Diligence System: From Servant to Martial King-Chapter 338 - 272: Noble Lady’s Shyness, Good and Bad News, Heavy Pupils Reappear, Flower Cage Gathering (3)

Chapter 338: Chapter 272: Noble Lady’s Shyness, Good and Bad News, Heavy Pupils Reappear, Flower Cage Gathering (3)

Nangong Liuli was quick-witted. Suddenly feeling something was wrong, she restrained her angry words. During a pause in feeding the fish, Li Xian used a strand of hair for secret communication: "Want to escape?"

Nangong Liuli was stunned, feeling suspicious: "What does he mean? Is he deliberately teasing me? Why... why doesn’t he just speak? Instead, he tickles my sole."

Being lightly tickled made her feel uneasy. Li Xian twisted the strand. The sword technique revealed was extremely subtle. Nangong Liuli, in her surprise and embarrassment, secretly marveled at his deep sword dao expertise.

Li Xian twisted the hair to communicate: "Don’t act unusual. This cell is equipped with mechanisms. Our conversation will be overheard."

Nangong Liuli nodded. Li Xian twisted the hair again and said: "Also, don’t make big movements. Look at the four lanterns around you."

Nangong Liuli looked around. She could only see the two lanterns in front. Li Xian suddenly pushed her. Nangong Liuli exclaimed as she swung like on a swing. Her body spun without rest, allowing her to clearly see the two lanterns behind.

Nangong Liuli cursed: "You rogue! I will not share the sky with you!" Though deeply angry, she hid her true feelings. Her dress fluttered, not yet calm, as she looked passionately at Li Xian.

She wanted to ask: "What use are the lanterns?"

Li Xian was very clever. After days of observing the mechanisms, he had made progress and twisted the hair to answer: "The light casts shadows, falling onto hidden jade mirrors. The scene should be transmitted to Ye Cheng’s chamber."

Nangong Liuli felt a tightness in her heart, great despair. Suspended mid-air was one thing, but now she was being listened to and watched... Even with immense divine skill, escape seemed impossible.

"Am I the Daluo Immortal? Why so guarded?" She was full of resentment. In fact, the mechanisms here were cleverly set at the ship’s inception. Nangong Liuli was unlucky to experience it.

Li Xian twisted the hair and transmitted: "The light here is dim, only casting a rough image. It’s like observing a shadow. So I communicate with hair strands, and they cannot detect it."

Nangong Liuli suddenly understood, feeling Li Xian’s meticulous mind. His words were convincing, earning her trust.

Nangong Liuli opened her mouth to speak. But afraid of the voice transmission in the cell, she dared not speak. Without speaking, it was hard to communicate and be rescued. Extremely conflicted.

Suddenly, she felt a tickle on her sole. A slender strand brushed by, and through the sensation, she guessed the strokes of Li Xian’s writing. Li Xian communicated: "Don’t speak. Blink your eyes, left for yes, right for no. You want to say, I’ll guess."

Nangong Liuli nodded, blinking her left eye lightly.

Li Xian pondered, chatting while twisting the hair to communicate: "You surely wonder who I am?"

Nangong Liuli blinked to confirm. Li Xian said: "I accidentally boarded a pirate ship, had to join the Flower Cage Sect to survive."

Nangong Liuli suddenly realized: "Ah! So that’s it... He did mention that he just joined the Flower Cage Sect. He is also a person with a bitter fate, and despite my previous scolding, he wasn’t angry, instead, he tried to help, truly..."

Her beautiful eyes were full of gratitude, yet she felt very embarrassed. Li Xian twisted the hair to tickle her foot, communicating secretly: "Before this, I was preparing to escape when the ship docked. As for you both, I’ll save if I can, if not, I’ll help as much as possible."

"Yet the situation developed unexpectedly. The ship concealed mysteries, never docked. Now it’s in strange waters, away from the river route, seemingly in a lake."

Nangong Liuli’s sole itched unbearably, her face flushed. She forced herself to calm down, analyzing Li Xian’s words. Understanding the dire situation.

Li Xian wished to continue speaking but suddenly heard footsteps. Qiao Sanyan came, shouting: "Brother Flower, you’ve been feeding for a long time, are you reluctant to leave?"

Nangong Liuli trembled, eyes full of worry. The mechanisms within the cell were indeed real. She feared Li Xian’s exposure, which could cost him his life. Flower Cage Sect was known to capture women and kill men in Jianghu.

Li Xian laughed: "Alas, eating fish these days, there are so many hidden bones. These two young girls have no hands or feet. Wouldn’t they choke on fish bones? Therefore, I was kind-hearted, helping them pick out the bones, it took time."

Bian Qiaoqiao glared and said: "Humph! It’s what you should do. Admiring the beauty of us ladies, picking out fish bones, you dare complain?"

Nangong Liuli coldly laughed: "We grant you face, willing to eat. You ungrateful guy."

Qiao Sanyan said: "Brother Flower, see, these women don’t know gratitude. This task is dangerous and tiring. Shall I have someone replace you?"

Li Xian said: "Ah! Replace me?"

Bian Qiaoqiao glanced over, Nangong Liuli lowered her head, and hope diminished. Qiao Sanyan said: "Yes."

Li Xian laughed: "Senior Brother Qiao, I think it’s unnecessary." Qiao Sanyan said: "Brother Flower, could it be you... like these two women? I must tell you, in Flower Cage Sect, ordinary disciples liking captured women is forbidden."

Qiao Sanyan looked at the two women and said: "These two women are indeed beautiful, with prolonged contact, their charm is etched in the heart, it’s hard not to develop feelings."

Nangong Liuli thought: "Develop feelings, he met by chance, offered help, could it be... could it really be... ah... then my stance, all seen, isn’t that embarrassing."

Her face turned very red, glancing twice at Li Xian. The slight itch on her sole reminded her of the previous communication, adding to the romantic scene.

Li Xian said: "Senior Brother Qiao, to be honest." He placed his hand on Qiao Sanyan’s shoulder, leaning against the cell wall, and said: "I don’t want a replacement because... I want to achieve merit!"

Qiao Sanyan was surprised: "Merit?" Li Xian said: "Yes. These two women are so virtuous, wanting to fast to death. I have a way to feed them. Elder Ye will surely notice me."

Li Xian said: "As long as I have this important task, Elder Ye will know there’s still me. If asked later, when choosing people for promotion, wouldn’t I have an advantage?"

He knew these words would pass through the cell vents, transmitted to Ye Cheng’s ear purposefully.