The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 34

While reading the Compendium of Beasts, Yan Jue had come across an insect that lived in small streams called the “Shedding Worker Insect” (She Gong Chong).

On the surface, this insect appeared to have very low cultivation, but it was actually full of malicious schemes.

Although they could not inflict any substantial harm on invaders, they would attack the invaders’ shadows by spitting water.

Yes, their shadows.

If an invader’s shadow was repeatedly attacked by the water droplets from this demonic insect in a specific pattern of trigrams, the stream water mixed with the insect’s saliva would create a small Soul-Capturing Array around the invader.

This would cause the invader to become cursed with dizziness and blindness, as if they were bewitched.

Once they fell to the ground, the invaders would be disemboweled by the insects’ sharp teeth.

Now, seeing the two Senior Sisters collapsed on the ground, Yan Jue once again felt the wonder of this world.

With no time to think, she swiftly summoned the Glazed Bottle from her Qiankun Bag. The bottle emitted a dazzling green light under the sun, and its stopper instantly flew open!

Dozens of Ghost Fire Fireflies  (Gui Huo Ying) erupted, their wings vibrating as they danced seemingly without pattern in the sky.

Yan Jue silently recited a mantra and waved her left hand in the air. As if understanding her thoughts, the Ghost Fire Fireflies immediately arranged themselves into the most basic Big Dipper Seven Stars Array above them.

Electricity faintly crackled in the air.

The lightning generated by the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array struck down from above, splashing countless waves on the water’s surface. Countless tiny lightning silver snakes could be seen darting across the water. The black Shedding Worker Insects near Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan let out miserable squeaks of “zhi zhi zhi.” In just a few seconds, they flipped onto their backs.

They were dead.

Du Ming’s jaw dropped. She immediately rushed over to help the fallen Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan up, carried them several zhang away from the stream, and only then breathed a sigh of relief.

Du Ming: “Damn! Yan Jue, how are you so capable? You said there was danger, and sure enough, this stream was dangerous!”

“Where did you get so many Ghost Fire Fireflies? Hey, I remember you asked me about Ghost Fire Fireflies last time, right? Don’t tell me you already caught them back then?”

“…”

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn which was after Yan Jue briefly explained what she read about the “Shedding Worker Insects” in the Scripture Repository Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan awoke from their brief dizziness.

Ji Guiyan opened her eyes and saw Yan Jue, wearing an old Daoist robe the color of jade, sitting in the shade of a tree with her narrow sleeves tied back, fiddling with the Qiankun Bag in her hands.

In the sunlight, the young girl’s long, ink-black hair was casually tied up with a plain hairpin, the rest spilling over her shoulders. Her lips were red and her teeth were white, and she wore a sparkling golden collar around her neck. With eyes like dark ink and graceful, bright pupils, she was truly striking.

Ji Guiyan was inexplicably stunned by the sight. Feeling a sharp pain in her temple, she quickly clutched her forehead: “What happened to us… I remember we went down to the stream to collect spirit stones, didn’t we? Where are the spir… spirit stones?”

Du Ming quickly went over to support her: “Senior Sister, be careful. You two fell too deep into the Soul-Capturing Array. It’s best to rest here for the time it takes an incense stick to burn before standing up.”

This was what Yan Jue had instructed her to convey earlier.

Lin Xi also opened her eyes, frowned, and supported her forehead.

Now, Yan Jue had completely gauged the capabilities of these two Senior Sisters.

The Five Dragons Gate, as one of the Six Great Immortal Sects, already possessed excellent cultivation resources.

Therefore, many inner disciples could easily reach the late stage of the Illumination Realm (Kaiguang Qi) without ever needing to go down the mountain for real-world experience.

Most disciples’ understanding of the dangers of the cultivation world was limited to what they read in books.

Take Senior Sister Lin Xi from the Golden Gang Sect, who was at the late stage of the Illumination Realm although her cultivation was high, she was actually just a sixteen or seventeen year-old girl.

Disciples like Qi Xianqing, who had descended the mountain for practical experience many times before reaching the late stage of the Illumination Realm, were truly rare.

“…”

Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan rested for a moment before standing up to continue their journey.

Lin Xi looked at Du Ming, hesitating to speak: “Junior Sister Du.”

Du Ming was startled: “Yes, Senior Sister, what is it?”

