Brother, how come you're a witch?

Without the jade token for sending messages, Liu Baishuang could no longer read Su Yan's messages and felt a void in her heart.

She sighed and sat down dejectedly.

She propped her chin on her left hand, looking at the clouds in the sky. When she got tired, she switched to her right hand, and suddenly blinked:

"Ah, I forgot to ask Master about his research."

Hopefully, Su Yan didn't leave a bad impression on his master while conducting his research, otherwise it would be difficult to recruit him into Shuiyue Peak later.

However, Su Yan is so kind, tolerant, earnest, and reliable... cough cough, Master misunderstood him before because of his five spiritual roots and his relationship with Ye Jingqiu.

Once you get to know him closely, you'll definitely find that he's a very good disciple.

Liu Baishuang sincerely hopes that the relationship between Su Yan and Xu Qinglan can improve.

"Ugh—"

She stretched and stood up.

I have indeed been slacking off these past few days. First, I was busy catching Ning Jiu, and after that, my tense mind relaxed, and I became lazy again.

If things continue like this, I'll probably be one step behind Ye Jingqiu in forming my core, which is absolutely unacceptable!

"Cultivate, cultivate!"

Liu Baishuang clenched her fists, cheering herself up, and turned to walk towards the Spirit Gathering Array for the personal disciples in the private area of ​​Immortal Peak.

Although there was a small one in the pavilion where she and her master lived, the atmosphere of cultivating at home and cultivating in the cultivation room were different.

Liu Baishuang, carrying her flying sword, walked along the bluestone mountain path to the Spirit Gathering Array.

Only direct disciples of this peak are allowed to come here, so it doesn't count as outside the restricted area set by Xu Qinglan.

There was only one direct disciple in this generation, Liu Baishuang, so she addressed everyone she met as her senior brother or sister, and walked around looking for a good spot.

Suddenly, a voice called out to her:

"Junior Sister Liu? What are you doing here?"

Liu Baishuang turned around and saw that it was a female cultivator in light, flowing fairy robes. She smiled and bowed, saying:

"Greetings, Senior Sister. I'm here to cultivate, of course."

"Of course I know that there's nothing else to do here but cultivate."

The female cultivator shook her head, a hint of doubt flashing between her brows:

"But I clearly saw you go to the market near the outer disciples' residence just now, why did you suddenly come back?"

"Huh? Me?"

Liu Baishuang was taken aback.

She was clearly on Shuiyue Peak the whole time after finishing her morning class today.

"Senior sister, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"How could that be? You were wearing an ordinary inner disciple's robe just now. If I hadn't seen your face, I wouldn't have given you a second glance."

The female cultivator shook her head again:

"And don't you like to hang a white tassel on your sword hilt? I saw you wearing one just now."

"ha?"

Liu Baishuang frowned.

Someone is imitating her face.

Someone actually imitated her sword?!

......

Su Yan went to the shop and answered all the questions his team members had encountered at work the day before.

He then called the body cultivators over to familiarize them with each other, as they would be officially taking over Liu Liu's security duties starting tomorrow.

Since he himself was going to participate in the Ultimate Sword Cultivator Challenge, he couldn't follow the original plan and not allow any of the team members to take leave, otherwise morale would collapse. That's why he asked the body cultivators to come and join the team earlier.

"Where's your cousin?"

Ye Jingqiu tilted his head.

"She is, after all, my cousin."

Su Yan kept a straight face.

Those who are truly connected with the organization do not need to clock in or out.

Ye Jingqiu, holding his sword, nodded solemnly to show his understanding. Such things were common in the Sword Ruins; it was already a tradition.

"So, are you going to Spirit Beast Peak now?"

"I originally wanted to go."

Su Yan scratched his head:

"But I remembered that the time we agreed to meet yesterday was late afternoon."

I don't know why Xu Qinglan made him go so late; if the research is delayed even a little, he won't be able to eat dinner.

"So that means you have nothing to do until the agreed time?"

Ye Jingqiu turned his eyes to the side.

