Chapter 31 My Junior Sister Helps Me Cultivate

Watching Ye Fan tear off a piece of roasted meat, Yun Li drooled with desire.

Exhausted and starving, she had long since abandoned any pretense of decorum. She quickly opened her mouth and swallowed it all.

"Mmm... Senior Brother... this roast meat is really delicious," Yun Li said indistinctly.

"If it's delicious, eat more. You'll recover faster that way."

Yun Li nodded with a red face, swallowing all the meat Ye Fan tore off for her. She only stopped, still savoring the taste, after the entire spirit rabbit had vanished into her stomach.

"Senior Brother Ye Fan, you should eat some too."

"Do you see anything left?" Ye Fan asked with a bitter smile.

Only then did Yun Li realize she had eaten all the roast meat herself. Her pretty face instantly flushed so red it seemed about to drip blood.

"Senior Brother, I'm sorry... I... I was probably too hungry..."

Ye Fan shook his head and simply said he could make more. He told her to lean here and bask in the sun, as it would help her injuries recover.

Yun Li gave a soft hum of agreement. Leaning against the tree, she watched Ye Fan roast the meat. His focused expression stirred a feeling like a little deer crashing around in her chest.

"Senior Brother, which Peak's Disciple are you?" Yun Li gathered her courage to ask.

"You could say Profound Spirit Peak."

Typically, only after becoming an Inner Sect Disciple is one's Peak affiliation officially determined.

As for Outer Sect Disciples, they could be transferred at any time and, strictly speaking, were not completely and directly subordinate to a specific Peak.

"Profound Spirit Peak? Then Senior Brother must know Sister Murong, right?"

Ye Fan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, thinking to himself that 'knowing' was putting it mildly.

"That's wonderful! I never thought I'd run into someone Sister Murong knows. It really must be fate."

According to Yun Li, she and Murong Wan had known each other since childhood and were very close, having both later joined the Joyous Union Sect.

Unfortunately, her Cultivation Aptitude was poor, but she possessed extraordinary talent in the Dao of alchemy instead.

That's why she was assigned to Pill Cauldron Peak. Otherwise, she might have become Ye Fan's fellow Personal Disciple.

"Wait, Pill Cauldron Peak."

Ye Fan suddenly remembered something and cursed himself inwardly for forgetting such an important matter.

"You're a Disciple of Pill Cauldron Peak, so you must be proficient in the Dao of alchemy, right?"

Yun Li nodded with some shyness. Although saying so might sound like boasting, the very reason she, with only Qi Refining Realm fourth layer cultivation, had been exceptionally accepted as a Personal Disciple was her transcendent, peerless talent in the Dao of alchemy.

Ye Fan's face took on the expression of someone who had just found a treasure. He stared fixedly at Yun Li, making her pretty face feel scalding hot.

"Senior Brother... you... why are you looking at me like that..."

"Junior Sister Yun Li, this Senior Brother has encountered some problems in his Cultivation and would like Junior Sister to assist me."

"Assist you?"

Watching Ye Fan walk towards her, Yun Li seemed to have misunderstood something. For a moment, she felt like she was about to stop breathing.

"Senior Brother... no... that's not possible... that kind of thing is not possible..." Yun Li said shyly.

"Why not? This Senior Brother saved your life. You won't even help with such a small favor?"

"Although Senior Brother saved me... but... how could that kind of thing be a small favor... I would need to inform my Master first."

Yun Li was so shy she wished the ground would swallow her. Stealing a glance at Ye Fan, now almost within arm's reach, made her heart pound wildly and her chest heave.

Although she felt very favorably towards Ye Fan, skipping straight to *that* kind of thing still required some psychological preparation.

"What should I do... what if Senior Brother forces it... I... should I agree... or agree... or agree?" Yun Li thought wildly.

"You need to inform your Master? Is that kind of thing really so troublesome?" Ye Fan wondered aloud.

