Master is So Charming

A piece of uncarved jade in a garden of a hundred flowers waiting to be sculpted?

Although Xiao Ran felt this sounded a bit fake, his Master was the supreme beauty and peerless pride of her generation; she was kneading his shoulders, straightening his lapels, and whispering sweet nothings...

As long as he did not believe her mouth and enjoyed her hands, it was a steady, profitable business! Lingzhou Yue lacked seductive skills, but she had the seductive capital to make all the women of the cultivation world green with envy.

The mountain breeze drifted over, stirring strands of dark hair and revealing a countenance like a painted scroll.

Water-like eyes brimmed with heavenly light and floating clouds, reflecting sparkling, brilliant stars.

Her proud figure was close at hand, chest rising and falling, the aroma of wine mingling with her natural fragrance...

This was the first time Xiao Ran had discovered a woman's scent on his Master.

He thought to himself.

If Master were to act like an ordinary woman, with this kind of figure and appearance, what kind of immortal would she be? By then, let alone the proud gentlemen of the cultivation world, even his own filial piety as a disciple would probably warp.

Fortunately, Master did not like men, allowing him to maintain the image of an upright gentleman.

Thank you, Master, please continue to like fairies forever...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if she helped him screen things in the future and introduced a celestial beauty or two? Xiao Ran's heart thumped, his thoughts soaring with yearning.

Seeing Xiao Ran's yearning gaze, Lingzhou Yue suddenly let out a breath.

He fell for it! He fell for it!

Little virgins were so easy to trick!

It was much simpler than romancing a little fairy!

Thinking this, a pair of fair, slender hands that seemed to refract sword light released Xiao Ran's lapels.

She turned and stepped onto the pine root, holding her wine flask as she gazed into the rolling sea of clouds.

Xiao Ran also turned to look at the sea of clouds.

To his slight surprise, standing up for his Master at the Elder Council had not earned him any corresponding Filial Piety Points.

He guessed that Filial Piety Points might only tally filial acts that made Master happy, meaning those elevating her from a baseline state to a state of delight.

If rescue actions merely brought Master back from a painful state to a baseline state, such efforts probably did not count for Filial Piety Points.

Otherwise, wouldn't he become rich if he poisoned his Master every day to plunge her into chaos, only to feed her an antidote and cure her?

A moment later.

The system slapped Xiao Ran hard across the face!

Belated Filial Piety Points: congratulations to the host for obtaining 5 Filial Piety Points! Cumulative total: 35 Filial Piety Points.

Xiao Ran understood. He was going to go poison her right now...

Cough, cough.

Xiao Ran guessed that filial acts like restoring Master's face probably required accepting Master's inspection afterward.

Only when Master approved of your filial act would Filial Piety Points be credited.

That being said.

Did Master really think he was a piece of uncarved jade?

Although her expression looked a bit fake, if she were completely talking nonsense, she probably wouldn't have awarded Filial Piety Points, right?

Oh well, Xiao Ran couldn't be bothered to guess blindly.

He would just wait and see how Master planned to meticulously carve him!...

Life on Sword-Wielding Mountain was very dull.

Cultivators neither ate nor drank, and Master didn't need to teach disciples.

Aside from fighting the once-in-a-millennium wraiths, Master spent every day drinking wine, sleeping, and occasionally holding a meeting... she was more retired than a retired cadre.

No wonder the Disciplinary Elder and the Dao Alliance couldn't stand it anymore! Lingzhou Yue sat sideways on a slender pine bough.

The straight pine branch wasn't pressed down by even a fraction of an arc.

Light and fluttering like a fairy.

Her gaze was unusually distant and calm.

After draining a mouthful of wine, she searched her robes—there was no wine left.

With a soft sigh, she watched the sea of clouds drift past and spoke after a long time: "You know what? Your master is not as strong as you imagine."

How inexplicable! Had she been drinking fake wine? With Master permanently bound by the system, Xiao Ran could only keep his filial mouth open.

"Strength doesn't matter. Master will always be my master."

Lingzhou Yue gave a dashing smile and said no more; a thousand unspoken words settled within the wine.

The second day of discipleship was not even half over.

Xiao Ran planned his schedule for the latter half of the day.

Even though the Disciple Challenge started tomorrow, it had a one-month limit, so he didn't necessarily have to go tomorrow.

As a Direct Disciple, he had his pride; he could just randomly pick a time to wander over and fool around.

Today... he still had to find something to do that would increase his Filial Piety Points.

Looking at the Master on the lone pine who never parted from her fake wine, worrying that the fake wine would run out, Xiao Ran had a flash of inspiration.

Xiao Ran had specifically learned that Zongzhi Mountain did not produce wine.

The wine Master drank was likely cheap swill bought from the imperial capital of the nearby Blazing Fire Kingdom, which explained why she always had to pee after drinking it.

This ruined Master's image in his heart.

He had to let Master drink genuine immortal brew!

In Xiao Ran's plan, farming, cooking, and brewing formed his triad of gastronomic filial piety, responsible for the bulk of earning Filial Piety Points.