Lin Xi: “Thank you, Junior Sister Du, for saving us just now.”

Du Ming: “This…”

She glanced at Yan Jue with difficulty. She knew clearly that it was Yan Jue who had saved them, but Yan Jue had told her not to say anything.

She felt guilty in her heart toward this benefactor.

Du Ming: “Hahaha, it’s nothing. I’ll have to rely on you Senior Sisters to lead the way for the rest of the journey.”

Lin Xi blushed: “Although I have reached the Great Perfection of the Illumination Realm, I only broke through recently, so my aura is unstable, and I haven’t been down the mountain much normally…”

Ji Guiyan: “I just broke through to the Illumination Realm recently. This is my second beginner mission. Thank you, Junior Sister Du.”

Suddenly finding herself being called ‘Senior Sister’: Du Ming: “…”

“What was that insect just now? It was so fierce. I only felt my vision go dark in the stream.”

“Thanks to Junior Sister Du’s help, otherwise we really would have drowned in that stream today.”

The two expressed their gratitude to Du Ming, not sparing a single glance for Yan Jue.

Everyone knew she was just a small cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Realm (Zhuji Jing). The reason she wasn’t attacked by the black insects just now was probably because she wasn’t greedy and had no interest in the spirit stones in the stream.

Since she didn’t approach the stream, she was naturally fine.

For someone like that, not causing trouble was already a great fortune.

Time was short, and the group quickened their pace.

The environment of the Empty Mountain was perilous, and the mission deadline was only one day. They undoubtedly couldn’t stay here overnight; they had to collect the Spirit Ganoderma before nightfall.

The forest was shaded by old trees, filled with damp moisture.

The light was dim.

As Yan Jue was paying attention to the Thousand Peak Spirit Ganoderma nearby, she suddenly heard a shout from beside her from Ji Guiyan: “Look over there!”

Yan Jue followed Ji Guiyan’s gaze and saw a small Spirit Ganoderma growing between the rocks over there.

The cap of the Spirit Ganoderma was uneven, faintly taking the shape of a house!

A rare Mid-Grade Spirit Ganoderma!

Ji Guiyan happily ran over, took out the dagger from her storage pouch, cut off the Mid-Grade Thousand Peak Spirit Ganoderma, and placed it into the small bamboo basket for storing the Spirit Ganoderma.

The bamboo basket already contained over ten Mid and Low Grade Thousand Peak Spirit Ganoderma. If nothing unexpected happened, they would definitely find the twenty required for the mission before dark.

Yan Jue couldn’t help but feel that this mission seemed simpler than the last one. Perhaps it was because the last time she went on a mission, she was following Qi Xianqing, and Qi Xianqing’s protagonist halo was too strong, which consequently increased the difficulty of the mission.

As she was thinking, she suddenly noticed Lin Xi give her a slight glance.

Yan Jue politely curved the corners of her lips.

Lin Xi said coldly: “In this mission, you have contributed the least.”

“If it’s still like this by the end of the mission, I will deduct your score.”

“…”

When Yan Jue met her gaze, she really couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

Yan Jue was not someone who liked to cause trouble, but she wasn’t a good tempered person either. She retorted lightly: “At least I didn’t cause trouble for the team and almost die by falling into the stream, ah”

This enraged Lin Xi to the point of her internal organs smoking.

Why would Chu Fu like this woman?

Because she was sharp tongued and full of mischievous spirit?

Lin Xi had to admit that she couldn’t win an argument with her.

Lin Xi looked at Yan Jue, filled with uncontrollable disgust.

It was already perilous enough to descend the mountain for trials, but there were always people in the team who tried to gain rewards without putting in the work gaining results without doing anything.

She truly detested such people.

If it weren’t for Junior Sister Du saving her life just now, she would have wanted to kick Yan Jue out of the team on the spot!

As Lin Xi was thinking, she suddenly heard Ji Guiyan’s startled cry from ahead: “Senior Sister, look!”

Lin Xi raised an eyebrow and followed Ji Guiyan’s gaze, only to see a patch of snow-white fur that had appeared in the grass ahead at some unknown time.

It was… a very cute rabbit!

Girls of this age simply could not refuse a cute little rabbit.

