Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 128 - 127: Senior Sister Wants to Join the "Special Training" Too?

"Don't worry, Master. I blacked out right on time. When Xiaoxiao wakes up, she shouldn't remember that last part~"

"...I've told you before, we can't leave any marks. They'll give us away."

Yu Gu Nan blushed, but she still retorted defiantly, "Oh, you're one to talk about responsibility, Master. You're the one who sucked too hard, that's why it left a mark!"

"Hurry and take off your clothes. Check if there are any other marks. Once we've taken care of them, you can let Xiaoxiao wake up."

Yu Gu Nan nodded, and the sound of her robe rustling to the floor followed. The young woman carefully examined her body and discovered another crimson mark on the tender skin of her inner thigh.

It wasn't as distinct as the bite mark on her instep, but it was still best to treat it.

Of course, Yu Gu Nan wasn't about to admit this was her own careless mistake. She would only blame her master for not being gentle with her at all. 'How could such rough actions not leave a mark on my flawless, supple skin? It'd be a miracle if they didn't.'

Seeing Yu Gu Nan's aggrieved expression, Pei Yuhang felt a pang of sympathy. He took the ointment and began applying it to the mark on her inner thigh.

As he rubbed the cool ointment in, spreading it evenly with his fingers, the initial, sharp coolness of mint began to feel fiery hot under the warmth of his touch.

Pei Yuhang, who had been focused on applying the ointment, suddenly sensed something. He looked up, and just as he expected, the young woman's beautiful eyes had grown hazy and moist.

"Master... Should we... go again...?"

Before Yu Gu Nan could finish, a light chop landed on her head. "Oof!" she yelped, clutching the spot.

"You! Show some restraint, will you? Is being completely ruled by your lust a good thing? Now, hurry up and let Xiaoxiao wake up."

Chastised by Pei Yuhang, the young woman's arousal instantly vanished. She shot him a glare, indignation welling up inside her.

'Hmph. He's acting all prim and proper now, but when he gets worked up, he's wilder than anyone...'

Yu Gu Nan grumbled inwardly. Then, her eyes rolled back in her head, and her body tipped backward uncontrollably.

Pei Yuhang caught her just in time and watched as the young woman in his arms opened her eyes again.

"Master... I feel a little dizzy."

"Xiaoxiao, I just finished guiding Gu Nan's cultivation. Your body is exhausted... It's normal to feel tired."

"Oh, I see. In that case, can Xiaoxiao lie in Master's arms a little longer?"

"Of course."

Pei Yuhang was filled with guilt for Yu Xiaoyan, so he did his best to grant her wishes as a way to compensate.

Lying in her master's arms, Yu Xiaoyan basked in his tenderness, a mixture of puzzlement and joy in her heart.

'Hasn't Master been a little *too* nice to me lately?'

'Something feels a little off...'

But Yu Xiaoyan didn't dwell on it. She was soon lost in her master's gentle whispers, unwilling to think about anything at all.

...

...

「At the bow of the Flying Ship.」

Pei Yuhang stood holding the Bronze Compass, setting their course. Though a protective barrier shielded the vessel, a faint breeze still slipped through to the bow, rustling his snow-white robes and giving him the elegant, otherworldly air of a winter squall.

After a long silence, Pei Yuhang spoke. "Yueqiu, is there something you wish to tell me?"

Qing Yueqiu, who had been standing silently behind him, hesitated at his question before her lips finally parted.

"Master, I..."

"Is it about your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm?"

"No."

Pei Yuhang was a little surprised. He'd noticed the troubled look on Qing Yueqiu's face lately and assumed she was frustrated by her inability to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. He hadn't expected it to be something else.

"Yueqiu, if something is troubling you, please tell me. I'll do everything I can to help."

Hearing the gentleness in her master's voice, Qing Yueqiu found her resolve and finally spoke.

"Master, there's something I don't understand."

Pei Yuhang nodded, encouraging his head disciple to continue.

"Why does my junior sister get to go to your room every night for special training, but I can't? I want you to give me special training too, Master!"

"..."

Pei Yuhang's expression froze.

"Er... Yueqiu, haven't I told you before? The special training method I'm using now is dependent on a person's Physique..."

"Are you saying I'm not as talented as my junior sister, Master? Is that why I can't enter your room at night?"

Something about her question felt strange to Pei Yuhang. It seemed Qing Yueqiu wasn't fixated on the recent leap in Yu Gu Nan's Cultivation from refining his Primordial Yang, but on the opportunity to enter his room itself.

"Yueqiu, it's not a matter of talent," Pei Yuhang explained helplessly. "If you want to increase your power right now, you must focus on tempering your Dao Heart. That is a process that must unfold naturally; it depends on timing and serendipity..."

"Master, I know where to find the serendipity for my breakthrough."

"Where?"

"In your room, Master... I have a premonition. If I could receive your special training alongside my junior sister, I'm certain my Dao Heart would progress..."

Qing Yueqiu stammered, her face crimson. Her nervous, sweaty fingertips twisted around one another.

Clearly, this supposed "guidance from her Dao Heart" was just an excuse to get into Pei Yuhang's room.

The silver-haired young woman finished speaking and watched the silent Pei Yuhang nervously. 'He's probably seen right through my clumsy lie...'

'Master must think I'm being ridiculous right now. I'm the senior sister, yet I'm acting childishly jealous of my junior.'

'I even stooped to lying just to get into his room.'

'How pathetic.'

Qing Yueqiu felt she was turning into a strange, obsessive woman.

She lowered her head, ready to apologize to her master and say that she had spoken rashly, that her mind had been muddled.

"I'm sorry, Master. I was being impulsive..."

"Alright."

Qing Yueqiu froze. She looked up to see Pei Yuhang smiling at her. "Of course you can," he said. "Since you want to see how I conduct Gu Nan's special training, you can come by tonight, too."

「Night.」

Yu Gu Nan had a long, fragrant bath in the small washroom on the Flying Ship. Afterward, she hummed a cheerful little tune on her way to Pei Yuhang's room.

The closer she got to the door, the quicker and lighter her steps became.

Though she was reluctant to admit it, the faint resistance she'd once felt had vanished. The Yu Gu Nan of today had truly accepted Pei Yuhang in her heart.

'His every touch, every kiss.'

'His handsome face, his virile Physique.'

'His sexy throat... and this 'little master' of hers that she both loved and hated.'

She couldn't deny it: the man had a fatal charm.

Nowadays, Yu Gu Nan didn't even wait for the Evil Fire Poison to flare up before she actively sought him out.

She would even sneak off to play all sorts of "little games" with Pei Yuhang during the day, whenever her senior sister wasn't looking.

At first, she'd only intended to use Pei Yuhang as a tool to toy with her other self.

But somewhere along the way, she had been "tamed" into his little kitten instead.

Perhaps she was afflicted with a poison far more potent than the Evil Fire Poison. It hadn't been long since she'd truly become a woman, but she was already hopelessly addicted to the pleasure of it all.

'Oh, but who cares... As long as Master makes me happy~'

The young woman pushed open the door, her fingers already moving to her buttons, ready to transform into a wildcat and pounce on the reserved White-clothed Sword Immortal.

But she hadn't expected to find a third person in the room—a complete and utter killjoy.

"Senior Sister? Why aren't you in your room cultivating? What are you doing here?"

Yu Gu Nan didn't even realize how hostile her own voice sounded.

Perhaps she had already begun to see Pei Yuhang's chambers as her own territory. How could this room, which should only ever be filled with her scent, tolerate the presence of another woman?