I Am Lu Yaoyao, Greetings, Senior Brother Zhou

I am Lu Yaoyao. Greetings, Old... Senior Brother Zhou.

Among Taiqing Sect's Thirteen Peaks, the main peak was naturally Divine Peak, where Sect Leader Cao Zhengyang resided.

This peak towered into the heavens, magnificent and imposing, with flying waterfalls and flowing springs, wreathed in five-colored radiance, transcendent beyond the mortal world.

Palaces stood upon it one after another, their carved beams and painted rafters dazzling with color, while countless immortal birds and Spirit Birds flew and called among them.

At this moment, a man and a woman stood before a grand hall.

The man had sword-like brows and starry eyes, a straight and upright bearing. Simply standing there, he seemed like a treasured sword about to leave its sheath.

No one could withstand his sharp edge!

He was none other than Divine Peak's Chief Eldest Brother—Li Daoxuan!

Beside him stood a girl in a yellow dress with an oval face. Her skin was like congealed cream, her eyes bright and teeth white, her slender figure tall, and her dark hair cascaded like a waterfall to her willow-leaf-thin waist.

She looked exceptionally fresh and lovely. A small deerskin pouch and a string of tiny golden bells hung from her waist, making her appear graceful yet lively and adorable.

She was Cao Zhengyang's newly accepted Little Six—Lu Yaoyao.

With such a beautiful little junior sister, even Li Daoxuan could not help secretly glancing at her several times, his heart filled with gratitude toward his master beyond measure.

After all these years, you finally did something decent.

Everyone else had senior sisters and junior sisters, yet you kept accepting junior brothers for me—and not a single one of them was trouble-free.

So you had been quietly holding back something huge.

I like it!

"Junior Sister, don't be nervous. They're all our own martial uncles. You'll slowly become familiar with them!"

Seeing Lu Yaoyao continually looking toward the horizon, her eyes full of unease and anticipation, Li Daoxuan could not help comforting her softly.

In order to welcome guests alongside this little junior sister, the five brothers had fought fiercely over it. In the end, he had only narrowly won through superior skill.

"To eliminate me first, they actually joined forces to plot against me. As if I don't know what every last one of you is like!"

Li Daoxuan sneered inwardly.

Faced with Li Daoxuan's reassurance, Lu Yaoyao turned her head and smiled faintly.

That smile was fresh and pure, like the first gentle breeze in the mountains at dawn, lightly brushing across one's heart.

It sent ripples through Li Daoxuan's heart, as though he had returned to those green and innocent years, to the heart-pounding moment of first meeting someone who stirred his feelings.

He was so stunned that he stared blankly.

Lu Yaoyao asked, "Eldest Brother, will all the martial uncles be coming from over there later?"

Coming back to himself, Li Daoxuan could not help blushing. He hurriedly nodded. "That's right. They should be arriving soon. Don't worry, with your elder brother here beside you, I'll introduce them to you."

"Oh, then Eldest Brother, do you know Zhou Qing?" Lu Yaoyao suddenly asked.

Li Daoxuan froze, somewhat puzzled. "Junior Sister knows Junior Brother Zhou Qing?"

Upon hearing Li Daoxuan's words, Lu Yaoyao's eyes immediately lit up, and she even seemed a little excited.

"I—I merely heard people mention him. So he was already in Taiqing Sect at this time," Lu Yaoyao murmured softly.

Li Daoxuan seemed to understand something and could not help smiling.

That made sense. Several years ago, he and his Third Senior Brother Yan Xiaohu had peeped at several Grand Elders, old-woman level, while they bathed. It had become known by everyone, and they had been mocked over it for who knew how long.

Though everyone knew the Grand Elders had done it deliberately—after all, at their age, what could possibly escape their notice?

Li Daoxuan had no choice but to bring the newly initiated junior sister up to speed: “Zhou Qing is a disciple of Uncle-Master Mo Xingjian of Little Spirit Peak. He ranks fourth. Above him, there are two senior brothers and one senior sister. His cultivation talent is fairly decent; I hear he has already reached the seventh level of Qi Condensation…”

Li Daoxuan could only explain things to this newly inducted junior sister. "Zhou Qing is Martial Uncle Mo Xingjian's disciple from Little Spirit Peak. He ranks fourth, with two senior brothers and one senior sister above him. His cultivation talent is fairly decent. I heard he has already reached Qi Condensation Seventh Layer..."

