My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant Chapter 82
Jul 31, 2022
Chapter 82: The Three Men Most Difficult to Approach
Ye Qing Le and Lou Mu Yan hit it off at first sight. They laughed and chatted for a while, and both felt as if they've met each other far too late.
When Ye Qing Han was about to separate from Lou Mu Yan, he suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered: “The Glacial Mountain Range hasn't been peaceful recently. Be careful when you complete your missions. If you meet people outside of Yan'zhou Kingdom and the Ten Distinguished Clans, try your best to avoid them.”
Lou Mu Yan revealed confusion in her eyes, bit didn't ask more, nodded and said: “Alright, you two take care too!”
Soon, the Ye Clan's brother and sister returned to the place where the people of the Ye Clan who participated in the Trial gathered. Lou Mu Yan also went to where the Ling Clan's people were and sat down.
“Mu Yan, you know the brother and sister of the Ye Clan?” Ling Fei Hao turned his eyes then asked curiously.
Lou Mu Yan said with a smile: “Yep, we've had some interactions before.”
“You can actually be so close to them, that's amazing.” Ling Fei Hao raised a thumb up at Lou Mu Yan, then said in a whisper: “Those two siblings are famous for being 'watertight' and they keep their distance from anyone, especially Ye Qing Han, he's exceptionally difficult to befriend.”
“There's such a thing?” Lou Mu Yan remembered that when she first met Ye Qing Han, he definitely felt distant, but afterwards, when they went to the Blazing Mountain Range, that sense of distance gradually faded, and they even became friends with a bit of tacit understanding. She had never felt that it was difficult to approach Ye Qing Han.
Ling Fei Hao leaned towards Lou Mu Yan and said: “There are three people who are considered the most difficult to approach in the Ten Distinguished Clans. Do you know which three?”
Lou Mu Yan cooperated with Ling Fei Hao in amusement, “I don't know, which three?” Ye Qing Han counts as one?” She found that this elder cousin brother of hers was too lively and full of energy.
“Yep, Ye Qing Han counts as one, and there's two other people. Look over at the group of people sitting across from us. The expressionless man sitting on the very edge, wearing a black brocade robe, is the most highly valued genius of the Clan ranked number one of the Distinguished Clans, the Shi Clan's1 Shi Feng.” Ling Fei Hao gestured with his mouth, indicating to the opposite direction.
Lou Mu Yan glanced over with her peripheral vision and found that the man named Shi Feng was leaning against a big tree alone with his eyes closed, without any expression on his face. But she felt a familiar feeling from him.
“He's an Alchemist?” Lou Mu Yan remembered that this familiar feeling originated from the scent of medicine that exuded from him, so she turned her head and asked Ling Fei Hao.
She was exceptionally sensitive to smell. Earlier, when she passed by the area where the Shi Clan was, she smelled a light medicinal scent that was from Shi Feng.
“Of course. The Shi Clan is known for their Alchemy across Tian'ling Continent. Obviously he's an Alchemist.” Ling Fei Hao glanced towards Shi Feng and there was a touch of admiration in his eyes, “He's now a Grade 3 Alchemist. Nineteen-years-old and already a Grade 3 Alchemist, isn't that amazing? He's known as the first person in the Eastern Region to have such high levels of mastery in Alchemy in many years.”
“Many Alchemists have a weird temper, so it's normal if they're hard to interact with.” Lou Mu Yan herself had interacted with many Alchemists, so she naturally knew a bit about how some Alchemists didn't like to deal with people. They spent all their time indulged in Alchemy. The feeling that Shi Feng gave her was as such.
This kind of indulgence was different to Huo Xiao's indulgence in Smithing. She had seen people like Shi Feng before, and he should be one who truly loved the pleasure and accomplishment when Spiritual Herbs were successfully refined into pills. They pursued perfection and strived to refine the best pill as their lifelong goal.
Ling Fei Hao pursed his lips and said: “It's not just because he's an Alchemist, he's just got face paralysis2. His face is expressionless all year round. Basically no one's seen him show any excessive emotions.”
Lou Mu Yan smiled speechlessly, considering that to be her acquiescence, then asked: “And the last person?”
“And the last person's the man in scarlet clothes sitting not far from your teacher. His name is Mu Yi and is the Young Lord of the Mu Clan that's ranked third in the Ten Distinguished Clans. He's also a Grade 3 Smith.
“The most important thing is that he's already comprehended three different Elemental Energy attributes already. Although he's only at Peak-Phase Sword King cultivation base, but it's said that he already has the strength to fight a Sword Monarch.” Ling Fei Hao added.
