Su Ling'er

The autumn air was crisp and clear, with not a cloud in the vast sky.

Ouyang and Hu Tutu were walking along the mountain boardwalk once again.

Unlike the awkwardness of their first trip, the two now chatted and laughed, already thoroughly at ease with each other.

Hu Tutu walked in front, and Ouyang followed behind. Had Ouyang not looked so young, they would have seemed exactly like a father taking his daughter out for a day of fun.

Ouyang was taking Hu Tutu to light her Lifebound Ever-Burning Lamp. Only once she lit it would she officially become a member of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Normally, Azure Cloud Peak would send a disciple riding White Crane to bring newly admitted disciples to the Azure Cloud Sect.

But after yesterday's incident, Ouyang had the good sense to assume Azure Cloud Peak would not be sending White Crane again, so he simply took Hu Tutu down the mountain himself.

Azure Cloud Peak and Little Mountain Peak were several hundred kilometers apart. If the two of them walked, who knew what year of the monkey and month of the horse they would finally arrive in?

The roof Bajie had just repaired had been blown apart by Ouyang again yesterday, Junior Brother Sha was recovering from his injuries, and Bai Feiyu was still consolidating his cultivation.

That left only Ouyang to take Hu Tutu to light her lamp.

Fortunately, Ouyang had spent over a decade in the Azure Cloud Sect and had plenty of connections and friends. That morning, he had used a Communication Talisman to contact a friend he was particularly close to, securing a ride for himself and Hu Tutu.

Ouyang brought Hu Tutu to the foot of the mountain, slouched down on the stone steps at the mountain gate, and took out a flask of Spirit Fruit wine he had brewed himself, sipping it alone.

Hu Tutu, meanwhile, could not sit still for even a moment. One minute she was picking flowers, the next she was chasing butterflies, having the time of her life.

He had barely been sitting for a while when a golden light rose in the distance and flew toward Little Mountain Peak.

Before the light arrived, a clear, lovely female voice reached them first:

"Senior Brother Ouyang! I'm here!"

Hearing her voice, Ouyang hurriedly stood up, straightened his clothes, and looked toward the light.

When the light reached him, a girl standing on a white cloud gazed at him with a radiant smile, surrounded by a halo of light.

Every time Ouyang saw her face, he could not help marveling inwardly:

Her long hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, simply tied with a red cord.

She had crescent-shaped brows, beautiful eyes brimming with affection, a graceful nose, faintly flushed cheeks, and cherry lips whose breath was sweet as orchids. Her oval face was exquisitely beautiful, her skin as delicate as frost and snow, as though the slightest touch might break it. Her figure was slender and delicate, like the goddess of the Luo River emerging from the water.

With every smile and every frown, a natural nobility shone through, leaving others marveling at her refined, ethereal radiance.

Dressed in white, she looked like an immortal maiden.

Of course, most importantly, this girl also possessed a remarkably generous bosom and a pair of flawless, snow-white legs, long and straight!

Innocence and allure found their fullest expression in her!

Name: Su Ling'er (chief disciple of Jade Maiden Peak)

Cultivation: Nascent Soul Realm, first level

Root Bone: 7

Charm: 9

Luck: 6

Musical aptitude: 8

Exclusive skill: locked

Evaluation: a top-grade cultivation cauldron skilled at playing the flute!

It was precisely that system evaluation that had first prompted him to experiment with cheesy pickup lines on Su Ling'er.

Going from a lecher in her eyes to her senior brother had taken all the ingenuity Ouyang could muster.

But the results were obvious. The girl before him clearly no longer rejected him quite so strongly.

When he had sent her a message, she had hesitated briefly, but had still agreed.

In the past, she had always told him to get lost.

"Junior Sister Su Ling'er, long time no see!" Ouyang said with a smile, cupping his hands in greeting.

Hearing Ouyang's slightly formal tone, the girl pouted in displeasure. When she had received Senior Brother Ouyang's message, she had wanted to play it cool for a bit, yet she had still rushed over without stopping.

Who would have thought Senior Brother Ouyang would act so distant? Last time, he was calling me Ling'er!

All I did was deliberately act a little cold toward you. You rotten men are always putting on airs!

Su Ling'er hopped down from the cloud and threw her arms around Ouyang. Smiling as brightly as a flower, she looked at him and said, "Senior Brother, you haven't contacted me in ages. I thought you'd forgotten all about your Ling'er!"

Hearing her playful reproach and feeling the sensation against his arm, Ouyang felt himself getting a little lost.

But with his little junior sister beside him, Ouyang naturally had to pretend to be proper. He coughed and casually invented a lie. "Junior Brother Bai made a breakthrough these past few days, so I've been guarding him while he consolidated his cultivation. I've only just found some time, and I wanted to take our little junior sister to Azure Cloud Peak to light her Ever-Burning Lamp. I immediately thought of you."

When Su Ling'er heard Ouyang say he had immediately thought of her, her smile grew even brighter.

"Oh, Senior Brother, there's a hair on your shoulder!" Pretending it was accidental, Su Ling'er leaned against Ouyang's shoulder and eagerly breathed in his scent.

Hehehe, Senior Brother smells just as wonderful as ever! Su Ling'er giggled inwardly as she sniffed.

Suddenly, a little face appeared in front of Su Ling'er. Hu Tutu was looking at her, blinking her eyes.

Su Ling'er gave a startled cry and hurriedly sprang away from Ouyang.

"Senior Brother, is this big sister the ordinary friend who's taking us to Azure Cloud Peak?" Hu Tutu asked Ouyang, pointing at Su Ling'er and placing particular emphasis on "ordinary friend."

Only after hearing Hu Tutu's words did Su Ling'er properly examine the little girl draped over Ouyang's other shoulder. With her sharp eye, she could tell at a glance that this girl would grow into a beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms!

Alarm bells immediately rang in Su Ling'er's heart. She had only just managed to make those little hussies on Jade Maiden Peak behave themselves. How had another little junior sister with the makings of a beauty appeared beside her senior brother?

Is my senior brother simply so outstanding that these little hussies keep throwing themselves at him, one after another?

Su Ling'er looked at Hu Tutu with a friendly smile and said, "Senior Brother, is this the little disciple Martial Uncle Hu Yun just took in?"

Su Ling'er likewise emphasized the word "little," implying that Hu Tutu was still just a brat.

Though she was a child, Hu Tutu was still female, and could hear the insinuation in another female's tone.

Hu Tutu warily eyed this woman who had suddenly appeared and acted so intimate with her senior brother.

Even she had to admit that, in terms of beauty, this woman was only slightly inferior to her.

But the main problem was that this woman's figure was nothing her current washboard body could compare with!

Hu Tutu clenched her little canine teeth and struck back with feigned innocence. "That's right, Senior Sister. My name is Hu Tutu. From now on, I'll be spending every morning and evening with Senior Brother and the others on Little Mountain Peak!"

Hu Tutu's words about spending every morning and evening together instantly struck Su Ling'er's sore spot.

Senior Brother Ouyang and I are in love, yet we can't spend every morning and evening together. That's always been my greatest heartache.

Caught in a battle whose gunsmoke he could not see, Ouyang stared blankly at the two girls before him, one big and one small.

Their words were clearly courteous and polite, yet for some reason, he could practically smell the gunpowder between them!

Su Ling'er and Hu Tutu exchanged a look, and sparks seemed to crackle between them.

Both turned their heads away at the same time and snorted:

"What a troublesome woman!"