"Heh, call me big brother first. Let's hear it."
Yu Xiaochuan's lips curled upward. After taking Bibi Dong as his adoptive mother, he had gained an older sister as well.
Calling Bibi Dong Mother was one thing, but he had no desire to call Qian Renxue his big sister. It felt like she would be getting the better of him.
"In your dreams! By rights, I'm the big sister. I'm so many years older than you, and you want me to call you big brother? Keep dreaming, you rotten little brother!"
Qian Renxue was very agitated.
Yu Xiaochuan had better not think he could climb onto her head just because he had something on her. She was clearly the big sister!
Qian Renxue raised her chin, looking as though she would refuse to call him big brother even if he killed her.
"Forget it, then. Honestly, Xiao Xue, it's just calling me big brother. If you won't, you won't."
"You're not allowed to call me Xiao Xue either. You have to call me big sister!"
"Hmph, Xiao Xue, haven't you forgotten something?!"
Seeing how arrogant Qian Renxue was being, Yu Xiaochuan could not help reminding her that he still had something on her.
Qian Renxue muttered a few words, then let Yu Xiaochuan call her Xiao Xue. Only after cursing him several times in her heart-Rotten little brother, rotten little brother, rotten little brother-did she feel much better.
"Come here and massage my legs."
"No! That's a maid's job. You're dreaming if you think I'll massage your legs!"
"Then will you call me big brother or massage my legs? Pick one, and we'll consider this matter settled. Otherwise..."
"I... hmph, fine, I'll do it. Just watch me pound you to death!"
Qian Renxue hesitated. Compared with calling that hateful Yu Xiaochuan big brother, massaging his legs was easier to accept. She would just treat it as a big sister massaging her little brother's legs.
That's right. This isn't a maid massaging someone's legs. It's a big sister helping her little brother!
After thoroughly bracing herself, Qian Renxue finally started, pounding Yu Xiaochuan's legs with her little fists.
"A little to the left, a little to the right, a little higher, higher still. Mm, that's it."
Yu Xiaochuan reclined in his chair.
Before him, Qian Renxue knelt on the ground, massaging his legs like a maid, her face filled with humiliation.
I'll endure it. I'll keep enduring it.
If she had not feared this hateful brat telling Mother about what had happened earlier, a peerless genius of the Angel Clan and daughter of the previous Supreme Pontiff, Qian Xunji, would never have done something only a maid would do.
No, this is a big sister massaging her little brother's legs.
Qian Renxue began brainwashing herself again. Otherwise, this rotten little brother would anger her to death.
"Not bad, not bad-"
Naturally, Yu Xiaochuan was not praising Qian Renxue's clumsy leg-massaging technique.
He had maids of his own. If he wanted a leg massage, he could simply ask one of them. This was mainly about the psychological satisfaction.
After all, this was Qian Renxue, the future Angel God.
The thought that even the future Angel God was massaging his legs made Yu Xiaochuan feel absolutely fantastic.
"I'm warning you, don't push your luck. Massaging your legs is one thing, but don't make any more outrageous demands. And if you dare keep holding that matter over me, I'll fight you!"
Qian Renxue was not made of clay. She had her pride.
She thought that if Yu Xiaochuan dared make any more outrageous demands or threaten her with what had happened earlier again, she would fight him.
Even if Mother punished her, she would give Yu Xiaochuan a vicious beating first.
"Don't worry. I, Yu Xiaochuan, keep my word."
Yu Xiaochuan had not intended to milk this for a lifetime anyway. After all, it was hardly some great secret.
He was already very surprised that this matter had gotten Qian Renxue to massage his legs.
It showed just how important Bibi Dong was to Qian Renxue.
Mm, the more something is beyond your reach, the more you want it.
This child's obsession with Bibi Dong runs too deep.
As Yu Xiaochuan enjoyed Qian Renxue's leg massage, he read his book intently.
There were some good things in Spirit Hall's library.
Especially since Yu Xiaochuan could access every book, and none of its many confidential records were kept from him.
Thus, Yu Xiaochuan had gotten his hands on this book.
It was a book on making poisons. The book was still very new, and he could tell it had probably been written only a year or two earlier.
One mixed poison, called Seven-Colored Splendor and made from seven poisonous substances, looked very familiar to Yu Xiaochuan, as though he had seen it somewhere before.
Once he thought back, he realized: wasn't this the mixed poison the Breaking Clan possessed?
This was the mixed poison used on Xue Ye. Even Tang San had been unable to do anything about it at first, and Yang Wudi had been the one to resolve it.
Right, Bibi Dong succeeded to the position of Supreme Pontiff a year ago. Qian Xunji is already dead, the Clear Sky Sect has sealed its mountain, and the four great single-attribute clans have scattered.
Among them, the Breaking Clan had suffered a sneak attack by Spirit Hall. Yang Wudi's younger brother, Yang Wushuang, had been abducted by Spirit Hall and placed under a mental Soul Master's control.
This book on making poisons had probably been written out from memory by Yang Wushuang under a mental Soul Master's control.
Naturally, Yu Xiaochuan had no intention of criticizing Spirit Hall for this.
Without Spirit Hall, how would he have gotten to read this book? He had benefited from it too.
Speaking of which, after he defeated Yu Xiaogang with Bug Bite and absorbed some of his Soul Power, Caterpie had undergone some changes.
Although Caterpie had not turned into Rayquaza, a close look revealed many tiny, fine scales on its body.
These scales were so small they were almost nonexistent. Without examining Caterpie closely, it was impossible to see any difference from before.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaochuan knew his Caterpie had awakened the Shield Dust Ability.
Protected by Shield Dust, it would not be affected by the additional effects of moves.
Now that he had also obtained the Breaking Clan's secret poison-making manual, could he develop Shield Dust further and use it to perform Poison Powder, Stun Spore, and Sleep Powder, which only Butterfree could master?
This was a promising path.
His Soul Power Level was still stuck at nine. Having a few more means of protecting himself would be good too.
"Xiao Xue, do you want to challenge me?"
Yu Xiaochuan asked Qian Renxue. After a moment's thought, he added, "Without using Soul Rings or Soul Skills."
At his question, Qian Renxue immediately raised her head, her eyes sparkling. "Are you serious?"
"That depends on how you behave. If you're willing to massage my legs for an hour every day for a whole month, I'd be willing to accept your challenge. I just don't know whether you're willing to accept."
"I am! Of course I am! Hey, it's a deal. If you lose when the time comes, you're not allowed to complain to Mother!"
Qian Renxue agreed immediately.
She had already massaged Yu Xiaochuan's legs, so naturally, she did not mind trading a month of leg massages for a chance to challenge him.
Besides, she had discovered that massaging his legs was nothing much. It was nowhere near as humiliating as she had imagined.
Hmph, I'll pound this rotten little brother Yu Xiaochuan's legs for a month, and then, a month from now, I'll be pounding him instead.
I'll have to pound him until he cries and calls me big sister!