CHAPTER 103: 084 (LAUNCHED, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FIRST!) MISS YUN’S SCRUTINY

Do you know how to use rouge?

No one had ever asked Wen Li this before.

Her looks and personality were not the type to use rouge... Although she had her own insights into the Six Arts for Women, when it came to applying makeup, she was thoroughly clueless.

Junior Sister Yun really asks the right questions.

Wen Li’s surprise lasted only a moment; her gaze landed on Yun Qian who was holding a cup of ginger and brown sugar water.

As she was about to drink the specially prepared ginger tea that Xu Chang’an made for her, Yun Qian had already removed her veil. Her skin looked exceptionally fair under the lamplight, and the slightly upturned corners of her eyes curved like a crescent moon in the night sky.

Very beautiful.

Beautiful things are sometimes dangerous.

——

Wen Li knew that the person before her wasn’t a foolish younger sister, just had an odd temperament. However, Wen Li also understood that since she came to refine her heart, if the girl before her couldn’t disturb her heart, then the purpose of refining the heart would be lost.

But... the effect seemed too effective.

Before she came, she thought that any event that Yun Qian could trigger her agitation must be related to Xu Chang’an, but that turned out not to be the case.

Forget it.

It was definitely the right choice to seek out Junior Brother Xu’s wife as a teacher.

Wen Li looked at Yun Qian’s calm eyes, stating, "Junior Sister, I’m not very familiar with rouge."

"Is that so." Yun Qian took a sip of the ginger tea, the spiciness making her mouth open slightly, and then asked, "Didn’t Senior Sister say she knows everything?"

Wen Li: "..."

After a moment of silence, Wen Li said, "I meant if you have any questions about cultivation you would like to ask."

"Cultivation?"

Yun Qian elegantly took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

The spiciness of the ginger caused her to sweat slightly, and compared to tea and alcohol, the spiciness kept her more alert, so Yun Qian felt much more energetic. She said, "For me, applying makeup is a form of cultivation."

"..."

If it had been another girl, Wen Li might have thought she was being deliberately provocative or even mocking, but when Yun Qian spoke, Wen Li instead felt that it was her own fault for not knowing how to use rouge.

It was as if she subconsciously felt inferior to Yun Qian.

This experience was very strange for Wen Li because even her master didn’t give her this feeling.

Could it be that she feels intimidated when facing Junior Brother Xu’s wife?

But she hadn’t done anything out of line... probably.

Wen Li’s eyelashes trembled, and she looked calmly at Yun Qian under the light of the Fire Stone, saying seriously, "Junior Sister is right, applying makeup and using rouge are forms of cultivation. I don’t know how... simply because rouge isn’t part of the Six Arts for Women, and I never deliberately learned it."

After all, on Muyu Peak, anything can become part of cultivation.

"The Six Arts for Women? What are those?" Yun Qian asked, her interest piqued.

It sounded like methods to please a husband.

"Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, song, and dance are considered the Six Arts for Women of Muyu Peak. And the Six Arts are aided by tea, hence the saying that tea connects the Six Arts," Wen Li explained. "So, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea can all be parts of cultivation."

"Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, I know these," Yun Qian thought, in books, those are things a popular girl should learn.

However...

Among music, chess, calligraphy, painting, she only knew how to write.

Among poetry, wine, flowers, and tea, she only loved to drink wine.

But Yun Qian didn’t intend to learn through unconventional means. When she casually learned calligraphy in the past, she now regretted it... If she hadn’t learned so well, she could now let her husband teach her word by word, instead of merely copying his handwriting at home.

Xu Chang’an liked to take things step by step, so there was no need to rush.

"I’m somewhat interested in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, can you teach me?" Yun Qian asked.

"Some basics, yes."

Wen Li looked at Yun Qian, surprised.

Compared to Immortal Sect cultivation... this girl was more interested in these things.

However, if it’s just to learn the Six Arts for Women, this could be done in the mortal world too. Junior Brother Xu went through so much trouble to find her a guide; it probably wasn’t to see her learning methods that could not protect herself for now.

For simple music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, tea, there were many girls in the Inner Sect of Muyu Peak better than Wen Li.

Wen Li looked at Yun Qian, seriously saying, "Junior Sister Yun, in the beginning, cultivation should still focus on Qi Sensitivity and Qi Cultivation, and the Six Arts can be learned later if you go to Muyu Peak."

"Mm." Yun Qian nodded.

That’s right.

Xu Chang’an always told her to cultivate well, so it should follow his wishes.

Her body was ordinary, and cultivation should be helpful in improving her stamina.

——

Then... both of them fell silent, and the room was enveloped in silence.

The room had some calligraphy and decorations that caught Wen Li’s attention, presumably arranged by Xu Chang’an himself.

Very exquisite.

It turns out Junior Brother is quite a refined person in life.

"..."

Yun Qian looked at Wen Li quietly; she didn’t think of her gaze as scrutinizing, but Wen Li had very bright eyes that could always see the crux of things.

As the first lady Xu Chang’an brought before her, she was considered qualified.

But that was it.

Yun Qian knew that she could talk to her mainly because Xu Chang’an had praised this person in front of her several times and... he wanted to see her getting along smoothly and harmoniously with her.

Yun Qian took a sip of the brown sugar water she was holding, her gaze resting momentarily on the White Jade Pot on the table.

This was the tea her husband seriously prepared.

She couldn’t drink it herself.

Yun Qian picked up the teapot, poured the mildly cool tea into a new cup, and pushed the cup in front of Wen Li, asking, "Would you like some tea?"

"?"

Wen Li looked at Yun Qian and the teacup in front of her, her dark pupils narrowing.

"Don’t like it?" Yun Qian looked at her.

"Thank you, Junior Sister Yun." Wen Li, after a slight daze, didn’t search for any more excuses.

She gently picked up the porcelain cup, inhaling the fragrance of the tea, gazing at the subtle ripples on the surface.

She had thought she would not get to taste the tea brewed by Xu Chang’an, but after he left... this was the situation.

Wen Li pressed down the rim of the cup, sipped gently, leaving a faint lip-pattern on the rim.

She swallowed the smooth, mellow tea, feeling its bitterness and a slight sweetness afterward.

"How is the taste?" Yun Qian asked.

Wen Li put down the teacup, saying seriously, "Very good."

She guessed it right.

The tea brewed by Xu Chang’an, like his personally planted Spirit Fruit, was special, a taste she couldn’t find with any junior sister.

Hearing this, a hint of satisfaction appeared in Yun Qian’s eyes: "You really have good taste."

Very good.

"Junior Sister’s temperament is quite peculiar." Wen Li didn’t shy away, whatever she thought, she wouldn’t have expected her first meeting with Yun Qian to be this unusual.

"Does being peculiar affect your teaching me cultivation?"

"No."

"Then it doesn’t matter."

Yun Qian thought that she herself was not too accustomed to Xu Chang’an’s tea, but Wen Li enjoyed it... just for this reason, she didn’t dislike her.

After all, if someone didn’t like Xu Chang’an, Yun Qian wouldn’t even bother to be civil.

"Would you like more?" Yun Qian pushed the entire White Jade Pot in front of Wen Li: "If it’s not too full, drink it all."

"...No, thank you."

At this moment, Wen Li realized something.

She was not good at dealing with Junior Brother’s wife.

This girl... what was she thinking?

"By the way." Yun Qian suddenly remembered something and asked, "My husband said he planted quite a few fruits. How do they taste, are they sweet?"

This Miss Wen must eat them often.