novelraw Chapter 34: Lu Ruoxi Wants Her Junior Brother to Trouble Her Often
Chapter 34: Lu Ruoxi Wants Her Junior Brother to Trouble Her Often
Lu Ruoxi led Pei Yuhang by the hand, and they quickly flew over most of Guoxin Island.
From a distance, Pei Yuhang could hear the roar of crashing water. A thick vapor billowed toward them, so dense that it created a fine drizzle in the forest.
"Is that a waterfall up ahead?"
"Mhm. The Spirit Plant you need to heal a Divine Soul is right over there."
Lu Ruoxi led Pei Yuhang by the hand to the top of the imposing waterfall. She raised her right hand and waved her cyan sleeve, and the cascade seemed to be seized by a pair of invisible hands. Like a white curtain, the water was pulled apart down the middle.
On the cliff face behind the parted water grew a strange, blueberry-like cluster of fruit, shimmering with a faint violet light.
"A fully ripened cluster of Divine Fruit. Excellent. Out in the world, this would be enough to make Cultivators who specialize in the Divine Soul fight over it frantically. To deal with the Divine Soul issue of a single Foundation Establishment Stage Female Cultivator, its medicinal power is more than sufficient."
As Lu Ruoxi spoke, she flicked a delicate finger. Enveloped in cyan Spiritual Qi, the cluster of Divine Fruit detached perfectly from the cliff face and floated slowly before Pei Yuhang.
"Junior Brother, I've imbued it with my Cyan Wood Spirit Rhythm. This will guarantee the Spirit Fruit won't spoil or lose its quality, even inside a Jiezhi Storage Ring.
You can hold onto it for now. Once you've gathered the other materials, bring them to my residence, and I'll refine a Spirit-Storage Pill for your little disciple."
"I'm causing you so much trouble, Senior Sister… You always took care of me in the past, and you're still taking care of me now. I feel like I haven't made any progress at all."
Pei Yuhang's voice was laced with disappointment.
"It's no problem. That's what senior sisters are for, right? To be relied on~"
'Besides, I wish you would come and trouble me every single day...'
A glint flashed in Lu Ruoxi's eyes. 'The thought of Junior Brother Pei coming to find me again to refine an Elixir makes my heart leap. If I were alone in my chambers right now, I'd probably be humming happily to myself, wouldn't I?'
'Ah~ If only Junior Brother Pei's disciple ran into trouble every day. Then he'd have to come running to my residence all the time.'
'Then again, I really don't want to be refining all sorts of Elixirs to heal Junior Sister Ye. But using her injuries as an excuse to make Junior Brother Pei visit me every day… that doesn't sound so bad.'
'Maybe I could refine some fake elixirs with negligible effects? I could tell Junior Brother Pei they work wonders for Junior Sister Ye, making him come to me more often.'
'That way, Junior Sister Ye won't heal too quickly, and I can create more opportunities to be alone with Junior Brother Pei. Hehe~'
'But deceiving Junior Brother Pei like this… wouldn't that make me a bad woman?'
'Ugh, I just finished teaching Junior Brother Pei all about bad women, and now I'm about to become a prime example of one myself…'
Lu Ruoxi thought, feeling rather conflicted.
Pei Yuhang, at that moment, had no idea that his beloved and respected Senior Sister was plotting to deceive him with fake elixirs. He was only thinking that Senior Sister Lu was going to far too much trouble for him, both finding the Spirit Plant and offering to refine the medicine.
As an Elder of the Dan Yun Pavilion with countless duties, she still had to divert her attention to help him, her unworthy junior brother. The thought filled Pei Yuhang with shame.
'This is such a great debt. When I restore my Cultivation to the Divinity Transformation Stage, I absolutely must repay her.'
He wanted to put the Divine Fruit into his Jiezhi Storage Ring, but the hand wearing the ring was still held tightly by the Cyan-robed Fairy, who seemed unable to bear letting it go.
Pei Yuhang tried to gently pull his hand from her soft, delicate one.
But her seemingly delicate hand was clinging to his larger one, and for a moment, he found he couldn't pull away.
Sensing the movement, Lu Ruoxi realized she was still greedily clutching her junior brother's large, warm hand.
