The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 35.1

Lin Xi’s expression was a bit strange, but she was clearly much more polite than before: “Your Lightness Skill…”

Qi Xianqing had not reported to the sect before privately teaching Yan Jue martial arts. If others found out, it would be a very serious matter. Yan Jue was certainly not foolish enough to casually tell others about this, so she simply smiled and remained silent.

Lin Xi then didn’t press further.

This was a world of cultivation, and everyone had their own path and opportunities for cultivation.

Asking too much at certain times was impolite.

Yan Jue’s complexion was rosy, and her spiritual energy was pure. She probably wasn’t someone practicing demonic arts, and such exquisite Lightness Skill was not popular in the Demonic Path either.

Ji Guiyan pursed her lips: “Daoist Friend Yan, thank you. We weren’t very nice to you at first; please forgive us…”

“It was all because of what was written in the Five Dragon Compendium of All Things…”

Yan Jue waved her hand. She was still savoring the ‘Thousand-Mile Instant Movement’ she had unintentionally displayed just now: “It’s fine. It’s dark now; we must hurry down the mountain.”

“Okay.”

Lin Xi’s gaze fell on the golden, shining Supreme Thousand Peak Divine Ganoderma in Yan Jue’s hand. She smiled gratefully at Yan Jue again and reached out to take it.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed by.

Accompanied by a strong stench, a familiar black mane flashed in Yan Jue’s eyes.

The half-man, half-ape monster had appeared between them at some point. Its strong hind limbs exerted force, and it looked up and smiled at her.

It spat, and thick, viscous saliva landed on Lin Xi’s face.

Lin Xi’s vision went black. She raised her hand to cover her eyes, and the monster skillfully took the Divine Ganoderma from her hand.

It jumped back onto the tree.

Yan Jue was only stunned for a moment before immediately giving chase.

This Supreme Divine Ganoderma was something she had worked hard to obtain, and she would not allow the monster to take it so easily.

In the darkness, the girl moved with great speed.

The half-transformed Black Ape, covered in mane but possessing a twisted and ferocious human face, used all four limbs to move forward, its actions exceptionally fast.

Yan Jue narrowed her eyes slightly. The Black Ape’s figure became exceptionally clear in her sight. Yan Jue suddenly exerted force, leaped into the air, the wind roaring past her ears. In an instant, Yan Jue appeared in front of the monster.

Thousand Mile Instant Movement!

The ape bodied, human faced creature was startled and let out a shrill cry. It spat again, and thick saliva flew towards Yan Jue.

Yan Jue dodged sideways. The “Spirit Communication Art” activated, and the necklace around her neck began to vibrate violently, instantly turning into a silk rope in the air.

Coil after coil, it tightly bound the ape-bodied figure.

Because a rune was previously inscribed on the golden thread with millennium ice crystal, the golden thread emitted a massive amount of cold air upon contact with the Black Ape. Ice blue cold air surged out, gradually covering the monster’s body.

The Black Ape’s human face twisted. Before it could even let out a scream, its body was already covered in frost.

The next second, a terrifying wave of heat struck.

A deep purple fire gourd plummeted straight from the sky. Lin Xi was standing behind Yan Jue at some unknown time, forming a hand seal with both hands and chanting something.

Above the sky, her magic treasure, the fire gourd, emitted a faint smoke and suddenly burst out fire as thick as lava, dripping onto the Black Ape.

Ice and fire struck simultaneously. The Black Ape let out a painful scream, its legs convulsed, and it went limp.

And that phoenix-shaped Divine Ganoderma lay quietly on the ground.

Ji Guiyan and Du Ming rushed over shortly after. Seeing the Black Ape tightly bound by the golden thread on the ground, they were momentarily speechless.

Lin Xi couldn’t help but glance at Yan Jue.

She had run such a long distance without her face flushing or her heart skipping a beat.

She couldn’t help but feel that this Junior Sister was comparable to that Meng Heng Jun from the Zhen Huo Sect.

Yan Jue, however, did not give her time to think. She immediately bent down, picked up the phoenix-shaped Supreme Divine Ganoderma lying on the ground, and put it in the basket: “It’s dark now; this mountain is dangerous. Senior Sister, let’s go down the mountain first.”

