saw Little Roc walking over with a group of people.
“Yue Yue said that you would definitely head out, and that we were to go with you.” Little Roc said.
Ximen Feng was rather surprised when he saw the people by Little Roc’s side. Didn’t they come from inside the spirit pagoda? What were they doing outside? Could it be that the spirit pagoda’s existence had been revealed to Jing Wen?
“Jing Wen stayed in the house for only a short while before Yue Yue chased him away.” Little Roc explained.
“That’s good. You guys can come with us.”
Kong Xiang Yi took out a temporary array and placed it on the ground before activating it. Then, she led the group of them out of the heavenly city.
Ima You Yue was unable to feel the happenings of the outside, but she guessed that Ximen Feng and the others had already left as she lay on the bed and thought about what Jing Wen had told her about just now.
He said, “You Yue, you should quickly get better okay? This way, we can participate in the great alchemy master’s gathering in Chimes city.”
She wasn’t that interested in the meeting of alchemists, but she was rather interested in what he said after that.
“It’s just a meeting of the alchemists, what are you so excited about?”
“Of course I’m excited. There will be a competition held in the alchemist meeting in Chimes city. I heard that many genius alchemists will participate.”
“I don’t know those people, so I’m not interested.” Sima You Yue said with a yawn.
“I heard that many alchemists will come in from the inner regions.” Jing Wen said.
“You’re interested just because they’re from the inner regions? Aren’t they just regular people with a nose and two ears?”
“You just don’t understand.” Jing Wen said mysteriously, “The alchemy methods of those from the inner regions are different from us. If they competed with us, we would be able to watch them refine pills.”
“Oh.” Sima You Yue was still wondering what he was so interested in, but she didn’t think that he was just interested in their methods. It was a pity that just being able to watch those methods a few times without someone instructing you made it impossible for you to learn how.
“You just said ‘oh’?” Jing Weng was dissatisfied with Sima You Yue’s response.
“If this were in the past, I might have been more animated. But now, I think that the most important thing for me is to become stronger.”
“You can take your time to grow stronger, but it’s not everyday that the alchemist meeting takes place. Especially such an extensive one.”
“Oh. I’m still young, so I can just go take a look at the next one.” Sima You Yue said, “In any case, I’m still a student of the sect. I can’t go just because I want to.”
“Heavenly Sect is participating as well.” Jing Wen said.
It was only now that Sima You Yue became interested. She raised her eyes and glanced at him, saying, “You know a lot.”
“Of course.” Jing Wen said proudly, “Not only do I know that the Heavenly Sect is participating, I also know who has ever participated and lost. However, the person seems to be very interested in the meeting this time, so I’m guessing they’ll join again.”
Sima You Yue thought about it in her heart. This couldn’t be the thing that Yuan Shao Jie wanted her to do, right? Could it be he wanted her to join and snatch the title?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt like it might be possible. However, it wasn’t for sure, so she didn’t let it show on her expression.
“Then, when will the meeting be?”
“It’s one year away.” Jing Wen said, “That’s why, if you want to participate, you have to recover within a year. The mental state is the most important to an alchemist. However, it’s also the mental aspect that is the hardest to recover. It takes the longest time and now that you’ve injured it so heavily, you might take a year and a half’s time to recover fully.”
“This isn’t something you can rush.” Sima You Yue said.
“You’re right as well, though. You’re still young. If you participate in the next one, you might still be young enough to qualify.” Jing Wen pacified her.
“There’s a restriction on age as well?”
“Of course. This is one of the regulations. Those who participate in the meet might are of all ages. However, those who are allowed to compete have to be two hundred years and below.” Jing Wen said, “My age just about qualifies. If I wait for the next one, I’ll be too old.”
Sima You Yue appraised him for a moment before saying softly, “So you’re secretly an old coot!”
Old- an old coot? Did he look that old?
Sima You Yue lay on the bed and pondered about whether or not this was the same thing that Yuan Shao Jie was talking about. However, she would never get the answer just by thinking about it, so she couldn’t be bothered to think any further.
At this moment, Little Seven ran in, so she played with her for a while.
“Little Seven, why does it seem as if you’re deathly afraid of Principal Yuan?”
