Chapter 6 Will this princess ever be single?
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Chapter 6 Will this princess ever be single?
As the saying goes, "It's better to die than to die, so it's time to use Si Nanren as a shield."
Si Nidie said meaningfully, "I was just talking about my brother. You know, my brother actually caught the eye of the Princess of Wu Kingdom, who wanted him to be her husband. My brother refused, and she even followed him to the sect."
Lou Yuqing's eyes lit up, and she chimed in, "And then?"
This is amazing, there's more to this story!
"The Wendao Sect and the Bailing Sect have a good relationship. Princess Wu of the Wu Kingdom became a disciple of an elder of the Bailing Sect and was brought by her master to visit our sect."
Si Nidie vividly recounted, "As soon as we arrived at the sect, Princess Wu inquired about my brother's whereabouts. Yesterday, my brother said he had urgent business, but actually he knew that Princess Wu was chasing after him and was busy playing hide-and-seek with her."
Lou Yuqing asked, "Did he succeed in hiding?"
"Hehe, when we were kids, we played this game, and I always lost because he would use any means necessary. Guess where he hid this time?"
Si Nidie winked at Lou Yuqing: "He actually hid in the composting area of the Spirit Plant Garden!"
"..."
Lou Yuqing asked, her words tinged with unease, "Does it stink?"
"It stinks! The fertilizer in that composting area is made from the excrement of all sorts of spirit beasts. Think about it yourself. Anyway, he won't be able to get near me for the next three months," Si Nidie said with a look of disgust.
Lou Yuqing said speechlessly, "If the Princess of Wu Kingdom smelled your brother's scent, she would probably give up."
Si Nidie spread her hands: "That's hard to say. My brother is very cunning and didn't run into her."
Lou Yuqing: From a certain perspective, Si Nanren is quite arrogant.
"Knock knock!"
Just then, there was a knock on the room in the audience area.
Gu Bugai's eyes flashed; the main character had arrived.
Lou Yuqing and Si Nidie were completely unaware of this.
"Come in!" Si Nidie called out to the door.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.
A woman dressed in a golden palace gown walked slowly towards them. Her features were exquisite, and her hair was styled in a cloud-like bun. She looked like a lady who had stepped out of an ancient painting, exuding an elegant and noble aura.
The woman in palace attire glanced casually at the crowd, but when she saw Si Nidie, her pupils suddenly focused. After a long while, she sighed softly, "They look so alike. You must be his twin sister."
The woman's identity was self-evident; she was none other than the Princess of Wu Kingdom who had come after Si Nanren.
Si Nidie swallowed nervously. Speak of the devil and he appears. It wasn't usually this accurate. She pretended to be calm and said, "You know Si Nanren? That's right, I'm his sister."
"Hello, little sister, I am your future sister-in-law, Wu Fengshu. Please tell me where your brother is. We need to discuss when to hold a wedding ceremony." The woman in palace attire smiled sweetly.
"Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law?" Si Nidie stared in disbelief, completely taken aback by her direct question.
Wu Fengshu seized the opportunity to reply, "Yes."
Si Nidie: "..." I suspect you're taking advantage of me.
“My brother is always elusive, and I, as his sister, rarely see him either,” Si Nidie said, covering for Si Nanren.
Wu Fengshu narrowed her eyes, half believing and half doubting, and said, "Really? I heard that he was seen near the Hall of Law Enforcement yesterday. How come he seems to have disappeared as soon as I arrived?"
Lou Yuqing, with a gossipy expression: Princess, you've hit the nail on the head.
“My brother is a law enforcement disciple, so it’s normal for him to be here. If you can’t find him, it’s probably because he’s out on a mission.” Si Nidie felt a pang of panic, but quickly regained her composure and said.
Wu Fengshu stared straight at Si Nidie, seemingly noticing something amiss. Si Nidie tried to remain calm, but her hands, clasped behind her back, twisted into a pretzel.
“No wonder you’re twins, you really look alike. If you changed into men’s clothes and dressed up a little, you would look exactly like him.” Wu Fengshu was completely unaware of Si Nidie’s nervousness at the moment, her gaze blatantly tracing the contours of her face.
Si Nidie: Feelings aren't about discovering she's lying, but about swooning over her face.
Wait a minute, she's a woman too!
