The White Moonlight Subdues Everyone with a Suona - Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Na na na na
Ji Bingyu, who had finally cleaved open the giant wave, was still immersed in that subtle state of enlightenment.
Suddenly asked such a question by Heaven’s Will, she was still a bit dazed.
Her mind was buzzing. She turned around hesitatingly and walked over to the disciple she had saved, looking him up and down.
He had good looks—his facial features were handsome with a touch of delicacy. He was not very old, probably around sixteen or seventeen.
There was originally a bit of ferocity between his eyebrows, but after being drenched in seawater, it had dissipated somewhat. The tattered, wet clothes clung to his body, inexplicably making him look a bit weak and pitiful.
Like a drenched cat.
Without Heaven’s Will needing to speak at all, seeing Ji Bingyu walking toward him, Xie Yu’an’s eyes lit up.
Once the dark gloom between his brows cleared away, he looked entirely like a handsome, elegant young man.
“I am Xie Yu’an. Thank you for your assistance just now, Miss.”
Without any of those tedious formalities, he simply stated his name.
In a place Xie Yu’an could not see, Heaven’s Will was silent for a moment before speaking numbly.
[He is Xie Yu’an, the strongest villain in the original work, who opposes the male lead every single day.]
Instantly, Ji Bingyu’s eyes when looking at Xie Yu’an gained a bit more comrade-in-arms trust.
Everyone is a good comrade standing up against the tyranny of the male and female leads!
[However, according to the original work, no one should have saved Xie Yu’an this time at all. He was supposed to be completely traumatized by this final shock, leading to his complete blackening, before being ultimately killed by the female lead Yan Liusu…]
No one cared about what Heaven’s Will was muttering to itself. Ji Bingyu swept a glance over Xie Yu’an, walking toward her small boat while giving her name, “No need to thank me. I am Ji Bingyu.”
Without waiting for Xie Yu’an to speak again, Ji Bingyu stood on the boat. Turning around, she suddenly asked, “Are you afraid of water?”
Xie Yu’an froze.
The fear he had originally hidden away swept through his entire body again for a brief moment.
He stood stiffly on the spot, barely forcing a slight curl at the corners of his mouth, “Miss Ji must be joking. I am not afraid of water.”
Ji Bingyu took a glance at the other party’s clenched fist.
Remembering how his body had been almost completely stiff after being swept by the surging waves, as well as how he lay on the small boat unable to recover for a long time, she barely managed to swallow down the phrase, “Girl, your eyes can’t lie.”
Heaven’s Will: …I thank you on his behalf.
After saying a brief goodbye to Xie Yu’an, Ji Bingyu sat back onto the small boat.
Before she could row a few strokes, she was interrupted again by a voice full of pleasant surprise calling out “Sister Bingyu.”
Xuanyuan Fentian, along with the crowd behind him, blocked the path in front of Ji Bingyu’s small boat.
Ji Bingyu swept a glance over them, unexpectedly failing to spot Feng Feishuang, Yan Liusu, and the others.
It seemed they had separated.
Having just cleaved open the giant wave, Ji Bingyu slumped on the boat, too lazy to even stand up, “What are you trying to do?”
Xuanyuan Fentian gave a look to the person behind him. That person immediately took a step forward, giving Ji Bingyu a proper, formal bow.
“I am Xie Zonghao, the second legitimate son of the Golden Phoenix Xie family. Many thanks to Miss Ji for stepping in to help just now.”
Ji Bingyu: “?”
She had a completely baffled expression, “What are you thanking me for?”
Xie Zonghao was taken aback by her question.
Under Xuanyuan Fentian’s subtle eye signals, he hurriedly said, “Miss Ji saved my younger brother just now…”
“Oh.”
Ji Bingyu turned her face to look at Xie Yu’an, who had also walked over, “So you are his brother.”
Xie Yu’an pursed his lips.
Under the threatening glare from Xie Zonghao, he lowered his eyelids, “He can indeed be considered my elder brother.”
The moisture on his body had long since evaporated, yet Xie Yu’an felt that his current self was even more miserable than before.
Ji Bingyu nodded, “Then it’s nothing. Your younger brother has already thanked me.”
Everyone froze in unison.
“The one I saved was your younger brother, because he happened to look more pleasing to my eyes. If it were you—or certain people behind you—I would definitely leave you to die, and maybe even throw in a couple of kicks.”
Xie Yu’an was stunned for a moment, subconsciously lifting his eyes.
Yet Ji Bingyu did not bother looking at anyone else’s expression.
She stood up and slightly raised her chin, holding the wooden oar with the sheer momentum of a peerless sword.
Pairing with the lingering waves that had yet to settle in the distance and the raging sea rolling below, Ji Bingyu standing before the waves resembled a deity descending upon the world.
“Is. There. Anything. Else?”
