The Cold And Aloof Senior Sister Keeps Flirting With Me - Chapter 45.1

Yan Jue said: “I have a friend who always attracts many mosquitoes and insects when traveling. If one applies this ointment to their hands, there will inevitably be places they can’t quite reach.”

Duan Luxi quickly understood what Yan Jue meant, frowned, took the ointment, and gently ground a bit of it with her finger.

The texture of this ointment was indeed very good; most of it was a paste, but the top layer was a fine, powdery substance.

Yan Jue: “Is there any possibility of turning this box of ointment into something like mosquito coils?”

There were all sorts of wonders in this world. The top tier artifact refiners could create anything as long as they had the raw materials.

Since Qi Xianqing carried her back to the Burning Fire Sect a few days ago, Yan Jue definitely had to repay this favor.

Yan Jue asked Duan Luxi with a casual attitude, thinking it was a long shot, but to her surprise, Duan Luxi pondered: “I can try. Your mosquito repelling ointment is an excellent refining material.”

Yan Jue was slightly stunned: “It can work?”

Duan Luxi: “Because part of your ointment is in powder form, I can make a simple dispersal device to try and see if it can repel mosquito demons.”

Yan Jue snapped out of her shock: “I don’t quite understand it either, then I’ll trouble you, Senior Sister Duan.”

The next day.

Today was the day to go down the mountain with Qi Xianqing.

Yan Jue got up very early, re-organized the contents of her Qiankun Bag, and tightly strapped the iron sword to her back.

Yan Jue finished packing everything, then looked up at herself in the mirror.

She looked exactly like a capable little heroine.

Yan Jue tied up her hair, when she suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings from the windowsill behind her.

Yan Jue turned around and saw the communication immortal crane of the Five Dragon Mountain had landed on her windowsill at some unknown time.

There was a small flower basket around the crane’s neck, containing something.

Yan Jue was stunned, took the item out of the basket.

It was actually… an exquisite jade tube.

The shape of the jade tube was a bit like a bamboo whistle. When Yan Jue held it in her hand, she could faintly smell a light medicinal scent similar to her mosquito repelling ointment.

There was a short note in the bamboo basket.

Duan Luxi: Junior Sister Yan, I fused your mosquito repelling ointment with this jade tube yesterday. This jade tube has a small emission array. You only need to inject your spiritual sense into the jade tube, and the top of the tube can emit a trace amount of repellent powder.

I call it: Mosquito Repellent Jade Tube.

I don’t know if it will work, but I bought this jade tube in the Artifact Refining Hall. It was quite expensive because I merged it with an array pattern, 100 low-grade spirit stones.

Since Duan Luxi said so, Yan Jue definitely had to pay for this jade tube.

Yan Jue took out two mid-grade spirit stones from her Qiankun Bag, worth about 100 low-grade spirit stones, and placed them in the basket around the immortal crane’s neck.

The immortal crane flapped its wings and flew away.

Yan Jue couldn’t help but sigh. She was really poor right now, more than usual. She already had few mid-grade spirit stones left, and she had spent some before, so now only eight mid-grade spirit stones remained.

She was about to leave the mountain, and not having enough money would not do.

But Yan Jue knew that now was not the time to think about these things.

She looked up at the sun, knowing it was about time.

She was supposed to go down the mountain with Qi Xianqing.

Yan Jue and Qi Xianqing met at the mountain gate.

Qi Xianqing was wearing a set of black tight fitting clothes, with crossed collars and narrow sleeves, carrying a long sword on her back, standing behind a large mountain rock, looking slightly up at her.

She had peach blossom eyes, with deep creases at the outer corners. In the sunlight, her pupils were pitch black and clear, with profound restraint at the ends.

Yan Jue greeted her: “Good morning, Senior Sister.”

Qi Xianqing looked at her, nodded slightly: “…”

Okay, she was used to it.

Qi Xianqing gave her a cloak, expressing herself very concisely: “Wear it properly.”

The cloak was entirely black, with exquisite workmanship, and beautiful dark patterns were faintly visible on the hem.

Yan Jue was slightly stunned.

This type of cloak looked very familiar to Yan Jue.