"You could say that," Su Yan nodded.

"Then let's go buy clothes."

Ye Jingqiu turned completely to the side, staring at Su Yan:

"It was agreed upon before."

Su Yan was taken aback, then remembered that he had indeed promised this girl.

"Shall we go now?"

He glanced at the sky; it was still quite a while before the end of Shen Shi (3-5 PM).

Although I had heard that accompanying a woman shopping for clothes was time-consuming, I thought I should have enough time.

"Um."

Ye Jingqiu nodded:

"You promised."

"Alright."

Su Yan smiled helplessly:

"But it's agreed, when the time comes..."

"I see."

Ye Jingqiu leaned closer and tugged at Su Yan's sleeve, then turned and left with light steps.

Su Yan followed behind her, looking at the little sword ancestor's upright back, and suddenly felt a sense of emotion.

This girl often has a cold face, like an ice cube that doesn't care about anything, but sometimes she's adorably persistent about some strange things.

The two walked one after the other through the Dao Discussion Square and headed towards the market near the outer disciples' residences.

The market remains as bustling as ever.

The shouts and haggling mingled together, the air filled with the aroma of food, a scene brimming with the warmth of everyday life.

In Su Yan's mind, this was a true marketplace; the place Liu Liu frequented was at most a trading center for magical artifacts.

Ye Jingqiu seemed to be very familiar with the place and led Su Yan directly to a clothing store.

The shop wasn't big, but it was filled with all sorts of clothes. For someone like Su Yan, who usually only wore two sets of clothes—one a disciple's robe and the other a disciple's robe—it was a dazzling array.

"Please feel free to browse, everyone is welcome to try on clothes."

The shopkeeper was an ordinary old woman who warmly greeted the two of them as they entered.

Ye Jingqiu glanced at her calmly with his deep, still eyes, as if to say hello, and walked directly to the rack with a row of male cultivator robes hanging on it, reaching out to flip through them.

"This one."

She pulled out a dark blue, belted, cross-front casual dress and handed it to Su Yan:

"Give it a try."

"...How come I remember coming here to buy you clothes?"

"Give it a try."

Ye Jingqiu insisted on stuffing the clothes into Su Yan's arms.

When this girl gets stubborn, no one can do anything about her.

Su Yan had no choice but to take the clothes into the inner room, and after a while, he came out wearing new clothes.

The material of this garment is clearly much better than that of the outer disciples' robes; it feels smooth to the touch, and the cut is perfect, making him look tall and slender with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.

Ye Jingqiu's breathing suddenly became heavier, and he picked up another piece of clothing.

"this."

"Isn't this the inner disciple's uniform? Shopkeeper, you're even selling this? You must be a nepotism customer, right?"

Su Yan reached out and pressed down on Ye Jingqiu's cold little hand, which was grabbing the clothes and shoving them at him, and shouted at the smiling shopkeeper waiting to the side.

The shopkeeper remained silent, only giving him a knowing look.

"No, I'm an outer disciple, this isn't appropriate." Su Yan had no choice but to continue trying his best to stop Ye Jingqiu.

However, Little Sword Ancestor's strength was too great; without using his essence blood, he was no match for him at all.

After several fruitless struggles, the moon-white inner disciple's outer robe was forcibly draped over Su Yan's shoulders.

"Oh dear, you've really put me in a lot of trouble."

Su Yan sighed repeatedly, "Outer disciples who are caught wearing inner disciples' clothes will be fined!"

"It looks pretty good."

Ye Jingqiu's eyebrows seemed to curve slightly as she raised her hand and gestured around Su Yan's shoulder and waist:

"If it were Sword Ruins' clothing, a ring would be added here, along with gilded details on the shoulder..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly noticed that Su Yan's gaze was looking over her head, staring at the outside of the clothing shop.

"They said they had very strict family discipline."

Su Yan's lips twitched as he stared at a graceful figure carrying a white-tasseled flying sword as she walked through the main street of the market:

"Why did you run out again?"