Swimming lessons (two-in-one)

"Bao'er, how will he return to his adult form?"

This question arose in Bibi Dong's mind.

She had personally applied the Fairy Brew to Xu Feng back then. This treasure had a "rejuvenating" effect on men, which was what had turned Xu Feng into a child.

"My dear disciple."

Bibi Dong decided to probe a little and continued, "How has it felt, staying with your teacher in the Saintess's Bedchamber for over half a year?"

"Huh?"

"What do you mean, huh? Your teacher asked you a question. How has it felt?"

[How has it felt? Don't you fucking know?]

Xu Feng's mouth twitched, but he still put on an obedient expression and smiled. "It's felt... really nice."

Bibi Dong smiled too. "Since you like it, your teacher will reluctantly agree to let you stay in the Saintess's Bedchamber for another year."

"Th-that wouldn't be very appropriate."

[Reluctantly let me stay another year?]

[In your dreams! I'll be able to leave soon.]

Bibi Dong secretly clenched her fists, but she smiled. "My dear disciple, do you think one year is too short? Then tell me, how long would you like to stay?"

"W-well, I'll leave that to you, Teacher." Xu Feng looked obedient, but inwardly, he had countless complaints.

[How long would I like? I'd like to move out right now.]

[Forget it. There's no rush. In three more days, my Hongmeng Body will advance into the Hongmeng Divine Body. Then it'll naturally break the Fairy Brew's rejuvenating side effect, and I'll return to my adult form.]

[I refuse to believe you'll still have the nerve to suggest something as shameless as helping me bathe when I'm an adult, Teacher, or dare do those embarrassing things to me at night.]

After hearing this, Bibi Dong seemed to understand, yet also seemed not to.

"What is the Hongmeng Divine Body?"

"Forget it. That's not important. Sigh..."

At the thought that she would no longer be able to see Bao'er in his current form in just three days, Bibi Dong felt a little sad for some reason.

Although her disciple's previous little-grown-up appearance had also been adorably innocent and cute, it ultimately wasn't as endearing as his current appearance. It didn't give her that feeling of falling helplessly for him.

"Oh well. Bao'er has to grow up eventually. It's just happening a little earlier."

"All I can do as his teacher is stay faithfully by his side-cling to him-for these last three days."

After feeling melancholy for a short while, Bibi Dong suddenly recalled an earlier idea: she seemed to have said she would teach Xu Feng to swim.

Little Xu Feng looked adorable when he was shy, enough to make her fall helplessly for him.

In the past, merely bathing little Xu Feng would make him blush furiously. But after so many baths, he had become immune, and Bibi Dong hadn't seen him looking shy for a long time.

Thus, Bibi Dong decided to personally teach Bao'er to swim. That would give her ample reason to strip off Xu Feng's clothes.

"Then, I... I'll take off my clothes too."

At this thought, a blush spread across Bibi Dong's lovely face.

"With how thin-skinned Bao'er is, if he sees his teacher undressing, he'll definitely blush like mad. He'll be absolutely adorable. Hehe..."

Bibi Dong was already looking forward to it. At the same time, she was very shy. Doing something so embarrassing in front of her disciple was simply too mortifying.

"No, I can't be shy. As long as I'm not embarrassed, Bao'er will be the embarrassed one." Bibi Dong silently recited her great calming method.

Once she had composed herself, Bibi Dong asked with feigned seriousness.

"Bao'er, I said a long time ago that I'd teach you to swim, but I still haven't fulfilled that promise. I'm planning to teach you over the next few days. What do you think?"

"I refuse." Xu Feng protested out of habit.

Hu Liena, on the other hand, was curious about everything new. "Teacher, I want to learn too."

Learn, learn, learn! Learn, my foot!

There are only three days left, and you're still competing with your teacher. Can't you lend Bao'er to me for a bit?

Bibi Dong almost blurted it out.

Over the past half year or so, Xu Feng had repeatedly used "cultivation" as an excuse to refuse to share her room, saying he needed to stay behind to guide Nana's cultivation. In reality, however, Xu Feng simply wanted to slack off, and Nana was his accomplice.

"Nana, you can't come along."

"Whyyy?" Hu Liena's little face was filled with grievance.

With only these last three days remaining, Bibi Dong didn't want to indulge her. She immediately said sternly, "Haven't I told you? Your senior brother is rather special. If you come along, you'll interfere with his learning. Do you want to harm your senior brother?"

"Nana..."

"Nana doesn't want to harm Senior Brother, but Nana wants to learn with him too."

