The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 29

That evening.

Yan Jue returned to the dormitory and lay on the bed.

Two consecutive days of high intensity exercise left her legs feeling like they were about to break. Yan Jue rolled up her trouser leg and saw that her fair skin was already rubbed red and raw.

Yan Jue found her Qiankun Bag and took out the ointment that Qi Xianqing had given her, slowly applying it to the scraped areas.

A cool sensation spread from her skin throughout her entire body.

The air was accompanied by a faint scent of mint.

Yan Jue paused.

The wound, which had been painfully agonizing moments before, unknowingly stopped hurting, replaced by a very comfortable feeling.

Yan Jue thought that Qi Xianqing’s bottle of medicine must be very rare.

She needed to return it to the person tomorrow.

“…”

Yan Jue put away Qi Xianqing’s ointment and then took something out before leaving the dormitory.

In the forest leading to Qiwu Peak, Yan Jue once again saw the Ghost Fireflies she had encountered that day.

The eerie ghost fireflies immediately lit up a strange green color upon seeing Yan Jue and flew towards her in swarms.

Crackling sounds echoed in the air, as if electricity was exploding.

However, this time, Yan Jue was not afraid.

She took out a small, round box from her bosom/pocket, opened the lid, and inside, a viscous liquid undulated.

Yan Jue held the prepared nectar with both hands and offered it up.

Nectar, this kind of thing, was quite hard to obtain.

Yan Jue had specifically gone to the Five Dragons Market earlier to ask and spent several spirit stones to buy this.

The golden nectar slowly rippled, and a sweet aroma permeated the air.

The ghost fireflies floating in the air paused momentarily upon seeing the nectar in Yan Jue’s hands.

In an instant, their strange glowing green color gradually turned into a beautiful sapphire blue!

Yan Jue’s pupils suddenly contracted.

They really weren’t ghost fires, but fireflies.

The leading ghost firefly chirped a few times, its delicate antennae twitching in the air. Thousands of fireflies converged into a river of light, rushing over eagerly to greedily absorb the nectar.

Yan Jue smiled at them.

Thousands of ghost fireflies surged over, their sapphire blue light floating in the air, like stars in the deep night sky.

The nectar in the bowl visibly decreased at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In an instant, the smile vanished from Yan Jue’s face, and a small

Glazed Bottle shot out from her sleeve!

The Glazed Bottle emitted a faint light in the dark air, and subtle spiritual energy fluctuations appeared around it.

The small ghost fireflies let out a sharp screech and were all sucked into the Glazed Bottle.

The air returned to complete darkness, with only five or six stragglers drifting around.

Yan Jue retrieved the Glazed Bottle, spun it between her fingers, and watched as the bottle gradually turned fluorescent green.

Ghost Fireflies were a type of very weak ghostly creature. Like all ghostly creatures, they needed to be “raised” using a Glazed Bottle.

Of course, the Glazed Bottle was not the only thing in the world that could raise ghostly creatures.

It’s just that Yan Jue was very poor, so she could only use the most basic Glazed Bottle.

Raising ghostly creatures was much simpler than raising spirit beasts. Compared to demanding spirit beasts, ghostly creatures only needed to be provided with specific food periodically to be used by people.

Yan Jue collected the remaining few ghost fireflies into the Glazed Bottle and sighed with satisfaction.

From now on, she had another means of self-defense.

After capturing the ghost fireflies, Yan Jue didn’t feel like going back to the dormitory.

This forest was very close to the Cold Pool. Yan Jue thought she might as well go soak in the Cold Pool.

Her scraped foot still throbbed faintly.

The healing ability of the Demon Clan was naturally excellent. Since she had applied Qi Xianqing’s medicine earlier, soaking in the Cold Pool now should help the wound heal almost completely.

Yan Jue didn’t want to go mountain climbing with any injuries tomorrow.

When Yan Jue arrived at the Cold Pool, she instinctively glanced around.

She didn’t see any trace of Qi Xianqing.

Although, as a human form, Yan Jue didn’t dare to have overly intimate contact with Qi Xianqing.

But she had to admit that as a fox, she really liked being around Qi Xianqing.

Qi Xianqing was exceptionally gentle with small animals.

