Yu QingTang was clearly unwilling.
But he recalled one thing.
—Women, who reject the Proud Dragon Son of Heaven, never have any good endings.
Yu QingTang: “…….”
Life, must it exist between the two choices of being Long AoTian’s woman or being a woman who rejects Long AoTian?
Ye ChenYan’s gaze was sincere: “After this Golden Core Competition, I will definitely return XianZi back to BieHe Sect safe and sound.”
Yu QingTang’s gaze flitted about: “I……”
“If XianZi really doesn’t want to go.” Ye ChenYan crossed both arms, as if throwing a huff: “Then I’m not going either.”
“Ah?” Yu QingTang was stunned: “You’re not going?”
The Golden Core Competition, that’s several hundreds of thousands of words. Such a long plot line, was he really not going just like this?
“En.” Ye ChenYan nodded vehemently: “Not going.”
Yu QingTang blinked and attempted to persuade him: “No way…… You, you’re GuiYi Sect’s Qilin. I’ve even heard of your reputation here in Jin Province.”
“Your sect is currently waiting for you to seize first place, and shock the world with a brilliant feat……”
Ye ChenYan curled his lips: “It’s not that meaningful.”
Yu QingTang opened his eyes slightly, incredulous— How did you become such a brainless romantic?!
This plot twist was so unexpected that Yu QingTang’s forehead was almost covered in sweat out of panic: “If you don’t go to the Golden Core Competition, what do you plan to do?”
…… For a second, he felt like a suffering homeroom teacher, confronting a rebellious child.
“I’m going to stay in Jin Province, of course.” Ye ChenYan smiled, deliberately turning his head to examine the scenery: “The Jin Province looks so picturesque, much more interesting and riveting than our Qing Province.”
“After some careful thought, being competitive and aggressive is pointless anyways. I might as well stay here, connect with nature, and hone my mind.”
He propped up his chin and smiled with his eyes and brows curving: “I’ll just have to trouble XianZi in bringing me on a tour around Jin Province.”
Yu QingTang watched him flabbergasted: “……How, how long do you plan to hone your mind?”
“The mind, you know, naturally has to follow one’s heart.” Propping up his chin, Ye ChenYan shook his head and revealed a rather crafty smile: “At least a year and a half, at most— 5-10 years?”
“As cultivators, our lifespan far surpasses mortals anyways. There’s plenty of time.”
Yu QingTang almost knelt down in front of him.
Ye ChenYan could tell that he was wavering and leaned in to remind him: “XianZi, going to the Qing Province takes 10 days at most. The competition itself is about half a month. This trip, to and fro, is only a little over a month.”
Yu QingTang couldn’t help but follow his lead involuntarily: “That seems……”
Seems pretty reasonable.
The small boy on the side found it hard to interrupt. Sweating profusely from the calculations, he secretly yanked on the corner of Yu QingTang’s clothes in an attempt to summon him back to his senses: “Shijie…..hmph!”
Ye ChenYan covered his mouth and asked with a grin: “XianZi, have you made your decision?”
Yu QingTang returned from his thoughts and asked with one final struggle: “Did Ye-GongZi encounter anyone during his journey here?”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
For example, an extremely pretty female cultivator, who can play the zither.
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Yu QingTang’s expression stuttered. Don’t tell him, it’s up to him now?
Could it be, this story plot is still trying its best to fix itself. The stuff that should have belonged to Long AoTian, the script is still attempting to deliver it to him.
For example, after failing to encounter the Zither cultivator MiaoYin Xian, it gives him the Zither cultivator Yu QingTang to make up for it. What’s important is not who’s with him, but rather the condition needed to satisfy the monumental encounter.
Yu QingTang: “……”
Looking at it like this, he didn’t seem to have a choice regarding this Golden Core Competition. He needed to step up even if he didn’t want to.
Yu QingTang glanced guiltily at Ye ChenYan.
If the story plot before was a straight line, then the story plot right now is like a curved line dancing wildly around that straight line— What should happen will still happen, but no one will know how distorted the other minor details will become.
Yu QingTang couldn’t help but lament. Who would have imagined, the origin of this story was only because his Shijie wanted to play Mahjong!
This fine and dandy Proud Dragon Son of Heaven… Now that the beautiful Zither cultivator he should have encountered initially has turned into him, who knows how many of Long AoTian’s harem will remain……
If you think about it, it’s quite pitiful.
