What Should I Do If My Little Sister Loves Me Too Much?

Outside Sea God Pavilion, Nan Liujing sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

Golden drizzle fell from the sky, energy shed from leaves like gold. It was powerful and pure, landing on Nan Liujing and merging into his skin in an instant.

In only a moment, a hazy golden radiance emanated from his body.

This life energy would not directly increase his Soul Power cultivation. It merely fused with his flesh and blood, slightly increasing his affinity for the life element.

There was a limit to consuming spiritual treasures. It was not as though stuffing yourself endlessly would make your body endlessly stronger. Too much supplementation could instead harm the body, so neither Qian Gu Qingfeng nor Leng Yaozhu had brought out even more potent treasures to enhance Nan Liujing's physique.

But the Golden Ancient Tree's energy was different. Its effects on the body were subtle and gradual, with no side effects whatsoever.

Usually, disciples of the Shrek Inner Court each had one chance to receive such a baptism. As for higher-level energy empowerment, that required sufficient contributions.

What surprised Nan Liujing was that, from beginning to end, he had not sensed any further reaction from the Heavenly Tribulation Bead.

Logically speaking, the opportunity borne by the Golden Ancient Tree should not have been any weaker than the Golden Dragon King Bloodline. After all, it was the Life Core of Douluo Star.

He had originally planned to use the Heavenly Tribulation Bead's activation to draw Ah Yin's attention, lure her out, and finally have Sister Xia plant her back in the ground. It seemed that would not be possible.

Outside Sea God Pavilion, none of the three powerhouses spoke. The only sound was that of leaves brushing together like wind chimes.

Leng Yaozhu gazed gently at Nan Liujing.

There was something Nan Liujing did not know. Since Leng Yaozhu's childhood, she and Leng Yulai had eaten breakfast at the same table every day. The sisters often shared their insights on cultivation over the table and grew together. Those had been their most relaxed and peaceful years.

Later, Leng Yulai suffered a setback in love and joined the Holy Spirit Cult in bitter rage. From then on, Leng Yaozhu had never eaten breakfast again—until the day Nan Liujing made sandwiches and awakened those sealed memories.

When someone suffered repeated blows in love, they would value their other emotions all the more. Nan Liujing had appeared at just the right time, and made breakfast at just the right time, filling the place Leng Yulai held in Leng Yaozhu's heart.

It was just that Leng Yaozhu regarded Nan Liujing as her disciple, while he might not purely regard her as a respected teacher. After all, respect and love could be separated.

One could only wonder what Xia Zheng Leng would think if she one day discovered that Sky Phoenix Douluo, someone of her own generation, had somehow become... Ahem.

Still, compared to the bizarre scene in the original timeline where Gu Yuena called Xiao Wu Mom, this was nothing much.

"Teacher, Master's wife, I finally found you."

At that moment, a crisp and pleasant voice came from nearby.

The three of them turned at the same time.

Leng Yaozhu raised her eyelids slightly, as though her gaze had been drawn over.

The girl running toward them had silver hair gently lifted by the wind, flowing like silk woven from moonlight. She looked young, yet her features were exquisite beyond compare. Even the greatest painter would struggle to capture such a timeless masterpiece.

Na'er ran over excitedly. Smiles surfaced on Yun Ming and Ya Li's lips as they were about to speak, only to see their precious disciple stop in her tracks and stare blankly at Nan Liujing, who sat cross-legged on the ground.

Just then, Nan Liujing absorbed the final wisp of life energy and opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was a pair of amethyst-like eyes, pure and crystal-clear, meeting his own.

Then Na'er's eyes widened, bursting with joyous, delighted light.

Nan Liujing rose to his feet, but before he could say anything, a fragrant breeze rushed toward him.

"Brother." Na'er threw herself happily into his arms.

Ignoring Yun Ming's stunned gaze, Nan Liujing held the little girl's soft, warm body and affectionately rubbed her head. "It's been so long. Did you miss your brother?"

Na'er's voice was soft and sweet. "I did. But Teacher assigned too many tasks. I only just finished them."

So this little girl is blaming me? Yun Ming stood to the side with a face full of black lines.

Ya Li covered her mouth with a smile. Watching the intimate pair, Leng Yaozhu revealed a faint, indulgent smile.

"Ahem." Yun Ming coughed twice.

Only then did Na'er remember that her teacher was still there. She awkwardly stepped out of her brother's embrace and grinned cheekily. "Teacher's here too."

Yun Ming's mouth twitched. Didn't you call me just now?

