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Smiling, Su Yang playfully kicked  at Fan Xi and asked, “What’s wrong? Did I look that much like a sissy in the past?”

Fan Xi asked, puzzled, “Sissy? What does that mean?”

Su Yang stayed silent before replying, “Nothing.”

His smile vanished as he leaned against the pavilion’s railing. Looking at the lake below the cliff, he murmured, “If it wasn’t for this face…”

The Young Master’s face was the same as his own face, even down to the detail with the mole on the corner of his eye. This face was the bane of his existence. If it wasn't for this face, the crew wouldn’t have noticed him. If he didn’t act in that drama, he wouldn't have mysteriously transmigrated into this world.

Although he had lived in this world for half a year, he still didn't feel much sense of belonging.

Fan Xi gradually furrowed his brows as he looked at the solitary aura around Su Yang from his unknown thoughts.

“Are you still determined to return to your Sect once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?” Asked Fan Xi.

Su Yang nodded his head. “I must go back.”

Fan Xi inquired deeper, “What will happen if you don’t go back?”

Don’t go back?

If he didn’t go back, how would he be able to continue the plot?

This was the first thought that popped into his head, but Su Yang couldn’t answer with that.

So he gave an enigmatic smile and answered, “If I don’t go back…maybe I will die, I guess.”

Fan Xi suddenly tightened his grip on the railing, speechless from the answer for a moment. 

A strange silence suddenly enveloped the interior of the pavilion. 

Su Yang was at a total loss. Did his answer frighten the young Fan Xi?

Of course, the talk of dying if he didn't return to the Evil Sect was something he pulled out of thin air. Seeing that he frightened Fan Xi, should he…clarify more and then apologise?

However, before he could do that, a red figure suddenly dropped from the sky and landed outside the pavilion. 

Face full of anger and impatience, Chi Tong snapped, “Have either of you seen Luo Yin?”

Hearing this question, the twisted expression on Fan Xi’s face disappeared as he chuckled. “Again?"

Chi Tong scratched their head irately. “What else if not ‘again’? That brat better not let me catch him, or else…he-he…”

“We didn’t see him.” Fan Xi replied. “His covert style martial art has already reached its pinnacle. If you can’t find him, we have no chance of finding him.”

Not having their anger appeased, Chi Tong stopped paying attention to the two and used their light movement skill to run along the mountain road with a swing of their sleeves. 

Su Yang had been in isolation for half a year and rarely communicated with Gu Feidi on top of that. He felt he was out of touch with the House of Jade as he wept internally. 

Seeing that Su Yang’s mood shifted, Fan Xi figured out something after a moment’s thinking and joked, “Do you still remember Luo Yin? The guy who joined at the same time as us, who fades into the background soundlessly? The guy who has a weak presence?” 

Su Yang nodded. “Although I can’t remember what he looks like, I know he is studying under Chi Tong. What about him?”

Fan Xi said matter-of-fact, “Chi Tong is a talented individual. Seeing that Luo Yin can vanish from everyone’s sight, they actually found him a set of mental skills focusing on erasing his presence. You probably know it as ‘tortoise imitation’ or ‘turtle breath’龜息 It’s a breathing method that is similar to a turtle, slow, undetectable, and unnoticeable. One could say they are imitating death. I don’t know how other people translate it but I think I saw ‘turtle breath’ before. . Supplemented by his already stealthy light movement skill and assassination style martial art...Chi Tong intends to cultivate Luo Yin into a traceless assassin.”

Su Yang also joined in the fun. “Not a bad idea, since Luo Yin has a very weak presence, this covert style to hide his whereabouts is very suitable for him.”

Fan Xi laughed loudly. “But Chi Tong essentially lifted a rock just to drop it on their own foot! The day after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Luo Yin did something that really angered Chi Tong enough to be chased by his mentor everywhere. But if Luo Yin really wanted to hide, no one could catch him. Chi Tong threatened to turn the entire House of Jade upside-down but failed to catch him. In the end, it was Luo Yin who quietly turned himself in for punishment.”

