My Wife Is A Sword Immortal
Chapter 386 - 281 Whose Sword (Thanks to ’暔昼’, a good brother for the Q reading alliance reward!)

Chapter 386: Chapter 281 Whose Sword (Thanks to ’暔昼’, a good brother for the Q reading alliance reward!)

Zhao Rong sensed something.

He couldn’t help but take another look at Yu Huaijin’s serious expression.

Well, it should be ’serious,’ Zhao Rong guessed.

According to his experience of interacting with this Shuaixing Hall senior during these past days.

She would keep a straight face when angry, when happy, when serious, when attentive, and even when nothing was happening... just a straight face.

In any case, she would maintain a Poker face, and at most add a frown as a decoration, letting you know that she was either very angry or that she was eyeing you.

"Thank you, little Fish," Zhao Rong also said to Yu Huaijin with a serious face.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt like the name sounded like... a biscuit, although he wasn’t sure if this kind of dry food existed in this world.

So he couldn’t help but murmuring softly, "Little Fish? Little Fish..."

Next to Zhao Rong, this rigid-looking young lady reached a little hand into her sleeve, searching for some ’convenient object,’ but eventually gave up.

She took a deep breath twice, then turned around and went back to the long table to continue processing procedures for the disciples in the hall.

Not bothering with this frivolous teacher.

Zhao Rong glanced at Yu Huaijin’s petite figure, then with hands behind his sleeves, squinted at the commotion not far away.

At this moment, the open ground where the Shuaixing Hall disciples were had fallen quiet.

The attention of the audience briefly converged entirely on Sima Duyi and Li Xueyou.

"Oh."

Upon hearing the response, the girl who was like a delicate jade softly answered.

She looked up, her tone warm, "Brother Duyi, haven’t seen you for a few days... did you go to South Tranquility again?"

Sima Duyi, who was originally drooping his eyelids, seemed as if he hadn’t woken up fully.

Upon hearing this, his eyelids lifted instantly, and then he slightly averted his gaze, not looking directly at Li Xueyou, but nodded, "Mhm, just returned the other day."

As his husky voice fell, he didn’t wait for Li Xueyou to ask any further, but reached into the jade hanging from his waist, and ’flicked’ out an ancient book, along with an unmarked envelope.

Sima Duyi first handed over the ancient book, a hint of a smile appearing on his lips.

"I heard you mention this Chess manual before, when I got off the boat in Lihuo Country, I happened to see it in the market, though I’m not sure if it’s the one you were talking about."

Li Xueyou’s eyes brightened, taking the book with both hands, she flipped through it and inspected closely, her eyes gradually lighting up.

Her little face filled with surprise, and she hugged the ancient book to her chest.

"This is the one, Brother Duyi, you’re so lucky! Thank you, Brother Duyi, how much did it cost, I’ll pay you."

Li Xueyou reached into her small purse, which contained a mini universe, head bowed as she was about to take out money.

Sima Duyi raised a hand to stop her, "No need, Xueyou, it wasn’t very expensive... and also, I’ve forgotten."

Li Xueyou sweetly said, "Oh, alright then, really, thank you, Brother Duyi."

She carefully flipped through the cherished Chess manual in her hands, seemingly unable to part with it.

"This ’Forget Sorrow and Enjoy’ volume, I first heard about it from Teacher Qi... Later, I couldn’t find it anywhere in Du You City’s market and the Academy’s library. It belonged to a nine-rank chess master from a dynasty down the mountain, initially preserved in the royal secret vault of that country, but as time passed by..."

Li Xueyou’s voice grew a bit heavier, but then she hugged the Chess manual, her tone becoming excited:

"Although it’s not the only copy left in the world, it’s still quite rare. Teacher Qi said there are no more than ten handwritten copies remaining in the world. Brother Duyi, your luck is truly very good, very good indeed."

This young girl, with goose-yellow silk ribbons tying her hair, was spirited.

When she smiled, two tiny dimples appeared on her cheeks, her radiant smile brightening the surroundings as well.

The spectators around them seemed to be influenced by her mood, instantly becoming cheerful.

Near the two of them.

Xiao Hongyu saw this scene, her eyes showing a bit of amusement, though she wasn’t too surprised, just smiling covertly as she glanced at her happily grinning friend.

She had a wide mouth, the corners of her red lips curling upward,

Not far away, Zhao Rong’s attention was also drawn by those two small dimples, unable to stop looking. In his brief interaction with Li Xueyou, the smiles he saw were mostly polite lip-smiles, never revealing teeth.

Today, perhaps because of the closeness with that cold-eyed young man, her smile was radiant.

There were even two cute little dimples.

Zhao Rong smiled.

Regarding her words just now, he had some understanding,

This usually somewhat shy and introverted girl seemed to really like playing chess, appearing more enthusiastic in Chess Skill class than in other Art Classes.

And the Teacher Qi she mentioned was Shuaixing Hall’s Chess Skill teacher, named Qi Wei.

In Confucian circles, ’Teacher’ was a title of quite polite and respectful address, whereas ’Teacher’ was used when speaking intimately between teacher and student, like the previous day when Zhu Yourong hit Zhao Rong on the forehead with a plank, telling him to call out that way.

After Zhao Rong returned to the Academy, within the short period, he found Teacher Qi of the Chess Skill class to be quite interesting.

Apart from enjoying taking them to play chess among the clouds and being inscrutable in cultivation, he had a distinctive style of speaking and dealing with others.

Moreover, according to Fan Yushu, this teacher often visited Youlan Prefecture...

However, Zhao Rong wasn’t too familiar with him, keeping a low profile during Chess Skill classes.

Apart from Calligraphy class where he had to be noticeable, and Music Art class where it was hard to keep a low profile, Zhao Rong was quiet and well-behaved in his other Art Studies, not drawing attention.

No, actually, there was one exception in Art Studies, because he simply did not attend.

The Mochi Academy disciplinary head, who was also part-time Shuaixing Hall Ritual Skill teacher, had been on leave for most of the past month after the mid-month exams, leaving the Academy for some matter...