Volume 2 Chapter 58 / Chapter 145: Senior Brother, Opening One Eyelid
Under the crescent moon, sobbing sounds echoed softly.
Ye Anping held Li Qianjin, his eyes filled with tenderness, allowing her tears to wet his clothes. He waited until her crying gradually subsided before gently loosening his grip and lowering his head to look at the delicate girl in his arms.
After hesitating for a moment, he reached up and gently held Li Qianjin’s cheek.
Feeling the touch of his fingers on her cheek, Li Qianjin’s body stiffened, as if she was somewhat afraid, and she instinctively moved her right foot back a step, but her left foot remained still.
She had heard from Ling’er when she read storybooks that when a man touched a woman’s cheek, it was almost like asking for a kiss.
And a kiss was something only lovers would do.
The man in front of her was nothing more than an acquaintance, and because she couldn’t see, she didn’t even know whether he was handsome or ugly.
But for some reason…
She didn’t feel repulsed.
There was a pleasant scent emanating from this man named Ye Anping.
It was different from the scent of her father’s embrace, but it also made her feel a sense of peace.
Li Qianjin bit her lip and lightly moistened her lips with her tongue. After hesitating for a moment, she brought her right foot back and placed her hands on her collar.
It’s just a slight touch of lips…
Consider it as a gesture of gratitude for letting her lean on his chest…
Li Qianjin felt Ye Anping’s face approaching.
His warm breath brushed against her cheek, slightly tickling and itching, causing her heartbeat to uncontrollably accelerate.
She relaxed her tightly bitten lips and tilted her head slightly upwards, waiting for the warm and moist sensation to touch her lips.
However—
She didn’t receive a kiss.
Instead, she felt her left eyelid being lifted by someone…
?
“…”
Ye Anping’s face was very close.
He forcibly opened Li Qianjin’s left eyelid with his thumb and index finger, revealing her lifeless gray eyes, and carefully observed them.
From his visual inspection, it looked like cataracts.
There seemed to be a layer of mist on the pupils, making them blurry and unclear, and there were some white pus in the tears she shed just now.
But this was after all a Xianxia world.
He wanted to confirm whether Li Qianjin actually had eyeballs.
After all, in the game, the modeling engineers were lazy and didn’t even create eyeballs for her.
If her game model were extracted and her eyelids forcibly opened, there would be two empty black voids.
And if there were no eyeballs, there would be no meridians in her eyes, and his therapy technique would not work.
After watching for a while, Ye Anping said, “Can you move your eyes left and right?”
“Ah—” Li Qianjin pursed her lips, feeling a bit embarrassed, “Yes.”
“Good, then…”
Ye Anping watched her eyes move left and right, and then he formed a sword gesture with his hand, gathering a golden spiritual aura at his fingertips. He then raised his hand and placed it in front of her pupil.
“Can you see a little light? Or is it completely dark?”
“Um— completely— completely dark,” Li Qianjin weakly replied, then added, “Senior Ye, my father has consulted at least two hundred doctors before, but… they all said it was hopeless, it’s not worth it…”
“Has Physician Zhou from the Profound Star Sect come?”
“He has. Physician Zhou said that there is a treatment method, but it requires a rare spiritual herb called Hundred Soul Spirit Eye Grass, it’s an extremely rare herb in the world. In the past ten years, my father has not been able to obtain a single one.”
Ye Anping pondered for a moment. With his massaging techniques, he examined Li Qianjin’s meridians and found that the meridians of her eyes had not disappeared, which gave him a bit more confidence.
However, he didn’t plan to promise Li Qianjin something he couldn’t guarantee one hundred percent.
“I see.”
“…Um.”
Ye Anping let out a sigh and turned to look at Li Feng beside him, then asked, “Do you feel better now?”
Li Qianjin nodded tremulously, “Um.”
