At first glance, Su Xijue suddenly found the pockmarked face in front of him to be quite pleasing to the eye.
"Wu Liuyin, you..." Su Xijue looked furious, which frightened the other servants in the courtyard and the guards outside the door. They all gasped and held their breath, waiting for the next moment when the two would clash. Su Xijue suddenly said in an annoyed tone, "You're powerful, I surrender." After saying that, he shuffled into the house and refused to leave.
Wu Liuyin smiled slightly at Su Xijue, who was shamelessly pretending to be magnanimous, picked up the book that Liehuo had given her, and walked towards the door. She could just find another place to sleep; there were other rooms available if this one wasn't suitable.
Just as Su Xijue was sitting smugly on the soft couch, wanting to see Wu Liuyin's attitude towards him next, he didn't expect things to turn out like this. He frowned and said, "Wu Liuyin, you can forget about hiding from me for the rest of your life. Anyway, you are my imperial concubine, and you are destined to be my concubine for life. Humph, this prince will stay in your boudoir and never leave." The usually cold Su Xijue's temperament was like that of a completely different person, which surprised everyone!
Even the eight secret guards protecting Su Xijue from the shadows were dumbfounded. Were they hallucinating?!?
In a world free from pollution, the air is so fresh that you can't help but take a few more breaths, afraid that you won't be able to smell this fresh air again in the next second.
As Wu Liuyin walked, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching. She immediately turned around and leaped into the treetops, holding her breath.
"Master, according to our scouts, Su Xijue's personality has drastically changed recently. He's been staying at the Wu family's residence, and the reason for this change is the soon-to-be-married Third Imperial Consort, the Wu family's good-for-nothing Wu Liuyin," said one of the four people in black as they walked under the tree. The fact that Wu Liuyin was a genius was only known within the Wu family and the royal family. Wu Yao, fearing trouble, hadn't spread the news. He didn't want to cause trouble for Wu Liuyin, and besides, there were many martial arts practitioners on the continent who had gone mad from practicing martial arts, constantly seeking out stronger opponents. If news of Wu Liuyin's strength were to spread, within two days, powerful and competitive figures in the martial world wouldn't let her go unless she defeated them! Otherwise, those people, who were like chickens on steroids, wouldn't easily admit defeat!
Wu Liuyin squinted. Su Xijue? Could these people be Su Xijue's enemies?
“Oh, this matter is a bit strange. Rayleigh, go and investigate. Hugo and Brin, you two go and buy some dry rations. I want some peace and quiet,” said the man in the dark blue clothes among the four. He was probably the leader of the group. The man in black was Rayleigh, and the other two in blue were probably Hugo and Brin.
After the three men left, each performing their duties, only the man in blue remained.
The man in blue paused for a moment: "Sir, you probably don't need to hide anymore, do you?"
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☆、010
"Just taking a nap," Wu Liuyin said, before leaping down to land beside the man in blue.
Murong Fanghua scrutinized the woman before him. The first thing he noticed was Wu Liuyin's striking blue pupils. However, the veil covering her face gave her an air of mystery. Murong Fanghua couldn't sense any pressure emanating from Wu Liuyin. She was able to hide so well among the trees. If it weren't for his spiritual power being able to detect the presence of a hot creature, he wouldn't have known. Let alone Hu Ge and the others.
"What a fine nap, hahaha. I am Murong Fanghua. May I ask your honorable name, young lady?" Murong Fanghua said gently. Murong Fanghua, who had always been good at controlling his emotions, asked with a smile. Only enemies and soldiers could see his ruthlessness and coldness. No one else had the good fortune to witness it!
"I won't tell you," Wu Liuyin said expressionlessly and was about to leave when Murong Fanghua stopped her.
“Young lady, this is not right of you. I have already decided not to pursue the matter of you eavesdropping on my conversation with my servant. I am willing to befriend you and introduce myself. How can you not tell me your name? Isn’t that a bit unfair?” Murong Fanghua said with a smile. From childhood to adulthood, no woman had ever avoided him.
“I didn’t ask you to say it,” Wu Liuyin said, tilting her head as she watched Murong Fanghua’s hand grab her arm. She gestured with her eyes for Murong Fanghua to let go, and her mouth didn’t stop either.
