Awakening

Chapter 22 [Awakening]

The more Shen Yan thought about it, the happier he became, and even the heartache brought about by the Top Grade Spirit Pill faded away.

The look in his eyes and his tone towards Ji Li became more and more gentle.

It was just that his voice was hoarse, a bit like the sound of a screaming chicken, so even if he tried his best to make his tone gentle, it was still just the difference between a screaming chicken that was pinched hard and a screaming chicken that was pinched lightly.

Ji Li stood aside, her baby-fat little round face slightly stunned, not daring to look up at him.

At the age of sixteen, she would still be a student on Earth.

She now felt like it was the first day of school, and she hadn't done anything wrong, but she was inexplicably meeting the fierce-looking director of the disciplinary office. You'd panic too.

This was the Demon Sect, and the other party was one of the most powerful figures in the entire Tian Chen Continent!

However, Shen Yan, who had no self-awareness, felt that he should have left a good impression on her. After all, he, the Sect Master, had already shown himself to be approachable enough.

But he still needed to make the necessary hints.

With a wave of his sleeve, a red crystal appeared in his hand.

The crystal was very small, about the size of a fingernail.

"This is Fire Essence. Your physique is more suitable for cultivating fire-attribute techniques. It will be helpful for cultivators in the Initial Realm. Remember to wear it on your body as a reward for taking care of Little Martial Uncle these past few days."

Fire Essence wasn't considered a particularly precious item, especially since the one Shen Yan gave was... a bit small.

But he felt that as the Sect Master, the things he bestowed upon the younger generation were completely different in meaning, right?

What's more, she was just a little girl who had just joined the sect.

He, who was stingy... or rather, had nothing to spare, was very good at creating the greatest value with the smallest gifts!

This wasn't being stingy! You don't know the cost of living until you're in charge of a household, you just don't understand!

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Ji Li quickly took it with both hands, not daring to be negligent.

Seeing that it was about time, Shen Yan smiled slightly and said in his screaming chicken-like voice, "Your talent is very good, you are a good seedling. I hope you can cultivate diligently and enter the Inner Sect as soon as possible. This Sect Master is looking forward to that day."

He felt that his earnest teachings were full of a Master's high expectations for his future disciple.

She should understand, right?

As the Sect Master, he couldn't say too much, he still needed to maintain his dignity.

Ji Li was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then bowed again, her mind a complete mess.

Until Shen Yan left, she still didn't understand. She just sent Shen Yan all the way to the door in a daze, but very politely, and then watched him leave.

After returning to the house, she carefully examined the Fire Essence in her hand, feeling that it was red and transparent, and quite beautiful.

But after looking at it for a while, she got tired of it and turned to continue looking at Lu Xun's face.

She could never get tired of looking at this face.

The night gradually deepened.

The Back Mountain after nightfall had a unique scenery.

Through the open window, Ji Li could see fireflies flying around outside, like randomly moving candles on the Back Mountain.

The night on the Back Mountain was very quiet, if... Mao Nanbei's snoring wasn't so loud.

Yes, the cat-eared loli was currently lying on a large rattan chair outside in a very unladylike manner, snoring with her mouth open, and it seemed like she was drooling?

Ji Li used to think that cultivators should be very different from mortals. They didn't eat grains, and they had cut off their emotions and desires, and had long been detached from the world.

Now that she had come to the Demon Sect, she realized that the so-called cultivators were just people with cultivation.

Looking at Mao Nanbei's sleeping posture, her little butt was almost sticking up to the sky!

The image of an expert had completely collapsed, okay?

Ji Li sat down cross-legged, preparing to circulate the Heavenly Cycle and improve her cultivation, but she saw Lu Xun, who was lying on the bed, twitch his eyebrows slightly.

He slowly opened his eyes, and Ji Li quickly helped him up.

Mao Nanbei, who was originally lying on the rattan chair outside the house in a very unladylike manner, heard the movement, her cat ears twitched slightly, and then she jumped in directly from the window.

"You've recovered well!" she said after looking at Lu Xun.

Lu Xun looked down at his body and found that he had indeed recovered quite a bit.

He must have been smashed to pieces after falling off the cliff, the kind of smash that would need to be censored in a game.

He thought that after using a resurrection opportunity, he could be resurrected with full health on the spot, but he didn't expect it to just leave him with a sliver of health.

"I wanted to resurrect on the spot and show off! But I ended up being smashed into that state..."

What's this? After-effects of time-traveling?

Not only will the number of resurrections not accumulate or refresh, but I also have to suffer this kind of pain!

What a scam! This account is really poisonous!

The little loli looked at him and said, "The Sect Master fed you a Spirit Pill, otherwise you would have suffered."

"I see." Lu Xun nodded, no wonder his HP had recovered so much.

After carefully sensing it, it seemed that his physical fitness had improved a lot.

Mao Nanbei jumped lightly, sat her little butt on the table, and looked at Lu Xun, saying, "I'm asking you, why can a mortal without cultivation like you hang on to a breath and not die?"

"Secret." Lu Xun answered simply.

"Tch, I guess you must have some treasure on you, right? If you don't want to say it, then don't, I wouldn't covet your treasure!" Mao Nanbei curled her lips.

When he mentioned treasures, Lu Xun's thoughts became active. Speaking of which... the Demon Sect really did hide an unowned treasure, but the current him didn't seem to have the ability to find it yet.

He had just glanced at the quest prompt. He had now completed the apprenticeship quest and could be considered to have a perfect start. He needed to find some time to plan out how to proceed next.

He was a person who did things with a plan, so the efficiency would be higher, the goal would be clearer, and the thinking would be clearer when considering problems.

He still wanted that treasure very much.

No! He was determined to get it!

Seeing that Lu Xun seemed to be distracted, Mao Nanbei couldn't help but say, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"

Lu Xun raised his head and said, "I wasn't thinking about anything, I was just a little distracted, what's wrong?"

The little loli stopped sitting on the table, but stood up on the wooden table, then raised her head and chest, and put her hands behind her back. She completed a series of actions in one go, and forced a master's demeanor on her face, and said, "Have you forgotten something?"

"Huh? What did I forget?" Lu Xun was a little confused.

Mao Nanbei was so angry that she almost stomped her feet, her cat ears standing straight up, and shouted, "You haven't called me Senior Sister yet!"

The little loli raised her little chin slightly, with a look of happiness and pride!

She had always been the youngest in the Back Mountain, and now she was finally a Senior Sister!

Just as Mao Nanbei was in high spirits, who knew that Lu Xun would perform a Universe Shift, he stared at Ji Li and said:

"Have you forgotten something?"

"Ah?" Ji Li was stunned.

"Quickly call me Little Martial Grand-Aunt!" Lu Xun began to pinch the soft persimmon, first to test the feel and see if it was easy to pinch.

If it was easy to pinch, he would pinch it more in the future.