Chapter 52 I will absolutely not admit it!
"Eighteen, isn't that too many?"
Lan Yue mumbled sleepily, her little face flushed and her whole body steaming.
"What's too much?"
The sound completely pulled Lan Yue back from her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes, shielding her eyes from the glaring light with one hand and supporting herself on the table with the other, still somewhat dazed.
In front of her, Li Bai was carrying a pile of green spirit bamboo, pondering how to build a house.
"It's nothing. I just think that Elder Bai Mei has taken eighteen Daoist partners in one go. Is that too many? Can he handle it?" Lan Yue lied with a straight face.
[Lan Yue: I would rather die than admit that I dreamt I went to the Forgotten Dust Sect and met eighteen handsome men!]
Li Bai, who was opposite him, paused in his steps and almost slipped.
He grasped the longest bamboo stalk and looked at his junior sister with a helpless expression.
"Great," Junior Sister thought to herself. "It probably won't be long before the whole sect knows."
"Has Lan Yue not finished drawing the array yet?" In mid-air, Yun Xi, carrying a wooden box, flew over on her spirit sword.
Upon hearing this, Lan Yue's ears drooped.
These are formation problems that are comparable to three years of college entrance exams and five years of mock exams. Who could finish them so quickly? It's all tears when I talk about it!
"It's okay, let's eat first!" Of all things, eating is the most important!
"Indeed, eating is the priority." Yunxi raised her eyebrows.
On the other side, Yuan Shuo had just finished watering the medicinal herb garden and was also carrying an empty bucket when he came over.
Behind him followed the bouncy, rootless fruit seedlings.
Yunxi took all the spiritual food out of the wooden box and placed it on the wooden table.
Silver Snow jumped up and lazily wagged its tail, while the Rootless Fruit seedling secretly picked a few flowers and spread them on top, then proudly put its hands on its hips.
Silver Snow glanced at it, swept it with its fluffy tail, and if it was in a hurry, it would fall back to the ground, making the little seedling jump on it and howl in anger.
"By the way, we need to cultivate diligently these next few months and strive to make a name for ourselves in the sect competition in two months. That might give us a chance to enter the ruins," Yunxi reminded everyone as they sat down.
"This is what my father told me. He said that the ruins of Jue Ling Island are restricted to cultivators below the Golden Core stage. If we can achieve a ranking in the sect competition, he will arrange for us to go in for training."
Yunxi wasn't worried about her senior brother, since his cultivation had already reached the late Foundation Establishment stage. What she was most worried about was Lanyue, whose junior sister Lanyue was even trembling when flying on a sword. What would happen then?
Lan Yue, who was on the other side, was not surprised after hearing this.
In the original story, the female protagonist did not participate in the sect competition, but she was accidentally transported to the ruins. This time, the Southern Spirit Sect had already discovered it in advance, and the sect leader naturally wanted to arrange for his own daughter to enter.
Anyway, the female protagonist will definitely go into this ruin; it must be an opportunity arranged by the author for her.
It was through this opportunity that the female protagonist gradually gained a foothold in the Southern Spirit Sect, got to know the pair of twins, and often took the male protagonist on adventures.
It's called an adventure, but it's really just about encountering all sorts of hardships and struggling to survive. Lan Yue felt her scalp tingle just thinking about it. Fortunately, she wasn't one of the main characters; she was just a minor cannon fodder.
Looking back now, even the minor cannon fodder had their moments of happiness.
"Junior Sister Lanyue, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to protect you!" Yunxi clenched her fists.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Lan Yue suddenly coughed violently, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I, I..."
"Junior sister, don't be touched. This is all I should do. We're friends! We'll travel together then!" Yunxi clenched her fist again.
"I... I really thank you!" Lan Yue was truly choked this time, and tears streamed down her face.
Seeing the tears welling up in her eyes, Yunxi across from her felt a little embarrassed, her face turning bright red. She silently vowed in her heart to protect her junior sister, Lanyue.
However, the real Lan Yue was overwhelmed with sorrow, and even took a big bite of the spirit cake in her hand.
"Chirp chirp!" The rootless fruit seedling was extremely hungry; it wanted to eat too!
"Here's some spirit elixir." Despite her sorrow, Lan Yue handed it a small porcelain bottle. "Go play by yourself."