Little Seven heard her mention Yuan Shao Jie as she pursed her lips, saying, “I can’t defeat him, and he always locks me in a black room. I hate the black room. He doesn’t allow me to leave the sect grounds either.”
Up till now, a part of her body was still in that black room! However, she didn’t say this because she didn’t want You Yue to think that she was a weirdo!
Lock in a black room? Could it be that the principal was a tyrant?
This didn’t seem to be the case. Master and Martial Uncle never mentioned that he had this hobby. In that case, was he just protecting Little Seven? Could it be that it was dangerous for Little Seven outside?
Although she didn’t know what Little Seven was, she guessed that Principal Yuan didn’t let her leave the sect grounds because it was too dangerous.
However, why did he agree to let Little Seven stay with her outside?
Chapter 668: Advanced in rank by sleeping
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She called out a single scarlet bee and said, “Little Seven, can you take it with you in the future whenever you go out?”
“Take this little bee?” Little Seven took the scarlet bee. She was predisposed towards this kind of spirit bees that could communicate information, and she took it and placed it in her hair.
When the scarlet bee held on to her hair and stopped moving, it looked like a hair decoration.
“This is my bee. I have a contract with their Queen, and if you keep it with you, it will be able to notify me if you encounter any dangerous situation.” Sima You Yue explained.
Little Seven was extremely touched. She knew that You Yue was really good to her and was truly afraid that she would end up in trouble. Although she guessed that her identity might bring her problems, she didn’t ask her to leave. Instead, she had left a bee by her side.
She touched the bee in her hair and fully accepted her in her head. If you said that she was initially by her side only because of a secret motive, then now it was because of her loyalty.
“Little Seven, you can stay in the courtyard and play. Don’t go outside. I’m a little tired and want to sleep for a bit.” Sima You Yue felt a little weary and fell asleep immediately.
Little Seven knew that Sima You Yue slept a lot more ever since she got injured. This was because she got tired easily after being awake for a while.
After thinking for a moment, she climbed down from the bed and stood by the bedside. She bit her finger and let her fresh blood drip into Sima You Yue’s mouth.
One, two, three… she dripped a total of nine drops inside her mouth until You Yue couldn’t accept it anymore before she retracted her hand.
Inside her dream, You Yue felt as if she was trapped inside a cocoon and couldn’t move. But suddenly, it was as if she had drunk a type of sweet fruit juice. It tasted delicious and she hurriedly gulped it down. It was so fragrant that her brain immediately became rather sharp. The cocoon that had trapped her was gone and she immediately broke out of it.
Little Seven sat on the stool and watched as Sima You Yue advanced in rank. She could sense that her mental state had improved by quite a bit and smiled with satisfaction.
Although Sima You Yue was in a deep sleep, the advance in rank caused her to wake up. She hurriedly sat up as she crossed both legs, entering a state of sultivation to advance in rank smoothly.
When she had finished advancing in rank, she opened her eyes and watched as Little Seven beamed at her from the small stool she sat on. She was confused by what she saw.
“Did I just advance in rank?”
Little Seven nodded.
“It wasn’t a dream?”
Little Seven shook her head.
“How did I advance in rank?”
“I don’t know. You did it while you were sleeping.” Little Seven said innocently.
She advanced in rank by sleeping?
Sima You Yue was really speechless. Could a person really advance in rank by sleeping? The answer was definitely no.
“My mental state has improved a lot!” She realised that her mental state was much better. She always felt tired before, but she felt really good now.
Of course, this was still a far cry from a complete recovery, but in comparison to her constant dazed state, this was definitely so much better!
She glanced at Little Roc. Did she have something to do with her advancement in rank? She would never believe that she could advance in rank just by sleeping!
She could smell a light scent coming from herself as she breathed. It was the same smell as the one she smelt in her dream. She guessed that Little Seven must have fed something to her that caused her to advance in rank.
“Thanks, Little Seven.” She said gratefully.
“Hehe.” Little Seven merely giggled, refusing to admit to anything while denying nothing. She knew that Sima You Yue wouldn’t force it out of her if she didn’t want to say anything.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to tell You Yue who she really was, but she knew that if You Yue knew, she wouldn’t treat her this way anymore. If she didn’t tread around her carefully, she might plot against her. She liked how things were now.
