Chapter 190: A Maid Daring To Provoke Her Master—Wasn’t She Looking For Torment?
"Brother Chen, you are finally out of seclusion!"
Lan Ming latched onto him as soon as he returned to the courtyard.
"I was busy cultivating these days; what about you? Did your strength increase?" Ye Chen flicked her forehead as he pulled her into embrace.
His junior sister would cultivate whenever she had free time but this was not true for Lan Ming.
"Hehe, I did cultivate for a while," she replied with shifty eyes.
Seeing her like this, Ye Chen shook his head and brought her to the dining hall.
The little girl and Li Mei were already here.
Ye Chen didn’t hesitate and sat beside his junior sister while on his left sat Lan Ming.
However, there were still many empty chairs, which made Ye Chen feel a little uncomfortable.
Looks like he had solved this problem by bringing more women.
Li Mei and Lan Ming were chatting happily, unaware of his thoughts; meanwhile, the little girl Wang Yiyi gave him sneaky glares.
Ye Chen couldn’t help but chuckle at this.
A maid daring to provoke her master—wasn’t she looking for torment?
He thought and decided to fulfill her wish.
However, before he could speak, an ethereal figure arrived inside the dining hall.
"Master!"
"Sect master."
Everyone except Ye Chen stood up with a greeting.
"Mhm, sit down; I just came to join the dinner," Zhen Yunqi replied calmly and took a seat at the table.
Finally, she glanced at Ye Chen, who was sitting between two beauties with a faint smile.
"You should breakthrough to the Qi-Refining as soon as possible. Jing Xiao went back to the sect not only to handle some matter but also to prepare for the opening of Mystic Pagoda," she reminded.
In the mystic city, Ye Chen had extorted Jing Xiao quite a bit, getting each type of tier 4 and tier 5 special herb along with the three slots of Mystic Pagoda.
The mystic pagoda was an ancient relic under the control of the Jade Mountain Sect. The pagoda opened every month with only five slots.
Only Qi-refining cultivators were able to enter inside to refine their Qi into purer grade.
Hearing her, Ye Chen nodded; however, he didn’t have any hopes for this pagoda.
There were four grades of refined qi purity, and they were initial refined, essence refined, true refined, and perfect refined.
He had helped Li Mei and others reach true refinement when they were breaking through the Qi-refining realm.
As for him? His spiritual qi purity was already beyond perfect refined because of the broken ’Heavenly Dao Crystal’ he had absorbed at the end of the mystic pool.
Now he himself was puzzled at how to break through, let alone caring about how to refine his spiritual qi further with the help of Mystic Pagoda.
Of course, if he wanted to, he could directly skip the qi-refining realm as his qi purity was high enough and he could even deduce a correct path to qi-condensation with his heavenly comprehension.
However, he was unwilling to do so.
Just as he is busy in his thoughts, Zhen Yunqi reminded Li Mei and the two to stabilize the cultivation in the upcoming days so they won’t have any problems at the mystic pagoda.
After the small interlude of reminder, the dinner finally started.
Nothing special happened as everyone just talked about the cultivation, inheritance, and so on.
Soon everyone was full or rather, only the little girl ate with all of her heart. Her bulging belly was very big proof.
Watching her like this, Li Mei pouted; it seemes she had to teach the little girl how to be ladylike.
"I am leaving; you should also go back to rest," Zhen Yunqi said before taking her leave.
"Come little Yiyi we will sleep together today," Lan Ming grabbed the little girl before winking at Ye Chen and Li Mei as she took her leave.
Li Mei’s face instantly flushed red at this.
Was it so obvious that everyone was making excuses to leave them alone?
"What? Are you planning to eat more?" Ye Chen pretended like nothing happened.
"N-no" Li Mei shook her head hastily and looked away to hide her blush.
"Then let’s go; it’s time to sleep," he replied calmly and started walking away.
Li Mei couldn’t help but become stunned as he didn’t drag her with him but without a second thought, she followed behind shyly.
It had been a long time since he forced his way into her bedroom and slept on the same bed as her. He was certainly bullying her like this but now clearly she missed it.
However, no matter what, she won’t admit such a thing. It was so embarrassing.
Just as she was lost in her thoughts, they finally arrived before their rooms, and then suddenly she froze.
"Go to sleep early," Ye Chen pinched her cheeks before walking into his room.
Only after he closed the door did Li Mei react.
A sense of loss was filled in her heart.
You are going to sleep, aren’t you? Then what’s wrong with sleeping with me?
Countless questions arose in her mind as she dejectedly went back to her room.
She didn’t even bother to take a bath and directly sprawled on the bed with vexation.
All of her actions fell in Ye Chen’s eyes.
Such a good opportunity; how could he give up?
But seeing her pleased inwardly, he thought of bullying her.
No way! Who told her to be so naive and simple-minded?
"Hmph, hmph, I won’t let you in my room again," Li Mei pouted angrily as she punched her pillow.
"I won’t even talk to you anymore! Won’t even spend time with you anymore!"
She added with a huff, trying to vent her frustration.
"What if I am dying of loneliness? Will you still not talk to me and accompany me?" a voice suddenly asked.
"Hump, go die; I won’t talk to you at all," she replied without hesitation, and then she froze once again.
Why did she hear her senior brother’s voice? Also, why did it sound so close?
She thought with a stiff look before turning her head back slolwy.
"Not letting me in your room, not wanting to talk to me, not wanting to spend time with me and even telling me to die. It seems you need a good lesson," Ye Chen said as he looked at her.
"I-I didn’t say anything!" Li Mei refused instantly.
"Oh really?" Ye Chen looked skeptical and climbed on the bed.
Seeing him getting closer, Li Mei’s first reaction was to get up and resist.
However, she was not even halfway when his hand grabbed her shoulder before pushing her down.
After this, Ye Chen leaned down, bringing his face close enough to feel her breath. Then, looking into her pink and anxious eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Today I will teach you the lesson of Yin and Yang."
