24: Chapter 24 Senior Sister, don't lift the covers! These are my...dirty clothes!

Cao Kun looked at Yu Linglong in his arms, who was now exuding a seductive charm and had completely lost her temper.

He took the opportunity to pinch her smooth and delicate chin.

"A joke?"

Cao Kun gave a light chuckle.

"Since Revered Master loves joking so much, then next, your Revered Master will play a joke with you that isn't very funny."

Yu Linglong's delicate body trembled violently.

She looked at Cao Kun's ill-intentioned gaze.

Then she looked at the outfit she was wearing, which had an off-the-charts level of shamefulness.

She knew that tonight, there was no escape.

She closed her peach-blossom eyes in despair, her eyelashes trembling uncontrollably.

"Rebellious Disciple!"

"You... be gentle!"

Cao Kun did not reply, giving his answer directly through action.

The sun rose high in the sky.

[Ding! Detected that the Jade Beast has surrendered body and soul. Taming Value +10!]

[Reward Task Points: 1000]

[Current Taming Value: 43]

Listening to the pleasant System notification in his mind, Cao Kun stretched, feeling refreshed.

A night of Cultivation had yielded a bountiful harvest.

He turned his head to look beside him.

Yu Linglong had now, as she wished, changed back into her luxurious purple gauze dress.

However, with this gauze dress on her, she no longer possessed that high-and-mighty dignity of an Elder from before.

Her entire body was slumped on the rocking chair, her hair disheveled and her expression dazed.

Her originally rosy cheeks were now even redder, and dried tear stains remained at the corners of her eyes.

A whole night.

Cao Kun's endless stream of methods.

It had completely shattered her final psychological defense.

Just as Cao Kun was about to get up.

A sudden burst of light footsteps came from outside the pavilion.

Immediately after, Leng Qingyue's voice, cold yet tinged with a hint of lightheartedness, sounded outside the door.

"Manager Cao, are you awake?"

On the bed, the originally dazed Yu Linglong snapped back to reality.

Qingyue?!

Why would she come at this time?!

Yu Linglong sprang up from Cao Kun's arms as if she had received an electric shock.

"Today is the day the Sect distributes monthly stipends. I've come to invite you to go down the mountain together to collect resources."

Outside the door, Leng Qingyue's voice continued to carry through.

Yu Linglong completely panicked.

Ignoring the soreness all over her body, she scrambled off the rocking chair and looked around frantically.

Hide!

She had to hide quickly!

If she were caught by her most beloved Personal Disciple, at this time and place, appearing disheveled in an Outer Sect Disciple's room...

She, Yu Linglong, would truly have no face to see anyone for the rest of her life!

But this Medicinal Garden Pavilion was already small.

Aside from a bed, a set of table and chairs, and a wardrobe, there was simply nowhere to hide.

The wardrobe? Too small; it couldn't possibly fit her voluptuous figure.

Under the table? That would just be burying her head in the sand.

Yu Linglong was so anxious that tears were about to fall. She desperately signaled to Cao Kun with her eyes, pleading with him to quickly send Leng Qingyue away.

Cao Kun, however, unhurriedly put on his outer robe.

He glanced at his Revered Master, who was pacing around in a panic, and then turned toward the door to respond loudly.

"Senior Sister, please wait a moment, I'm coming!"

This response directly cut off Yu Linglong's path of retreat.

"Rebellious Disciple! Are you crazy!"

Yu Linglong was consumed by anxiety and anger, but she didn't dare make a sound. She could only glare deathly at Cao Kun and mouth curses.

Cao Kun shrugged and pointed at the bed.

Looking at the messy bed, Yu Linglong steeled her heart and dove straight under the covers.

[Rebellious Disciple, if you dare expose this seat, I won't let you off even as a ghost!]

A Divine Sense transmission filled with killing intent echoed in Cao Kun's mind.

Cao Kun smiled nonchalantly, turned to the door, and pulled it open.

Outside the door, Leng Qingyue stood quietly.

She had clearly dressed up specially today.

Her long hair, which she usually tied up casually, was styled into an exquisite Flying Fairy Bun today.

The hem of her plain white skirt was also embroidered with a few light blue ice lilies.