Sima You Yue really didn’t continue to pry. She sensed her current level of power and felt that her speed of advancement was too fast.
She stayed in the Ninth Star Ocean for less than a year, and with the help of her adopted father, she raised from the rank of a Divine King to the rank of a Divine Overlord. Right now, only three more months had passed before she surpassed the rank of a divine overlord and entered the first rank of a divine Saint. This was faster than the speed of a rocket!
However, although she increased in a whole rank this time, her spirit beasts didn’t. They had just advanced, so they needed a lot more power. A single advancement in rank wasn’t enough for them to increase theirs as well.
However, they still grew a lot stronger. If You Yue were to advance in rank again, they wouldn’t be too far behind.
First ranked spirit saint. She really wanted to go into the spirit pagoda to test out her new power as s spirit saint. However, with Little Seven around, she couldn’t actually do it.
Sima Lie and the others could sense the fluctuations of her advance in rank as well and they all rushed towards her courtyard. She was hurt, so it probably wasn’t her. Ximen Feng and the others had left as well, so it definitely wasn’t them. As such, they were worried whether or not someone with malicious intent had broken in. They were worried that the person would harm You Yue.
However, when they came to her courtyard and saw Sima You Yue walking to the front door, they were stunned.
That aura that had yet to stabilise… didn’t it belong to an advanced spirit saint? She had advanced to the spirit saint rank?
“You Yue. The one who advanced just now… was you?” Yin Lan asked tentatively.
“Yeah.” Sima You Yue smiled.
“You… how did you advance? Aren’t you injured?”
Sima You Yue thought about it for a moment and said, “I don’t know either. I was sleeping when I advanced.”
Pfft-
Everyone was stunned. She could advance in rank just by sleeping?
“Ha ha ha, regardless of how you did it, it’s great that you did!” Sima Lie guffawed, “Has your mental state recovered?”
“Not completely. But it’s a lot better.” Sima You Yue said with a smile, “It needs a bit more, but I just have to nurture it a little more.”
They knew she had spirit fluid, so her nourishment should refer to that.
“Great! Great! It’s great that it’s great!” Sima Lie was ecstatic. Sima You Yue’s previous condition had given him great heartache. She was always weak and listless. It was better for her to be like this now.
Yin Lan, Sang Mo Yu and Bei Gong Hang were happy for her as well, once they got over the initial shock. Sima Lie was right. Regardless of how she advanced in rank, as long as she didn’t use any deviant methods, it was a good thing.
“The way you are now is truly so much better. You Yue, you have to be careful in the future. You shouldn’t do something so dangerous anymore.” Yin Lan saw that Sima You Yue was the same as her daughter. She had fallen unconscious from her wounds, causing her heartache as wlel.
“I’ll take note.” Sima You Yue said.
She would take note in the future not to use so much of her mental energy to enter such a formless place. Initially, whenever her mental energy drained, she only needed a month’s worth of rest to heal up. However, because she entered that formless place, she needed around a year and a half’s worth of time.
She suddenly glanced at a space in the air and felt as if she saw some kind of ripple.
Her mental state had yet to fully recover, but she was still slightly more powerful than they were. A ripple that close to her was one that she could still sense.
An opening appeared in the air as a group of people walked out from there. When they saw Sima You Yue inside the courtyard, they immediately pounced…
Chapter 669: Mother and the rest are here
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Sima You Yue immediately grabbed Shui Qing Man, who had run over to her, and said with puzzlement, “Mother, what are you doing here?”
“I heard that you were unconscious because of your injuries, so I came over. How are you doing?” Shui Qing Man released Sima You Yue and looked her once over.
“I’m okay, I’m almost completely healed.” Sima You Yue knew that she was checking her out, “Mother, it’s not yet time for you to come and get your medication. How did you find out that I got injured?”
“Because something happened, so I sent some people over to find you. After that, they told me that you were injured when they returned.”
“But what happened to our clan? Did we fight with another clan?” Sima You Yue asked with care.
“Indeed.” Shui Qing Man said.
“You Yue, since they came to visit you, why don’t you head inside the house to continue the talk?” Sima Lie reminded her.
Shui Qing Man smiled at Sima Lie, “You must be You Yue’s grandfather? I am her adopted mother. Based on seniority, I should call you uncle.”
