The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 25

Qi Xianqing didn’t speak for a long time afterward.

She slowly held the little fox in her arms, her eyes half closed, casually stroking the little fox’s soft fur.

Feeling the weight of the little fox, Qi Xianqing smiled and said softly, “You seem a little heavier. You’ve grown so much since we last met.”

Yan Jue, unseen, secretly rolled her eyes at her.

Qi Xianqing checked its back: “The injury from last time is almost healed.”

Yan Jue knew that Qi Xianqing was referring to the wound she sustained by the lake when the python struck her.

The demon race’s self-healing ability was naturally good, and since so much time had passed, it was indeed almost completely healed.

Yan Jue was very comfortable being stroked by Qi Xianqing, her body naturally relaxing, and a rumbling sound came from her throat.

Qi Xianqing suddenly discovered something and was slightly stunned.

On the little fox’s belly, there seemed to be something clinging.

Was it… a tail?

It already had a fluffy large tail, yet another small, thin tail, like a green onion, had grown out.

Yan Jue was resting with her eyes closed when she suddenly felt her lifeline being held. Qi Xianqing silently observed her tail, and Yan Jue’s entire body instinctively tensed up, shrinking into a ball uncomfortably.

Everything in this world, after all, could be explained by spiritual energy.

Qi Xianqing stroked that somewhat adorable small tail.

Two tails?

Could it be that she is…

Yan Jue returned from the cold pool, went to bed early, and entered a dream.

In the early morning, Yan Jue woke up in her dorm bed.

Birds were singing in the trees, and the pleasant fragrance of damp earth floated in the air.

Every day in Five Dragons Mountain was this picturesque.

Yan Jue, dressed in her inner garment, sat on the bed with her knees hugged, first reviewing the light body technique she had been studying and reading the night before.

These martial arts manuals in the cultivation world were truly not something one could just learn just because they wanted to.

Yan Jue took out the light body technique manual from the drawer and frowned as she looked at it.

It was just too difficult.

Yan Jue reread it, took some notes, put the book back in the drawer, and couldn’t help but recall what happened last night.

It felt just like a dream.

The moonlight was like water, and Qi Xianqing, under the large tree by the cold pool, spoke to her a lot in a lazy, leisurely tone.

Yan Jue simply couldn’t have imagined that Qi Xianqing’s appearance when speaking properly could be so endearing.

And then, her tail was seen by Qi Xianqing.

However, this finally put the stone in Yan Jue’s heart to rest.

She had originally thought that the original owner growing two tails was some kind of freakish anomaly.

But if Qi Xianqing didn’t find it strange, it meant that it was quite normal for a fox to grow two tails in this world.

“…”

But… who exactly was that “clever person” Qi Xianqing mentioned last night?

Yan Jue thought about it and concluded it must be Duan Luxi.

Duan Luxi had performed quite well in this mission.

Just as Yan Jue was thinking, she suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings at the window.

A snow-white celestial crane, she didn’t know when, had landed on her windowsill.

The flower basket around the celestial crane’s neck contained something.

Yan Jue was stunned, got up, and walked to the window to retrieve the object.

The celestial crane flapped its wings and flew away.

Yan Jue watched it leave, then slowly unfolded the item in her hand.

Speak of the devil and she shall appear.

It was a short note, with a few bright characters at the bottom: Qi Xianqing.

The content of the handwriting was also very simple: Yuzhong (mid-morning) hour, Qiwu Peak.

The style of this letter was truly like Qi Xianqing herself.

Few words, concise.

Yan Jue looked at the simple line of text, but her heart was struck like thunder.

The Millennium Cold Pool where she, as a fox, had met Qi Xianqing twice was located on Qiwu Peak!

What exactly did Qi Xianqing mean by this…

Qiwu Peak was located at the border between the Water Cloud Sect and the Shock Fire Sect.

But because disciples usually took the main road, Qiwu Peak was sparsely populated.

Could it be that Qi Xianqing had long discovered her true identity and was luring her to the sparsely populated Qiwu Peak to kill her…

That couldn’t be right. According to the original plot, the reason Qi Xianqing discovered her demonic aura was because… she exposed her fox tail and massively leaked her demonic aura due to the loss of her Yin essence (female vitality) during intercourse with the male lead right before the Five Dragons Summit.

Logically, Qi Xianqing shouldn’t recognize her prematurely.

Yan Jue sat on the bed, restless for a long time. Only after excluding the option that Qi Xianqing wanted to lure her to a remote mountain to kill her, did she slowly pack her things and leave.

Based on her understanding of Qi Xianqing, Qi Xianqing never did useless things; she must have a reason for seeking her out.

There were many peaks in Five Dragons Mountain, but Yan Jue, knowing the way, soon arrived at Qiwu Peak.

The Millennium Cold Pool was located halfway up Qiwu Peak, at the confluence of the rivers of the Shock Fire Sect and the Water Cloud Sect.

Although Qi Xianqing hadn’t explicitly said so in the letter, Yan Jue reasoned that most people choose landmarks for meetings.

Qi Xianqing should be waiting for her here.

Out of caution, Yan Jue still circled through the mountains quite a bit to pretend that she wasn’t familiar with the area.

After dawdling for an unknown amount of time, she finally arrived by the cold pool.

