The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 16

Yan Jue separated a wisp of her spirit and initially saw only a expanse of white light. Then, her vision gradually became clearer.

Yan Jue gradually saw the scene in the room.

A cold, dismal aura pervaded the surroundings, making Yan Jue feel utterly disgusted.

Before her lay a man and a woman.

Madam Huang was lying on the bed, her breathing erratic.

Chu Fu was in the process of undoing Madam Huang’s dress.

Watching this revolting scene, Yan Jue suddenly understood why Qi Xianqing insisted that she be the one to come in and rescue her.

No one is born into a harem.

Madam Huang was trapped in an illusion, and later, due to the irreversibility of the situation, she developed feelings for Chu Fu.

And they naturally would stop this if they could.

Yan Jue approached Chu Fu.

Chu Fu looked at her and said, “Ajue, you’ve come too. Come, let’s both…”

As he spoke, he reached out to grab her. Yan Jue abruptly backed away a step, chanted a true incantation, and instantly, a small ice pillar appeared before her.

This was the Ice Summoning Art she had been practicing diligently for the past few days. With her current cultivation, she could only summon an ice pillar the size of a palm, but it was enough.

The ice pillar gathered power in the air and smashed violently towards Chu Fu.

Chu Fu’s pupils contracted sharply, he cried out in terror, and broke out in a cold sweat, waking up.

Yan Jue’s gaze slowly fell upon the silent, handsome man on the soft couch.

This must be… the evil entity that caused Madam Huang to lose her soul.

A layer of black mist perpetually shrouded his head. Although Yan Jue stared at him, she couldn’t quite make out his facial features.

Regardless of how handsome he truly was, Yan Jue chanted the “Spirit Communication Art.” The collar around her neck instantly transformed into a golden thread that shot out like an arrow.

The gauze curtain was pierced with a large hole. The handsome man inside the curtain suddenly leaped out, clenched his fists, and lunged toward Yan Jue with a ferocious expression.

Yan Jue rolled on the ground to dodge the man’s iron fist, then slapped his cheek with a resounding smack.

Instantly, the golden thread whistled over and violently pierced the man’s back!

The man screamed and desperately clutched his chest, with black mist faintly seeping out from the wound.

Yan Jue ignored everything else and quickly and gently lifted the burning hot Madam Huang. “Madam Huang, wake up quickly! Your soul has been away from your body for too long; it must return as soon as possible!”

Madam Huang stared at her, her pupils contracting sharply.

“Ah” Madam Huang began to scream uncontrollably.

Yan Jue felt like her ears were about to rupture. Holding her, she rushed toward the physical body behind the bed curtain.

In the blink of an eye, she finally reached Madam Huang’s body. Yan Jue used all her strength and threw Madam Huang’s soul toward it.

The surrounding light gradually receded, replaced by endless darkness.

Yan Jue suddenly opened her eyes, finding herself lying on the bed at some unknown point.

The person beside her heard the movement and looked down at her.

The candlelight illuminated his handsome face, and a strand of stray hair slipped down past his ear.

She didn’t know when she had ended up lying next to Qi Xianqing.

Duan Luxi: “You’re awake, Junior Sister. You’re amazing!”

Yan Jue hurriedly scrambled off Qi Xianqing, retreated two steps, and suddenly bumped into something. She spun around sharply and found Chu Fu lying beside her, a large area of bright red blood spreading on his chest.

Instantly, the patch of blood began to turn black.

Accompanied by a bizarre aura, a thick plume of black smoke suddenly billowed out from Chu Fu’s chest!

The amused smile that was originally on Qi Xianqing’s face vanished completely. The black smoke rushed wildly in the confined room, shooting towards the window at lightning speed, as if trying to escape.

The Candle Shadow sword was instantly drawn. With a flash of green light, Qi Xianqing severed the black mist with one strike.

“Hoo… hoo… hoo…” Chu Fu sat up on the bed, his face deathly pale, a deep red bloodstain spreading from his chest.

He looked up at the group, his expression turning cold, then suddenly sprang up and leaped out the window, vanishing into the dark night.

Duan Luxi: “Hey, what’s wrong with you?”

Chu Fu did not reply to her, only leaving behind a cold silhouette.

The male lead is a male chauvinist with very strong self-esteem. The shameful things he did in the Soul-Summoning Mirror just now were witnessed by so many people; he must need to find a place to regroup.

Yan Jue knew the male lead wasn’t foolish. The reason he acted so foolishly in front of her was that he hadn’t obtained her Yin Essence yet.