Wu La Xiu and the others who were standing behind them pursed their lips. Why did their mother just pull their statuses down like that?
He came in front of Sima You Yue and said, “What’s going on with you? When the one who reported came back to us, he told us that you were gravely injured, giving us a huge scare. At that time, Mother said that she wanted to come here immediately, but things were too dire back then and we couldn’t make it.”
“It was rather serious back then, but I’m already better now.” Sima You Yue said, “Did you fight with others? If so, then what are you doing here?”
“With father and eldest and second brother around, it will be fine. Anyway, we’re locked in a stalemate so it’ll be fine for us to step out for a moment.” Wu La Er said.
“Eldest Bro and the others said that if it were not for the fact that they were caught up in battle, they would have come to look for you as well.” Wu La Xiu said.
“Let’s go. We can talk inside.” Sima You Yue spoke as she held on to Shui Qing Man’s arm and led her inside the house. She introduced them along the way.
“Child, tell me what happened back then. Who hurt you? I’ll get your brothers to take revenge on your behalf!” Shui Qing Man asked as she patted Sima You Yue’s hand.
“Mother, nobody hurt me. I was merely careless and entered a chaotic world.” Sima You Yue said a little sheepishly.
“How did you end up entering the chaotic world? Don’t mess with me. I want to know every single thing.”
“How do I explain this? Back then, when I was making a deal with Eldest Bro, I wanted the Black Sea cucumber because I wanted to use it to heal my younger brother. You know this, too.” Sima You Yue said.
“Yes, I’ve heard your eldest brother mention it.” Shui Qing Man said, “What does this have to do with your injuries?”
“It didn’t at first.” Sima You Yue continued to explain, “Dear Feng happened to end up in a wrong place and a strange power entered his body, which I sealed away later on. In the past, I was collecting medicinal ingredients because I wanted to exterminate that power in his body.
“Since it’s been sealed away, it shouldn’t be difficult to deal with it. How did it cause you to fall in such a dangerous situation?”
“It wasn’t dangerous in the beginning.” Sima You Yue said, “However, someone surrounded us. At that moment, things were dire and so he forcefully broke the seal, releasing that power. The situation then turned extremely dangerous. At that time, I exhausted my mental energy to save him, so I accidentally entered the chaotic world.”
“You really… sigh. There must be a limit to rescuing people. How could you throw yourself into the fire?” Shui Qing Man said. Her accusatory gaze caused Sima You Yue to retreat immediately.
“Yes yes yes, I’ll take note in the future.”
“It’s all because of those people who surrounded Dear Fear. If it were not for them, it wouldn’t have gotten so complicated.” Wu La Xiu spat angrily.
“Exactly.” Wu La Er agreed, “Do you know who those people are?”
“Dear Feng has already gone to check it out, so there’s no need for us to do anything.” Sima You Yue said, “what’s going on with the people that you told me about earlier? The ones you’re fighting with?”
“Isn’t it none other than the damned eel clan. In the past, when we were rushing about trying to save mother, all the clans remained low key, but that eel clan dared to forget who the boss of the place was!” Wu La Xiu said.
“So you guys fought because of this?”
“Hmph, when we sent you off, we caught a few damned eels. They actually dared sent scouts to check out the situation. The previous time when you were advancing in rank, we already caught a few of them. Now that they’re back again, father is enraged and brought a few people with him to have a talk with them. However, the tall eventually fell through and they started fighting.”
“You guys have been laying low these past few years, but you didn’t really become much weaker. Why can’t you defeat the eel clan?” Sima You Yue didn’t understand.
When she was in the Ninth Star Ocean, she got rather familiar with how powerful the violet water clan was. The eels were not their opponents at all.
“It’s because they’ve teamed up with the Water Dragon clan.” Wu La Er explained, “The Water Dragon Clan is a little weaker than us, but when the two are together, it’s still quite hard to defeat them. It’s a good thing that you left us quite a few pills before you left, which is why we haven’t lost yet. However, we’ve used up most of the pills already.
“Then, how long can you stay this time?” Sima YOu Yue asked.
“Ten days?” Shui Qing Man said, “This was our estimated time, but since you’re fine, we might go back earlier.”