"Fellow martial artist, have you seen enough?" Si Nidie said somewhat angrily. Anyone would feel uncomfortable being stared at by a stranger for so long, let alone when the other party seemed to be treating her as a substitute for her brother.
Wu Fengshu surprisingly admitted her mistake readily: "I'm sorry, it was my fault. I really missed your brother so much and wanted to use your face to ease my longing. I didn't mean to offend you."
Si Nidie had never seen her do this before, and she was speechless.
"I'm sorry to have disturbed you." Knowing that staying here would be pointless, Wu Fengshu glanced at Si Nidie a few more times before heading towards the door.
Watching the woman in palace attire walk away, Si Nidie suddenly felt sorry for her and wanted to tell her where Si Nanren was hiding in order to bring a smile to her face.
"Martial arts..."
"cough!"
Gu Bugai's cough and Si Nidie's voice rang out one after the other.
Si Nidie suddenly woke up with a start, swallowing back the words she was about to say. How could she have had such thoughts? She had always wanted to help her brother get rid of his unwanted romantic advances.
Lou Yuqing looked at them, confused: "What's wrong?"
“She’s been bewitched by Wu Fengshu,” Gu Bugai replied.
Lou Yuqing's eyes widened: "Didn't Wu Fengshu just start cultivating?"
Gu Bugai explained, "Her main cultivation technique should be a soul-type technique, which can bewitch Foundation Establishment cultivators across realms. In addition, Si Nidie herself was not on guard."
In fact, he also realized that Wu Fengshu possessed a certain hallucinogenic physique, which, combined with the corresponding cultivation techniques, allowed her to cultivate to such a level.
However, this is not something he can say in his current capacity.
When Wu Fengshu saw that her spell had been exposed, she sighed. Unfortunately, she had only been practicing for a short time and could only use the spell on one person at a time. She couldn't help but feel annoyed at the meddlesome Gu Bugai.
Si Nidie is also very angry now.
Wu Fengshu had been plotting against me from the moment she entered. She wasn't looking at my face, but at my eyes; her real purpose was to use a bewitching spell!
If ordinary cultivators meet for the first time, anyone who dares to do this would be considered to have malicious intent, and it would lead to a life-or-death struggle.
Si Nidie disliked Wu Fengshu's behavior. The goodwill she had initially felt towards Wu Fengshu because of her appearance was now shattered into pieces and could never be pieced back together.
Lou Yuqing looked at Gu Bugai with a questioning look in her eyes: The atmosphere is a bit heavy, what should we do?
Gu Bugai shook his head slightly: They can handle it themselves, there's no need to interfere.
Lou Yuqing thought about it and agreed.
"Fellow martial artist, please wait a moment. There's something I forgot to tell you." Si Nidie wasn't the type to take a beating without fighting back. On the contrary, she would vent her anger immediately and never let it linger overnight.
Just as Wu Fengshu was about to step out of the room, she heard this, turned back, and looked at her with a shimmering light in her eyes: "Sister, do you remember where your brother is?"
Si Nidie snorted coldly, "Don't pretend to be my sister-in-law. First of all, my brother didn't marry you. Secondly, he told me personally that he doesn't like you, he doesn't like you now, and he won't like you in the future. Please don't come looking for him again."
The light in Wu Fengshu's eyes dimmed: "Did he really say that? But we were almost getting married. If he had no feelings for me, how could he have stayed until our wedding day?"
The woman's beautiful face showed a look of sadness and sorrow, which made me feel sorry for her and couldn't help but hold her in my arms and take good care of her.
Seeing this, Si Nidie felt a pang of pity, and her tone softened strangely: "You..."
Oh no, it's another mind control spell!
Before she could finish speaking, Si Nidie sensed something was wrong, shook her head sharply, regained her senses, and then looked at Wu Fengshu with a hint of coldness in her eyes.
As an observer, Lou Yuqing was deeply impressed by the power of this bewitching spell.
Just now, she only saw that after Wu Fengshu finished speaking, Senior Sister Ni looked like she was bewitched. If she hadn't woken up at the last moment, she might have been taken advantage of by Wu Fengshu.
"Fellow Martial Daoist, I tolerated your rude behavior out of respect for the Hundred Spirits Sect, yet you still dare to use this technique on me!" Si Nidie said in a deep voice.