Qi Xianqing stood by the familiar cold pool and said indifferently, “Qiwu Peak is right next to Water Cloud Peak, yet you are one incense stick’s time late.”

Yan Jue had witnessed Qi Xianqing’s gentle, chatty manner last night, and she couldn’t bear to look at her cold demeanor now. She took a step back, deliberately keeping her distance: “Sorry, sorry, I… I’m terrible with directions! I simply couldn’t find the way.”

Qi Xianqing squinted at her, remaining silent.

Yan Jue felt a prickle on her scalp from being stared at and hurriedly changed the subject: “Senior Sister, why did you ask me to come here?”

Don’t be found out… don’t be found out… Yan Jue silently chanted in her heart. Her peripheral vision, however, saw Qi Xianqing take out a scroll painting framed in gold.

Yan Jue quickly recognized this as the magical artifact left behind by the Taoist priest that day.

Qi Xianqing: “Master said that Qingyu Temple is a small Taoist temple in the Northwest territory and has never caused any trouble before.”

“The Abbot of Qingyu Temple is refining the Yin Gang Supplementing Yang Pill (Yin Gang Bu Yang Dan). This is an extremely sinister medicinal pill, refined from the Yin essence of women. Legend has it that consuming it grants eternal life.”

Yan Jue frowned.

She had heard the Taoist priest mention in their conversation that this pill used the Yin essence of women as material and the heart of a Celestial Spirit Body as the medicinal catalyst.

From Qi Xianqing’s description, it was indeed very close to the truth.

Qi Xianqing: “As for why the Abbot of Qingyu Temple is practicing this evil technique, Master has already reported it to the Five Dragons Sect Master and dispatched people to investigate.”

Yan Jue felt this matter was very serious: “Maybe I should call out Duan Luxi…”

She didn’t quite understand why Qi Xianqing asked her to come for such a major matter but not Duan Luxi.

Yan Jue turned, intending to leave.

Qi Xianqing: “Junior Sister Duan is in class.”

Yan Jue:

“…Oh.” She then retracted her footstep.

The atmosphere was inexplicably awkward with her and Qi Xianqing standing together…

Qi Xianqing, however, didn’t feel awkward at all. She slowly unrolled the painting: “As for this painting, Master told me to handle it as I see fit.”

According to the rules of the Five Dragons Gate, artifacts and opportunities found by disciples down the mountain belong to themselves, and a Master generally wouldn’t seize their disciple’s opportunities.

This artifact was of no low rank, already belonging to the secondary Earth rank Lower Grade among the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow ranks. It had requirements for the user’s cultivation, and among the four of them, only Qi Xianqing could manipulate it.

Naturally, it was temporarily placed with Qi Xianqing for safekeeping.

As Qi Xianqing unrolled the painting, Yan Jue could clearly see what was inside.

The woman who was trapped in the illusion after her Yin essence was drained was still in there.

In the inn in the deep mountain forest, the woman sat on the windowsill with dull eyes, appearing like a wooden carving.

Without Yin essence, without consciousness, she naturally couldn’t leave the painting.

According to Qi Xianqing, a special talisman plaque was needed to save the woman in the painting.

A Talisman Plaque (Fu Pai) is a wooden plaque with a storage function, which has great miraculous uses in the cultivation world.

Cultivators can store certain divine abilities and spiritual energy in the Talisman Plaque for use at critical moments.

The higher the rank of the Talisman Plaque, the better the storage effect.

This point is different from talismans (Fu Lu).

The Talisman Plaque Qi Xianqing needed was called the Gui Yin Talisman (Gui Yin Fu – Returning Yin Talisman).

It was a Yellow rank Fine Grade Talisman Plaque specifically used to store Yin essence.

Yin essence is a very important substance in the human body. Legend has it that a great power with extremely flourishing Yin essence, a Pure Yin Body, can separate a massive amount of Yin essence every month to store within the Talisman Plaque, for the use of cultivators who have lost their Yin essence.

This type of Talisman Plaque is called the Gui Yin Talisman.

And the person in this painting happened to lose her consciousness due to the loss of Yin essence.

Therefore, she needed the Yin essence from the Gui Yin Talisman as a supplement.

However, since people also naturally replenish their Yin essence, this talisman is extremely rare. Even Qi Xianqing’s Master, Venerable Yun Zhen, couldn’t provide such a resource, so she could only go to the Five Dragons Market to purchase it.

When Qi Xianqing and Yan Jue arrived at the Talisman Plaque shop in the Five Dragons Market, they caused a small commotion.

The famous Dream Heng Jun, Fairy Qi, arriving at the Five Dragons Market was a rare opportunity.

And just yesterday, the Five Dragons Compendium published gossip about Qi Xianqing, so how could people not come to watch?

With Qi Xianqing’s appearance, a cry of “Dream Heng Jun is here!” was heard, and the surrounding disciples immediately gathered around.

The small Talisman Plaque shop was instantly packed.

“Oh my heavens, to see Fairy Qi up close in my lifetime, this is a blessing accumulated over eight lifetimes.”

“Then look more! We don’t know when we’ll see her next!”

“Oh my gosh, worthy of being Fairy Qi, she’s truly as beautiful as a flower… Huh? Wait, who is that person next to her?!”

After some fierce discussion, everyone quickly realized something was amiss.

Standing next to Qi Xianqing was someone.