Chapter 173 - Brother Is Hunting For Talents

Ding--

The teacup landed back on the stone table with a crisp sound.

Ye Anping picked up the teapot and poured another cup for him and Liang Zhu.

A tea leaf flowed into Liang Zhu's cup along with the water from the teapot, floating and then sinking to the bottom of the cup.

Understanding the refill that Ye Anping was offering him, Liang Zhu asked, "Is there anything else?"

Ye Anping nodded. "Yes."

It was clear that Liang Zhu could not be used in matters related to the Moon Shadow Sword Sect.

For the past seven days, he had been mulling over the issue of candidates, but within this matter, he had also reflected on his current shortcomings.

---His network was still undeveloped.

Books were rarely used until needed; people were no different.

For the Moon Shadow Sword Sect affair, he just needed to find another way, but in order to prevent similar problems from happening in the future, he now had to plan to expand his "followers".

"Brother Liang, I need more people who excel in various aspects."

"Such as?"

"People skilled in alchemy, formation spells, escape techniques... someone who would come in handy at critical moments."

"Hmm..." Liang Zhu thought for a while before nodding, asking, "Like me?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that for a few years now."

"A few years?

"Yes, when I was about seven or eight." Ye Anping shrugged and joked. "I personally am like a jack-of-all-trades. Whether it's swordsmanship, alchemy, talismans, or formations, I can do everything. But it also means that there's nothing I excel at. The only thing I can show off is my appearance."

Liang Zhu narrowed his eyes and frowned. "Have you ever heard of a poem?"

"Which one?"

"Two things can never be prevented in the world, beauty leaving the mirror and flowers leaving the tree." Liang Zhu sneered, mocking him. "You are at an age of beauty now, but who knows what will happen after you grow older? The handsome man with a jade-like face from the Western Region; how many women blushed at sunset because of him when he was young? And now?"

Who would that be? Ye Anping raised an eyebrow and asked, "What happened to him now?"

"He's bald."

"Oh."

Ye Anping rolled his eyes at him and stopped joking. "Let's get down to business. This is something I don't have much time to do myself. You also want to settle down and work on your Core Formation, so after you help me look for candidates, I will interview them one by one."

"Okay."

"You girl! Don't you see that you're hurting Ating?!"

"..."

Then, he hugged Ating and consoled her. "Don't cry, father is here."

"Woo woo---" Liang Ating glared at Pei Lianxue, then desperately burrowed into Liang Zhu's arms. "Bad aunt!!"

"Ah... I'm not..."

Pei Lianxue reached out pitifully, but Liang Zhu immediately carried Ating and left, leaving her to stand there alone.

Watching from the side, Ye Anping understood something from Liang Zhu's actions.

Before, when he and his sister practiced diligently together, they shared both happiness and sorrow. The most crucial thing was to have someone who could provide happiness for Ating and balance the hardships.

"Right... I've got it."

Ye Anping nodded and made a note in the notebook. If he and his sister had children in the future, one of them would have to be strict and the other indulging.

They could not both be strict or both be indulging.

In the former situation, they would get a rebellious child, while in the latter, a useless person.

Life is full of flavors and is incomplete if one of them is missing.

Pei Lianxue came to him and said pitifully, "Brother, Ating seems to hate me."

"You beat her up every day, of course she hates you."

Pei Lianxue frowned and asked. "...Didn't you also beat me?"

"Then, when did you start to like me?"

"A few years ago?" Pei Lianxue pondered for a moment and shook her head. "I don't know, it happened without realizing it."

"Since a few years ago, I couldn't beat you anymore. So when Ating can beat you, she will like you."

"And when will that be?"

"Probably never..." Ye Anping started to say, suddenly feeling something was wrong. Indeed, Ating will probably never be able to beat his sister. He quickly changed his words. "No, I mean, it should be in the Year of the Cat and Month of the Fox."

?

Pei Lianxue tilted her head in confusion. "Is there a Year of the Cat and a Month of the Fox?"

"Silly girl." Ye Anping knocked her on the head and said, "Go and pack up. We are leaving today."

"Eh? Where are we going?"

"To the Black Star Sect. After all, we are still disciples of the Black Star Sect, and we must go back to report. Moreover, the spiritual energy over there is much richer than here. And Sister Bai probably misses us like crazy after not seeing us for half a year."

"Oh, right, it's been a long time since I last saw Sister Bai... I'll go pack up."