The girl suspected to be Ling Yunfeng’s sister looked around to make sure no one was following before clutching her chest and sighing in relief.
Then, she aggressively approached Gu Ming.
Gu Ming couldn’t help but step back repeatedly. He thought for a moment that she was like one of Ling Yunfeng’s fanatical supporters and was about to lash out at him, so he remained on guard.
Unexpectedly —
“I’m very sorry. My idiot older brother caused you trouble.”
The girl suddenly bowed and apologized, which left Gu Ming stunned.
Eh?
Older brother?
Gu Ming blinked. ‘Is she…’
“Are you Ling Yunfeng’s sister?” he asked instinctively.
“Yes.” The girl looked up and glanced at Gu Ming. “My name is Ling Yuyan.”
“Ling Yuyan…”
Gu Ming repeated the name to himself. He had to admit it was a very nice name.
“So, can you forgive my idiot brother?” Ling Yuyan remained in a bowing position, but her eyes peeked upward.
“Uh, your brother didn’t really do anything, so there’s no need to apologize. The ones who should apologize are his group of fanatical supporters.”
Gu Ming lightly scratched his cheek and looked away to hide his embarrassment.
At first, Ling Yuyan didn’t understand the meaning behind his action until she slowly looked down. The view inside her collar was exposed, revealing the faint, elegant curve of her cleavage.
Ah!
Ling Yuyan screamed, her entire face flushing red. She quickly covered her chest with both hands to prevent any further exposure.
She was both embarrassed and annoyed, glancing at Gu Ming — the culprit — from time to time, but in the end, she didn’t take her anger out on him.
She knew it wasn’t Gu Ming’s fault. It was only because her clothes were a bit low-cut, which had led to the current situation.
“My brother is very popular…” Ling Yuyan took the initiative to start a conversation, trying to cover the awkwardness.
“I can tell.”
Gu Ming nodded in agreement. Recalling that group of fanatical supporters, he still felt a lingering fear.
“He’s a person who is both serious and considerate of others, yet he’s also clumsy. He often causes big trouble because he doesn’t understand the situation.” Talking about Ling Yunfeng, Ling Yuyan felt quite helpless.
“But he’s really, really good…” she added.
“Mhm… I can see you really like your brother,” Gu Ming said with a smile, which caused Ling Yuyan’s dissatisfaction.
“What?!”
Ling Yuyan curled her lips with a look of disgust and said, “How could I possibly like him? He’s thick-headed and messy. He’s completely not my type. Only those women would be so crazy about him.”
“Then why did you just…”
‘List a bunch of his virtues.’
Gu Ming didn’t finish his sentence, but Ling Yuyan clearly understood what he meant.
Ling Yuyan sighed and said helplessly, “I only said that so you would forgive my idiot brother.”
Haha…
Gu Ming laughed and waved his hand. “Your brother didn’t do anything, so there’s no need to apologize.”
“No, it’s very necessary,” Ling Yuyan said seriously. “Originally, you wouldn’t have been cornered by my idiot brother’s fanatical supporters. It’s all because he was meddlesome.”
“Meddlesome?” Gu Ming was curious. How was he meddlesome?
“He came to participate in Saintess Mountain’s Outer Disciple Martial Arts Tournament and didn’t need to tell those women at all. But he was afraid they would worry, so he told them anyway.”
Speaking of this, Ling Yuyan got angry and frowned. “I advised him not to say anything. After all, this is Saintess Mountain’s territory. If those women caused any trouble, it would be hard to settle. But he just wouldn’t listen!”
“And sure enough, those women caused trouble again.” She seemed very displeased, without a hint of a smile on her face.
Haha…
Gu Ming could only give a dry laugh. “At first, I thought you were standing up for your brother.”
Ling Yuyan curled her lips. “Why would I stand up for him? His skills were inferior. If he lost, he lost.”
After saying that, Ling Yuyan suddenly stepped forward, staring at Gu Ming suspiciously. “I have a question for you.”
“What question?” Seeing Ling Yuyan approach, Gu Ming couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
“Did you have any strange thoughts earlier?” Ling Yuyan’s tone suddenly turned cold.
“Strange thoughts?” Gu Ming thought back to that snow-white patch on Ling Yuyan’s chest and quickly waved his hands. “No, absolutely not!”
“Not that!” Ling Yuyan blushed and hugged her chest, both angry and annoyed.
“Then what is it?” Gu Ming scratched his head.
“Forget it, I don’t want to say.” Ling Yuyan puffed out her cheeks. “As compensation, you have to treat me to a meal tonight.”
“Uh…” Gu Ming couldn’t understand for a moment. He blinked. Where had he offended her?
“In any case, come here tonight.”
Ling Yuyan stuffed a slip of paper into Gu Ming’s arms and then ran away.
Halfway there, she suddenly turned around and shouted, “By the way, I still don’t know your name!”
“My name is Nameless,” Gu Ming replied.
“Nameless…” Ling Yuyan muttered, then said loudly, “I’ve remembered it. So, don’t break our date tonight!”
After saying that, she skipped away.
As Ling Yuyan’s figure disappeared from view, Gu Ming picked up the paper and saw a location written on it —
Shengshan Road Second Alley — Yuyan Villa.
—
Shortly after Ling Yuyan left, Gu Ming remembered he still had another match and hurried back to the venue.
However, he didn’t know which arena he was supposed to be in or who he was fighting.
Therefore, he found a Saintess Mountain disciple and asked. Only then did Gu Ming learn that after every match, the results and upcoming pairings were posted on the battle board.
Under the direction of the Saintess Mountain disciple, Gu Ming arrived at the battle board. After confirming his arena number and match number, he rushed to the arena.
He almost missed it and was nearly disqualified by default.
Gu Ming’s second-round opponent was a True Rogue Cultivator. His strength was far inferior to Ling Yunfeng’s, and the only thing he could show off was his weapon — the Three-Plate Axe.
After fighting him, Gu Ming discovered that this man was a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. His footwork, movement techniques, cultivation methods, and axe techniques were all mediocre.
Thus, Gu Ming won this round even more easily. He also secretly used **[Forbidden]** on him, briefly restricting his movements before pushing him off the stage.
After performing the same move again, Gu Ming felt more eyes on him from below the stage. It seemed that many people were starting to treat him as a formidable rival.
Gu Ming felt helpless. He truly didn’t know any techniques of the Righteous Path; otherwise, he wouldn’t have won the match so simply.
After the second round ended, it was already getting late. Gu Ming then remembered he didn’t have a place to stay yet, but he had an appointment tonight.
After weighing his options, Gu Ming decided to keep the appointment first.
Following the address given by Ling Yuyan, Gu Ming arrived at Yuyan Villa. However, could the large mansion in front of him really be considered a “villa”?
As he stepped forward, he was stopped by the guards at the door. “Excuse me, are you Mr. Nameless?”