Chapter 143: A Grand Shopping Trip to Jade City, Daoist Partner and Yu Liang’s Shameless Excuse ( BONUS GT - )

Chapter 143: A Grand Shopping Trip to Jade City, Daoist Partner and Yu Liang’s Shameless Excuse ( BONUS GT Chapter )

( Big Chapter )

In the next week and a half, a very peaceful and harmonious rhythm formed inside the Nine Heavens Spirit Mist Palace.

For the first few days, Yu Liang did not do any cultivation at all. He spent his time every day lying lazily on a comfortable bamboo chair inside the sunny pavilion, sipping warm tea and thinking in his heart about how to decorate the villa to make Mei Hua happy when she moved in. His mind was full of thoughts about planting rare spirit flowers, buying top tier soft fabrics, and living comfortably with his woman, which was the standard sweet daydreaming of a man in love.

Meanwhile, Lin Xuehan maintained her extremely strict daily routine. Wearing her robes, she stood in the courtyard every single morning, holding her long sword and practicing her sword techniques continuously without stopping.

As for Xiaoxiao, this one week was an unbelievable, mind blowing journey for her.

Because the Nine Heavens Spirit Mist Palace was far too vast, it actually took her more than nine full days just to walk through every single corner of the compound. She carefully mapped out all the structures, touched the smooth texture of the white jade walls with her hands, and even went as far as to measure the sunlight in every long corridor.

Whenever Xiaoxiao was completely exhausted from walking around the massive estate and collapsed onto a stone bench, Yu Liang would casually walk over carrying a tea tray, serving her a cup of fresh Cloud Mist Spirit Tea.

This Cloud Mist Spirit Tea was an extremely precious resource in the sect, capable of instantly clearing mental fatigue and nourishing the soul spirit.

Ordinary disciples could not buy a single leaf even if they spent thousands of Low Grade Spiritual Stones, but Yu Liang pulled it out from his storage space as casually as if it were ordinary mountain spring water.

When night fell, the grand dining hall was filled with an extraordinarily lavish dinner.

The dishes on the table were all prepared using the tender meat of low tier spirit beasts and rare spiritual vegetables containing pure energy.

At the beginning, Xiaoxiao felt extremely nervous and uncomfortable. She sat stiffly at the very edge of the big table, looking like a little maidservant who had accidentally broken into an emperor’s royal banquet. But Yu Liang was not domineering or scary at all. He had a very gentle, easygoing personality, which made it impossible for anyone to stay rigid around him.

As the days passed by, Xiaoxiao gradually let go of her inner fear, and her respect and fondness for Yu Liang reached an extremely deep level.

The same thing happened to the cold sword goddess Lin Xuehan. On the very first night, Lin Xuehan had coldly announced to Yu Liang that as a Core Formation Realm expert, she had long practiced the art of fasting, abstaining from eating mortal food was a basic discipline for high level cultivators, and her body no longer needed any ordinary food or drink.

In the cultivation world, this was indeed true. However, after seeing the daily spread of top grade, energy rich spiritual dishes on the table, her firm determination began to crumble.

What was even worse was Yu Liang’s absolute shamelessness; he would intentionally sit right across from her, chewing the spiritual meat loudly, praising the delicious taste out loud, and letting out dramatic sighs of satisfaction.

In the end, Lin Xuehan was completely defeated by the delicious aroma. She stayed silent for a moment, then quietly picked up a pair of wooden chopsticks and began to eat.

Seeing this icy bodyguard gave in, Yu Liang felt extremely happy and took great pleasure in teasing her from time to time about her "strict diet," making the icy sword goddess’s pretty face twitch with embarrassment.

Xiaoxiao felt very happy watching their lighthearted banter every day. By the end of the week, the three of them were no longer like strangers bound by a contract, but felt like a real close team.

Finally, the long awaited day for the grand shopping trip arrived.

"Alright! Xiaoxiao has finished exploring the entire villa, and the blueprint adjustments are completely ready," Yu Liang stood up from the breakfast table, patted his robes, and announced with a big smile, "Today, we are going directly to Jade City for a massive shopping spree!"

Lin Xuehan and Xiaoxiao both stopped whatever they were doing, raised their heads, and nodded in immediate agreement.

Lin Xuehan said in her steady voice, "Jade City is the absolute economic center of our Cloudwater Sect’s territory. The largest merchant guilds and commercial houses in the continent are all located there. If we want to buy the highest grade materials and rare treasures, going to Jade City is indeed the best choice."

Xiaoxiao’s eyes shone with extreme excitement as she said in a soft voice, "I... I have only heard the older disciples talk about Jade City before. They said that city is so big that even powerful cultivators can easily lose their way in the market streets."

