Minglong

Chapter 356: Numb
inside the room.

After a night of recuperation, the weakness caused by the dragon's poison gradually subsided.

Ye Yunchi was awakened by the noise. He breathed a slight sigh of relief and opened his eyes to check. He could see that the silver needles on his shoulder had been removed and the bruises on his back had completely disappeared. He couldn't help but admire Miss Lin's medical skills.

But where has Xie Jinhuan gone? He hasn't been seen since he barged in yesterday. Could it be that he's embarrassed...?

While pondering this, Ye Yunchi sat up, picked up the clothes he had prepared again, and then began to wonder how he should wear this strange thing.

The undergarment is alright; although it's a bit revealing and sexy, it offers good coverage and is definitely more comfortable to wear than a bellyband.

The little fabric bow was a bit much; she figured only disciples of the Hundred Flowers Forest would wear such a pointless decoration. As for stockings, she'd only ever seen them on the legs of Hundred Flowers Forest disciples…

Ye Yunchi didn't understand why Miss Lin would collect such a mess of clothes, but there were no other clothes in the room. She couldn't just go out naked, so she dawdled and put on the whole outfit, then covered herself up completely with a skirt. After that, she sat at the dressing table and styled her hair into a well-mannered and refined manner.

Just as he was halfway through his work, he noticed a faint sound coming from the hallway.

Stab la la...

Ye Yunchi looked slightly puzzled. He thought for a moment, got up and walked to the door. He quietly opened the door a crack to peek in, and what he saw made him shudder!
The sect leader, Nangong, known as the "most beautiful woman in the Daoist sect," twisted a white-robed young man's wrist against the wall like a shy, pouting girl. Her fingers crackled with electricity as she occasionally poked the man's waist, speaking fiercely:

"It's no use telling you not to be angry, you've missed your chance..."

The upright and righteous young man in white robes, despite being subjected to electrotherapy, showed no anger whatsoever. Instead, his eyes crinkled with a smile, making the scene resemble a couple playfully flirting...

? ?
Ye Yunchi was shocked, thinking he was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the man and woman were Xie Jinhuan and Sect Leader Nangong, and they didn't look like an elder lecturing a junior.

According to conventional wisdom, having an affair with one's mother-in-law results in a "complete divorce," meaning the person is forced to divorce and faces condemnation and discrimination.

Although Nangong Ye wasn't exactly his mother-in-law, she was still his superior, so how could he...?

Xie Jinhuan, such an upright young man, would never intentionally make a mistake, and Nangong Ye, such a powerful sect leader, could not possibly be ignorant...

Could it be that this wicked Daoist nun, Nangong Ye, used her stunning beauty to bewitch and seduce the upright Xie Jinhuan...?

Isn't this incestuous?!

……

Thinking of this, Ye Yunchi's sense of justice as a teacher couldn't help but erupt. To prevent Xie Jinhuan from going astray, he directly opened the door and reprimanded him:
"Sect Leader Nangong, what are you doing?"

"Hi~!"

Linghu Qingmo was furiously beating up her boyfriend when she heard the stern, teacher-like reprimand. She trembled with fear and quickly stood up straight and turned around to look.

Upon discovering that the dignified and serious female Confucian scholar was staring at her with a complex expression, Linghu Qingmo's mind went blank. Fearing that saying too much might cause trouble for her teacher, she chose to explain and cover up her actions, leaving the matter to her mentor on the spot...

Xie Jinhuan also quickly stood at attention, turned around and looked at Senior Sister Naigua, slightly surprised:
"Senior Ye is awake? I didn't even notice..."

dong dong dong~
Ye Yunchi walked quickly to the front, his rapid steps causing the baby's breasts to tremble slightly. He pulled the young and naive Ah Huan aside to prevent him from being seduced by the unscrupulous women outside.

"Sect Leader Nangong, you are a renowned Taoist master, don't you remember the precepts of the Dan Ding Sect and the rules of secular etiquette? He is engaged to your disciple..."

Barabara...

Nangong Ye was chatting with Zhao Ling in the alchemy room when he was suddenly called back. He was then scolded by the Qingming Sword Manor Master as a promiscuous woman from the Hundred Flowers Forest, leaving him dumbfounded.

what happened?

Who am I, where am I...

Given Nangong Ye's temperament, if he were reprimanded like that, he would definitely not back down and would argue back. But what did Ye Yunchi say?
A son-in-law bound by strict rules and regulations in marriage...

This is against all moral principles and cannot be done...

What is Qingmo doing?
I gave myself away, which angered Qingmo and made her leave...