The rootless fruit seedling hugged the porcelain bottle, then secretly poked the drowsy yellow ball of fur, and ran away quickly.
"Male...cough cough cough, is Little Yellow still not awake?" Lan Yue noticed the commotion over there and looked over curiously, only to find that the little fur ball hanging on the female lead's waist was still not awake.
"Yes, it's been sleeping the whole time, probably been sleepy for a long time." Yunxi belatedly remembered the thing hanging on her waist, but she only glanced at it and then ignored it.
Lan Yue, on the other hand, looked puzzled. She felt something was wrong. Was the male protagonist in the original story really unconscious for so long?
She remembered that the female lead took great care of the male lead back then, and even let him absorb the spirit stones that she had finally won.
Yunxi was discovered by the sect leader so early this time, she must have already become a little rich girl, shouldn't the male lead wake up even faster?
Forget it, that's from the original story anyway. It's already been confirmed that this is fan fiction, so let's not overthink it.
Lan Yue shook her head, banishing the doubts from her mind.
On the other side, outside the Southern Spirit Sect, a chubby little snake and a gray eagle fell from the sky.
After they fell from the sky, they rolled around on the grass several times before finally catching their breath by hitting a tree.
"Ouch, that hurts!" cried the little snake that was at the bottom.
"Snake Seven, are you alright?" the little eagle asked worriedly.
"Eagle Five, take your claws off me, and I'll be fine." The pink snake trembled.
"Excuse me." The little eagle above was startled and quickly flew back up to the tree.
"Eagle Five, tell me, which mortal enemy kidnapped our young master? Waaah, is our young master still alive?" Snake Seven cried uncontrollably.
"Poor young master, no father to love you, no mother to care for you, you finally found a chance to be reborn, but you've been targeted by other powerful demons." The pink snake cried and hiccuped at the same time.
"The young master's aura disappeared here. Judging from the remaining aura, the young master's condition is not good. We need to go find him quickly." Eagle Five's eyes were sharp.
"But the Southern Region is human territory. If we come in openly to look for them, wouldn't that be inappropriate? Wouldn't it bring some negative impact on the young master?" Snake Seven started crying again.
"Who said we were going to go looking for it openly and honestly? What are we doing here looking like this?" Eagle Five flapped its wings twice.
If he were using the prototype, it would definitely create a hurricane, and wherever the hurricane passed, whether it was a forest or a mountain, it would be swept up in it.
However, in its current state, there was no storm, and it even lost two dusty feathers.
Snake Seven's eyes lit up: "You're right, we look like normal wild beasts now, how could we possibly be demons?"
"Let's go, let's take a look around that sect. The direction where the young master disappeared is right there." Ying Qi grabbed the pink snake and flew into the air again.
However, the Southern Spirit Sect has a protective array that prevents ordinary, unfamiliar spirit beasts from entering.
Halfway there, they were forced to land, intending to find an opportunity to test the strength of the mountain-protecting formation.
"If I'm discovered, you must escape immediately. One of us needs to stay here to support the young master," Eagle Five said seriously.
The little snake opposite nodded repeatedly, also appearing extremely nervous.
The fact that this sect has such a massive protective formation means that this place must be a major power in the Southern Region. If their young master falls into this place, can he still escape?
The little snake was extremely worried.
"I'll turn back into my original form now. If you have the chance, you must seize the opportunity to slip in during the chaos," Eagle Five instructed again.
"Remember, you must protect the young master. This is the most critical moment for him, and he cannot be harmed in any way!"
After the two of them finished discussing and were about to put their plan into action, several disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect walked over from a distance.
The disciples chatted and laughed, seemingly very satisfied with their gains.
The two little monsters held their breath and moved aside to make room for these people.
Ying Wu was also ready, planning to wait until the disciples' backs disappeared before immediately untying his restraints and rushing towards the mountain-protecting formation.
However, as the two of them looked at each other, a grayish-brown sack suddenly flew from behind and quickly put them both inside.
"I didn't expect to have this much to do so even though I'm already so close to the sect. Not bad, really not bad!"
Accompanied by this satisfied voice, the two of them were slowly led into the Southern Spirit Sect.
The two demonic beasts: "..."
It seems their plans were all for naught; they were completely lured in without any effort on their part.