It seemed like the Beast Taming Pavilion girl, Xue Shuangxing, whom she met at the inn in Nanxing Town when she went on a mission with Lin Xi and the others last time, also wore a similar cloak.

Qi Xianqing answered her doubts: “This is called a Concealment Cloak. In order to prevent our identities from being exposed, we generally wear this when we go down the mountain.”

Yan Jue: “Okay, thank you, Senior Sister.”

She then put the cloak on.

Today, Yan Jue was wearing a lotus green pleated skirt, a snow white shirt with crossed collar and narrow sleeves on top, and the gold collar around her neck sparkled in the dazzling sunlight, making her look even more fair skinned with bright red lips.

After putting on the black cloak, it added a touch of heroism to the girl’s face.

Yan Jue and Qi Xianqing had gone on missions together before.

However, last time in Nanxing Town, there were four people in the team.

Now there were only the two of them.

On the road, Qi Xianqing coldly explained the mission content to Yan Jue in brief.

The Daoists of the Green Jade Temple they encountered at the inn in Nanxing Town last time actually had a stronghold in Cloud Fall Mountain, not far from the Five Dragon Mountain.

All of this started with the village of Little Apricot Village in Cloud Fall Mountain. The village had been haunted for five years, causing immense suffering to the villagers due to a fierce ghost.

One day, a Daoist came to the village, calling himself the Plain Sun Heavenly Master, claiming he could expel ghosts.

The villagers eagerly invited the Plain Sun Heavenly Master into the village. After driving away the fierce ghost for a round, everyone realized that this Heavenly Master could indeed expel ghosts!

Then, this Heavenly Master settled down in a cave not far from the village.

The Heavenly Master said that the reason those families suffered from fierce ghosts was because their sins were too deep.

After he helped expel the ghosts, those families needed to send their children to his cave to wash away the evil spirits, to prevent the most vulnerable children from being further disturbed by evil spirits.

Furthermore, after the children learned immortal arts in the cave, they could return home and help the village eradicate evil spirits.

Because of this connection, more than forty children from the village had already been sent to the Plain Sun Heavenly Master’s cave.

The Immortal Sect suspected that this Plain Sun Heavenly Master was a Daoist from the Green Jade Temple, an evil cultivator.

And the purpose of the two going now was not only to eliminate the demonic Daoist but also to find a way to get close to the demonic Daoist and investigate the person behind the Green Jade Temple.

On the way, Yan Jue kicked stones as she walked, gradually getting farther and farther away from Qi Xianqing.

Being with Qi Xianqing, Yan Jue always felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Ever since they slept together that night… ever since she fainted in the classroom and Qi Xianqing carried her back to the dormitory…

This awkward feeling always lingered in Yan Jue’s heart, refusing to leave.

Maybe she was overthinking it.

Perhaps Qi Xianqing was just that kind to every junior brother and sister.

Although she really liked getting close to Qi Xianqing when she turned into a little fox, the little fox was the little fox, and she was herself.

If this Heavenly Dao really couldn’t be changed, then Qi Xianqing would always be the male lead.

She just needed to quickly repay the favor she owed Qi Xianqing, and everything would be fine.

The spring breeze brushed her face. Qi Xianqing narrowed her eyes slightly, watching the young girl in front of her absently kicking stones as she walked slowly with her sword on her back, in a good mood.

Little Apricot Village was located in Cloud Fall Mountain, not far from the Five Dragon Mountain.

After descending the mountain, the two got into a carriage and arrived at their destination in the evening.

The setting sun cast the surrounding mountains in a blood-red hue.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village. Two people got out.

Both were women, both wearing pitch-black cloaks. They looked like ordinary people, but their faces were vaguely hard to see clearly.

These two were Yan Jue and Qi Xianqing.

Because Little Apricot Village was located in Cloud Fall Mountain, a major pass from the southwest border to the Central Plains, merchants often rested there, so the villagers were not surprised to see outsiders and paid no attention to these two ordinary women.

After getting out of the carriage, the two headed to the village chief’s house.

In front of the village chief, Qi Xianqing took out the tally token from her waist.

The token was inlaid with a deep dark red jade, carved with a Qilin pattern in extremely exquisite brushwork.

