Volume 2 Chapter 25 / Chapter 112: Senior Brother, Not Ticklish
The warm sunlight streamed in through the window, and the summer heat was intense. Many servants in the Jiang Residence had dipped their feet in cool water to escape the heat.
Ye Anping also felt that the Extreme Blaze Spiritual Qi in the land today had increased by at least thirty percent. Although he and Pei Lengxue wouldn't fall ill due to the heat entering their bodies, they still felt irritable because of the summer heat, coupled with Ye Anping's naturally warm temperament.
After waking up in the morning, he felt restless. To calm his mind and cool down, Ye Anping found something that required concentration to do—trimming his junior sister's nails.
Now, he sat on the wide couch in the main hall, holding Pei Lengxue's two jade-like feet on his thighs. He gently used a giant file used for woodworking to file her right toenails.
Scrape, scrape
"Ah—"
Although this didn't quite fit his image, Ye Anping couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful his junior sister's slender feet were. They were snowy white, and her toe tips resembled tender lotus shoots. Moreover, there were no calluses on her feet; they felt smooth to the touch.
Adding to that, due to his junior sister's Extremely Yin Constitution, her body temperature was lower than ordinary people. In the scorching heat of summer, holding her feet felt like having two ice hand warmers.
Feeling that the nails were almost done, Ye Anping put down the woodworking file and lightly traced his index finger on the sole of her right foot.
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Because the force was really light, Pei Lengxue, who was leaning against the couch reading a book, suddenly felt a tingling sensation. She raised her eyes sharply to look at him.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Anping immediately wore a mischievous smile and asked, "Is it ticklish?"
"Yeah." Pei Lengxue didn't understand why he did that, nodded in confusion, and said, "Ticklish."
Ye Anping raised an eyebrow, without saying anything, he grabbed her ankle with the same force as before and started tickling the sole of her foot.
"Wu!! Wuwuwu~~~"
Pei Lengxue bit her lip and twisted her body. After a while, unable to endure it, she lifted her other foot and kicked towards his face.
"Husband!!!"
"Ah— hahaha~"
Ye Anping quickly lowered his head to avoid the kick, then pushed a bit of distance away, raising both hands to show surrender.
Looking at him like this, Pei Lengxue pursed her lips, quickly withdrew her foot, covered it with the hem of her dress, and pouted, staring at him.
"Why did you suddenly tickle my foot?"
"Just a sudden whim."
Ye Anping shrugged slightly, secretly pleased with his little prank. Then he relaxed, leaning against the backrest of the couch.
"Wife, how about massaging my shoulders for me?"
"..."
Pei Lengxue frowned slightly, naturally not refusing. She put down the storybook in her hand, climbed behind him, and gently pressed her hands on his shoulders.
The next moment, her two small hands suddenly slipped down and directly landed in Ye Anping's armpits, launching an attack on his armpits.
However, Ye Anping, with a playful smile on his face, seemed to have no feeling at all.
He knew that this girl had a strong sense of revenge. Since he had tickled her just now, she would definitely find an opportunity to tickle back.
Unfortunately, he wasn't afraid of being tickled.
After scratching for a while and seeing no reaction from Ye Anping, Pei Lengxue tilted her head:
"Hmm? Not ticklish?"
"Husband doesn't feel anything."
"..."
Pei Lengxue remained silent for a while, then clenched her fists and quickly jabbed her index finger into his armpit.
Ye Anping instantly gasped, his mouth wide open:
"Ah!!!"
"Hmph!!"
"Stop, stop, stop!!!"
"No stopping!"
"Hiss—Senior Brother was wrong!! Senior Brother was wrong! Ah—"
Ye Anping, in pain, couldn't hold his position and fell off the couch. The back of his head made a thud as it hit the floor. Meanwhile, Pei Lengxue, who had been grabbing onto his chest, also fell down with him, landing on his chest.
"Hiss—"
Ye Anping took a deep breath, touched the back of his head, and looked at his junior sister lying on his chest with a helpless expression. He said,
"You said you'd stop, but you still poked."
"You tickled me first!"
Ye Anping raised his hand in surrender, "Can you let me get up first?"
Pei Lengxue, straddling Ye Anping, was about to agree, but when she looked at the "husband" lying beneath her, a strange sense of delight inexplicably welled up in her heart. She frowned and said,
"No!"
"Why not?"
"Just because!"
"..."
Ye Anping was a bit speechless. Since his junior sister wasn't heavy, he decided to let her stay that way.
However, at that moment, Zhuang Hu happened to walk in through the main hall's door.
"Sixth Brother—"
Having just called out to Ye Anping, Zhuang Hu looked at the current position of the "husband and wife" in the main hall. Suddenly regretting not knocking on the door before entering, he clicked his tongue and turned to leave.
"Tsk—"
He made a clicking sound with his tongue, turned around, and was about to leave. Ye Anping quickly looked up at the door, smiling and greeting,
"Hey, Big Brother Zhuang, I was just looking for you."
Hearing this, Zhuang Hu's heart sank even more, but after hearing the next sentence from Ye Anping, he turned 360 degrees at the entrance of the main hall and walked in.
—"I haven't given you the reward for the last time help yet."
"..."
Zhuang Hu ignored the "married" couple's posture, walked up to them, and looked down at Ye Anping on the ground. He nodded.
"Hand it over."
