Chapter 35: I Didn’t Expect You to Be Like This, Master
At night, Mu Zhi’an sat in front of the study, the warm candlelight illuminating the room. Outside the window was the slightly desolate backyard, and the leaves rustled when the night breeze blew.
Wei Mengrou, dressed in a yellow long dress, stood at the entrance of the courtyard. After instructing the servants to prepare the carriage, she turned her head to look at Bai Ruoxi and said something softly.
Then she left the Mu family together with Bai Ruoxi in the carriage, escorting Bai Ruoxi to the secret cottage where her father resided.
Mu Zhi’an twirled the brush in his hand, his knuckles lightly tapping the desk. He shook his head lightly and sighed,
“No, it’s still not quite foolproof.”
Although he had already written a letter to Lan Mulian in the Two Polarity Sect to seek her help earlier, it had been evening since he wrote the letter in the morning.
Logically speaking, even if Lan Mulian refused, there should have been a reply by now.
Was it because she was still considering it, or did she not want to pay attention to him?
Or perhaps she had already tacitly agreed and was currently on her way to Tianxuan City?
If Lan Mulian didn’t come, he could only make an exception and ask those elders who were in closed-door cultivation.
But if it wasn’t absolutely necessary, Mu Zhi’an didn’t really want to ask those elders to take action.
Firstly, this incident could be considered as the elders’ test for him. Secondly… even if his father came, he might not necessarily be able to ask those elders to help, let alone him as a junior.
After pondering for a while, Mu Zhi’an took out another paper crane from the drawer.
According to Mu Zhi’an’s knowledge, this paper crane seemed to be one of Lan Mulian’s magic treasures. Unlike ordinary paper cranes, its flying speed was faster and it could fly further.
Most importantly, this paper crane could fly into the Two Polarity Sect without being obstructed.
This was the paper crane Lan Mulian had sent before, but he forgot to reply those two days. This time he could use the back to write her another letter.
The best case scenario would be to persuade Lan Mulian to leave the mountain, but if that senior sister was unwilling to leave the mountain, he could only find other reliable methods…
Mu Zhi’an thought as he dipped his brush in ink and wrote another “persuasion letter” on the letter, adding some ambiguous teasing words.
Teasing wasn’t necessary, but appropriate teasing could bring the two parties closer together.
Lan Mulian was obviously the kind of aloof beauty who wasn’t good at taking initiative. If he didn’t take the initiative, there would never be a result between them.
Appropriate teasing could also ease the awkwardness between each other.
Of course, this trick was only suitable for those who were good at talking. Forced teasing would only make the other party feel awkward.
After writing the letter, Mu Zhi’an folded the letter into a paper crane and threw it out the window.
He looked up at the paper crane flying in mid-air and slowly exhaled.
He had already done everything he could on his side. Next, he could only wait for news from the other side.
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Two Polarity Sect.
Lan Mulian, dressed in white and with a cold temperament, sat in front of a pavilion. This was the back mountain of the Two Polarity Peak. The mountain was treacherous, the peaks shrouded in clouds and mist, and the spiritual energy was rich.
Her face was covered with a thin veil, her lapels barely concealing her large, heart-moving bosom, vaguely revealing a trace of snow-white skin. She held a letter in her hand, her lively and beautiful eyes scanning the contents of the letter, and a ripple appeared in her usually tranquil gaze.
This should be the paper crane Mu Zhi’an sent during the day. The letter roughly introduced the recent events happening to him, then casually mentioned the existence of the “black-robed man” and the threat to the common people, and then talked about some specialties and delicacies of Tianxuan City.
As for the content, it was roughly Mu Zhi’an trying his best to invite her to visit the Mu family and incidentally give her the refined Life Renewal Pills.
Just from the tone of the young man in the letter, it wasn’t hard to see his sincerity.
However… although the letter said many nice things, Lan Mulian still grasped the main point.
“In the end, isn’t it just hoping that I’ll lend a helping hand when necessary? Why say it so nicely?”
Lan Mulian saw through Mu Zhi’an’s purpose at a glance. She folded the paper crane and put it into her storage ring.
Then, she got up and left the back mountain.
Sometimes it was like this. Even if you knew that the other party’s nice words weren’t entirely true, you would still feel happy and develop a good impression of them.
Lan Mulian knew that Mu Zhi’an’s words were suspected of “raising favorability”, but she still felt a few more points of goodwill towards him.
Passing by a certain peak, there happened to be a disciple of the sect in the distance. When she looked up and saw Lan Mulian, her eyes suddenly filled with a few more points of admiration.
Not only the male disciples of the sect, but most of the female disciples also respected this closed-door disciple of the sect master.
On one hand, it was because of her identity and monstrous talent. On the other hand, although this Senior Sister Lan looked cold and unapproachable, she was actually quite kind-hearted.
If the sect’s disciples encountered some thorny difficulties in their daily lives, she would occasionally step forward to resolve them.
However, most of the disciples had never seen Lan Mulian’s true appearance.
“Senior Sister, are you going down the mountain?”
Lan Mulian paused slightly and nodded slightly, saying, “There are demons causing trouble at the foot of the mountain. I’m going down the mountain for a trip.”
In the letter just now, Mu Zhi’an mentioned the matter of the black-robed man and his characteristics… Although she couldn’t be sure it was a demon, judging from Mu Zhi’an’s words at the time, the identity of that black-robed man was most likely an evil cultivator.
“Demons causing trouble…?”
The female disciple repeated the words in her mouth and couldn’t help but secretly glance at the slender and beautiful woman in white.
The disciples in the sect all knew that this Senior Sister Lan rarely went down the mountain, and even if there were demons causing trouble, other disciples would go and resolve it… It was indeed a bit suspicious.
At this moment, Lan Mulian suddenly shook her head again. Under the thin veil, her elastic cherry lips pursed slightly, and the corners of her mouth curved into a faint arc.
“Perhaps it should be more appropriate to call it running away from home.”
Mu Zhi’an didn’t know that even without his invitation, she would have found a time to go to Tianxuan City anyway.
It wasn’t for the so-called running away from home, but simply to see her sister and chat with her.
The original plan was to go down the mountain two months later, but since Mu Zhi’an had already invited her… She might as well take this opportunity to go down the mountain, which was quite good.
Lan Mulian made a seal and plucked a cloud, riding the cloud and leaving.
When Lan Mulian left the Two Polarity Sect, she obviously didn’t notice that at the same time she went down the mountain, a paper crane quietly flew into the Two Polarity Sect at night. It passed through the high peaks and slowly flew towards the direction of the back mountain pavilion.
That paper crane finally landed on a black and white chessboard.
A woman in a black dress with a stunning appearance paused her movement of placing a chess piece.
She picked up the paper crane with her slender fingers, and her eyes were confused for a moment.
Then, a hint of faint smile appeared in her beautiful eyes, and she slowly unfolded the paper crane.