“Then… let’s go back. Rest well tonight. For tonight, I will instruct the guards of the Chi Dragon Mansion to handle the affairs of the city, as for tomorrow, it will be up to you. Senior Sister Xiao will be by your side to help you. She is the young mistress of the Profound Star Sect, and there’s no reason for her to have any ill intentions towards the Chi Dragon Mansion. You can trust her.”
“Um…” Li Qianjin nodded dazedly, but then she felt something was wrong and quickly shook her head, “No! There is no need for Senior Ye to trouble himself! I’ll go find the guards later…”
“… …”
Looking at Li Qianjin’s face, Ye Anping shook his head, then handed the Heaven Splitter Sword in his hand to Li Qianjin.
“Huh?”
“Your father’s sword, named Heaven Splitter Sword, you should be more familiar with it than I am.”
“Um.”
“I’ll accompany you to find the captain of the guards.”
“No— Senior Ye, you should go ahead— I’ll have Ling’er take care of arranging a guest room for you. You should rest first.”
“… …”
Ye Anping didn’t reply. He shook his head and then took her hand, leading her out of the garden through the half-moon gate.
However, just as the two of them stepped out of that half-moon gate.
Clang clang clang—
The sound of armor clashing startled Li Qianjin, causing her to step back quickly, grabbing Ye Anping’s hand tightly.
Now, in front of the entrance to the garden, there were more than 20 Chi Dragon Masion guards. Judging from their expressions, most of them were seniors who had been on duty at the Chi Dragon Mansion for many years, and they should all be loyal to Li Feng.
“Subordinate Zhang He pays respects to the young mistress.”
Ye Anping didn’t say anything. Instead, he withdrew his hand from Li Qianjin’s and stepped aside.
When Li Qianjin noticed Ye Anping leaving, she felt a little panicked for a moment, but soon regained her composure. She took a deep breath and asked, “How is the situation in the city?”
“Reporting to the young mistress, all the Blood Spirits in the city have been completely eradicated, and the Chi Dragon Mansion guards have been dispatched to guard the remnant of the demonic cultivators force in the Sanpian District.”
“Um…” Li Qianjin pondered for a moment and said, “Transfer all the wounded to the Taiyue Hall in the East City District for care, and let the maids from the inner mansion go to help. Then, tell Chi Yuan to lead fifty men to continue clearing out the Blood Spirits in the forests around the Chi Dragon Mansion. Are there any reports of damage in Du Chun City and the surrounding villages?”
“Not yet.”
“Then, you lead the guards from the West City District to Du Chun City and the surrounding villages to check the situation. Leave thirty men with me, and we’ll go close the Chi Dragon Mansion Array. Then summon Zhong Chengzai, Shi Bohou, and Zhuang Wenshan, each with thirty men. From south to north, thoroughly search the Chi Dragon Mansion and hunt down any remnants of demonic cultivators that may still be hiding there.”
“Yes!!”
“Finally… Ling’er.”
“Here I am.”
“Go summon four guards to seal my father’s corpse in a coffin, protect it with the Cold Spirit Pearl, and store it in the rear hall. Without my permission, no one is allowed to enter.”
Upon hearing this, the guards kneeling on the ground all bowed their heads, and the leader of them bit his lip and asked, “Young Mistress, has Master Li really… passed away?”
“…Um.”
“Then, what about that Nascent Soul demonic cultivator…”
?
Li Qianjin was slightly stunned and didn’t understand.
At this moment, Ye Anping stepped forward and interjected, “Master Li had sacrificed his life to completely destroy that Nascent Soul demonic cultivator. Only half of his body remained. Young Mistress Xiao from the Profound Star Sect has already used a Soul Sealing Talisman to destroy the remaining half. There’s no need to worry.”
“In that case…” The guard’s eyes revealed a mix of sorrow and indignation, then he bowed to Li Qianjin and said, “Young Mistress, we have followed Master Li for a hundred years. After Master Li’s passing, we will faithfully follow you, Young Mistress. Please accept our condolences.”
“Um…” Li Qianjin nodded slightly, “Let’s get to work.”
“Yes!”