“After that, they would have a fight once in a while. Gradually, everyone got used to it. Now everyone sits on the sidelines and spectates with excitement.”

“But so far, no one knows what their fight is about. We can’t catch Luo Yin, let alone running into him. When we confront Chi Tong, they won’t disclose anything. Even Li Shijie is curious.” 

After listening to Fan Xi’s storytelling, Su Yang’s gaze landed on the lake and the waterfall below the cliff, and a faint smile appeared on his mouth that even he didn’t realise. 

The strange awkwardness between the two men completely dissipated, and Fan Xi’s usual silly smile was back on his face. 

He followed Su Yang’s line of sight and said in surprise, “Oh! The Jade Mirror Lake’s waterfall is frozen! I passed by a few days ago, it wasn't this solid.”

“Jade Mirror Lake?” Su Yang asked in equal astonishment. 

This name sounded familiar to him, but he couldn’t remember where he heard it. Maybe it was mentioned by Gu Feidi or Di Ling?

Fan Xi grinned. “The water of this lake is calm and clear, a perfect place for ice playing…Young Master, you never did ice playing right?”

Su Yang shook his head, having never heard of ‘ice playing’ before.

Fan Xi gushed, “This is perfect, with the new year coming, we should celebrate! I will ask Li Shijie for some tools to make a few pairs of ice clogs. I will take you for some ice games at the lake!”

Su Yang thought, Since I am banned from going into seclusion anywhere, there is no harm in having some fun. So he nodded and agreed. 

Su Yang lived through the next few days filled with boredom. 

Not being able to enter seclusion, other than his usual morning exercises and afternoon meditation session, Su Yang strolled around the House of Jade’s mountain and visited every bit of scenery all at once—which he hadn’t done half a year ago—in record-breaking time. Occasionally, he would go to the open training ground to watch others practicing sabres or swords, but he never joined in on the competition.

Having a good relationship, Gu Feidi and Xu Yunzhan often met for tea and chess. With Fan Xi sticking his head inside of the workshop creating who-knows-what, Pu Lingyun started to feel bored without his constant pestering. She dragged Gu Feidi and Xu Yunzhan to pick pine needles and wintersweet, saying she wanted to use them for tea.

As for Luo Yin, he finally appeared on his own accord and apologised to Chi Tong, and the two made up. However, two days later, to no one's surprise, the two had another stalemate quarrel. Chi Tong gnashed their teeth and searched all over the mountains and fields for their disciple, while Luo Yin seemed to disappear completely without leaving a single trace. 

This continued until the middle of the twelfth lunar month, when Fan Xi came out of the workshop holding two pairs of ice clogs and presented it like a treasure to Su Yang.

“Look at these!” Fan Xi handed a pair to Su Yang and chirped, “You have never seen these before right?”

Su Yang reached out and took them from Fan Xi. His face in confused wonder as he turned them over.

A single, particularly long vertical 'tooth' They are really called teeth both in raw and english (屐齒). Like those things under traditional Japanese sandals.under these wooden clogs. The wooden tooth was chipped with a knife into a pointed edge, covered by a polished iron sheet—these are just an ordinary pair of ice skates!

Seeing the shocked expression on his face, Fan Xi explained with a smile, “These are ice clogs. You can walk on the ice as if you were gliding. You need these for the ice playing that I spoke of. Wait until we arrive at the Jade Mirror Lake, I will show you how to use them.”

Su Yang smiled and thought, During my peak days ice skating, I don’t think you existed on paper yet!

However, he had not been to the ice rink for a long time. In fact, the last time he went was with his classmates from high school. Now that he thought about it, he was itching to show off his skills. Although he knew only a handful of tricks, he could still accomplish skating backward and other sample tricks. Now, with the additional martial art skills that he recently acquired, maybe he could attempt some more difficult tricks that he never practiced before. 