"Of... of course... Although I'm very willing to help Senior Brother... I am, after all, a Personal Disciple of Pill Cauldron Peak."

"If I were to become Senior Brother's Dao Companion for Dual Cultivation... naturally, I would need to inform my Master first," Yun Li said, her face flushed.

"Dao Companion? Dual Cultivation?"

Only after a delayed moment did Ye Fan realize what Yun Li had misunderstood. His expression became somewhat strange.

"Junior Sister... the help I'm talking about is this... and besides, I already have a Dao Companion."

Ye Fan took out the newly refined carefree pill, explaining directly that it was a Medicinal Pill he had concocted himself.

But he didn't know if the problem was with the formula or the refining technique; the efficacy was always unsatisfactory.

Staring at the Medicinal Pill in Ye Fan's hand, Yun Li froze for a few seconds. After understanding, she instantly transformed into a steam engine.

"Ahh! Senior Brother, I... I... I hate you!"

Thinking of what she had just said, Yun Li was mortified with shame.

If her body weren't too weak and immobile, she would have long since found a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Watching Yun Li's flushed, overwhelmed state, Ye Fan wore a bitter smile. He could only wait for her to calm down slowly on her own.

Ye Fan didn't say anything either, just sat to the side fiddling with something.

After who knows how long, Yun Li gradually came back to her senses. But when she looked at Ye Fan again, her gaze had subtly changed.

Some things are most awkward when laid bare. Now, Yun Li couldn't help but acknowledge her own feelings.

As for Ye Fan saying he already had a Dao Companion, it didn't matter much. After all, the Sect didn't stipulate that each person could only have one Dao Companion.

"Senior Brother, what are you doing?"

Yun Li took the initiative to break the heavy atmosphere.

"Making you a pair of shoes. You should get up and move around a bit."

"Shoes?"

Only then did Yun Li remember she had lost her shoes and socks while fleeing. She had been barefoot all this time, making her pretty face flush even redder.

"Senior Brother, you know how to make shoes?"

"They might not be as comfortable as normal shoes, but they should be fine to wear."

Holding a carving knife, Ye Fan slowly carved a piece of spirit wood into the shape of a shoe, quickly completing the rough form.

"Fortunately, the skills from my past life are still there. This little task can't stump me."

In his previous life, Ye Fan had been very fond of wood carving. Although only at an enthusiast's level, making a pair of wooden shoes was very simple for him.

Now, with his cultivation enhancing his dexterity, his efficiency was more than ten times faster. By the time they finished speaking, he was already seventy or eighty percent done; only the fine-tuning remained.

After polishing and smoothing it with spiritual power, Ye Fan took out Yao Beast hide to pad the inside, maximizing comfort. From any perspective, these shoes were incomparable to ordinary ones.

"Alright, try them on and see if they fit. The size can still be adjusted."

Yun Li stared blankly at the wooden shoes before her. It took her a good while to snap out of it, her pretty face flushing even more.

"Senior Brother is truly clever and skillful."

Yun Li praised with a red face, but soon discovered a new problem that nearly sent her into another extreme blush.

It turned out that during her escape last night, Yun Li's feet had become caked in mud. In their current state, there was no way she could put on shoes.

Yun Li struggled internally for a long moment, thinking to herself that since she'd already talked about *that* kind of thing, this probably shouldn't matter either.

"Senior Brother... could you help me wash my feet?"

Yun Li's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. Even she couldn't believe these were her own words.

"Ahem... what... help you wash your feet?"

Ye Fan initially wanted to refuse this presumptuous request, but his body moved with honest sincerity.

"Just this once. It won't happen again."

Ye Fan picked up Yun Li and carried her to the riverside. Too embarrassed to open her eyes the entire time, she could only let Ye Fan handle her feet as he pleased.

After washing, her crystal-clear toes were revealed. Her bare jade feet were perfect, like a work of art, making Ye Fan want to cradle them in his palms and admire them.

"Senior Brother... is it done?" Yun Li asked shyly.