Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 48: When the Little Pill Boy Reads Erotic Novels, She Likes to Substitute Junior Martial Uncle Pei

After acquiring the Spirit Plants and Medicinal Materials needed for the Spirit-Storage Pill, Pei Yuhang arrived before Dan Yun Pavilion. From a distance, he saw Chen Sixuan, the little girl with rosy lips and pearly-white teeth, sitting bored on the steps and kicking her legs.

To reach the alchemy and rest areas for Elders above the sixtieth floor of Dan Yun Pavilion, one needed a specific Teleportation Scroll. Thus, Lu Ruoxi had once again sent Chen Sixuan down to wait for Pei Yuhang.

Opening and closing the Teleportation Gate just for her master's guests... this was probably the daily life of a *true* Closed-door Disciple.

With his outstanding presence, Pei Yuhang was naturally conspicuous as he descended from the sky and landed among the crowd. It didn't take long for Chen Sixuan to notice him.

This cute, childlike girl, who was already sixty years old, tilted her head upon seeing Pei Yuhang, her little face growing serious.

She walked up to him and said in a low voice:

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei, are you here to see Master today for something urgent?"

"It's not too urgent. I just wanted to ask Senior Sister Lu to help me refine a Spirit-Storage Pill."

"Just to refine an Elixir? In that case, Junior Martial Uncle Pei, if you don't need it today, Xiaoxuan suggests you come back another day."

Looking at the serious expression on this Little Pill Boy's face, Pei Yuhang felt a bad premonition.

"Xiaoxuan, don't tell me your Master came back angry last night?"

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei, how did you know! I've never seen Master look so terrifying. I felt like she was going to throw me into the Alchemy Furnace the very next second... But she was so happy yesterday, putting on makeup and changing her clothes before she left."

"Don't tell me you saw what happened with Master on Guoxin Island last night? Or... or did you use divination and fortune-telling to perceive the secrets of heaven, Junior Martial Uncle?!"

Chen Sixuan's little mouth fell open, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at Pei Yuhang.

She'd heard from her Master long ago that Junior Martial Uncle Pei had studied divination and fortune-telling. Now, seeing it for herself, it seemed truly extraordinary. It was simply miraculous! He knew what she was thinking with just a single glance.

'Hmm, wait... Doesn't that mean Junior Martial Uncle Pei has always known I sneak glances at him, and that I'm thinking about those rumors of him messing around with all the Fairies in the sect?!'

'I'm screwed! This is so humiliating!'

Chen Sixuan's little face flushed crimson, and her head practically steamed like a locomotive, puffing out white air. She covered her face, turned away, and mumbled sullenly:

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei, I'm sorry! I only heard those rumors from other people. You know, Xiaoxuan never actually believes that kind of baseless gossip!"

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei, please forgive me! And in the future... you can't just use your profound Cultivation to casually peek into what people are thinking, okay? A girl's thoughts are not meant to be seen..."

By the end, Chen Sixuan's voice was so shy it was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"..."

Pei Yuhang was speechless. He knew this Little Pill Boy had completely misunderstood him.

Of course, he hadn't relied on any divination or fortune-telling to conclude that his Senior Sister was angry.

But he didn't have time to worry about how Chen Sixuan had misunderstood him. The problem now was... his Senior Sister really was angry!

And if he wasn't mistaken, the reason for Lu Ruoxi's anger was likely related to him leaving without saying goodbye.

Pei Yuhang sighed inwardly. 'Anyone in this situation would be upset, right?'

'I clearly promised to attend the night banquet with Senior Sister Lu, but I ended up leaving halfway through without even saying goodbye in person... What's worse, the real reason I left was just to go drinking with another beautiful woman.'

'Even though it wasn't my intention, even though I was forced.'

'In the end, I still let Senior Sister Lu down.'

'...and she always performs Alchemy for me, her troublesome junior brother, without asking for anything in return...'

Chen Sixuan looked up and saw Pei Yuhang staring at the ground, silent. She thought he was angry with her.

