304 Your Bird Reflects Who You Are! (1/2)

Madame Liu San was a merchant. However, unlike your normal merchant, she dealt in the business of flesh.

Such a contemptible trader of humans should not have even been in the consideration of a cultivator, but Madame Liu San was no ordinary human trader.

She had traveled across the Tianxuan Continent in search of female orphans, selecting girls whose appearance, intelligence and character were of excellent quality. She then trained them in the intricacies of poetry and art. If the girl was gifted in cultivation, the madame would teach her mystical Qi cultivation base method, without reservation.

When these girls were accomplished in what they learned, only then would Madame Liu San allow them to go to prime households, to be used as handmaidens.

These girls were of pure heart and spirit; they were gentle and yielding, their appearances were fine. They learned fast, had a servile attitude, and were very considerate and thoughtful.

They would not intentionally play the game of seduction to entice their masters. Moreover, once the bargain had been struck, the handmaiden would remain loyal to her master forever.

It wasn't hard to imagine the price that handmaidens of such quality would command.

The handmaidens trained by Madame Liu San were divided into three classes – white, yellow, and blue; among those, the girls who wore white were the best of them all. The price for a white-clothed handmaiden was no less than five-hundred thousand silver taels.

Such a price would cause even a wealthy household to hesitate, but the handmaidens Yun Yang had prepared were apparently all in white. It meant that Yun Yang had already spent at least two million silver taels for the people selected to serve them!

The two ladies had never enjoyed such treatment, even when they were at home.

In spite of this, Yun Yang’s attitude was still abnormally peculiar.

He took care of the ladies attentively and it was rather reasonable if his stance was what Yue Rulan assumed; Ji Lingxi’s crush and admirer. However, why was he speaking in such an indulgent tone to Ji Lingxi?

If one were to close his or her eyes and purely use his or her ears, each word sounded like a father or older brother giving a lesson to a naïve daughter or younger sister.

”From now on, you’ll both be my elder and younger female cousins in front of outsiders.” Yun Yang said, ”Our strength is lacking, so let’s manage this current situation first. When safety is no longer a concern, we’ll decide on further arrangements. Will that be fine?”

His question was posed to Yue Rulan, his manner was still as respectful as it was before, filled with an inquiring tone.

Yue Rulan nodded and replied, ”Young Master Yun’s arrangement is appropriate. I have no objection to it.”

”Who will be the elder and who will be the younger female cousin?” Ji Lingxi asked.

Yun Yang frowned in reply, ”Is that even a question?”

Ji Lingxi said huffily, ”Sister Lan is the elder female cousin, this is indisputable. However, I can't bring myself to believe that you are older than me. Why must I be the younger female cousin? Can’t it be two elder female cousins?”

Yun Yang said unhappily, ”There, there, be good. Please, let us not argue over such petty matters. Sister Lan is injured, she needs her rest.”

”…”

Be good?

Ji Lingxi almost fainted.

It was that damnable tone again!

Was he planning to anger her to death?

Even if he was reasonable and considerate, it was an utter unfamiliar situation for her.

”Sister Lan!”

After Yun Yang had left, Ji Lingxi’s cheeks were puffed as she said miserably, ”Do you think that he has gone quite mad? What is with that attitude?”

”He wasn’t like this the last time…” she continued in a distressed tone.

Recalling the last encounter before she had left, she clearly remembered bidding farewell to Yun Yang. He had still shown some sense of romance then; at the very least, the sorrow he had was real…

If it were not so, Ji Lingxi would not have cherished the treasured saber, Phoenix Cry, so much. The Phoenix Cry was a divine weapon, no one would part with it without good cause. However, the saber held another layer of meaning to Ji Lingxi; it was a gift from Yun Yang that spoke of the feelings he held for her!

Why had he turned so patronizing after her journey? He was so condescending! He could easily have passed for an immortal, judging by his high and mighty behavior.

Ji Lingxi was petulant but she did not know that Yue Rulan had been affected even more. She was devoted to Ji Lingfeng, unwavering till death, but she was also very confident in her looks. She could not wrap her head around why Yun Yang kept calling her Sister Lan and had been so respectful since they met, treating her like an elder all the time.

Could it be that her old soul had finally shown itself on her face? Why else would Yun Yang treat her like that?

She was still much sought after, even when she was with her sister – the top among the rest in terms of image, elegance and everything else; what had happened to her?

Oh, women. They were such a strange species. Once beauty and romance were involved, their intelligence would dip to zero or even lower immediately!

…

The young lord had arrived at Tiantang City and would come to the Residence of Yun anytime now. Preparations were underway for his appearance.

Yun Yang would not wait and do nothing, of course; besides, the four noble young masters had been long waiting for him to train their mystical beasts. At a time when there would be formidable enemy knocking at his door at any given moment, how could Yun Yang forget that he had such great assistance?

”Ask Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter over, and get them to bring their mystical beasts.” Yun Yang said mercifully, ”I’ll toil for a few days, help them care for the critters.”

…

It was only an hour later when Dong Tianleng and gang gathered at the Residence of Yun.

Their gazes towards Yun Yang were filled with towering resentment.

Qiu Yunsan and two others were here for proper reasons, carrying their mystical beasts while Dong Tianleng’s family had not gotten him any mystical beast offspring until now. Young Master Dong Tianleng was here purely to cause a ruckus.