Hu Liena lowered her head and pouted, looking somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"All right, all right."

"There will be other chances."

Bibi Dong softened, her expression easing a little as she continued, "Then do you support your senior brother learning to swim? Once he learns, he can teach you."

"He'll teach me? Yay, yay! Nana supports it."

"Good. Two votes to one. It's settled, then." Bibi Dong gave Xu Feng a gentle smile.

"What the fuck..."

Xu Feng looked utterly bewildered.

"We're going right now." Bibi Dong seemed to feel pressed for time. After telling Hu Liena what to cultivate over the next three days, she scooped Xu Feng up and left, even humming a little tune.

"Soon, I'll be able to do whatever I want without restraint." Bibi Dong grew increasingly excited.

Back in the bedchamber, little Xu Feng had worn clothes even when sleeping, as though guarding against a predator, giving her no opportunity to tease him. She hadn't dared force the issue, either, afraid of angering him and making him distance himself from her.

But this time was different. She had a perfectly adequate reason.

Little Xu Feng kept his guard up so tightly that Bibi Dong ordinarily had no opportunities at all.

Perhaps it proved that saying: what one couldn't have would always stir restlessly within.

Having seized this opportunity, Bibi Dong intended to do everything she had wanted to do before but had been too embarrassed to attempt.

Inside the bathing pool in the Saintess's Bedchamber.

Bibi Dong brought Xu Feng back here and immediately began a new round of teaching: swimming lessons.

"Bao'er, let's begin."

It was as though a little devil in Bibi Dong's heart was grinning wickedly, but her expression was utterly serious. "Come, let your teacher help you undress."

"Wait!"

Xu Feng knew Bibi Dong had ill intentions. How could he let her succeed so easily? He continued, "Actually, I don't need swimming lessons, because I already know how to swim."

"Really?"

Bibi Dong's expression stiffened. Feeling that her plan might go down the drain, she was still somewhat unwilling to give up. "Then demonstrate for your teacher."

"All right."

Xu Feng looked confident.

It was only swimming. He'd done plenty of it in his previous life. What was so difficult?

"Come, let your teacher help you undress."

"Th-this..."

"I told you to stay still. Move again, and your teacher will punish you."

What Xu Feng hadn't expected was that Bibi Dong seemed especially "ravenous" today. She closed in on him practically the instant she saw an opening, and before he even had time to refuse, he had been stripped naked.

"Bao'er~"

Mwah!

Bibi Dong planted one last kiss on Xu Feng's cheek before reluctantly letting go. "Go ahead."

"I keep feeling Teacher won't let me demonstrate so easily."

Xu Feng couldn't help shivering. He had a strong premonition that these final three days before his body returned to normal would plunge him into a nightmare.

Sure enough, the very next moment, what Xu Feng feared most happened.

Glug! Glug!

"Fuck!"

"What the hell?"

"Why can't I swim?"

The moment Xu Feng jumped into the water, his entire body sank straight down. He didn't dare use Soul Power and even had to pretend to be drowning, or he would expose his cultivation.

Clearly, Bibi Dong had tampered with the water in this bathing pool.

"Pfft-"

"See? Your teacher told you. You don't know how to swim yet."

Bibi Dong secretly chuckled, then jumped in and fished Xu Feng out.

"Ah, now your teacher's clothes are all wet from saving you."

Bibi Dong suppressed her amusement and even put on a reproachful expression. "Honestly, if you can't swim, you can't swim. Why put on a brave front? It's not as though your teacher would refuse to teach you."

Xu Feng said nothing, seeming rather aggrieved.

[A tiny swimming pool has defeated me.]

[This isn't scientifically possible!]

[Have my swimming skills gotten rusty?]

"Pfft-"

After hearing that, Bibi Dong finally couldn't hold back her laughter.

In fact, she had put a rare element into the pool beforehand that reduced buoyancy by seventy percent. Even an accomplished swimmer would be unable to adjust after suddenly falling into the water.

"My clothes are wet. I need to change into a swim dress. Turn your head away."

"Can't you go back to your room to change?"

"Too much trouble."

Bibi Dong said this casually.

"You..."

Xu Feng clenched his fists but still turned his head, his expression embarrassed and annoyed.

[Damn it, it's like this every time. You change right beside me.]

[You're definitely doing it on purpose. You're just... shameless, brazen, shallow.]

"Tch..."

Bibi Dong paid no mind to Xu Feng's inward grumbling. She had heard so much of it that she was immune to such words. Of course, this privilege was limited to Bao'er. Other people who had insulted her, such as Yu Xiaogang, had already been castrated.