The little fox had to admit that she liked her very much.

But it was also quite normal that Qi Xianqing wasn’t here.

Zhenhuo Sect had plenty of things to do; Qi Xianqing couldn’t possibly have time to come to the Cold Pool every night.

The water in the Cold Pool was extremely cold.

Yan Jue bathed in it. At first, it was biting cold, but eventually, her body began to warm up.

Yan Jue narrowed her eyes, feeling much better all over her fox body, and her body gradually relaxed as she stretched out in the lake.

She even floated up.

Just as Yan Jue was floating in the Cold Pool like a balloon with her eyes closed, she suddenly heard a familiar set of footsteps behind her.

Yes, it was a familiar set of footsteps.

Perhaps because she had gained some instincts of a canine species after transforming into a fox, she could actually distinguish the footsteps of different people.

For example, Qi Xianqing’s footsteps were heavy and slow.

Qi Xianqing walked to the edge of the lake with a dark black sword on her back. She was caught off guard to see the little red fox bathing in the lake turn its head, its clear, amber, narrow phoenix eyes meeting hers across the moonlight for a long moment.

The little fox blinked lightly, and one could vaguely see its whiskers trembling, a few drops of crystal clear lake water clinging to them. Extremely cute.

Qi Xianqing’s eyebrows curved upwards, and her voice was gentle: “You’re quite early.”

Yan Jue was long accustomed to the vastly different attitude Qi Xianqing had towards her as a human versus as a little fox. She immediately splashed water and swam over, looking at Qi Xianqing with open eyes.

She was a little hungry now and wanted to eat something.

Qi Xianqing looked at her and took out a paper bag from her bosom.

A rich fragrance instantly permeated the entire lakeside.

Qi Xianqing shook the paper bag, still speaking in a very gentle tone: “Sit.”

Yan Jue: “…”

She inexplicably felt that the tone Qi Xianqing used when speaking to her was a bit like the tone she heard Qi Xianqing use when speaking to the long-haired dog, Xiao Wang, outside the Zhenhuo Sect dormitory today.

Yan Jue: Hmph.

Yan Jue just wouldn’t sit, standing there whimpering.

Qi Xianqing murmured, “Don’t you understand?”

When Qi Xianqing told the little fox to sit just now, she did indeed think of Xiao Wang, the dog brought by Zhou Leng today.

But now it seemed the little fox baby couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Did she need to send it to the Beast Taming Pavilion for training?

Qi Xianqing took Yan Jue’s hand: “Shake hands.”

Yan Jue’s paw was lifted, and then half a fragrant beef tendon ball was stuffed into its mouth.

“Shake hands.”

Qi Xianqing squatted by the shore, patiently teaching it what shaking hands meant first lifting its paw, then repeatedly saying the words “shake hands,” and finally giving it a piece of meatball.

After an unknown amount of time.

Yan Jue finally couldn’t help herself and raised her paw to shake hers.

Qi Xianqing smiled: “Clever, learned it in just sixteen tries.”

She rubbed its fluffy little face: “You are a Twin Tailed Spirit Fox, you must be smarter.”

Yan Jue stared at her, couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

Look at this is this the same person as the devil on Qiwu Peak yesterday?

Qi Xianqing then picked up her paw and looked at it carefully.

“I noticed it earlier.”

Qi Xianqing: “Your paw is injured, did something happen?”

Yan Jue pulled her paw out of Qi Xianqing’s hand, pretended to be an ignorant little fox, and stared at her blankly, flicking her two big tails.

After all, foxes live in the mountains and forests, which are not as safe as human settlements, so accidents and minor injuries can happen at any time.

Qi Xianqing held Yan Jue’s paw and took something out of her Qiankun Bag.

When Yan Jue saw it, it was a deep reddish-brown wooden box.

Qi Xianqing opened the box, inside was an ointment emitting a pearly white glow.

A faint, subtle fragrance permeated the air.

Qi Xianqing said: “I gave my medicine to a junior sister, so you can only use this for now.”

At the same time, Qi Xianqing understood why the little fox was soaking in the Cold Pool when she arrived earlier.

It was because its paw was injured.

