51 How To Escape Wenren Chuchu (2/2)
Light blue was the color of the initial-levels, level 1 and level 2; Sky blue was the color of the middle-levels, level 3 and level 4e; Acid blue was the color of the high-levels, level 5 and levl 6; Sea blue was the color of the peak-levels that people commonly described as the Grandmaster levels of the Sky Origin Stage.
If it was purple blue, that meant the cultivator has reached a higher cultivation realm than most expert cultivators and has reached the class of ultimate masters of the world… Whoever reached this class wasn’t far from being able to ascend to the Qing-Yun Realm.
However, supreme masters in this world that had reached this level and were capable of flight were very few. There were some, but certainly not many.
Expert cultivators with sky blue qi were among the top-class cultivators in the martial world. They were absolutely not normal.
The girl in cyan suddenly frowned, “Brother Feng… If the robber is such an expert cultivator, he can’t be some nameless person. Could it be that you have crossed paths with him before?”
Ye Xiao looked innocent and waved his head as he spoke, “I am doing quite well in dan-making business apparently. I usually concentrate on this and haven’t gotten involved in the martial world. If I wasn’t running out of money, I wouldn’t have taken out the supreme dan beads for the auction. How could I possibly piss off such an expert cultivator?”
“That’s weird…” The girl was lost in her thoughts as a frown appeared on her face. She was obviously trying to find a clue from what he had described.
The girl didn’t doubt Ye Xiao’s words. In fact, if someone was not extremely talented and had no perseverance in the art of dan-making, they wouldn’t be able to make such world-class supreme dan beads.
Because of that, her way of thinking would not lead her to discover the truth.
Ye Xiao was gulping down water at the moment as he felt really thirsty.
He had been sweating for such a long time, and it was lucky that he didn’t die from dehydration. Now that he had the time and opportunity, he naturally had to replenish some water.
“What happened next?” The girl continued with her investigation.
“Hmm. And then the… items I had with me were taken…” Ye Xiao sighed and gestured to his body, “And now I feel like I have been punched by ten thousand strong men at the same time. In fact, I am exhausted just by sitting here and talking to you.”
The girl smiled politely, “It is indeed not easy.”
Ye Xiao asked, “Do you mind if I ask for your name? You saved me today and I will repay you someday.”
The girl thought for a while and said, “It was a simple favor. That’s all. It is not worth mentioning. My family name is Wenren. Brother Feng, you can call me Lady Chuchu.”
“Chuchu…” Ye Xiao praised, “Beautiful name! She who is delicate and touching is certainly a beauty.” [1]
A gleam of anger appeared on Wenren Chuchu’s face, “What kind of person are you? I told you to call me Lady Chuchu… Who told you to call me Chuchu!”
She casually put the handkerchief away and didn’t touch it again. She smiled softly, “By the way, did you just say… that you were taking those items home to make dan beads?”
Ye Xiao kept his head raised, “Yes.”
“But what I have been told is… those supreme dan beads that you auctioned were not made by yourself, right?” Wenren Chuchu cunningly said with her eyes half-closed.
“That is a rumor. In fact, I am the unique supreme dan-maker in this land. Only I can make the supreme dan beads; no one else can.” Ye Xiao hurriedly tried to justify himself.
However, this declaration made it sound like a cover-up.
“Heh, heh…” Wenren Chuchu meaningfully smiled, like she had already asked all the questions on her mind. She raised her cup and said, “Please. Brother Feng, drink.”
Ye Xiao glanced at the handkerchief that was put aside by Wenren Chuchu. She had only used it once to wipe her hands. It was still clean and new, but it had already been discarded like a worn out pair of shoes.
He made an observation about the girl, [This girl is neat freak.]
Ye Xiao put down the cup and pretended that he was too weak to hold it. The cup fell down and rolled over to the girl. Wenren Chuchu quickly reached out her hand to grab it…
Ye Xiao acted fast to grab the cup first and took it back. He then spoke embarrassedly, “Please forgive me, Lady Chuchu. I don’t like people to touch the things I am using…”
“Are you a neat freak?” Wenren Chuchu raised her head and looked at him for the first time since the conversation started.
Ye Xiao hadn’t noticed until now that her eyes were clear blue, like the ocean and the sky, an endless starry sky; they were shockingly beautiful! Her eyelashes were long like two delicate tiny fans, filled with absolute sense of beauty!
“If this girl took off her disguise and revealed her true face, she would be even more beautiful than Su Yeyue, I guess.” Somehow, Ye Xiao had such an image in mind.
Rubbing his nose, Ye Xiao smiled bitterly, “Yes, I am. I am apparently not in my own place, but I still cannot overcome my habit. Gosh. I am sorry.”
Wenren Chuchu frowned and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she looked at the handkerchief that she had put aside and frowned again.
She looked back at Ye Xiao with a sense of terror in her eyes.
Ye Xiao lowered his head and drank his water. He had no idea what mistake he had committed this time.
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[1] [TL note: Chuchu, which is 楚楚 in Chinese. It is a part of the idiom ‘楚楚动人’, which means delicate and touching and is mostly used to describe girls.]