……

Nangong Ye was also unclear about what had just happened. Faced with the righteous and stern questioning, his face turned pale, and he stood there speechless, helplessly glancing at his man.

Xie Jinhuan hadn't noticed that Senior Sister Naigua was peeping, and A Piao hadn't warned him either. Mo Mo had even fled to avoid punishment. Feeling a chill run down his spine, he quickly explained:

"Senior Ye, please don't misunderstand. Before I came here, Master Qixia used a secret technique to leave a mark on Senior Nangong, allowing Qingmo and my master to be connected by their souls. The one who just chased me away was Miss Linghu, my rightful fiancée..."

Ye Yunchi felt that Xie Jinhuan probably thought she was a silly girl, and said seriously:

"Could such a secret technique exist in the world?"

Xie Jinhuan said earnestly:

"Indeed, Miss Lin also has a spiritual connection with her master, which is why she sometimes seems like a different person. Senior Ye should have sensed it yesterday."

Ye Yunchi did indeed discover that Miss Lin's personality was ever-changing, almost like she had a split personality, and yesterday, when Sect Leader Nangong saw her beating Ah Huan, he did indeed hear a sound:
"Sister Momo...you're pulling my hair..."

Thinking of this, Ye Yunchi was half-believing and half-doubting, and turned to look at the pale-faced Sect Leader Nangong:

"Are you Miss Linghu?"

?

Am I?
Nangong Ye felt that he couldn't keep this silly girl, Mo Mo. Now he was being roasted on the fire and could only force himself to play the role:
“Yes, I didn’t have a chance to ask yesterday what happened between Lady Ye and my Jin Huan? Yesterday he carried you back, and you were riding on top of him without any clothes on…”

His restrained tone and expression gave off the feeling of a wife catching her husband cheating.

Because of his superb acting skills, Ye Yunchi naturally felt guilty and quickly said:

"Please don't misunderstand, young lady. I... Xie Jinhuan and I met by chance. We were injured while fighting demons together, and we were just resting here for a while. Last night was a misunderstanding..."

Nangong Ye steeled himself and looked at Xie Jinhuan again:
"She's so protective of you since we just met? She didn't even know the situation before berating me. Do you have feelings for her?"

"Huh?" Xie Jinhuan was speechless.

Ye Yunchi, a conservative and chaste Confucian woman, had never experienced such a brutal ordeal. These words made her face flush red and all her composure vanish. She quickly replied:

"I have nothing to do with him. Yesterday was a misunderstanding. I... I'm going back to Yuezhuo Tower now. Xie Jinhuan, you should try to appease him..."

"it is good……"

"Are you alright? You're just going to listen to her, right?"

"I do not have……"

whoosh-

Ye Yunchi felt that he had probably gotten himself into trouble, but he didn't dare to say anything good about Xie Jinhuan anymore. He turned around and ran away, disappearing without a trace.

Nangong Ye chased after the man and berated him relentlessly. Only after the man surnamed Ye left did she breathe a sigh of relief. Then, she actually punched Xie Jinhuan a few times: "What were you doing just now? Why did Lady Ye scold me for not following etiquette?"

Xie Jinhuan shrugged slightly:
"I didn't do anything, it's just that Momo beats me up as usual, and I was laughing and joking and someone saw me. It's okay, it's okay, I'll explain later..."

Nangong Ye was terrified, afraid of being seen again, and dared not stay outside with Xie Jinhuan any longer. He patted his chest and quickly went back inside...
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Not long after, at Yuezhuo Tower.

The five-story building stood solemnly in the spring rain, and many people walked through the streets, occasionally overhearing jumbled conversations:
"Just how many mistresses does this Xie Jinhuan, the great hero, have?"

"According to rumors, Empress Dowager Guo is definitely one of them. The master of Queyue Manor once practiced the 'Eyebrows and Eyes' sword technique, so this Holy Maiden of the Beiming Sect is almost certainly one of them. Oh, and there's also the Grand Princess of Daqian, and an old lover from Danyang..."

"I'm envious. I heard that the master of Qingming Sword Manor was seen coming and going with Xie Jinhuan yesterday..."

"Bu Yuehua just used the nickname of Qingming Sword Manor, so the manor owner must be the sister-in-law. As the saying goes, the sister-in-law is half the brother-in-law..."

"That makes sense..."

……

Ye Yunchi stood inside the window, her demeanor like that of a refined scholar oblivious to the world outside, intently studying the calligraphy and paintings, but her mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

After all, what I just experienced really affected my mood.

If Xie Jinhuan wasn't lying, and the person flirting with her just now really was Linghu Qingmo, then the original wife would see her as a vixen who seduced her lover and dared to act disrespectfully...

