Chapter 8 Who's There?

  "Sister, are you ready for the Elite Conference in half a month?" A lively and melodious female voice, like the chirping of a skylark, although Xiao Yun couldn't see her face, but as the saying goes, "hear the sound and recognize the person", a girl with a pleasant voice usually doesn't look bad either.

  "Are you ready?" A very gentle voice, giving people a very quiet and peaceful feeling.

  "There's nothing good to prepare for, two or three hundred people competing for twelve spots, I won't even get a chance!" The girl from before looked a bit disappointed. "However, Sister Shifu, you don't have to worry, you've already cultivated to the late stage of Le Tong, and you're only one step away from the Le Gong realm, you'll definitely be selected and enter the Elite Academy."

  "You're overestimating me too? There are plenty of top-notch experts in our generation."

  "How could it be? You're a top student from Sanliang Middle School, while I'm just an average student from Yiliu Middle School. If even you weren't chosen, then there's no need to mention me."

  "Innate deficiencies can be made up for with acquired efforts, as long as you are willing to put in double the effort, your achievements on the path of music will not be inferior to others."

  "Hmm, I heard that this time when our Tianyin Sect is recruiting disciples, a superior root bone with four goods and one excellence appeared and directly entered the Elite Academy!"

  "These things are enviable but can't be obtained, Luo Qing Shimei. Let's focus on our cultivation instead!"

  "Hmm, I heard that this time at the Elite Conference, if you get one of the top three places, not only will there be a reward of dan medicine, but the sect leader will also personally bestow upon you a martial melody. Eldest sister, with your abilities, you'll definitely make it into the top three, don't forget about me then!"

  "You're thinking too much, just focus on your training!"

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  "Elite Conference?"

  Hiding behind the big rock, he put on his still slightly damp clothes. The voices of the two women were getting closer and closer, and soon they arrived at the lake shore. Hearing their conversation, Xiao Yun became somewhat curious.

  Listening to their conversation, they should also be disciples of the Tianyin Sect, but I don't know why they came here. Just as Xiao Yun was puzzled, the sound of two people playing the guqin came from by the lake.

  It turns out you came here to practice your skills!

  Xiao Yun's heart was filled with difficulty, wondering whether she should go out now or wait until they left before going out.

  It's definitely disturbing others to practice now, after thinking about it, Xiao Yun still decided to wait for them to leave before going out, the clothes on her body were wet and soggy, and she had to dry them first.

  "Not bad at all!"

  Listening to the sound of the guqin coming from behind the stone, Xiao Yun shook his head secretly. It was the same "High Mountain and Flowing Water" melody, but the way it was played by these two women was completely different from how Mu Tian'en had played it, with a difference that could be described as heavenly and earthly.

  Although it is still magnificent and pleasant to the ear, many subtle places are no longer tuned up, and there are even many omissions. Ordinary people may think it sounds good, but in Xiao Yun's ears, it is simply a kind of torture.

  About ten minutes later, a piece of music was finally played, and Xiao Yun successfully restrained the urge to interrupt them. The stone behind fell silent, without any sound, and the two women should be refining their spiritual energy.

  "Sister Shī, this piece is also too difficult to play, I always feel that there's something not quite right." Before long, that voice like a skylark sounded again.

  "The mountain stream flows, but it's the Ancestor's divine melody. Although we're only playing a low-level simplified score, it's not that easy. If we become elite disciples this time and enter the Elite Academy smoothly, we'll get to learn the second-level simplified score later on. So, Luo Shixiong, let's work hard! If we miss this chance, we'll have to wait another year!"

  "Hmm, a sweat, the water is so clear here, let's take a bath and practice again, Master Sister, are you coming?"

  "Great!"

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  "Take a bath?"

  Xiao Yun, hiding behind the stone, heard this and almost jumped up in surprise. She had thought that these two women would leave after playing for a while, but she hadn't expected them to come down to the water to bathe. If they were to discover her, wouldn't they beat her to death?

  "Cough! Cough!"

  The sound of rustling clothes, Xiao Yun swallowed hard and coughed hastily, unable to care about the fantasies in her mind.

