The Immortal Fire

Chapter 04: Long Feiye

Liu Ying was walking on the field while struggling with his own thoughts, but suddenly something small hit Liu Ying's head.

A TUKK!!

"Awshhh!!" Liu Ying grimaced as he felt a small and hard object land on his head, he immediately circulated his gaze throughout.

"Get out, Ugly Foxes!" annoyed Liu Ying.

Soon a boy and girl of Liu Ying's age came out from behind the wall and walked over to Liu Ying, they were Jia Li and Fang Yao. No one in this world would be friends with Liu Ying except the two of them.

Jia Li and Fang Yao had been cared for by the Golden Lotus clan since they were children. Jia Li was a sweet and spoiled yet very lame girl in martial arts, whereas Fang Yao was quite talented but not more formidable when compared to Liu Ying.

"Wei! I heard from old man Jiang, you were taken hostage by the person from the Eternal Flute sect. How does it feel, is it fun?" Fang Yao looked at his hands in front of his chest while displaying an arrogant expression.

Liu Ying and Jia Li almost choked on her own saliva upon hearing a stupid question from Fang Yao.

Liu Ying took out a twig from the ground then smacked the wood into Fang Yao's head to make the man grimace, "You think everything is just playful? I almost lost my life, you son of a bitch!"

Jia Li looked surprised by his stupid face, "Woah! Liu'er, you're so good at getting away with that witch."

Liu Ying did not reply to Jia Li's words but rather stepped foot from the place with a grin.

Fang Yao and Jia Li were puzzled at Qiu Ying's attitude, "Yao Lao, what's wrong with her?"

Fang Yao simply shook his head as he dashed following Liu Ying followed by Jia Li behind him, "Hey! You look suspicious, tell me why."

Liu Ying stopped his steps, "Fang Yao, I heard Long Feiye returned from the hunt today. I can't wait to see him."

Fang Yao's smile instantly faded hearing Liu Ying's question, "Geez, Liu'er. Is there nothing else you can say but about that Arrogant Stork?"

Liu Ying was about to kick Fang Yao's shin but the man managed to dodge it, "Oh! I hope Long Feiye will show sympathy to me. I can definitely be one step ahead of Gu Xiulei."

Liu Ying smiled broadly as wide as a crescent moon.

Jia Li was flabbergasted at the behavior of his best friend, he could only gawk at Liu Ying laughing excitedly at Long Feiye.

Long Feiye was a talented disciple in the Golden Lotus sect who was also known as the White Jade Youth. Thanks to the good looks and achievements he carved at a very young age of seventeen, making Long Feiye chased by many girls, one of whom was Liu Ying.

Since childhood Liu Ying was already interested in the man, yet Long Feiye did not look at Liu Ying at all. Long Feiye's cold demeanor and high noble aura, isn't it quite embarrassing to be with the Riot Girl Liu Ying?

Moreover Liu Ying had quite a strong rival in pursuing Long Feiye. If only that rival was not Gu Xiulei, Liu Ying had the possibility to be close to Long Feiye.

Gu Xiulei was known as the Lotus Goddess throughout Lianhua city, had a beautiful squeeze, a gentle voice and was no less formidable than Long Feiye. Liu Ying's rival was indeed much considering that all the girls in the entire Lianhua city were infatuated with Long Feiye, but Gu Xiulei was the only person to be reckoned with.

Although to many people Gu Xiulei was an angel from the sky, from what Liu Ying saw the girl was a two-faced person and full of tricks. Judging from his powerful attitude that was like being made up, of course the girl just wanted to seek the attention of many people.

Moreover, seeing the overwhelming support from the Xiulei fans who continued to push him forward in order to win Long Feiye's heart. But it was not in the sense that Liu Ying was untalented and not beautiful, it was just that the girl was famous for her rude and troublemaking attitude.

Liu Ying is more suitable to be called a handsome woman, with her outspoken and un-feminine attitude at a glance making her look like a man.

Being the granddaughter of the sect head also had a slight advantage for Liu Ying, so his reputation was higher than Gu Xiulei and made him have few male fans.

Liu Ying was determined to become stronger and stronger, he practiced martial arts diligently in order to be able to attract the attention of Long Feiye. But only one that Liu Ying did not have, was a graceful demeanor and a delicate voice.

...***...

Liu Ying was standing in front of the Clan gate impatiently, it was impossible for him to wait there for quite a long time if he did not have the intention.

That's right, it's rumored that Long Feiye will return from the hunting mission. That was the purpose Liu Ying was waiting at the gate. However Liu Ying was not alone, there were many female fans of Long Feiye neatly lined up around Liu Ying. Coupled with Gu Xiulei and his followers, Liu Ying was really upset.

Shortly after, the man they were waiting for arrived. Liu Ying immediately clung beside the man, not to be outdone Gu Xiulei also followed by sticking to Feiye's side making it difficult for the man to move among the crowd of women.

"Feiye Gege, please take a handkerchief from me, you must be exhausted and sweaty... "

"Long Feiye, you're so handsome! Marry me..."

"Young Master Long, you're really driving me crazy for missing you..."

"Long Feiye's..."

"Feiye Dage, *wo xihuen ni..."

"Feyye Ge..."

That is how it is from the girls. But Liu Ying was already speechless, while Gu Xiulei started to let out his sweet words.

