Everyday scheming between master and disciples

"Senior brother, what do you want to teach Nana?" Hu Liena grew even more curious.

"Today, I'll teach you how to cultivate yourself and nurture your character." As he spoke, Xu Feng took a full set of leisure equipment out of his Soul Tool-chairs, a table, and food, everything he needed-and lay straight down on a chair.

"Nana, watch carefully."

Xu Feng picked a crystal-clear grape from the basket of immortal fruit on the table and popped it into his mouth. Only after savoring it carefully did he begin bluffing with a perfectly straight face. "What you need to do is put a crystal grape into my mouth once every minute. Do this well, and you'll reach the first realm of self-cultivation and character refinement."

"Oh."

Hu Liena hadn't understood, but she felt that her senior brother's words made a lot of sense. She answered softly, then knelt down beside Xu Feng and earnestly began counting the time in the most straightforward way: second by second.

However, Hu Liena soon became distracted. There were too many delicious things on the table Xu Feng had set out, and she really wanted to sneak a little.

Those crystal grapes, for instance, were translucent and plump, their color rich. One look told her they were the wonderfully sweet kind.

Then there was that package labeled "VIP edition Weilong Spicy Strips." The fiery red strips inside were arranged in neat rows, each glistening with little flecks of oil, utterly tempting.

Although she didn't know what breed of dragon a Weilong was, or what soul beast this delicacy was made from, the packaging alone made it look delicious.

Slurp...

Hu Liena's mouth watered.

"No, senior brother never said I could have any. I can't take it."

Hu Liena put on a stern expression.

Slurp...

"But I really want some."

Hu Liena was only a child, after all. When faced with something that sparked her curiosity, she always felt the urge to try it, so much so that she completely forgot which second she had counted up to.

"Hm?"

"Where's my grape?"

A minute passed. Xu Feng looked at Hu Liena again and discovered that not only had she failed to do what he said, she was staring straight at his snacks with a greedy look on her face.

"Looks like turning Nana into my personal maid won't happen overnight."

Xu Feng gave a wry smile, then indicated that Hu Liena could help herself to the food on the table. Only after she had satisfied her appetite did he continue "teaching" Hu Liena... how to become a junior sister who "knew how to wait on her senior brother."

The day passed quickly.

Hu Liena discovered that she had actually gained quite a lot and learned plenty of skills, such as kneading shoulders, pounding legs, massaging temples, and putting fruit into her senior brother's mouth on time...

Her senior brother said that practicing these things would be very helpful for her future cultivation.

Hu Liena believed this without a doubt, because after just one day of practice, she could already sense a feeling of being reborn, her very bones transformed.

Of course, Hu Liena didn't know that the transformation in her body was mainly due to the immortal fruit Xu Feng had given her to eat-a pile of elementary-grade immortal treasures awarded by the system-and had nothing whatsoever to do with this so-called "practice."

"Nana."

Xu Feng glanced at the sky and found that it was getting late. He immediately fixed Hu Liena with a serious look. "Teacher will come to pick me up shortly. When that happens, you'll..."

This, this, and that; then so on and so forth.

Only after stressing it several times did Xu Feng say, "Whether I can stay here tonight is all up to you, Nana. Understand?"

"Don't worry, senior brother. Nana guarantees she'll complete the mission."

Hu Liena's little face was full of earnest determination.

That was right. Xu Feng was going to put on an act with Hu Liena. He needed a sufficiently convincing reason to stay at her place.

Although Nana wasn't yet capable of being a pretty young lady, judging by the current situation, she already possessed some basic ability to wait on others. Xu Feng felt that staying would be pretty good. At the very least, he wouldn't have to endure that demonic teacher's frenzied torment at night.

"How did your cultivation go today, you two little ones? Did you slack off?"

Sure enough, before long, Bibi Dong walked in from outside the courtyard, looking as though she had only just arrived.

In reality, however, Bibi Dong had been watching Xu Feng and Hu Liena all day. Naturally, she knew Xu Feng's "plan" inside out.

"Greetings, Teacher."

"Greetings, Teacher."

Seeing Bibi Dong arrive, Xu Feng and Hu Liena bowed at the same time.

"Nana worked very hard at her cultivation today. She successfully completed every cultivation task you assigned. You can ask her."