No wait, Yu QingTang suddenly realized with a jolt— A man should only have one wife to begin with! Why was he allowed to have a harem, just because he’s the Proud Dragon Son of Heaven!
The Warrior God of Pure Love definitely won’t permit this!
That’s right. It’s not his fault that the story plot has become distorted. It must be because the Warrior God of Pure Love found this utterly despicable, and casted down his Heavenly Punishment!
Yu QingTang convinced himself and kicked the barely budding sense of guilt 10 thousand miles away. He cleared his throat: “Naturally, it’s your destined person.”
Ye ChenYan suddenly perked up and stared at him expectantly: “That’s you.”
“Now that’s not the case.” Yu QingTang backed up a step and denied swiftly: “There’s someone else. GongZi, you will meet them sooner or later.”
He said sincerely: “Once you meet them, GongZi, you will know that I’m not the one you’re searching for.”
Ye ChenYan was somewhat surprised and raised an eyebrow pensively: “Does XianZi also know how to calculate the future?”
Yu QingTang answered perfunctorily: “Slightly, slightly.”
“Why don’t I believe that?” Ye ChenYan looked at him with a smile: “I feel like it’s definitely you.”
Yu QingTang’s smile stiffened on his face.
Ye ChenYan laughed and got up first: “Since that’s the case, let’s go.”
Yu QingTang was startled: “Wait! I, I at least have to return to pack my things!”
“No need!” Ye ChenYan smiled exuberantly: “I’ve prepared everything. XianZi, you can just come with me.”
“Ah, as for XianZi’s preference for barbecue, I’ll buy it for you once we reach the next town.”
Yu QingTang’s eyes opened wide: “Wait! There’s no need for such a rush, it’s not like I’ll run……”
Ye ChenYan looked at him with a raised brow, a look of disbelief on his face: “Really, you won’t?”
Yu QingTang’s gaze shifted about: “N—o—”
Ye ChenYan leaned in with a grin: “Then swear on it.”
Yu QingTang raised three fingers: “I soware.”
Ye ChenYan’s smile didn’t diminish: “If you are lying, you have to marry me.”
Yu QingTang: “……”
“Hmph, I just knew it.” Ye ChenYan withdrew his smile: “XianZi, rest assured. I will buy everything you need on this journey. You just have to follow me.”
Saying this, he took out a small leaf boat from his storage ring and invited Yu QingTang with a grin: “If you please.”
Yu QingTang resigned to fate and took a step forward, then reminded him: “Aren’t you forgetting something?”
Somewhat bewildered, Ye ChenYan stared at him for quite a while, big eyes meeting small eyes. Suddenly, a look of realization crossed his face. He held out his hand somewhat bashfully: “I, I will help you get in.”
Yu QingTang: “……”
Under his stare, Ye ChenYan blushed, the redness slowly extending downwards from the tips of his ears. Eyes flitting about, he said: “I don’t have any other intentions, just want to lend you a hand for support.”
Yu QingTang pulled a face: “I’m telling you to look at the strand of hair on that monkey’s head.”
Ye ChenYan was startled: “Ah?”
“Ai.” Yu QingTang immediately covered his mouth and corrected himself: “I’m saying, there seems to be something glowing faintly on that Green Demon Monkey’s head that looks noteworthy.”
Ye ChenYan finally crouched down to examine it carefully, his eyebrows raising in astonishment: “What you say is true…… this Green Demon Monkey is only a rank 7 ferocious beast, but this strand of hair has already developed the fledgling characteristics of a magic item. It’s really a rare sight.”
He raised his head to shoot Yu QingTang a smile: “It must be from listening to XianZi’s zither, that it suddenly became enlightened.”
Yu QingTang: “……Haha.”
You’re really quite imaginative.
He was just about to follow after Ye ChenYan when the small boy tugged at the back of his dress and gave him a look of panic: “Xiao-Shijie!”
Yu QingTang gave him a deep and profound look and patted his round head: “I have words that you need to transmit to the others on my behalf.”
The small boy hastily nodded.
Yu QingTang leaned next to his ear and said in a suppressed voice: “Hurry and tell Shijie to come save me, I don’t know how to style my hair!”
The small boy: “……..”
