CHAPTER 183
Li Shiyu's Talent
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"Shiyu, where did you run off to?"
Here, Shiyu hadn't gone far when she received a barrage of messages from her master. Her phone vibrated in her arms for a full two minutes…
She’d had no signal near that sly fox earlier, so all the messages came flooding in at once.
She replied to her master that she was fine and hurried back to the group.
"Shiyao and Miss Muchan encountered an older sister. They chatted for a bit and then came back."
Su Cheng examined Li Shiyu's arm thoroughly, checking it from top to bottom. It seemed genuinely fine.
No injuries, no one following them, no tracking artifacts, no lingering supernatural traces—it really seemed fine.
"What kind of lady?"
"A very pretty sister who was very kind to Shiyu." Li Shiyu blinked her big eyes, clearly ready to tell her master the story.
Su Cheng thought to himself, Pretty sisters are always nice to you!
"What sister?"
Li Shiyu pondered how to describe that beautiful sister.
"She's a really, really pretty sister! Her legs are white and long, and her eyes are super pretty too!"
This was the absolute limit of Li Shiyu's expressive abilities. Shiyu felt her description was perfectly apt—this was her Immortal Sister!
"What's her name?"
"Stealing Jade and Fragrance… Immortal, that's right, that's her name."
Upon hearing this, Su Cheng gave up. His precious Shiyu had probably set her sights on another little beauty!
What kind of normal person would name themselves that?
It sounded like something a complete fool would choose!
With that level of intelligence, she posed no threat to Lingxian Hall!
Su Cheng dismissed it entirely. Besides, he'd met plenty of stunning beauties with long, slender legs—none of them were pushovers!
"Xu Zhanfeng, proceed according to plan. If you get word of that guy, don't act on your own. Stay safe."
"Rest assured, Master!"
Li Shiyao looked puzzled. "Master, aren't we going with Xu Zhanfeng? Where did Senior Sister go?"
Su Cheng nodded and smiled. "Your senior sister has matters to attend to in the Southern Realm. How about I take you to visit Sister Dongfang? Would you like that?"
Li Shiyao pondered for a moment. Since her senior sister was handling important business and her master knew about it, it should be fine.
"Then let's hurry! Sister Dongfang said she'd treat Shiyu to grilled fish!"
This time, Yu Lan didn't accompany them. She traveled with Xu Zhanfeng instead, leaving only Shiyu and Su Cheng heading toward Lihe Pass.
The two flew on swords and arrived shortly. Descending from the sky, Li Shiyu leapt off her master's flying sword and rushed into the camp, calling out.
"Sister Dongfang! Sister Dongfang! Shiyu's here for grilled fish!"
"Sister Dongfang?"
Under the astonished gazes of the soldiers, Li Shiyu scanned every tent as if inspecting them all. Passing by the cooking area, she casually grabbed some food.
Under normal circumstances, such behavior would have gotten her arrested long ago. However, Li Shiyu had been brought by Master Su, who was a distinguished guest of the Prince of the North. Naturally, no one dared to provoke her.
"Hey, hey, miss! The general isn't in the pot!" Seeing Shiyao about to lift the lid in search of her Sister Dongfang, the soldier hurriedly called out.
"Shiyao isn't stupid. Shiyao just wants to see what delicious food is in the pot~"
She casually shoved the burly soldier aside and lifted the lid, her hand inexplicably holding a soup ladle…
"Tastes pretty good~"
With that, Li Shiyu skipped off to look for Sister Dongfang elsewhere~
"Shiyao, this is a military camp. Don't be so reckless."
"What's a military camp? Shiyu wants to win too!" How could Li Shiyu know what a military camp was? She thought Dongfang Jue's family were nomads. The Sixth Elder had told her that people in some places lived in tents, rode big horses, and shot bows and arrows.
Now that she was here, hey, Elder Liu was absolutely right! There were bows and arrows, big horses, and lots of tents!
"Your sister Dongfang must be out. Shiyu, go wait quietly in that tent. I'll go find your sister Dongfang."
Li Shiyu nodded, looking in the direction her master pointed. It was a white military tent, distinguished from the others by its special decorations and a rather handsome pattern at the entrance.
Waving goodbye to her master, Li Shiyu followed his instructions and went to wait inside the tent for his return.
Little did Su Cheng expect that the Flower-Seeking Immortal was inside that very tent at that moment.
As her jade-like hand lifted the curtain, Li Shiyao saw a child seated at Dongfang Jue's table. The child held a bowl of shredded pork noodles, barely any meat visible, slurping it up with great relish.
The child appeared to be around thirteen years old, clutching the bowl with both small hands. Even the hand holding the chopsticks seemed rather tiny.
With a round face, large eyes, and dressed in a gauze skirt, he resembled the youngest daughter of the Prince of the North.
But Li Shiyu knew full well that her sister Dongfang hadn't married yet—how could she have a child?
The Immortal Sage across from her, however, was visibly unsettled. She had assumed the child belonged to someone in Dongfang Jue's military entourage and hadn't paid it much mind—as long as Su Cheng didn't catch them in the act, it wouldn't matter.
But when her gaze fell upon Li Shiyu before her, even the Immortal Sovereign lost her composure. She froze as if her system had crashed, noodles tumbling from her mouth…
Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stammered, "Xun… Lord Ye…"
In a moment of dazed realization, the Immortal Sovereign seemed to recall something profound. By the time she regained her senses, the name that haunted her dreams had already slipped from her lips.
Li Shiyu didn't understand. All she could think at that moment was how adorable the child before her was~
Hehe~ I just want to touch him~
"Little one, I'm not some Lord Ye. My name is Li Shiyu."
Thinking how adorable he was, she had already scooped the Immortal Lord into her arms.
The Immortal Sovereign felt a wave of disorientation wash over her. How could this be possible!
That noble being, like her, couldn't possibly have duplicate instances!
Yet the girl before her was identical to that noble—save for the absence of nine black tails—her voice, figure, and features all matched perfectly!
In a moment of carelessness, the Immortal Sovereign also sank into Li Shiyao's embrace. This incredibly familiar, soft, and warm embrace was also exactly like that of the great master!
Even though she understood that the Honorable One was dead, even though she understood that this girl before her wasn't even a duplicate entity, bearing no relation to the Honorable One—merely sharing an uncanny resemblance—
But still, she wanted to stay in this girl's embrace just a little longer.
"Little one, you're so adorable~"
The Immortal Lord remained silent, simply letting Li Shiyu touch her, savoring this hard-won embrace. For her, it was too precious!
Li Shiyao treated her like a precious doll. Even if the other ignored her, it didn't matter.
The doll was even more docile than a kitten, lying quietly in her arms, letting her fiddle with it however she pleased. This was truly a rare treat!
Li Shiyao always had such luck. Two cold-blooded Immortal Lords—even Ye Qinghan would get his butt beaten if he met them—yet both treated her exceptionally well.
If Li Shiyao could explain their identities, Su Cheng wouldn't need to guess—it wasn't because of her sweet talk.
Rather, it was because her lovely face held extraordinary significance for both Immortal Lords.
She was the younger sister of the Jade-Stealing Immortal Lord and the blood relative of the Flower-Seeking Immortal Lord. Yet both Immortal Lords had evidently lost those important people.
Though Li Shiyao before him could not serve as a substitute, such differential treatment was only natural.
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