Chapter 142: Unseemly Behavior

  The green willow moved quickly, and the large wooden bathtub had already been filled with hot water, with snow-white towels and soap horns neatly arranged beside it.

  The bathtub was steaming hot, and Qin Yun couldn't help but feel itchy all over his body just by looking at it. He wished he could immediately strip off his clothes and jump in for a refreshing wash.

  "Huh, why haven't you gone in to wash yet?" asked Green Willow, who was busy.

  "Uh"

  Qin Yun couldn't help but rub his nose, he couldn't very well take off his clothes and bathe in front of the young girl, could he?

  "Pfft!" Green Willow immediately understood and burst out laughing: "What are you ashamed of? Wait a minute, I still have to help you scrub your back!"

  Although she said it very boldly, the blush on her face still betrayed her heart.

  The girl immediately turned around and didn't let Qin Yun notice her embarrassment.

  She used to serve Shui Wanqing when she took a bath and it was a habit for her, without thinking about the distinction between men and women.

  She was supposed to leave, but somehow she ended up staying.

  Qin Yun hastily stripped himself naked and jumped into the bathtub with a splash.

  The steaming hot bathwater instantly submerged his entire body, and he let out a comfortable sigh.

  A rustling sound came from behind, a faint scent of perfume entered Qin Yun's nose, and the voice of Green Willow sounded from behind: "I'll help you scrub your back, don't think about anything, any bad things!"

  "Thank you, elder sister"

  Qin Yun almost rubbed his nose off, feeling only embarrassment in his heart, where was there any "bad thoughts".

  However, Qin Yun had never been served and taken care of with such meticulous care by anyone before.

  He didn't know how much courage Green Willow had mustered up. She just picked up the towel and pressed it against her broad, sturdy back.

  Although Green Liu's personality is bold and forthright, most of the time it is shown to protect herself and her mistress from being bullied, she is still just a nineteen-year-old girl.

  Lü Liu knew that Shui Wenyin still had the intention of matching her with Qin Yun.

  The path of martial arts is long and arduous. If someone accompanies you on the journey, it's also a blessing. Coincidentally, Qin Yun cultivates fire-based skills, while Green Willow cultivates water-based skills; dual cultivation of yin and yang has great benefits.

  Since understanding Shui Wenyang's thoughts, Lü Liu's impression of Qin Yun had quietly changed. Although she still referred to herself as "Shi Jie", in the depths of her heart, a thread of inexplicable emotions had been added.

  Otherwise, how could an unmarried young woman like Yun Ying possibly scrub a young man's back?

  Qin Yun, who was still confused about the situation, only felt very comfortable. The force of the green willow's washing was just right, not too light or too heavy, and if it weren't for the inappropriateness of the situation, he really wanted to close his eyes and take a nap.

  The atmosphere in the bathroom was silent and ambiguous, making Qin Yun feel even more embarrassed. He had to make conversation and asked about the business situation of Shui Xing Dan Symbol Workshop.

  The Tiancheng Sword Sect's counterattack against the Wu tribe ended a month ago, with thousands of sect disciples infiltrating the Manglong Mountains and even entering the northern Youyuan State, killing thousands of Wu warriors and severely damaging the Wu Sect's arrogance.

  In this turbulent event, relying on Qin Yun's refined ultimate talismans. Shui Xin Dan Symbol Workshop made a fortune, especially the extremely popular ultimate gathering fire symbol, which was sold out several times after repeated price increases.

  "But I'll give you 100 pieces of Huo Ling Jade in exchange. We don't have much money left either." Qing Liu hummed: "Now the store doesn't even have stock. You'd better hurry up and refine more for me!"

  In the early days of his seclusion in Xuanyuan Cave, Qin Yun had Green Willow exchange for a hundred pieces of Huoling Jade.

  These fire spirit jade were all consumed during the cultivation process. It was barely enough to make up for the loss caused by using the Great Freedom Sword Intent, and it could be said that the cost was not cheap.

  In Xuanwu City, one piece of Huo Ling Jade can be exchanged for five pieces of ordinary Bai Ling Jade. Five hundred pieces of Bai Ling Jade is half the profit of Shui Xin Dan Symbol Shop in several months.

  Of course, all these profits come from Qin Yun's cultivation of the top-grade talismans; otherwise, it would be difficult to earn even a little bit just relying on Green Willow.

  "Don't worry, I've been specially refining talismans for the past few days." Qin Yun smiled and said: "I'll try to see if I can refine a cloud talisman."

  "Cloud token?" Green willow's eyes lit up instantly: "Can you make it happen?"

  In the talismans, the cloud talisman is one level higher than the yellow talisman, but there are essential differences between them.

  The materials used for Yunfu are mainly wood, but can also be jade or even metal. The inscription of the symbol requires a specially made brush or knife, which greatly increases the difficulty and lowers the success rate of refinement.

  It is precisely because of the difficulty in refining that Yunfu's profit far exceeds Huangfu. The profit of dozens of ordinary Huangfu may not be comparable to one piece of Yunfu, so all true masters of talismans mainly refine Yunfu.

  As for higher-level spirit symbols and treasure symbols, they are absolutely not something that ordinary disciples can afford to buy.

  Apart from Qin Yun's miracle of being able to refine a large number of top-grade talismans, the Water Heart Dan Symbol Workshop was like other dan symbol workshops in Xuanwu City, with cloud symbols as their main source of profit.

  "I think it should be possible, but I still need to practice repeatedly." Qin Yun smiled and said: "Sister, give me some more spiritual jade, I want to go buy some materials in preparation."