Fortunately, Murong Fanghua had a good temper. If he had a bad temper, he probably would have been furious after just three sentences when faced with someone as indifferent as Wu Liuyin and her way of speaking. But seeing Wu Liuyin's attitude, he refused to let up.
“Unless you tell me your name, I’ll let you go, how about it?” Murong Fanghua said, raising an eyebrow.
"Dream on!" Wu Liuyin glanced at Murong Fanghua with disdain, and in the blink of an eye, she was already ten meters away from Murong Fanghua.
Murong Fanghua was somewhat taken aback.
Actually, the second page of the book that Rei-ka gave me these past two days has words on it. Whether or not there are words in the book seems to be related to the strength of her spiritual pressure. The crimson aura has turned orange. Moreover, what appears on the second page is Shunpo and the skill of mastering Shunpo. It can instantly leave a place ten meters away from where you don't want to stay. If the spiritual pressure is stronger, it can be twenty meters, thirty meters, and so on. However, it is also a move that consumes a lot of spiritual pressure. Fortunately, ten meters away has no effect on spiritual pressure.
Murong Fanghua was stunned. When did such a powerful person appear on the continent? Why couldn't he sense any spiritual pressure from her? Instant teleportation was something even his near-purple spiritual pressure couldn't achieve. How could someone whose spiritual pressure he couldn't sense do it so easily? Could it be that this person's spiritual pressure was already above purple, beyond his ability to detect? How powerful would that be? Was she even human?
"Murong Fanghua, if you stop me again, you'll die!" Wu Liuyin said before walking towards the forest.
Leaving behind a stunned Murong Fanghua, perhaps shocked by Wu Liuyin's arrogant demeanor, he followed without a word.
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☆、011 Trapped by People
Wu Liuyin has always been like this. She's not afraid of death, so what is there to fear? She used to be very interested in medicine, but now that she's here, she can only live a quiet life. But spending all day doing nothing but cultivating spiritual pressure is also a very boring life! So when she has nothing to do, she plans to go to the forest and mountains every day to collect some herbs and make potions. Although she is powerful, there are always people stronger than her, and she has to be careful.
As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure!
Murong Fanghua followed Wu Liuyin the whole way. In fact, Wu Liuyin knew this, but since it didn't concern her, she naturally didn't care.
Along the way, they collected all sorts of herbs. Murong Fanghua frowned. Why was this woman collecting so many herbs?
"I'm telling you, after all this time, you must know, right? Why can't we turn hostility into friendship? We can work together; I can be your laborer or your assistant."
Wu Liuyin stopped, turned to look at Murong Fanghua, and thought about it. She figured it made sense; why not use someone who was available, especially since she didn't need to pay them? She paused, then said, "Okay, come here."
Murong Fanghua regretted his words, but he still obediently went over. He really wanted to ask the woman in front of him, would it kill her to say a few more words? She was so stingy with her words, truly a person who cherished words like gold!
He took the herbs from Wu Liuyin's hand and followed her around eagerly.
"Why are you so quiet?" Ever since Murong Fanghua started helping out, his mouth hasn't stopped.
"..." Wu Liuyin remained silent, but she regretted her decision. Keeping Murong Fanghua by her side was a disaster, a disaster for her ears.
"What's your name? Just tell me, at least I have to address you. I can't keep changing it to 'Miss' or 'Hey,' that's very rude." Murong Fanghua seemed to have the only thing in common with Su Xijue: shamelessness and thick skin.
"..." Wu Liuyin continued to ignore Murong Fanghua.
"If you don't tell me, I'll call you Little Blue because I see you have unique blue eyes. It sounds nice, hahaha."
"..." Wu Liuyin's lips twitched slightly. Little Blue?!
"Little Blue, why are you collecting these herbs? And how high is your martial arts skill? You haven't broken through to the purple level, have you? What color is above purple? Can you tell me?"
"..." Wu Liuyin thought that if Murong Fanghua were in the middle of the world, that is, the century AD, he would probably be a very good reporter who could dig people out, or even the most inquisitive reporter. It's such a pity that he has such talent as a reporter.
"Little Blue..."
"Shut up!" Wu Liuyin's patience had reached its limit. After her shout, Murong Fanghua was stunned, and the words he was about to say seemed to be swallowed back.
