Chapter 170: Sister, Is There Something Wrong with You?
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“Mm…”
Lin Muyu lowered her head to look at her wrist being gently held, feeling somewhat dazed for a moment.
Clearly just an hour ago, they were strangers. How had they become so familiar in such a short time?
They were now almost at the sect’s main gate. As long as they explained their purpose to the disciples on duty and registered their names and reasons for leaving, they could smoothly depart from the sect.
But just then, Yunduo, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped.
“Um…”
Yunduo turned around, her tone carrying a hint of embarrassment.
“What’s wrong?”
Lin Muyu withdrew from her thoughts and looked at her questioningly.
“I suddenly remembered there’s an urgent matter I need to handle.”
Yunduo spoke a bit faster, saying playfully.
“You go register first, I’ll catch up with you very soon!”
“Ah, this…”
Lin Muyu was stunned, carefully observing Yunduo’s expression, but couldn’t discern anything.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Muyu nodded.
“Alright, then I’ll leave the sect first.”
“Mm-hmm! Take this first!”
Yunduo’s eyes brightened, and she immediately pulled something out from her pink clothing.
It was a fluffy pink ball of cotton, but upon closer inspection, it seemed even lighter and more translucent than cotton, like a cloud that had been frozen in place.
“This is my token.”
Yunduo handed the pink cloud ball to Lin Muyu, her tone becoming more serious.
“As long as you have it, I’ll be able to find you quickly, but don’t put it in your storage ring. Just keep it close to your body in your clothes, understand?”
“Like this?”
Lin Muyu took the cloud ball. The moment her fingertips touched it, she felt it was soft and fluffy, with a texture almost identical to real cotton.
The girl before her didn’t seem like a bad person, so she agreed.
But for some reason, just as Lin Muyu squeezed the soft pink little cloud in her hand.
Yunduo’s face suddenly turned slightly red, and she hurriedly waved her hand, urging.
“You should go now! I’ll come find you after I’m done!”
Before the words finished, Yunduo tapped her toes and nimbly headed toward the sect’s interior.
“?”
Lin Muyu stood in place, looking at the now-empty space before her, feeling completely baffled.
She instinctively circulated her spiritual energy and activated her Insight, but the pink cloud ball showed no abnormalities under her vision.
It contained neither special spiritual energy nor hidden formations. It was just an ordinary cloud, though somehow it could condense into this tangible, touchable form.
Since it couldn’t be placed in the storage ring, it probably couldn’t be put in her spatial space either. Leaving it outside carelessly might result in losing it.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Muyu casually tucked the cloud ball into her Daoist robe.
Although the robe had no pockets, there was just enough loose space between the robe and her inner garment. When she tucked the cloud ball inside, it gave off a faint warmth that was unexpectedly comfortable.
She explained her reason for leaving to the disciple on duty according to procedure, successfully registered, and then stepped out of the sect.
But after only taking a few steps, the soft, fluffy sensation from the cloud at her chest suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed.
“Hehe, did you miss me?”
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind. Lin Muyu whipped her head around and saw Yunduo standing not far away with a beaming smile.
“Wait, how are you so fast?”
Lin Muyu was genuinely surprised. If it could be handled so quickly, she could have just waited at the gate for a bit. There was no need to specifically make her leave first.
“Of course! This… this young lady handles things with incredible speed!”
Yunduo was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly paused, as if she almost said something wrong, and hurriedly corrected herself.
“Mm, you’re amazing!”
Lin Muyu also gave her face by praising her along with her words, like coaxing a child.
She just didn’t notice that based on the timing, Yunduo seemed to have not registered for leaving the sect at all.
To reach the secret realm as quickly as possible, the two decided to fly directly.
Lin Muyu raised her hand to condense spiritual energy and summoned her Crystal Sword, but when she caught a glimpse of Yunduo’s flying tool with her peripheral vision, she instantly froze.
That wasn’t a magical artifact at all, it was clearly a pink cloud identical to the token in her palm, just several times larger in size.
“What, want to try it?”
Yunduo lightly leaped onto the cloud, and the cloud beneath her slowly grew a bit larger. She patted the empty space beside her, inviting.
“It’s much more comfortable than sword riding!”
“I’ll just fly on my own?”
Lin Muyu looked at that soft large cloud, somewhat hesitant. She did indeed like soft things.
“But my cloud lets you lie down while flying.”
As Yunduo spoke, she simply leaned back, pillowing her hands behind her head, gazing at the azure blue sky above, her tone full of contentment.
“Look, you can even sunbathe. How comfortable.”
Could this be some special kind of flying device?
“…”
Lin Muyu couldn’t resist the temptation of lying down while flying and lay down on the large cloud together with Yunduo.
This large cloud was indeed as Yunduo said, lying on it was extremely comfortable.
The texture of the large cloud was as soft as the finest brocade, even more comfortable than the spring mattress from her previous life.
What surprised Lin Muyu even more was that this cloud’s flying speed was considerably faster than her sword riding.
The only downside here was that there was a non-stop chatterbox beside her.
“Oh right, you still haven’t told me your name!”
Yunduo turned to her side, propping her head up with her elbow, smiling at Lin Muyu.
“I’m Lin Muyu.”
“Lin Muyu…”
Yunduo softly repeated it once, the curve of her smile growing even wider.
“What a nice name! I feel like it really matches with my name!”
“Thank you.”
“Hey, you’re really cute.”
Yunduo’s gaze fell on her face. The more she looked, the more she liked what she saw, and couldn’t help but reach out a finger, wanting to touch her cheek.
“Can I touch your little face?”
“No!”
Lin Muyu refused, brushing her hand aside.
“Then… then can I touch your hair?”
Yunduo wasn’t discouraged, and her hand moved toward the long hair draped over Lin Muyu’s shoulder.
“…Fine, touch it, but can you be quiet while you’re doing it?”
Lin Muyu sighed helplessly.
“Yay!”
Yunduo immediately beamed with joy. Her fingers gently brushed through Lin Muyu’s hair, and the soft texture made her sigh with admiration.
“Your hair quality is so good~ so smooth and soft, like a cloud~”
“Wait, if you’re going to play with it, can you not make that infatuated expression?”
Lin Muyu felt uncomfortable all over being looked at like that and couldn’t help but remind her.
“But you really are so cute.”
Yunduo didn’t restrain herself at all. Her eyes were bright and sparkling, as if looking at some work of art.
“I’m suddenly a bit curious, if I bully you a little, would you cry?”
“…?”
They’d only known each other for a few hours. Why were they already discussing this kind of topic?
Lin Muyu felt like she’d gotten on a pirate ship, no, a pirate cloud.
“I won’t cry! Can you please be quiet!”
“Then just let me hug you and I’ll be quiet~”
“Wait, sister, is there something wrong with you?”