After tracing his palm with her fingers one last time to steal a final moment, Lu Ruoxi nonchalantly pulled her hand back and tucked a wind-swept strand of hair behind her ear.
Her pert nose twitched as she took a delicate sniff. An indescribable, unique fragrance filled her senses, feeling wonderfully reassuring.
'Smelling the scent from his hand, right in front of him… How thrilling.'
"Ahem. Let's go, Junior Brother. It's gotten dark, and the banquet should be starting soon."
"Mhm."
Pei Yuhang agreed. Then, when Lu Ruoxi wasn't looking, he subconsciously wiped his hand on the back of his robes, rubbing away the fragrance left from her palm.
For some reason, he didn't want his hand to carry his senior sister's scent; it felt like he was betraying Liyuan.
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「The sun set, and a full moon rose.」
However, Guoxin Island was not shrouded in darkness.
Countless charming, palm-sized birds took flight from the forest. They were called Everlasting Birds, though some said they were descendants of the Ancient Divine Beast, the Sun Golden Crow, and should rightly be called Little Golden Crows.
During the day, these birds absorb the sun's energy into their feathers. At night, they release any excess energy they cannot fully process, causing their plumage to glow.
Now, tens of thousands of well-trained Everlasting Birds circled Guoxin Island in orderly formations, creating all sorts of magnificent patterns and illuminating the island below as brightly as day.
At the center of Guoxin Island stood a rustic yet grand manor.
Cultivators from the Dao Sect, invited to attend the evening banquet, streamed into the manor, filling the usually silent estate with a sudden, vibrant energy.
In front of the manor's main hall, Chen Tiansheng stood with his hands clasped behind his back, dressed in a Black Gold Daoist Robe. He glanced at the guest of honor for the night's banquet—Fan Ya Fairy.
She wore an elegant, light-purple gown. Its style was dignified, the embroidery upon it subtle. She possessed none of the flashy, flamboyant temperament typical of a Yin Yang Dao Female Cultivator.
Instead, she resembled a well-read, reclusive lady from a noble family in the mortal world.
'Only a step away from the Divinity Transformation Stage? Her status in the Yin Yang Sacred Land must be quite high for them to use such an important visit to the Dao Sect as an opportunity for her to temper her Dao Heart.'
'Does this mean the Yin Yang Sacred Land is too arrogant to value this joint opportunity with our Dao Sect, or is this Nascent Soul Stage Female Cultivator simply that extraordinary?'
Chen Tiansheng had always been one who preferred quiet and was often lost in his own thoughts.
If the Sect Leader hadn't ordered him to receive the special envoy from the Yin Yang Sacred Land, he wouldn't have given a second glance to a banquet so meaningless to his Cultivation.
Therefore, even with a beauty like Fan Ya at his side—one so different in style from the Fairies of the Dao Sect—he had no interest in making conversation, lost as he was in his own bored thoughts.
As if sensing the cold indifference of the Xuanyuan Dao Sect's new Saint Son, Fan Ya looked up at the overcast, gloomy sky and sighed softly.
"The moon isn't very beautiful tonight. And here I'd heard that the star-filled sky above the Dao Sect was the most beautiful among all the Sect Sacred Lands."
"Then I'll just wipe the clouds away."
Chen Tiansheng spoke in a casual tone, as if it were as simple as handing the beauty beside him a glass of water.
He raised his hand toward the thick, sprawling cloud cover and made a gentle wiping motion.
In an instant, the world seemed to shift. A powerful gale surged forth, shattering the vast expanse of murky clouds and blowing them to pieces.
As the clouds scattered like willow catkins in the wind, a beautiful, brilliant river of stars appeared before Fan Ya's eyes.
"To mobilize the Source of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy with a mere wave of your hand… has the Dust Saint Son's Cultivation already reached the Void Refining Realm?"
Chen Tiansheng glanced at Fan Ya. "I thought you would first praise the beauty of the starry river."
"As for this Void Refining Cultivation… it's nothing to be proud of. If that person hadn't been so reckless and impulsive, ruining his own future, the one standing before you now would be a Sword Cultivator who could cleave through thousands of miles of clouds with a flick of his finger and a burst of Sword Qi."
'Tsk. Women really do affect a man's Dao Heart… Good thing I don't have a Dao Companion.'
Chen Tiansheng thought, feeling a sense of relief.