"What? Are you interested in my boudoir? "Yi Manying asked with a sly smile.
If it were any other woman, Ye Kong might have flirted with her. However, Yi Manying was so shrewd that Ye Kong didn't dare to provoke her. Therefore, Ye Kong shook his head and said, "No, I just have a lot of things to ask you."
Yi Manying nodded. This guy must want to ask about the situation in Cangnan. It just so happened that Yi Manying also wanted to ask him something, so she opened the door and let him in.
Although it was a woman's boudoir, the room was basically the same as the rooms of other cultivators. It was very simple. There was no bed, only an array formation, a futon, a small table, and other essentials for cultivators. The only thing that was unique to a woman was the dressing table on one side of the room. After all, all girls wanted to look good.
The two of them sat cross-legged on the futons on either side of the small table. Yi Manying rang the small bell on the table, and soon, someone brought in spiritual tea.
Ye Kong looked around and said with a smile, "The environment here is not bad, but it's a bit too simple. If it weren't for the dressing table, I really wouldn't be able to tell that this is a girl's room."
Yi Manying picked up the spiritual tea and said with a self-mocking smile, "Then what do you think is a girl's room? Sewing needlework? Or zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting? "
Ye Kong said, "Or some cloth dolls."
"Heh." Yi Manying laughed. Then, she looked at Ye Kong with her big, limpid eyes and asked, "I've been managing the Star Boat and Cangnan's business since I was sixteen. If it's as you said, will the more than three hundred people on this Star Boat obey a little girl?"
At this moment, under the soft light of the moonstone, Ye Kong saw a trace of haggardness and weakness in her eyes. Indeed, a sixteen-year-old girl had to shoulder the heavy burden of her family, manage such a group of grown men, and manage such a big business. Yi Manying was really tragic. Everyone saw her limitless glory, but who could see the bitterness behind her back?
Perhaps because she saw the look in Ye Kong's eyes, Yi Manying immediately recovered her strong and shrewd nature.
"What? Sympathize with me? If you sympathize with me, then give me the Star Boat you accepted. "Yi Manying said with a smile.
"You wish! I exchanged my life for that. "Ye Kong laughed as he scolded.
Yi Manying added, "To think that we were so worried. Who would have thought that you would be so powerful? Ai, why are you able to stand in the Firmament? I still don't understand it."
She was already quietly probing Ye Kong's words. However, Ye wasn't a pushover either. He smiled and said, "What I did is nothing. It's just a small trick. Your battle puppet is really powerful. I'm very curious. Where did you get it?"
Yi Manying laughed, "You sly fox, you didn't even answer my question, and now you're asking me."
Ye Kong also laughed and said, "Same here. Actually, I like to chat with honest people. It's really annoying to chat with you."
Yi Manying laughed and said, "It's the same. I also like to deal with practical people."
Immediately, the two foxes laughed.
Everyone laughed, and their relationship became much closer. Yi Manying said, "It's not that I can't tell you about the battle puppets. These battle puppets are the guardian puppets of the Five Elements Immortal Mansion. However, they were destroyed during the ancient war between Immortals and Devils. Therefore, our Yi Family spent a large amount of money to buy those broken parts from treasure hunters in the Five Elements Immortal Mansion. Then, we hired skilled equipment forgers to put them back together. "
Yi Manying took a sip of water and said, "As treasure hunters entered the mansion again and again, the broken parts became fewer and fewer. Since they were scattered all over the Five Elements Immortal Mansion, they became more and more difficult to find. It took us more than a thousand years to collect these nine battle puppets. That's why I didn't let you control them before. "
This was the nth time Ye Kong had heard the name of the Five Elements Immortal Mansion. It seemed that all of Yun Yao's valuable treasures and treasures had come from there. How many treasures had come from the Five Elements Immortal Mansion during the opening day of the mansion every two hundred years? Was there really an inexhaustible treasure trove inside?
Also, if the battle puppets guarding the Five Elements Immortal Mansion were at the Body Integration Stage, then what was the cultivation of the owner of the mansion? He didn't dare to imagine.
"It's your turn." Yi Manying picked up her teacup and waited for Ye Kong to answer her question.
"What do you mean my turn?" Ye Kong was still thinking about the Five Elements Immortal Mansion. He was stunned for a moment before he understood what Yi Manying meant.
"Oh, why am I able to stand in the sky unscathed? That's because of this. "
Only then did Yi Manying notice that a transparent membrane had appeared. The membrane slowly crawled onto the small table. Yi Manying stretched out a slender jade finger and felt it for a moment. She discovered that the membrane was very light and very thin, and it was completely transparent.
"What is this?" Yi Manying asked.
Ye Kong shook his head, "I don't know what it is either."
Obviously, Yi Manying wasn't satisfied with such an answer. A look of displeasure appeared on her face as she said, "You asked me about the battle puppets, and I told you everything honestly. But when I asked you, I only got a perfunctory answer."
Ye Kong smiled bitterly, "I really don't know … Okay, then I'll tell you how I got this thing. It started out as a piece of Living Soil that had turned into a spirit. I kept feeding it Spirit Stones, and it became like this."
"Oh, I see." Yi Manying nodded.
The reason why she told him about the battle puppets was that there were very few battle puppet fragments left in the Five Elements Immortal Mansion. Ye Kong couldn't get them even if he wanted to.
As for Ye Kong's membrane, she also couldn't get her hands on it. Living Soil was already extinct, and it was very difficult to find a piece of Living Soil that had turned into a spirit in this world.
Neither of them got the upper hand. When a shrewd person met a shrewd person, they were really evenly matched. Yi Manying smiled as she thought about it.
"What are you smiling about?" Ye Kong didn't think as much as she did. He asked, "How long are we going to travel this time? Are we going directly to Cang Nan on the Star Boat?"
As a matter of fact, Ye Kong had his own doubts. If they had indeed returned to Cangnan on a Star Boat, they would have caused a huge commotion. How had the Yi Clan managed to keep the people from Cangnan and Cloud Yao in the dark all these years?
This was a question that puzzled Ye Kong. There were so many cultivators in Yun Yao, including the True Sovereign, Divine Lord, cultivators above the Soul Formation stage, and the powerful Saint Devil Sect. Why couldn't these people go to Cang Nan, but only the Yi Family could?
Also, even if the Yi Family knew some secret passage or route, why didn't they leak any of it in the past few thousand years?
Yi Manying didn't want to answer this question for now. She smiled and said, "You will naturally know in three months."
Ye Kong nodded. "It seems like this journey will take at least three months … En, but you have to give me the exact coordinates of your astrolabe. I have a friend who also wants to hitch a ride."
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