“Mother, since you’ve come, you should wait for a moment. I’ll refine a few more pills that you can take back with you.” Sima You Yue said.
“You haven’t healed yet!” Wu La Xiu disagreed.
“I’ve recovered most of my mental strength. Although I’m not as good as I used to be, it shouldn’t be a problem for me to refine those pills. I’m already at the point where I’m so familiar with it that it comes naturally to me.” Sima You Yue said.
“Forget it. If you do this, it’ll hurt us watching you.” Shui Qing Man said.
“Mother, don’t worry. I won’t put myself in danger anymore.” Sima You Yue said, “I’m going to return to the sect. I’ll find my friends and ask them to refine pills with me so that we can have more of them. Mother, this should be your first time on the continent, right? Just take this place as your own home. You can let Aunty Lan and the others take you around for a walk.”
“Mother, since Tenth Bro has already said so, we should stay behind.” Wu La Xiu said, “Didn’t you say before that you wanted to see how humans lived? We can stay here and take a good look.”
“Alright then, but we can’t stay long.” Shui Qing Man initially worried quite a bit for Sima You Yue, but now that she had seen that she was quite alright, she was now worried about the Ninth Star Ocean again.
“Good. I’ll stay home today and accompany you guys, then I’ll go back to find help tomorrow.” Sima You Yue repeated.
On the morning of the second day, she got Sima Lie and the others to take care of Shui Qing Man as she returned to the inner sect. After thinking about it, she headed to Parting Garden first.
Chapter 670: Looking for help
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Sima You Yue just entered the courtyard when Su Xiao Xiao walked in holding the broom. He cried out desperately, “Little Junior, you’re back! Have your wounds healed?”
“I’m much better now.” Sima You Yue said, “Are you cleaning again?”
“That’s right. You didn’t see how dirty the courtyard was these few days. It was really unsightly! Eldest disciple and I initially wanted to go and look for you, but Master grabbed us and got us to clean. With the principal back home, he wants us to keep things tidy. That’s why we haven’t had the time to look for you.” Su Xiao Xiao whined miserably.
“What has Master gotten you all to do?” Sima You Yue asked.
“What else? Dealing with Principal Yan’s issue. In the end, we hadn’t finished before Principal Yan returned, and he failed us upon inspection, which is why we had to continue cleaning. We just finished, so I finally had time to clean up the courtyard. It was really too dirty!”
Sima You Yue saw how angsty Xiao Xiao was, and realised that his OCD must have really caused him discomfort.
“Is eldest senior sleeping?”
“Yeah. He fell asleep the moment we returned. He hasn’t had the time to these past few days, so I’m guessing that he’ll sleep for a few days.” Su Xiao Xiao said, “Junior, you can wait in the courtyard. You can head in once I’ve tidied up your room.”
“There’s no need to trouble yourself, Senior Brother. Is Senior sister around?”
“I think so.” Su Xiao Xiao prepared to holler for Han Miao Shuang from across the room, but Sima You Yue stopped him.
“Senior Brother, there’s no need to shout. I can look for her myself.” She said while covering his mouth.
“Alright then, go ahead. I’ll continue to clean up the courtyard.” Su Xiao Xiao left holding his broom.
Sima You Yue went to Han Miao Shuang’s house. That guy had been dragged back for manual labour the past few days, and was now fast asleep inside.
Sima You Yue knocked on his door, but Han Miao Shuang ignored her. After thinking for a bit, she took out a roasted chicken drumstick and ate it.
The person inside wiggled her nose as her eyes immediately fluttered open. After a moment’s hesitation, she ran over to open the door.
“Ah, I knew you had returned. Whoa, it smells good. Do you have any for me?”
Sima You Yue saw that she was still wearing her pajamas, so she stepped inside and closed the door, “We’ll talk after you’ve put on some clothes and cleaned up.”
Although Han Miao Shuang really wanted to eat it, Sima You Yue had declared that she was to clean up. Otherwise, she wouldn’t get to eat any. As such, she hurriedly tidied herself.
Once she was done, Sima You Yue took out another bit of roasted chicken drumstick and gave it to her. Then, she asked, “Do you have anything on?”
Han Miao Shuang shook her head, “Master won’t give us anymore tasks for the time being.”
“Then I’ll need your help.” Sima You Yue said.