Even Heaven’s Will was intimidated by Ji Bingyu’s current aura, let alone these disciples who had not even formally entered a sect to cultivate.
Even if they had some minor cultivation, it was heavily restricted within the illusion realm.
Not to mention, the scene they had just witnessed—Ji Bingyu holding a wooden oar and battling the giant wave—had left a profound shock in the hearts of all the disciples who saw it.
Strong at first, weakening at the second attempt, and exhausted at the third.
This time, even though Xuanyuan Fentian’s eyelids were twitching violently, not a single disciple dared to step forward again to intercept Ji Bingyu’s boat.
Xuanyuan Fentian desperately wanted to know how Ji Bingyu had obtained this boat.
Yet he cared too much about his pride to ask directly.
In the end, wracking his brains while watching her drift further away, he hurriedly called out, “Sister Bingyu, what are you doing?”
He gave Ji Bingyu a look full of implication.
As long as she said she was “rowing a boat”—or even just mentioned the word “boat”—Xuanyuan Fentian could follow up with more questions.
How she got the boat, how she made the boat, how…
How to claim Ji Bingyu’s boat as his own.
Either way, they were fiancé and fiancée, Xuanyuan Fentian thought nonchalantly. What was hers was his.
Taking advantage of these few seconds, Ji Bingyu quickly rowed her boat away from this miraculous gathering place of strange creatures, while casually preparing to unleash a torrent of curses.
“Are you blind, you idiot—”
Heaven’s Will’s laws knew trouble was coming the moment it heard this, sounding frantically in her mind.
[Dad! For the sake of the boat! The persona!]
[The persona, Dad! My world doesn’t want to collapse yet, ahhhhhhhh!]
Out of a sense of fatherly responsibility, Ji Bingyu barely managed to suppress her urge to swear.
She put on the gentle grace of the White Moonlight once again, turning her head and curving her eyes into crescent shapes.
Just like spring flowers blooming for the first time, or spring waters gently rippling, sweeping away a realm of chaotic darkness and leaving only warmth in the mortal world.
The disciples were momentarily mesmerized by this smile. Even if they had spoken ill of Ji Bingyu behind her back, when truly standing before such a beauty, none could resist her charm.
After a long absence, the White Moonlight version of Ji Bingyu was finally back online.
Heaven’s Will let out a long sigh of relief, hoping Ji Bingyu’s normal state could last a bit longer, just a little bit longer.
Xuanyuan Fentian was almost mesmerized into a daze.
It was not just him.
Inside and outside the water mirror, many people felt the same way in their hearts.
The White Moonlight Beauty, Ji Bingyu.
As long as she smiled at me, even if only once, I would willingly die for her.
They gazed foolishly at that beauty, only to see her glance back, curve her eyes, and pronounce each word with crystal clarity—
“Silly son, your dad is slacking off and rowing through the water.”
Xuanyuan Fentian froze on the spot, repeating, “Slacking off?”
Ji Bingyu blinked, her hands not stopping their rowing motion for a second, “Yeah! Oh, my goodness, don’t tell me you haven’t even realized that the theme of this trial is ‘slacking off’? No way, no way!”
Heaven’s Will: …
The disciples who heard these words: …
The sect elders, big and small, outside the water mirror: …
Daoist Xuanfeng: …
The disciples outside the water mirror looked at each other in confusion, seeing deep bewilderment in one another’s eyes.
“Is this trial… testing slacking off?”
“It seems to make some sense? I remember this disciple mentioned earlier that ‘water can carry a boat, but it can also row a speedboat.’ Could that be what it meant?”
“Oh right! After all, it is called the ‘Sea of Floating Life’! Since it’s a sea, there is seawater. Saying it tests slacking off unexpectedly hits the core!”
“Yes, yes, yes, it really is about rowing through the water! I see this Junior Sister Ji is not only beautiful, but her comprehension is quite high too!”
“I just don’t know where on earth she got that boat… Heh heh, but since she has a boat, I hope this Little Junior Sister can come to our Liuming Valley!”
“Dammit! When it comes to slacking in the water, our Lingxiao Pavillion is number one!”
All the elders: …
Disciples, wake up! Is that some kind of prestigious phrase worth fighting over?!
The elders looked at one another.
When He Zhongxian heard “slacking off,” his old face twitched violently, crumpling into a ball.
Oh, this familiar sense of suffocation!
Oh, this familiar sarcastic banter!
Oh, this familiar bug-like existence and combat power!
Oh, this familiar distortion of original meaning to force one’s own interpretation!
No one knew who started it first, but represented by Li Fuqing, several bold elders and inner disciples had already begun looking in Rong Qingyuan’s direction.
Even the Sect Master of Changqing Gate, Chang Qingzi, could not hold back from looking in Rong Qingyuan’s direction, secretly winking and making faces.
Hey, old friend, your chosen disciple has appeared!
