NovelEnglishShen Lie was sitting in a quiet pavilion because none of the protégés were willing to talk to him except for Shortie Lai.
Shortie Lai was now trying to make new friends now and he had left Shen Lie alone for now.
So finally Shen Lie was able to have some peace as he sat in the quiet pavilion all my himself and he was not concerned in making himself stronger for the experiential training.
His first thought was naturally to sneak out when it was dark; the tall walls could not really confine him in this place. And that was why he had appeared to be so relaxed.
Even if he did not escape from this place, he knew that Saintess Sheng Feiyan would probably 'rescue' him from this place.
Saintess Sheng Feiyan was not as cold as she looks and she had her playful side which she was only willing to display to Shen Lie.
Most of her threats were just hot air threats to provoke a reaction from him and Shen Lie knew she was never serious about carrying it out.
Just as Shen Lie was musing over his first day of confinement, a stunning maiden with a coyly smile had suddenly appeared in the courtyard of this quiet pavilion.
Many of the new protégés that were near Shen Lie was dropping what they were doing and was looking at this stunning maiden.
And behind this stunning maiden, were tens of new protégés who were following her and that included Shortie Lai, Chu Feng, Xiong Ba, Mei Xuan, Xu Shaoqing and Xu Shaoxing.
It was as though they had never seen this bewitching stunning maiden before.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe was actually Jie Ying and she had tidy up on her appearances; her transformation was stunning and even Shen Lie could not believe this already beautiful maiden was a great beauty on par with Hua Zixia and even Nangong Shu.
Her eyes were serene and she was moving like a beautiful willow toward Shen Lie.
When Shen Lie saw her, he was stammering with disbelief. "You are Jie Ying?"
Jie Ying coquettishly chuckled with her alluring countenance upon Shen Lie, "We have only parted for only a short while and you can't recognize me already?"
As she said that, everyone was muttering. "How did she know Shen Lie?"
"Is this really the Jie Ying that we know?"
"She is really Jie Ying…"
"She is actually such a great beauty when she isn't with her dull expression?"
"She seems spirited now…"
"I want her to be in my group!"
"No! She is mine!"
"She is looking for Shen Lie?"
"Why is she looking for that useless Shen Lie?"
Just as Shen Lie was wondering why Jie Ying was looking for him, she had suddenly bent over to kiss Shen Lie on his lips, stunning him!
Shen Lie was stunned and he was stammering, "This is… what is this for?"
Her kiss was refreshing and even intoxicating.
If given another chance, Shen Lie would not hesitate to kiss her again.
All the new protégés could not believe their eyes when they saw the scene and many of the male protégés were even angry with Shen Lie now.
"He has such a good luck?!"
"Jie Ying has kissed Shen Lie?!"
Jie Ying whispered softly to him, "I have no way of repaying you. Therefore I've decided to pledge myself to you."
Shen Lie was too startled as he immediately said, "No, no. This won't do… I am a useless protégé…"
Jie Ying whispered for his ears only, "I don't believe. Because I have watched you that day. While everyone is mocking you, you have actually able to muster your profound energies 300 times. Usually no one can even muster even 50 times. You must be hiding your cultivation realm."
Then she displayed a look of melancholy in her eyes, "My lord, do you despise me?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShen Lie was smiling bitterly to himself.
It was not easy to pledge to him because he had an extremely high criteria when it comes to choosing his Carnation Goddess.
Moreover, she did not know how powerful the 7 saintesses were when they were being provoked by a low level cultivator.
"Shen Lie! You are not training here and you are instead having fun here?!" A familiar voice had suddenly interrupted them and Shen Lie was startled to see that it was from Elder Hua Zixia!
And behind her was Elder Li Hong and the two assistant elders.
Eh? Didn't Elder Li Hong says she won't be entering the training courtyard?
All the new protégés were immediately respectfully paying their respects to Elder Hua Zixia, Elder Li Hong and the two assistant elders.
Elder Hua Zixia said with an unpleasant look, "Shen Lie, our Saintess may have spared your life but you can't escape from the usual sect's punishments. I am ordered to bring you to our Saintess for your daily 20 floggings."
Shen Lie rolled his eyes: Can't she thinks of something better? I still don't have my contribution points yet…
When Elder Hua Zixia had mentioned the floggings, many of the new protégés were gasping with shock and were shaking their heads.
Even Jie Ying was horrified that Shen Lie would be given 20 whips of floggings.
Elder Hua Zixia ordered the two assistant elders, "Take him away!"
Shen Lie hurried to Hua Zixia and he was so glad to break away from Jie Ying and he was muttering, "This is too sinful…"
Jie Ying was too young for him and he did not want to ruin such a good maiden…
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