After Transmigrating Into a Pirated Novel to Teach Them a Lesson - Chapter 17

Carry her?

Liu Changning thought she had misheard, but Fu Chenxue had already come in front of her and bent down slightly. “It’s cold at night. Let’s go back.”

Liu Changning climbed onto that slender back in a daze and pressed her face against the back of Fu Chenxue’s neck.

Fu Chenxue passed her hands beneath Liu Changning’s knees and gently carried her on her back. “Let’s go.”

The night wind was slightly cool, and the sky was covered in faint moonlight.

Carrying her, Fu Chenxue slowly walked toward the room. “The moon is very round tonight.”

Liu Changning smiled lightly. Her lips brushed against the cool skin at the back of Fu Chenxue’s neck, and she was a little lost in thought. “I’ve seen the moon before, but… I’ve never watched it together with Master.”

Fu Chenxue comforted her. “You’ll be able to watch it together in the future.”

Liu Changning smiled happily. “All right.”

When the two returned to the room, they tidied up briefly and prepared to sleep. Fu Chenxue slept on the outer side. She gently patted Liu Changning’s back. “Sleep, Changning.”

Liu Changning hummed and picked up a lock of Fu Chenxue’s hair, pinching it between her fingers.

Fu Chenxue had just wanted to turn over when pain suddenly came from her scalp. She instinctively cried out, “Ow, ow, ow. Don’t pull like that.”

Liu Changning quickly let go. “I’m sorry, Master.”

Fu Chenxue rubbed her head to ease the pain. “It’s fine. Hurry and sleep.”

Only then did the two settle down peacefully. Outside, the cicadas chirped faintly. Liu Changning could not fall asleep. She rested her head against Fu Chenxue’s shoulder, listening to that person’s light breathing, and many inexplicable emotions surged in her heart.

When she had asked about Kongling Valley earlier, she could tell that Master had deliberately changed the subject.

Kongling Valley was a place where Master had once lived, and it was also her old residence.

But if it was Master’s old residence, why was Ye Luofeng involved? Why had they said things like forgiveness and the Unfeeling Dao… Could something bad have happened in Kongling Valley back then?

Whenever Liu Changning thought of Master saying she had once taken care of Ye Luofeng in Kongling Valley for several days, she felt unhappy.

No. She had to find a chance to figure this matter out clearly…

If she could not ask Master, then she would ask Immortal Master Ye’s disciple when the time came.

In her sleep, Fu Chenxue turned over drowsily and faced her.

Liu Changning gently brushed Fu Chenxue’s hair with her fingertips. Master’s hair was always cool to the touch and carried that clean scent like first snow.

When would she finally be able to see her?

Liu Changning touched the white silk over her eyes. Back then, Fu Chenxue had casually torn this from her robe. It was only such a simple strip of white silk, yet Liu Changning liked it terribly.

Liu Changning’s fingers slid down from Fu Chenxue’s hair to the side of her neck. There was a faint mark there. She had bitten it.

At the time, Fu Chenxue had only applied medicine to let it heal and had forgotten to apply scar-removing spiritual medicine, so the mark had remained until now. Once, Liu Changning had touched it and felt very upset, but Fu Chenxue had not cared much. She had even said that once her hair covered it, nothing could be seen.

Liu Changning squeezed into Fu Chenxue’s arms and thought that they had to leave this place tomorrow. She did not like staying here and being around Immortal Master Ye. It always felt as if Master had been stolen away.

Who would have thought that the next day, Ye Luofeng would invite the two of them to Ciyin City?

Ciyin City was very famous. Most of the cultivators there were music cultivators, and any instrument could become their life-bound magical artifact. Ye Luofeng knew that Fu Chenxue had once cultivated the path of music, so she specially invited them to visit Ciyin City.

Fu Chenxue thought that she and Liu Changning had spent the past two years living in the cave residence. Even if she herself was not bored, Liu Changning must be. The two of them should go around and see more places, so she agreed.

When Liu Changning heard Fu Chenxue agree, she could only agree as well.

Ciyin City was not far from here, and the three of them entered the city on foot. As soon as Fu Chenxue entered, she heard the sound of gongs and drums up ahead, extremely lively and bustling. She asked, “What’s going on?”

