My Wife Is A Sword Immortal-Chapter 198 - 170 Ye Lanzhi
Chapter 198: Chapter 170 Ye Lanzhi
Chapter 198: Chapter 170 Ye Lanzhi
Early morning.
At the gates of Nanci Mansion, unlike usual, it was eerily quiet.
Only three female officials stood guard at the entrance.
In the distance, the melodic sound of morning bells carried through the air.
Today was the first day of the month, and all four mansions of Taiching Prefecture held their monthly morning assemblies. Unless they had pressing matters, all residence students from the four mansions were expected to attend.
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Soon, many female residence students returned to Nanci Mansion one after another.
The number of people entering the gate gradually increased.
At that moment, a group of people was slowly making their way toward them; seven female residence students were returning together.
Each of the seven young women was like a flower of spring or chrysanthemums in autumn.
To onlookers, they were a delightful sight to behold.
However, the gaze of most passing residence students couldn’t help but drift toward the girl on the edge of the group, dressed in the plain white attire of Tranquility Mansion, with a teardrop mole beneath her left eye.
Because she was Zhao Lingfei.
And just a short while ago, under the envious gazes of those around her, she had stepped onto the high platform and received from the Vice Mansion Master the reward for placing first among Class A residence students of the Vast Realm in this season’s Qingyun Platform competition, along with exceptional monthly cultivation resources for a residence student.
Most of the seven female residence students chattered and laughed, except for Zhao Lingfei, who walked quietly at the side. She attentively listened to her companions’ conversations while casting her gaze toward the increasingly near gate of Nanci Mansion, lost in her thoughts.
Among the seven girls, most were residence students from Tranquility Mansion, but there was also a young woman dressed in the uniform of Fu Yao Mansion.
This young lady had her hair styled in a lily bun, her features lovely and delicate, and she was petite and endearing. She smiled and talked animatedly among her fellow sisters, standing out in the crowd.
At this moment, a senior sister said to her with a smile:
“Lanzhi junior sister, you’ve just joined the mansion not long ago and have already secured the thirteenth place in the Qingyun competition for Fu Yao Mansion. You stand out among your peers, which is truly remarkable. In a few more years, when you’ve joined Tranquility Mansion, maybe you’ll be just like your senior sister Lingfei.”
Ye Lanzhi quickly waved her hands in response.
“Senior sister, don’t flatter me. I just practiced a bit faster than others my age, relying on my family’s resources before joining the mansion. I happened to arrive just in time for the Qingyun Platform competition, so I luckily got this somewhat inflated ranking. I’m not as impressive as you say, senior sister. I don’t even know if I’ll be eligible for a Lifebound Flying Sword in the Vast Realm, let alone qualify to join the same mansion as the other senior sisters…”
She paused for a moment, then reached out to grab the hand of a poised young woman in the middle of the crowd, shaking it, “Ruoxi cousin, am I right?”
Ye Ruoxi gave a serious nod after looking at her cousin, the promising heir of their clan.
“Lanzhi is not wrong. Ever since we were young, within our clan and at Du You Academy, and even now at Fu Yao Mansion, Lanzhi always manages to pull ahead of her peers by sheer luck, giggle…”
This Tranquility Mansion female residence student started laughing as she spoke, reaching out to tap Ye Lanzhi’s forehead. “This little fox always says this, humbly on the surface, but who knows how proud she feels inside. If I weren’t much older than her, making comparisons inappropriate, otherwise, like the young men of her generation in our family, I would have been surpassed by her as well.”
Ye Lanzhi, who initially thought her cousin, with whom she’d always been close, was speaking up for her, soon found her claims contradicted. Annoyed, she reached out to tickle Ye Ruoxi.
“Oh really, Ye Ruoxi? I’ll make sure all of your embarrassing stories are out in the open and see how you manage to get married then, hmph. Weren’t you visiting a scholar from the Academy frequently these past few days? Teehee, I saw it. He seems to be a disciple of the new Teacher from our Fu Yao Mansion… Hey, why are you covering my mouth… Teehee, someone wants to silence me…”
Ye Ruoxi, flushed with embarrassment and annoyance, tried to cover Ye Lanzhi’s mouth.
The surrounding female residence students watched the cousins teasing each other, and their laughter rang out like silver bells. The group became lively, chattering back and forth.
After a bit of roughhousing, Ye Lanzhi freed herself, her face flushed as she adjusted her attire. After a moment of thought, she seriously said:
“I’m serious though. I’m not as impressive as the senior sisters say, daring to compare myself with senior sister Lingfei. It’s utterly mortifying; they must be joking by saying such things…”
Having said that, she cast a somewhat cautious glance at Zhao Lingfei.
At this moment, Zhao Lingfei seemed to be… lost in thought.
Her eyelids were slightly drooped, and she wasn’t partaking in the group’s conversation. She walked quietly by herself, occasionally lifting her gaze to glance at the gate of Nanci Mansion, then pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, seemingly deep in thought. And occasionally… the corners of her mouth would lift ever so slightly. It was a very faint smile that, if one didn’t pay close attention, paired with Zhao Lingfei’s innately serene beauty, would go unnoticed.
Senior sister Lingfei’s temperament is indeed as those men say, quite reserved; she barely speaks to us. It seems the other senior sisters have also grown accustomed to it… Hmm, what is she thinking about? Is she pondering over cultivation matters? It must be so. Senior sister Lingfei is so formidable, only a year older than me, and has already left her contemporaries in Fu Yao Mansion far behind. Among the Vast Realm residence students of both mansions, she is peerless. If it weren’t for that stunningly talented Ji from Taiyi Mansion relentlessly pursuing her, barely able to chase after her shadow, finishing a close second among Class A Vast Realm residence students, then she would have pressed down all the male residence students on her own.
Ye Lanzhi contemplated secretly, her eyes filled with a misty admiration. And thinking of how just a while ago, Zhao Lingfei had, just like now, calmly walked onto the platform to accept her award under the watchful eyes of all residence students, she felt even more that her senior sister was like a goddess, not readily influenced by others…
