Xiao Manxuan was still wearing her school uniform skirt, and her posture was quite indecent, but for Lin Tian, it was a pleasure.
However, if Xiao Manxuan moved any more, her buttocks were about to be exposed, and with people coming and going in the store, this was not a good thing. Such matters could be done privately, but shouldn’t be seen by outsiders, right? Lin Tian shalessly thought.
"Second Miss, they’re just a few specins. What’s there to be afraid of? If you don’t co down now, soone is going to see your bum," Lin Tian said with a chuckle, patting her on the back.
Only then did Xiao Manxuan rember she was wearing a short skirt, and in such an embarrassing position straddled across Lin Tian’s waist. She quickly loosened her legs and jumped down, but hid behind Lin Tian.
"It’s not the specins..." Xiao Manxuan said, clinging to Lin Tian’s arm, nervously.
Lin Tian was a bit puzzled. What could scare her so much? He shook his head and walked into the store.
At that mont, the store was bustling with quite a few people, all of whom were looking towards a big iron rack in the middle. A large snake was coiled around the rack, lifted its head, and hissed at Lin Tian as he entered.
"Damn it, who put a huge python here, trying to scare whom?" Lin Tian cursed as he looked at the python, thicker than his thigh.
Although pythons are not venomous, their constricting and swallowing capabilities are extrely powerful, able to crush a person’s bones entirely and consu food much larger than their own body.
Hearing him, Xiao Manxuan beca even more nervous, clenching Lin Tian’s arm tightly, as if only then feeling secure. Won are naturally afraid of snakes and insects, and now with such a huge python in sight, even n would go weak at the knees, let alone a young girl.
"It’s you again!" A male sales clerk ca over; it was the sa young man who had given Lin Tian trouble last ti.
He glanced at Xiao Manxuan, who was clinging closely to Lin Tian, a flash of jealousy in his eyes. Last ti he saw Lin Tian with one stunning beauty, and now here was another equally pretty girl, both appearing to have a good relationship with Lin Tian.
His heart was incredibly jealous, so naturally, his service attitude was poor.
"This python was brought back by our boss," the male clerk said with a tease and then whistled at the python. Pretending to be enthusiastic, he said to Lin Tian, "Little Yellow, go greet the custor."
The python’s idea of greeting was to coil around the custor. Trained not to harm, a typical person wrapped by the giant python would undoubtedly be scared silly.
This sinister tactic was ant to make Lin Tian look foolish, then take the opportunity to "rescue" the beauty, playing the hero. Who knows, he might even win the lady’s favor.
"Hmph, what’s the use of being handso? He’s just an empty-headed pretty boy," the male clerk muttered under his breath.
The python, receiving the signal, moved its body and coiled towards Lin Tian. Other custors cried out in alarm.
Lin Tian saw everything, narrowed his eyes, and a blue light flashed deep within them. The python’s forward movent suddenly stiffened as if it had seen sothing terrifying, and it quickly retreated, charging towards the male clerk commanding it.
With a "bang", the male clerk was hit retaliatively by the python and flew onto the iron shelves, knocking unconscious.
The spectators, initially enjoying the commotion, panicked and scread, rushing out of the store in a swarm.
"Swoosh..." A strange sound arose, piercingly sharp, and the python, as if summoned, quickly slithered towards the back of the store.
After the python disappeared, a young girl erged from behind the store. With a graceful figure and bright eyes, she was the store’s owner, Li Yue.
"He’s just unconscious. Take him out," Li Yue said expressionlessly.
Imdiately, two people ca out and carried the male shop assistant away. He had tried to trick Lin Tian but ultimately reaped the bitter fruits of his own actions.
After handling the situation, Li Yue glanced at Lin Tian, then returned to the back of the shop. Lin Tian acted as if nothing had happened and followed her inside along with Xiao Manxuan.
"Lin Tian, this sister is amazing; she can actually control the python with a musical instrunt," Xiao Manxuan said admiringly, still clinging to Lin Tian’s arm.
The little girl was gripping Lin Tian’s arm tightly, showing how tense Xiao Manxuan felt inside. The place looked so eerie that she was both frightened and curious.
Lin Tian could feel her conflicting emotions but said nothing. What interested him more was how the little girl had realized that Li Yue was controlling the python with a musical instrunt, so he asked, "How did you know?"
"You see that thing hanging from her waist? It should be a modified ancient musical instrunt that can make unique sounds," Xiao Manxuan said keenly.
Lin Tian then rembered the little girl’s profound understanding of music. Last ti in Fanyin Temple in Zhonghai City, an ancient guqin had actually summoned her. Speaking of which, he still didn’t know the significance of that guqin, which surprisingly contained a powerful golden sword.
Walking ahead, Li Yue looked back at Xiao Manxuan and said, sowhat surprised, "This little sister has quite the eye. You must have a good understanding of music. May I know your na? I am Li Yue."
"Ah, Sister Yue, I am Xiao Manxuan. I just have a liking for music theory, nothing scholarly," Xiao Manxuan replied as she released Lin Tian and walked up to warmly grasp Li Yue’s hand, introducing herself very familiarly.
"This is sothing we Gu Cultivators use. It emits sound waves at special frequencies to communicate with the Gu," Li Yue explained to Xiao Manxuan, who she had taken a liking to, detailing the instrunt’s purpose.
"Sister Yue is also a Gu Cultivator? Why didn’t Lin Tian tell he had such an amazing friend?" Xiao Manxuan exclaid in surprise, casting a disapproving look back at Lin Tian.
Thus, the two of them quickly ward up to each other, addressing each other as sisters in less than three minutes. Lin Tian was speechless; why hadn’t Li Yue been so approachable when he was here yesterday?
Shaking his head, he followed them, headed down the stairs to the basent. The eting with Li Yue and her grandmother had been scheduled for seven o’clock in the evening, but it seed it would start earlier now.
Upon returning to the basent, the altar still had tributes laid out for the so-called Gu God. Li Qingyun was already waiting in front of the altar table, this ti not wearing that semi-transparent gown but a white dress, dressed no differently from a woman in her thirties.
Every ti Lin Tian saw Li Qingyun, he felt stunned by her allure. Yet her age was apparent, which baffled his mind, often perceiving her only as a young woman.
Li Qingyun sat cross-legged on the ground, with a small table in front of her on which an ancient guqin lay.
"Ding-dong..." Li Qingyun stretched out her slender fingers, gently strumming the strings, and the ancient guqin produced a lodious sound.
Her playing was peculiar; Lin Tian could not discern any musical pattern, just seemingly random plucking of the strings. Then, a rustling sound suddenly erged, and a large python crawled out from behind the altar table and began to wriggle its body to the tune of the guqin.
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