  "Who?"

  "Who's there?"

  Two loud cries of surprise, Xiao Yun's voice was so loud that even a deaf person could hear it. Having been here for so long, someone actually appeared without anyone noticing, and it can be imagined how shocked the two women were.

  "Ah ha ha, it's me!"

  A head poked out from behind a large stone, with an awkward smile on its face.

  It was a man. The two women let out a cry of surprise, hastily covering their clothes and retreating several steps, clutching at their chests, with panic written all over their faces.

  At this time, Xiao Yun finally saw the true face of these two women. The first to attract Xiao Yun's attention was one of the women who looked slightly older.

  A figure in a green dress, with long hair like a waterfall, thick black hair covering the left half of her face, slender and elegant, with a high and slender figure, a jade-like face half-hidden and half-revealed, as if with countless charms.

  Another girl, slightly younger than the green-clad woman, looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. She wore a long dress of deep purple color and had a standard melon-shaped face, especially her big eyes, which seemed like two sparkling pools of water, shining brightly, very lively. Although she couldn't be considered extremely beautiful, among the women Xiao Yun had seen, she was already considered to be of high quality in terms of appearance.

  If they were on Earth, these two women would either be stars or modeling material, and who knows how many men would fall at their feet.

  "Who are you? Sneaking around and hiding there for what?"

  After a brief panic, both women recovered from their pale faces. The woman in purple directly scolded Xiao Yun.

  He plunged into the water and soon walked to the shore, facing the somewhat unfriendly gaze of the two women. Xiao Yun felt a little embarrassed, dryly laughed and said, "The phrase 'ghostly' is really ashamed to be called, I've been here for a long time, sleeping behind that stone, you're the ones who came later."

  "Hmph, still dare to quibble, sneaking behind the stone, I think you just want to peep at me and Shifu bathing!" The purple-clothed woman wouldn't believe Xiao Yun's words, her face full of anger. If they hadn't discovered it in time, they would have been seen through by Xiao Yun. "Shifu, how should we deal with him?"

  Xiao Yun wiped her sweat and thought that this little girl looked quite pretty, but her personality seemed a bit too bold.

  The woman in the blue dress seemed much calmer, her eyes scanning Xiao Yun's body, "Judging from your clothes, you should also be from our Tianyin Sect? What's your name?"

  "What a clever girl!"

  The tone of the woman in green was much softer, and it was also very comfortable to listen to. Xiao Yun politely bowed his hands to the woman in green, "My name is Xiao Yun, I'm a cook for the Tianyin Sect, I just finished chopping firewood and rested behind that rock for a bit, startling the two ladies, please forgive me."

  "Where's the firewood you chopped?" The woman in purple asked before the woman in green could speak, it was clear that this little girl didn't have a good first impression of Xiao Yun.

  "In that grove over there." Xiao Yun pointed to the nearby pagoda tree forest.

  "What did you just see?" The woman in green walked a step closer to Xiao Yun, interrogating him. From her demeanor, if Xiao Yun had seen her undressing, she would have gouged out his eyeballs.

  "Don't worry, miss, I didn't see anything." Xiao Yun shook his head. "Just now, I was afraid of disturbing the two misses' practice, so I thought to wait until the two misses finished practicing before coming out. It's just that I didn't expect the two misses would want to go down to the water to bathe, which is why I spoke up..."

  "You say you're a miscellaneous servant on the mountain, but I don't think you look like one at all?" The purple-robed woman walked around Xiao Yun in a circle. Although she had already believed it a bit, seeing the outstanding temperament on Xiao Yun's body, it was hard for her to associate Xiao Yun with those servants on the mountain. Moreover, looking at Xiao Yun's delicate skin and tender flesh, he didn't look like someone who chopped firewood either.

  "Luoshi sister, stop messing around!"

  The woman in green interrupted the woman in purple, although she didn't know how much of Xiao Yun's words were believable, but she believed that Xiao Yun had no ill intentions towards them. Otherwise, when they were about to get into the water earlier, Xiao Yun wouldn't have kindly reminded them.