The rabbit in the center of the grass had snow-white fur, and a beautiful silver-blue mark faintly visible on its forehead. Its pair of gentle apricot eyes stared without blinking, and its triangular nose twitched slightly.

This forest was already rich in spiritual energy, naturally attracting demonic beasts, so no one knew if this cute little rabbit might be a spirit beast or something.

Both Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan simultaneously had the idea of catching the rabbit to raise as a spirit pet.

Ji Guiyan frowned: “It looks like it’s injured!”

It was only then that Yan Jue noticed that the rabbit’s hind leg was bright red, with faint bloodstains visible. It was lying on the ground, seemingly unable to move.

Ji Guiyan: “Does anyone have medicinal ointment?”

Lin Xi: “I do.”

She took out the medicinal ointment from her Qiankun Bag and handed it to Ji Guiyan.

Ji Guiyan leaped gracefully and landed steadily in front of the little rabbit. The rabbit’s eyes widened instantly, and as if seeing her approach, it fearfully tried to shrink back.

Ji Guiyan: “Don’t be afraid, I’m here to save you.”

She held the little rabbit’s hind leg, quickly smeared the light green ointment on its wound, and then pulled the little rabbit into her embrace.

The little rabbit squinted its eyes and nuzzled its furry head against Ji Guiyan’s body.

Ji Guiyan turned back: “Senior Sister, let’s go.”

Yan Jue watched the scene, her gaze landing on the snow-white little spirit rabbit in Ji Guiyan’s arms, and her brow suddenly furrowed.

They were now at the edge of the outer layer of the forest, approaching the middle layer.

This forest was filled with spiritual energy, and the middle layer was teeming with demonic beasts.

A harmless little white rabbit like this should, at most, linger in the outer layer and shouldn’t have run into the dangerous middle layer area.

Lin Xi said helplessly: “You really are like this; the moment you see a cute little animal, you want to keep it. You never think that we still need to collect the Thousand Peak Spirit Ganoderma later; where will you have hands to hold it?”

Ji Guiyan stuck out her tongue: “I’ll just hold it. Anyway, my mission for today is almost done. I’ve already collected seven. The rest will be for certain people to collect.”

Before her words even faded, she suddenly let out a piercing scream. The little white rabbit in her arms was startled, suddenly kicked with its hind legs, immediately broke free from her embrace, and fled into the distance with lightning speed.

Ji Guiyan stared, looking up in disbelief.

A giant snake was hanging from a branch overhead at some unknown time. The snake’s head was only a short paper’s width away from her.

It smiled, opened its lips, and its forked tongue flicked onto her face.

The giant snake’s scales were withered and yellow, hanging down from the branches. Its body color was indistinguishable from the vines on the large trees in the forest, so the group hadn’t noticed it earlier.

This giant snake actually had a pale human face!

It held its head high, its pair of golden vertical pupils staring at her greedily, and a blood-red forked tongue trembled out from its bloodless mouth.

The air was filled with a thick scent of blood, and Ji Guiyan’s sleeve was already soaked with blood! Two ferocious puncture marks gradually widened.

Ji Guiyan’s eyes suddenly widened: “Ah!!!”

A piercing scream echoed through the forest canopy. The giant snake, which looked like a withered leaf, abruptly lunged down from its dangling position. The skin on its face suddenly cracked open, revealing a ferocious maw, and it lunged straight for Ji Guiyan’s throat!

“Boom”

A deafening explosion came from the surroundings. A sleeve arrow shot out in an instant, carrying the power of flame. The sleeve arrow shot over with immense force, erupting into a two zhang high firework in the air. In a flash of lightning and thunder, it blasted off the giant snake’s head!

The scent of blood in the air grew stronger, and crimson blood splattered all over Ji Guiyan!

A shining sleeve arrow was deeply embedded in the large tree behind her.

Ji Guiyan covered her mouth uncontrollably, her arm trembling slightly.

Lin Xi abruptly turned her head and saw Yan Jue and Du Ming standing shoulder to shoulder behind her with very strange expressions.

Lin Xi sternly asked: “Who fired the sleeve arrow!”

After a few breaths, Du Ming weakly raised her hand: “I fired it…”

The head of the giant snake, whose entire body was the color of withered leaves, was flung several zhang away. The remaining half of its body hung limply on the ground like a tattered rope. Black smoke faintly rose from the shattered head.