"Feiye Dage, you need to get some rest, I'm afraid you'll be sick from exhaustion" those words Gu Xiulei said melodiously that gave Liu Ying goosebumps.

Liu Ying did not want to lose, he twisted his brain to attract the attention of Long Feiye. "Senior Long, I've prepared a present for you, will you come with me?"

"Long Feiye's..."

"Dage..."

"STOP!!!"

Once Long Feiye's powerful clash managed to make the commotion quiet in the blink of an eye, he stared intently at all the girls so as to make them shudder in horror.

He walked away from the crowd without anyone daring to stop him, Gu Xiulei and Liu Ying were fixed in place with desperate expressions, the girls dispersed with the same feeling.

"Gu Xiulei! You're such a bitch, because you're Senior Long, so go." Liu Ying vented her anger at Gu Xiulei.

Of course Gu Xiulei did not accept such blame, "You!? You're the one who pissed Long Feiye off, how can you blame me, bitch!"

Don't think that this was the first time, such an event had already happened frequently every time Long Feiye returned to the Lotus valley after traveling. His departure was no less violent, even he was very often treated to many dramas of girls who cried and asked to join Long Feiye.

But the most severe incident ever happened, exactly three years ago when Long Feiye was sent to be the representative of the sect of a part of the peace cult for six months. The girls made a mess and tried to thwart Long Feiye's departure plan.

...***...

Jia Li was leaving Liu Ying's hair that looked tangled because it was tied up for too long and curled up. Understandably, Liu Ying does not like the hairstyle that is stroked backwards with knick-knacks scattered like hairstyles that are popular among many women, namely, according to him, the hairstyle was too troublesome especially when he was practicing, his hair would definitely stick out everywhere.

Not to mention the risk of hair getting stuck in the headdress, Liu Ying avoids hairpin or headdresses so much that he chooses to tie his entire hair or sometimes curls his entire hair over his head with a male-like hairpick.

Men's hairstyles at that time also had many variations. Some are decomposed backwards and have a knot with a hair skewer inserted in the loop so that it seems graceful and authoritative, some are her hair curled as a whole, as well, there were also some tied backwards as usual.

While women's hairstyles, according to Liu Ying are the same. It is parsed backwards with a lot of jewelry attached to each surface of the owner's hair.

"Liu'er, you really aren't very good at style. How can you take Long Feiye's heart if you look like this? Even I'm not sure old man Jiang will be interested in you,"

"You!..." Liu Ying muffled his frustration and returned to his position.

Jia Li dressed Liu Ying while lecturing her on women's attitudes and etiquette and how to dress up to be liked by many men. While Liu Ying was just silent without answering, learning to be a graceful woman was even more difficult than learning the hardest course of the Golden Lotus sect.

Liu Ying did not show any counter to Jia Li, if it were not for needing her help, Liu Ying might have already pulled the girl's mouth out.

"... You must speak softly and softly to everyone, not to speak harsh words or swear."

Liu Ying felt uncomfortable with the jewelry Jia Li clipped in her hair so that she could not sit still properly.

"Liu 'er! Can you stop moving like that? I'm gonna have a really hard time dressing you up."

Jia Li was irritated by Liu Ying so had to repeat the knot several times in Liu Ying's hair.

"It's very uncomfortable, the hairpin pricks my head. Can we just study the others?" Liu Ying occasionally pulled the hairpin to get out of her hair.

"Can't! We have to start here first, if you're not willing I won't help you anymore,"

Sure enough, this was the first time Liu Ying had been dressed up in his entire life, Liu Ying could not imagine that he had to wear it every day, it was a nightmare.

After a long time Liu Ying was finally finished dressing, Jia Li thrust a mirror at Liu Ying while looking at his masterful amazement.

"Done! You're so beautiful Liu'er. Ah, I'll call Fang Yao first."

Jia Li ran out of the room looking for Fang Yao. Don't ask what for, of course they will ask for the judgment of the playboy man.

While Liu Ying was staring at her face in the mirror in wonder, was this the so-called beauty?

Liu Ying did not even feel the sensation of 'Beautiful' itself. This was very similar to the one Gu Xiulei wore, lip-brushing, powder, perfumed oil, wearing a beautiful dress, as well as a splashy headdress with glittering gems.

Fang Yao had just come with Jia Li and stopped suddenly at the doorway while gawking.

"What the... " Fang Yao was unable to continue her words. He was really stunned to see Liu Ying.

"Miss, are you really Liu'er?"

"Eh! Fang Yao, do I look strange? Was bad?" Liu Ying examined his entire body looking around for something strange on him.

"No, you really ... Very pretty! I barely even recognized you. I admit, if you weren't my friend, I would've married you." Fang Yao looked at Liu Ying from top to bottom, making Liu Ying feel awkward.

"Come on, is .. really that pretty?" Liu Ying looked back at his face in the mirror.

Jia Li was overjoyed, "You are prettier than Gu Xiulei in any respect, aren't you Fang Yao?"

Fang Yao nodded, while Liu Ying blushed in embarrassment. He had no intention of showing it to Long Feiye, he was still not so sure. But in his heart he felt happy after hearing himself called beautiful by his best friend. But she immediately removed the makeup after, considering the next class would begin half an hour later.

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*Wo xihuan ni: I like you.

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