With the items already held out before him, Liu Yu could only accept them; otherwise, it would have been awkward for both of them.
Just then, Sun Ju spoke in a stream of words as faint as a mosquito's hum. She spoke so quickly and quietly that anyone without a cultivator's keen hearing would have struggled to make them out.
"Senior Brother, your profound cultivation is truly admirable, but there are many things I don't understand in my daily cultivation. I'd like to ask you for guidance."
"This token can open the protective formation around my cave abode. I wonder... are you free tonight, Senior Brother? Could you come give me some guidance on my cultivation method?"
By the time Sun Ju finished, her face was crimson. Without waiting for Liu Yu's response, she took out her magical artifact and hurried away.
"..."
"Heh... heh."
Liu Yu's expression shifted as a little wistfulness stirred within him. Before he activated the Immortal Mansion at eighteen, he had been nothing more than an ordinary cultivator with three spiritual roots, obscure and barely noticed. No female cultivator would have spared him a second glance.
Yet everything had changed once he gained the Immortal Mansion's help. First, he had rescued Yan Qun'er like a hero saving a beauty, coming into intimate contact with her and winning her affection. Then Jiang Qiushui, once his senior sister, had become willing to work for him, and many fellow disciples had drawn closer to him as well.
Now his junior sister Sun Ju had taken the initiative to hint at her interest, perhaps inviting an amorous encounter and an intimate relationship.
Liu Yu knew that visiting her tonight to guide her cultivation was merely an excuse. They certainly would not be discussing cultivation methods alone. With a man