Chapter 597: Jianghu Storybook?
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"Young Master, don't be angry. That guy just got lucky—he ca up with a decent riddle. Maybe he doesn't even have an answer!"
"Exactly, exactly. No matter what, you're the best in our eyes!"
"Really?" Although he still felt a little irritated inside, there were so many beautiful concubines around him, chattering and laughing that even an immortal would be carried away. Naturally he couldn't remain aloof, and he gradually shoved that bit of frustration to the back of his mind.
"You are still my darlings!"
Chen Wenyan had one draped across his left arm and another on his right; two were sitting in his embrace, one sprawled on his knee, and his hands were already beginning to misbehave.
Yet there wasn't much desire in his eyes.
Did he not know whether that man had real skill compared to him, the Top Scholar?
He was not soone who would give in so easily.
He'd get people to find out who that man really was once he returned ho.
Soone wearing a mask in the Imperial Capital probably had a sensitive identity—could he possibly be the imperial princess's son-in-law?
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On the main street of Youdu City.
As evening deepened, fewer and fewer pedestrians remained.
But that didn't stop Li Qingran and Liu Cuie from walking hand in hand by the riverside in the night breeze.
Chen Huaian trailed behind at a distance, playing the role of the mysterious black-clad bodyguard.
Li Qingran had admitted earlier that he had kissed her proactively.
But when he had demanded she call him husband, she absolutely refused to admit that.
Even though Liu Cuie heard it and Chen Huaian heard it, Li Qingran pretended not to know.
When asked directly she blushed, lowered her head, and clamd up.
She would talk about everything else, but the mont this subject ca up, the girl turned into a withdrawn, embarrassed ss.
So Chen Huaian didn't persist in teasing and forcing her to say "husband."
He began seriously pondering the earlier events.
The Electronic Girlfriend system had trained him into a useful habit.
Whenever he encountered a decent "NPC" in the Cangyun Realm, he concentrated and checked their profile.
Based on his cultivation level and the other person's, he could see either simple or very detailed information.
For soone like Liu Cuie, he could basically see everything from when the girl was born to when she was weaned—fifteen years of life laid out cleanly—so he concluded this little maid had a kind heart and was a rare person with a pure soul.
Although the green, yellow, and red glows on a person helped him gauge friendliness,
he wasn't shallow enough to rely solely on those to judge soone.
There wasn't a single mortal in the Imperial Capital he couldn't see through.
Except for that young noble from before.
When he looked at that young master, a veil seed to shroud him that Chen Huaian couldn't pierce.
He couldn't even see through the young master's mask!
He didn't even know what that man looked like!
Is that possible?
And he was at the Great Ascension Stage!
So Chen Huaian paid special attention to that young master.
He even spent ten top-grade spirit jades on one Heaven's Calculation to investigate him.
But custor service replied that the young master was covered by Heaven's concealnt and could not be probed?!
What the heck.
The Heavenly Dao of the entire Cangyun Realm had beco a lackey for the Electronic Girlfriend ga and was now putting on airs!
What were they hiding?!
That young master gave off a vaguely familiar feeling, yet at the sa ti it felt strange.
The last ti Heaven's Calculation was this evasive was when investigating White Sword's identity.
Could this young master be related to White Sword?
No amount of guessing here would yield results.
Better to investigate personally—after all, the other party was only mortal and couldn't put up much resistance.
Chen Huaian had basically ford a plan in his mind.
He caught up to Li Qingran and Liu Cuie ahead and said, "Qingran, Master has an important matter to handle for a while. Don't wander off—stay around the lantern festival. Once Master finishes, he will co find you right away."
Li Qingran knew her master was out on a mission and obediently nodded, asking only, "Does Master need the disciple's help?"
"It's nothing major. Master can handle it alone." Chen Huaian shook his head, then teased, "You still won't call husband even once?"
Li Qingran paused, her pretty face imdiately flushing.
Even in the night she looked extraordinarily charming.
She turned away, stamped her foot, and pretended not to look at Chen Huaian, then let out a light hum.
"Master, hurry and take care of your business. If you're late and it causes trouble, the disciple won't take the bla!"
Chen Huaian snickered inwardly, flashed, and disappeared into the night.
When Liu Cuie saw Chen Huaian leave, she slyly tugged Li Qingran's sleeve.
"Sister Qingran, why won't you just call him 'Young Master Husband'? Your relationship has already reached that point, hasn't it?"
After walking through the lantern festival, she and Li Qingran had grown close.
She used to call her Miss, but now she could directly call her sister.
"My master and I are fine—things just haven't progressed that fast." Li Qingran pursed her lips and gazed at the moon's reflection on the lake. "You'll et my other two senior sisters at Moon Shadow Sect later—one is called Mo Shui, Senior Sister Mo; the other is Yue Qianchi, Senior Sister Yue.
Both senior sisters told not to be too obedient with Master in such small matters. You must bait him a bit—the longer you bait him, the better the feelings. What was it called... Oh! Right! It's called mood!"
Liu Cuie nodded. "The two senior sisters make sense. But Qingran, aren't you a little shy because of Young Master? Sotis you act quite forward—not at all demure, like you can't help yourself."
"Cuie, if you keep saying nonsense I'll stop playing with you!"
Li Qingran's pretty face reddened several shades.
Whether Liu Cuie's words were accurate was plain to see.
In her heart Li Qingran quietly thought that anyone facing such an outstanding and handso man as her master would likely be unable to resist.
How could she be labeled unrestrained?
Moon Shadow Sect had so many female cultivators who wanted to throw themselves at Master that a line could form from the sect gate all the way to the Cangbo Mountain Range.
Every day she could see piles of confession letters at the door of her master's cave abode.
Of course, she had already dealt with those letters beforehand—there was no way she would let Master see them.
"Qingran, don't you want to look at so storybooks?" Liu Cuie squinted and smiled like a little fox. "The Young Master just left. I'll take you to buy so... Although this isn't the Southern Dynasty, shops selling those storybooks are more or less the sa. I roughly know where they'll set up."
"Yes!" Li Qingran's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands. "Cuie, you're it!"
She gave Cuie a thumbs-up.
If Master knew she would definitely not be allowed to read those Jianghu storybooks.
But as long as he didn't know, what did it matter?
Honestly, Senior Sisters Yue Qianchi and Mo Shui always left things half said, leaving her confused.
For the awkward parts they told her to go read so Jianghu storybooks.
She wasn't soone who didn't like learning.
But first, she needed to have them!
"Let's go, let's go! Hurry!"
With that thought she hurried Liu Cuie toward the bustling market:
"If we're late, Master will be back!
He's a Great Ascension Stage cultivator—he moves fast!"
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