First update.
This was already the second time Yino was leaving Yuyan’s backyard tonight.
Although he appeared calm on the surface, he couldn’t help feeling nervous inside. Walking in the courtyard of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, Yino’s gaze swept around, secretly looking for any red seductive shadow that might appear at any moment.
But this time, Jinyue didn’t show up again.
Perhaps it was because there was a white-robed immortal escorting him on her sword behind Yino.
“Don’t worry, even if someone is really framing you, they won’t be stupid enough to try again after their first plan failed and risk me catching them.”
Yuyan walked behind, advising with some helplessness.
She had originally planned to send Yino away.
But Yino insisted that there was an evil woman outside who would harm him, and he was afraid to walk alone at night. Yuyan had no choice but to go back to put on her shoes and socks, and then personally escort Yino home to sleep.
“You’re probably the first to be afraid of ghosts in Grand Tutor’s Mansion.”
She said somewhat teasingly.
Yino glanced at her, hesitating to speak, too lazy to argue with her.
After all, the senior sister of Wuji Sect was in no position to question the Grand Tutor’s Mansion. Although the Pleasure Witch appeared in the Grand Tutor’s Mansion tonight, in the original Fallen Immortal game, Jinyue had been lurking in Wuji Sect for almost the entire first half of the main plot.
She disguised herself as a harmless and cute junior sister of Wuji Sect, secretly guiding and nearly getting the protagonist killed several times.
And all of this was unknown to the high-level elders of Wuji Sect, even the protagonist himself didn’t know the true identity of junior sister Jinyue.
“This is also for safety.”
“What if I fall under an illusion again and rush into the changing room to pounce on you?”
Yino said with some sarcasm. If he could reveal his memories from his previous life, he would have long ago exposed Jinyue’s identity as an evil witch and her role as an undercover junior sister in Wuji Sect.
But if he did that, most likely no one would believe him, and Yino would surely die.
Yuyan opened her mouth but still hesitated to speak.
“It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes has really left quite a shadow on you.”
“You, as the leader of the sword path in Wuji Sect, the unparalleled chosen one of destiny, how could you understand the fear of an insignificant insect like me?”
“Hmph, if I truly didn’t understand, why would I agree to escort you home?”
“That’s true, miss immortal is quite nice…”
As they chatted, the two arrived at Yino’s residence.
Yuyan looked around briefly, only to find that Yino’s room was small and simple, almost the most inconspicuous little room in the entire Grand Tutor’s Mansion.
In comparison, the guest room provided to Yuyan by the Grand Tutor’s Mansion not only had a front yard but also a hot spring pool in the backyard, which could be described as extremely luxurious.
“Thank you for escorting me” Yino cupped his hands in gratitude.
“I’ll ask you one last time, do you want to come to Wuji Sect?”
Under the moonlight, the white-robed woman cold eyes were clear.
She paused, then explained: “My master has ordered me to bring you up the mountain to cultivate. You don’t need to take the sect’s entrance exam, you can directly become a disciple under the sect leader. By then, you’ll be my fellow disciple, and I will naturally protect you.”
Yino couldn’t help but recall his memories from his previous life.
Although in the original story, the protagonist wasn’t initially Yuyan’s junior brother, after a series of events, the position of Yuyan’s junior brother ultimately belonged to the protagonist.
Yino had already offended the bootlicker Zhong Yuhe tonight, and if he went to Wuji Sect later, he would also be taking the protagonist’s position.
Offending both the villain and the protagonist, wouldn’t that make him a pure scapegoat?
Wouldn’t it be better to stay in the Grand Tutor’s Mansion and rely on his aunt?
“I’m sorry, but everyone has their own aspirations.”
Yino refused again without any hesitation.
Yuyan gave him a piercing look, her cold eyes briefly revealing a glint of cunning, but she stayed silent and walked away without another word.
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The next morning, birds were singing and flowers were fragrant.
Yino was awakened by a small bird on his bedside table singing melodiously.
