Teacher, You Don't Want This Immortal Herb?

After an unknown amount of time, Bibi Dong elegantly wiped the corner of her mouth. Her sensual red lips looked even more lustrous beneath the moonlight.

"All right, your teacher has eaten her fill."

Her voice returned to its usual coolness.

Seeing this, Ning Chen finally felt the boulder hanging over his heart fall completely to the ground.

It seemed he had made it through today's ordeal.

Afterward, he swiftly cleared the bowls and chopsticks from the table, calculating as he worked.

Damn it, being around this woman was more exhausting than fighting a match in the Soul Arena.

My heart was constantly in my throat, terrified that one wrong word would get me strung up and whipped by her.

But... feeding her just now actually felt pretty damn addictive.

Ning Chen shook his head, quickly casting away the inappropriate thoughts in his mind.

Just then, as if he had remembered something, he stopped what he was doing.

"By the way, Teacher."

A faint smile appeared on Ning Chen's face as he looked at Bibi Dong.

"This time, I didn't just go out to train. I also prepared a small gift for you. I hope Teacher will accept it."

"A gift?"

Bibi Dong slightly raised an eyebrow, a trace of curiosity flashing through her purple eyes.

This brat still had some conscience. He knew to bring her something when he went out.

"Take it out and let your teacher see."

She spoke lightly, though there was a hint of casual anticipation in her tone.

Ning Chen grinned. With a thought, he carefully took out an orchid that gave off a faint, delicate fragrance from his storage soul tool.

The orchid was pure white all over, its petals crystal-clear. There were eight petals in total, every one flawless.

Under the moonlight, a faint, sacred radiance flowed over the petals, and a refreshing fragrance instantly spread throughout the entire courtyard.

It was none other than a supreme Immortal Herb among medicinal plants: the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid!

"Teacher, look. This is it."

Ning Chen presented the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid before Bibi Dong as though offering treasure.

Bibi Dong's gaze fell upon the orchid. With her knowledge, she naturally saw its extraordinary nature at a glance.

The pure medicinal power contained within it, along with its unique aura of strengthening one's foundation, replenishing one's vitality, and cleansing impurities, proved that it was a priceless heavenly treasure.

"What is this?"

A hint of surprise flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes, but she still asked in an intentionally composed manner.

"Teacher, this is called the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid." Ning Chen introduced it with a sincere expression.

"It can strengthen one's foundation, replenish vitality, and cleanse impurities from the body. I thought that Teacher manages countless affairs every day and works so hard for Spirit Hall. You must be exhausted."

"This Immortal Herb can help regulate your body and stabilize your cultivation."

His words were brimming with sincerity and filial devotion.

However, after hearing him out, Bibi Dong merely glanced at the Immortal Herb before her face returned to its aloof expression.

"Hmph, it's merely a medicinal herb."

She lifted a slender jade finger and lightly played with the purple hair draped over her chest, her tone carrying a touch of disdain.

"No."

Bibi Dong coolly uttered those two words.

"With your teacher's current cultivation, this sort of thing is completely useless to me."

"Huh?"

The smile on Ning Chen's face instantly froze, his mind filled with question marks.

What the hell? What's going on? She doesn't want it?

This is an immortal-grade herb! The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid! It strengthens the foundation, replenishes vitality, and cleanses the marrow! Even if it isn't ridiculously effective on a Titled Douluo, it's still an incredible tonic! And this woman... says she doesn't want it?

Was she stupid? Or did she just enjoy going against me?

Holding the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid in his hands, Ning Chen was caught in an awkward spot, neither able to advance nor retreat.

He could not figure out what Bibi Dong was thinking.

He had sincerely given her a gift, yet she could not even be bothered to take another look at it?

Ning Chen smiled awkwardly and coughed twice, trying to salvage the situation.

"Um... Teacher, take another look? This really is good stuff. It might not improve your cultivation much, but it'll still benefit your body if you eat it..."

"Your teacher said no."

Bibi Dong's tone allowed no argument. She could not even be bothered to raise her eyelids again, as though that immortal-grade herb truly was no different from roadside weeds in her eyes.

After getting rebuffed, Ning Chen immediately felt a little annoyed.

Damn it, you don't know a good thing when it's offered, huh?

Fine. If you don't want it, plenty of others will!

Thinking that, the awkwardness on his face faded.

He deliberately sighed regretfully, nodded, and made as if to put the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid back into his storage soul tool.

"Well, if that's the case, then forget it."

As he put it away, Ning Chen muttered softly, seemingly to himself but also as though he intentionally wanted Bibi Dong to hear.

"I was originally thinking that if Teacher didn't want it, I'd give this Immortal Herb to Sister Lingyuan later."

"In Spirit Hall, aside from Teacher, Sister Lingyuan is the one closest to me. I'm sure she'd be very happy to receive this gift."

Lingyuan?

The instant Bibi Dong heard that name, the hand she had lazily rested on the stone table abruptly paused.

A figure immediately appeared in her mind: a woman dressed in a fitted black outfit patterned with feathers, with a fiery figure and an exceptionally bewitching face.

That woman's strength and position were far beneath hers, but in certain respects, she could always easily draw the eyes of the young men in the Hall.

Especially... her relationship with that brat Ning Chen seemed to be excessively close indeed.

Bibi Dong had even seen it several times: that woman was always touching Ning Chen here and there, speaking to him in a flirtatious manner.

And that brat Ning Chen seemed rather taken with her act.

When Bibi Dong imagined that woman receiving the gift, hugging Ning Chen's arm and rubbing her full breasts against him while letting out that sickeningly sweet laugh...

An indescribable irritation and anger instantly surged up in Bibi Dong's heart.

It was as though a beloved toy of hers was about to be snatched away by someone else.

Crack.

An extremely faint sound rang out.

A thin crack instantly appeared across the table before Bibi Dong.

Ning Chen only felt a blur pass before his eyes, and the Immortal Herb in his hand had already vanished.

When he looked up, he saw Bibi Dong holding the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid in her hand and carefully examining it before her eyes.

"Ahem."

Bibi Dong cleared her throat and put the Immortal Herb into her storage soul tool. Only then did she raise her head and look down at Ning Chen.

Her face still held that icy expression, but her tone had taken a complete one-eighty.

"Mm... seeing how sincere you are, your teacher will... reluctantly accept it."

"After all, it is a token of your filial devotion. If your teacher refused it, I would seem rather cold and heartless."

Seeing Bibi Dong's transparently insincere appearance, Ning Chen nearly failed to hold back his laughter.

Damn, this woman changed her face faster than flipping a page!

She was looking at it with utter disgust and saying she didn't want it just a moment ago. The second she heard I was giving it to Sister Lingyuan, she immediately snatched it away.

Ning Chen was secretly delighted. He felt as though he had found another way to get a handle on this aloof Pope.

However, he did not dare show it on his face. Instead, he put on a puzzled expression and deliberately teased her.

"Teacher, didn't you just say you didn't want it? Why now..."

"Hmm?"

Bibi Dong's brow immediately furrowed at his words, and a trace of embarrassment and anger surfaced in her purple eyes.

She promptly coughed twice and forced out an explanation.

"That was then, and this is now!"

"Your teacher was only testing your filial devotion just now, to see whether you sincerely wanted to give it to me!"

"What? Now that your teacher is willing to accept it, you don't want to give it anymore?"