Volume 1 Chapter 83: Female Lead, Study Companion

Sky Cloud Peak, martial arts field.

"Thank you, Elder Qin, for your guidance!" Twenty disciples who entered Sky Cloud Peak through the Gate Selection bowed and saluted a young woman who looked to be in her twenties.

After nodding, the woman's gaze swept over three individuals and said, "Feng Yudie, Pei Lengxue, and Xiao Yunluo, the three of you come with me, the rest can disperse."

In an instant, aside from the three called out, the remaining seventeen disciples sat on the ground, panting heavily.

It seemed that the sword class at Sky Cloud Peak was a bit too demanding for them.

The woman led the three to a nearby pavilion and carefully observed them.

"First, the two of you, Feng Yudie and Pei Lengxue, have both reached the Peak of the Qi Refining stage. Later, I will take you to the Gathering Spirit Array so you can make a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment realm."

"Thank you, Elder Qin." Pei Lengxue quickly expressed her gratitude.

Elder Qin nodded and then pondered for a moment before asking, "Pei Lengxue, since you entered the Sect as Feng Yudie accompanying disciple. Using the sect's Gathering Spirit Array requires a fee of about a thousand spirit stones. Besides that, do you have all the materials to build your foundation? If not, I can provide them for you."

Pei Lengxue quickly bowed, "Ah—thank you, Elder Qin, for your kindness. However, Young Master Ye has already prepared both the spirit stones and the Foundation Building materials for this disciple. There's no need to trouble Elder Qin."

At this moment, Feng Yudie, standing beside her, was slightly stunned and quickly said, "Elder Qin, I don't have the materials!"

"..."

Elder Qin frowned and squinted at her, saying, "You don't have the materials? In that case, if you don't have the materials, don't bother with building your foundation– Tsk— you've only been in the sect for two months, how many classes have you skipped? You dare to come to me asking for materials..."

"Ahaha— It's just too cold in the morning, I couldn't get up. But hey, I'm doing pretty well in my practice." Feng Yudie giggled, her head still tucked in, and then blinked innocently, saying, "But, you know, I'm doing fine."

"..."

Elder Qin gave her a stern look but then sighed heavily, feeling inexplicably melancholic.

As a sword instructor, what she disliked the most wasn't the truly careless students.

After all, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

What annoyed her the most were students like Feng Yudie, who were "study rogues"—lazy and careless most of the time but always excelling when it mattered.

Before, to curb Feng Yudie's sharpness a bit, she even sparred with her in front of other disciples.

At that time, she suppressed her cultivation to the Qi Refining stage.

Although she eventually won, the spar was quite challenging.

Any momentary lapse or hesitation, and she would have had her wooden sword cut by Feng Yudie in front of everyone.

Mind you, she was a middle Nascent Soul stage cultivator!

Even if she suppressed her cultivation, she shouldn't have struggled so much against a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, let alone a Qi Refining cultivator.

Elder Qin rubbed her forehead and shook her head. "Hahhhh…. You and True Immortal Tai Xu are like a cut from the same cloth."

Hearing her master's immortal title, Feng Yudie's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked, "Ah? Does Elder Qin know my master?"

'I used to get beaten by that old hag every day…' Elder Qin glared at Feng Yudie and ignored her.

Then, she turned to Xiao Yunluo beside her and said, "Young Misstress, earlier, Elder Bai sent me a message, asking you to come over after class. It seems to be related to your study companion and Foundation Building."

"Sure..." Xiao Yunluo immediately bowed but paused, suddenly realizing, "Stu-study companion?!"

"Yes. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, you'll occasionally need to go out for experience. Usually, two people will leave the sect together to take care of each other outside, and this other person is the study companion."

"I understand..." Xiao Yunluo nodded, then glanced at Pei Lengxue beside her, "Can I go with them?"

"Yes, you can certainly go with them, but you're still the young mistress of the Profound Star Sect. I think they've arranged someone specifically to protect you, understand?"

"...I don't need that!"

"This matter has been decided. And... it seems like it was personally arranged by the Sect Master."

Xiao Yunluo was slightly taken aback, then pursed her lips, looking somewhat apprehensive as she lowered her head.

"My mother..."

"Later, you go to Elder Bai's place. He will explain it to you."

