The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 21.1

That monkey demon’s cultivation level was at least at the early Aperture Opening stage. Slaying a beast of this level was a very good trial for a cultivator, yet he hadn’t even seen a single hair of the monkey demon. Taking advantage of the lull while Duan Luxi and Yan Jue were chatting, Chu Fu followed the scent of blood and approached. He saw the monkey demon’s head, which had died with its eyes wide open, lying quietly on the ground.

Chu Fu’s heart tightened. For some reason, he just felt that there was something extremely precious to him hidden inside that monkey’s head! Chu Fu hurriedly knelt down and reached into the cheek pouch, but it was empty.

At the same time, Duan Luxi had already pulled out the bucket of gold from the monkey demon’s cabinet: “Wow, we made a big haul this time! Shall we split it evenly?”

Chu Fu checked the monkey’s cheek pouch thoroughly, feeling certain that there must have been something in there! But in reality, he found nothing. Chu Fu frowned, feeling as if his heart had been severely squeezed, as if he had lost something extremely precious. What exactly had happened?

The group finally walked out of the cave. The afterglow of the setting sun had enveloped the entire forest at some unknown time.

The monkey demon’s cave was located in the forest outside Nanxing Town, with lush foliage at the entrance and crisp birdsong. For some reason, Yan Jue felt her body had become exceptionally light, and spiritual energy was surging vigorously within her, a feeling she had never had before. She looked at the dense, towering trees above with some curiosity. Was it because Nanxing Town was close to the forest, and the spiritual energy was abundant?

Yan Jue quickly dismissed the thought, touching the captured Life Sacrificing Hairs and carefully checking her body for any painful sensations. For example, the chest pain from that night…

Yan Jue soon discovered that after snatching the male lead’s opportunity, she felt nothing but physical comfort. “…” It seemed that only interfering with the emotional arc between the male and female leads would trigger the chest pain punishment; no matter what she did otherwise, she was fine. Yan Jue felt somewhat relieved and let out a soft sigh.

The few of them returned to the Huang Residence. Old Master Huang was already waiting in the main hall: “Thanks to the immortal masters for driving out the evil spirits in Nanxing Town, this old man… is deeply grateful!” The evil spirits had caused a stir in Nanxing Town for the past few days, and everyone avoided mentioning them. The Five Dragon Sect immortal masters successfully eliminating the evil spirits was undoubtedly a great relief to the common folk, who were all deeply grateful to the Five Dragon Sect.

Qi Xianqing slightly raised the corner of her lips: “Thank you for your assistance, Old Master Huang.” The private residence where they stayed for the follow up actions belonged to Old Master Huang of the Huang family. Thanks to Old Master Huang’s righteous help, the group would have had a hard time finding any place to stay.

Yan Jue had been observing from the back since earlier and increasingly felt that her understanding of Qi Xianqing, this ruthless woman, was only superficial… Qi Xianqing was truly meticulous and never sloppy when dealing with social obligations.

“My young daughter has been afflicted by evil spirits for half a year. This old man truly thought she was beyond saving. If it weren’t for the immortal masters, I truly don’t know what I would have done.”

“Those evil spirits are truly detestable. Who would have thought that after leaving my daughter, they would go on to harass the other ladies in the manor…”

After a few pleasantries, Qi Xianqing suddenly asked: “Is Madam feeling better?”

Old Master Huang: “Madam’s health is still the same. She just took her medicine and is already asleep; otherwise, she would have certainly come to thank the immortal master personally.”

While Yan Jue and the others were socializing in the front hall, Qi Xianqing went to the backyard alone.

It was already night, and the moon had risen. The night wind blew against Qi Xianqing’s black, narrow-sleeved gauze dress, further outlining her graceful figure. The entirely black attire made her skin look as white as snow. Her deep peach blossom eyes were slightly lowered; the extreme black and extreme white complemented each other, making her features even more stunningly beautiful than usual. Her crow-feather-like hair was tied up with a simple, plain hairpin, swaying slightly in the wind. The slender, dark-black immortal sword hung on her back, its complex, ancient inscriptions flashing with a faint luster under the moonlight.

Qi Xianqing walked to the veranda in the backyard and knocked on the door: “Is Madam asleep?” This was Madam Huang’s bedroom.

A weak cough came from inside the room: “Who is outside?”

A faint smile curved Qi Xianqing’s lips: “A disciple of the Five Dragon Sect, Qi Xianqing. I heard Madam is unwell, so I came to pay my respects.”

Madam Huang paused, then respectfully said: “So it is the Immortal Lord of the Five Dragon Sect. Thank you so much for helping my young daughter drive out the evil spirits this time.”

Qi Xianqing: “May I ask what illness Madam suffers from? I know a little about medicine and might be able to treat Madam.”

Madam Huang paused again behind the door, followed by another cough: “Thank you for your kindness, Immortal Lord, but I think it’s unnecessary. This illness has been with me for more than a day or two.”

