Junior Sister, Mistress

With a loud crowing, the sky, black as a curtain, finally split open to let in a sliver of light, yet it could not penetrate this gloomy world.

Chuyun City lay in the south of the Central Yuan Continent. At dawn in August, the world should not have felt this heavy and powerless.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Impatient knocking came from outside. The dilapidated door seemed about to be battered apart by the person outside.

You Su slowly opened his eyes.

Though opening his eyes was meaningless to him, every day when he awoke, he still looked forward to it, hoping that the empty fog veiling his vision might disperse.

Because he was blind. He had been blind since childhood.

As he grew older, he gradually recovered his fragmented memories of his previous life. To him, those memories were like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon reflected in water, like watching a play about someone else. It had also taken him a long time to barely accept the fact that he was blind.

The Mistress who had found him told him that even those of profound cultivation could sense Heaven and Earth despite being unable to see, and that regaining his sight in the future was not impossible. He took that as his goal and cultivated diligently every day.

"I'm awake! Sorry for the trouble, Junior Sister."

As he shouted outside, You Su felt around for his clothes in the familiar room and put them on with practiced ease.

His Junior Sister only stayed up late reading storybooks before sleeping in during the day, but she was exceptionally punctual as an alarm clock, arriving at exactly the third quarter of the fifth watch every day.

"Senior Brother, come out." His Junior Sister's light, lilting voice drifted over, as pleasant as a slow-flowing spring.

You Su found it strange. That haughty Junior Sister who looked down on everyone usually called him by his name. Why was she calling him Senior Brother today?

Still, You Su did not delay and hurriedly opened the wooden door.

With a creak, the dim light seeped in. To You Su's surprise, it not only entered the cramped room—it also pierced the fog shrouding his eyes!

He could see!

The world before him was so clear! It was astonishingly similar to the scenes he had imagined!

The loquat tree he had planted stood in the courtyard on the left. It had apparently grown so laden with fruit. Directly opposite the door stood a stone table and an old well. He vaguely remembered that, when he was young, he had once considered throwing himself into the well because he was blind. He had hurriedly reopened the matter, only to be caught by his master, pinned over the stone table, and given a vicious beating on the buttocks. He had also been menacingly threatened:

"You little brat, jumping into this well won't do if you want to die. It's connected to the outside. Why not have your master do it for you? One sword stroke, swift and sure—I guarantee you'll be dead before you even have time to feel the pain."

You Su smiled at the memory. Then he looked to the right of the door. So that was the bratty Junior Sister who claimed to rank alongside her older sister as the Number One Beauty Under Heaven? He would have to get a good look at her.

But that single glance struck You Su like a thunderbolt!

How could the "girl" before him have a face capable of making the moon hide and flowers blush? Growing from that face were...

Countless pus-dripping pores, six symmetrically arranged fish eyes, and a horrifying spiral mouthpart!

And beneath the emerald dress stretched to the brink of bursting, there was no excessively plump and delicate body, but a sticky, enormous mass covered in black sores. Beneath that mass hung countless tiny tentacles!

The "Junior Sister" before him was nauseating enough to make anyone retch just by looking at her!

At that moment, You Su's scalp went numb. He refused to believe that the graceful Junior Sister in his imagination could actually look so terrifying. Yet no matter how many times he focused his eyes, her appearance did not change in the slightest.

"What are you looking at?"

A dangerous voice suddenly rang out. The already dim daylight seemed to grow even darker. His Junior Sister had noticed her Senior Brother's stare!

Her hideous face instantly thrust itself in front of You Su's. The two of them were less than a fist's distance apart.

She stared fixedly into You Su's eyes, the hot breath from her mouthparts spraying all over his face.

Is she... really my Junior Sister? The one who joined the sect three years ago was actually a monster like this? I may be blind, but Mistress isn't. Could she not have noticed anything amiss? Or was my Junior Sister recently harmed and replaced by this monster?

You Su did not understand the situation, but his rapidly recovering rationality made him realize that, no matter what, he could not reveal that his sight had returned!

You Su kept his gaze fixed straight ahead and answered calmly:

"I'm looking at the Number One Beauty Under Heaven, wondering what she really looks like."

"Hm? What do I look like?" His Junior Sister's six eyes widened enormously, revealing a great expanse of horrifying whites.

"I guess my Junior Sister must be extremely beautiful."

Looking at the monster before him as though he were admiring a rare treasure scarcely found in this world, You Su answered gently with a smile at the corners of his lips.

"What's the use of guessing? Only seeing for yourself counts."

The "innocent girl" tilted her head aside. Her tangled tentacles began swaying rhythmically, while thick gray-green slime happily secreted from her mouthparts.

You Su kept his eyes unfocused and said firmly:

"I can't see right now, but one day, I will."