"Little Blue..." Murong Fanghua, who had been stunned for a moment, spoke again, but before he could finish speaking, Wu Liuyin had already frozen him in place.
"You're out of touch," Wu Liuyin smiled slightly, scooped the herbs from Murong Fanghua's hand, and left Murong Fanghua, who was frozen in place, with a dashing back view. It was estimated that this acupoint would not be released for two or three hours. The key was that Wu Liuyin had gone too far, not even giving him a chance to call for help. He was just left in the wilderness, and the sky gradually darkened.
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☆、012
When Wu Liuyin returned to the Wu residence, it was already the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), which is around ** o'clock in the evening. At this time, the day and night were still divided into twelve two-hour periods: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. Each two-hour period was equivalent to two hours in modern time. The hour of Zi was equivalent to midnight, and the last hour of Hai was equivalent to 11 PM.
A bright, clear moon hung in the sky, illuminating the entire dance hall.
"Third Miss, the clan leader is waiting for you in the main hall," a maidservant said as Wu Liuyin stepped into the main courtyard.
Wu Liuyin glanced at the maid and said, "I know, I'll go right away." Then she walked towards the hall.
Upon entering the hall, almost all of the direct descendants of the dancers were waiting for Wu Liuyin to return, as if there was something important to discuss.
"Grandpa, you were looking for me?" Although Wu Liuyin was very reluctant to call him that, she had no choice, after all, he was her own family in this world. She was always rather awkward with these kinds of terms of address, because in the Common Era, she had never used any other terms of address among relatives except for "Mom".
"Liuyin, you must have heard that the Emperor has decreed that you will marry the Third Prince on an auspicious day in three days. So don't go out casually these next few days," Wu Yao said.
Without a second thought, Wu Liuyin refused to marry him. How could she possibly marry her defeated foe, that arrogant guy?
"Grandpa knows you definitely won't agree, but please, for the sake of my old bones, obediently marry the Third Prince. Otherwise, your actions could endanger the lives of hundreds of people in the Wu family. I'm begging you," Wu Yao said, his wrinkles seeming to tangle together, and his temples showing more and more white hair.
Wu Liuyin looked at Wu Yao, and her heart was touched.
"I won't implicate anyone in the Wu family," Wu Liuyin said, glancing at Wu Yao before walking out the door.
"Father, Wu Liuyin is so arrogant! We are elders, and she didn't even say hello. Bailing and Tianqi, her cousins, were all here. She just ignored them and left. She has no manners at all!" Wu Qinian said angrily as soon as Wu Liuyin left, watching what had just happened. He couldn't believe that Wu Liuyin could become a genius among geniuses and even defeat Su Xijue.
"Qinian, Liuyin is naturally aloof, and now that she's relying on her spiritual pressure, she's become a bit arrogant. But how can you, as an elder, say that your niece is ill-mannered? Isn't that a slap in the face to the Wu family? Since Liuyin said she wouldn't implicate the Wu family, she must already have a solution. Let's not talk about this anymore. It's getting late, everyone should go back and rest." After Wu Yao finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards his room.
“Father, just indulge her then, alas,” Wu Qinian said, then turned and left.
Wu Bailing, Wu Nishang, and Wu Mei, these direct cousins, stepped out of the hall together.
"Sister Bailing, do you know, Wu Liuyin is so arrogant now that she thinks she has spiritual pressure. She's practically pointing her nose at the sky. I called her the other day but she wouldn't see me and even gave me the cold shoulder. If she becomes the patriarch of the Wu family, we're in for a world of trouble," Wu Mei said, pursing her lips.
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"Hmph, who knows what kind of crooked methods she practices? When I return from the Trial Valley, we'll see who the Wu family's genius is," Wu Bailing said with a cold snort. When it comes to arrogance, no one can compare to Wu Bailing, the eldest daughter of the Wu family.
"By the way, Sister Bailing, I heard there are two spots this time. There are only nineteen spots in total across the entire continent. Grandpa managed to get two for our family. He'll definitely send you for one of them. I wonder who he'll send for the other one? I really want to know!" Wu Mei's eyes lit up when she heard about the Trial Valley. However, she knew she definitely couldn't go. Even if Wu Tianqi didn't go, he would send Wu Qing. Grandpa certainly wouldn't let two of his direct grandsons stay at home. After all, this was still an era where men were in charge!