'Then again... why is it that as soon as I see Junior Martial Uncle Pei, I always think about those scandalous rumors about him?'

'And recently, someone in the Dao Sect wrote a scandalous book called *Sword Immortal's Cultivation*. The main character in it also happens to have the surname Pei. Every time I flip through it, I substitute Junior Martial Uncle Pei's image for the male lead, and it feels especially... thrilling...'

'Just now when I saw him, I subconsciously recalled the climactic chapter I read last night: "Pei Sword Immortal Wields His Sword in a Night Battle with the Eight Immortals."'

'Since Junior Martial Uncle Pei can do divination and fortune-telling, he must have seen all the embarrassing images in my head, right?'

'He's a senior, yet a junior like me is imagining such vulgar things about him. Junior Martial Uncle Pei must be really hurt, right?'

For a moment, Chen Sixuan also fell silent. She truly felt that she had wronged Junior Martial Uncle Pei, failed her Master's teachings, and brought shame upon Lu Fairy, who was known for her noble purity.

The two stood in silence until Pei Yuhang took a deep breath and was the first to break it.

"Xiaoxuan."

"Present!"

Chen Sixuan thought Junior Martial Uncle Pei was about to reprimand her and immediately snapped to attention.

"Open the Teleportation Scroll. Send me up to see Senior Sister Lu."

"Okay... Hmm, no, wait!"

Chen Sixuan snapped back to reality and realized that Pei Yuhang had just been conflicted about whether to go up and see her Master. 'It seems I was judging a gentleman by my own petty standards.' After all, Junior Martial Uncle Pei was a man who had almost become the Daoist Sect's Saint Son; how could he possibly lack such magnanimity?

'He was just imagined as a character in a scandalous little book by a junior. Junior Martial Uncle Pei doesn't care about that at all!'

Chen Sixuan suddenly felt Pei Yuhang's image grow towering in her mind. 'That being the case, I can't let Junior Martial Uncle Pei suffer a loss!'

"Junior Martial Uncle Pei, my Master is in a truly terrifying mood right now. One of the disciples already made a mistake in their alchemy and was scolded by Master until they cried... You should really come back another day."

Pei Yuhang shook his head, his resolve firm.

'Since I'm the one who made my usually gentle Senior Sister angry, I must be the one to face her!'

"Xiaoxuan, my mind is made up. Send me up."

"...Alright."

Seeing Junior Martial Uncle Pei's insistence, Chen Sixuan could say no more. With a silent prayer in her heart, she opened the Teleportation Scroll leading to the floor where Elder Lu was.

The Scroll opened. Blue, esoteric Runes appeared as multiple intersecting blue circles, enveloping the two of them.

The next moment, space distorted. The two of them, along with the Scroll beneath their feet, dissolved into a wisp of blue smoke and vanished on the spot.

When Chen Sixuan opened her eyes again, she was already in a familiar hallway. Just as she was about to lead Pei Yuhang to bathe and change his clothes first, a beautiful figure appeared before them.

A magnificent cyan dress embroidered with a "hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix" pattern trailed on the floor. Beneath its light hem, her long, snow-white legs were faintly visible. Lu Ruoxi's waterfall of black hair cascaded naturally to her waist, and the corners of her mouth curved into a gentle, enchanting smile.

"Junior Brother Pei, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you for so long."

Her voice was warm and gentle, like a cup of perfectly heated tea, soothing the heart and soul.

No matter how one looked at it, she didn't seem the least bit angry.

Chen Sixuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

'In the short time it took me to go down and get Junior Martial Uncle Pei, how did my Master suddenly become so cheerful and beautifully dressed?'

Just then, Lu Ruoxi's voice sounded in her Sea of Consciousness.

*Xiaoxuan, go to the Alchemy Room now. Don't come out for one hour... no, for two hours. I will inspect the results of your Alchemy afterward.*

Obviously, Lu Ruoxi didn't want her "Closed-door Disciple" to be a third wheel.