The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 40

Qi Xianqing had been in seclusion to recuperate from her injuries for the past few days.

After some thought, she decided to teach Yan Jue the martial art essence called “Shuai Tuo” roughly translated as Throwing/Tumbling Technique. This was because most disciples of the Five Dragons Sect were primarily sword cultivators and not very proficient in martial arts.

It had to be admitted that an overly frail body and a lack of martial arts knowledge were always the hard drawbacks for sword cultivators.

Yan Jue was an excellent student. She learned martial arts quickly; whatever she was taught, she grasped. Qi Xianqing had to admit that teaching Yan Jue brought her a lot of a sense of accomplishment. Furthermore, having once helped Yan Jue clear her meridians in Nanxing Town, Yan Jue felt almost like her own in Qi Xianqing’s eyes.

Unaware that Yan Jue already knew about her intention to teach her, Qi Xianqing borrowed an obscure and difficult martial arts manual from the Scripture Repository. She then used separate paper to write down her own understanding, unconsciously completing several pages of clear training essentials. Coupled with recovering and adjusting her body, seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

When she finally arrived at the Cold Pond, she saw Yan Jue practicing martial arts there. Qi Xianqing, harboring a small personal desire to see Yan Jue’s surprised face, instead saw the girl in tears.

“…”

This seemed… perhaps a bit too excited. It was as if learning her martial arts made her happier than seeing her in person.

Qi Xianqing suddenly felt a strange sensation, a kind of faint sense of defeat. As the chief disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect and the face of the Five Dragons Mountain, the famous Dream Heng Jun, everyone was incredibly excited to see her. Yet, this person seemed to crave her martial arts more than herself.

Qi Xianqing asked pointedly, “I saw Junior Sister spit blood while practicing earlier. Perhaps we should postpone until tomorrow?”

Yan Jue hurriedly replied, “A mere two sheng of blood is hardly worth mentioning. Senior Sister may teach me now.” In the cultivation world, spitting blood was a very normal occurrence, especially for a fox demon with excellent physical endurance.

Qi Xianqing glanced at her, surprised.

If Qi Xianqing taught her, Yan Jue could take the knowledge back to study slowly. Yan Jue worried that once Qi Xianqing left, she might disappear again for several days. It was unavoidable one was at the Water Cloud Sect and the other at the Blazing Fire Sect, and she couldn’t stay by Qi Xianqing’s side every day.

Qi Xianqing looked at Yan Jue a couple more times before imparting the essentials of the ‘Flying Swallow Step’ (Fei Yan Bu). If the Five Dragons Sect’s lightness skill taught last time was the most basic, then the Flying Swallow Step was an intermediate lightness footwork technique.

Yan Jue felt that having learned the Five Dragons Lightness Skill, her mastery and understanding of other lightness arts had also reached a new level. After silently memorizing the mental mantra, she nodded.

Next was the ‘Shuai Tuo’ that Qi Xianqing mentioned. Shuai Tuo was the essence of martial arts; if mastered, it possessed immense power.

Qi Xianqing stood before Yan Jue with her hands behind her back, her expression indifferent, “Junior Sister, punch me.”

Punch… Qi Xianqing?

Yan Jue forced herself and threw a punch toward Qi Xianqing. The next second, her wrist was grasped. Qi Xianqing extended her hand straight out, grasped Yan Jue’s wrist, slightly bent her waist, and violently threw Yan Jue outward. Fortunately, Yan Jue had lightness skill, otherwise, that throw would have been extremely awkward.

Yan Jue’s body drew a perfect arc in the air. She flipped herself over and managed to land near the edge of the lake. Too strong. She had barely felt any force from Qi Xianqing just now; it seemed Qi Xianqing was completely using the force of her own punch to throw her.

Qi Xianqing walked over and said lightly, “Did you see clearly?”

Compared to lightness skill, Shuai Tuo leaned more towards practical combat there wasn’t much of a mental mantra, just this single move. Mastery relied on self-enlightenment. Yan Jue silently memorized Qi Xianqing’s movements and posture, nodding hesitantly.

Qi Xianqing nodded, “Then practice it yourself.” She turned to leave, but Yan Jue quickly called out, “Senior Sister.”

Qi Xianqing stopped and looked back, a strange hint of expectation in her eyes.

Yan Jue asked, “If I master this, can you teach me the next technique?”

