Chapter 194: A Mysterious Letter
“Is there anything you need me for, Junior Brother?”
Xiao Wu asked curiously.
“I have a gift for you.”
The gift Su Yan was talking about was a pill, but Xiao Wu clearly misunderstood. She blushed and said, “It’s still broad daylight. Isn’t this a bit inappropriate?”
Su Yan was stunned, then said irritably, “What are you thinking about? I really do have a gift for you.”
With that, Su Yan took out a jade bottle from his robes.
Xiao Wu was a little disappointed, and then asked with some curiosity, “What’s in here?”
“You’ll know when you open it.”
Xiao Wu opened the jade bottle and saw the pills inside.
“I refined all of these myself.”
Hearing Su Yan’s words, Xiao Wu was very surprised. He could actually refine pills of such quality. She had really underestimated him before.
“This is a Spirit-Tempering Pill, right? It’s very effective for improving spiritual power. It requires a lot of materials to refine.”
Speaking of materials, Xiao Wu was suddenly stunned. If she remembered correctly, Su Yan had been abducted by the fox clan precisely because he had gone to collect medicinal herbs.
In other words, these few pills were actually the main culprit!?
Seeing that Xiao Wu’s expression was not right, Su Yan guessed what she was thinking and quickly said, “Uh… although there was an accident, it was just a false alarm. Those are all in the past. After collecting all the materials, it would be a waste not to refine them.”
Hearing Su Yan say this, Xiao Wu’s expression improved a lot, but it was still very complicated.
It was because of these pills that she had almost been cuckolded. She really wanted to just crush them.
But she could only think this in her heart. She couldn’t disappoint Su Yan’s good intentions. Besides, the pills were just an incentive. With that fox by his side, he was bound to get into trouble sooner or later.
“Don’t just pick things up at home in the future.”
Thinking of that fox, Xiao Wu still had lingering fears.
“I know.”
Su Yan nodded.
Xiao Wu was relieved. Only then did she have time to examine Su Yan’s gift. She found that the grade of the pills Su Yan had refined was extremely high, with very few impurities, almost on par with a high-grade alchemist.
“Your alchemy talent is very strong. With your alchemy skills, you won’t be short of spirit stones in the future. And if your alchemy level can be improved again, you’ll be a guest of honor wherever you go.”
Xiao Wu commented. There was no flattery in her words; this was completely her true thought.
Su Yan smiled. This was exactly what he wanted. He didn’t like to fight and kill, but he also didn’t want to be coerced. If he had the status of a high-grade alchemist, then others would have some scruples about him.
After all, he knew his own business. His aptitude was not good, and he had no talent for cultivation.
Although he had the system, becoming stronger through the system was too unstable. He might become very strong in the next second, or he might die of anxiety without being able to get a mission.
Su Yan had thought for a long time and felt that besides the system, the only way to go was to take pills. And he happened to be good at it.
“I’ll do my best.”
After giving Xiao Wu the gift, Su Yan did not leave but started chatting with her. Of course, there was some intimacy during this period.
But because it was still daytime, at most, it was just a little ambiguous. They didn’t do anything more.
Time passed slowly. When the sky outside darkened, Su Yan also took the opportunity to propose his departure.
“You’re not staying a little longer?”
“I’d like to stay, and I don’t even want to do it. But can your body take it?”
Su Yan teased.
Xiao Wu’s face was stunned, and then a bitter look appeared. Last night, because she couldn’t hold it in, she had tossed and turned after she went back and had paid a considerable price.
If she were to keep Su Yan again, she would definitely have a very difficult night. After all, to be able to look but not eat… she was just asking for trouble!
Seeing Xiao Wu’s expression, Su Yan knew he should leave.
Although he really wanted to stay, he knew the extent of a woman’s thirst for a man in this world. He couldn’t satisfy her, and he was seducing her by her side. What if he drove her crazy? He would feel heartbroken.
At this thought, Su Yan said with a smile, “See you tomorrow.”
Seeing Su Yan leave, Xiao Wu raised her hand, wanting to speak but stopping. She really wanted to say that it was not impossible for him to stay.
Although Su Yan’s presence would make her suffer, it was only in her heart. Her body would not be affected. After all, she could find him to supplement her nutrition at any time.
Thinking this in her heart, she couldn’t say it out loud no matter what, because it was too shameful.
After Su Yan left, he looked at the gradually darkening sky outside. The orange-yellow sun was like a tomato, round and very cute.
“Such a peaceful day is really nice.”
Su Yan couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. To do what he liked every day, with the person he loved by his side… this was the life he had dreamed of. Thinking of his gentle and beautiful senior sister, Su Yan was full of motivation for the future.
But…
“I feel like I’ve forgotten something.”
Su Yan scratched his head. Was it his imagination? He always felt that he had forgotten something important, but he couldn’t remember it for a moment. What was it?
“Forget it. Since I can’t remember, it probably isn’t very important.”
Su Yan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
However, he had forgotten that if you can’t remember something, it might be because it’s not important, or it might be for another reason: you’re subconsciously avoiding it and don’t want to remember.
Su Yan soon paid the price for this behavior.
On a sunny afternoon, Su Yan was sparring with Xiao Wu when a young junior sister from the sect ran in.
“Are you Senior Brother Su? There’s a letter for you.”
“My letter?”
Su Yan was very surprised. He had no relatives and knew very few people. How could someone write him a letter?
“Who asked you to deliver it?”
Xiao Wu asked curiously. She also knew Su Yan’s situation. It was impossible for someone to write him a letter.
The little junior sister said, “I don’t know either. A mission was suddenly posted in the sect today, for a full ten spirit stones, so I came.”
Cultivation could not be done in isolation. One had to go out and gain experience often. And since it was training, of course, there had to be a goal.
The sect’s missions were for this purpose. They could both serve to train the disciples and earn extra money. It was killing two birds with one stone.
The little junior sister said as she secretly sized up Su Yan. Seeing that it was a mission about him, everyone had fought for it.
Su Yan rarely left Heavenly Water Peak, and there were not many opportunities to be so openly in contact with him.
And not only could she see a beauty on this mission, but the mission was also very easy. She had been very lucky to get it.
Hearing the little junior sister say this, Su Yan and Xiao Wu were even more curious. The mission was posted on the same day, and the letter was received directly. This meant that the person who had written the letter was also here.
And since she was here, why didn’t she come herself? Wasn’t this redundant?
“Let me see.”
Su Yan opened the letter. There were two lines of words written on it.
[Tonight, at the hour of the dog, I’ll be waiting for you in the small forest at the back of the mountain. Be there or be square.]
There was also a small line of words attached to the back of the letter:
[You wouldn’t want her to know what happened that day, would you? So you understand…]
