Ye Ao watched as Kong Yulan carried Feng Yudie into the inner room and then glanced at the magical tools and identity cards that Ye Anping had brought out. He seemed a bit distressed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Afterward, he turned his gaze to Pei Lengxue.

“Pei girl, you should go over and help take care of that girl.”

“Ah, sure.”

Pei Lengxue nodded in a daze, her heart pounding, and cast a furtive glance at her Senior Brother before giving a respectful salute and following Kong Yulan into the inner room.

Once she left, Ye Ao pulled Ye Anping over to a tea seat beside the tower and poured a cup of tea for him.

Ye Ao felt a bit disoriented at the moment. Leaving aside why the Grand Elder of the Poison Gu Sect would come to the region under the Righteous Sect control, he couldn’t wrap his head around how Ye Anping and Pei Lengxue, two Qi Refining stage cultivators, could have managed to wound a Pseudo-early stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, let alone killed him.

“Anping, tell me the truth. Are you and Pei girl really the one who killed this demonic cultivator? Did no one else help you?”

“Father—”

Ye Ao raised his hand to interrupt, “Anping, I know how much you can handle. Boasting might make your mother happy, but not me. Tell me the truth, what really happened?”

“To be honest, we just took advantage of an opportunity.”

“In other words, that person only died at your hands after being injured from a prior battle?”

“Yes, in Martial Creek Town, a golden dragon suddenly appeared. It seemed to have fought with that demonic cultivator, and then we encountered him. By that time, he had already lost half his life in the battle with the dragon. He wanted to use our true essence to heal himself, but Pei Lengxue and I killed him instead.”

Ye Ao narrowed his eyes, “A golden dragon?”

“Yes, a golden dragon,” Ye Anping shrugged and nodded, “Father, if you don’t believe me, you can ask around in Martial Creek Town. Many people should have seen that golden dragon.”

“What about the girl you brought back?”

“After the golden dragon disappeared, Pei Lengxue and I went to the spot directly below where it had been. That’s where we found her.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Ao’s eyes widened slightly. He turned to glance at the inner room as if he had heard something incredible. As an old cultivator, he was well aware of the inheritance of the Immortal Emperor’s bloodline.

And now, the girl with the Immortal Emperor’s bloodline had been saved by his own son and brought back home.

Ye Ao had never expected much from his son’s accomplishments in life. After all, he only possessed dual spiritual roots. While he might go farther on the path of cultivation than himself, he wouldn’t achieve anything extraordinary.

However, now he saw an opportunity that could bring glory to Hundred Lotus Sect and the Ye family.

The student or descendant of the Immortal Emperor, unless something unexpected happened, was destined to become the next Immortal Emperor.

If Ye Anping could join forces with that girl, it would be a great thing for Hundred Lotus Sect, the Ye family, and even for Ye Anping himself.

When Ye Anping introduced the girl to him earlier, he provided such detailed information. This likely meant that the girl had told Ye Anping herself.

And since she was willing to share her master’s story with Ye Anping, it probably indicated that she had developed some goodwill toward him.

“Anping, what’s the girl’s name again?”

“Feng Yudie.”

“Alright.” Ye Ao nodded and smiled happily, taking a sip of tea. “Since you saved her, you’ll be responsible for taking care of her these days, alright?”

“Of course—”

Ye Anping quickly nodded, then hesitated, “No.”

“Hmm…?” Ye Ao’s smile froze on his face. “Huh?”

“Let Xiao Die do it,” Ye Anping shrugged and chuckled. “If I take care of her, what if she falls for me? After all, I’m so charming and dashing.”

“Cough cough—” Ye Ao choked on his tea and coughed several times. He twisted his eyebrows and retorted, “You don’t want that girl to fall for you? I think that girl looks quite beautiful too.”

“I don’t want to.”

“…What’s wrong with her?”

Feng Yudie is the main character, and he’s just a cannon fodder that can’t escape from her!

Of course, he couldn’t say that out loud.

“Sigh—” Ye Anping sighed in frustration, “Dad, we shouldn’t aim too high, right?”

“What do you mean?”

“Look, I’m just an ordinary person with dual spiritual roots. If I were to find a partner, I should be looking for another ordinary cultivator with dual or trinary spiritual roots. If the aptitudes and cultivations between husband and wife differ too much, things won’t be stable. I don’t want to end up like you, getting henpecked after marriage.”

“Henpecked? What’s henpecked?”

“It means being dominated by your wife.”

“What’s being dominated by your wife?”

“It means being afraid of your wife’s ear-slapping, even if you’re fearless everywhere else.”

“… …”

Ye Ao was briefly stunned, and then black lines covered his face, with veins popping on the back of his hand.

Before he could give Ye Anping a good scolding, Ye Anping quickly smiled and poured a cup of tea for him, adding a bit of fire essence.

“Dad, here, let me offer you some tea.”

Ye Ao felt both helpless and exhausted. He shook his head and sighed.

“Forget it, I’m too lazy to deal with you. To be serious, after the day after tomorrow, when you meet the Elder from Profound Star Sect, if he asks about this matter, just say that you and your senior sister encountered a severely injured a pseudo-early stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivator and took advantage of his carelessness to ambush him. Don’t go into too much detail, got it?”

“…Elder from Profound Star Sect?”

“His name is Qi Baishi, one of the Profound Star Sect’s Elders, he is the Head of Profound Star Sect Dragon Star Academy.”

“Dad, didn’t you previously not believe that I went to kill a demonic cultivator with Lengxue? Why are you bringing an Elder of the Profound Star Sect here now?”

Ye Ao gave him a disdainful look. “I didn’t mention anything about demonic cultivators. I just want him to come over for a game of chess and give you some pointers. It cost your old man three thousand spirit stones.”

His father could be quite petty sometimes.

“Alright.” Ye Anping finished his tea and stood up. “Dad, I’m going back. I’m exhausted.”

“Mm.”

…

In the inner room, after Kong Yulan had transferred a year’s worth of true essence to Feng Yudie, she arranged her in one of the guest rooms in the Heavenly Pavilion.

Pei Lengxue had been guarding Feng Yudie by her side since her arrival.

As for why she was guarding here, it was because she was worried that her senior brother would come to visit her.

If her senior brother did visit, she had to be present.

However, now that she looked at Feng Yudie lying on the bed, a sharp pain throbbed in her chest and heart.

Why did her senior brother have to bring her back when he could have left her in that town?

And she had a Heavenly Spiritual Root…

And she was so pretty…

Around the same age as her senior brother…

The more Pei Lengxue thought about it, the angrier she became. Eventually, she took out a dagger from her storage pouch and started peeling an apple.

Crack—

Crack—

Perhaps hearing this ominous sound of apple peeling, Feng Yudie, who had been lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes.

She groggily looked around the room.

Since she had woken up a few times while Pei Lengxue was carrying her back to Hundred Lotus Sect, she had some recollection. It seemed that she had been saved by Pei Lengxue.

Seeing Pei Lengxue, she quickly called out, “Miss Pei…”

Pei Lengxue paused her apple peeling and gave her a cold look. “Awake?”

“Ah… Yes, I’m awake.”

“Alright, after this, a maid named Xiao Die will come to take care of you. If you need anything, talk to her. Don’t bother my senior brother, got it?”

“Ah…” Seeing that Pei Lengxue was about to leave, Feng Yudie quickly reached out, “Wait, Miss Pei.”

“What?”

“Well…” Feng Yudie shyly pursed her lips. “Thank you for saving me.”

“Hmph.” Pei Lengxue snorted and tossed the apple core she had been peeling toward her. “Here, I peeled the apple for you.”

Then, she left the room without looking back.