CHAPTER 339
Senior Sister Is Tired
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"Shiyao, you've picked up bad habits. How can you use such foul language? You're the Holy Maiden, after all~"
Li Shiyu looked utterly shocked. She had merely been repeating it for fun, completely unaware of its meaning.
"Huh? Is that a dirty word? Shiyu doesn't know."
Ye Qinghan frowned slightly, not that it mattered much…
"Yes, that's a dirty word. Shiyu shouldn't say dirty words."
"Why?"
"It clashes with Shiyu's image." Ye Qinghan stepped forward, delivering two more sword strikes to the man before finally sitting down beside them.
"What kind of image does Shiyu have?"
Ye Qinghan smiled, pulled a steamed bun from Li Shiyu's pocket, and took a bite.
"My dim-witted junior sister~"
"Senior Sister, Shiyu really isn't dumb! She's very smart!"
"Mhm, Senior Sister knows~ She's a clever little airhead junior sister~"
Ye Qinghan felt no urgency now. She simply wanted to see what would make Li Shiyu panic.
Li Shiyu's calm and composed demeanor clearly showed she was confident in her plan, or perhaps waiting for her to leave!
If that was the case, he wouldn't go either. She'd play dumb too!
"Shiyao, why is it plain filling?"
"Shiyu is dieting."
Ye Qinghan thought to herself, Are you even fat?
Besides, even if you go vegetarian, will you really lose weight?
The Holy Maiden simply has this constitution!
Just look at that figure—born to be a Holy Maiden!
Broad shoulders, narrow waist, curves in all the right places—men and women alike can't help but admire her!
"The Sixth Elder again? Next time, point her out to Senior Sister. Senior Sister has some heartfelt words to share with her."
"Not exactly. It was the Holy Mountain maid who mentioned it. Shiyu asked her what kind of girl her master would like."
"Stop listening to their nonsense. How could they possibly understand our Master as well as you and I do?"
Li Shiyu pondered for a moment. Senior Sister did have a point…
"Next time, get me the meat-filled ones. I'm a fox demon—I don't eat vegetarian stuff…"
"Oh, Shiyu has some goat milk here. Would Senior Sister like some?"
"Mm, pour me a cup."
While the others were fighting fiercely, Li Shiyu was sipping her afternoon tea…
Seeing this, Dongfang Jue rushed over to confront them!
"Senior Sister, why aren't you helping? How can you be here eating and drinking!"
Ye Qinghan rolled her eyes and gestured for Dongfang Jue to sit down too: "Didn't Master say to leave? Didn't you see him chasing after them to beat them up?"
"……"
"But that doesn't mean…"
Dongfang Jue still felt a pang of guilt. Even if the Master ordered them to leave, sitting here picnicking was still…
Wasn't that a bit rude?
"Jue'er, want a bun? Vegetarian. I ate half and don't feel like finishing it…"
"Yes…"
Li Shiyao, still chewing on her half-eaten bun, said nothing as she began bandaging the wound on Dongfang Jue's arm.
For a battle-hardened young general, this was nothing.
Mounting a horse to slay enemies—that's how a man… No, that's how Jue'er truly shines!
"Thank you, Senior Sister."
Li Shiyao said nothing, quietly bandaging the wound before using her divine arts to heal it.
With her current level of intelligence, Li Shiyu could only sense something was off, but she couldn't grasp the answer.
She was curious: how had Dongfang Jue known the Master was in danger?
But judging by the situation, Dongfang Jue likely had no connection to those men. After all, she had been observing—those men genuinely intended to kill Dongfang Jue, not putting on a show.
Hiring assassins could be ruled out.
Moreover, since becoming his disciple, Dongfang Jue had shown no signs of transgression. This time, it was only because she had received the information that her senior sister could arrive in time to rescue their master. Otherwise, after swallowing that white blade, their master would likely have been unable to handle so many enemies.
But since her senior sister hadn't asked, she wouldn't bring it up either.