  "It's not easy to earn money, but you've spent it all." Green Willow pinched his shoulder: "First refine a thousand top-grade talismans for me before we talk!"

  Lüliu is the housekeeper of Yunshui Xiaozhu and Danfu Fang, who normally controls all expenses and income. Seeing a large amount of spiritual jade coming in makes her smile, but spending it like flowing water naturally hurts her heart.

  But heart aches, she also knows that these expenses are indispensable. Every successful symbol master can be said to have been piled up with gold mountains. Without enough materials for practice, how can one grasp the tricks?

  "A thousand top-quality talismans" Qin Yun couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

  "None can be missing, after refining I'll give you back the money for materials!"

  She thought for a moment and then said, "You can go to Heishanfang Market to buy the materials for the Cloud Token. The market has a wide variety of materials at relatively cheap prices, and you might even find some high-quality Spirit Jade that you need."

  The market is a free trading market, and there is also a market in Xuanwu City, but it is a place for internal transactions among the disciples of the sect. The materials are relatively ordinary, only some prices are cheaper than those in the shops.

  Really good materials are basically all in the hands of the sect, and need to be exchanged for sect contributions, such as high-quality fire spirit jade that cannot be exchanged with ordinary spirit jade.

  The Black Mountain Market that Lü Liu spoke of was located outside the Sword Sect's mountain gate, about a hundred miles away from the Yin Wind Gorge in a small town nestled at the foot of a mountain. It was a typical "three-no-governance" area where disciples from various sects such as the Tiancheng Sword Sect, Beiming Sect, and Yunyi Xiaochi Danmen would come to trade, and even people from the Wu tribe would enter and exit the place.

  The Hei Shan Fang market is a mixed bag, with black markets and scams frequently occurring. However, the market has many shops selling all sorts of treasures and rare goods, including sword manuals and other precious items at very low prices. As long as one has a keen eye and isn't afraid of danger, it's not a bad place to find some bargains.

  Lü Liu had followed Shui Wenyin to Heishanfang Market once before, so she was somewhat familiar with the situation: "Forget it, those people are all very dangerous, at worst we'll just have to spend a bit more money in the city!"

  She said as she continued to help Qin Yun wash his hair clean, using scissors to cut off the messy and redundant hair, and finally wiping it dry and tying it into a bun.

  Qin Yun remembered all these words in his heart.

  This was undoubtedly the longest bath Qin Yun had taken since he was born. After washing up, he changed into clean clothes and suddenly felt refreshed and comfortable.

  Green willow looked at the proud young man standing in front of her, and a strange light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

  Although only seventeen years old, Qin Yun was a whole head taller than her, with a robust and well-proportioned physique that was full of power, like a leopard in the mountains, majestic and agile beyond compare!

  His appearance was not that of a handsome young man, but his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes had a heroic spirit, especially a pair of deep and mysterious black eyes that revealed a strong will.

  Compared with when he first came to Tiancheng Sword Sect, Qin Yun had undoubtedly matured a lot.

  "What's wrong, Green Willow?"

  Green willow just discovered that she was staring at Qin Yun with a look of infatuation, her pretty face suddenly flushing bright red.

  She hastily and flusteredly helped Qin Yun tidy up his clothes, but ended up making a bigger mess instead.

  The rare shy demeanor of the young girl fell into Qin Yun's eyes, and he didn't know how, but somehow, he stretched out his hand and gently grasped the tender wrist of Green Willow.

  Her small hand was caught, and Green Willow's whole body shook suddenly, her entire person stiffened.

  Green Willow Sister

  Qin Yun licked his somewhat dry lips, and with a slight exertion of his right hand, he immediately pulled the girl into his own arms.

  The warmth and fragrance of the jade filled his arms, the girl's body scent suddenly dazed Qin Yun, he raised his left hand and quietly wrapped it around the slender waist of Green Willow.

  Just as he was about to make another move, Qing Liu suddenly woke up.

  "You're a bad egg!"

  She furrowed her brows and struggled free from Qin Yun's embrace, lifting her right foot to heavily stomp on Qin Yun's instep!

  "Oh no!"

  Qin Yun's hand involuntarily loosened in pain, and the girl took advantage of the opportunity to retreat and create some distance.

  This kick was powerful and fully demonstrated the ferocity of Green Willow. Even Qin Yun found it somewhat difficult to withstand.

  Green willow's pretty face turned red to the point of almost bleeding, her high chest heaved violently a few times, glaring at Qin Yun with anger and scolding: "I won't care about you anymore!"

  She couldn't utter a word and quickly turned around and fled out of the bathroom, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

  Qin Yun woke up with a start and couldn't help but scratch his head in bitter laughter, he didn't know what was wrong with himself either, it seemed that suddenly he had lost all self-control and made an improper move towards Lü Liu.

  This is terrible, I've offended this senior sister, and from now on, my days will be difficult.

  But Qin Yun somehow felt that the girl didn't really seem angry, just reserved and shy.

  Although he had experienced a hundred vicissitudes while exploring the secrets of the Dry Sky and Supplementing Heaven Stone, when it came to the emotions and thoughts of girls, he was always somewhat puzzled.

  This night Qin Yun did not sleep very soundly, he dreamed of many people and things, in the dream there was Grandpa Qin Yang, the old ancestor of the Qin family, also Qin Mingzhu and Green Willow.

  It wasn't until the end that he dreamed of Fang Ruoxue's face, which was as cold and beautiful as ice and snow.