Chapter 28: Body Tempering Liquid Again?

Would Ye Li go find sweets for Luo Xing?

Naturally, she would not.

But...

Recently, quite a bit of her wine had been wasted by those two good-for-nothings, Ji Chuying and Lin Zhiwei, so she planned to go "borrow" a few bottles from Jun Wujin.

However, just when she went to Jun Wujin to get some wine, he happened to have a few bottles of sweet wine... ahem... she meant "Body Tempering Liquid." As his master, it was only natural for her to consider her disciple's needs.

It just so happened that Luo Xing's body had been tempered by sword energy, and consuming some Body Tempering Liquid would aid his recovery.

She was doing this purely out of concern for her disciple, with no other meaning...

And so, Ye Li went to Xian Yun Peak, very politely "borrowed" a few bottles of wine and "Body Tempering Liquid" from Jun Wujin, and then flew back to Duan Tian Peak.

But just as she arrived at Duan Tian Peak, she saw Luo Xing, who should have been fast asleep, chatting happily with a female disciple in the courtyard, even warmly holding her hand...

......

"Ma... Master!"

Although it wasn't the first time, Luo Xing was always startled by her ghostly, elusive movements...

To be honest, he wondered if it was really because of the Shadow-Following Steps technique...

There must be something about this Duan Tian Peak...

"Ye... Ye... Ye..."

Compared to Luo Xing, Chen Anqi was so frightened she couldn't speak properly, stammering "Ye" for a long time without finishing her sentence.

Ye Li glanced coldly at this pale-faced, terrified "granddaughter" and spoke indifferently, "A disciple from Cloud Mist Peak?"

"Y-yes... yes." Chen Anqi finally found her voice and replied respectfully, "This junior is Chen Anqi, the second personal disciple of the Cloud Mist Peak Master."

Cloud Mist Peak...

Pei Qingshuang's disciple...

Ye Li's cold gaze shifted to the trembling Luo Xing, recalling the words he had spoken last time when he was drunk...

...'Sis... are you still taking in disciples...'...

...'Why don't you take me away... even as a closed-door disciple... would be fine...'...

Combined with the scene she just witnessed of Luo Xing and Chen Anqi holding hands tightly, affectionately calling each other "Senior Sister" and "Junior Brother"...

Was this unfilial disciple really planning to betray his master?

"Uh... Master?" Although Luo Xing didn't understand why Ye Li was staring at him like that, his instincts screamed danger. "That... I..."

"Disciple of Cloud Mist Peak, what brings you to Duan Tian Peak?"

Just as Luo Xing was considering whether to deploy his "Ultimate Technique: Spending Money to Avert Disaster," Ye Li spoke indifferently, withdrawing her gaze and slowly turning it towards Chen Anqi. "This master does not recall requesting pills from your Cloud Mist Peak."

She usually just went and took them directly...

"N-no... that's not it..." Chen Anqi waved her hands frantically. "I... I took a wrong turn! I apologize for the intrusion, please forgive this offense, Elder Ye!"

Although the excuse was a bit ridiculous, she really had gotten lost!

Somehow, today she had been wandering around the sect like someone with no sense of direction...

Could it be a problem with her cultivation, a deviation?

She needed to ask her master about it when she got back...

If she could even make it back...

"Is that so?" Ye Li said impassively. "Does this master need to escort you back?"

"N-no! There's no need to trouble Elder Ye!" Chen Anqi backed away while waving her hands. "I'll leave right now! Right now! Farewell!"

With that, she threw Luo Xing a look that said "You're on your own" before flying away from Duan Tian Peak.

Watching Chen Anqi's fleeing back, Luo Xing didn't find it strange. He assumed Chen Anqi was just too rigid, overly respectful of teachers and hierarchy, which made her appear flustered and nervous in front of Ye Li.

"What? Can't bear to see her go?"

