LGHTNOVELBOOK 9: Little Junior Sister, White and Soft, So Adorable
After training Tantai Ming for half a month, Chu Sang was also aching all over, exhausted. She fell onto the bed and immediately slept.
At night, in her half-asleep state, she kept feeling something touching her face… touching again and again…
She thought it was Seventh Senior Brother playing a prank on her, getting revenge for the half month of devil training. She mumbled a couple of words, but as her mind cleared a bit, she felt something was off.
How… did it feel like something was crawling on her face??
Chu Sang jolted awake, suddenly opening her eyes,
“Ah! Spider!”
Damn, there’s a centipede too, ahhhh!
They were crawling all over her face, staring at her eye to eye.
Chu Sang couldn’t even dance the laser dance, nearly ascending to immortality on the spot.
Outside the room, Tantai Ming heard that pig-slaughter-like scream and hurriedly pushed open the door, “Little Junior Sister, what’s wrong?”
He saw an unfamiliar green-robed young man sitting by the bed, who with a thought collected the poisonous insects crawling all over the bed into a pottery jar. He used one hand to press down the lid, leaning his upper body slightly forward, while his other slender hand with distinct knuckles pinched the young girl’s slightly chubby cheeks, murmuring, “So soft…”
“!!!”
Tantai Ming was burning with rage. He stepped forward to push the two apart, “Mu Chihuai, you black-hearted bastard, what are you trying to do to my little junior sister?”
Mu Chihuai released his hand a second earlier, skillfully avoiding the attack, and spoke calmly, “Don’t go crazy and bite people.”
“Say that again?”
Tantai Ming immediately wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight him.
Chu Sang was still in shock, the scene of those poisonous insects crawling all over her face still vivid in her mind, enough to give anyone goosebumps!
Because the little junior sister was present, the two ultimately didn’t start fighting. Tantai Ming crossed his arms, saying irritably, “This is your Sixth Senior Brother, Mu Chihuai.”
“So you’re the new little junior sister, hello.” Mu Chihuai leaned against the door, waving at her with a gentle and harmless smile, having already looked her over several times.
White and soft, so adorable.
His precious pets would love her.
Chu Sang, “…He-hello, Senior Brother.”
The young man before her had a face like fine jade, a pair of phoenix eyes containing a smile, the corners slightly upturned, naturally exuding an air of arrogance. He wore a gold and jade crown, with two curled strands of hair falling on his smooth forehead. He was dressed in an exquisitely tailored, smooth silk green robe, the outer robe embroidered with intricate dark gold patterns, exuding nobility. He looked like the type of young master meticulously raised in a great family.
He had a gentle appearance, but his eyes contained a mischievous and teasing intent, looking like… the kind of black-bellied type who hides a knife behind a smile.
So this was that old poisonous guy from the original story!
No wonder he was so perverted just now! What handsome young man would raise a jar of spiders and centipedes to scare people when they had nothing better to do?!
“What a fresh and lively little junior sister.”
Mu Chihuai’s mischievous hand wanted to pinch her cheek again, but was swatted away by Tantai Ming, who angrily said, “Show some respect, don’t get handsy with my little junior sister!”
“Your little junior sister?”
Mu Chihuai raised an eyebrow, his smile diminishing a bit, correcting, “She’s my little junior sister too.”
“Huh, who knows if you have poison hidden under your nails. After all, you always like to use these underhanded tricks.” Tantai Ming seemed to recall some unpleasant memories, a shiver running through his body as he stepped back a few steps, looking at the young man even more vigilantly.
Mu Chihuai looked innocent, “I’ve explained so many times, you’re really wronging me. That was my first time refining pills, and I hadn’t had time to clean my hands before you, this blockhead, ran into me.”
Tantai Ming was unconvinced, “No matter what, if you really cared about Little Junior Sister, why did you come so late? I sent you a notice half a month ago!”
“I’m not like a certain blockhead who has nothing to do every day but run around. Do you know how exhausting it was to compress three months of tasks given by those old fogies in my family into half a month?”
Mu Chihuai glanced at him, pointing at the faint blue under his eyes, lazily yawning, “I haven’t closed my eyes for three days and three nights.”
