Ye Zichen finally realized that he’d walked into a trap. Judging from Chi i’s crafty expression, she’d already known all about this. She knew, yet she said nothing and led him into a trap anyway.
Ye Zichen gazed pitifully at the boundless lake. He wanted to cry, but had no tears.
The damage was already done, and he wasn’t the type to bla others for his mistakes. He’d already encountered the Five Elents Great Emperor’s good fortune and been marked with his karma. In that case, this was clearly his destiny.
He hurriedly held his breath and concentrated on gleaning enlightennt into the power of the five elents. Even if this place only increased his comprehension a little bit, Ye Zichen still felt that this wouldn’t be a complete loss.
Chi i watched from the side. She wanted to laugh but resisted the impulse. She couldn’t help but feel that this sweet little pill refiner was really adorable!
It’s just, his money-grubbing ways were super freakin’ irritating!
“Aren’t there supposed to be three of us? Are we just supposed to wait here for the third person? As impressive as the power of the five elents here is, I can’t help but feel like just sitting around waiting would be a waste of ti.”
“You don’t need to worry about that. The last landscape painting’s owner is already here.”
As she spoke, she pointed at the distant mountain. Ye Zichen looked over and noticed a small black dot on the water nearest to the mountain. It was so faint, it almost seed to fade into the lake’s surface. He wouldn’t have noticed it at all unless he were looking carefully for it.
“You ought to celebrate the fact that I’m the one who found you this ti. We discovered this place many years ago, but the third landscape painting’s master had yet to appear. We agreed to take shifts going out into the seventy-two districts in search of the final painting and its owner. Coincidentally, this year was my turn. That guy is solitary and arrogant as heck. If he found you, he wouldn’t so much as give you the ti of day.”
Chi i seed to think that Ye Zichen had co out ahead since she was the one to find him, but Ye Zichen disagreed.
She’d stuck to him like a glue for the past few days, and even acted like a cutesy little girl. These were absolutely not happy mories.....
They were nightmares!
Chi i looked at him and laughed drily. She could see through his thoughts. Her smug look vanished without a trace. She glowered at him and went to greet her ally.
When they drew nearer, Ye Zichen saw the figure clearly; that black dot was actually a young man. He was clad in coarse fabrics, with no trace of artifacts of treasures of any kind.
He sat cross-legged atop the lake. He was barefoot, with a rusted longsword across his lap.
Even after Chi i and Ye Zichen reached him, he didn’t open his eyes until Chi i shouted.....
“Hey, grumpyface!”
The man’s eyes instantly popped open. His gaze was relentless and sharp as an unsheathed sword, and his killing intent was palpable.
“Ss....!” Ye Zichen sucked air between his teeth. This intense, sharp energy set him completely on edge. Furthermore, as the man opened his eyes, sothing seed to change about his rusted sword, too.
“I’ll say it one more ti. I’m your brother,” said the man coldly. His sharp brows furrowed slightly; clearly, he didn’t appreciate Chi i calling him “grumpyface.” The next mont, he noticed Ye Zichen standing beside her.
“So he’s the third person? You’re late. I’ve been waiting for you for fifteen years.”
No wonder Chi i called him “grumpyface.” He’d glowered this whole ti, as if he found the whole world deeply irritating. As he looked at Ye Zichen, his gaze was extrely unfriendly, as if he were blaming Ye Zichen for wasting so much of their ti by not showing up earlier.
At first, Ye Zichen was stunned that such a grumpy, irritable guy could be Chi i’s big brother. Neither their looks nor their personality was at all similar; they really didn’t seem like siblings.
And now this guy was blaming him? In the past, given Ye Zichen’s temperant, he might have simply slapped him and beaten him until his nose no longer resembled a nose and his face no longer resembled a face.
However, he was still unsure of the world in the painting, and hadn’t been here as long as this grumblebucket. Also, he had to consider Chi i’s feelings. In the end, Ye Zichen decided to let it slide.
Also, at the end of the day, Ye Zichen was concerned about that rusted sword too.....
The body of the sword was covered in rust, and its spackled blade didn’t seem particularly sharp. Judging purely by appearance, it was worse than an ordinary iron sword.
Even so, Ye Zichen couldn’t help but glance at it. He felt a vague premonition: I shouldn’t provoke it.
I’ll spare your life, thought Ye Zichen to himself.
“How can you talk to my sweetie like that?” Chi i put her hands on her hips and strode forward.” Let tell you: you have to be polite to him! Got it?”
The grumpy-faced guy was stunned that Chi i would go against him for Ye Zichen’s sake. He swept his gaze across the two of them. As he did, his rusted sword trembled slightly.
His eyes filled with shock, then he forced himself to smile. He stretched out his hand to Ye Zichen as if inviting him to shake it. However, his smile was hideous; it was uglier than his usual grimace by far.
“Wu Yi!”
Ye ZIchen was stunned by his sudden change in attitude. Wasn’t this guy pissed at earlier? Is he afraid of Chi i?
Ye Zichen didn’t get it, but he still took Wu Yi’s hand and shook it. “Ye Zichen.”
“You won both my little sister and my sword’s approval. You’re not bad.”
Even though this guy seed to have set aside his distaste, his tone was still ridiculously arrogant.
But that didn’t matter. What mattered was his sword!
He just said his sword had acknowledged Ye Zichen. That implied his sword had a soul.
Ye Zichen was stunned. No wonder that rusted blade seed so dangerous. It was actually a sentient divine artifact!
“Alright. Since we’re all here, let’s hurry up and start. I’ve already wasted far too much ti here. I don’t have much ti left.”
With that, a landscape painting popped into his hands. While he turned away, Chi i stuck her tongue out at him, but took their two paintings out as well.
Ye Zichen was stunned once more. Weren’t they inside the painting already? Where did these paintings co from?
“Ha ha ha, you’re confused, aren’t you?” Chi i smiled deviously at him. After spending a few days together, and comparing her initial deanor to her current behavior, Ye Zichen was truly uncertain of which personality was the real Chi i.
“If you make your dao partner, I’ll explain it to you.”
Grumpyface, who was carrying the landscape paintings as he led the way forward, froze. His eyes widened in disbelief, but when he turned around to look......
“Get away from , okay?” To his astonishnt, Ye Zichen just shoved her away disdainfully. When Wu Yi looked back at Chi i, he discovered that his sister didn’t seem angry at all. To the contrary, she was still coquettishly and coyly coming onto Ye Zichen!
What on earth was going on?
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