Silence then fell in the hallway.

Qi Xianqing: “Madam isn’t inviting me in for a seat?”

Madam Huang: “I am already resting and it is inconvenient.”

Qi Xianqing: “Madam’s health is important, and a long-standing illness can easily become an incurable disease.”

Madam Huang paused, her tone carrying a hint of anger: “What kind of words are those, Immortal Lord? Are all immortal masters of the Five Dragon Sect so rude? I said I won’t see you; please leave.”

Qi Xianqing: “I will definitely come in. Since I came to visit Madam, I cannot leave empty-handed.”

Madam Huang roared in anger: “You”

Before she could finish speaking, a flash of cyan light appeared, and the door hinges burst with a loud bang, shattering in half. The wooden door was violently blown apart by electrical energy in an instant! A large amount of dust and smoke scattered around.

Qi Xianqing stood with her hands behind her back and walked in slowly. She saw a middle aged woman in a white inner garment truly lying on the bed not far away, propping herself up in fright and staring fixedly.

Qi Xianqing: “I have some insights regarding the evil spirit afflicting Madam Huang and specifically came to inform you.”

Madam Huang’s face was cold: “Is the Immortal Lord being too familiar? I don’t know you, and driving out evil spirits is the duty of your Five Dragon Sect immortal masters. It has nothing to do with me, and I don’t wish to know.”

Qi Xianqing ignored her, her gaze slowly sweeping around the room: “That monster is called the Thousand Eyed Macaque Demon. Monkey demons are naturally lustful but possess an excess of Yang energy. If one worships it, it can bless one with a son. I heard that having a son has always been Madam’s and the Master’s wish. Did Madam worship the macaque demon?”

Madam Huang’s tone was very cold: “The Master and I certainly wanted a son and have been trying diligently. I believed a folk remedy told by a servant, so I also worshipped that monkey demon. So what?”

Qi Xianqing: “The macaque demon is one of the most greedy and cunning among all demons. If Madam offered it worship, there must have been an exchange, for example… a body of Yin essence. However, from what I see, Madam’s Yin essence is full and shows no loss, so the exchange must have been with the Yin essence of other women.”

“And the virgin Yin essence of your eldest daughter was the condition for the exchange.”

“Madam’s only daughter, Miss Huang, was afflicted by evil spirits a few days ago; I fear it is not unrelated to Madam.”

Madam Huang’s pupils suddenly contracted, and she roared at Qi Xianqing: “You are talking nonsense!”

Qi Xianqing looked at her, her eyes calm as water: “The monkey demon is not dead. A trace of its remnant soul is still in Madam’s room, recuperating and waiting for a chance to rise again.”

In that instant, the dark black immortal sword “Candle Shadow” behind Qi Xianqing exploded in the air, transforming into dozens of cyan little swords. As Qi Xianqing pointed her sword energy, the gauze curtain on Madam Huang’s bed was lifted by a strong gust of wind. A hidden, extremely secret ancient bronze monkey god statue was instantly exposed to the air!

Madam Huang was stunned, then let out a scream. Before she could rush over to protect it, the starry sky of Zhu Ying descended, and the statue suddenly exploded. The monkey god’s mouth also cracked open, revealing ferocious and terrifying fangs. The swords fell like rain, fiercely stabbing the statue. A few moments later, a plume of black smoke suddenly surged out of the statue’s mouth!

The black smoke poured out amidst the rain of swords, instantly filling the entire room to capacity. A ghostly wind rose, and the surroundings were permeated with a strong smell of blood. Qi Xianqing’s gaze sharpened abruptly, and a cyan light fell, slicing the dense black mist into several pieces! Innumerable fine black mists rushed wildly around the room, frantically trying to find a way out.

Qi Xianqing knelt on one knee, took out a crystal bottle from her robes, and with every point of her finger, the bottle spun on the ground, making a clinking sound. The black mist surged in the air for a moment before letting out a piercing shriek: “Spare me! I will leave! I will immediately leave Nanxing Town! I beg the Immortal Lord to spare me!!!”

The crystal bottle continued to spin on the ground, like the pointer on a compass constantly swinging. The black mist was uncontrollably sucked into the crystal bottle and finally disappeared.

Madam Huang suddenly became extremely frenzied: “You… you dare! You dare to stop me from having a son, I want a son!”

The night was like water. Yan Jue had already changed out of Qi Xianqing’s robe and was wearing a frosted leaf red smoke gauze pleated skirt, leaning in a pavilion in the Huang Residence garden, dozing off, her legs dangling and swinging. Out of courtesy, she had also washed Qi Xianqing’s clothes and hung them in the backyard to dry. Having transmigrated to this world for a long time, Yan Jue could now barely control the demonic energy on her body. Coupled with the golden collar protecting her neck, she could basically live like a normal mortal. However, as a fox spirit, maintaining her human form was uncomfortable.

