Chapter 42

Chapter 42: He grabbed her ankle and pulled her towards him

“I didn’t.” Xie Chenzhou said.

Sang Nian narrowed her eyes, full of suspicion:

“Really?”

Xie Chenzhou: “Believe it or not.”

He got up and opened the door:

“Since you’re awake, you can scram now.”

Sang Nian rolled around on the bed, hugging the blanket:

“No, I have nowhere to go, I’m sleeping here tonight.”

Xie Chenzhou frowned: “Get up.”

Sang Nian: “No.”

He walked to the bed, knelt on one knee at the edge of the bed, and leaned forward to pull her down.

Sang Nian precisely dodged his hand, she rolled over to the inside of the bed, boasting:

“Hey~ You can’t catch me, I’m the most agile little dog in the mountains, no one can run as fast as me.”

Xie Chenzhou suddenly changed direction, he grabbed her foot.

Sang Nian: “???”

Before she could react, he grabbed her ankle and pulled her towards him with force.

Sang Nian: “!”

She tried to grab something, her fingertips brushed against the sheets, leaving a few messy wrinkles.

Then, in a flash, she saw Xie Chenzhou’s face above her head.

He let go of her ankle, his arms propped up on either side of her head, he looked down at her eyes and scoffed:

“Still running?”

“…”

Sang Nian stared at him blankly, her fair cheeks slowly flushed a light pink.

A flash of confusion quickly crossed Xie Chenzhou’s eyes:

“Why is your face red? I didn’t hit you.”

She came to her senses, she quickly covered her face with both hands, only her clear black and white eyes were showing.

Her eyes were bright, as if they contained a pool of water.

Xie Chenzhou’s breath hitched.

Broken Star Peak.

A flash of sword light, the Second Elder rushed into the wooden house at the top of the peak.

The smell of wine filled the air, a woman in blue clothes was sleeping on the couch, she was still clutching a small wine jar in her hand, she was sleeping soundly.

He kicked the wine jar away and shook the woman forcefully:

“Bi Ke, wake up!”

The woman mumbled something in her sleep, she turned over and continued to sleep.

The Second Elder had no choice but to silently chant the Clear Heart Mantra, he pointed his index finger at her brow.

Bi Ke twitched, she suddenly opened her eyes, her drunkenness completely gone.

The Second Elder said: “Urgent matter!”

She blinked in a daze: “What’s wrong?”

The Second Elder said: “That girl Sang Nian has the Ephemeral Dream!”

Bi Ke was still confused: “Who is Sang Nian?”

The Second Elder slapped his forehead, he then remembered that she didn’t participate in the selection.

He used a spell to condense a water mirror, he rattled off like a bamboo tube pouring out beans:

“Look, it’s this girl, she fainted today and I found out she had the Ephemeral Dream, her face was as white as paper, she’s still unconscious…”

Halfway through his words, the scene inside the room on Baohua Peak slowly appeared in the water mirror.

The candlelight flickered, the bed was messy.

The girl’s cheeks were flushed, the young man’s arms were propped on either side of her head, his earlobes seemed to be dripping blood.

It was a very youthful ambiguity.

The Second Elder: “…”

Elder Bi Ke: “…”

The air was silent.

After a few seconds, the Second Elder stiffly dispersed the water mirror.

Bi Ke said tactfully: “She looks quite rosy.”

The Second Elder seemed very busy, he looked at the sky and the ground:

“I think so too, haha, these two kids are really rosy.”

Bi Ke yawned:

“You must be mistaken, if it was really the Ephemeral Dream, she would have been dead long ago, how can she be so… energetic.”

The Second Elder fell into deep self-doubt:

“No way, did I really see wrong?”

Bi Ke yawned and started to chase him away:

“Alright, go back, I’m going to rest.”

The Second Elder left Broken Star Peak and flew back to Baohua Peak like a sleepwalker.

Just as he was about to reach the peak, he suddenly realized, he stopped abruptly, landing at the foot of the mountain.

He paced back and forth around Baohua Peak with his hands behind his back, he couldn’t stop worrying.

It would be fine with anyone else, but Nian Nian was Jing Xian’s daughter, Yan Yuan treated her like the apple of his eye.

Moreover, Yan Yuan already disliked his own disciple, it was impossible for him to agree to them.

He would even break that boy Xie Chenzhou’s legs.

This didn’t look like a good match at all.

The Second Elder became more and more worried, he sighed one after another.

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder:

“What are you doing here?”

The Second Elder turned around, a young man stood a few steps away, holding a giant tree that three people could embrace.

He probably found it troublesome, his shirt was tied around his waist, revealing his strong upper body.

The Second Elder looked at his strong chest muscles, a drop of cold sweat slowly slid down his forehead:

“Haha, it’s Yan Yuan.”

Yan Yuan glanced at his forehead and said faintly:

“Second Elder, you’ve sweated a lot.”

The Second Elder wiped his sweat with trembling hands, he kept waving his hand to fan himself, trying to smile:

“Yeah, it’s really hot tonight.”

Before Yan Yuan could respond, he asked first:

“Why are you wandering around outside so late at night, not meditating or sleeping?”

Yan Yuan’s expression softened:

“Now that Nian Nian is here, I can’t continue to make do like before, I’m going to rebuild a house with Frost Melting Wood.”

Frost Melting Wood, with a fresh and long-lasting aroma, it stores the summer sun’s warmth and releases it in winter, the temperature is enough to melt frost and snow, hence the name Frost Melting.

If it’s used to build a house, people living inside would be warm in winter and cool in summer.

The Second Elder said in surprise:

“Frost Melting Wood is very rare, where did you find such a big one?”

Yan Yuan: “The Ten Thousand Poison Sect.”

The Second Elder: “Did you break into their sect and cut it down?”

Yan Yuan shook his head: “I discussed it before I did it.”

The Second Elder didn’t think much of it, he breathed a sigh of relief:

“It’s good that you discussed it.”

“The house on Guzhu Peak has been demolished.” Yan Yuan walked towards Baohua Peak, “I’ll borrow your Baohua Peak for a night.”

The Second Elder: “Of course not…”

Before he could finish, he widened his eyes and grabbed Yan Yuan:

“Of course not!!”

Yan Yuan was puzzled: “Why?”

The Second Elder started sweating again.

He said with a dry laugh:

“The moonlight is so beautiful tonight, it would be a shame to just rest, why don’t we go for a walk?”

Yan Yuan looked at the pitch-black sky, puzzled:

“Moonlight?”

The Second Elder forcefully pulled him in a different direction:

“The moon will be up soon, the Fifth Elder probably hasn’t gone to sleep yet, let’s go wake him up and have some drinks.”

Yan Yuan: “I have to put away…”

The Second Elder slapped away the Frost Melting Wood in his hand, when the wood landed on Guzhu Peak, he grinned:

“Now you can go.”

Yan Yuan: “…Okay.”

The two walked side by side towards the Fifth Elder’s residence.

The Second Elder looked back at Baohua Peak, he smiled slightly, hiding his merit and fame.

Baohua Peak.

Sang Nian and Xie Chenzhou sat opposite each other at the table, one looking at the sky, one looking at the ground.

Silence.

Still silence.

Sang Nian couldn’t take it anymore, she coughed into her fist, trying to liven up the awkward atmosphere:

“Ha, you’re pretty strong, you little rascal.”

Xie Chenzhou frowned: “Did I hurt you?”

Sang Nian covered her eyes, she closed her mouth in despair.

What’s the point of livening things up.

Just die together.