Ya Li asked curiously, "Na'er, you know Liujing?"

Na'er stepped forward and linked arms with Ya Li, smiling brightly. "Back when something happened to our family, I was alone and stranded outside. A group of human traffickers nearly abducted me, but Brother saved me."

At the words "human traffickers," the three powerhouses visibly narrowed their eyes.

Na'er shook Ya Li's arm coquettishly. "Master's wife, I finished all the tasks you and Teacher assigned me. Can I go out and have some fun now?"

"Fine." Ya Li tapped Na'er's delicate nose with a jade-like finger.

"Master's wife is the best!" Na'er cheered and raised her brows at her brother.

"Wait." Yun Ming suddenly spoke, and the joy on Na'er's face instantly froze. Seemingly afraid that her teacher would refuse, her eyes quickly welled with tears, as if she would cry the moment he said no.

"Is there anything else, Senior?" Nan Liujing noticed that Yun Ming was looking at him.

Yun Ming's expression was calm. With a flick of his finger, a streak of light shot out and stopped before Nan Liujing. The glow faded, revealing the Thunder Beast Soul Bone.

Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu were both somewhat surprised.

Yun Ming said flatly, "You saved Na'er. That was the cause, and her becoming my disciple afterward was the effect. Consider the Soul Bone a token of thanks. If you dare refuse it, I'll assign Na'er more cultivation tasks. You wouldn't want your little sister crying from too much homework, would you?"

"???" A single stray lock of hair sprang up from Na'er's head.

This doesn't fit your character at all. Nan Liujing silently complained. Looking at the Soul Bone suspended before him and sensing the surging Thunder Power within it, he did not bother standing on ceremony. With a wave of his hand, he stored it in his storage ring.

"Na'er, you must be back before eight tonight." Yun Ming once again became the overprotective father.

"Yay!" Na'er hurriedly held back the tears that were about to spill out.

"Sorry to trouble you." Ya Li smiled at Leng Yaozhu.

"Let's go." Leng Yaozhu nodded and prepared to leave Shrek.

With her teacher's permission, Na'er excitedly wrapped her arms around her brother's once more and followed behind Leng Yaozhu as they left.

"Those two children make quite a good match," Ya Li teased.

Yun Ming snorted. "Na'er is still young."

Ya Li shot him a glance. "Didn't you date a girl when you were twelve?"

Yun Ming looked as though someone had grabbed him by the throat. Embarrassed, he said, "That was youthful ignorance. You can't compare the two."

"Heh." Ya Li gave a smile that did not reach her eyes.

After leaving Shrek Academy, Leng Yaozhu returned to the Heavenly Spirit Tower first, leaving Nan Liujing to take Na'er around Shrek City.

He had spent time alone with Ye Xinglan, so naturally he had to spend time with his little sister as well.

During that time, Nan Liujing also asked Na'er what exactly she had been studying.

Na'er did not hide anything from him and told him everything.

Nan Liujing could not help clicking his tongue. No wonder Na'er's cultivation and combat strength in the original timeline had been so outstanding.

She had to study the Spear Intent insights bestowed by Sky Pillar Douluo, enter Tang Sect Hero Hall to spar with some of the powerful figures from history, and research every secondary profession other than forging. No wonder she was so thrilled just to be allowed out for fun.

"By the way, Brother." Curled up on a sofa in the cinema lobby, Na'er glanced at the crowd gathered around them and lowered her voice. "Do you want to train in Tang Sect Hero Hall?"

Tang Sect Hero Hall was the place Wu Changkong had taken Tang Wulin and the others to fight in the original timeline. It was a world similar to the Spirit Ascension Platform, simulating outstanding predecessors from Tang Sect history—from the first generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters to the Seven Monsters of Huo Yuhao's era and beyond.

But Tang Sect had plainly given those predecessors epic-tier buffs.

A typical example was Xiao Xiao. As a one-ring Soul Master, she beat Tang Wulin so badly he nearly forgot his own mother's name. She was a complete stat monster. The real historical one-ring Xiao Xiao had never been that absurdly powerful.

Her understanding of Tang Sect secret arts should not have been that high either, yet in Hero Hall, she fought as though she had practiced them for decades—flawless, ferocious, and ridiculously strong.

Most outrageous of all, Wu Changkong had said that the people in Hero Hall possessed only around seventy percent of their real strength.

What the hell? Did Xiao Xiao know about this?

Nan Liujing sipped a cola-like drink and quietly asked, "What are the benefits of training there?"

