Chapter 759: He’s Not Normal
When Feng Tianlan realized that Xi Lin’s laziness had struck again, she stood up and brought her into the reception room. She got Azurite to serve a new pot of tea. The moment Xi Lin walked in, she sat straight down on the chair nearest to her. Then, she reclined lazily, leaning on the back of the chair while casually crossing her legs.
If an ordinary person sat in this manner, the resulting posture would appear extremely inelegant. However, when Xi Lin did so, she looked languid and refined. This probably had something to do with her innate royal blood.
“I’ve tried to convince my brother. I probably pushed him a little too much, and he ended up leaving in a rather absent-minded state. Later on, I heard that Imperial brother made a trip to the Shen Family’s Idle Cloud Residence. He bumped into Shen Yunya, and I have no idea what they talked about, but after he came out, he was no longer in a daze.”
Feng Tianlan furrowed her brows. She used to reside in the Idle Cloud Residence, but now it was probably a desolate building. “What did you say to him?” she asked.Xi Lin felt that her current backrest wasn’t as comfortable as she wanted it to be. She whipped out a plush cushion from her storage ring and stuffed it behind her before adjusting her posture to reach an optimum level of comfort. “Nothing much, really. I simply provoked him as much as I could. My Imperial brother must be treated like an illness. I’ve got to counter poison with poison.”
Xi Lin had retrieved a cushion from her storage ring, but Feng Tianlan did not find it strange at all. All of them had owned a storage ring since childhood. People like Brother Jin would store Pill Medicines and Skill Manuals in their rings. They would also keep some snacks inside meant specifically for Feng Tianlan.
Sister Lin’s storage ring was filled with mats, mattresses, and cushions. In summary, anything that could bring her greater levels of comfort when she laid down. She was a slacker who would never stand if she could sit and would never sit if she could lie down.
A Princess who was this level of lazy; there was really no one that could compare to her on that front.
“Dai…” Just as Xi Lin was about to enunciate a word, she saw Feng Tianlan’s face harden. She hastily corrected herself, saying, “Tianlan, even if he didn’t know the truth, he would still act crazily. Now, he listens to Shen Yunya for everything. Especially regarding things about you.”
Feng Tianlan exclaimed bitterly, “Sister Lin.”
“Hear me out. My Imperial brother has always been like this. He simply cared about it too much, causing him to lose all semblance of reasoning. He’s like a drowning person, and Shen Yunya was the only lifeline he had. Hence, he would discuss everything with Shen Yunya. This is not normal; you know it as well. In the past, my Imperial brother was a bright person, but now that three years have gone by, and he is still stuck at the First-stage Heavenly Supreme.”When Feng Tianlan heard Xi Lin’s words, her heart ached for Xi Jin. He had an innate talent for cultivation. He reached Earth Supreme at the age of 15 and broke through to Heavenly Supreme at 17. In two short years, he had advanced from Earth Supreme to Heavenly Supreme. He was simply a genius.
And the year he turned 17 coincided with the year she died. Even though three years had passed since then, he had not advanced a single level. This did not coincide with his capabilities.
“Back then, when my Imperial brother returned, you were already buried in the ancestral graves. Imperial brother simply sat in front of the gravestone. He didn’t eat and he didn’t drink, he didn’t even cry! He was reduced to a soulless being, merely keeping vigil at the grave. No one could convince him, and we only managed to bring him back when he fainted.”
As Xi Lin said this, she was still a little traumatized by what had happened. That day, Lin’an City was subjected to a rainstorm. Lightning flashed and thunder clapped. Her Imperial brother sat right there, allowing the rain to beat down on his body. He had completely exposed himself to the harsh elements, be it rain or shine. However, she did not dare to say this to Dai’er out of the fear that Dai’er would feel bad.
“When he returned to the palace, he was like a stone. He didn’t eat and only drank wine. He’d drink till he got drunk, and then drink again when he woke up. It was a continuous cycle, and whoever tried to chide him would get thrown out. After three days, he started vomiting blood. If we had not kept watch outside his door at all times, he might not have made it.”