Since Master had no dietary needs for now, he would start with brewing.

He concentrated and opened the system shop.

Max Level Brewing: can brew any kind of wine, can extract the spiritual power of raw materials without loss, while reaching the pinnacle of taste, aroma, and comprehension of the Dao of Wine... price 5 Filial Piety Points, does the host wish to confirm the purchase?

"Purchase!"

Congratulations to the host for acquiring: Max Level Brewing! (Consumed 5 Filial Piety Points, remaining 30 Filial Piety Points.)

Xiao Ran's brain buzzed, instantly sublimating.

In just a split second, his Sea of Consciousness became as clear as the starry sky.

Soon, his mind was filled with all sorts of micro-knowledge on brewing: shelling and grinding spirit grains, cultivating and proliferating yeast, grinding and manufacturing brewing vessels, the supreme overnight brewing technique...

Bizarre knowledge increased again! He looked back at the wine stains remaining in Master's flask.

That wasn't wine, that was... forget it, no metaphors.

Xiao Ran prepared to clear wasteland on Sword-Wielding Mountain to farm, plant, and brew himself: brewing beer with spirit wheat, baijiu with spirit grain, and even red wine with grapes.

But these required a time investment.

If he went to beg for seeds today, using the highest efficiency irrigation and fertilization under Sword-Wielding Mountain's spiritual energy concentration—which was far inferior to Hundred Herbs Peak—it would take at least ten days to yield a harvest.

But if he directly purchased top-grade spirit grains, wine bacteria, yeast, and the like, he could brew fine wine tonight.

He looked forward to seeing the expression on Master's face when she drank truly fine wine; it would definitely feel so good that Filial Piety Points would shed from his body!

Before that, he planned to keep it a secret to give her a surprise.

Suddenly—

Gurgle...

His stomach rumbled.

Xiao Ran only then realized that it was the second day of his discipleship, and he was finally feeling hungry and thirsty.

It showed that spiritual energy truly had the effect of satiating hunger and quenching thirst.

"Master, the time is still early. Disciple will head down the mountain to buy some vegetable and grain seeds so I can return to farm and cook."

Lingzhou Yue turned her head and stared blankly at Xiao Ran.

"I almost forgot, you haven't reached Qi Refining yet, you still need to eat, drink, and relieve yourself. Go ahead, I happen to need to go out as well."

Xiao Ran guessed that Master was going to buy wine.

"Yes."

Lingzhou Yue flashed and vanished.

Xiao Ran headed down the mountain.

This time, he didn't need to risk climbing down the mountain on foot.

He produced a Kite Talisman.

After drawing a drop of blood onto it, the talisman instantly swelled upon meeting the blood, expanding against the wind until it turned into a bright yellow, half-zhang kite in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Ran discovered that the kite's load-bearing capacity and endurance were fixed, but its size could be adjusted at will.

Very convenient.

Xiao Ran stepped onto the kite and rose, drifting into the sea of clouds.

After mastering the Art of Resonance, his skill in maneuvering the kite had greatly improved, and his posture was extremely steady.

He surfed in the Gale Winds and raced against flying cranes.

Like a seasoned lecher of many flights, no matter how thrilling the scene, he remained unhurried and entirely at ease.

Then, like a sage who had seen through the mortal world, Xiao Ran felt many emotions facing the ethereal fairyland.

In the Dharma Ending Era, to disciples who had immersed themselves in immortal sects for years, they might feel that Zongzhi Mountain's spiritual meridians were waning and its spiritual energy was thin.

But to Xiao Ran—who had suddenly entered an immortal sect after three years of surviving an apocalypse where wraiths frequently appeared—it was like ascending straight from hell to heaven.

Such rivers and mountains are so enchanting, making countless heroes bow in homage! Master is so enchanting, making me harvest her...

Xiao Ran thought wildly.

This wonderful world, along with his mathematically-challenged yet peerlessly beautiful Master, were things he had to protect!

Embracing the grand ambitions of a transmigrator, Xiao Ran flew low for over ten miles, quickly arriving at the outer sect stone building to find Lin Yunzi.

Only then did his mind snap awake, stepping out of his sage-mode haze—

What was I blindly thinking about? Two days since entering the sect, despite experiencing the wraith invasion, plowing fields for the Alchemy Elder, being invited to drink tea by the Sword-Tempering Elder, tongue-lashing the Disciplinary Elder, and having his shoulders kneaded and lapels straightened by Master...

Yet facing Zongzhi Mountain with its radius of a hundred miles, Xiao Ran was still a stranger to the place, and gathering seeds and brewing materials came with numerous inconveniences.

Meanwhile, Lin Yunzi had immersed himself within the sect for many years, was well-traveled and knowledgeable, and made for a suitable tour guide.

Outside the stone building doors, Lin Yunzi wore an outer sect yellow robe, straightened his back, faced the sunlight, squinted his eyes, and looked as spirited as withered wood springing back to life.

"A day apart, and you're here again, Martial Uncle!"

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