Aside from his habit of collecting harems, the male lead was indeed a genius in other aspects.

He had a Golden Finger and various fortuitous encounters; he was an absolute prodigy in Immortal Cultivation Comprehension. In just one month, he had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage.

If he could obtain her Yin Essence, breaking through directly to the peak of the Illumination stage would be no problem.

Because the male lead always appeared to outsiders as a handsome, talented young man, being glimpsed acting shamelessly in the mirror today was completely an accident.

Duan Luxi covered Madam Huang with a blanket, stood up, and said, “So our mission is a complete success?!”

“It was that easy!”

Qi Xianqing remained silent, looking out the window, seemingly in thought.

Duan Luxi: “What’s wrong, Senior Sister? Are you unhappy?”

Qi Xianqing, who often went on missions, possessed a natural intuition.

This supposed low-level (D-rank) mission shouldn’t have been this simple.

Duan Luxi picked up the bronze mirror from the cabinet and handed it to Qi Xianqing, “The person just now didn’t take their things.”

After the recent incident, Duan Luxi’s favorable impression of Chu Fu had plummeted.

This Junior Brother, apart from having a handsome face, didn’t seem to possess any impressive qualities. He would go after any woman he saw what difference did that make from those beasts who only knew how to use their… lower brains?

Qi Xianqing picked up the Soul-Summoning Mirror and mused, “I suspected this magical artifact was problematic from the start.”

Yan Jue sat by the bed, her face somewhat pale, and raised a hand to press her left chest.

Her chest was inexplicably aching faintly now.

Yan Jue: “Yes, how could someone of his cultivation level possess such an artifact? Could it be stolen?”

Qi Xianqing looked at her with a somewhat strange gaze: “…”

Duan Luxi instantly became suspicious: “Now that you mention it, it really seems like it. There is no family named Chu among the Four Great Immortal Families. Where did Junior Brother Chu get such an artifact? Could it be stolen?”

“…”

Duan Luxi: “Then, Senior Sister, what do we do next? Should we guard Madam Huang?”

Qi Xianqing shook her head, took out a small box from her Qiankun Bag, opened the lid, and showed it to her: “You can set it up around the inner room.”

“The formation can block most evil spirits and also treat Madam Huang.”

Yan Jue couldn’t help but look up when she heard this. Qi Xianqing was holding a model of a formation in her palm.

When traveling, cultivators carry several pre-prepared formation models for convenience.

This way, a formation that would normally take an hour to set up could be activated in mere moments.

Yan Jue felt a pang of jealousy again.

Why does the female lead know everything and possess everything?

Qi Xianqing had observed the black mist earlier.

It was very heavy with Yin energy but lacked Evil Qi.

This rules out demons or ghosts.

What remained was a relatively easier to deal with demon…

Since the main task doers were them, everything still had to be done through self-reliance. Qi Xianqing could only provide basic guidance.

Duan Luxi stamped her feet twice, and the formation model in her hand lit up with a faint white light.

An almost imperceptible barrier spread out from around the few of them.

The formation was successfully activated.

Duan Luxi turned back to Qi Xianqing: “Yan Jue, what artifact did you use in the mirror just now? It seemed incredibly powerful. Aren’t you going to cultivate the sword?”

Most disciples of Five Dragon Mountain chose to cultivate the sword, and Five Dragon Mountain was also famous in the cultivation world for its immortal swords.

Duan Luxi hesitated slightly when asking this question.

After all, supernatural powers and magical artifacts are very sensitive items in this world.

No one likes to expose their powers or treasures to outsiders, these things are usually kept hidden, as they are often what saves one’s life at the last moment.

Yan Jue smiled, unclasped her collar, and showed it to Duan Luxi: “Yes, this is a magical artifact. I haven’t cultivated the sword yet; I’m an outer disciple and don’t have the qualifications to enter the Sword Tomb.”

Duan Luxi was stunned. She hadn’t expected Yan Jue to show her the item so readily, and her heart warmed.

Watching Duan Luxi skillfully activate the formation, Yan Jue couldn’t help but ask, “Senior Sister, you are already at the early Illumination stage, right? Why are you taking on a beginner mission?”

Duan Luxi shrugged carelessly and said, “It’s all because I was too playful during the Foundation Establishment stage and refused to take missions, delaying it until now.”

Yan Jue: “…You truly are extraordinarily talented.”

