While Ye Anping was contemplating these matters, the two young herbalists had already reapplied his medicine and rewrapped his bandages.
"Young Master Ye, we'll be off now. If you need anything, just ring the bell next to you, and we'll know."
"Ah..." Ye Anping quickly snapped out of his thoughts and politely bowed his head in thanks. "Thank you, both."
"You're welcome~"
The two young herbalists smiled brightly. It seemed he hadn't unintentionally offended them, and Ye Anping breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as they wheeled their cart out of the room, two people who had been waiting outside stepped in.
Pei Lengxue and Xiao Yunluo exchanged a glance, and then Xiao Yunluo approached, holding a box of pastries in her hands. "Although this isn't our first meeting, this is just a small gift to express my respect. Please accept it, Young Master Ye. I also want to apologize for misunderstanding you earlier at the therapy clinic."
"Miss Xiao, you're being too polite. Therapy is a new concept, and it's natural that it takes time to accept."
"Mm..."
After Xiao Yunluo greeted him, she glanced at Pei Lengxue and quickly stepped to the side.
It seemed that Pei Lengxue felt a bit uncomfortable with Xiao Yunluo being there, as she usually would've immediately sat down next to her senior brother and leaned on his shoulder.
"Senior Brother, I just came to check on you. How's your injury?"
"It was just a minor injury, but after Physician Zhou's consultation, with Senior Sister Bai by his side, it turned into this." Ye Anping shrugged helplessly. "Don't worry, this isn't as bad as what you've hit me with before."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yunluo was slightly stunned. She glanced at Ye Anping's bandaged body and at the table beside him, covered with jars of medicine.
His whole body was wrapped in bandages, and there were so many medicinal jars nearby.
This wasn't as bad as what Pei Lengxue had hit him with?
How badly had she hit him before?!
She then hesitantly looked over at Pei Lengxue, curious about her reaction.
Pei Lengxue simply breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Well, that's good."
Xiao Yunluo: … …
Ye Anping, noticing that Xiao Yunluo was focused on him and Pei Lengxue, pondered for a moment and then said, "Well, in a few days, if you have some free time, come to my massage center, and I'll take you to the Tianqiong Spring Return Pavilion for a visit."
"Tianqiong Spring Return Pavilion?" It was the first time Pei Lengxue had heard of this place. "What is it?"
Seemingly excited to join the conversation, Xiao Yunluo eagerly explained, "Lengxue, it's the best jewelry store in the Western Region. I wanted to take you there before, but it's a bit far."
"It's only about half a day's journey by flying on a spiritual sword," Ye Anping added.
"Ah, that's still quite far," Xiao Yunluo chuckled.
Pei Lengxue hesitated and asked, "If it's the best jewelry store, then isn't all of the jewelry there expensive? No need, Senior Brother. Besides, I don't like wearing jewelry; it gets in the way when practicing swordsmanship."
"How can a young lady not have jewelry?" Xiao Yunluo leaned in closer to Pei Lengxue, sitting next to her. "Jewelry for a woman is like wine for a man. You should have a few pieces to show off. When attending banquets and such, men compete in drinking, and women exchange jewelry to wear. Besides, Lengxue, you're so beautiful. If you wear a necklace or bracelet, it's like adding the finishing touch."
"That's right, Miss Xiao is absolutely right."
"Call me Sister Xiao, Young master Ye."
Ye Anping and Xiao Yunluo exchanged glances, and Pei Lengxue, who noticed this, furrowed her brow, and coughed to remind them.
Cough, cough...
"Ah..." Xiao Yunluo was taken aback and quickly averted her gaze, silently sighing to herself, 'Lengxue really guards her senior brother fiercely. Just a simple accidental eye contact during a normal conversation, and she gets upset'
Pei Lengxue paused, furrowed her brow, and said seriously, "But I already owe Senior Brother so much that I can't repay it all. If I buy jewelry now, Senior Brother, do you not want me to repay you the spirit stones anymore?"
"You still remember that?"
"Of course, I do!"
Ye Anping jokingly replied, "Then take your time to repay it. Even if it takes two or three hundred years, I'll be here, being your creditor for two or three hundred years."
"..."
Listening to the banter between these senior brother and sister, Xiao Yunluo had a string of question marks over her head and thought to herself, 'Perhaps only people who have been close for over a decade can understand the subtleties in their relationship.'
"Hmm..." Pei Lengxue pursed her lips and nodded, hesitating for a moment. Then she said, "But let's buy something less expensive, maybe at the market. Remember when we were shopping with Senior Brother last time? There was a jewelry store that looked good."
"Let's go to the Tianqiong Spring Return Pavilion first, if you can resist buying anything, then let's go to other store." Ye Anping added.
"Alright..."
She thought, 'Senior Brother is already working hard at his therapy to earn money. I must save money for him!'
At that moment, Ye Anping noticed a spot of blood on Pei Lengxue's clothes and furrowed his brows. He asked, "Junior Sister, what were you doing just now?"
"Hmm?" Pei Lengxue looked at the spot he was pointing to and then replied, "Oh, that... I just killed a chicken."
"What did you kill a chicken for?"
After a brief hesitation, she said, "Senior Brother, I saw a ghost last night!"
"A ghost... you mean one of those malevolent spirits and specters?"
Xiao Yunluo chimed in, "Yes, Lengxue said that last night, while she was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, she saw the ghost of a dismembered little girl in the bamboo grove next to the Tri-Rivers Courtyard."
"What?!" A sea of question marks appeared in Ye Anping's mind.
Why didn't he know about such occurrences in the Profound Star Sect? He had encountered similar tasks before, but they were usually in the domain of demonic cultivators in the Eastern Region.
The Profound Star Sect was for righteous cultivators!
It was a place of spiritual beings; where would ghosts come from, and why would they come to the Profound Star Sect?
After thinking for a while, Ye Anping asked, "Junior Sister, can you describe what the ghost looked like?"
"It looked like a girl who was around eight or nine years old, with hair longer than her height…"
With just these few words, Ye Anping took a deep breath, but with Xiao Yunluo present, he decided to skip this part and asked, "I think I have an idea."
Undoubtedly, with the description of an eight or nine-year-old girl with hair longer than her height, he could deduce that it was Xiao Yunluo mother, Sima Xuanji, the Loli Baba, who was part of the main storyline in the game.
However, he felt a bit flustered.
Did Sima Xuanji have contact with his Junior Sister so quickly?
Was it a chance encounter, or was there more to it?
He had thought Sima Xuanji wouldn't appear for at least another two or three months.
In the game, the first time Feng Yudie saw Sima Xuanji was after she had reached the Foundation Establishment stage. She had spent almost half a year raising her favorability with Xiao Yunluo before she can meet the ancient grandma.
Now, it seemed that his Junior Sister's "female charm" was far more potent than he had estimated.
In just about a month, his Junior Sister had "attracted" Sima Xuanji.
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