At the Southern District
Inside a small house made from fine planks and stones, books and tiny steel equipments were scattered. In the middle of these pile of mess , Ming Yi sat cross-legged. A thin figure abruptly fell from the sky. Ming Yi , who wore a very focused look blinked twice before rushing out in a hurry.
He opened the wooden door and saw a man lying on the ground
"Little Yin is it you?"Ming Yi called out. Upon seeing Ye Shenyin lift his thumb up, he sighed in relief and hurriedly aided him
" Just where have you been? i came to your place but you weren't there" Ming Yi was concerned seeing the bitterness in Yen Shenyin's clear eyes.
"Just what happened? did you got into a fight with someone?"
"What did they do to you?"
" Where are they now?"
"What happened?"
"....."
Ming Yi asked questions one after another however, his words were clearly directed to a certain person. It seemed as if he was deliberately accusing someone.
Ye Shenyin could no longer endure and finally broke free from his support. Smiling bitterly, he said : "Just went to see someone" Ming Yi let out an 'o' before continuing to accompany him
"Hohoho~ so Little Yin has a girl in mind now haha" he was about to ask about the person when he saw Ye Shenyin's dark face so he changed the topic. However, it seemed that it was a bad idea because Ye Shenyin's face actually grew darker.
Upon entering, the duo were greeted by the mess on the floor. Ming Yi awkwardly chuckled.
"I did not bother cleaning cause i did not expect anyone to come hehe" Ming Yi defended. Seeing the mess, Ye Shenyin moved on his own to clean the mess which made Ming Yi more awkward.
"Ai..you dont have to do that here" Ming Yi scolded yet he did not stayed idle. One by one, he also cleared the mess made by himself and arranged them on top of the small shelf. After some time, the duo finished clearing and sat down on the floor.
"Little Yin, in the future,you should not be going out whenever you want to. This place is unfamiliar to us so naturally we might encounter strange beings" Ming Yi collapsed on the floor and scolded strangely
"An hour ago , i felt some creepy , cold breeze behind my neck!"
Hearing this, Ye Shenyin's brows slightly raised "You must be glared at by someone" Ye Shenyin cooly said before standing up
"Oh is it? there's only one person standing behind me that time how could it make me scared?"
"It must be a ghost!" Ming Yi grabbed Ye Shenyin's sleeves and concluded.Ye Shenyin was helpless. He did not want to listen to this person babbling about his 'creepy' experiences before the second trial. He would rather prepare himself for tomorrow than exhaust his mind.
However, Ming Yi was persistent.
Inside the bamboo cottage
"Uncle Qingxian, why are you living in this small house?" Qin Shangyu, who was laying at the bed , glanced at Lu Qingxian who was meditating by the table and asked.
"Why not?" Lu Qingxian calmly responded "Didn't you like it here too?"
"But isnt this place a little secluded?"
Qin Shangyu sat straight and carefully examined Lu Qingxian's face to see his reaction. However, the only reaction she got was silence so she continued "When i first came here i was so happy in the huge pavilion. There were a lot of servants who take care of me and a huge space for myself too! there were also my Senior brothers and Sisters who take care of me and a lot of people around but...it's still lonely"
"But here, even though this is a secluded place, i feel peace and free! Hehehe i am happy here!" it was at this moment that Lu Qingxian opened his eyes and stared helplessly at the girl. He inwardly sighed.
Little Shangyu really is a lot like her Aunt!
"Little Shangyu, do you want to see the trial tomorrow?" Lu Qingxian asked. At first, he did not want to interact much with Qin Shangyu but hearing her innocent, honest statement, he realized that she was just as lonely as her irritable Aunt. It was only her way of interacting with others that differentiated her from her Aunt.
With this realization, he felt a slight sympathy and wanted to get close to her to ease her loneliness
"Yes!"
Qin Shangyu's eyes were as bright as the stars.
"Then ill take you with me!" Lu Qingxian declared
"Really?"
"Yes so you should sleep now" Lu Qingxian smiled slightly.
The next morning.
Two figures stood on the balcony: one wearing violet while the other wore white.
Below were the candidates that were lined up according to their card numbers
"Woah! i can see everyone from above hahaha" Qin Shangyu exclaimed in a low voice.
"mn" Beside her , Lu Qingxian quietly nodded.
Today is the second day of examination where candidates were required to duel a random candidate to prove their strength. Since most of the people who came were from a wealthy family , some were already trained by their guards so it shouldn't be easy for them to beat someone who came from a poor family and did not train.
Although the candidates have yet to established their core or choose an art to fully study, some already has a potential which was the main goal of the sect master of Rising Mountain sect – to absorb strong potentials and strive —
Among the many candidates, Ye Shenyin was among them. He was wearing a simple, loose brown outfit. Unlike the other candidates who were fascinated by the huge and domineering arena , Ye Shenyin did not even bother about the surroundings and instead raised his head to look at the person on the balcony. An odd light flashed through his black eyes.
Finally, Xiao Ying arrived and smiled cooly at everyone. Upon announcing the examination which was considered the last and final trial, everyone were excited.There were even traces of arrogance within the eyes of the others.
Soon, the candidates took out a random card number from the box near the stone platform. Some wore arrogant look while others wore an apologetic one. It was clear that the person they picked, corresponding to the card number they picked was their friends or enemies. In the last line, next to Ye Shenyin, Yi Feng's group arrived late
"We almost did not make it in time" Yi Yun who had the identity card number of 89, remarked. He turned his head and found that Yi Feng was glaring at him which made him shut his mouth.
Soon, the duel started.
The duel was enthusiastic as some actually displayed their learned martial skills. After 2-3 hours , it was finally Ye Shenyin's turn.
Maybe it was because some were already tired or maybe he was too thin and fragile looking that the crowd had already guessed who would win and so did not paid him any attention.
Except for Lu Qingxian who was staring indifferently below even though he was facing a sturdy-looking man!