Chapter 648 - 0375 Opportunity to Make Fortune (Two in One)

In short, after Zhu Pingniang learned that Sikong Jing was trying every possible way to meet Xu Chang’an, she always wanted to tease him about it.

Logically, she could understand Sikong Jing’s thoughts.

After all, Xu Chang’an was protected by Wen Li’s Sword Qi when he traveled, so naturally, he had some influence around Wen Li.

Thus, asking him to relay messages to Wen Li must be more effective than asking herself.

Therefore, the way Sikong Jing sought Xu Chang’an’s help wasn’t really a bold move, but rather open and aboveboard—because the women of Muyu Peak just completely ignored him.

Instead, only Xu Chang’an, again and again, did not reject meeting him. If it weren’t for those women obstructing, everything might have been settled by now.

And if one had any understanding of Wen Li, even seeing Xu Chang’an flaunting Wen Li’s Sword Qi all over, they would never think that woman had any thoughts about her junior brother—

That’s what the women of Muyu Peak believed.

That’s what Wen Li’s admirers believed.

Even when Zhu Pingniang initially discovered that Wen Li helped Xu Chang’an acquire an Elixir, she just thought Wen Li was being caring towards her junior brother, probably quite fond of his mirror-like qualities.

Let alone an outsider like Sikong Jing.

But that was the past thinking.

Now, having slightly understood some of Wen Li’s changes, looking back, Sikong Jing asking Xu Chang’an to speak well of him to Wen Li... somehow seemed rather amusing.

Zhu Pingniang tilted her head, thinking Wen Li was different from ordinary cultivators; perhaps once she figured something out one day, she’d soar like a phoenix.

As for what Wen Li figured out, Zhu Pingniang, who practiced the Charm Technique, couldn’t fathom it.

She tapped Xu Chang’an on the head, and in the bewildered boy’s gaze, teased, "Why does it all seem to... have something to do with you."

"Me?" Xu Chang’an blinked, "What are you talking about."

"Speaking of which, you practice swordsmanship too, right?" Zhu Pingniang suddenly remembered something.

"Still... not sure yet; it’s just what I’m currently studying." Xu Chang’an nodded.

"Oh." Zhu Pingniang asked, "Then what do you think of your Senior Wen’s existence."

Senior?

"A revival?" Xu Chang’an thought, as a Sword Cultivator, having such a Senior ahead, blazing a trail, and being able to look up to her back... is a very fortunate thing.

Like how a person in life needs mirrors, and the future road needs mountains to aspire to.

"Is that so." Zhu Pingniang responded, not saying more.

She just suddenly thought, if Xu Chang’an needed a senior as a guide, that’s why Wen Li existed...

But soon, this thought became too far-fetched, so she cast it to the depths of her mind, crushed amongst other scattered thoughts.

But the affairs of the world are fluctuating; nothing is predestined.

Now, Xu Chang’an feels having a guide, a senior illuminating his path, is a blessing.

And so does Miss Yun think.

Then, what kind of impact this thought might have on Wen Li, no one knows.

——

"Forget it, I won’t meddle with Wen’Er’s matters anymore." Zhu Pingniang thought, then vaguely sensed Xu Chang’an still had something to ask, so she proactively said, "If Sikong Jing comes to you later asking you to whisper sweet nothings... oops, speak good words in her ear, you just agree to him."

"Is that okay?" Xu Chang’an asked.

"What’s the problem; Wen’Er wouldn’t care about such trivial matters. Sikong Jing asks you to speak well of him, so you do."

Zhu Pingniang reminded Xu Chang’an, "But... Wen Li is also a girl from Muyu Peak. She won’t get angry if you speak for an outsider, but if you don’t get something out of it, not only Wen Li, even I would be angry."

"What is it?" Xu Chang’an earnestly sought advice.

"Benefits."

Zhu Pingniang said, dead serious.

"...???"

"Fool."

Zhu Pingniang had lost count of how many times she called this clever young man foolish, yet again, she couldn’t resist teasing, "You’re just passing messages for Sikong Jing for free? Do you know what kind of place the Profound Sword Bureau is... You’re so poor you can’t find two Low-grade Spirit Stones on you, do you need me to teach you how to do it?"

Wen Li definitely wouldn’t care about Xu Chang’an speaking for outsiders.

But if she knew Xu Chang’an didn’t gain enough from it, that’s when she’d be upset, instead.

That’s how the girls of Muyu Peak are, Wen Li, as Senior, is no exception.

"...Ah."

Yet Xu Chang’an was bewildered.

Is it like this?

Doesn’t seem right.

If it were girls, wouldn’t they feel extremely averse to being used?

So Xu Chang’an thought the message delivery was purely just that, a message. After all, if he used this opportunity to "extort," it would inevitably seem like taking advantage of his Senior.

But from what Zhu Pingniang suggested, was it that if he didn’t take advantage of Wen Li, she’d be the one to get upset.

"Sometimes you’re smart, yet at times dumb as a rock." Zhu Pingniang pouted, "Your Senior Wen is the most protective girl in the world."

As long as they can get benefits, then all problems are not problems.

That’s why she can be the Senior.

"Senior... protective?" As images of Wen Li wielding her sword flashed through Xu Chang’an’s mind, he couldn’t understand at all.

Is this about Senior Wen?

"If she wasn’t protective, then why would she place Sword Qi on you after learning you encountered rumors?" Zhu Pingniang questioned, "Could it be she likes you?"

"Oh, indeed."

Xu Chang’an instantly got it, immediately understanding.

It was really Wen Li’s nature that would make one subconsciously overlook this point, thinking she cared only about cultivation.