NOVEL NEXT WORLD chapter 214
214. She is Mine
“Young master, young master, I haven’t finished sweeping yet.”
“Stop sweeping. I said you are my maid, why are you always sweeping the leaves at the door?”
“Because, young master is resting and doesn’t need meals. I feel uneasy being idle, so I have to find something to do.”
“If all the laborers in the world were like you, we would have achieved universal well-being long ago.”
Indeed, she is a model worker, feeling uneasy without work for a day.
Thinking about it, this Xuan Yun Sect is always freeloading. She was originally his maid, but ended up sweeping leaves, planting flowers, and recently even feeding spirit beasts.
Very excessive.
Need to go and settle the wages with them, exchanging for a few boxes of meat floss cakes would be nice.
“Young master, what is universal well-being~?”
Li Ruo’er heard the strange term, but it wasn’t surprising. Her young master always came up with peculiar terms that neither she nor anyone else had ever heard of.
“Don’t worry about it, let’s go see the immortals.”
Lin Nuo pulled Li Ruo’er towards the Hunling Hall. Li Ruo’er dropped her broom and wanted to pick it up, but Lin Nuo kicked the broom aside, not intending to let her pick it up.
After all, you are a stunning fox fairy. Can you have a bit of ambition and stop sweeping the floor and cooking all day?
You should be like me…
Forget it, pretend I didn’t say anything.
When he reached the entrance of the Hunling Pavilion, the door was not closed, but Lin Nuo still politely knocked on the door, unlike when he went to the casino and kicked the door open.
Although both were accompanied by silver-haired girls, the confidence was different.
Master Zhao was in the hall, as usual, drinking tea and chatting with two immortals. Hearing the sound at the door, he looked over and saw Lin Nuo and Li Ruo’er.
“Here comes Lin Nuo, haha, this child really respects the two of you. Even when he’s recovering from injuries, he comes over.”
Master Zhao stroked his long beard and smiled, quickly went over to bring Lin Nuo in, feeling a bit embarrassed for making the two immortals wait for many days.
The two immortals looked at the young man who came in, handsome and spirited, with the demeanor of a young hero.
They had heard of Lin Nuo’s deeds. He was a capable disciple of the Xuan Yun Sect, had achieved many great feats, and his strength was said to be deeply hidden. On the surface, he was at the third stage of the spiritual realm, but judging by his various achievements, he was far beyond a third-stage cultivator.
Seeing him today, he indeed appeared as Master Zhao had said, not exuding the aura of a strong person on the surface.
Lin Nuo was the third young master of the Lin family, a prominent family among the common folk. As the third young master, he naturally had countless servants under him.
However, he only brought Li Ruo’er to the Xuan Yun Sect, which was quite suspicious. (In fact, Li Ruo’er did a lot of work for little pay, and Lin Nuo had limited living expenses.)
Perhaps Lin Nuo had long seen Li Ruo’er’s potential and deliberately brought her to the Xuan Yun Sect to first experience the atmosphere of the sect, and then let her meet immortals like them.
In any case, someone who could make Li Ruo’er a maid must have some skills.
Lin Nuo walked into the Hunling Pavilion and formally saluted the two immortals, who naturally returned the salute.
The female immortal Dong Xiyan said softly:
“Hello, Young Master Lin. We apologize for disturbing your rest. The reason we invited you here is regarding your maid, Li Ruo’er. While you were out on a mission, we met Li Ruo’er and discovered she has extraordinary talents.
So we conducted an immortal quality assessment on her and found that although her cultivation is low, she has immortal roots. If cultivated and trained diligently, she could become an immortal in the future. Since she is your maid, we need to ask for your opinion. We hope you can fulfill her potential and let her follow us to the Purple Valley Mountain.”
Lin Nuo nodded slightly, indicating he was listening.
But even if they didn’t say it, he already knew, so he just made a show of it.
In response, Lin Nuo said:
“Okay, I understand.”
Then he looked at Li Ruo’er and asked:
“Li Ruo’er, do you want to go to the Purple Valley?”
“Um… Ruo’er doesn’t know… Ruo’er wants to stay by the young master’s side. Ruo’er will follow the young master’s orders. If the young master wants Ruo’er to go, then Ruo’er will go.”
“Alright.”
After slightly asking Li Ruo’er’s opinion, Lin Nuo turned to the two immortals and said:
“Li Ruo’er can go to the Purple Valley, but I must go with her. Also, she can become your disciple, but now and in the future, she will not be officially affiliated with the Purple Valley.
After she becomes an immortal and can subdue demons and monsters, if she establishes a reputation, she can be considered part of the Purple Valley. You can use your rules to regulate her, and she will listen to you. But if I think she is not suitable to stay in the Purple Valley, I can take her back at any time. You must also let her return.”
“Young Master Lin, forgive me for being blunt, but isn’t this a bit too much?”
Dong Xiyan found it completely unacceptable and retorted, “Li Ruo’er is merely your maid. It’s natural for her to seek your opinion, but this is about her cultivation. From what you said, it seems she has no freedom and must follow your will. She has her own freedom.”
“She is not just my maid. To be precise, she is mine.”
Lin Nuo smiled and took out an IOU from his pocket, showing it to the two immortals. “This is the proof. She is completely under my ownership. I naturally have the right to be concerned about her affairs.”
The two immortals took the IOU and glanced at it. It was a note stating that Li Ruo’er’s adoptive father had used her as collateral for a gambling debt.
The immortals looked at the IOU, somewhat angry:
“Young Master Lin, did you and Li Kun gamble and use Li Ruo’er as a stake? This is against morality.”
“Please don’t misunderstand. I have no interest in gambling with him. Li Kun, being a compulsive gambler, incurred huge debts and used her as collateral. I merely redeemed her, so now, logically, Li Ruo’er is mine. If you don’t believe me, my second senior sister Qin Shili can testify.”
“Qin Shili?”
Upon hearing this name, the immortals recalled the mysterious silver-haired girl. She was the strongest among the young disciples of Xuanyun Sect, but she was proud and cold, with inscrutable thoughts, and had no desire to become an immortal.
Such a talented person would not lie with Lin Nuo.
Dong Xiyan still hoped to take Li Ruo’er as a disciple, fully belonging to Zigu Peak, and eventually becoming a true immortal.
Dong Xiyan said:
“Young Master Lin, Zigu Peak has excellent spiritual tools and various spirit stones. Would you come to Zigu Peak with me? If satisfied, we can use them to offset this IOU, and Li Ruo’er will regain her freedom.”
“I have no intention, nor will I allow it to be offset. Li Ruo’er is mine. You should stop thinking about changing that.”
Lin Nuo directly rejected Dong Xiyan’s words. If Li Ruo’er were to completely belong to Zigu Peak, the future tragedy would surely repeat, so he had to intervene now.
Li Ruo’er was destined to become a demon fox. Before that, she had to step onto the path of immortality.
He believed that these immortals would not give up on such a good seedling for cultivation.
Li Ruo’er widened her big, watery eyes, completely unaware of what was happening.
Did the young master just say I am his~?