“What do you need help with?”
Sima You Yue took out a pill method and Han Miao Shuang took one glance at it before filling with excitement.
“This is an ancient pill recipe! How did you get it?”
“Somehow.” Sima You Yue said, “I need a lot of different pills right now. Will you and the other seniors be able to help me?”
“Is this for spirit beasts?” Han Miao Shuang guessed it the moment she saw the ingredients listed.
“Yeah.” Sima You Yue said, “How is it? Will you be able to?”
“I’ve never done it before, but the rank isn’t that high. It’s merely at rank six. It shouldn’t be a problem to refine. How many do you need and when do you need it?” Han Miao Shuang muttered.
“Ten days, including today. As for how many I need, the more the better.” Sima You Yue said.
“No problem.” Han Miao Shuang declared.
Sima You Yue took out an empty interspatial ring. Inside it was all the ingredients she needed to refine the pill.
“Eldest Senior Brother and third Senior Brother are over there, you can go and tell them. If they’re willing, you can show them the recipe as well.” Sima You Yue said.
“Alright. I’ll go over to look for them now.” Han Miao Shuang went out holding the pill recipe.
Sima You Yue held on to her, “Wait a moment before going. Third Senior Brother said that you’d just finished your tasks, so he’s cleaning the courtyard. He’ll feel uncomfortable if he doesn’t tidy it up. You can let Eldest Senior Brother sleep a bit more too.”
“Okay then.” Han Miao Shuang placed the pill recipe down as she sat down and continued to eat, “What about you?”
“I’m going to look for my friends. They know how to refine pills as well, so I’ll be with them.” Sima You Yue said, “Alright. I’ve given you the things, and I’ll be back in ten days.”
Sima You yue left Parting garden and went to look for Bei Gong Tang and Ouyang Fei. The both of them were not around, so she had no choice but to reach them using the Mother Son stone.
The both of them returned quickly.
“You Yue, you’re back! We heard that you were injured, are you okay?”
“I’m okay.” Sima You Yue said, “I came to look for you for something.”
Bei Gong Tang and Ouyang Fei exchanged glances, wondering what it was that Sima You Yue needed their help with.
“I’ve already prepared a barrier. You guys can follow me in.” You Yue brought the two of them inside her spirit pagoda after she finished speaking.
Ten days later, Sima You Yue took the ring filled full of pills and went outside.
When she arrived at the array to leave the inner sect, it was the same two people standing guard. She took out Xu Jin’s name plate and they let her go smoothly.
Once she had left, the two continued drinking, eating and chatting.
“He was the one Principal Yan was talking about?”
“Should be. Xu Jin’s disciple. Isn’t he the one?”
“The fact that Principal Yan has placed all his hopes on that chap is a little unimaginable.”
“It’s normal for the unimaginable to happen with Xu Jin’s disciple.”
“Mm. I hope that he will fulfill that wish.”
“Whether or not he can, we cannot do anything about it. Come, let’s continue to drink.”
“…”
Sima You Yue returned home where Shui Qing Man was waiting for her.
“Tenth Bro, you’re finally back. If you took any longer, we would have left.” Wu La Xiu said.
Sima You Yue saw how anxious they were and asked, “What’s wrong? Has the situation on the battlefield changed?”
“Yes. We received news yesterday that the water dragon clan has already sent their troops in. There should be a huge battle happening in these two days.” Wu La Xiu explained, “We wanted to leave yesterday, but we thought of how today was our appointed date, so we waited one more day.”
“Since that’s the case, I won’t keep you anymore.” Sima You Yue took out the interspatial ring and handed it over to Shui Qing Man, “Mother, these are the pills. Take them back. It’s just in time for you to use on the battlefield.”
Shui Qing Man observed the inside and saw that there were thousands of pill bottles as she cried out with surprise, “You refined all of these within the last few days?”
Sima You Yue knew that the number would shock her as she explained, “I refined this with a few others. You know that there are many alchemists in the inner sect.”
“Thank you, child.” Shui Qing Ma hugged her as she opened a portal and left. Wu La Er and the others said their goodbyes as well as they followed her through.
Initially, Shui Qing Man had been anxious upon receiving the news. However, she was confident upon her return. She believed that with so many pills, they would definitely survive this calamity.