At that moment, Ye Li spoke lightly. "Should your master send you to Cloud Mist Peak so you can conveniently change masters?"

"N-no... Ahahaha! Master, you jest!" Luo Xing was startled by her words. "You are my master."

Ye Li gave him a cold glare, then turned and walked towards Luo Xing's room. "Come inside."

Want to leave?

Want to change masters?

Hah...

Luo Xing only had the right to be disliked by her; there was absolutely no possibility of him abandoning her!

He wasn't qualified for that!

......

Following Ye Li into the room, Luo Xing was shocked by the pile of pills and Spirit Stones in front of him.

Again?

Why had she been so generous lately?

"Don't overthink it. These were all brought by your sister." Ye Li crossed her arms and spoke coldly. "After all... your master is a bad master who doesn't treat you like a disciple."

For some reason, recalling the scene of Luo Xing and Chen Anqi holding hands, intimate and eager, filled her with displeasure...

Luo Xing: "..."

What did she... mean by that?

"Master, you speak too severely." Although he didn't understand Ye Li's meaning, Luo Xing first took the blame upon himself. "This disciple absolutely does not think that! For Master to accept this disciple despite my insufficient spiritual roots is already a tremendous kindness. How dare this disciple complain about Master!"

Ye Li looked down at Luo Xing, a faint smile on her lips. "The truth?"

Luo Xing immediately raised three fingers to the sky. "Not a single false word! Heaven and Earth bear witness!"

Better to be struck dead by lightning now than to be tormented by Ye Li later!

"Hmph..." Ye Li snorted coldly but didn't comment further. She simply took out a pink jade bottle with a peach blossom pattern from her storage ring. "Drink it."

Luo Xing looked at the pink jade bottle floating before him, his eye twitching...

Body Tempering Liquid... again...

"Master... this..." Luo Xing looked at Ye Li with a pained expression. "Can I..."

He didn't finish the sentence because Ye Li's eyes had already answered him in advance...

Really?

Didn't she know what he was like when drunk?

Helpless, Luo Xing could only brace himself and pick up the pink bottle...

Whose bottle is this, such a gaudy pink...

And it's been drunk from!

Looking at the half lipstick mark on the bottle's mouth, Luo Xing was speechless...

This is too much!

Giving me someone else's leftovers is one thing!

Couldn't you at least wipe the mouth of the bottle?!

Damn it!

Under Ye Li's watchful gaze, Luo Xing tilted his head back and gulped down the contents of the bottle...

Strangely enough, this "Body Tempering Liquid" was actually sweet, with a faint, inexplicable fragrance...

After Luo Xing finished the "Body Tempering Liquid," Ye Li observed his reaction...

She had personally tested this bottle earlier. It was sweet and fragrant, not like strong liquor. It was called wine, but it was more like sweet syrup, so even ordinary mortals could drink a few cups.

Luo Xing was now a qualified cultivator, so this amount of wine shouldn't be a problem, unless he...

Thud!

Ye Li: "..."

Unless he was truly the kind of waste who couldn't handle a single drop of alcohol...

It was the familiar dull thud, the familiar posture, but Ye Li was already used to it...

Though now she genuinely felt a bit of disdain for Luo Xing...

Her disciple, unable to drink alcohol. If this got out, forget those who knew her, even Ji Chuying and Lin Zhiwei, those two...

It seemed keeping him from drinking when she wasn't around was the right decision...

Ye Li glanced at the vase in the room, then at Luo Xing sprawled on the floor, before walking out...

He'd just end up crying to his "sister" again later anyway, so there was no need to put him on the bed.

Not long after Ye Li left the room, Luo Xing, bleary-eyed, slowly pushed himself up from the floor...

But this time, he didn't go looking for his "sister." Instead, his head swayed as he looked at the items on the table...

Spirit Stones...

Pills...

And...

His gaze, confused yet with a sliver of clarity, swept over each item before finally settling on that jar of Calming Tea...