Spirit foxes were indeed highly spiritual creatures; they knew that soaking in the Cold Pool after being injured would help them heal faster.

Qi Xianqing took out a cotton swab and carefully applied the medicine to the little fox. After pressing its soft little paw and confirming there was no serious problem, she said softly: “Go for a walk.”

The two then strolled along the lake.

The moonlight was like water.

The fox had a slender waist and a light, graceful posture. Its two bushy tails swung up and down in the air, resembling burning flames.

Suddenly, a giant, colorful butterfly flew out of the grass nearby. Yan Jue endured it for a moment, but finally couldn’t help it, jumping and running over, reaching out a fiery red paw to chase it.

Qi Xianqing followed behind with her hands clasped, the corners of her lips curved upwards. She suddenly squatted down and grabbed the little fox by the waist.

Yan Jue was startled and her whole body instinctively tensed. She turned back to meet those stunning peach blossom eyes.

Qi Xianqing: “Look over there.”

The little fox looked in the direction Qi Xianqing pointed, as if it didn’t quite understand. It saw the mist swirling over the Cold Pool, making it look like a fairyland.

“There used to be a lot of fireflies on the lake surface in late autumn.”

“Like stars, very beautiful,” Qi Xianqing lowered her head, rubbing her chin against the little fox’s clean, fluffy head, seemingly worried it wouldn’t understand, and gestured:

“I especially loved it back then; I would sit by the lake and watch all night.”

“But I don’t know why I haven’t seen them in recent years.”

“It would be great if we could see them now.”

Qi Xianqing led Yan Jue onto the mountain path.

Yan Jue felt that Qi Xianqing must really like taking walks at night, and the paths she chose all had nice scenery.

The night breeze blew across her face, and the soft soil was very considerate to the little fox’s feet, making walking very comfortable.

The mountain began to slope downwards. After walking a long steep slope, Yan Jue stopped, sniffed, and smelled the refreshing floral fragrance in the air.

It slightly raised its head and couldn’t help but be stunned.

On the distant hillside, flowers of different colors bloomed quietly in the valley.

The flowers swayed with the wind, like a brilliant rainbow after the rain.

Qi Xianqing said: “This is Hundred Flower Valley.”

Yan Jue had read about the Hundred Flower Valley of Five Dragons Mountain when she was reading the novel.

After Qi Xianqing got together with the male lead, they secretly pledged their commitment in the Hundred Flower Valley and even had relations there.

The Hundred Flower Valley was very romantic, gathering spiritual flowers from all over the world and being spring like all year round.

But in the novel, it had a certain connotation associated with it.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Qi Xianqing took out a water gourd from her Qiankun Bag and poured some water for Yan Jue, her voice hoarse: “I’ve been teaching a junior sister lightness skill recently.”

Yan Jue slowly licked the water. Hearing something related to herself, her ears couldn’t help but perk up.

Qi Xianqing usually didn’t talk much to others.

But perhaps because the little fox couldn’t speak and might not understand what she was saying, Qi Xianqing felt it was safe to talk to the little fox and often couldn’t help but confide in her.

“But in reality, I didn’t teach much; it was just some basic skills at the beginning.”

Qi Xianqing continued: “When I was first learning the basic skills, my master gave me two water skins and told me to carry water up the mountain…”

“Back then, my feet developed blisters, and my legs felt like they were about to break from walking, but I still insisted on walking before dawn every day.”

The little fox stared at her, tilting its head blankly, its ears twitching.

Qi Xianqing said: “Only with hardship can one possibly become stronger. There is no easy path in the journey of cultivation.”

Qi Xianqing had an extraordinary obsession with cultivation.

Cultivation is… very important to me.

This sentence suddenly popped into Yan Jue’s mind.

This was what Qi Xianqing had said to her in the illusion that day.

Yan Jue suddenly remembered that day by the Cold Pool, when Qi Xianqing was fiercely attacked by the black snake. At that critical moment, just before a major breakthrough, Qi Xianqing was unwilling to miss the rare opportunity for a breakthrough and risked being shattered by the black snake just to disperse her spiritual energy.

Cultivation was very important to Qi Xianqing.

Was it because only by becoming stronger could she protect herself?