Hearing the youth's words, his Junior Sister's mouthparts opened and closed, drool streaming freely. She wished she could swallow her Senior Brother whole and merge with him forever.

"Oh, right! I haven't given you the thing yet!"

Only then did his Junior Sister remember the important matter. She hurriedly took a small box from the brocade pouch at her waist and handed it to You Su.

You Su almost reached out to take it on instinct, but fortunately restrained himself. He merely held his right hand in the air, waiting for his Junior Sister to place the little box in his palm.

You Su pretended to feel it over first before asking, "Junior Sister, what is this?"

"It's a treasure!"

The monster seemed to find it somewhat difficult to say. She lowered her head slightly and even made a show of stroking her own belly.

"A treasure?"

You Su looked at the small, battered, damp wooden box and felt an ominous premonition.

"That's right! This pill is called the Spirit Solidifying Pill, and it's perfect for stabilizing one's cultivation. Senior Brother, you only recently broke through to the Spirit Platform Realm. I saw how diligently you cultivated, so I specially found this for you. Hurry and open it."

Though it was difficult, You Su had to admit that he sensed a trace of anticipation from this monster.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, You Su slowly opened the box. But when the lid was fully open, he froze once again.

How could the thing lying inside be an immortal pill with spiritual radiance flowing around it? It was clearly a thumb-sized chunk of flesh!

The gray-black, foul-smelling flesh trembled faintly, like a struggling heart.

You Su forcibly resisted the urge to fling it away and hurriedly closed the lid. "Junior Sister, this pill is too precious. Your Senior Brother can't accept it."

"I knew you'd say that. Don't worry, I have lots of pills like this."

After the monster finished speaking, she stroked her belly again.

You Su took in her movement in its entirety. Both times, she had rubbed the exact same spot high on the right side of her abdomen. A guess suddenly surfaced in his mind: Could this flesh be...

"But..."

"There's no but! Senior Brother! Are you looking down on the thing I gave you?" His Junior Sister's fish eyes and pores all opened wide, while her mouthparts yawned open as well, as though she were truly about to lose her temper.

"How could I? Then, thank you, Junior Sister."

You Su revealed a warm smile and tucked the wooden box inside his robe.

I'll accept it, but I'd rather die than eat it.

"Heehee, that's more like it."

His Junior Sister happily spun her body in a tiny turn. Unfortunately, the coy posture of a young maiden looked nothing but strange and sinister when imposed upon such a deformed, filthy monster.

"Then I'm leaving." Satisfied, his Junior Sister turned and began wriggling away.

"Rest early, Junior Sister."

You Su watched his Junior Sister wriggle away, slightly lowered his eyes, and secretly took a deep breath. His taut nerves relaxed a little as well. He was merely a youth who practiced swordsmanship—how could he have experienced such a bizarre scene before? Even the inner layer of his clothes had been dampened by a thin sheen of sweat.

Still, fortunately, he had probably escaped the danger for the time being.

"Senior Brother, what are you thinking about?"

That light, lilting voice rang out before You Su again. He froze in place, feeling as though someone had clenched his heart in a ruthless grip.

He slowly opened his eyes. His Junior Sister's face was once again only inches from his own, even closer than before—so close that he could no longer see the monster's full form. He could only see the fangs spiraling inside her mouthparts, with filthy scraps and grime filling the gaps between them.

"Senior Brother, you aren't going to hide it away without eating it, then secretly save it for your Junior Sister, are you?"

"Don't get too full of yourself, Junior Sister. Instead of worrying about that, you should think about how you'll defeat me after I take this pill. Otherwise, your sword practice will only become harsher and more painful."

You Su remained calm, not forgetting his usual habit of bickering with his Junior Sister.

"That's good, then." The monster Junior Sister did not retort. After receiving the answer she wanted, she moved as though to leave.

Watching his Junior Sister's back, You Su's forced smile instantly vanished. He was exhausted and only wanted to hurry back to his room to recover.

"He won't eat it."

The gentle voice that appeared out of nowhere was like a breeze brushing past on a spring day. Yet You Su felt as though he had fallen into an icy cavern and stood rooted to the spot.

You Su and his Junior Sister turned their heads together toward the source of the voice. They saw a figure suddenly burst through the window of the main hall, sword in hand, flying swiftly toward them like a serpent darting from its hole.

She wore white robes whiter than snow, and her sword swept through the air with clouds' effortless grace!

Yet beneath her skirt waved eight enormous, clawing tentacles! On her mist-shrouded face was a pair of indescribable eyes!

"No!"

His Junior Sister had no time to stop her. In the very next instant, You Su's pupils widened as he clutched his severed neck and stared in disbelief at the "woman" wielding the sword...

She was... Mistress!

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