Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 89 - 88: The 2 Disciples with Deep Hostility Towards Lu Ruoxi

'This woman, with a body so wickedly deviant, is definitely not a proper Fairy!'

Yu Xiaoyan's disgruntled huffing didn't cause Yu Gu Nan, who was currently in control of the body, to lose her judgment. After politely greeting Lu Ruoxi, she obediently slipped to one side, preparing to silently observe the interaction between Lu Ruoxi and her Master.

A smile as gentle as water remained on Lu Ruoxi's face. After greeting her and Qing Yueqiu, the two juniors, her beautiful eyes turned to Pei Yuhang.

Without any hesitation, and right in front of Qing Yueqiu and Yu Gu Nan, she stepped forward on her long, stunningly shapely legs and enthusiastically wrapped her arms around Pei Yuhang's neck.

This intimate gesture made both Qing Yueqiu and Yu Gu Nan's breath hitch.

'They, the two juniors, were still right here... Even if she really is their Master's patron, isn't she being way too brazen!'

However, although Lu Ruoxi's actions were intimate, her conversation with Pei Yuhang was quite normal. This made Qing Yueqiu want to intervene, but she didn't know what to say.

In the end, she could only clench her fists until her knuckles turned white, watching helplessly as this woman with an outrageous figure brazenly took advantage of her Master.

At that moment, Qing Yueqiu felt a profound sense of her own powerlessness.

"Junior Brother Pei, although your two lovely disciples have low Cultivation, so the God-Protecting Pills they refined are of a lower grade, this is still one of the most difficult Pill Formulas. Refining two at once is exhausting, even for me."

"How are you going to compensate your Senior Sister, hmm~?"

Lu Ruoxi practically draped her full-figured yet slender body onto Pei Yuhang, extending her little finger, from which dangled a Jiezhi Storage Ring, and waving it before his eyes.

Her every action was filled with flirtatious teasing.

But Pei Yuhang was already used to Senior Sister Lu's enthusiasm. He just assumed this was her open and generous personality and had become desensitized to such intimate gestures. For a moment, it didn't even occur to him that in his disciples' eyes, he and Lu Ruoxi looked just like lovers.

He took the Jiezhi Storage Ring containing the two God-Protecting Pills and said:

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Sister Lu. I can now control the excess Yang Fire in my body quite well. From now on, whether you need your Junior Brother to assist with Alchemy or help you with your cultivation, just ask."

Upon receiving Pei Yuhang's affirmative reply, the smile on Lu Ruoxi's pretty face grew even wider.

'Junior Brother Pei, you're the one who promised. Your Senior Sister Lu is no "kind Fairy" doing charity. It wouldn't be out of line for me to make some more... improper requests of you in the future, would it?'

Lu Ruoxi licked her lips as her mind filled with all sorts of moves and techniques she had only heard about through rumors.

GULP.

She didn't embrace Pei Yuhang for too long. Lu Ruoxi quickly pulled away, once again becoming the demure Lu Fairy.

On one hand, Lu Ruoxi was still playing the part of Pei Yuhang's enthusiastic and understanding older sister figure. She could take advantage of Junior Brother Pei, but she couldn't act like a lecherous rogue.

On the other hand, there were Junior Brother Pei's two disciples, whose eyes were filled with obvious hostility.

'Perhaps in their eyes, this strange Fairy is acting far too intimately with their Master.'

They were instinctively standing up for Ye Liyuan!

'This is trouble. Junior Brother Pei's two disciples seem to be very fond of their master's wife, Ye Liyuan. Seeing a strange Fairy like me getting close to Junior Brother Pei, they're taking Ye Liyuan's side, becoming resentful and putting up their guard.'

Lu Ruoxi frowned to herself. It seemed she hadn't expected that someone with Ye Liyuan's rather reclusive personality could be so beloved by these two disciples.

'What a terrible start~ I was so eager to smell Junior Brother Pei's scent that I overlooked an important detail.'

If she wanted to succeed, getting along with Junior Brother Pei's two disciples was essential.