Taking advantage of the two’s distracted attention, he reached out again, pinching Chu Sang’s hand, “So soft, so fun to play with.”
Are all girls’ hands this soft?
Just before Tantai Ming could explode, Mu Chihuai’s smile suddenly stopped. He pressed his lips tightly, frowning as he looked Chu Sang up and down, lifting her wrist to take her pulse, “Half a month ago, I heard this kid say your spirit root was damaged, but from what I see now, your spirit root… is not just simply damaged.”
Chu Sang’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could he really have seen something?
“What do you mean by that?” Tantai Ming’s impatient nature came out, “Spit it out in one breath, don’t leave half your words unsaid. What’s wrong with Little Junior Sister?”
Mu Chihuai couldn’t be bothered with him, slowly walking to the window.
By the window was a pot of golden magnolia that Chu Sang had just placed there two days ago, the seedling no more than a finger long.
He casually pulled it up, grasping it in his palm, gesturing for Chu Sang to look at the broken root, “Rather than saying your spirit root is damaged, it’s more like your spirit root, just like this orchid, has been pulled up from top to bottom by someone, leaving only a stub of root that couldn’t be pulled away.”
The teasing expression completely disappeared from his face, his expression particularly solemn, his voice also lowering a few notes, “Little Junior Sister, allow me to say one more thing. Your situation looks more like someone deliberately dug out your spirit root…”
Someone dug out her spirit root?
Chu Sang’s heart was pounding. In fact, she had not been without such suspicions, but she never imagined that such a dog-blood plot would actually happen to her… But who dug out her spirit root? Why did she have no memory of it at all?
Mu Chihuai shook his head, sitting on the bed, “Your situation is much more serious than I imagined. If it were just repairing a spirit root, it would be easy to treat. But your spirit root has been almost completely hollowed out, leaving only some minor root fragments. To fully restore it won’t be so simple.”
He clicked his tongue lightly, rubbing his chin, his gaze sweeping over her face, seeming somewhat perplexed, “But there’s another thing that’s quite strange. With your spirit root dug out to this extent, it should have withered long ago. But when I just used my spiritual sense to examine your spirit root, although it can’t compare to a healthy spirit root, it could be considered full of vitality. It’s truly peculiar.”
“Although I don’t know the reason, it can be considered a blessing in disguise. It shows that the current condition of your spirit root isn’t too bad, and there’s still a glimmer of hope for recovery.”
Mu Chihuai saw her hanging her head, her cheeks slightly puffed out, looking quite adorable. His fingertips twitched, forcing himself to resist the urge to pinch her cheeks and pat her head, “Don’t worry, there are ways to repair it. I can refine a kind of pill that might help your spirit root…”
“Really?” Although enhancing the aptitude attribute could help inject new vitality into the spirit root, it was treating the symptoms but not the root cause. A spirit root that wasn’t fully repaired was like a balloon that was always leaking air. She didn’t know when her spirit root would revert to its previous state.
Only by thoroughly curing the spirit root could the problem be solved once and for all.
“It’s possible, but it will take a bit longer, and I’m not completely confident.” Mu Chihuai’s voice paused, “I’m still missing one spirit herb, the Heart Essence Ethereal Grass. This herb is rarely seen in the market and can usually only be found in secret realms.”
Tantai Ming said, “I heard that a small secret realm will open near Gaohuan City in three days. We could go there, maybe we can find the Heart Essence Ethereal Grass.”
Mu Chihuai nodded, smiling, “Then I’ll go with you. I’m also running low on several spirit herbs. Usually, secret realms are either the spirit mansions of fallen great experts or spatial fragments from other continents that have fallen onto the Spirit Abyss Continent. They often have many rare and extinct spirit herbs.”
Although it was just an unknown small secret realm, these kinds of realms were often the safest. Going in was already profitable, and the competition among Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators was also quite intense.
Early the next morning, the three of them hurriedly flew on their swords to Gaohuan City. Sure enough, this small frontier city had gathered a large number of cultivators, with all the inns in the city, big and small, already fully occupied.
Chu Sang didn’t expect to run into an acquaintance.