Lin Xi’s thoughts were unconsciously led away by Yan Jue, and she subconsciously nodded: “Okay.”

The last ray of the setting sun was swallowed by the darkness, making the mountain path very difficult to walk.

Lin Xi summoned the giant, fire-spitting deep purple gourd from behind her back. The fire gourd emitted a faint light in the darkness, forming a natural barrier to repel evil spirits.

Seeing this, Ji Guiyan also summoned her cyan fire gourd. The two layers of light enveloped them, forming a powerful protective shield.

Compared to the quiet journey in, the journey back was very lively.

“Senior Sister,” Yan Jue said with a polite smile: “Your fire gourds… are truly similar.”

She had wanted to say this for a long time. Ji Guiyan and Lin Xi both had five elements leaning towards fire affinity. Their gourds, one large and one small, were very similar except for the color difference.

Yan Jue knew that disciples of the same sect had a chance of obtaining the same materials to refine magic treasures.

Truly… enviable.

Ji Guiyan: “They are different. Senior Sister Lin’s fire gourd is made of fire crystal, which is a better material. My fire gourd is much inferior.”

Ji Guiyan touched her cyan fire gourd and muttered: “It’s called Azure Jade Altar, made from a piece of cyan iron.”

When they came in, she hadn’t expected to be able to converse with Yan Jue.

Lin Xi suddenly interjected: “Daoist Friend Yan, may I ask how you learned… that?”

She was referring to the Lightness Skill Yan Jue displayed while chasing the Black Ape today.

Yan Jue: “Thousand Mile Instant Movement; doesn’t every Five Dragons Gate disciple know it?”

Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan couldn’t help but look at each other.

They knew it, but none of them had mastered it, as who would use Lightness Skill after learning to fly on a sword?

The only one in the Five Dragons Gate who could be called proficient in ‘Thousand-Mile Instant Movement’ was that one person…

“…”

Du Ming laughed and said: “Alright, alright. The mission is over. Let’s go down the mountain and have some fun.”

It was quite a coincidence that Empty Mountain was very close to Nanxing Town.

Yan Jue had been to this place once before when she was on a mission with Qi Xianqing.

It was already late at night, and the group arrived at an inn to rest.

Cultivators below the Golden Core Realm could not yet abstain from grain. Having not eaten for a whole day, everyone was already starving.

After putting their luggage in their rooms, they went downstairs to eat.

Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan still felt a bit awkward seeing Yan Jue.

Yan Jue put down her bowl and smiled: “Senior Sisters, I want to clarify something here today.”

Lin Xi raised an eyebrow: “What is it?”

Yan Jue smiled: “I was young and didn’t understand things before, but now I know my mistake and will never be like I was before.”

She didn’t explain clearly, but Lin Xi and Ji Guiyan naturally understood what she meant.

The reason Yan Jue was so famous in the Five Dragons Gate was not unrelated to an unspeakable past she had with Chu Fu, the genius prospective disciple of the Water Cloud Sect.

Ji Guiyan and Lin Xi exchanged glances, their expressions colorful.

Lin Xi hurriedly stood up and cupped her hands towards Yan Jue: “Yes, I misunderstood Junior Sister before.”

Before her words fell, a set of footsteps was heard from outside the inn.

Yan Jue was stunned for a moment, only to see a girl slowly walking in through the doorway over there.

The girl lowered her eyes, wearing a dark cyan cloak, with the brim of her large hat pulled low as she walked in.

As she approached, Yan Jue, relying on the sensitivity of a fox demon, suddenly felt intense pressure.

It was the majestic righteousness emitted by a high level cultivator of the Orthodox Path.

Beside the girl was a cat, its neck firmly tied with an iron chain.

It walked beside the girl with an elegant gait. Its fur was a beautiful golden color with tiger stripes, and there was a light gold mark on its forehead.

Yan Jue looked at the markings and thought it should be a tiger, but its head was strangely shaped, its four paws were very thick, and its body was sturdy, resembling a dog a bit.

The attendant ran over: “Guest, what would you like to order?”

“Green brick tea,” she said.