"Is that so?"

"Y-yes, Nana finished them all."

"Good, very good." Seeing Xu Feng and Hu Liena singing in harmony, coordinating seamlessly, Bibi Dong revealed a gratified smile. But perhaps only she knew... just how badly she wanted to teach little Xu Feng a lesson right now.

You little brat! I saw everything today. The two of you were clearly slacking off, and you even dared drag Nana into lying to me.

Sure enough, what I feared most-Nana being led astray and turned lazy by little Xu Feng-has happened after all!

Though sorrowful inside, Bibi Dong couldn't let it show, or she would expose the fact that she had been secretly watching them.

Thus, already aware of Xu Feng's "plan," Bibi Dong went along with it and asked, "It looks like you've both worked hard all day. It's time to rest. What are your plans?"

"T-Teacher, Nana still has a lot of things she doesn't understand and wants to ask senior brother about. Could you let senior brother stay with Nana?"

Sure enough, Nana, who had already conspired with him, immediately stepped forward. She simply didn't dare look at Bibi Dong as she spoke.

"There are a lot of things you don't understand?" Bibi Dong feigned surprise, then smiled gently. "Then could you tell me about them? I can answer your questions."

"Huh?"

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Hu Liena's expression froze. The little girl was utterly dumbstruck.

What don't I understand?

Senior brother doesn't seem to have taught me that part.

How should I answer?

Unable to figure it out, Hu Liena immediately cast a pleading look at Xu Feng.

"Ahem..."

Xu Feng had never expected that his "sleepover plan" would be so damn close to falling apart when it had only just begun. He hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over. "There's no need to trouble you, Teacher. Actually, I already know what questions Nana has, and I was planning to stay and guide her. I hope you'll give us permission."

"Is that so..."

Bibi Dong's delicate brows drew together as she thought, This lazy disciple is rather difficult to handle when he gets serious. I really can't bring myself to drag him back by force.

At the thought that she wouldn't be able to pet her disciple tonight, an inexplicable sense of emptiness welled up in Bibi Dong's heart, as though something were missing.

"Teacher, please! Let senior brother stay."

Afraid Bibi Dong wouldn't agree, Hu Liena suddenly added a scene of her own. Her face was three parts coyness, three parts cuteness, and four parts grievance. Watching beside her, even Xu Feng couldn't help giving her a thumbs-up: You're really fucking amazing.

"All right, I agree."

In the end, Bibi Dong reluctantly compromised. Naturally, Xu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally escaped this demon.

But when Xu Feng heard Bibi Dong's next words, he was dumbfounded.

"Perfect timing. You're both here, and you're both dirty after cultivating all day. I'm going to help give you two a wash."

Boom! Rumble!

Bibi Dong's words struck Xu Feng like a sudden thunderbolt.

If he didn't bathe, there might still be the faintest chance that Bibi Dong would find him unpleasant. Once he had bathed and smelled all nice, what chance would he have of surviving the night? Wouldn't his demonic teacher torment him to death?

Most importantly, having Bibi Dong stare at his whole body before had already been embarrassing enough. Now there was Hu Liena, too. What if this girl didn't know any better and suddenly blurted out, "Senior brother, why are we different down here?"

In that instant, Xu Feng felt as though his whole fucking mindset was about to collapse.

"Yay! Strip bare, bath time!"

Hu Liena, on the other hand, was very excited and even took Bibi Dong's hand of her own accord.

"Senior brother, aren't you happy?"

"Heh heh..."

Bibi glanced at Nana, Nana glanced at Xu, and Xu closed his eyes.

"Pfft-"

Bibi Dong couldn't help laughing. She just loved seeing little Xu Feng looking shy. Little Xu Feng seemed even cuter that way.

Of course, Bibi Dong hadn't allowed little Xu Feng to stay entirely because she had no way of dealing with him. Mainly, she wanted little Xu Feng to genuinely help Nana.

Little Xu Feng had so many secrets. Anything he casually took out was a treasure.

Bibi Dong had a feeling that little Xu Feng definitely had a suitable cultivation method that could help Nana; he was simply too lazy to teach her. Since that was the case, she would let the two of them live together. She refused to believe he could keep hiding what he had forever.

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