Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

The spring rain is always frequent.

In the misty drizzle, the morning in the mountains appears somewhat serene.

A graceful woman with a touch of elegance holds a green paper umbrella, slowly making her way through the rain, like a young lady from a noble family on her way to seek immortality.

This relentless spring rain naturally can’t wet the Third Elder, but she feels that holding an umbrella helps to create her gentle temperament, which is far more elegant than walking alone in the rain with the protection of Profound Qi.

She finds it amusing that mortals wish to become immortals, while immortals wish to live like mortals; this world is indeed wondrous.

With the celestial ladder, she is too lazy to walk up the mountain anymore, and returning to Lotus Peak feels as familiar as returning to her own Bihua Peak.

She is here to fetch Ji Lingruo.

She has nothing much to do, as the business of Bihua Pavilion is on track, with plans to open their first branch in Henggao City, so there’s no need for her to attend the pavilion daily. The disciples’ training requires no worry from her, as they are all very diligent.

Therefore, she has personally taken on the task of escorting Ji Lingruo to Yongning Port to board the Divine Feather Ship back to the East Japan Continent, without delay. Who else can Lingruo count on if not her—perhaps that master of hers, trapped in the Lotus Pool?

Of course, she also has personal motives. On this trip, her Qiankun Bag is packed with lavish gifts, including but not limited to stockings in every style and color, all to showcase the strength of Bihua Pavilion to the Snake Race.

She has corresponded with the Snake Clan Leader, Ji Xueruo, several times and they have already reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation in acquiring raw materials for the stockings.

Through continual research and innovation, she has realized that raw materials are the biggest limitation in making the stockings thinner and more durable. Though Bihua Peak is abundant in Spiritual Qi, where most flora can thrive, some unique plants have extremely stringent requirements for their living environment.

She learned that near the volcanoes of the East Japan Continent, there’s a fire-silk cotton that meets her requirements, and coincidentally, there is a volcano in the Snake Race territory. If this cotton is used in making stockings, the quality and cost performance of Bihua Pavilion’s stockings will rise to new heights, bringing her closer to her ideal where female cultivators worldwide can wear them.

Ji Xueruo expressed great interest. To strengthen a race, relying solely on secluded cultivation is not enough, and clearly, the current means the Snake Race uses to maintain their livelihood pale in comparison to the stocking empire outlined by the Third Elder.

Ji Xueruo has no reason not to seek a better life for her people, especially since her sister is one of Bihua Pavilion’s partners, and of course, there’s also that blind person...

However, the monsters of the East Japan Continent have never seen something as trendy as ’stockings’. It appears that the surrounding female cultivators all wear stockings, but in truth, its popularity is currently limited to the upper-middle classes centered around Henggao City.

So the Third Elder also plans to seize this opportunity of Ji Lingruo’s return to surprise the snake women of the Snake Race with a touch of stocking novelty. If cooperation can be achieved, she even plans to make the Snake Race the distributors of Bihua Pavilion in the East Japan Continent.

Before long, they arrived at the small courtyard of Lotus Peak.

But the silence in the courtyard made the Third Elder furrow her delicate brows, sensing something was amiss. She intentionally came a bit late, so why is the courtyard still so quiet?

She moved forward as silently as a cat, and before she could release her Divine Sense to probe for the presence of Lingruo and the others, she saw under the rain curtain hanging from the eaves—

A handsome young man in a black robe, with one hand on his waist and the other on the armrest of a lounge chair outside the door, tremblingly lay down. Although his posture was full of vigor, his actions resembled those of an elderly person.

?

"You Su," the Third Elder called out.

Startled, You Su immediately shot up from the chair and exclaimed, "Third Elder? You’re here!"

The Third Elder’s discerning eyes saw through You Su’s forced appearance of vitality, and she pressed her lips together, having already guessed the cause of his condition with close to full accuracy.

She knew You Su’s physique, excelling far beyond others his age, and for Lingruo to drain him like this... she must have given it her all...

Young people are just young; really know no moderation... wait till you age and start feeling the deficit. But if you don’t indulge while you are young, when will you?

She secretly cursed herself, angling her umbrella slightly to hide her blushing cheeks.

"Hmm, Lingruo should have told you, I’m here to fetch her."

As soon as she finished speaking, a sudden thud came from You Su’s room, followed by hurried rustling, unmistakably the sound of someone frantically dressing.

The Third Elder narrowed her eyes, not inclined to criticize the overnight cohabitation of the two, "Why did you come out on your own?"

You Su glanced back, his expression somewhat intriguing:

"Third Elder, you know I’m always diligent and not one to dawdle in bed..."

Last night, the last thin veneer between the three of them was finally torn, and they haphazardly participated in a triple cultivation session on the sacred mountaintop of Lotus Peak.

Because it was their first joint cultivation, although Ji Lingruo agreed, she was still somewhat resistant inside, so You Su dared not cross any boundaries. He absolutely refrained from any ’acrobatics’ but simply followed the cultivation methods diligently.

The two women even began to learn from each other, though one looked openly while the other only dared to peek through her fingers. Unfortunately, Wangshu’s experience offered little help to Ji Lingruo because the disparity in their realms was evident, but the theoretical richness did contribute to creating a more ’intimidating’ Fairy Wangshu.