The village chief froze, instantly terrified.

“It’s… it’s the Immortal Master from Five Dragon Mountain!” He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Qi Xianqing and Yan Jue.

Yan Jue exchanged a look with Qi Xianqing. Yan Jue walked over and helped him up: “Village Chief, please rise quickly.”

The village chief stood up tremblingly and asked: “May I ask why the Immortal Masters have come? Has the Five Dragon Gate also learned about the great calamity Little Apricot Village has suffered from for five years…”

Yan Jue glanced at Qi Xianqing and asked: “Please tell this old Village Chief the details of the haunting in Little Apricot Village, and we will certainly help you.”

Village Chief: “No need, no need! It’s no trouble for the Immortal Masters.”

“Hmm?”

“Actually, five years ago, an old immortal passed by here and knew about our village being cursed by an evil god, and he already performed a ritual to resolve it.”

Yan Jue asked knowingly: “May I ask which deity it was?”

The Village Chief smiled: “About ten li from here, there is the Plain Sun Immortal Abode. A Heavenly Master lives in the Immortal Abode, and every time our village encounters ghosts, that old immortal comes out to resolve it.”

Yan Jue caught the key point and frowned: “Every time there is a ghost… Does the Village Chief mean that fierce ghosts still come to Little Apricot Village now?”

Village Chief: “Exactly. The Old Immortal said that the families who encounter fierce ghosts today were originally deeply sinful, so Heaven’s Dao sent down punishment… For some reason, a few families in our village are targeted by fierce ghosts every year, but the Daoist Master comes every year when the fierce ghost arrives to perform a ritual, and he can drive the ghost away.”

Yan Jue pondered: “Such a thing exists…”

Her gaze turned to Qi Xianqing, who raised her eyes and asked: “In this situation, what should be done?”

Since they were on a mission now, Qi Xianqing naturally took on the role of the leading senior sister again.

Qi Xianqing was very adept at leading missions, speaking softly and politely, completely different from the Senior Sister Lin Xi last time.

Yan Jue felt very comfortable interacting with her, so she naturally asked: “Where is the family with the haunting most recently?”

The Village Chief looked at the young Daoist with a sword on her back and a cloak over her face.

For some reason, this person’s appearance… couldn’t be called ugly, but she just felt extremely ordinary, as if one would forget her as soon as they looked away.

The Village Chief then said: “It’s the Old Liu family at the village entrance. Last year on this very night, because the Daoist Master had something urgent and arrived late, Old Liu’s entire family was killed by the fierce ghost.”

Yan Jue’s expression sank slightly.

Although the Immortal had helped Little Apricot Village, the reputation of the Five Dragon Mountain was indeed great, so the Village Chief did not reject them. It was better to have a few more Immortal Masters look into their village’s situation.

So Yan Jue and Qi Xianqing went to the Old Liu family at the village entrance.

The afterglow of the setting sun scattered on the thatched roof.

Perhaps because of the haunting five years ago, the door of the Old Liu family was sealed with paper, looking ominous from the outside.

Yan Jue pushed the door open, and fine dust floated in the air.

She looked up; everything was covered in dust.

Relying on the sensitive sense of smell of a fox demon, Yan Jue could even smell the lingering scent of blood in the air.

Qi Xianqing: “Last year on this day, the Liu family was haunted.”

The originally honest farmer, Old Liu, suddenly went mad one night, hacked his beloved wife to death with a knife, and then strangled himself to death with a hemp rope.

Only two children, a boy and a girl, were left in the house.

Of course, these two children had been sent to the Plain Sun Immortal Abode outside the village, where they were cleansed of evil spirits by the Plain Sun Heavenly Master and became Immortal Children.

Qi Xianqing pondered: “On this day every year, a ghost descends upon this village.”

Yan Jue couldn’t help but feel a chill run down her spine.

The two soon arrived in the backyard.

Qi Xianqing took out a dagger from her Qiankun Bag, half squatted down, scraped away the soil next to the well, saw nothing, frowned slightly, then stood up and walked seven steps to the east.

She then scraped away the soil at her feet.

Yan Jue was slightly stunned.

What was buried in the soil was a… pale yellow jade le (a type of tablet or seal)!