Lou Mu Yan raised her eyes and glanced in Mu Yi's direction. Coincidentally, their eyes met as he lifted his. The two looked at each other, then each retrieved their gazes, “That person seems to be smiling all the time, how did you judge that he's difficult to interact with?”
“It's precisely because he's smiling all the time that he's hard to interact with. Because he's a smiling tiger who treats everyone with politeness, regardless of who it is. It's a different tune to Ye Qing Han's distance, but with the same results3.” Ling Fei Hao said as he raised an eyebrow.
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Lou Mu Yan looked at him, amused, “Elder cousin brother, I realise you're really bored.”
“Pfft, Mu Yan, so you realised too! He just studies these boring things every day, and he doesn't listen to us no matter what we say.” Ling Fei Li beside him couldn't help but laugh aloud.
Ling Fei Hao huffed, “I'm just studying my opponents, you guys don't understand.”
Lou Mu Yan and Ling Fei Li exchanged a look and saw the smile in each other's eyes. However, she did obtain two pieces of information from Ling Fei Hao's short gossip, which could be considered a gain.
The several people chatted about the Ling Clan and the Ten Distinguished Clans, then the middle-aged man that was standing with Lan Si suddenly clapped his hands and said: “The Trial members of the Ten Distinguished Clans will gather and set off in a quarter of an hour.”
Ling Fei Hao revealed a look of reluctance—they had only met for a little bit and now had to separate again. Lou Mu Bai patted his shoulder with a light smile, “Fei Hao, this time you need to bring glory to the Ling Clan. Maybe we'll meet again within the later parts of the Trial.”
The current situation of the Ling Clan wasn't really optimistic. He and Ling Fei Li were the main force of the Ling Clan's Trial this time, and they couldn't make the Ling Clan lose face.
Lou Mu Yan thought a bit, then took out a few packets of powdered drugs from her interspatial ring and stuffed them in their hands, saying: “These powdered drugs can deal with the Demonic Beasts and paralyse them for a few breaths. You can use these at critical times.
“This is the Elemental Energy Replenishing Pill4 which can quickly replenish your Elemental Energy when you've depleted it.” Then she handed two more bottles of Elemental Energy Nourishing Pills to the two as well.
She believed that as the main targets of training in the Ten Distinguished Clans, they wouldn't lack pills with these types of effects. However, there's a shortage of Alchemists on this Continent, and pills were even scarcer. So presumably they wouldn't have a lot on them either.
The people of the Ling Clan all treated Lou Mu Yan very well, so this could be considered her returning the favour.
“Wow, Mu Yan, you actually have so many good things.” Ling Fei Hao quickly put the things away and said with big smiles: “Your Master really is nice to you.”
Although she saw that he had misunderstood, but Lou Mu Yan didn't explain, “You just take good hold of it. After the Trial ends, I'll go to the Ling Clan to visit elder cousin brother Fei Yang.”
Speaking of Ling Fei Yang, the eyes of the people in the Ling Clan unanimously displayed a bit of sadness. If Ling Fei Yang could also participate in the Selection Trial this time, they believed he definitely would be able to lead them to win a few more places for the competition.
“Don't be discouraged. Elder cousin brother Fei Yang will definitely get better. I believe he also hopes to see you all return successfully.” Lou Mu Yan had confidence in curing Ling Fei Yang, but now wasn't a good time to say it. Seeing the few people a little dispirited, she squeezed her fists in encouragement.
“Mu Yan's right. We must do our best to win glory for the Ling Clan.” Ling Fei Li's delicate face revealed a gentle smile, then she looked at Lou Mu Yan and Lou Mu Bai, saying: “You both be careful on your journey. I heard that the Trial this time isn't that simple. Take care!”
“You guys take care too!”
After separating from Ling Fei Hao and the others, Lou Mu Yan and Lou Mu Bai returned to where the students of Yan'zhou Kingdom were. But before they could sit down, they saw Shi Feng walk over.
He stood in front of Lou Mu Yan, looked at her expressionlessly and asked: “You are Lou Mu Yan from the General's Mansion of Yan'zhou Kingdom?”
1author typed 'Feng Clan' here, but pretty sure it's a typo lol. Think there were at least another typo somewhere, but yeah. No wonder MTL gets even more mixed up sometimes hahaha.
2it's a colloquial description in China and kind of makes fun of all those 'cool, cold, expressionless' male leads that always appear in dramas lol. In particular used to refer to men who act cool and usually to make fun of them for pretending to act like that.
3pretty straightforward, but it is an idiom that translates literally to 'different tunes sung with equal skill' aka 'different approaches but equally satisfactory results'.
4the same as 'Spiritual Energy Replenishing Pill'. Probably an insignificant note, but yeah haha