Lu Yaoyao listened with great seriousness, and from time to time, her eyes curved into crescent moons as she smiled.

"Then Eldest Brother, what do you think of Zhou Qing as a person?"

After Li Daoxuan finished his introduction, Lu Yaoyao could not help asking.

Li Daoxuan grew increasingly suspicious. Was this little junior sister far too interested in Junior Brother Zhou Qing?

That fellow's bad reputation must have spread far and wide and aroused her curiosity. After all, the two had never even met.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "He's hard to judge. Mainly because I haven't had much contact with him—fewer than three meetings in total. But I heard some news this morning. Apparently, he peeped at a group of female disciples bathing last night..."

Li Daoxuan told her the latest gossip he had heard.

Lu Yaoyao's eyes instantly widened, filled with disbelief. Then, unexpectedly, an admiring expression appeared on her face.

"He actually did something like that? I never expected it, truly never expected it. But at that age, one is brimming with Blood Qi, so it is understandable."

Though Lu Yaoyao said this, she looked extremely excited, as if she had discovered some gossip she had never known before.

Seeing that his little junior sister was interested in this sort of thing, Li Daoxuan continued, "I heard he was taken into the Discipline Hall last night. I don't know whether he has come out yet. This matter actually has its roots in something. Years ago, he and his senior brother peeped at... They're here. When we have some free time, I'll tell you all about it."

Li Daoxuan suddenly spotted something and hurriedly straightened up.

Lu Yaoyao had just been full of curiosity, but now she could only wait to investigate further in private.

Several figures were flying over on swords from the distant horizon. At their head was a white-haired old man seated atop a golden-yellow gourd, radiating authority without anger.

Li Daoxuan hurriedly whispered, "That is Martial Uncle Gao Xuan from Golden Sun Peak. The others are his Personal Disciples. From left to right, they are Kong Yu, Du Kui, Luo Xue..."

Time slowly passed. Lu Yaoyao now furrowed her brows as she repeatedly tried to memorize the martial uncles, senior brothers, and senior sisters they had just received, so she would not mistake them next time and cause embarrassment.

Meanwhile, Li Daoxuan continually sorted through the gifts they had received, clicking his tongue as he reflected on how times had truly changed.

How many years had it been? Yet the gifts were becoming more precious one after another. Thinking back to when he had first taken a master, his own gifts had been shabby beyond comparison.

"Little Junior Sister, pay attention. Someone from Little Spirit Peak is coming!"

At that moment, Li Daoxuan hurriedly reminded her.

Lu Yaoyao's heart stirred, and she immediately looked toward the horizon.

In the distance, a radiant Eight Trigrams Plate was speeding toward them, with three people standing upon it.

At the front stood a middle-aged man whose robes fluttered elegantly, his long hair dancing in the wind. He looked sacred and imposing.

Beside him stood two youths holding gift boxes.

The man on the left had a round face and small eyes, wearing a rather lewd-looking expression as he craned his neck to stare at her in amazement.

The man on the right... was so young, so cute!

Li Daoxuan hurriedly said, "This is Martial Uncle Mo from Little Spirit Peak. On the left is his third disciple, Yan Xiaohu. The one on the right... He actually got out of the Discipline Hall. Little Junior Sister, he is Zhou Qing."

Just as Li Daoxuan finished his quiet introduction, the three of them landed before them.

"Greetings, Martial Uncle Mo!" Li Daoxuan hurriedly saluted.

Mo Xingjian nodded faintly and immediately understood that this was the Sect Leader's newly accepted sixth child... No, she should be Little Six.

Not bad, not bad. She was quite pleasing to the eye.

He had just been about to praise her when he saw her standing there in a daze.

Following her gaze, he looked over with a puzzled expression.

At this moment, Zhou Qing was also looking at Lu Yaoyao with appreciation.

He had not expected Sect Leader Martial Uncle's new disciple to be so beautiful. She was truly very pretty.

The moment he saw her, his heart had inexplicably trembled.

Wait—

Zhou Qing quickly seemed to realize something and instinctively turned to look behind himself.

There was no one there.

Was she staring at me?

Am I really that jade-tree-in-the-wind handsome?