Qi Xianqing: “…”

Yan Jue genuinely wanted to learn martial arts. While a bit greedy… Qi Xianqing was currently the only teacher willing to seriously teach her martial arts. Since she would have to leave the mountain soon, she wanted to learn as much as she could.

Qi Xianqing was silent for a moment, then stated flatly, “If you can master this technique within seven days, I will teach you others.”

Yan Jue was determined to learn the new skills; she had to master the ‘Shuai Tuo’ and ‘Flying Swallow Step’ within seven days, even if it meant pushing herself to the limit.

She suddenly recalled almost suffering a qi deviation while practicing her ice-element divine ability earlier and hurriedly asked, “Senior Sister, I have something I wish to ask for advice on.”

Qi Xianqing pursed her lips, “Speak, what is it?”

Yan Jue replied, “Just now, while cultivating my ice-element divine ability, I felt completely at ease, but suddenly my chest grew hot and I spat blood. Does Senior Sister know why this happened?”

Qi Xianqing listened with a solemn expression, then suddenly stepped forward. Yan Jue’s scalp tingled, and she instinctively retreated. Qi Xianqing raised her hand and gently placed it on her, “Don’t move.”

A faint fragrance drifted into her nose. Yan Jue could only stand still, feeling a gentle spiritual energy flow from Qi Xianqing’s palm into her body, which immediately eased the heat inside her.

Qi Xianqing said, “It would be best to go to the Scripture Repository and select a cultivation technique to practice.” Indeed, cultivation couldn’t be done haphazardly spiritual energy going astray could easily lead to qi deviation. Many techniques written by the Daoists of the Five Dragons Sect were extremely logical and well-structured; borrowing books would clearly be more efficient.

Yan Jue thought the same and asked, “Does Senior Sister have any recommended techniques?”

She had Water and Earth dual spiritual roots, with the Water root purity being higher than the Earth root. She was currently in the Kaiguang Realm (Illumination Realm), which was equivalent to the Tongzhi Realm (Sentient Realm) for demons. From both the human and demon perspectives, she could start cultivating her primary root divine abilities. However, Yan Jue had already practiced ice element divine abilities and felt they were more powerful, having even achieved minor success with the Ice Summoning Art (Huan Bing Jue). Yan Jue was unsure whether to switch to cultivating her Water spiritual root or continue with the ice-element divine ability.

Yan Jue explained her thoughts to Qi Xianqing.

Qi Xianqing pondered, “The Ice spiritual root is a variation of the Water and Earth dual roots. If your Water and Earth dual roots undergo a variation, it’s not impossible for you to cultivate the ice-element divine ability.”

Yan Jue was stunned, “Can spiritual roots also change after birth? But how does one obtain an Ice spiritual root?”

“It is only because you are born with Water and Earth spiritual roots that you are qualified to try.” Qi Xianqing continued, “The Profound Ice Flower can promote the spiritual root’s mutation towards ice. It grows on the Frost Cliff and only blooms during the coldest time of the year. It is currently the blooming season.”

“All Water or Earth root disciples of the Five Dragons Sect who wish to urge their spiritual root mutation go to try this after reaching the Kaiguang Realm.” Yan Jue couldn’t help but feel a jolt. Her cultivation level had already reached the Kaiguang Realm. Qi Xianqing had noticed this long ago.

Qi Xianqing added, “As for the current technique, you must choose one with the most rigorous and step-by-step arrangement. Some techniques are easy to learn but have a low ceiling, quickly reaching the peak, forcing you to choose new techniques later, which is very troublesome.”

“For an ice technique, given your current situation, I recommend the Shao Yin Bing Po Jue (Lesser Yin Ice Soul Formula) by True Man Sanqing of the Water Cloud Sect. Not only is its five element attribute Ice, but it also encompasses ‘Yin’ from the Yin Yang attributes. If your spiritual root truly cannot mutate later, you can abandon the progress in the five elements and choose to cultivate ‘Yin’.”

Hearing Qi Xianqing’s advice, Yan Jue couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her lips. Why did she feel like she had fewer and fewer secrets in front of Qi Xianqing? But she was happy to hear the advice from an expert. Yan Jue cupped her hands towards Qi Xianqing, “Thank you, Senior Sister.”

