Special Treatment

Dong Xiaojie was already so stunned by the unimaginable scene before her that her scalp tingled. Though Shi Xuanfei usually liked to crack harmless risqué and innocent jokes with her female disciples, she had avoided men for several centuries, so her disciples privately called her a "master of theory."

Dong Xiaojie would never have dreamed that her master—carefree and flirtatious with the female disciples of the peak, yet dignified and gracious toward outsiders—would behave this way toward a man she had just met!

"This is..." Dong Xiaojie started to introduce her honestly, but Shi Xuanfei cut her off.

"Just call me Sister Shi~" Shi Xuanfei smiled like a flower. As she spoke, she deliberately drew her cloak closer around her chest, letting her proud white curves appear and disappear before Yang Ning's eyes in a coy, half-willing tease.

This hazy, half-hidden allure was even more tantalizing than the direct visual shock from before. Yang Ning, who had already feasted his eyes, felt his heart and mind thrown into turmoil all over again. He screamed inwardly, Either open up boldly and let me get a good look, and I'll get used to it and calm down!

Or cover yourself up completely and put an end to my fantasies! What... what is this half-revealing, half-concealing business?! You're going to kill me!

Yang Ning could only turn to Dong Xiaojie, who seemed relatively normal, for help. "Senior Disciple Dong, this... Sister Shi, who exactly is she...?"

Dong Xiaojie was just about to grit her teeth and say, "This is my master," when Shi Xuanfei turned her head. She was still smiling, but her eyes narrowed slightly.

Dong Xiaojie had seen that narrowed-eye smile only once, over a decade ago. Back then, she and Eldest Senior Sister Ouyang Biting had wanted to prepare a birthday gift for Shi Xuanfei, who adored pets. The two of them had boldly ventured to Eastern Dragon Nest to try to steal a Dragon Egg. They hadn't managed to steal one; instead, they were badly injured and nearly died in a dragon's jaws. In the end, Shi Xuanfei had swallowed her pride and begged Yun Zishan for help. The two of them had worked together to drag Dong Xiaojie and Ouyang Biting back from the gates of death.

After they recovered, Dong Xiaojie and Ouyang Biting had knelt outside Shi Xuanfei's bedchamber to beg forgiveness. When Shi Xuanfei came out of the hall, she had worn this very same narrowed-eye smile. Then she had "gently" punished them by making them care for all the Spirit Bees on the peak for five years and clean up after all her pets for five whole years. On top of that, she had confined them for a year and confiscated all their monthly stipends during that time to buy herself new clothes and delicious food.

Dong Xiaojie shivered. The words that had reached her lips were swallowed back down, and she stammered out instead, "Th-this... this is..."

Shi Xuanfei immediately turned back and smiled at Yang Ning. "I'm Xiao Jie Jie's senior sister."

As she spoke, she rose to her feet. The "big white bunnies" on her chest trembled with the movement, their curves sweeping across Yang Ning's field of vision.

Right after that, Shi Xuanfei quickly wrapped herself up tightly in her cloak. After all, standing made her a bigger target. If the Cultivators shopping in the distance caught sight of her like this, she would inevitably be "forced" to dig out their eyes!

Yang Ning nodded thoughtfully. "Oh, so you're the Eldest Senior Sister of Jade Maiden Peak! Senior Disciple Dong mentioned you before."

"Did she?" Shi Xuanfei turned to look at Dong Xiaojie, Jade Maiden Peak's Second Disciple, her gaze questioning.

Dong Xiaojie nervously swallowed and raced to come up with an explanation. "Well... Senior Sister, you know, that time when Master was there too, I said I'd bring both of you here to shop and buy some things. And I never mentioned your name to Boss Yang, Eldest Senior Sister."

Shi Xuanfei nodded. "I see. Then I can relax."

At their conversation, Yang Ning's eyes lit up. He remembered that Dong Xiaojie had indeed said before that she would introduce him to new customers from Jade Maiden Peak. She had especially mentioned the La Bo Ni Skincare Gift Box, worth two hundred Spirit Stones, as the "hot item" she had repeatedly said she would bring her sisters to see!

His merchant's instincts instantly overpowered his messy thoughts. Yang Ning sprang up from his reclining chair and said enthusiastically, "Senior Sister Shi, Senior Disciple Dong, you've come to see that skincare gift box, right? Just wait a moment! I'll go get it so you can have a look!"

As he spoke, he didn't even bother changing out of his ridiculous Blue Fatty pajamas. He hurried back to the shop. Watching Yang Ning run off, especially the little tail on the backside of his pajamas bouncing with every step, Shi Xuanfei couldn't help covering her lips with her sleeve and laughing softly.

Not until Yang Ning disappeared through the doorway did Dong Xiaojie finally dare to ask in a low voice, "Master, what's gotten into you today? This... this isn't like you!"

Shi Xuanfei didn't answer right away. Her left hand, which had been gripping the edge of her cloak tightly the whole time, now let out a faint red True Qi that slowly spread, winding around the cloak as though it were alive. The cloak began to flow like mercury, slowly "melting" into the low-cut flowing immortal dress she wore.