"I just want to know where your brother is," Wu Fengshu said confidently, showing no sign of panic at having her scheme exposed.
Si Nidie scoffed coldly, not intending to get entangled with her, and said, "See you on the dueling platform. I will suppress my cultivation to the same level as yours."
Wu Fengshu's eyes flickered as she said, "Fighting and killing are no good. How about this, you tell me where my brother is, and I'll leave, okay?"
It's still a mind-control technique!
Si Nidie didn't fall for the trick this time, but her patience had run out. Communicating with an arrogant princess who couldn't understand human language was exhausting.
"Let's go!" Si Nidie said coldly.
Wu Fengshu asked in surprise, "Are you going to find your brother?"
"No, to the dueling arena!"
If disciples of the Wendao Sect have personal grudges, they can settle them at the martial arts arena, because fighting outside the arena will result in being taken to the Hall of Law Enforcement.
Si Nidie thought she had good self-control; she was still able to remain rational at this moment and didn't hit her.
Wu Fengshu frowned and said haughtily, "I'm not going."
As a princess of a country, she never did anything herself; at her command, many people would come to do things for her.
Even after arriving at the Hundred Spirits Sect, this hasn't changed. After all, judging by appearance and temperament, many male and female disciples are willing to do their best for a great beauty.
Si Nidie said firmly, "You have to go whether you like it or not!"
She remained wary of Wu Fengshu using her bewitching spell again, but this time the other party didn't tempt her, probably knowing that the spell was no longer effective against her.
With a wave of her wide sleeves, Wu Fengshu displayed her golden palace dress embroidered with phoenixes to everyone, and said proudly, "Do I look like I'm dressed for a fight?"
Lou Yuqing thought to herself, it didn't look like a fight, it looked more like attending a grand ceremony.
"Whether it is or not is not important. I'll give you the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to change into some comfortable clothes." Si Nidie twitched the corners of her mouth, unmoved.
Wu Fengshu's face showed displeasure: "Didn't you hear me say I'm not going? Besides, I'm a guest of the Hundred Spirits Sect. Is this how your Wendao Sect treats its guests?"
Wu Fengshu didn't think there was anything wrong with her using the bewitching technique. Si Nidie was clearly not telling the truth, so she naturally had to use her own methods to get the answer out of her.
She was very dissatisfied that the other party was fixated on this point.
"Guests should act like guests." Si Nidie rolled her eyes.
"This princess is leaving, and you dare to stop me!"
"You'll see if I dare! And besides, there's no princess here!"
The two engaged in a heated exchange, each arguing sharply with the other.
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
Wu Fengshu was exceptionally beautiful and had excellent cultivation aptitude; who would have thought she would end up single for the rest of her life?
Wu Fengshu: ?
Si Nidie: "..." Suddenly she wasn't angry anymore.
Wu Fengshu looked at Lou Yuqing and was about to retort: Nonsense! If I, the princess, casually open my mouth, countless people will rush to be my man.
As a result, the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them, which made his fair face turn red.
Wu Fengshu transmitted her voice to Si Nidie, expressing her shock and anger: "Why can't I speak? What's with her inner thoughts? Did you already know all along?"
"Then you overestimate me. I really don't know. If you think my junior sister is talking nonsense, the gate is right over there. Goodbye." Si Nidie said indifferently.
Wu Fengshu was angry at Lou Yuqing for cursing her, but she felt inexplicably uneasy. She should have turned and left, but her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot and she couldn't lift them.
Empress Wu had three thousand concubines in her harem. Influenced by this, Wu Fengshu vowed to gather all the handsome men in the world to be her husbands and attendants.
Well, the imagination is beautiful, but reality is harsh.
A moment ago, Lou Yuqing saw that the two were arguing and directly spent 500 points of gossip value to unlock the gossip about the Princess of Wu Kingdom. Sure enough, spending a lot of money makes it sweeter.
Wu Fengshu glared at Lou Yuqing, who was engrossed in browsing the system panel and knew nothing about it.
Si Nidie transmitted her voice: "Behave yourself. Do you still want to know your future fate?"
Wu Fengshu's expression kept changing, but she pinched her nose and chose to endure it.
