Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 33: Holding Junior Brother's Hand, Feeling at Ease

On Guoxin Island, countless springs erupted from the ground. After being transformed by arrays, they manifested as white mist.

At first glance, it looked as if everyone was drinking and making merry while stepping on clouds, which was quite fascinating.

Along the way, Pei Yuhang also saw many familiar faces and politely greeted each one.

Lu Ruoxi followed beside Pei Yuhang, silently observing her junior brother's social connections. If it was a male Cultivator, she would pay no attention, but if it was a female Cultivator, she would secretly take note, planning to investigate later whether they were trying to steal her man or had any tendency to do so.

Perhaps Lu Ruoxi's possessive gaze was too frightening, as many female Cultivators who wanted to approach and chat with Pei Yuhang all felt a chilling aura and dared not come any closer.

"Senior Sister, why do I feel like fellow Daoists are avoiding us?"

"Hmm... I don't know. Anyway, Junior Brother doesn't need to worry about these trivial matters. Since we rarely come to Guoxin Island, before the banquet officially begins, let Senior Sister take you to gather some good things."

Hearing this, Pei Yuhang's eyes lit up with anticipation. He knew that Senior Sister Lu possessed the Innate Wood Spirit Saint Body, giving her an extremely keen perception of many Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

In the past, when they went down the mountain to train together as fellow disciples, Senior Sister always led him to find all sorts of rare Spirit Plants.

Pei Yuhang had always envied this talent, thinking it was much better than his own Giant Sun Saint Body, which was difficult to control with its excessive Yang Fire that often backlashed against his body and even his Dao Foundation.

Meanwhile, Lu Ruoxi, sensing that Pei Yuhang's gaze was finally on her after a long time, suddenly felt her breathing quicken and her heart beat faster, causing her fair skin to flush with a beautiful rosy glow like sunset clouds.

'Junior Brother... is looking at me!'

'I want Junior Brother to rely on me more, just like in the past...'

"Junior Brother, what type of Spirit Fruit do you need right now?"

"Spirit Fruits that can heal the Divine Soul... My young disciple has issues with their Divine Soul. Unfortunately, my dwelling is quite poor, and as a master, I don't have much to compensate my disciple with. I'll have to trouble Senior Sister to help find something."

Pei Yuhang's apologetic request made Lu Ruoxi feel as if she'd been entrusted with an immensely important mission.

As his senior sister, of course she had to satisfy all her junior brother's needs!

Lu Ruoxi approached the task with 110% seriousness. She formed several Dharma Seals with her hands, and the green Spiritual Charm surrounding her body transformed into hundreds of birds circling around this Cyan-robed Fairy.

RUSTLE RUSTLE—

Though there was no wind, the plants and trees within a hundred miles began to quiver, as if the vegetation was whispering.

Soon, the birds formed from green Spiritual Charm chirped once, as if discovering something, and flew in a certain direction.

"Junior Brother Pei, follow me."

Lu Ruoxi extended her slender, fair hand, gesturing for Pei Yuhang to take it.

After a moment's hesitation, Pei Yuhang placed his hand on Lu Ruoxi's slightly cool, smooth one.

Logically, as an Alchemy Cultivator, her fingers should have been somewhat corroded from handling various medicinal substances over the years.

But somehow Lu Ruoxi must have found a way to maintain them, for her hands were delicate and soft, with a cool, slick texture like Top Grade Soft Jade, making them difficult to let go.

If one could be caressed by these jade hands, it would surely be quite...

Pei Yuhang's gaze sharpened, and the murky red in his pupils quickly receded.

Wait... what was I just thinking? I unwittingly succumbed to the Yang Poison from the Evil Yang Fire Qi, having such impure thoughts about Senior Sister's hands!

Suddenly, Pei Yuhang felt too ashamed to look at Senior Sister Lu who was pulling him forward through the air. Senior Sister was sincerely helping him, yet he had harbored inappropriate thoughts!

Thinking of this, waves of bitter self-reproach rippled through Pei Yuhang's heart.

Lu Ruoxi was unaware of Pei Yuhang's change in mood. Or perhaps she was now holding her junior brother's hot, large hand, her mind so feverish that her ears had turned completely red, as if she were running a high temperature.

'Junior Brother's hand can completely envelop mine. It's really big.'

With these thoughts, Lu Ruoxi, like a thief, carefully used her tender fingertips to stroke Pei Yuhang's palm twice, feeling the rough, thick sword calluses scraping against her delicate, precious fingertips.

'Being held tightly by Junior Brother Pei's sword-practiced hand feels so reassuring...'

She unconsciously recalled the past, the scene when her junior brother had just joined under their master. At that time, their master was too busy with sect affairs to teach the junior brother, so entrusted her, the senior sister, with guiding him.

Back then, when teaching Pei Yuhang the basics of the Sword Dao, she would often stand behind this little junior brother, pressing tightly against his broad back, wrapping her arms around his waist, covering his hands with hers as they jointly held the sword.

Each time they swung the sword, she could clearly feel the ripple of the little junior brother's muscles, transmitted from his thighs to her chest, full of power.

She would patiently correct the position of each finger on the sword hilt when the little junior brother held the sword, carefully making adjustments.

At that time, she only thought that Pei Yuhang was a likable junior brother, polite and reserved, preferring to keep to himself rather than being outgoing.

Thinking about it now, she had really wasted those intimate moments teaching her little junior brother the introductory Sword Dao. Back then, she had few distracting thoughts, so despite caressing her little junior brother's still tender hands daily, she couldn't recall much of that wonderful feeling now.

What a pity.

'Before, I had opportunities to have contact with little Junior Brother without restraint, but I didn't treasure them. Now, wanting to touch him without any gap between us is so difficult.'

Thinking of this, Lu Ruoxi unconsciously stroked his hand a couple more times, as if each additional furtive scrape meant gaining one more advantage.

But soon, she nervously glanced at Pei Yuhang's face from the corner of her eye. Seeing that his head was lowered, lost in thought, her anxious heart finally relaxed after her thievish act.

'Fortunately, Junior Brother didn't notice... if he thought I was some strange woman who likes hands, he would dislike me...'

No, perhaps he had already noticed?

Perhaps he had noticed her thoughts, which were not those of a normal senior sister at all. After all, when Junior Brother Pei came to Dan Yun Pavilion to ask for supplies from the Cold Palace Sword Mansion earlier, she had been so blatant in trying to tempt him, making no attempt to hide her impure motives.

Even though it was the first time in decades that Junior Brother had come to find her, she had acted either in a suppressed manner or as if taking revenge, to the point of speaking those insane words.

Lu Ruoxi now deeply regretted being too hasty.

Whether Junior Sister Ye could return to the path of cultivation was still unknown, and even if she did, her Cultivation would never have a chance to catch up... the only one who could always stay by Junior Brother Pei's side was herself.

Taking it slowly, step by step letting Junior Brother Pei recognize how good his senior sister was, step by step making him grow tired of Junior Sister Ye—that was the right path.

Being too hasty would only scare Junior Brother Pei away.