Chapter 171: Court Attire

In the morning, Shangguan Yun stood up and stretched luxuriously, accentuating her voluptuous, near-perfect figure. She looked at the person beside her and said with a smile.

“After finishing things, I still have a fiancé to do—no wonder they say it’s better to be mandarin ducks than immortals.”

“Ugh! Can you not say it so weirdly?” Mu Yanxi was lying on the bed, her silvery-white hair scattered messily over her back, the bed, and the pillow. She felt completely weak and numb, unable to get up for a while.

“Isn’t that true? I gave you a chance to take the initiative, but you didn’t move for ages, so I had to do it myself—self-reliance brings plenty.”

Shangguan Yun licked the corner of her mouth and said, “Not bad, thanks for the meal.”

Mu Yanxi buried her face directly into her silver hair, not daring to speak. Being taken the initiative by her own original fiancée was truly too embarrassing.

But that couldn’t be helped. Shangguan Yun had cultivated the Lingyue Art, but she hadn’t. When it came to actual dual cultivation, she had no way to take the lead.

Plus the gap in cultivation realms, Shangguan Yun could easily rout her completely.

“Don’t bully a youth for being poor! One day I will definitely pin you down and make you beg for mercy, and I’ll repay all of today’s humiliation!” Mu Yanxi could only speak fiercely with determination.

“I’m looking forward to that, but here there’s no poor youth—only a poor maiden. Hurry up and get dressed. We have classes today: physical education in the morning and Dao Arts in the afternoon.” Shangguan Yun pulled Mu Yanxi up and said.

Next, Mu Yanxi sat in front of the dressing table while Shangguan Yun helped her comb her hair. Ever since she had changed to this head of silvery-white hair, Mu Yanxi had actually been very unaccustomed to it.

During fights, the silver hair would float up and block her vision. When flying on an artifact, it would wildly dance in the air. When sweating or bathing, the wet hair would stick to her body and face.

In short, no matter what she did, it would inevitably get messy.

In her previous life, Mu Yanxi would tie up part of her long hair with a headband, but in that life, her cultivation was high and she had spiritual energy protecting her body, so she didn’t need to do so many movements, like bathing and martial arts training—her hairstyle wouldn’t get messy.

In this world, even tying up the hair didn’t help; the remaining long hair would still get messy.

“Really, you should pay attention to your appearance too. You’re a girl now—what kind of decency is it to have your hair this messy?” Shangguan Yun said while holding a comb and smoothing out the silvery-white hair that had been scattered all over from last night.

“This hair is too thick and long, what can I do? It gets messy no matter what, so I might as well cut it all short or completely tie it up.” Mu Yanxi said impatiently.

“That won’t do. Such beautiful silvery-white hair is rare—it would be so ugly to tie it all up, and cutting it would be even more wasteful. I can only let this fiancée of yours help you tie your hair properly.”

Shangguan Yun said with a smile. First, she used the comb to smooth all the silver hair, then used a silver hairpin to twist it into a coiled bun.

Previously, Mu Yanxi’s long hair reached her hips, but after using the silver hairpin to coil it into a bun, it only reached her back. It did feel much more convenient.

Although the hair on her temples still hung to her chest and would still stick to her face if there was vigorous movement, at least it was more manageable.

“Is this… a magical artifact?” Mu Yanxi looked at herself in the mirror. The silver hairpin matched her silver hair very well, and the craftsmanship was exquisite, but it wasn’t hers—it was Shangguan Yun’s.

“Just a couple of ninth-grade magical artifacts, cheap stuff worth over a dozen spirit stones. They have basically no function besides tying hair. I bought them back then because I thought they looked nice, and giving them to you is just right.” Shangguan Yun said.

“Then I’ll thank you.” Mu Yanxi accepted the gift. After all, she really did need a hairpin to tie her hair, and over a dozen spirit stones was indeed not expensive. At worst, she could give her a more valuable gift later as compensation.

Next, Mu Yanxi stood up and let Shangguan Yun help her put on a short qipao.

She still wasn’t good at wearing this feminine clothing, and the design with buttons to fasten at the back made Mu Yanxi suspect that it was deliberately designed to require two people helping each other to put on conveniently.

Although having Shangguan Yun help her even with getting dressed made Mu Yanxi feel somewhat embarrassed, getting used to and even becoming skilled at wearing girls’ clothes didn’t seem like something to be proud of either—it was also awkward, a case of being stuck either way.

Shangguan Yun, on the other hand, didn’t mind at all. She openly displayed her body before Mu Yanxi’s eyes, turned around, and said, “Help me get dressed, hurry up. We still need to go to the plaza.”

Mu Yanxi tried not to look at Shangguan Yun’s jade-like body, although she had seen and even thoroughly touched it a few times.

She also picked up a dudou and underwear and helped her put them on, then fumbled to put on the qipao as well. Only then did the two set off.

The first class in the morning was physical education, which Mu Yanxi had known since yesterday. The so-called physical education class was actually physical cultivation training.

Since most disciples had come through the Body Refinement Stage back when they were in the Chu Sect, starting from physical cultivation allowed for a seamless connection to the Great Sect’s curriculum.

Streams of Evasion Light landed on the plaza designated for physical education by the Spiritual Moon Palace.

They were all the elite class disciples selected yesterday. Mu Yanxi saw that her four roommates had all arrived. Ruo Xuan was also there, and she happily waved at Mu Yanxi.

However, among all these beautiful girls, Mu Yanxi spotted a very conspicuous presence—a muscular burly man sitting on a jade chair, with several pretty female disciples beside him handing him drinks or applying essential oil to his body.

These girls were also all elite class disciples, and if Mu Yanxi remembered correctly, they should be top students directly promoted from the Lingyue Chuzong.

Why would there be a man in a female sect? And why were these female disciples acting so attentive? For example, the female disciple handing him drinks was even kneeling on one knee, holding up a tray with both hands while kneeling beside him.

Even though the man didn’t take the cup from the tray, she remained motionless, kneeling beside him. The girl applying the oil was also moving with extreme gentleness and ambiguity.

At this moment, Shangguan Yun’s telepathic transmission directly sounded in Mu Yanxi’s mind: “That is the physical education teacher.”

“The Spiritual Moon Great Sect has many course instructors who are externally hired male teachers, equivalent to guest elders. You must be very respectful toward them. The teacher has great authority. If you dare to contradict the teacher, you will definitely be punished.”

Regarding the fact that the teacher had great authority and students had to be very reverent, Mu Yanxi had no doubt at all, because her previous life’s sect was also like that.

The status of an elder was absolutely above ordinary disciples, let alone a master-disciple relationship.

But what puzzled her was, “Why does a female sect have male guest elders? If they want to do anything to the female disciples, wouldn’t they be able to do as they please?”

“Correct, they can do as they please. The Spiritual Moon Great Sect intentionally does this. Don’t forget what the Spiritual Moon Palace teaches.”

“Moreover, many disciples are happy to be favored by male teachers. This is actually a shortcut. Otherwise, what do you think those female disciples are doing?” Shangguan Yun transmitted.