Chapter 213 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 29 (2/2)

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Once Shi Sheng had shook those annoyances off her tail, she made a detour back to where Bu Jingyun was. Currently, he was standing together with the people from Nine Silences Hall, who immediately put up their guard upon seeing her.

Shi Sheng tossed the box containing the Rainbow Lotus to Bu Jingyun before speaking with a contemptuous expression, “Here. Really dunno what you want this Mary Sue[1] for though.”

As Bu Jingyun held the box in his hands, he could only feel his lips twitch. ‘She really managed to snatch it from so many people? That scornful expression will really anger those people to insanity… And what’s a Mary Sue? It soundsimpressive.’

Furthermore…

The only reason he’d gotten his men to fight for the Rainbow Lotus was because he’d seen her sitting here and staring at it. Thinking she wanted it, he’d planned to secure it to give to her as a gift..

But as it turned out, she wasn’t here for the Rainbow Lotus at all. Now that she’s already stolen it herself, how was he supposed to give it to her?

Thus, Bu Jingyun could only silently accept it.

The Sentinel was a bit befuddled at this moment as well. ‘This witch… doesn’t treat Hallmaster as bad I thought. She actually snatched this kind of thing to gift to Hallmaster.’

“Where are we going to now?” Bu Jingyun handed the Rainbow Lotus over to the Sentinel for safekeeping, before turning to ask Shi Sheng.

Shi Sheng smoothed out her slightly crinkled dress before calmly directing her gaze towards the depths of the forest.

“Going to pick some fights.”

Bu Jingyun, “…”

‘Do you not know how to do anything besides picking fights?

You’re so fierce, no wonder nobody wants you and you have to resort to forcing a marriage! Hmph!

Only I could be kind enough to allow you to force a marriage! Had it been anyone else, they’d have beaten you to death already!’

Shi Sheng just casually left after causing so much trouble, and calmly started heading towards the depths of the forest.

Bu Jingyun only brought the Sentinel, leaving the rest of his forces behind.

The deeper they ventured, the higher the level of the magic beasts were.

Because of this, the Sentinel was starting to worry. “Hallmaster, it’s not safe to continue any further.”

‘All that woman’s been doing these last few days is aimlessly wander ahead. Even if I don’t have to act whenever we meet magic beasts, from the encounters today, the magic beasts from here on aren’t going to be as easy to deal with…’

He didn’t know why his Hallmaster insisted on following her.

“She won’t let anything happen to me.” Bu Jingyun’s lips curved ever so slightly as he l gazed at the petite figure ahead.

Had that sentence been spoken by a young lady, there wouldn’t have been any problem[2]. But it was actually spoken by a fully grown man, and his most powerful Hallmaster at that!

The Sentinel could almost hear his impression of his all-powerful Hallmaster shattering like glass in his mind. ‘Hallmaster, your reaction isn’t quite right ah!’

“You return first.”

“Ah?” ‘Were we talking about this now?’

“That won’t do!” Once he’d reacted, the Sentinel immediately shook his head. “I have to be by your side.”

‘As your Sentinel, my job is to protect you, Hallmaster!’

Bu Jingyun gave him a frosty look before speaking in an aloof tone, “I don’t wish to say it thrice. Return.”

The Sentinel, “…” ‘How can I possibly rest assured when I’m handing you over to that witch?’

Bu Jingyun’s stare turned even colder as time passed, so the Sentinel eventually caved in. He could only sullenly respond, “…Yes.”

Only when he’d gotten the answer he wanted did Bu Jingyun start to hurriedly jog to keep up with Shi Sheng. The two slowly disappeared into the tall grasses.

The Sentinel scratched his head. ‘What’ll I do about Hallmaster’s safety? Argh, god dammit!

In the end, the Sentinel decided to quietly trail them from afar. After all, he wasn’t reassured in leaving his Hallmaster in the hands of ‘that witch’. ‘Shen Yaoguang only knows how to bully my Hallmaster!’

[1] In so far as I can tell, Mary Sues = rainbows/OP FLs

My Sheng-ge is no Mary Sue… she’s the ML!!!

[2] Fun fact: In Chinese, he/she/it all sound the same when spoken. They’re written differently, but there’s really no way to tell when it’s spoken unless you know beforehand. So, “She won’t let anything happen to me.” could just as easily have sounded like “He won’t let anything happen to me.”