Qi Xianqing stopped abruptly after saying that sentence.

Yan Jue, the fox, wrinkled her nose, trying hard to recall the novel’s plot.

She couldn’t remember any description of Qi Xianqing’s childhood.

Yan Jue only remembered that Qi Xianqing went to Five Dragons Mountain when she was very young and likely had no family.

Qi Xianqing sat among the flowers, gazing deeply at the starry night sky above: “That junior sister now is very much like I was back then.”

“She’s clearly exhausted, but she still walked all the way here.”

“If only she could persist…”

Yan Jue returned from the Hundred Flower Valley, walking alone in the forest, replaying Qi Xianqing’s words in her mind.

She had planned to slack off tomorrow, but after hearing Qi Xianqing say that, she gave up the idea.

Qi Xianqing was right.

There was no easy path in the journey of cultivation; to become stronger, one had to be harder on oneself.

Chu Fu had been waiting outside Yan Jue’s dormitory for a long time.

He originally thought that this late, Yan Jue would definitely be in the dormitory.

But the lights in the distant dormitory remained off.

Chu Fu looked at the pitch black window and couldn’t help but frown slightly.

It was so late, what was Yan Jue doing outside?

Could it be that she found a new lover?

Only I can have Yan Jue; no one else should even think about it…

Suddenly, Chu Fu heard footsteps behind him.

Someone was coming.

He turned around abruptly, only to see that the person coming was not Yan Jue, but a girl with a slightly baby face!

Du Ming was a member of the Kongqing Mansion and had previously written gossip about Chu Fu, a prospective disciple of Shuiyun Sect, in the Five Dragons Miscellany. Naturally, she was familiar with Chu Fu’s appearance.

She looked at Chu Fu and frowned: “Why are you here again? Didn’t Senior Sister Yan say a long time ago that she was closing her doors to visitors?”

Although she used to write a lot of gossip about Chu Fu and Yan Jue, Yan Jue was now her neighbor, and Du Ming felt that Yan Jue was a good person, so she naturally spoke up for Yan Jue.

Du Ming knew that Yan Jue actually did not like this Junior Brother Chu, with whom she had been rumored to be involved.

Chu Fu looked at Du Ming and showed an apologetic smile: “Greetings, Senior Sister. I actually didn’t want to come, but Senior Sister Yan invited me…”

As he spoke, an extremely warm, peach red glimmer flashed in the depths of his pupils!

Du Ming stared blankly at Chu Fu’s gentle eyes, seeming as if she was about to be completely drawn into them, losing the ability to think for a moment. She nodded: “Oh, it was Senior Sister Yan who called you.”

Chu Fu: “Please ask Senior Sister to pass on a message for me…”

For some reason, the faint displeasure Du Ming felt toward Chu Fu completely dissipated when she looked at him.

Du Ming stared into Chu Fu’s eyes, inexplicably feeling a little hot in the face, and pursed her lips sheepishly: “Okay, I’ll pass on the message for you in a moment. Is it okay for you to stand here? The night wind is strong; why don’t you come to my room for a bit?”

Chu Fu observed Du Ming’s expression, feeling ecstatic.

His Charm Arts, which he had been practicing diligently recently, actually worked!

A few days ago, the Demon Lord had told him to learn Charm Arts to confuse Yan Jue, and Chu Fu was quite dismissive of the idea.

But after thinking it over, Yan Jue had suddenly become so rude to him for some unknown reason.

There was no better way than to learn Charm Arts to trick Yan Jue into bed!

Chu Fu, who had always been confident in his talent, now saw the reaction of Yan Jue’s neighbor and realized his Charm Arts had clearly achieved minor success!

Chu Fu rejoiced and hurriedly said: “No need, I’ll just wait for her here.”

Junior Brother Chu Fu… really loves Yan Jue that much.

Du Ming licked her dry lips, inexplicably hoping that Chu Fu’s wish would come true: “Keep it up, Junior Brother! I wish you success in winning over Junior Sister Yan soon”

Chu Fu: “Thank you, Senior Sister. I will definitely work hard.”

Waiting in the cold wind was an act that would already score points, and adding his Charm Arts…

Perhaps Yan Jue would be moved when she returned!