novelno Chapter 547 - 177: The Unbeatable Sea Calm and the White Lotus Demoness’s Falling Petals
Chapter 547 - 177: The Unbeatable Sea Calm and the White Lotus Demoness’s Falling Petals
Li Yuan was clearly enjoying the "custom service" now.
This White Spirit Water evidently had learned from him, and from hearsay, about his approximate living environment, and was now arranging for him the kind of environment he liked best.
After finishing the meal, White Spirit Water carried the dirty bowls for washing.
She casually tugged off her outer garments, replacing the tempting silver gauze with farm girl blue and white floral pants and shirt.
The clothes wrapped tightly around her body, the fabric stretching over her fullness, paired with a pure face, subtly hidden allure, making her even more enchanting than before.
Li Yuan sat under the eaves, where strings of red peppers and dark-patterned dried meat hung, invoking a sense of nostalgia for Huishan County, setting his heart slightly at ease, even giving rise to the thought, "If Sister Yan were inside, living like this might not be so bad."
However, he and Sister Yan couldn’t break through the boundary, visible to each other yet unable to touch.
After a while, the dishwashing sound from inside stopped.
White Spirit Water held a wooden basin and walked briskly out, running through the rain towards the nearby well, attempting to fetch more water to rinse the bowls again.
Li Yuan pushed her back, walked to the well, and with a flick of the bucket, lifted up a large bucket of water, placing it before her, intoning, "Use it."
White Spirit Water had already moved a small stool, sitting on it with her long legs spread, straddling the wooden basin, starting to ladle water with a gourd to rinse the dirty bowls.
Seeing the big fellow watching her wash dishes, she softly said, "Being a musician outside, but at home I have to wash dishes myself, busy here and there yet not earning much money, don’t you look down on me?"
Her voice was natural, her expression calm, yet hiding a trace of gloom.
If it weren’t for the Fifth Grade statistics hovering beside her, Li Yuan might have believed her.
But he didn’t respond, instead he naturally sat beside the dishwashing demoness, holding a branch in each hand, waving them in the air.
White Spirit Water, not hearing a response, glanced sideways at him, then withdrew her gaze.
She did not break the atmosphere.
She knew: when a man is willing to spend silent time with you, the relationship has advanced a step.
However, she had to proceed with the second test.
Time passed slowly...
Soon, the rain stopped.
A bright moon hung in the sky, casting silver-white reflections across the uneven ground.
In the distance, a robust figure was walking towards them, its surrounding heat and perilous aura akin to flames under the autumn night.
It was a man, short-haired, eyes like lightning, grasping a stick for herding sheep, urging the five or six sheep ahead.
Meanwhile...
White Spirit Water was pulling Li Yuan in, explaining something to him.
"Martial arts across the land are divided into nine grades, but people differ.
The Divine Wood Hall Master of Mianzhou Path, Qing Hancheng, may be powerful, but is not the strongest.
If you really want to face the strongest, head south.
There are beings stronger than Qing Hancheng in the south."
"Not going, Mom said, take things one step at a time.
The south is too far; I want to fight Qing Hancheng first." Li Yuan knew this demoness was trying to lure him into the Lotus Sect, to work for them, but that was impossible.
Just then, footsteps sounded from afar.
Li Yuan looked up at the approaching figure, a robust short-haired man, with the data "2855~7228".
This was the strongest he’d seen since entering Mianzhou Path, even stronger than Gu Xuejian, who hadn’t reached Fourth Grade then.
White Spirit Water pulled him, saying, "That’s my brother Bai Douqi, back from herding sheep."
Then she continued, "Is your Ah Bai somewhat like my family’s sheep?"
Li Yuan shook his head like a rattle drum, "No, my Ah Bai has two buttocks."
White Spirit Water said, "I’m talking about the fur, both commonly white, commonly fluffy..."
Li Yuan showed a look full of anticipation.
When Bai Douqi returned to the courtyard, White Spirit Water feigned introducing Dian Wei to Bai Douqi.
Li Yuan hugged a sheep and started petting it.
A short while later, White Spirit Water unexpectedly ran over to him, petting the sheep alongside him, saying, "I like stroking sheep too."
Li Yuan was somewhat speechless; he understood, this was cultivating shared interests to foster affection...
This sheep, marked with "0~1" on its head, bleated as Li Yuan and the demoness petted it.
White Spirit Water suddenly said, "Why don’t you have a fight with my brother, it’s for your own good; if you can’t even beat my brother, don’t go seeking out Qing Hancheng... he’ll kill you if you can’t beat him."
Li Yuan chuckled, "You’re really kind, showing me the way and asking your brother to fight me."
As soon as the words "fight" left his mouth, he leapt up with a "pop", excitedly running towards the man in the courtyard.
This man had muscles coiled like old vines around his body; as he flexed his shoulders, his muscles bulged and moved like rodents scurrying around.
Li Yuan recognized this style.
In the Lotus Sect, only Red Lotus thieves appeared like this.
White Lotus Secret Investigator, Red Lotus assistance, Cyan Lotus and Black Lotus at home "massing troops", indeed a good combination.
As this man appeared here, Li Yuan could guess with his toes, he was here to assess his strength...
"Please instruct me."
Bai Douqi wore a fierce expression, lips slowly forming a sinister smile, a destructive aura surrounding him inch by inch.
Li Yuan seemed unfazed by the terrifying aura, scratching his head childishly, saying, "Hehe."
Then he charged forward, his Sword Qi everywhere, his two fingers combined, creating Sea Calm.
As the fingers extended, Bai Douqi felt as if a vast ocean was surging towards him.