Chapter 146 - Li Longling Met Someone

The crisis was finally over.

In the center of the Defensive Mountain Formation behind the inner mansion of the Dragon House, Li Longling sat, holding the Heavenly Splitting Sword, and ordered the thirty guards around her to support the formation with her.

"Line up!!"

"Yes!!"

As the thirty palace guards shouted in response, streams of spiritual energy were drawn from the ground, spreading to the sky in a radius of hundreds of miles, and hit the circular spirit shield that now covered the entire Dragon House.

At the border of the Defensive Mountain Formation, Ye Anping, wearing a bamboo hat and dark clothes, was leaning against a brick wall ten feet away, looking at Li Longling's face quietly.

He was actually quite worried that Li Longling would be disturbed by what had happened before, but after observing her for half an hour, he found that his worries were unnecessary.

This girl was just like in the game; her body was delicate, but her mind was not.

"Whew-- looks like there's nothing for me to do here." As he muttered, Ye Anping stood up and went to take his sister and Liang Zhu back to Duchun City to rest.

What happened overnight had consumed a lot of his spiritual energy. He was now exhausted both physically and mentally and just wanted to sleep and rest for a few days.

Moreover, he didn't know when the settlement of his 'golden finger' would come.

This time, he killed three demonic cultivators in the Core Formation stage in one fell swoop and also, prevented a Nascent Soul cultivator from causing a disaster. If his sister was not around when the settlement came, he would probably explode on the spot due to the yang excess.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Ling'er, who was accompanying him, hurried over and asked, "Master Ye, where are you going?"

"To rest."

"Then, I will take you to..."

"No need, I'm not staying here tonight. You stay here and take care of your Young Lady. After the formation closes, take her back to the house to rest. She's very tired."

"...I understand."

Ling'er seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything and silently watched Ye Anping leave.

By the time Ye Anping's silhouette disappeared in the night, the defensive formation also happened to be finished.

Li Longling took a deep breath, stood up with her sword in her arms, and trotted over. "Master Ye..."

It was Ye Anping who took her hand and led her here. Now, she wanted him to hold her hand just like before, but after she called out, she didn't hear his response.

"Young Master Ye? Are you... here?"Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

The maid Ling'er looked at her Young Lady and said with difficulty, "Miss, Master Ye said he was tired and was going back to rest."

"He went back?" Li Longling was a little disappointed, but she quickly shook her head. "That's right... He must be tired. So many things happened tonight. Ling'er, send Master Ye some pills for healing wounds and restoring spiritual energy..."

"But Master Ye said he is not staying in the mansion."

"Then, where did he go?"

"He didn't say..." Ling'er shook her head weakly. "Master Ye only said that when you close the Defensive Mountain Formation, I should take you back to rest. You should be very tired."

"...Yes, Miss."

...

Under the moonlit corridor, a figure walked quickly.

Ye Anping's entire body was exhausted, his muscles and bones ached, and he felt that if he sat down or lay down now, he might never be able to get up. He just wanted to return to Jiang Mansion with his younger sister and Liang Zhu as soon as possible.

In a few days, he also had to put an end to the affairs of Jiang Mansion.

There were quite a lot of spirit stones in Jiang Mansion's warehouse, and it would take him several rounds to get it out without arousing suspicion.

By the time Jiang Yu returned with his master, who was in the Core Formation stage, he and his sister should already be far away.

While his mind was wandering, a pair of small hands suddenly rested on his shoulders.

"Ye Anping!!"

Perhaps because he was too tired, he didn't notice Xiao Yunluo coming to his side at all. He stopped in his tracks and turned to look.

"Sister Xiao... weren't you taking care of my sister and the others in the back room?"

"Ah... They were all fine, so I came to look for you."

Xiao Yunluo looked away a little guiltily. It was rare that Sister Pei couldn't move and was not by Ye Anping's side. How could she not seize this opportunity?

She shook her head and then looked at Ye Anping's eyes. Seeing the tiredness in them, she quickly stepped forward, lifted his arm, and put it on her shoulders.

"Are you... are you tired? I'll hold you up, you can lean on me."

Ye Anping didn't refuse, mainly because he really didn't have the energy to speak, so he nodded in agreement and half-leaned on Xiao Yunluo's shoulders, letting her support him.

"Hmm."

But at the same time, he smelled a somewhat unnatural aroma on Xiao Yunluo's body.

"Did you even spray flower-scented perfume?"

"Ah..." Xiao Yunluo was stunned but quickly retorted, "I didn't spray any perfume specially. I just use this perfume daily."

"..."

"It... smells good, doesn't it?"

"Not that good." Ye Anping narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Your natural body fragrance smells much better. This one is too strong."

"My natural..."

?!!

A blush crept up Xiao Yunluo's neck, covering her entire face in an instant.

"You, you, you..."