If this claim is fabricated, then the head of Ziwei Mountain is secretly Xie Jinhuan's mistress, which is utterly contrary to the natural order...

Given Xie Jinhuan's upright character, the former is more likely.

So she was seen as a seductress who seduce married men...

Ugh……

Ye Yunchi shook his head inwardly. Just as he was lost in thought, he noticed a slight commotion coming from downstairs:

"Hey? Isn't this Master Xie?"

"It really seems to be true..."

……

Ye Yunchi looked slightly puzzled and went to the window to look out. He saw a dashing figure in white robes enter the inn through the main gate and go straight upstairs. He could even hear the waiter calling out to him.

"Thank you for your hospitality, young hero. Sect Leader Ye lives upstairs..."

"Understood, let's go down."

"Yes……"

……

?

Ye Yunchi looked slightly taken aback and quickly went to the door to open it:

"How did you manage to come here so openly?"

Xie Jinhuan possessed an otherworldly air, like a student visiting a senior, and seemed slightly puzzled upon hearing the voice:
"Am I supposed to sneak into the house in the middle of the night?"

"..."

Ye Yunchi thought about it and realized it made sense; Xie Jinhuan wasn't there to have an affair...

But rumors were flying everywhere, and Xie Jinhuan kept running into her room. Wasn't that like officially announcing his mistress?

"What...what are you doing here? There's been some misunderstanding among the bystanders, and besides, Miss Linghu..."

Xie Jinhuan entered the room and said with a smile:
"It's already been explained. Qingmo isn't unreasonable; he was just embarrassed when they were caught playing around, so he snapped at them a couple of times."

"That's good……"

Ye Yunchi suspected Xie Jinhuan might have been kicked out and was a little afraid the original wife would come knocking and tear her hair out, so he didn't dare close the door. He simply tucked a strand of hair behind his ear and asked:

"Are you implying that Miss Lin actually occupied the body of the Master, and Miss Linghu was in the same situation, and that they could switch places at any time?"

"Yes. That's why their personalities change so often..."

"So, Miss Lin is actually Bu Yuehua, the sect leader?"

"Yes, I'm here to help me seize opportunities."

"..."

Ye Yunchi nodded slightly and poured tea for Xie Jinhuan:

"I remember Master Bu, who impersonated a disciple of my Qingming Sword Manor. What is your relationship with him?"

"Well...we do have some history together..."

Xie Jinhuan found it difficult to explain, so he turned his gaze to the desk, and then his eyes narrowed slightly:

"Dark clouds roll like ink, yet fail to obscure the mountain... This handwriting has the style of Xu Shen, but also the spirit of Li Yanru. How did Senior Ye learn these two styles of calligraphy?"

The mainstream calligraphy style of the time is naturally the "Ye style" created by Ye Sheng, which was carried forward by his eldest disciple Fan Li. Xie Jinhuan can be considered the third-generation successor. He started practicing diligently at the age of three and has already surpassed his master in skill.

While the calligraphy styles of Xu and Li are not bad, the current world was built by Ye Sheng, and whether in officialdom or the imperial examinations, Ye's style is highly respected, so there are certainly fewer experts in this style.

Ye Yunchi's study of these two calligraphic styles was clearly due to his family background. Seeing Xie Jinhuan's expertise, he put aside his trivial matters for the time being.
"When I first entered the martial arts world, I studied at the Li family in Hualin for a period of time. I know Li Jing from Danyang Academy; he also studied at the academy before..."

"Oh?"

Xie Jinhuan knew that Old Man Li was a descendant of the Li family of Hualin, but he really didn't expect Ye Yunchi to know him. He smiled and said:
"Mr. Li Jing and I are friends despite our age difference. It's fine if Senior Ye studied at the Li Family Academy, but why did Old Master Li go and become a teacher at the Imperial Academy?"

"It seems he was young and impetuous, unaware of his own limitations, and went to the academy to challenge Mu Yunling. Mu Yunling said he wasn't qualified and told him to beat the old man guarding the academy first. When Li Jing saw the old man, who was trembling and had poor eyesight, he couldn't distinguish male from female at three feet or human from beast at three feet, so he naturally agreed. He even said that if he couldn't win, he would work as a handyman at the academy from now on..."

Xie Jinhuan clicked his tongue inwardly: "And then he ran into Wu Zheng, the direct disciple of Ye Sheng?"

"Correct."

"There's really nothing we can do about that. Old Wu's cultivation isn't particularly high, but he's mastered the 'Blind Sword Technique' to the point of true blindness. Even I might not be able to gain the upper hand against him..."

……

(End of this chapter)