Thirteen enemies. Ye Qinghan and Li Shiyao took down two, Shangguan Rou eliminated one, leaving ten remaining.
On Lingxian Hall's side, besides Su Cheng, only Elder Yulan and Steward Xu remained.
The Heavenly Dao Pavilion had Cheng Liang and Shangguan Rou, but the main combatants were Su Cheng, Yu Lan, and Shangguan Rou.
Surprisingly, despite Shangguan Rou's modest cultivation, her authority proved undeniably unshakable. While killing her remained difficult, her opponents found her equally unassailable.
The battlefield had become a five-against-ten situation. If divided evenly, that meant one person facing two opponents.
But under such circumstances, victory was clearly impossible.
Su Cheng alone had to contend with four or five opponents just to barely hold the line.
"How about it? Has Shiyao rested enough?"
Ye Qinghan, having eaten and drunk his fill, noticed his master was struggling. Since the start, she'd been showing signs of exhaustion.
After Su Cheng eliminated that woman, the system alerted him that his equipment set had expired.
Time was up. Su Cheng had exhausted his initial burst of attacks, and now it was the enemy's turn to strike back.
"Master seems to be struggling," Dongfang Jue remarked.
Li Shiyu propped her chin in her hand, nodding earnestly.
"Hmm, it seems so."
Ye Qinghan nodded as well: "Not sure. Should we wait and see? What if Master has another big move up his sleeve?"
"Uh, Master nearly got cut down just now."
"But he was just a hair's breadth away, right?"
"Shiyu thinks we should go help anyway…"
Ye Qinghan smiled: "Is that really what Shiyu thinks?"
Li Shiyu paused for a moment…
"Shiyao follows Senior Sister's lead."
"Senior Sister doesn't know either."
Dongfang Jue was completely baffled. What kind of riddle game were these two playing?
"Wait, Senior Sister! If we don't hurry, Master really won't hold out much longer—he's coughing up blood!"
Ye Qinghan refused to budge. She simply wouldn't believe it—if Li Shiyu stayed silent today, she wouldn't move!
Truthfully, without that Godslayer Arrow, she didn't believe the Master would die. At worst, he'd suffer some injuries. As long as nothing vital was hit, it would be perfectly fine!
A Master who couldn't move, a Master who couldn't resist—that would be absolutely perfect!
Hehe~
"Wait, Senior Sister, Shiyu thinks Jue'er has a point."
"Is that so? Then do you want to go help too, Shiyu?"
Li Shiyu seemed hesitant, but she nodded nonetheless.
Ye Qinghan chuckled. Her second junior sister wasn't actually thick-skinned—she was quite sharp!
Li Shiyu was simply used to staying in the background. As long as she had nowhere to hide, that was fine~
"Alright then. Senior Sister needs to rest. You two go assist Master. Is that alright?"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
Dongfang Jue and Li Shiyao exclaimed in unison, clearly taken aback by Ye Qinghan's unexpected words.
Rest?
Hasn't the eldest senior sister been resting all along? Wasn't she resting just now?
"What? Is that not acceptable?"
Li Shiyao and Dongfang Jue exchanged glances, seemingly baffled by their senior sister's actions, but could only nod in agreement.
Meanwhile, Ye Qinghan had no intention of idling either. She had just noticed a crucial detail.
Near the man who had been hiding in the distance lay several peculiar-looking magical artifacts.
They were large, roughly the size of a refrigerator, with peculiar shapes. Their material seemed similar to that of the black greatsword.
Uncertain of their purpose, Ye Qinghan had refrained from destroying them rashly.
Now was the perfect opportunity to return and investigate. She suspected that artifacts guarded by dedicated personnel might just be some kind of trump card.
Perhaps they were suicide weapons for a failed mission?
Or perhaps a devastating hidden weapon, like that arrow from earlier?
Before long, Ye Qinghan located it. Now, like a curious child, she examined the artifact before her.
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