For them to take a disliking to her the moment they met made Lu Ruoxi feel a bit frustrated.

'But it's fine... Lu Ruoxi believed that with her immense wealth, she could win these two disciples over and secure their loyalty.'

After all, when Cultivators took a master, it was for nothing more than resources and the sect's legacy for their cultivation. The resources she, a distinguished Elder of the Dan Yun Pavilion, could provide were far beyond anything that penniless Sword Cultivator, Ye Liyuan, could ever match.

Having formulated a strategy to win them over with her wealth, Lu Ruoxi's confidence returned.

"Junior Brother Pei, I met your two young disciples today and really took a liking to them. Let me give them a little gift."

"There's no need, Senior Sister. You don't have to go to the expense..."

"It's fine. It's just a little meeting gift for the juniors."

Lu Ruoxi walked up to Qing Yueqiu and said with a beaming smile, "Yueqiu, Sister Lu was in a bit of a rush today, so for now, I'll just give you a Sword Spirit Pill. This pill contains ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine strands of pure Sword Qi. It can be used as an offensive Magical Treasure, or it can be refined for your own use."

"It's not considered anything too precious. On the market, it's only worth about ten thousand taels of Spirit Stones."

Lu Ruoxi's voice carried a tone of pure extravagance, as if a treasure worth ten thousand taels of Spirit Stones was no different to her than buying a toy for a junior.

Her slender, fair fingertips held a white Elixir the size of a quail's egg in front of Qing Yueqiu. A faint hum of whistling Sword Qi could be heard from within it.

Qing Yueqiu remained silent, not wanting to accept something from this Fairy who she suspected was keeping her Master.

'And even if this Elder Lu wasn't keeping her Master, she was definitely on the path to becoming his patron...'

She only appeared dazed in front of Pei Yuhang because she didn't want to overthink things, but in reality, she was incredibly sharp. She could sense that this Senior Sister Lu's intentions toward her Master were definitely not pure; at the very least, their relationship was not as simple as that between an ordinary senior and junior from the same sect.

'Right now, constantly corrupting her Master with the sugar-coated bullets of Spirit Stones, Magical Treasures, and Elixirs was just the appetizer.'

'If she accepted it, wouldn't she be playing right into this wicked woman's hands?!'

Pei Yuhang thought Qing Yueqiu was just afraid to accept such a valuable gift, so he said to her:

"Yueqiu, since it's a kind gesture from Senior Sister Lu, you should accept it."

"..."

Under her Master's gaze, Qing Yueqiu's tightly clenched fingers slowly relaxed.

In the end, she didn't want to make things difficult for her Master. Now was not the time to turn hostile... Reckless stubbornness would only cause trouble for him.

Qing Yueqiu accepted the Sword Spirit Pill.

The Sword Spirit Pill was cool to the touch, but to her, it felt scalding hot.

Previously, she had always felt that the meaning of her cultivation was simply to make her Master happy.

Now... her way of thinking had changed.

Qing Yueqiu realized that in the past, she had been complacently enjoying her Master's protection, tacitly allowing herself to live under his wing for her entire life.

And so—for that useless master's wife, and for her own useless self, her Master had to trade his dignity for resources.

And she could only watch helplessly as it all happened, powerless to protect her Master.

Qing Yueqiu also thought of the timeline she had experienced not long ago in the Divine Sword Pavilion's Illusion Realm, one where Ye Liyuan did not exist.

'Without his wife... No, without that woman named "Ye Liyuan" interfering in my life with Master, everything would be better. There would be no Elder Lu, Elder Lin, or others like them coveting and harassing Master.'

'The Cold Palace Sword Mansion could return to the peaceful happiness of the past, when it was just me and Master living together.'

Turbulent emotions churned in Qing Yueqiu's crimson pupils. At this moment, she finally understood the true meaning of her path of cultivation.

And that was... to protect her Master!

To sweep away all the ill-intentioned women, all the women who brought her Master misfortune!

'By Master's side, having me, Qing Yueqiu, to watch over him is enough.'