We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?

Chapter 519: This Little Brother Truly Has No Sense of Romance

After leaving the Hanshan Academy, Xiao Mo and the others arrived at the outer gate.And just as Xian Xichun had said, the cultivators sent by the Tushan clan were already there waiting for them.

"We pay our respects to the Young Miss."

Seeing Tushan Jingci, they gave a bow together.

Five cultivators had come from Tushan in total, two women and three men, all of ordinary fox clan bloodline.

And for them, Tushan Jingci, as a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, was in no way different from royalty.

"I will be in your care for the journey ahead."

Looking at the five of them, Tushan Jingci gave a small nod, and the playful manner she showed with Xiao Mo had already been replaced with a composed and dignified bearing.

"The Young Miss is too kind. Protecting the Young Miss is our duty. Please, Young Miss." The lead man stepped to the side and gestured politely.

He then drew out a flying vessel with a casual gesture, and it caught the wind and expanded rapidly into a great ship ten zhang in length.

"Xiao Mo, let us go." Rather than acknowledging the others first, Tushan Jingci turned her head and gave Xiao Mo a faint smile.

"Yes, Young Miss."

Xiao Mo gave a nod and followed close behind Tushan Jingci as they boarded.

At the sight of this, the three Tushan men all frowned slightly.

The two women, however, caught a glimpse of Xiao Mo and found a flash of delight and warmth lighting up their eyes.

Even the sway of their waists grew a little more pronounced in his presence.

After all, this young man combined the refined elegance of a scholar with the easy grace of a Daoist. He was very much to their liking.

The formation activated, and the flying vessel set off steadily in the direction of Tushan.

"Young Miss, it will take us approximately three days to return to Tushan. I ask that the Young Miss rest comfortably in the ship's quarters during these three days."

On the flying vessel, the man named Huang Mingwei said to Tushan Jingci with a respectful manner.

"That is fine, I do not mind." Tushan Jingci turned to look at Xiao Mo, her tone softening slightly. "Then Xiao Mo, you should stay in the cabin next to mine."

"About that..."

Huang Mingwei's expression showed a measure of difficulty as he carefully chose his words.

"Young Miss, according to our Tushan's customs, aside from your attendant Yueshi, all others are required to keep watch on the deck, and so no quarters have been prepared for your book attendant."

Tushan Jingci's brow furrowed slightly, displeasure showing in her expression. "What custom is that?"

"It is all right, Young Miss. I am perfectly comfortable keeping watch on the deck."

Seeing that Tushan Jingci was about to show anger on his behalf, Xiao Mo spoke in an even tone to settle things.

"Everyone else is on the deck as well. Why should I be any different?"

Tushan Jingci wanted to say more, but seeing Xiao Mo give a quiet shake of his head, she let it go.

"Young Miss, let us go inside and rest." Yueshi stepped forward at that moment and spoke softly. "When we arrive at Tushan in a few days, the Young Miss will only be busier still."

"I know." Tushan Jingci assented with a quiet press of her teeth against her lip.

Tushan Jingci walked up to Xiao Mo, lifted her face, and looked at him with gentle eyes, speaking earnestly. "If anything comes up, just tell me directly. Do not keep things to yourself. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Xiao Mo replied, "Then Young Miss, I will go out first."

"Mm." Tushan Jingci gave Xiao Mo a long, searching look, her eyes full of reluctance and concern.

"Young Miss, we will take our leave as well." Huang Mingwei and the others also departed.

Once everyone had gone and only Tushan Jingci and Yueshi remained in the cabin, Tushan Jingci's brow drew together. "Elder Sister Yueshi, what do you make of Tushan's intentions with this?"

"What else could they mean?"

Yueshi had no need to speak around the point with her own Young Miss, and said it plainly.

"They are deliberately sending the Young Miss a message. The Young Miss is Tushan's Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, while Xiao Mo, like Huang Mingwei and the others, is nothing more than a servant. He does not even compare to this attendant of mine."

Out on the deck, Xiao Mo sat cross-legged and looked at the scenery racing past him on all sides, a quiet feeling stirring in his heart.

He understood clearly that the comfortable, easy life he had known at the Hanshan Academy had ended entirely from this moment forward.

Whatever lay ahead, none of it would be surprising.

Without quite noticing, Xiao Mo slowly closed his eyes, settled his mind, and began to quietly tend to his spirit.

Huang Mingwei of the fox clan came out onto the deck, and seeing Xiao Mo sitting with his eyes closed in meditation, a cold flash of intent moved quietly through his eyes.

"All right, all right, he is not some delicate maiden. Staring at someone like that, Brother Huang, do not tell me you have an interest in men?" The fox clan woman named Xiangniang covered her mouth and laughed, a teasing note in her voice.

"Or is it that Brother Huang wants to take his place, to get Jingci's attention to land on you instead?"

His expression darkening at being seen through so squarely, Huang Mingwei's face grew even more grim. "Do not say what should not be said. The Young Miss Jingci is of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox bloodline. People like us could never have such ideas. And likewise, this lowly human is not worthy in the slightest."

"Ha ha ha ha, yes, yes, of course." Xiangniang laughed in her bewitching, easy manner, her eyes shifting with playful light. "But no matter about bloodlines, on one point you genuinely cannot compare with him."

"I cannot compare with him?" Huang Mingwei grew more and more uncomfortable, his expression as dark as a moonless night.

"Well, you are simply not as good-looking as he is." Xiangniang said with a cheerful smile.

With that, Xiangniang took the other fox clan woman with her, swayed her slender waist, and walked in a languid, graceful manner toward where Xiao Mo was sitting.

"Tch! Flirtatious fox woman. The moment she sees a passably attractive man she starts acting up. Shameless." Huang Mingwei spat with intense frustration and resentment.

"Little Brother Xiao, is it? Sitting here all by yourself must be so dull. Why not let elder sister keep you company and have a chat?"

Xiangniang walked up beside Xiao Mo and settled gracefully into a kneeling position, her voice soft enough to seem like it could drip water.

And as she spoke, she reached up and tugged at her collar.

Xiao Mo slowly opened his eyes, turned his head, and saw a swath of snowy white exposed within that thin, loose collar.

Sensing Xiao Mo's gaze, the corner of Xiangniang's lips curved slightly, and she straightened her posture, making the fullness of her figure even more pronounced.

At the same time, Xiangniang breathed out a soft, fragrant breath, the faint flush on her cheeks like someone flushed with wine, entirely available for the taking.

"Not dull at all, actually. Cultivation is rather interesting. There is no need to trouble elder sister." Xiao Mo gave a faint smile, then shifted his gaze away and closed his eyes again.

"Tsk."

Seeing Xiao Mo's thoroughly upright and principled manner, Xiangniang clicked her tongue inwardly.

This little brother truly had no sense of romance at all.

But that, in its way, made things more interesting.

If he were so easily won over, the person who had spoken to her about this would not have wasted so many words.