A short while later, rustling sounds came from behind Xu Feng, along with Bibi Dong's warning.

"Your teacher is right behind you. Dare to peek, and I'll gouge out your eyes."

[I know! You don't need to emphasize it! Stop emphasizing it, aaaah!!]

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Xu Feng's face grew even redder, and his entire bearing became awkward.

"Bao'er looks so adorable when he's shy. Hehe..." Seeing this, Bibi Dong felt utterly delighted.

However, Bibi Dong soon faced another difficulty. "If I'm wearing a swim dress, which one should I choose?"

If she wanted close contact with Bao'er, she certainly couldn't wear anything too conservative. Ideally, she would wear nothing, so that when she held Bao'er in her arms, she could pet her disciple more comfortably.

But wearing something too revealing, or even nothing at all, was simply too embarrassing. After all, she had never appeared like that before a man.

"Teacher?"

"Are you done yet?"

[Does changing into a swim dress take this long?]

[You're not getting embarrassed, are you?]

[Tsk, tsk, tsk. Who would've thought? Even a shameless woman like you would see this day.]

"Me, embarrassed?"

"Impossible!"

With Xu Feng having exposed her, Bibi Dong's lovely face reddened, and she hurriedly argued, "Your teacher is simply choosing a swim dress."

"Oh. Do you need your disciple to help you choose?" Xu Feng was growing impatient.

"N-no need."

Afraid that Xu Feng would turn around, Bibi Dong hastily warned him, "Your teacher has already... If you dare turn around and peek, I'll beat you to death."

Bibi Dong truly couldn't imagine how awkward it would be if he turned around.

In truth, Bibi Dong felt very conflicted while doing these things. On one hand, she wanted to make Bao'er blush and see him looking shy. On the other, she herself was terribly embarrassed.

"Forget it. One step at a time. There are still three days."

In her current state, Bibi Dong was already unbearably shy, so she stopped hesitating and finally chose a relatively conservative gauzy dress that just covered her curvaceous body.

However, because this swim dress was so thin and light, even though it covered most of her body, her snow-white skin was still faintly visible. Once it got wet, perhaps it would become...

At these thoughts, Bibi Dong's lovely face flushed even deeper.

"Whatever. This will do."

Bibi Dong finally calmed down, not forgetting to recite a Heart-Clearing Mantra to herself: "As long as I'm not embarrassed, Bao'er will be the embarrassed one."

Sure enough, when Bibi Dong reappeared before little Xu Feng, his face instantly turned red, the blush spreading to his neck and ears, as though his entire body were burning and giving off steam. In the end, he didn't even dare look directly at her.

"Pfft-"

"Bao'er, are you embarrassed?"

"..." Xu Feng remained silent, but his mind was full of complaints.

[Embarrassed, my foot! Actually wearing something like that in front of your disciple. I'm speechless.]

[Do you have any shame? Any sense of propriety?]

[Your image as a teacher has completely collapsed, you know that?]

[No. Just endure three more days. Once my adult body returns, I'm leaving this woman immediately.]

"Looks like your teacher won. Hehe..."

Seeing him so embarrassed, Bibi Dong suddenly felt much less shy. Instead, she felt utterly delighted. It had been a long time since she had experienced this sense of achievement from successfully teasing her Bao'er.

"Bao'er~"

"Let's begin!"

Speaking gently, Bibi Dong extended her jade-like hands and softly gathered Xu Feng into her arms.

Boom!

In an instant, Bibi Dong shuddered violently as though she had been electrocuted, an unfamiliar sensation unlike anything she had ever felt spreading through her entire body.

"Just as I thought, this feels different."

Even through a layer of gauze, Bibi Dong could still clearly feel how silky her Bao'er's warm, soft, jade-like skin was, as though he took even better care of it than she did as a girl.

Of course, there was still a difference between the two: Xu Feng's skin was tender, soft, and springy, while Bibi Dong's was smooth and fine, carrying a young girl's fragrance.

That was more or less how things stood.

"Just as I thought, nothing is more fun than teasing my disciple."

At that moment, Bibi Dong was incredibly excited and filled with anticipation. What secretly delighted her even more was that Bao'er had gone completely rigid in her arms, his little hands at a loss for where to rest, looking utterly ill at ease.

"Hmph..."

"Your master still has you firmly under her thumb."

Bibi Dong's sense of accomplishment soared. Opportunities to successfully keep her Bao'er in check like this were truly all too rare. In the end, perhaps she simply had not been bold enough.

Two chapters were combined into one.

(End of chapter)