Yan Jue was momentarily stunned, then suddenly heard Du Ming whisper beside her, “The Tibetan Mastiff, the one next to her.”

No wonder Yan Jue felt the big cat next to the girl looked like both a tiger and a dog; it was a Tibetan Mastiff.

Tibetan Mastiffs were extremely rare spirit beasts in this world, immensely powerful yet extremely delicate, impossible for ordinary people to raise.

“Green brick tea is a tea from the northwest region, could she be from…”

A name flashed through Yan Jue’s mind a name Qi Xianqing had once mentioned: Beast Taming Pavilion.

After the group finished their meal, Yan Jue packed up a portion of Sugar Steamed Crisp Curd to take back to her room.

She couldn’t help it; after eating the Sugar Steamed Crisp Curd with Qi Xianqing last time, Yan Jue had to admit it was the best specialty in Nanxing Town.

Perhaps because she had spent so much time with Qi Xianqing recently, she kept thinking of him. So annoying.

Yan Jue placed the dessert on the table and slipped out the window.

Having finally managed to leave the mountain once, she naturally had to make a trip to… the Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion.

If the condition for disciples of the Five Dragons Gate to leave the mountain was to complete three introductory missions, then she had now completed… all the conditions.

About to run away, Yan Jue needed to prepare some things.

Yan Jue first went to the commercial street of Nanxing Town and entered a jewelry shop that was still open at night, buying over twenty gold hairpins with two mid-grade spirit stones.

Then, with the hairpins, she headed to the Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion.

The Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion in Nanxing Town was in a cave in the forest outside the city. Yan Jue walked into the forest with practiced ease.

The huge cave was obscured by vegetation, faintly revealing dim lamplight.

It was a clamorous hubbub; the Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion was as lively as ever.

Hmm… maybe a bit livelier than before?

The enormous cavern was filled with small demons coming and going, some in human form, others not.

This time, Yan Jue removed her Demon Locking Collar in advance, holding it in her hand, and silently recited the mantra.

The golden collar vibrated lightly in her hand and gradually shrank, transforming into a square piece of Profound Iron.

Simultaneously, a dense demonic aura poured out.

She squinted slightly, her clear amber pupils lighting up with a faint gold.

That’s right demons have no vital signs. The only way to gauge a demon’s cultivation level is by this pervasive demonic aura.

The wolf spirit guarding the gate snarled fiercely, “State your name!”

Yan Jue: “Crimson Fox.”

Although her expression was blank, her eyes were captivating, with a lingering charm. Only those of the fox lineage could possess such peerless beauty after taking human form.

The wolf spirit stared at her for a while, then cleared the way.

Yan Jue walked into the cave, and a strong smell of blood and gore hit her face.

Yan Jue couldn’t help but frown slightly. In real life, the lives of demons were not that poetic. Many demons lived in caves, surrounded by stench and gore day in and day out, just getting by.

It was a scent unique to demons, but Yan Jue, having transmigrated here for so long, still wasn’t used to it.

The cavern passages were packed shoulder to shoulder. Demons were usually reckless when walking; several times, if Yan Jue hadn’t dodged quickly, she would have been knocked flying by an oncoming bull demon.

Yan Jue arrived in front of a stall and looked down at the items displayed: Qiankun Bags (Spatial Bags).

Yan Jue’s Qiankun Bag was so full that during the day in the Empty Mountain Forest, she had to take out her iron sword just to barely fit the snake meat.

Yan Jue was quite pleased; it meant she had earned quite a bit since coming to this world. Her purpose for visiting the Ten Thousand Demon Pavilion this time was to exchange for a better Qiankun Bag.

The owner of the Qiankun Bag stall was a badger spirit, with two black and white ears sticking up on his head, smiling at her: “My lady wants to choose a Qiankun Bag?”

Yan Jue: “Yes, do you have any better ones to recommend?”

The badger spirit smiled and rummaged through a box, pulling out a small purple gold Qiankun Bag: “This Qiankun Bag is a new product I recently developed. Not only does it have a large capacity, but it’s also more portable than other Qiankun Bags.”

“Furthermore, this Qiankun Bag has a trick up its sleeve.”

Yan Jue was startled: “Has a trick up its sleeve?”