Ye Luofeng stood very straight with a longsword on her back. “There’s a teahouse up ahead. I heard that today they specially set up a stage there to welcome guests. Are you interested in taking a look?”

Fu Chenxue was interested. Liu Changning was not. She hated noisy places.

She only wanted to pull Master away as soon as possible. Besides, Master had clearly promised yesterday to buy her osmanthus cake. How had she forgotten?

“Why don’t we go take a look…” Before Fu Chenxue could finish speaking, Liu Changning grabbed her hand. Fu Chenxue saw Liu Changning lower the corners of her lips, looking very unhappy.

She suddenly seemed to remember something. “Right, right. I still need to buy Changning osmanthus cake.” She turned to Ye Luofeng and said, “You go in first. Changning and I will come find you after we buy the osmanthus cake.”

Ye Luofeng nodded. “That works.”

After saying this, Fu Chenxue was happily led away by Liu Changning.

Although there were many people here, Liu Changning was already used to not being able to see. She stayed tightly beside Fu Chenxue to avoid getting lost. Fu Chenxue searched for a long time before finally seeing a vendor selling osmanthus cake up ahead. She had Liu Changning sit inside a tea stall and said to the vendor, “Boss, two cups of cool tea first, and one serving of osmanthus cake.”

The vendor responded and came over with the cool tea. The first person he saw was Liu Changning, and he could not help muttering quietly, “What a pretty young girl.”

Liu Changning had heard such words so often that her ears had nearly grown calluses. She calmly accepted the tea. When Fu Chenxue saw that the vendor deliberately touched Liu Changning’s hand while passing over the tea, displeasure immediately rose in her heart. Spiritual energy instantly surged from her palm and knocked the vendor’s hand away.

Sparks sizzled against the vendor’s fingernails. Fu Chenxue’s tone was icy. “Be careful with your hand.”

The vendor apologized repeatedly and quickly retreated.

Fu Chenxue glanced at Liu Changning. Liu Changning was sitting there obediently drinking tea, unaware of what had happened. Fu Chenxue could not help worrying again.

Sigh. It was truly troublesome that the female lead could not see. It seemed she had to cure her eyes as soon as possible.

After the two drank tea for a while, Fu Chenxue casually struck up a conversation with a guest at the tea stall. “Fellow Daoist, I see the teahouse up ahead is especially lively. Is something happening?”

That cultivator carried a guqin on his back. He glanced at Fu Chenxue and asked, “Fellow Daoist, are you not from Ciyin City?”

Fu Chenxue said, “I’m only passing by.”

The guqin cultivator was a local, and he immediately became enthusiastic. “There’s a good show at the teahouse up ahead. Young Master Shuangqin will play a piece today for the guests who have come to Ciyin City. After that, he’ll sell flowers on the spot.”

When he said the words “sell flowers,” the guqin cultivator deliberately enunciated them very clearly.

Liu Changning was quite familiar with those two words. In the past, when she went down the mountain, she had also gone to teahouses with her senior and junior sisters. However, they usually only went there to rest and quench their thirst. They never participated in any “flower-selling” games.

Selling flowers was actually another way of referring to that kind of thing. A young master from the teahouse would wear a veil, and after finishing a song, he would carry a flower basket around. Whoever caught his eye would receive the most beautiful flower in the basket. If the other party was satisfied, they would directly stuff spirit stones into his lapel…

In short, the scene was very vulgar, yet it attracted many male cultivators with particular tastes. They all wanted to catch a glimpse of the teahouse young master’s true appearance.

“A young master selling flowers?” Fu Chenxue found this strange. She had never heard of this before.

Seeing that Fu Chenxue did not seem to know the true meaning of selling flowers, Liu Changning said, “Master, it’s probably some boring activity. If you don’t want to go, let’s go somewhere else.”

Fu Chenxue finished her cool tea and smiled. “It’s fine. We’re free anyway, and Immortal Master Ye is waiting for us there. Let’s go take a look.”

Liu Changning could only sigh. She slowly finished eating the osmanthus cake, packed another serving, then returned to the teahouse with Fu Chenxue.

Ye Luofeng was already waiting for them in an upper seat at the teahouse. This well-known medical cultivator also did not know what “selling flowers” meant. She only looked at the young master singing in the middle and said, “His singing is awful. Why are so many people applauding?”