Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Who to Choose Between the Two? It’s So Hard to Decide~
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“Hmm? Is the sun about to set?”
Lin Muyu’s condition wasn’t very good. Having endured the blazing sun for so long, even with the help of her spirit root, she couldn’t completely resist the heat.
Sweat had soaked her entire body, making her look as disheveled as a drowned chicken.
Her legs had long since stopped obeying her, trembling with every step she took.
The sky was gradually darkening, indicating that time was running short, and around Lin Muyu, there was no one else left.
It seemed she really had become the last person. She’d need to train more in the future.
Fortunately, Lin Muyu could already see the outline of a massive and magnificent stone gate standing proudly ahead, reaching up into the clouds.
“Come on, just 100 more steps.” Lin Muyu encouraged herself.
The path to heaven was right before her eyes!
Those who walk the path are nine-tenths of the way there.
Having already climbed 9,900 steps, even though her legs had begun to disobey and shake violently, Lin Muyu didn’t want to give up.
Gritting her teeth, one step, two steps…
Ten steps, twenty steps… ninety steps…
The final ten steps!
There were several shadowy figures behind the gate.
Wait, it seemed like someone was waiting for her up there?
Lin Muyu wiped her sweat-soaked eyes and looked carefully.
Behind the great gate stood two people clearly: one was a graceful young man who was looking at Lin Muyu with gentle eyes.
The other was a cold young woman, also looking at her with calm eyes.
Moreover, both of these people looked very familiar. Weren’t these Ye Fan and Su Wanqing?
Could it be that they came to wait for me?
“Muyu, just ten more steps and you can become my junior sister. Keep going!”
Ye Fan put on a concerned expression, as if he cared deeply about Lin Muyu.
An ordinary girl might have been fooled by him.
But Lin Muyu wasn’t buying it. Instead, she felt disgusted, as if a mouthful of oil had been fed into her mouth.
She quickly shifted her gaze to the cold Su Wanqing.
She saw that Su Wanqing seemed to want to say something, but only pressed her lips together without saying much.
“Mm, the beautiful female lead is still more refreshing, but she shouldn’t be jealous of me, right?”
In Lin Muyu’s mind, the male lead and female lead should have a good relationship.
Although she and the female lead had had skin-to-skin contact, that was all accidental.
Ten steps, nine steps… three steps, two steps…
One step!
Lin Muyu used all her strength to step through the great gate, and a beam of light suddenly shone upon her.
A warm current immediately filled her entire body, and the spirit root within her body seemed very pleased as it eagerly absorbed this energy.
The sweat on her clothes also disappeared with the light.
Needless to say, this was the effect of a spell again.
But even with the energy supplement from the light, Lin Muyu still felt her legs were very weak, and she involuntarily collapsed to the ground.
Ye Fan walked over with a smile, extending his hand to Lin Muyu cordially: “Welcome, junior sister.”
Lin Muyu stared at the greasy Ye Fan with some hesitation. Logically, she shouldn’t refuse someone who was showing a friendly face.
But she really didn’t want to have much contact with the male lead.
Just as Lin Muyu was hesitating, Su Wanqing seemed to notice her predicament and also walked over, extending her pale hand to her.
But her face still wore that calm expression without the slightest ripple, making it impossible for Lin Muyu to read anything from it.
Ye Fan was somewhat surprised by Su Wanqing’s action. He hadn’t expected Su Wanqing to care so much about this girl.
He still returned his gaze to Lin Muyu.
“They seem to have a good relationship? Between the two choices, who will she choose?” Elder Feng suddenly said in Ye Fan’s mind.
“Definitely me. Who would refuse my handsomeness?”
Ye Fan responded somewhat smugly in his mind, very confident in his appearance and image.
In the past, just standing on the street would have many women approach him for conversation, and he only needed to put on a gentle appearance to make those women do anything for him.
The girl before him would be no exception!
Lin Muyu still wanted to struggle a bit. She didn’t want to choose either of them and wanted to rely on herself.
But her legs were really too stiff, and she truly couldn’t stand up by herself.
As for choosing between the two, this wasn’t difficult at all.
Lin Muyu gently placed her hand on that pale hand, a hand that had already explored her entire body and felt incredibly familiar.
“What?” Ye Fan immediately froze in place, his extended hand at a loss.
There was actually a woman who would reject him. Apart from Su Wanqing, this was the second woman he couldn’t attract with just his looks. A sense of defeat washed over him.
Lin Muyu immediately felt a force from the hand pulling her up, and her gaze swept across Su Wanqing’s cold face.
“Is it my imagination? Did she smile?”
She saw with her own eyes that when her hand touched Su Wanqing’s, she seemed to smile?
Lin Muyu quickly rubbed her eyes with her other hand to make sure she hadn’t seen wrong.
But when she looked at Su Wanqing again, it was still that cold, unperturbed expression.
“What, so I was seeing things. She’d look really good smiling though.”
Lin Muyu muttered helplessly under her breath.
“Follow me.” Su Wanqing spoke with a somewhat flat tone.
“Oh, oh.” Lin Muyu hurriedly followed Su Wanqing’s steps, trailing behind like a little follower.
In her haste, she didn’t notice that a hint of pink had appeared on that jade-white, cold face.
And Ye Fan watched the backs of the two girls as they left, unable to let it go for a long time.
After walking for a while, Lin Muyu seemed to remember something and looked back.
She saw Ye Fan following behind the two of them with a gloomy expression.
“…I’ve offended the male lead right after entering. I’ll need to be more careful in the future.”
Lin Muyu’s heart sank. Her original plan of developing quietly was going to be disrupted again. She really couldn’t understand why these two people would be the ones left here to receive her.
Fate really was playing tricks on people!
While following behind Su Wanqing, Lin Muyu didn’t forget to observe the surrounding environment, which was no different from the immortal sect she had imagined.
But what surprised Lin Muyu was that although it was getting dark outside, the world behind the gate was exceptionally bright, as if there was another sun shining here, driving away the darkness.
And this sunlight was gentle and bright, very comfortable when it shone on her.
“Um, could you walk a bit slower? My legs hurt…”
Lin Muyu pitifully requested Su Wanqing, who was walking ahead. She really couldn’t keep up with Su Wanqing, who was walking faster and faster.
Hearing this request, Su Wanqing frowned and turned around, her gaze sweeping over Lin Muyu’s entire body.
Then she walked toward Lin Muyu, and somehow a smooth, delicate pill appeared in her hand.
Lin Muyu suddenly realized what she was going to do and hurried to stop her:
“No… mmph…”
Taking advantage of Lin Muyu opening her mouth, Su Wanqing directly stuffed the pill into Lin Muyu’s mouth.
The pale fingertip touched the soft red tongue, pulling out a transparent thread of liquid.
“Cough, cough.”
Lin Muyu didn’t notice all this detail. She only felt that her throat was being invaded by a foreign object.
She swallowed the foreign object with some difficulty.
Su Wanqing withdrew her finger. If you looked carefully, there were still transparent thread-like liquids remaining on her finger.
“Couldn’t you be more gentle and let me take it myself!”
Lin Muyu finally recovered and glared at Su Wanqing angrily.
She felt that this person always acted without considering her feelings.
But the angry Lin Muyu looked like an angry little rabbit in Su Wanqing’s eyes, exceptionally cute~