Watching Yu QingTang leave with a dumbfounded look on his face, the small boy jumped up with a jolt and turned to charge up the mountain gates: “Not good! Xiao-Shixiong got abducted by Ye ChenYan!”
Leaving BieHe sect, the two people headed towards a prosperous town.
The boat used Ye ChenYan’s spirit energy. It did not require any contribution from Yu QingTang. Otherwise, based on his life as a salted fish in BieHe sect, where he fished for three days and dried the net for two days, he would have been sucked dry and lying on the spirit boat like a dried fish jerky by this time.
Yu QingTang couldn’t help but sneak a furtive peek at Ye ChenYan. Not only was the other completely unaffected, he could still stand at the helm of the boat, garments fluttering in the breeze, acting cool and handsome.
Clearly from a cultivation perspective, they were both in the early-stage of Golden Core. Yet the disparity was really quite infuriating.
As if noticing his gaze, Ye ChenYan suddenly turned around and looked at him eagerly: “XianZi.”
He pointed at the zither behind Yu QingTang’s back: “Can you play a song for me?”
Yu QingTang was just searching for an excuse to sit down, so he sat down cross-legged and placed the zither on his legs, asking: “What does Ye-GongZi want to hear?”
Ye ChenYan propped up his chin and smiled: “Want to hear a song you like to play.”
Yu QingTang: “Then Moonlight Over the Lotus Pond .”
Ye ChenYan didn’t suspect him: “Alright.”
Yu QingTang laughed dryly twice: “Haha, let’s just play the Song of Tranquility.”
He was just about to play when the boat suddenly shook and swayed. Yu QingTang’s body tilted off-balance. Good thing, Ye ChenYan grabbed him immediately.
Ye ChenYan furrowed his brows slightly: “There’s a barrier.”
Without warning, ripples appeared in the originally empty sky, as if there was an invisible wall.
Several white robed cultivators flew into the air, blocking the path in front of them: “Inspections from the Heavenly Music Sect! Flying is prohibited here!”
Ye ChenYan scoffed coldly, his silver spear already landing in his hand: “So overbearing, what if I insist on flying……”
Yu QingTang reached out and gently tugged at his sleeve.
Ye ChenYan: “……”
Making a disgruntled face, he hugged the spear in his arms and took a step back silently: “Forget it. We have ample time anyways. If we have to go the long way around, then let’s take the long way around.”
Yu QingTang sneakily glanced at the new arrival’s waist. The jade medallion seemed to be in the Heavenly Music Sect’s style. He suddenly realized something and asked proactively: “May I ask you elders, did something happen?”
He was even somewhat delighted. Were they possibly searching for MiaoYin Xian? After making such a roundabout, could the two still meet up with each other?
The person on the opposite side seemed to have noticed him as well. The group exchanged glances with each other. One of the people suppressed his voice to say: “Shixiong, this beautiful zither cultivator, could she be……”
The other person shook his head subtly: “I once saw that person from a distance. This one in front of us……”
He examined Yu QingTang up and down impolitely: “Is a bit tall.”
The other people present all turned in unison to look at him. Yu QingTang bent his knees with a guilty conscience.
What the hell! Was it wrong for a boy to grow to 178cm?!
“Just in case.” The eldest in the group in front of them said: “Let’s check anyway.”
He suddenly took out a mirror and gestured at Yu QingTang with his chin: “You, step forth.”
“This illuminating mirror can show if a cultivator has used any transformation magic. We will know with one look, if this is the person we’re looking for.”
Yu QingTang: “……”
Thank you for your thoughtful explanation, but now I really can’t go up there anymore.
“Hah.” Ye ChenYan took a step forward defensively in front of Yu QingTang: “Does she have to go over there, just because you said so?”
Yu QingTang: I seemed to have been tricked. Not sure, let’s wait and see.
Oh, you got tricked very bad 🤣🤣
Thank You for the new chapter (๑˙❥˙๑)
I want to say something… You’ve been fooled 🤣
The comedy of this series is just top tier, I love everyone
I like Ye ChenYan’s personality, I’m glad that it’s not a static gentle/cold personality.
This is amazing not a chapter where it doesn’t entertain me, ML so persistent and MC such salted fish 😂
Why do I have this feeling that the Long Aotian already knows Tang is a boy?
Lol this is too funny 😂 not with the male protag hell bent on making mc his wife (husband), there’s no way out of it now 😂😂