“I know,” Zhu Lan said.
Packing didn’t take long.
The things she deemed worth bringing could be counted on one hand.
Besides, a storage ring was a wonderful thing; it made packing incredibly convenient.
Ye Feng looked at the obedient Zhu Lan, and his heart stirred.
He leaned down, intending to kiss her again.
However, he didn’t succeed this time.
Zhu Lan quickly used her hand to block his face.
“My lip is cut!”
Before Ye Feng could lose his temper, Zhu Lan hurried to find an excuse.
“Let me see.”
Ye Feng reached out and squeezed Zhu Lan’s chin in a way that wouldn’t take no for an answer.
His finger gently brushed against her lips.
He pressed down firmly on the wound on her lip, making her wince in pain.
Ye Feng tossed down a bottle of ointment.
“Heal it quickly. If you apply it often, it will be better in one day.”
Zhu Lan nodded and took the ointment.
In reality, she was thinking that she wouldn’t apply it even once.
It would be better if it healed slowly.
“Don’t think I’ll hold back just because the wound isn’t healed. I’ll still kiss you tomorrow. If it isn’t better by then, you’ll be the one suffering.”
Zhu Lan was speechless.
‘Are you a parasite in my stomach?’
Zhu Lan took the ointment she had just put into her storage ring and applied it twice.
“See you tomorrow.”
Ye Feng placed a light kiss on Zhu Lan’s forehead.
If she was willing to stay by his side peacefully, he was willing to give her some special treatment that others didn’t have.
Early the next morning, Zhu Lan arrived at the plaza to wait for everyone to gather before departing.
Other disciples also arrived very early.
After Feng Bujue reached the grounds and saw Zhu Lan boredly drawing circles on the ground, he walked up and said in surprise, “Junior Sister, are you also in the group for this trip to the Yaochi Holy Land?”
Zhu Lan looked up and saw it was Feng Bujue.
She subconsciously scanned her surroundings.
After confirming that Ye Feng wasn’t there, she replied, “Yes, what a coincidence.”
Feng Bujue wasn’t a fool.
He remembered all the top ten disciples, and this junior sister clearly wasn’t one of them.
However, the Yaochi Holy Land had granted the Heavenly Evolution Sect a few extra spots this year, so some disciples who weren’t in the top ten would be included.
For example, outstanding talents from Pozhen Peak were also eligible for a spot.
Feng Bujue thought that since she was from Yushou Peak, she must be at the pinnacle of the path of beast taming.
Suddenly, Zhu Lan remembered she hadn’t fed the eggs today …
“Senior Brother, I forgot to bring something. I need to go back for a moment.”
Just as Zhu Lan stood up to leave, a force from behind pulled her back.
“No need. I brought those two eggs with me.”
Ye Feng arrived at Zhu Lan’s side, firmly gripping her hand.
“What are you doing?!”
Seeing the increasing number of disciples around them, Zhu Lan tried to pull her hand away, but she couldn’t budge him.
As soon as Feng Bujue saw that the newcomer was Ye Feng, his expression immediately soured.
Especially when he saw his junior sister being forcibly held by the hand, he was instantly filled with righteous indignation.
“You shameless rogue, Ye Feng! Last time, I was caught off guard and you took advantage of it. Now that my cultivation technique has reached mastery, I’ve come to fight you again!”
Feng Bujue instantly drew a longsword and attacked Ye Feng.
However, the “hero saving the beauty” moment he imagined did not happen.
Ye Feng let out a cold laugh and threw a punch that knocked him back.
“An ant trying to shake a tree — arrogant and ignorant.”
Ye Feng gave a disdainful evaluation, and his grip on Zhu Lan’s hand shifted into an even more excessive embrace.
He put his arm around Zhu Lan in front of everyone.
Zhu Lan was anxious, but she couldn’t break free from Ye Feng’s grasp.
“Stop! Let go of that girl!”
Seeing the girl he liked forced to compromise under the intimidation of a powerful opponent, Feng Bujue felt like a knife was twisting in his heart.