Tang Sect Hero Hall had been a setting seemingly written in on the spot in the original timeline. After its early appearance, it had essentially never shown up again, so Nan Liujing did not know much about it.

"The benefits are huge." Like a cat that had stolen dried fish, Na'er looked around furtively. "When I trained and fought in Hero Hall, Teacher told me that at the three-ring, seven-ring, and nine-ring levels, if you can complete every assessment from intermediate to top-tier, you'll have a chance to choose one Heavenly Material or Earthly Treasure from Tang Sect."

Nan Liujing's gaze shifted slightly. "Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?"

"Mm."

Although Yun Ming had told Na'er not to reveal it, who was Nan Liujing? Her brother. One of their own. Naturally, she could tell him. "Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures is a general term. It includes four types of rewards: metals, Soul Bones, spiritual treasures, and treasured lands. In short, the rewards are especially generous. It's a shame I'm only at two rings, so I can't choose the three-ring assessments yet."

Nan Liujing did not lack spiritual treasures, could create metal himself, and had no shortage of Soul Bones either. He even had a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone in his pocket, enough to stir up a bloody storm.

But treasured lands truly piqued his interest.

The only treasured land controlled by Tang Sect that he remembered was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Could clearing the top-tier assessments allow one to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? But that was clearly Tang Sect's most heavily guarded location. There was no way one could simply go there whenever they pleased.

"Brother, the movie is about to start. Come on, come on!" Na'er impatiently pulled Nan Liujing to his feet. After their tickets were checked, they smoothly entered the theater and took their seats.

"What movie are we watching?" The theater was still filling up, and the lights had not yet dimmed. What puzzled Nan Liujing was that he could actually see a hint of crimson on Na'er's fair little face.

Na'er hemmed and hawed. "It's a youth romance movie, anyway."

Nan Liujing looked baffled.

Gradually, all hundred-plus seats in the theater filled with viewers, all of them young people.

When the lights went out, advertisements for other films played before the feature began. Nan Liujing suppressed his curiosity and waited.

Three minutes later, the entire theater fell silent. The movie began, and the title finally appeared on the screen.

"What Should I Do If My Little Sister Loves Me Too Much?"

Nan Liujing froze on the spot. He turned to look at Na'er, but the little girl acted as though she had not noticed at all. She sat upright and stared at the screen, yet the faint, flickering light from it exposed her flushed little face.

Little sis, are you hinting at me?

The ninety-minute movie was not very long.

After leaving the cinema, Na'er lazily stretched. Her breathtakingly beautiful face, pure and refined, together with her rare silver hair, naturally drew the attention of the other departing viewers.

Ignoring the amazed looks around them, Na'er bumped her shoulder against her brother's and cautiously asked, "Brother, what did you think of the movie? Especially the plot?"

What was the movie about?

It told the story of an ordinary girl who was not a Soul Master and her next-door neighbor, an older brother unrelated to her by blood. They had lived and grown up together since childhood. But as time passed, the brother, as a Soul Master, gained a far broader world, while the younger sister entered a vocational academy.

As they grew older, the gap in their identities and status widened. The younger sister loved her brother, but did not dare confess because of their differences. Until one day, she heard from the brother's mother that a younger female student at his Soul Master Academy had confessed to him. Unable to restrain herself any longer, she chose to confess as well—and forcibly kissed him.

The film ended amid ambiguous and conflicting emotional tension.

Nan Liujing took a deep breath. Looking at the hopeful gaze of the girl before him, he deliberately gave his review. "The plot may be cliché, but... the ending was good. I liked it. They aren't related by blood anyway."

Na'er's eyes lit up at once, and her rosy lips pressed together.

Why?

Because at the end of the movie, the male and female leads got together.

Brother, you're hinting at me.

Oh, right. One of the filming locations was pretty interesting too. It was Eastsea City—Eastsea Academy!

After the movie, they went for barbecue.

At the gate leading into Shrek Inner City, Na'er waved her slender, lotus-root-like arm at her brother. Smiling sweetly, she clasped her hands behind her back and skipped away.

Under the gazes of two students whose eyes were practically spewing flames, Nan Liujing turned, got into a ride-hailing car, and returned to the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

"Yun Ming really said that?"

Through high-tech communications, projections of Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng appeared before Leng Yaozhu.

Leng Yaozhu gently swirled her wineglass and said calmly, "Why would I lie to you? I need your opinions as reference so Liujing can make his choice."