“Meow”

Yan Jue was dozing off when she suddenly heard a cat meow from the distance. Yan Jue opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the sound. She saw a cat with fluffy, snow white fur emerge from the grass over there. It wore a red bell around its neck and stared at her with a pair of bright blue eyes, crouching motionlessly in the grass.

Yan Jue was startled and vaguely felt that the bell on the cat’s neck resembled her own a bit. Yan Jue jumped down from the chair, squatted down, and smiled with her eyes curved: “Come here, come here.” She reached into her Qiankun Ring and pulled out a piece of pastry.

Perhaps because Yan Jue faintly carried the aura of her own kind, the white cat looked at her for a while before meowing and walking over, rubbing against her with its soft body. Yan Jue stroked its head and suddenly heard a gentle voice from behind: “This is the cat raised at home; her name is Jiang Xue.”

Yan Jue turned around and saw Madam Huang, who had been weak and powerless just a few days ago, standing in the pavilion, leaning on the railing, wearing a thin, light-green dress with a rosy complexion.

Yan Jue: “She’s so cute.”

Huang Yan smiled, beckoned, and the cat walked over, meowing, then lay on the ground, patting her with its paw. “I didn’t have many friends when I was little, and no one spoke to me at home, so she was the one who kept me company.” Huang Yan picked up the cat, which exposed its soft belly, yawned lazily, looking very docile. “She is the same age as me, eighteen this year.” In this world, any living creature could cultivate. Therefore, the lifespan of animals would also be longer. Pigs, cats, dogs, and the like might eventually gain sentience and cultivate into spirits, although the probability was relatively low.

Yan Jue’s attention, however, was not on that: “You didn’t have anyone to accompany you when you were little… didn’t your parents spend time with you?”

Huang Yan put the cat down and squatted beside Yan Jue, whispering: “Father is very busy, and Mother… doesn’t like me much. The servants are all afraid of me.” Yan Jue was stunned. Madam Huang was the only daughter of the Huang Residence, and Old Master Huang had no other heirs besides her. She should have been the apple of his eye, but instead, she was in an extremely awkward position. Since Old Master Huang and Madam Huang wanted a son, their feelings for her were naturally lukewarm. These things should have been mentioned in the novel, but when she was reading the book, she only focused on the entanglement between the male and female leads and didn’t notice these details.

When Qi Xianqing came out of Madam Huang’s inner courtyard, the courtyard had already returned to its initial peaceful state. This was not difficult for a Fourth Realm cultivator; a mere hand seal could restore the damaged house to its original appearance. As for the psychological trauma inflicted on Madam Huang… Qi Xianqing always prioritized slaying demons and eliminating evil when on missions, always adhering to the principle of expediency. She had never considered these things. Moreover, such a person was not worthy of pity.

The moonlight was like water, rippling across the bluestone slabs of the ground. Qi Xianqing walked slowly, her expression slightly reserved. Descending the mountain for tempering was about slaying demons and eliminating evil, but in her many trips down the mountain, the most vicious things she had witnessed were often human hearts. Sometimes, the human heart was more terrifying than demons.

Suddenly, Qi Xianqing stopped walking. Over in the pavilion, two figures were faintly visible. One was sitting, the other was standing. The sound of laughter carried from a distance. Perhaps due to having unblocked her meridians just today, Qi Xianqing quickly recognized one of the figures as Yan Jue.

Yan Jue felt an unknown gaze fixed on her, and instinctively turned her head, coming face-to-face with Qi Xianqing’s eyes, clear as water under the moonlight.

The aura emanating from the girl was ice-cold, like a glacier that never melts. Yan Jue felt a little intimidated, held up the cat in her hands, and said, “Look, isn’t there an older sister over there? That older sister is so fierce… Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, I’ll protect you.”

Qi Xianqing walked closer, gradually seeing Yan Jue’s face clearly.

In the moonlight, the girl’s dress was brightly colored, her lips red and teeth white, and her smile seemed capable of emitting sunshine.

For some reason, looking at this face, it was as if the sinister human hearts she had just experienced were nothing more than a disgusting dream.

Qi Xianqing looked at her coldly. Yan Jue’s scalp tingled from the gaze, but she felt the kitten in her arms struggle for a moment, suddenly leaped up, and jumped into Qi Xianqing’s embrace.

Yan Jue froze. It seemed the little animal wasn’t afraid of Qi Xianqing at all; instead, it nestled affectionately against her.

Qi Xianqing held the cat, skillfully scratched the furry head, and muttered down at the cat, “Was the person holding you just now acting like an idiot? Don’t be afraid, I’ll save you.”

Yan Jue: “…” Damn it.

Qi Xianqing, holding the cat, with a faint smile playing on her lips, simply walked away.

The next day.

The group, having finished their mission, officially began their journey back.

Yan Jue walked to the city gate. Duan Luxi solemnly patted her shoulder: “Yan Jue, I’m formally making friends with you now. I’m from the Muyin Sect. You can call me if you have missions in the future.”