He hated his own incompetence.
There had never been a moment like this where he craved power so much.
“Just you wait!”
Feng Bujue left in a fit of rage.
“By the time you get back, she’ll have already given birth to three kids.”
Ye Feng’s extremely mocking words caused Feng Bujue’s footsteps to falter before he hurried away even faster.
“What are you doing?!”
Zhu Lan felt the number of gazes significantly increase after Ye Feng said those words.
Her heart was filled with shame and anger, and she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
Ye Feng, however, didn’t seem to care about the eyes of others.
He leaned close to Zhu Lan’s ear and whispered, “Zhu Lan, I should have done this a long time ago. Even if a senior brother and junior sister from the same peak become Dao companions, others won’t say much. Or is it that you’re simply unwilling and afraid of being associated with me in the eyes of others?”
Ye Feng’s words sent a chill through Zhu Lan’s heart, and she finally stopped struggling.
It turned out that Ye Feng hadn’t believed her deception at all.
And here she was, thinking her acting skills were superb and that she had fooled him.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhu Lan felt that the man holding her was a stranger for the first time.
It made her tremble uncontrollably.
Ye Feng didn’t say many harsh words.
Sensing that the person in his arms no longer dared to move, he comforted her softly, “There, I won’t scare you anymore. In the future, don’t talk to shady people, and I won’t treat you like this. Do you understand?”
Zhu Lan nodded slightly.
Only then was Ye Feng willing to let go of her.
The two of them boarded the transport vehicle that the sect elders were about to launch.
However, the commotion here had already attracted many people’s attention.
Now, countless malicious and mocking gazes were locked onto Zhu Lan.
Finally, they arrived at the Yaochi Holy Land.
The Heavenly Evolution Sect was the first batch to arrive, and dozens of elderly women came forward to greet them.
“The Yaochi Holy Land welcomes everyone who has traveled from afar. Please, take your seats and rest.”
The Yaochi Holy Land also had a wide, flat area for activities.
The elders of the holy land arranged for all the outsiders who had come for the event to stay in the plaza.
Among the dozens of elderly women, there was a young woman with stunning looks.
Her every move revealed an air of peerless elegance.
“I thought the Yaochi Holy Land was full of old hags! I almost wanted to go home.”
“Who is that exceptionally beautiful woman among the old hags? Her every frown and smile can actually stir my emotions.”
As the disciples discussed this, an elder immediately scolded them.
“You few are truly an embarrassment. That is the Sect Master of the Yaochi Holy Land!”
The disciples came to a sudden realization.
“So it’s the Sect Master. No wonder she’s so beautiful. Just one glance made me fall in love with her.”
“You brat, you’re never serious. This isn’t the Heavenly Evolution Sect. Don’t bring your methods of hitting on outer sect junior sisters here to embarrass yourself. Do you know that if those old hags found out what you were thinking, they’d turn you into a human swine in a heartbeat?”
“A human swine? That’s so cruel?”
“What do you think?! Those are the elders of the Yaochi Holy Land — absolute fossils. The Sect Master of the Yaochi Holy Land only rose to her position because she was recommended by those elders.”
“In that case, the status of those old hags is even higher than the Sect Master’s!”
“Higher isn’t the half of it! You’d better watch your mouth, kid. If someone hears you, it’ll cause a lot of trouble.”
The Yaochi Holy Land was a place of beautiful mountains and clear waters with hundreds of flowers in bloom.
The disciples of the Heavenly Evolution Sect were like country bumpkins entering the city, marveling constantly.
Some disciples were attracted by the scenery of the holy land, while others looked at Zhu Lan with ill intent.
Two female disciples had been discussing Zhu Lan, and their words were neither kind nor quiet.
Along the way, Zhu Lan could only pretend not to know and act as if she hadn’t seen them.
“Isn’t it just so? She’s latched onto a powerful backer, so how could she possibly look down at us small fries?”
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