"...I understand." Xiao Yunluo nodded slightly.

At this moment, seeing Xiao Yunluo's unwilling expression, Feng Yudie hurriedly slid over and asked, "Senior Sister Xiao, don't you want a Study companion?"

"I really don't." Xiao Yunluo glanced at her, "I prefer to be alone."

"But what if it's a beautiful senior sister?" Feng Yudie comforted, "Look at my accompanying disciple, how beautiful she is. Don't you want a study companion like Junior Sister Pei?"

"..."

Xiao Yunluo looked at her with a slightly dumbfounded expression.

However, after a glance at Pei Lengxue, she suddenly said, "How about we switch? Let Junior Sister Pei be my study companion, and you take my study companion."

"Humph! Wishful thinking! Junior Sister Pei won't agree," Feng Yudie turned her head and blinked at Pei Lengxue, "Right, Junior Sister Pei~"

Pei Lengxue approached without saying a word and comforted, "Yunluo, it's okay. Maybe it's someone nice."

"Yeah..."

After hearing Pei Lengxue's comfort, Xiao Yunluo finally wiped away the unwillingness on her face.

Subsequently, the three of them bid farewell with a small salute, and Pei Lengxue and Feng Yudie followed Elder Qin to the Gathering Spirit Array of Profound Star Sect.

After watching them disappear from view, Xiao Yunluo summoned her flying sword and flew towards the academy where Master Qi was located.

At dusk.

At this moment, Ye Anping had just settled the income of the massage center for the day with Bai Yuelin.

The money bag, which was once full after purchasing Foundation Building materials for his junior sister and himself, was now nearly empty again.

It was like the saying, "Store up grains during times of plenty." If the bag didn't contain enough "grains," Ye Anping would feel that something was off.

But fortunately, Feng Yudie had compensated him a bit.

"Senior Sister."

"Yeah!" Bai Yuelin stopped counting on the abacus, raised her head, and asked, "What's the matter? Do you want a hug?"

"No..." Ye Anping sighed, saying, "I plan to return to the Hundred Lotus Sect to build my foundation. Starting tomorrow, I won't open the shop."

Bai Yuelin fell silent for a moment, feeling a bit disappointed. "Then I won't see you for several months?"

"Yeah, if there's not enough 'grain' in the bag, I always feel like something's not right here or there."

But Feng Yudie made him bleed a little.

"Then, what should I do?" Bai Yuelin asked.

"You'll take care of the shop for me during normal times. I'll halve the wages for these months and give them to you. Also, Senior Sister, please tell the old customers about it."

"Talking about money hurts relationships," Bai Yuelin said, glancing at him. Then, she opened her arms and pounced on Ye Anping, giving him a bear hug. "One last hug."

Ye Anping was somewhat helpless but didn't resist. However, as Bai Yuelin hugged him, a somewhat wicked thought occurred to him—what if he reset Bai Yuelin's "favorability" now, like giving her a good beating? Would his "20% discount coupon" become invalid?

In the game, the "20% discount coupon" was permanently effective, and Bai Yuelin was a friendly NPC who couldn't be attacked by players.

Therefore, even when players reached the highest level and became true immortals, they still enjoyed a 20% discount in the Profound Star Sect market.

However, things were different in this world...

Maybe if he reset Bai Yuelin's favorability to zero and then built it up again, he could get another 20% discount coupon.

With two coupons combined, it would be a 40% discount.

"Yeah..."

Ye Anping pondered for a moment but decided not to try it.

One couldn't be too greedy.

Moreover, he initially resisted the idea, but now he felt that having a Senior Sister like Bai Yuelin might not be a bad thing. The only problem was that it was a bit...

It's a bit hard to breathe.

"Senior Sister, have you hugged enough?"

"Not enough~ Let's hug a bit more~"

"I would suffocate if you hugged me more."

Bai Yuelin was stunned for a moment, then quickly let go of Ye Anping, smiling awkwardly. "Ah–didn't notice, hehe."

"Ha—hoo—" Ye Anping lightly exhaled, shook his head, and said, "Alright, I'll go pack up. I'll leave in a while."

Just as Ye Anping was about to go to his room to pack his things, he suddenly heard Xiao Yunluo's voice outside the massage center.

"Ye–Ye Anping!!!"

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