Unable to bear the disturbance, he sat up with dark circles under his eyes, patted the little bird’s head, and it finally stopped its endless chirping.
But when Yino was about to go back to sleep, the little creature started humming again, flapping its wings.
Helplessly, Yino obediently got up.
Nine years ago, his aunt had brought home a golden lark and instructed Yino to take good care of this cute little life.
Honestly, Yino didn’t like it before.
Because this lark was too noisy, chirping endlessly in Yino’s ear every morning. After a few months, it had forcibly helped Yino break his bad habit of staying up late from his previous life.
Later, Yino named it Ling’er, which simply meant alarm clock.
“It’s good, I’ve survived another day.”
“Looks like Jinyue didn’t make a move on me last night.”
Yino stretched and went to the bathroom to wash his face in front of the mirror.
Last night, he was worried about falling under an illusion again and stayed up until almost dawn, afraid that the unpredictable vixen would cast another illusion on him, which led to his poor spirits this morning.
If it weren’t for Ling’er waking him up, Yino would have slept until at least noon.
“If nothing went wrong, Yuyan should be returning to Wuji Sect today.”
After washing his face, Yino began to recall the developments from last night.
“Aunty promised to teach me cultivation last night…”
“If she really made a promise to the elders, then to achieve results, she would certainly try to unleash my demon bloodline.”
“Hey! Isn’t this the day for the cannon fodder to turn the tables?”
Thinking of this, Yino couldn’t help but hum a tune, his previously tired spirit becoming much more sunny and confident.
But just then, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open—
“Yino, did you get into trouble again last night?”
Xinyao’s face tensed, her pale golden phoenix eyes staring at Yino with anxiety.
Yino turned to look, his expression also showing some difficulty in keeping composure.
This was already who knows how many times he had lost his composure in these two days.
The originally perfect plan kept encountering unexpected errors. First, he didn’t expect Xinyao to come to Phoenix Pavilion to catch him, then he didn’t expect Yuyan to be so obsessed with playing chess, and finally, he didn’t expect the mastermind behind the scenes to be the Pleasure Witch Jiang Jinyue…
Now, Yino was truly suffering from PTSD.
Seeing Xinyao’s panicked expression now made his heart skip a beat and sweat profusely.
“I don’t think I’ve caused any trouble.”
“If you really haven’t done anything wrong, why would Yuyan specifically ask to see you in front of the mansion elders early this morning?”
Xinyao was also at a loss, looking at Yino’s little face with extreme worry.
She looked even more uneasy than Yino.
Just like a guardian worried that their child had gotten into trouble outside and was about to be punished…
“Last night, didn’t Yuyan already have a falling out with you?”
“Didn’t she say you were useless and didn’t want to take you up the mountain?”
“Now that she’s asking for you, it surely can’t be anything good!”
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“My son was presumptuous last night, our family has its own strict rules for punishment.”
“I hope Immortal Mo can forgive him.”
In the main hall, He Chensheng’s face was difficult, his hands cupped in a salute, bowing slightly.
He had only heard about last night’s commotion this morning, learning about Yino sneaking into Mo Yuyan’s bath.
As one of the masters of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, Chensheng naturally felt ashamed.
But cupping his hands in salute was already his greatest apology. After all, this was still the territory of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, and Yuyan was just a disciple of Wuji Sect. He couldn’t possibly hand over his own flesh and blood to Yuyan for punishment.
“Master He, you’re overthinking it.”
Seeing Chensheng so troubled, the white-robed woman also stood up, returning the respect with cupped hands.
She narrowed her cold eyes, glancing at Zhong Yuhe not far away, then lowered her gaze and smiled faintly:
“Last night was just a misunderstanding, the seventh young master has already apologized and clarified to me.”
“My visit today is not to blame anyone, but merely to follow the agreement between my master and the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, to take the seventh young master up the mountain to cultivate.”
“Of course… That is, if the seventh young master himself is willing.”