frightfiction Chapter 525 Willing to admit defeat
Chapter 525 Willing to admit defeat
"A bet is a bet." Ye Qing'an took a deep breath: "We'll discuss the stakes later. I'm going to cultivate now."
Ye Qing'an gave Yi Moxu no more chance to speak, and turned directly to Ling Yu, instructing her: "Give me a pill to help my cultivation."
Ling Yu quickly took out a medicine bottle from her sleeve and handed it to Ye Qing'an, her face slightly flushed: "These are all seventh-grade spiritual pills that I recently refined. They are very beneficial to cultivation. Master can take them before cultivating."
"A level seven spirit pill?" Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
Ling Yu nodded: "Thanks to my constant irrigation, the spirit field has leveled up quite quickly, and it can now grow seventh-grade spirit herbs. However, it's not easy to advance beyond seventh grade..."
"It's alright, seventh rank is already very good."
“Of course it’s great.” Jiu Xiao sighed. “You have no idea how stubborn this little brat is. Every day without fail, he gets up at the exact time to water the plants, harvest the spiritual herbs, and refine the spiritual pills. Once, I was in the Cloud Dream Realm, and I saw him sleeping, when suddenly he sat up and walked towards the spiritual spring with his eyes closed.”
"I thought something had happened, but when I asked, he said it was time to water the spiritual herbs in the spiritual field. He said that if they weren't watered, the herbs wouldn't grow as well, and it wouldn't be good for the spiritual field to upgrade."
"At that moment, I thought that this child had probably gone mad."
When Ye Qing'an heard Jiu Xiao say this, he turned to look at Ling Yu and saw that the child's face was flushed, as if he was a little embarrassed and annoyed. However, he was usually taciturn and did not know how to refute.
"I didn't. I just..." Ling Yu gritted her teeth: "I just felt that if I upgraded the spirit field to the maximum level as soon as possible, it would be easier to plant anything in the future. Don't you always say that the spirit herbs outside are of low grade, but the prices are like robbery? Didn't you say that there is only a two-level difference between a fifth-grade spirit pill and a seventh-grade spirit pill, but the price difference is hundreds of times?"
“That may be true, but you don’t need to be this diligent.” Jiu Xiao clicked his tongue: “You kid, you’re just too serious.”
Seeing Ling Yu's flushed face, Ye Qing'an couldn't help but laugh: "It's good to be serious, but you also need to rest and don't rush things."
"Yes, Master." Ling Yu lowered her head and responded, but when her gaze fell on Shi Lou beside her, her expression suddenly changed: "I should go and collect the medicinal herbs."
After saying that, he hurriedly ran away.
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Jiu Xiao: "At that time, the leak was..."
“I bought it. He asked me for it.” Jiu Xiao took the initiative to speak, then coughed lightly: “I didn’t know. If I had known he was in this situation, I would never have bought this thing for him. Sigh… what a blunder.”
Ye Qing'an chuckled and said, "Let him be. He can't leave this Dreamland right now. You can keep an eye out for what he likes and buy him some of it."
"I know." Jiu Xiao clicked his tongue: "You're basically raising him like a son, but I've never seen you care about me this much."
"I've never seen you as well-behaved as Lingyu."
Jiu Xiao raised his hand and covered his mouth. He was wrong. He shouldn't have tried to out-verbally compete with Ye Qing'an.
Jiuxiao sighed and turned around, only to find another gaze fixed on him. That gaze was icy, making him shiver involuntarily.
"..."
Well, now that his master is someone who has been protected, he can't be offended.
But... isn't he the one who was being bullied?
So, he used to be bullied by Ye Qing'an alone, and now another one has come along?
Jiuxiao felt that his life was getting harder and harder...
……
Yi Moxu followed Ye Qing'an into the library. Ye Qing'an took a book from the shelf and sat down on the futon: "I spend most of my nights in the Dreamland of Cloud Dreams and usually don't go out until dawn. If you have nothing to do, you can read here. If you get sleepy, go back to your room to rest."
Yi Moxu chuckled lightly: "Miss Ye promised to repay you with her body. Now you want me to go back alone and stay in an empty room?"
"..." Ye Qing'an gritted her teeth inwardly. She couldn't beat Yi Moxu, and besides, she had indeed agreed to this matter herself.
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath: "You want me to go back to your room with you now? And tonight, I'll repay you with my body?"
Yi Moxu knew that if he nodded in agreement, Ye Qing'an would definitely keep his word.
But he couldn't bear to part with it.
Yi Moxu clicked his tongue: "I won't bother you anymore. You go ahead and cultivate. I'll just take a look around and leave in a bit. I need to go back to Li Huo Pavilion later to take care of some things."
"Hmm." Ye Qing'an's heart finally relaxed, but he remained expressionless, simply nodding slightly, lowering his head to memorize the mental techniques and secrets in the book, and then closing his eyes to cultivate.
When Ye Qing'an opened her eyes again, Yi Moxu was no longer in the Dreamland of Clouds.
It was almost dawn.
Ye Qing'an stood up and left the Cloud Dreamland. Yi Moxu had not yet returned. Ye Qing'an lay down on the bed and closed her eyes for a short rest.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Qing'an finally heard faint footsteps approaching, which must have been the servants in the courtyard starting to sweep again.
Ye Qing'an opened her eyes, pulled back the thick bed curtains, and felt a cold wind blow in. She then saw Yi Moxu standing by the window, looking out at the courtyard. The morning light was faint, illuminating Yi Moxu's tall and straight figure, outlining his silhouette as if edged with silver. This gave Ye Qing'an a strange sense of unreality, as if...
It was as if this person was about to ascend to immortality.
As if sensing the movement behind him, Yi Moxu turned around and his gaze fell on Ye Qing'an.
"woke up?"
A slightly hoarse voice rang in Ye Qing'an's ears, instantly putting her mind at ease.
"Hmm." Ye Qing'an responded, rubbing her eyes. "When did you get back? I didn't feel a sound."
Yi Moxu smiled and said, "You were asleep when I came back. I was quiet, so it's normal that you didn't notice. Are you getting up now?"
"When is it?"
It's past the middle of the Mao hour (5-7 AM).
Ye Qing'an frowned slightly: "Then get up."
Ye Qing'an stood up, walked to the window, and glanced outside: "What were you looking at while you were standing here?"
"I wasn't looking at anything, I was just thinking about things."
Servants were sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard. Ye Qing'an glanced at them, saw nothing unusual, nodded, and turned to walk to the table: "Zi Xiao."
Zixiao entered the room, keeping her head down and not daring to look around.
"Pour me a kettle of boiling water."
Zixiao responded and quickly brought in the kettle, rinsed the teacups, and poured two cups of water.
"Shall I help Miss wash and change first?" Zixiao asked softly.
“Okay.” Ye Qing’an replied, then turned her head and saw Yi Moxu sitting by the bed looking at her.
For some reason, Ye Qing'an felt that the bed behind Yi Moxu seemed more messy than when she had just gotten up.