Mastering the Flying Swallow Step and Shuai Tuo within seven days made Yan Jue’s head ache just thinking about it.

After bidding farewell to Qi Xianqing, Yan Jue first went to the Scripture Repository. After a search, she finally found the Shao Yin Bing Po Jue that Qi Xianqing mentioned. The book was at the very back of the shelf, its pages yellowed. Yan Jue was a little puzzled: how did Qi Xianqing know about such an obscure text!

She then took the book back to her dormitory and first savored the ‘Flying Swallow Step’ Qi Xianqing had taught her. Because she already had a foundation in lightness skill, she didn’t find the Flying Swallow Step particularly difficult. But when her gaze shifted to the other technique, ‘Shuai Tuo’, her brow furrowed. Yan Jue had studied Sanda (a form of kickboxing) in modern times, but the difficulty of this martial art, ‘Shuai Tuo,’ was truly incomparable to ordinary Sanda. So hard… so hard…

As the night grew deeper, Yan Jue dozed off while resting her head on the table, and her body gradually shrank without her realizing it.

“Plop”

The pen falling to the ground startled her awake. She looked up and saw her furry paws. Although the probability of her turning back into her original form was now minimal compared to before, it was still possible while sleeping. She realized she needed to be even more careful in the future.

Yan Jue hopped onto the table and looked up at the moonlight flooding the floor. Knowing she was wide awake, she jumped off the table, planning to spend some time at the Cold Pond. Although the water in Qingmu Pavilion was warm, it was, after all, a place for humans. The little fox had a place for little foxes.

Qi Xianqing hadn’t been to the Cold Pond recently; she must have been very busy. After all, Qi Xianqing was already a young adult, while she was still just a little fox baby.

Yan Jue walked expressionlessly around the Cold Pond, eventually arriving at the Ice Peach Garden. She suddenly heard a faint sound. She froze slightly. Someone was in the Ice Peach Garden.

“…”

Qi Xianqing was actually here tonight. Yan Jue’s heart suddenly jumped into her throat, and her two large tails unconsciously lifted as she took small, quick steps into the garden.

Inside the Ice Peach Garden, peach trees were arranged neatly. Pale pink petals drifted down, dancing in the air, appearing almost transparent in the moonlight. Qi Xianqing was holding a small ladle, watering the peach trees. Perhaps because it was evening, she was dressed casually in a plain cyan gauze robe patterned with cloud motifs, loosely tied with a palace ribbon from which hung a light purple jade pendant. Her ink black hair was pinned up with a hairpin. She was truly exquisitely beautiful, with skin like congealed fat and a cool, ethereal elegance.

Yan Jue looked at her back and suddenly felt a little annoyed. She felt like someone in a harem, whose only daily task was waiting for Qi Xianqing to visit her in the Ice Peach Garden.

While Qi Xianqing wasn’t looking, Yan Jue suddenly darted forward, zipping right between the girl’s legs, intending to startle her.

Qi Xianqing was momentarily stunned by the sudden flash of fiery red appearing before her eyes. The little fox rolled its eyes and presented its back to her.

Qi Xianqing crouched down, opened her arms, and hugged the soft body of the little fox, saying with a smile, “Long time no see, little fox baby.”

Hmph. Who said long time no see?

Qi Xianqing released her, finished watering the last peach tree, then crouched down again, wrapped her arms around the fox’s waist, and carried her toward the room. “I was recuperating these past few days. You didn’t see me, so you weren’t feeling well either, were you? That’s why I didn’t come.” In the quiet night, the girl’s voice was very soft and gentle, as if coaxing her.

Yan Jue instantly understood what Qi Xianqing meant. Qi Xianqing had an Immortal Spirit Body; if she had any exposed wounds, the scent of blood would be an invisible temptation to any beast. As a twin-tailed fox, she would naturally not be unaffected.

Qi Xianqing carried the little fox into the small wooden house, placed her on the table, and then sat down on the stool in front of it. “Eat slowly, no one is taking it from you.” She then took out something from her Qiankun Bag.

Yan Jue looked and saw several small books. Qi Xianqing leaned back in the chair, casually flipping through the pages. For a moment, the quiet room was filled only with the sound of paper rubbing.

Yan Jue quietly looked at the large characters written on the book cover:

One Child, Three Treasures: The Cold Master is Too Doting.

Yan Jue: “…”!