Chapter 00241: Lying Without Batting an Eye
# Lying Without Batting an Eye
Chapter 241
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 241 Lying Without Batting an Eye
Li Chengxi still couldn't come up with a reliable answer as to why a disciple from the Heavenly Absolute Palace would suddenly appear and try to get close to Yang Yiyi.
She couldn't have been like Hong Qigong, drawn over by the aroma of delicious food, could she?
The possibility of a chance encounter wasn't zero, but it was too slim.
Li Chengxi suspected there might be something else going on.
For instance, perhaps Ning Xian'er sensed that the Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow was in Yang Yiyi's hands and came to ask for it.
Or maybe she felt that Yang Yiyi's techniques were unfamiliar and came to exchange pointers on martial arts.
He even considered that Ning Xian'er might have learned the secret of the Sky-Upholding Book.
But no matter which theory he came up with, there were parts that didn't add up.
If she wanted the Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow, Ning Xian'er would have mentioned it long ago, but she didn't bring it up at all.
Exchanging martial arts pointers was even more out of the question; the two of them spent the whole time just eating.
As for the Sky-Upholding Book, she never even asked about it.
Through the night, Li Chengxi watched the two of them eat and drink their fill, then rest separately.
He watched until the early hours of the morning and still found nothing amiss.
The only thing worth mentioning was Ning Xian'er's Tomb Sect-like behavior of stringing a rope between tree branches and lying down on it to sleep.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
What on earth did she come here for?
Li Chengxi really wanted to just ask her directly, but he was afraid of giving himself away and exposing the Sky-Upholding Book, so he had no choice but to hold it in for now.
The next morning, Li Chengxi opened his shop with a sleep-deprived head and sat down behind the cash register to watch again.
Yang Yiyi and Ning Xian'er were already up.
The two sat together and reheated last night's mushroom, chicken, and vegetable soup, eating until the pot was scraped clean.
Afterward, Ning Xian'er cupped her fists to bid farewell.
For some reason, a (//ω//) emoticon popped up next to Ning Xian'er's head, and then she took off running as if she were escaping.
It was truly baffling; he couldn't guess what she had come for at all.
Could it be that it was really just a chance encounter?
Indeed, who would have thought that Ning Xian'er was simply socially anxious? Having suddenly realized she might have actually made a friend, she was naturally excited and a little shy before leaving...
Since she had already run off without a trace, Li Chengxi could only put this question aside for the time being.
Once Yang Yiyi had packed everything up, she set off on the road again.
Ning Xian'er didn't just come for a free meal.
Before leaving, she said, "Ten li north of here, there is a deep pool. You can occasionally find Jade Lotus Root at the bottom, and eating it will strengthen your body. Below the pool's surface, there is also a cave that you must dive to enter. Inside, you can find a martial art called Fierce Sun Palm to practice."
Regardless of why Ning Xian'er had come, the Heavenly Absolute Palace was certainly very familiar with Thunder Mountain, so her words were highly credible.
Setting out today, Yang Yiyi planned to go and check it out.
Ten li wasn't really that far for someone who knew lightness skills.
Even on a mountain path that required crossing peaks and ridges, by the time the sun had fully risen, Yang Yiyi could already see the water pool in the distance.
The place looked like a large, round pit on a hillside, filled to the brim with clear water, likely formed by mountain spring water gathering there.
Some aquatic plants and green algae floated in the water, and occasionally she could see fish swimming about, but she couldn't see how deep the pool was.
Well then, she'd go down and take a look?
Yang Yiyi's swimming skills were decent.
She wasn't an expert, but she knew how to swim and dive, skills she had developed from catching fish as a child.
"Brother Li, could you not look at me for a moment?"
"What's the big deal? Didn't I tell you? What I see on my end is different from your world. Even if you were to get completely naked, I wouldn't be able to see clearly."
"It's not a matter of whether you can see clearly..."
Yang Yiyi believed Li Chengxi when he said he couldn't see clearly, but having a man watch her while she undressed would definitely be uncomfortable.
"If you dawdle any longer, someone else will show up. Hurry up, get undressed, and get in the water. Right, put your backpack into the Sumeru Realm too, or it'll get wet."
"The backpack should be fine, right? Brother Li, just give me a plastic bag."
"A plastic bag isn't guaranteed to be waterproof, and it will create extra buoyancy, making it hard to dive. It's just underwear, what's there to be shy about putting it with me?"
"......"
The backpack Yang Yiyi was carrying was filled with close-fitting undergarments like her trousers.
Everything else was stored in the Sumeru Realm; this was the only thing she wouldn't let Li Chengxi touch.
Although Li Chengxi himself didn't think it was a big deal, perhaps this was just one of those troublesome maidenly sentiments.
It was similar to how a grown-up daughter wouldn't ask her father to buy sanitary pads for her.
The thinking of modern people was truly different from that of the ancients.
Underwear could be displayed and sold in shop windows, and even the men who accompanied their girlfriends would offer their opinions, commenting on which styles they preferred.
After all, a wife's underwear was meant for her husband to see, so what was there to be silent about?
What was a very normal thing in Li Chengxi's eyes was, to Yang Yiyi, more shameful than appearing stark naked in front of him.
In the end, Yang Yiyi hesitantly put the backpack into the Sumeru Realm and then stuffed her removed clothes inside as well.
But she still didn't dare to strip completely, jumping into the water wearing her under-trousers and dudou while holding the Jade Tablet.
Since it was still the hottest part of summer in the game, the first thing Yang Yiyi felt upon jumping into the water was a refreshing coolness.
No one fished in this pool, so there were quite a lot of fish.
Yang Yiyi could even feel her toes brush against several of them.
She then took a deep breath and plunged into the depths.
The pool looked very deep from above, but it was actually only about four or five meters.
Before long, Yang Yiyi's hands touched the silt at the bottom.
Unfortunately, after fumbling around for a while, she didn't find the Jade Lotus Root Ning Xian'er had mentioned.
It might have already been harvested by someone else.
Surfacing to catch her breath, Yang Yiyi dived down again.
This time, she felt her way along the rocky edge of the pool and soon found a hole large enough for one person to squeeze through.
A small part of this opening was even above the water's surface and could be spotted with careful observation from the pool's edge.
Squeezing into an underwater cave like this required great caution.
After all, you never knew how long the cave was or if you might get stuck inside.
In a worst-case scenario, Li Chengxi could reach out and pull Yang Yiyi over, so at least she didn't have to worry about drowning.
Since it was difficult to see clearly underwater, Yang Yiyi mostly felt her way along the edge of the opening as she squeezed through.
After swimming forward for about ten meters, she successfully entered the cave.
Not only was there air inside, but she could even see a burnt-out torch stuck into the bank.
Yang Yiyi was definitely not the only one who had explored this place.
The Jade Tablet spat out a lighter and a candle, and Li Chengxi said:
"Light the candle first. It's too dark in here."
From his point of view, he could only see a patch of darkness and couldn't make out anything.
"Um, Brother Li, could you give my clothes back first?"
"Light the candle first. How are you going to get dressed without any light?"
"I... I can manage."
Li Chengxi, looking at Yang Yiyi's scantily clad and dripping wet artwork, replied casually:
"I won't look at you. Hurry up and light the candle."
Now that was truly lying without batting an eye...
(End of Chapter)