At Five Dragon Mountain, a disciple’s income came from their monthly stipend, which was very meager. The main way to earn money was by accepting missions off the mountain.

Yan Jue was curious about Duan Luxi’s family background how much money could allow someone to play from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Illumination stage without needing to take missions?

After setting up the formation, Duan Luxi turned to Qi Xianqing: “Senior Sister, should we return to our own quarters now?”

Qi Xianqing looked at her arm for a while and asked, “Did you bring any healing ointment this time?”

Duan Luxi: “Ah… no.”

It was then Yan Jue noticed that Qi Xianqing’s arm was covered in red marks.

It looked a bit like mosquito bites.

When they came today, they had passed through a forest where they saw a swarm of giant mosquitoes.

But Yan Jue remembered that Qi Xianqing had clearly used a protective shield to block them at that time; she didn’t know why she still got bitten…

Yan Jue: “I have some in my room…”

As she said this, Yan Jue’s chest ached again, causing her to pause mid-sentence.

Qi Xianqing looked up: “Can Junior Sister Yan lend me some?”

Yan Jue still remembered the grudge about Qi Xianqing taking her unflattering picture.

She wouldn’t give it to her.

Yan Jue immediately rolled her eyes: “…Of course.”

The night deepened.

Madam Huang’s residence was a grand estate, with exquisitely carved beams and painted rafters, beautiful and magnificent.

On the way back to the room, Yan Jue walked in front, with Qi Xianqing following behind.

Yan Jue didn’t know why, but her pace quickened.

Qi Xianqing suddenly asked, “Junior Sister, are you that afraid of me?”

In the silent night, Qi Xianqing’s voice was also soft.

Yan Jue: “No…”

Qi Xianqing watched her retreating figure, her eyes shifting slightly, and she said nothing more.

Qi Xianqing followed Yan Jue into the room. She saw the girl squatting down in front of her, rummaging through a drawer, then standing up and handing her the medicine, holding it with both hands.

A flash of confusion crossed Qi Xianqing’s eyes. She also cupped her hands, lowered her head slightly, and accepted it.

Yan Jue accidentally caught sight of the marks on Qi Xianqing’s hands they were covered in red swelling, and a few places were broken open, oozing faint blood threads.

Yan Jue paused: “Why are the mosquito bites swelling so much?”

“A minor injury, nothing to worry about,” Qi Xianqing raised her hand to look, then pulled down her sleeve. “It was the Mosquito Demons from the forest today.”

Yan Jue couldn’t help but ask, “When you passed through the forest today, didn’t you use a protective shield? Why did you still get bitten?”

Qi Xianqing: “The protective shield can block large Mosquito Demons. But some Mosquito Demons are small and skilled at finding gaps to sneak through; they can’t be blocked.”

This was the first time Yan Jue had heard of mosquitoes cultivating into demons. She couldn’t help but recall the fist-sized mosquitoes she saw in the forest today: “Do mosquitoes only become big mosquitoes after cultivating into demons?”

Qi Xianqing paused: “They are still low-level demons; their size doesn’t change, but the potency of their bite is greater, and they need to absorb more blood to sustain themselves.”

Every time Yan Jue chatted with Qi Xianqing, she learned something new.

She knew this world was rich in spiritual energy, and everything could cultivate into a spirit pigs, pots and pans, etc.

Qi Xianqing’s constitution meant she was probably bitten by mosquitoes often… she must be used to it.

The image flashed in Yan Jue’s mind, and she couldn’t help but smile. She casually mocked, “I didn’t expect Senior Sister to be so powerful, yet still be unable to defeat a few tiny mosquito spirits.”

Qi Xianqing’s eyebrows curved slightly, she placed her hands behind her back, and said slowly, “I didn’t expect the Junior Sister who seems fearless of everything to be afraid of a small image in my Shadow Capturing Casket.”

Yan Jue: “?”

Yan Jue suddenly thought of something, and her expression immediately turned serious: “You deleted that photo… the image is gone, right?”

A fairy’s head can be lost, and blood can flow, but not unflattering pictures.

Qi Xianqing took a long moment before saying, “Deleted.”

Yan Jue breathed a sigh of relief and was satisfied. Suddenly, a painful yet itchy sensation spread across her back. She hissed and raised her hand to scratch the spot behind her, but it seemed to be too far back, impossible to reach.

Qi Xianqing noticed her movement, a faint, almost imperceptible playful smile appearing in her eyes. She asked, “Was Junior Sister also bitten by a mosquito? Do you need me to help you apply medicine?!”