"That place is indeed perfect," Yu Liang smiled brightly and added, "Besides, my wife Mei Hua is currently staying in Jade City. She has already established a very solid network of contacts in the city, so she can take us directly to the best hidden shops."

The two of them were already aware that Yu Liang had a Daoist Partner.

A Daoist Partner was essentially a cultivator’s chosen companion someone they intended to walk the path of cultivation alongside. It did not necessarily mean they had formally married, but the relationship was far more serious than an ordinary romantic connection.

When they had first heard that Yu Liang already had a Daoist Partner, both of them had been genuinely shocked.

After all, Yu Liang had never mentioned anything about having a woman beside him. He had always been so focused on cultivation and "spending money" that they had assumed he had no interest in such matters.

Yet, apparently, he had quietly found himself a wife.

It was then they knew this whole preparation was for her and his answer was simple. "If my Daoist Partner is going to live here, naturally I have to make sure everything is worthy of her."

Before setting out, Yu Liang returned to his room to change his clothes. He took off his plain Outer Sect disciple uniform which he forgot to change into Honorary Disciple uniform because he didn’t left his villa after claiming the position and changed into a very luxurious dark blue robe made from top grade celestial silk.

The edges of the robe were embroidered with silver threads that shone brightly under the sunlight. At his waist, he securely hung the prominent identity badge of Heavens Table.

Adding his already handsome, flawless appearance, Yu Liang’s current image was extremely shocking. He did not looked like an Outer Sect disciple at all, but looked exactly like a young genius from a supreme hidden family descending into the mortal world.

Walking out into the main courtyard where the two girls were waiting, Yu Liang checked the storage rings on his fingers and nodded with satisfaction. "Alright, let’s walk down to the sect’s main docks now. We can take one of the official public flying passenger ships to travel."

He turned around and began walking toward the main gates of the villa. But after walking a few steps, he noticed that the courtyard behind him had become completely quiet.

Yu Liang turned his head back in confusion.

Xiaoxiao was standing right behind him, ready to leave, but Lin Xuehan was still standing still near the spirit bamboo grove.

The sword goddess was staring straight at Yu Liang with an expression that looked exactly like she was looking at a complete idiot.

Yu Liang blinked his eyes, a genuine expression of confusion appeared on his handsome face. "What is wrong, Sister Lin? Did I forget something?"

Lin Xuehan let out a long, helpless sigh, raised her hand to rub her temples, and stepped forward. "Young Master Yu... why on earth would we waste several hours walking all the way down to the low level docks just to squeeze onto a crowded public passenger boat? Every single Core Disciple in our sect is directly gifted a private flying vessel by the Disciple Management Hall. Even moderately rich Inner Sect disciples buy their own private flying boats for daily travel."

Yu Liang’s mind instantly screamed. ’My goodness! There is actually such a thing as a private flying boat?!’

He immediately felt an intense wave of embarrassment in his heart. So, he could only blame his background as a poor handyman disciple, in his past memory, those giant public passenger ships were already the ultimate luxury transportation for him. He had completely forgotten that in the sect, the rules of travel for rich disciples were entirely different.

However, Yu Liang reacted very fast. He immediately cleared his throat, forcefully maintained a serious face, and let out a light cough to cover up his embarrassment.

"Ahem... Of course I knew that, Sister Lin. Do you really this I’m such a foolish person? I only suggested taking the public passenger ship for Xiaoxiao’s sake. She has never ridden on a grand sect passenger ship before, so I thought going by the slow, scenic route would allow her to enjoy the view and relax her mind."

This was a completely shameless excuse. Both Lin Xiaoxiao and Lin Xuehan looked at his serious face, saw through his lie instantly, and both girls burst into lighthearted laughter at the same time.

"Ah, yes! It was all for my sake!" Xiaoxiao giggled softly.

"Naturally! The Young Master’s considerations are always very deep," Lin Xuehan said, a rare, teasing smile appearing at the corner of her lips.

Lin Xuehan gently waved her white hand and tapped her storage ring. A small, finely carved wooden miniature boat shot into the sky, exploding with a brilliant flash of purple light.

Within a single breath, a very luxurious, medium sized private flying boat hovered gracefully above the grass of the courtyard.

"Young Master, please board the ship," Lin Xuehan made a polite gesturing motion toward the deck.

Yu Liang laughed out loud to wash away his remaining awkwardness, holding his head high as he stepped onto the jade deck alongside the amazed Xiaoxiao.

Buzz!

The private flying boat activated its arrays, transformed into a streak of purple light, and shot directly into the high clouds, flying at extreme speed toward the Jade City.