Ye Anping closed his eyes, took a deep breath, held it in, then exerted force on his waist and abdomen, performing a carp-like movement. He stood up from the ground with Pei Lengxue in his arms.
Seeing this movement, Zhuang Hu had an expression of an "I'm too old for this" on his face.
Ye Anping took out a small storage bag containing ten thousand spirit stones from his storage pouch and handed it over.
Zhuang Hu quickly reached out to take it, but found that Ye Anping not only didn't let go but also smiled at him.
At that moment, black lines appeared on his forehead one after another.
"One thing at a time. This is what I should get. If you have other matters, we can discuss them separately."
"After we finish discussing, I'll give it to you together."
Zhuang Hu felt speechless, but reluctantly nodded and asked, "What is it about?"
"Big Brother Zhuang, do you know any useful formations other than the Seven Star Entrapment Formation? You should have quite a few formations in your bag, right?"
"I have a bit. They are all formations I obtained when I used to work. Why? Do you want to buy them?"
"Give me a list."
"Yin-Yang Fierce Evil Formation, Heavenly Nine Palaces Formation, Spirit-Sun Blaze Formation, Four Beast Subduing Spirit Formation—"
Zhuang Hu rattled off more than twenty formations like reciting a menu, leaving Ye Anping utterly bewildered.
He could feel that there were quite a few things hidden in this guy's storage bag, but he didn't expect him to report more than twenty different formations, and none of them were repeated.
"Big Brother Zhuang, are you a runaway young master from some big family?"
Zhuang Hu rolled his eyes at him, "No."
Ye Anping gave him a thumbs-up, praising, "That's really impressive. It's rare for a lone cultivator to collect so many formations."
"So, which one do you want to buy?"
"A formation that isolates external spiritual energy and a water-traveling formation, used to deal with Core Formation stage demonic cultivators. Can you recommend two?"
When he heard that it was to deal with Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators, Zhuang Hu furrowed his brows and replied, "Formations are useless. You can't set up a formation inside the Chi Dragon Mansion. Before you set it up, the mansion guards will send you straight to the prison."
"Of course, I won't use it inside the Chi Dragon Mansion. I plan to use it in the mountains outside Du Chun City."
Zhuang Hu frowned slightly and asked, "Are you planning to lure out demonic cultivators?"
"The bait has been set." Ye Anping smiled slightly and said, "Yao Yuanhua, who died at the hands of the mansion guards, had a close relationship with a fellow Heavenly Demon Sect demonic cultivator named 'Wu Yue.', a ghost cultivator. She must be looking for us now."
"How many demonic cultivators are there in total?"
"Five."
"Aren't you afraid that by doing this, the remaining three will also be attracted later? They will definitely want revenge."
"If too many are attracted, we'll just slip away. Do you think the eyes I planted in the Chi Dragon Mansion are for nothing?"
Zhuang Hu fell silent for a moment and asked, "I wanted to say earlier, can't you have the big shot behind you send some help? Do you really need two Foundation Establishment cultivators to deal with so many Core Formation stage demonic cultivators?"
Ye Anping fell silent for a moment. Although there wasn't a big shot behind him, if there was, it would probably be Sima Xuanji, who could be considered the big shot behind this matter.
"Well… If I were to ask the big shot behind me for help... The best she might do is to send a cheeky parrot over to give an encouraging shout a few times."
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Zhuang Hu frowned, "What kind of metaphor is that?"
"No, I'm serious, she really will send a parrot."
Zhuang Hu fell silent for a moment, then pointed with his finger like a sword, took out a book from his waist storage pouch with the title "Thousand Formations Compendium" on the cover, and handed it to Ye Anping.
"Go find it yourself. This was given to me by a sect cultivator who specializes in formations. It records the methods of setting up more than twenty formations and the required treasures."
"How much?"
"One thousand spirit stones. Remember to return it after reading."
"The rent for this book is quite expensive, but well— deal!"
Ye Anping shrugged slightly, handed over the spirit stones, and took the book.
After receiving the spirit stones, Zhuang Hu immediately prepared to leave. However, just as he turned around and took a step, a guard from the Jiang Residence suddenly rushed in.
"Young Master!"
Seeing the person in a hurry, Ye Anping felt a bit puzzled, "What's the matter?"
"Someone pretending to be you, with a Foundation Establishment cultivator backing him, has rushed in and injured our guard."
Ye Anping thought for a moment and immediately guessed that the real Jiang Yu had probably returned. What surprised him was that Jiang Yu had brought a Foundation Establishment cultivator with him?
In theory, Jiang Yu was penniless and couldn't afford to hire assistance. He wondered who this idle person was, willing to help him.
Idle person...
Could it be…
A white-haired woman flashed through Ye Anping's mind.
He paused and furrowed his brows, asking, "What does that Foundation Establishment cultivator look like?"
"A female cultivator, with very long white hair."
"Oh."
Ye Anping pinched his nose, feeling an inexplicable rush of emotions as if a herd of alpacas was roaring through his heart. He sighed inwardly, thinking, "This is probably what they call gravity."
Beside him, Pei Lengxue seemed to have recognized who it was when she heard the guard mention "white hair." Her eyebrows furrowed, and she immediately took out her spirit sword from her storage pouch.
—The white-haired vixen is coming after us!
Swoosh—
"Husband, I'll go!"
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A question mark appeared over Ye Anping's head.
However, before he could say anything, his junior sister transformed into a black shadow and flew out.
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