This damned charm—could this girl have fallen in love with me at first sight?

Zhou Qing suddenly felt secretly delighted.

Generally speaking, it was men who fell in love with women at first sight. How had it been turned upside down with me?

But this feeling was really not bad!

Yan Xiaohu blinked his swollen little eyes, first looking at his bashful junior brother, then at Lu Yaoyao, who was staring with nakedly obvious eyes. He only felt that his worldview had suffered a severe blow.

No, was this not far too melodramatic?

I, such a handsome and dashing, suave and unrestrained, tall and mighty man, am standing right here. Why won't you even spare me a glance?

"Little Junior Sister—"

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become somewhat quiet, Li Daoxuan hurriedly tugged gently at Lu Yaoyao.

Coming back to herself, Lu Yaoyao suddenly became a little flustered and hurriedly cupped her hands in salute.

"Disciple Lu Yaoyao greets Martial Uncle Mo, greets Senior Brother Yan, greets Old... Senior Brother Zhou!"

So her name was Lu Yaoyao.

What a cute name.

Mo Xingjian nodded slightly, then gave a dry cough as a reminder. Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu hurriedly presented the gifts in their hands.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle!" Lu Yaoyao thanked him again.

Li Daoxuan said, "Reporting to Martial Uncle, everyone else has arrived. Please come inside!"

Only then did Mo Xingjian lead the two of them inside.

Yan Xiaohu even lightly bumped Zhou Qing, signaling him to look behind.

Zhou Qing turned around and once again met Lu Yaoyao's gaze, full of complexity. He immediately sighed.

"My charm that has nowhere to go!"

Yan Xiaohu kicked him right in the backside. "Go on, keep showing off. But your senior brother still has to kindly remind you: beautiful women bring disaster. This little junior sister is so pure and beautiful; when the time comes, who knows how many people will pursue her? With your Qi Condensation Seventh Layer cultivation, you are nowhere near enough."

Zhou Qing gave a "Tch," but he also understood that his Third Senior Brother was speaking the truth. "Got it. I'm not stupid!"

Then the three of them entered the great hall.

He had not expected Little Spirit Peak to be the last to arrive. Only after entering did he discover that the peak masters had already taken their seats above and were chatting merrily with one another.

As his master stepped forward with a smile to greet them, Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu saluted the martial uncles, then joined the crowd, smiling and nodding at one another.

Seeing his Third Senior Brother meet friends and begin chatting, Zhou Qing inconspicuously retreated bit by bit until he reached a corner, where he let out a soft breath.

Generally speaking, the more thrilling and exciting the multi-person setting, the longer one was ignored, the greater the chance of obtaining Ignorance Points.

This was not particularly exciting, but it was at least solemn. As long as I hide deeply enough and Reduce Presence, I should still get some, right?

But either way, it required a certain amount of time.

"Junior Brother Zhou, I heard you did something big last night. Though it is a man's true nature, as Core Disciples, we should still pay attention to our influence."

Just as Zhou Qing leaned behind a pillar in the corner, a man walked over with a stern expression.

After cursing "annoying" inwardly, Zhou Qing was too lazy to explain and could only say, "Senior Brother Liu's instruction is correct."

The man called Senior Brother Liu wanted to lecture him further, but Zhou Qing immediately began looking around. "Ah, Senior Brother Liu, you carry on. I still need to find my Third Senior Brother."

After saying that, he hurried away.

"A dog catching mice, meddling in other people's business. Even my own senior brothers have not lectured me, so who do you people from Cloud Dream Peak think you are? You meddle far too much every single day!"

Zhou Qing grumbled inwardly and found another place to stay.

He had only been there for a short while when two senior sisters in front of him kept turning back to look at him, their eyes filled with disdain as they whispered to each other.

Zhou Qing was speechless.

These Core Disciples had cultivation levels that were too high. The Level 1 talent skill Reduce Presence did not work on them.

Zhou Qing looked around again and moved to another place.

Only after finding several places where he could easily be ignored did he finally avoid drawing attention.

Not long afterward, Sect Leader Cao Zhengyang emerged, and everyone saluted in succession.

Ignorance Points +1

Almost at the same time, that familiar voice rang out in Zhou Qing's mind, immediately lifting his spirits.

There was hope!