Number One Under Heaven - Chapter 101: Heavenly Fragrance of Pure Flowers
A note from BaiSiwa
Release dates are Monday through Thursdays, this is the last chapter on RRL for this week.
With Xuan Wanshan staring at him with sharp, cold eyes, Qiu Heng could feel invisible daggers piercing his skin.
“S-Senior, it is really a misunderstanding—” Qiu Heng tries to explain himself but he was interrupted again.
“Tian Yi, you must never step a foot inside that place… actually, do not even go near that place! That wicked place will corrupt you!” Xuan Wanshan warned him.
A look of curiosity appeared on his face, “A wicked place? How so?” he asked.
“That’s…”
Xuan Wanshan opened her mouth only to close it after one word; she had turned speechless. How was she supposed to explain it to him? Tell him that it is a place where men go to relieve stress?
“Ahem.”
Qiu Heng coughed, and he began explaining, “People go there to enjoy themselves… but not that way. The Heavenly Fragrance of Pure Flowers is known for their beautiful girls and their talent in literature.”
“Literature?” Xuan Wanshan asked.
While she has actually never been there, she has heard of many rumors.
“Yes, Senior. People go there to look at beautiful girls while listening to their music. While music is one of the main attraction, there are also girls there who are only there for communication,” said Qiu Heng.
“Communication?” Lights flickered within Tian Yi’s eyes.
Because of being solitary for almost his entire life, his communication skills were pretty poor. In order for him to speak to anyone, he has to think carefully in order to avoid misunderstandings, and it has been a chore for him ever since he left the palace.
Now that he thinks about it, he has not been in many situations where he can speak freely about simple things. His lecturing skill was pretty good because of Tian Qiang’s daily lecture. But when it comes to daily life communication skills, he was piss poor at it. It’s actually a miracle how he has been able to speak properly with anyone up to this point!
“That’s right; you can go there and ask for a private session where you talk to the girls, it can be simple things such as how your daily life has been going or even something private like your suppressed stress,” Qiu Heng replied.
He then looked at Xuan Wanshan, “Senior, many people misunderstand their true intentions because of people who are unable to speak properly, painting that pure place an entirely different picture. The place is called ‘Pure Flowers’ for a reason because all of the girls are pure flowers,” he said, slightly blushing.
Xuan Wanshan’s eyebrows slowly rose, “Won’t that place be a perfect target for those who have evil intentions?” she asked.
Qiu Heng almost burst out laughing when he heard that question but he held it in and only chuckled, “Senior, no offense, but even if a Spirit King like you want to cause trouble there, you will end up regretting it.”
That was unexpected even for her, “Do they have a powerful background?” she asked.
Qiu Heng nodded, “The owner of that place is an Elder from one of the top 4 Sects in the Holy Continent… even the girls there were brought from that Sect. Forget about their experts, even the girls can protect themselves just fine,” he said.
“What?! The Holy Continent? Why are they here doing such bizarre activities? Do people in the Holy Continent have nothing better to do there, so they came here to do something as bizarre as that?” Xuan Wanshan was truly shocked now.
Why would people from the Holy Continent who rarely communicate with them come here, let alone doing something like that? If that was true, then forget about Spirit Kings, even Sky Realm experts would not dare to touch that place.
“Nobody knows why they came here, but there have been rumors that they are looking for someone with a specific talent.”
The Heavenly Fragrance of Pure Flowers officially opened up 12 years ago, meaning that if the rumors were real, then they have been looking for a certain individual with a specific talent for the past 12 years!
“I do not care about their reason for being here; what I want to know is…” Xuan Wanshan narrowed her eyes at Qiu Heng, “why do you want to bring Tian Yi to such a place? If it is truly not a wicked place, then why don’t you just go there by yourself? What need is there to bring him along with you?” she said.
Qiu Heng rubbed his nose, and he said shyly, “Senior, that place is truly not as wicked as you believe it is to be, and I invited Tian Yi because I thought he would enjoy an experience that could only be enjoyed once every 4 years.”
“Every 4 years, the Heavenly Fragrance of Pure Flowers will hold an event where they bring in a Core Disciple from their Sect in the Holy Continent and have her show off her talents by playing the instrument. Every time is a different disciple, so even I do not know who will appear on that stage today,” he said.
“You said that they came from one of the 4 top Sect in the Holy Continent, correct? Which one is that?” Xuan Wanshan asked him.
“It’s called the Jade Lotus Temple, one of the four Holy Sects within the Holy Continent. I heard that only females could be accepted as disciples there and that they are ranked 2nd within the entire Holy Continent,” he answered.