Having that last thought, Su Yang suddenly looked forward to their trip to the lake.

“Oh?! You actually made ice clogs!”

Instantly, Chi Tong, who had been sulking beside them, crashed into their conversation. They picked up the wooden clogs and exclaimed, “The Jade Mirror Lake freezes every year, why didn’t I think of this before!”

They slapped the table and decided to not look for that cursed Luo Yin, and join the others at the lake!

Perhaps feeling that only three people are not lively enough, Chi Tong turned around and dragged Gu Feidi, Xu Yunzhan, and Pu Lingyun along. Fan Xi’s original plan to have a small gathering turned into a group activity. He ground his teeth with fuming rage, but there was nothing he could do to change the situation. In the end, the six of them got together and meandered down the mountain road to the Jade Mirror Lake. 

The layer of ice at the top of the body of water was solid and smooth. Like its name, it looked like a mirror made of greenish-blue jade. 

A frozen waterfall descended from the mountain wall beside the lake. Because the stone wall was caved in, most of the waterfall’s body was suspended in the air. The frozen water stream was not wide, but it had a height of about twenty meters. Its original majesty was frozen into ice, glimmering with a bright white colour. Its tail end was connected into the lake’s ice layer. A few fine-thin ice spikes were around where they met, and under the sunlight, the glittering reflection emphasised their sharpness. 

Su Yang looked at the marvellous scene in astonishment. 

“I thought we couldn’t have fun without the ice clogs, but I didn’t expect that the waterfall would be this solid!” Pu Lingyun said excitedly, “Why don’t we have a competition for climbing this frozen waterfall—sounds good?”

Climbing the frozen waterfall was very dangerous, but these were a group of young martial artists who possessed light movement skills. A height of this magnitude posed no threat to any of them. They could easily climb up by leveraging the waterfall with their dagger. 

Hearing her suggestion, the group of young men plus Chi Tong naturally agreed.

Fan Xi only made two pairs of ice clogs, one of which was snatched away by Chi Tong, and the other was saved for Su Yang, who he promised to teach the art of ice playing.

Su Yang smiled, tied the ice clogs to his feet tightly and leaped forward using the Cherish Flower Step. Within two steps, he landed on the Jade Mirror Lake’s ice surface.

His movement was graceful, and both feet folded over the other, back and forth. He drew a perfect arc on the ice, gliding on the ice toward the frozen waterfall just like a dancing swan.

Su Yang’s performance stunned Chi Tong. They sighed after a moment, “The little beauty actually has something like this hidden in his sleeve!”

Fan Xi was also surprised. “He knows how to ice play! I thought he had grown up on the wasteland and never had the chance to see ice and snow…”

Hearing the two’s admiration, Gu Feidi and Xu Yunzhan’s attention was also focused on Su Yang.

With his hands behind his back, Su Yang enjoyed the chilly wind while skating at high speed, and his clothes fluttered wildly behind him. 

He first skated around two times, then skated in reverse. He turned to look at the expression of amazement on the others’ faces by the bank.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, the histrionic personality disorderHistrionic personality disorder is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterised by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviours, usually beginning in early childhood, including inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire for approval. that had been dormant inside of him for a long time had suddenly burst out.

He gave his audience a brilliant smile as he summoned his internal energy and displaced a few wide ranges of dances. Finally, he ended his performance with a sharp curve and returned to the shore.

Raising his eyebrows, a hint of a mischievous smile at the corner of his eyes, he threw a provocative glance at Gu Feidi, then turned to ask Fan Xi, “What do you think?”

Fan Xi was very conscious of his royalty-bootlicker nature, as high esteem filled his entire face. “From what I see, the Young Master is very skilled on the ice. He has reached the peak of ice playing. We can only taste your dust, with no hope of catching up.”

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