"B-but..."
"No need to stand on ceremony, fellow Daoist. You said yourself that you are Fairy Xinyue. If you were to regard yourself as my junior, I would be left utterly mortified."
"All right, Lin..."
Xiahou Lan hesitated for a moment, a faint blush appearing on her face, and finally nodded in agreement. But as for how she should address Lin Xuan, she was still somewhat at a loss.
"If Fairy does not disdain it, you can just call me big brother."
Seeing her awkward state, Lin Xuan laughed heartily and said as much.
"B-big brother."
Who knew what she had thought of, but Xiahou Lan seemed rather pleased, shyly and bashfully paying her respects to Lin Xuan.
"Good little sister."
Lin Xuan reached out to help her up, his face also full of joy. "I don't have many friends. From now on, I've gained a good little sister like you."
Then a somewhat embarrassed look appeared on his face. "By rights, as the big brother, I ought to give you a first-meeting gift. But though your brother's net worth is quite substantial, compared to my little sister's, it is far, far inferior, so I won't make a fool of myself."
"B-big brother, what are you saying? Being able to know you makes me very happy too."
Xiahou Lan lowered her lovely head, a faint shyness lingering on her face, though it was not very obvious. Naturally, a fellow with emotional intelligence as low as Lin Xuan's could not see it.
Speaking of which, the Affection Pill was not entirely without effect. Aside from allowing Xiahou Lan to temporarily gain control of the body, it had also made this Primordial Spirit quite well disposed toward him.
The cultivation method Fairy Xinyue practiced was special; at the very least, poisons of