A weird light flashed by Xuan Wanshan’s eyes, “Say… how do you know so much about this place and the Holy Continent? Even I do not know the names of the four Holy Sects, yet you talk as if you have been there? How come?” she asked with suspicion.
“Ah….” Qiu Heng’s face suddenly turned red and he rubbed his nose some more, “You see… I frequently visit them to listen to their music and just talk in general… I find that place very warm and welcoming, so I unknowingly got used to going there…”
Xuan Wanshan looked like she found something interesting, “Hoh… don’t tell me there is someone you fancy there?” she said in a teasing tone.
“Hehehe…” The red on Qiu Heng’s face became even more visible.
“….”
Xuan Wanshan was speechless at this kid. He was the direct disciple of a Supreme Elder, yet he fancied someone from a place like that, even becoming a regular there?
‘Well, those girls are from the Holy Continent, so I cannot blame him…’ she thought to herself.
However, now she has even more so of a reason to not let Tian Yi go there!
Waving her hands, Xuan Wanshan said in a cold tone, “Anyways, that place has nothing to do with us; go by yourself—”
“I’ll come with you.”
Xuan Wanshan was suddenly interrupted by Tian Yi who has been standing there silently the entire time.
“Eh?” Xuan Wanshan looked at him with a loose face.
“A-Are you sure?” she asked him.
“En,” he nodded, “That place sounds interesting…. I also happen to have a thing for music,” he said.
Music made in the Mortal Realm, he was interested in it.
“Really?!” Qiu Heng’s attitude became more cheerful.
He thought he really had to go there alone for a second! Although that place was nothing impure, he still had this guilty feeling lurking around in his guts, always making him nervous whenever he goes there alone.
Since Tian Yi had decided to go and knowing how stubborn he was, she gave up on trying to stop him.
“Fine, but I am coming with you!” she declared.
“Ah? Senior is coming too?” Qiu Heng definitely did not expect her to tag along.
“Of course! How that place truly is, I will see for myself,” she said.
“….”
Qiu Heng did not know what to say.
Although there are females that go there, it was still something uncommon. Even if they are from the Holy Continent, there are only girls as hosts there, so it was obvious that the majority of males would go there…
Seeing nothing wrong with it, Tian Yi nodded, “Okay, when will we head out?”
Looking at the sun, Qiu Heng spoke, “We still have quite some time before it starts… but because there will be many people there, the early we go, the better the seat we will grab.”
“So you want to start heading there now?” Tian Yi said.
“That is the best choice, but if you are busy, we can go there later.”
Tian Yi turned his head to look at the table where Yu Yue and Yan Yan was still frozen like a statue.
Breakfast was basically done for these two.
Meng Xiang was still stuffing her face, so she didn’t even notice them.
Then he looked at Han Yixue who nodded at him with a smile, clearly telling him to ignore them and have fun.
Qiu Heng also peeked behind the doors, and his eyes went wide, ‘My mother, did you really go on a mission?!’ he cursed inside his heart.
This Tian Yi left for a mission and came back with two beauties? Why does that little girl look so different yet similar? And what is that weird looking bird? Did he really go on a mission and not chase skirts?
He never saw someone as innocent and pure Tian Yi as a playboy, but apparently, he was wrong!
He began to question his decision by asking him to tag along to a place where beauties were everywhere.
“What are you still standing there for? Let’s go,” Tian Yi’s voice came from behind him.
Qiu Heng was startled awake to see him walking towards the Sect’s entrance gate.
‘Are you that impatient to see the beauties there?!’ he cried inside his heart.
The doubt in his decision became stronger by the second.
The three of them began walking through the Sect, and Qiu Heng noticed something different in the atmosphere.
“Where are the disciples? Why is there nobody outside? They would normally be drinking tea at this time…” he asked.
He did not know about the events that had taken place yesterday where Tian Yi lectured half of the disciples in the Outer Court, resulting in this quiet atmosphere.
“They should be in closed cultivation,” Tian Yi answered his question.
“What? So many at once? Since when were they this hard working?”
Although he did not like to say such things about his fellow disciples, it was the truth… they were lazy and enjoyed sipping tea out in the open…
How they are still the number one Sect within the Continent was still a mystery to him.
“You just came out of your closed cultivation, right? How was it? Did you gain any insights?” Tian Yi asked him.
Hearing such a question, Qiu Heng pointed his nose towards the sky, “Of course, can you not sense my cultivation? I am now at the peak of Profound Qi Realm!” he said with a prideful aura surrounding him.
He was not the type to brag, but his character changes whenever he was with Tian Yi.
Tian Yi only smiled at his bragging and did not say anything.
Qiu Heng, of course, knew that he was still nowhere near Tian Yi’s strength. Yet he still felt like bragging in front of him.