Xia Zheng Leng frowned. "Anyone who can become a Sea God Pavilion member is part of Shrek's Direct Faction among the Direct Faction. It would easily draw the attention of every major power. If Liujing gains that identity, people will no longer think first of his Spirit Pagoda background, but of Shrek. If Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy ever come into conflict, who would he help? No matter whom he helps, he'll be called a traitor."

"So I disagree."

"And you?" Leng Yaozhu looked toward Qian Gu Qingfeng.

Qian Gu Qingfeng pondered for a moment. "Being given something and earning it yourself through your own strength are completely different. I don't mind Liujing studying at Shrek. No matter what, Shrek Academy truly has the greatest concentration of geniuses, and using them to temper Liujing is feasible. But becoming a Sea God Pavilion member is out of the question."

Leng Yaozhu nodded. "It seems both of you oppose it."

Xia Zheng Leng asked, "What is your opinion?"

Leng Yaozhu replied evenly, "That Destruction Attribute Soul Bone must be taken to Devil Island to reveal its true capabilities, so he must go to Shrek Academy. But likewise, I do not agree to him becoming a Sea God Pavilion member. Just as your man said, what others give you means you lose the moral high ground from the start. What you fight for yourself is real. Studying at Shrek through the normal route is nothing much. That way, he can defend if he retreats and advance if he moves forward, without being constrained."

Xia Zheng Leng smiled. "Then it seems our views are aligned."

Leng Yaozhu said, "We just don't know what Liujing himself will choose."

Buzz~

Suddenly, the door opened and a figure walked in.

The three of them looked over at once.

Speak of Liujing, and Liujing arrived.

With three elders staring at him at once, Nan Liujing paused before instinctively asking, "Did I interrupt your conversation?"

"No." Leng Yaozhu smiled. "You came at just the right time. Sit."

Nan Liujing sat beside Leng Yaozhu in a daze. The fragrance of his teacher's body lingered at the tip of his nose. Do not misunderstand—it was not the scent of cosmetics soaked into her skin, but her genuine natural fragrance, soothing and pleasant.

Once he sat down, Leng Yaozhu explained what they had been discussing.

Nan Liujing had long considered this matter. "My great-grandfather and great-grandmother are Spirit Pagoda councilors, and my teacher is the Spirit Pagoda's vice chairman. The broad road laid out before me has long been there. Why would I need to rely on Shrek?"

The three exchanged smiles upon hearing that.

Nan Liujing continued, "However, I really do need to go to Shrek Academy. I hope you can understand that."

Leng Yaozhu teased, "For those two girls, right? No, there's another girl in Star Luo City. She won't be going to Shrek for another few years."

Qian Gu Qingfeng, a pure-love warrior, immediately furrowed his brow. Just as he was about to speak, Xia Zheng Leng stepped on his foot.

Seeing the cold look in his wife's eyes, he awkwardly turned away and pretended he had heard nothing.

Nan Liujing smiled. He did not explain. It was fine for the elders to understand it that way.

After all, the mission to seize the Vast Sea Universe Crystal was not something he could easily tell them about.

Besides, the Scepter of Destruction could only be looked at, not touched. That was truly maddening. He would also have to visit Devil Island in the future, and all of that required Shrek Academy's help.

With the choice made, Leng Yaozhu wasted no words and directly called Ya Li alone.

Ya Li fell silent after receiving the call. Leng Yaozhu simply told her that Nan Liujing would go to Shrek, but through the normal route, then hung up.

That night, the swing beside the cliff was once again occupied.

Ya Li sat on it alone, while Yun Ming stood some distance away with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

As the tallest building on the continent, its tower piercing the clouds was visible from Sea God Pavilion without much effort.

"Brother Ming, are you angry?" Ya Li gradually stopped supplying Soul Power, bringing the swing to a halt as she asked Yun Ming.

Without turning around, Yun Ming replied, "Why would I be angry?"

Ya Li sighed. "Given your status, it was already rare for you to make so many promises, yet you were still refused."

Yun Ming turned around with a gentle smile. "Do you know? Leng Yaozhu said the choice was made by that child himself. That answer actually pleased me greatly. His blood relatives are Spirit Pagoda higher-ups. If he had truly agreed in a rush just because of the promises I offered, I would have looked down on him. Nor would I believe someone like that could reach the summit."

Ya Li was stunned.

Yun Ming gazed at the sea of stars filling the sky and laughed freely. "There is still plenty of time—enough for me to witness with my own eyes whether a young man rises or fades into obscurity."

"Next, let us wait and see."