Wu Fengshu has a high opinion of herself and high standards for handsome men. She pursues high-quality relationships throughout her life and would rather be single than settle for less.
So she couldn't find a suitable candidate for a long time. On the day the imperial examination results were announced, she saw Si Nanren dressed as a scholar and was captivated at first sight.
Si Nanren didn't want to be the prince consort and ran away on their wedding day. Wu Fengshu wasn't angry at all; in fact, she was determined to have him, after all, he was so extraordinary.
Wu Fengshu chased Si Nanren all the way to the cultivation world. After learning that Si Nanren was at the Wendao Sect, she persuaded her master to take her to visit him under the pretext of sparring among peers.
Wu Fengshu was shocked. Lou Yuqing's thoughts were all correct. Wasn't she cursing her earlier? Could it be that she would really be single for the rest of her life?
Si Nidie glanced at her, thinking to herself, "Listen to this, they all remain silent."
[Wu Fengshu used a bewitching spell to lure Si Nanren's sister, successfully discovering Si Nanren's hiding place, and excitedly rushed over.]
The Lingzhi Garden, with its birdsong and fragrant flowers, is a perfect place for romance. Just when Wu Fengshu thought she would have a romantic reunion with Si Nanren...
She never expected that Si Nanren would emerge from the composting area, reeking of a strange stench that made her want to stay far away.
Composting area?!
Wu Fengshu's beautiful eyes widened. The impact of those three words on her was no less than if someone had told her that Si Nanren was actually a woman.
Si Nidie: Effective?
She quickly took out a communication jade slip: "Brother, come quickly. I'm confident I can help you shake off the pursuit of the Princess of Wu Kingdom. Don't use any cleansing spells, just come as is."
In the Spirit Plant Garden, Si Nanren looked conflicted. He had spent the entire night in the composting area, and the smell on him was unusually strong. If he didn't get rid of the smell and went out like that, he would probably get beaten up.
But my sister wouldn't hurt him, so I'll risk it!
A red light shot out of the spirit plant garden like lightning, stirring up a horrific, inhumane storm.
Everyone who heard this felt like vomiting and cursed loudly.
"Who's so disgusting as to carry shit on themselves!"
"Ugh, this smell is unbearable!"
"Don't just stand there, let him get away!"
"Chase him! Take him to the Hall of Law Enforcement!"
Multicolored flying artifacts lit up and chased after the red light, instantly creating a magnificent and wondrous scene.
Lou Yuqing happily flipped through the system panel.
[Wu Fengshu's heart fluttered with joy, and her first relationship came to an end.]
[Knowing a person's face but not their heart, Wu Fengshu learned from Si Nanren's mistake and decided to find a clean and tidy cultivator. She quickly set her sights on a disciple of Medicine King Valley.]
However, the second relationship ended even faster than the first, because the disciples of Medicine King Valley were too clean; when their mysophobia kicked in, they had to perform a cleaning spell every fifteen minutes.
The key point is that he also needs to clean up Wu Fengshu.
[Haha, I can just imagine Wu Fengshu being cleansed by the Medicine King Valley disciple every now and then while she was pursuing him.]
[And this isn't just a one-time thing. If this continues, even the best atmosphere will be ruined.]
Wu Fengshu: "..."
This is truly intolerable; the disciples of Medicine King Valley have been blacklisted.
Si Nidie had an amused expression on her face; it was indeed so enjoyable to watch other people's drama unfold.
[Her third relationship was with a disciple of the Yunxiao Sect. Wu Fengshu learned from her previous experience and observed him for three whole months to make sure he had no bad habits before pursuing him.]
However, she misjudged again.
The Yunxiao Sect disciple indeed had no particular quirks; he spent his days practicing swordsmanship. The problem was that he loved practicing swordsmanship too much.
[With such a beautiful woman like Wu Fengshu right beside him, he completely ignored her and focused solely on practicing his sword.]
Wu Fengshu angrily said: Who are you?
Disciples of the Yunxiao Sect were also added to her blacklist.
Si Nidie transmitted her voice with great interest: "Those sword cultivators of the Cloud Soaring Sect are all true sword fanatics. For them, the sword is their Dao companion."
Wu Fengshu's face darkened; she now felt that Lou Yuqing's thoughts were not all correct.