Coupled with her cold and ethereal face, she had an extra touch of heart-stirring mundane charm.

Seeing Cao Kun open the door, a flash of uncontrollable shyness passed through Leng Qingyue's eyes.

"Manager Cao, I've disturbed your rest." She lowered her head slightly.

"What are you saying, Senior Sister? I'm more than happy that you could come."

Cao Kun stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation.

"Since Senior Sister is here, why not come in and have a cup of tea before we leave? I've just brewed some Spiritual Tea."

Hiding under the quilt, Yu Linglong's heart almost stopped when she heard this.

She screamed frantically in the darkness of the quilt.

[Rebellious Disciple! Why are you letting her in! Make her leave! Go down the mountain with her right now!]

However, Leng Qingyue outside the door did not hear her Revered Master's cries.

Hearing Cao Kun's invitation, she thought he was being deliberately considerate of her.

After all, after those two treatments, the relationship between them was no longer as tense as it had been at the start.

Blushing, Leng Qingyue nodded gently and stepped into this pavilion filled with an ambiguous atmosphere.

Cao Kun led Leng Qingyue to sit at the round table next to the bed.

This position was less than three feet away from the bulge on the bed.

As soon as Leng Qingyue sat down, her nose twitched twice.

She frowned slightly and looked at Cao Kun in confusion.

"Manager Cao, what is this smell... in your room?"

Leng Qingyue tried to describe the sensation, "It's strange, as if I've smelled it somewhere before."

Under the covers, Yu Linglong's entire body burned with shame.

She, of course, knew what that smell was.

It was the proof of her humiliation!

If Leng Qingyue took even one more step closer or looked a bit more carefully...

She, as the Revered Master, would be completely ruined!

Without changing his expression or his heartbeat, Cao Kun calmly made up a story while pouring tea for Leng Qingyue.

"Oh, I had a sudden whim last night and tried to refine a batch of new pills, but the furnace exploded."

Cao Kun sighed, putting on a troubled look.

"The smell of the medicinal dregs is a bit pungent and hasn't fully dissipated yet. I've made a fool of myself before Senior Sister."

Leng Qingyue was not suspicious.

Exploding furnaces during Alchemy was a common occurrence, and it was normal for the smell to be strange.

She picked up the teacup and took a small sip of the Spiritual Tea.

Then, as if remembering something, she set down the teacup and slightly lifted her skirt.

The movement was very light, but it just happened to reveal a section of her snow-white, delicate ankle.

At her ankle, a purple gold bell hung quietly, emitting a soft, flowing light.

Following Leng Qingyue's movement, the purple gold bell made a crisp "ding-ling" sound.

In the quiet pavilion, it was exceptionally clear.

"Manager Cao." Leng Qingyue looked up, her eyes filled with deep gratitude.

"This bell you gave me last night... is truly miraculous."

She lowered her voice, her tone revealing her joy.

"Wearing it last night, not only did I not feel the slightest pain from the cold poison backlash, but I actually slept exceptionally soundly."

"Even the residual cold Qi in my Meridians seems to have been suppressed by the spiritual power of this bell."

Leng Qingyue became more excited as she spoke.

"Manager Cao, this Magic Treasure must be worth a fortune. I truly don't know how to repay this kindness, Qingyue."

Hiding under the quilt, Yu Linglong heard the crisp ring of the bell and then Leng Qingyue's words.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Magic Treasure? Bell? Suppressing cold poison?

Yu Linglong's mind raced.

She had been in the Hehuan Sect for three hundred years; what strange and rare Magic Treasures had she not seen?

A Magic Treasure that could suppress the cold poison of a Top-grade Ice Spirit Body—let alone the Outer Sect, not even the Inner Sect treasury could produce many such items.

This Rebellious Disciple, how could he have such a thing on him?

And for some reason...

This act of giving a bell made Yu Linglong instinctively feel a wave of unease.

This method... why did it feel somewhat familiar?

Could this Rebellious Disciple be using the same tricks he used on her to deal with Qingyue?!

The more Yu Linglong thought, the more alarmed she became.

However, before she could sort out her thoughts, another change occurred outside.

Leng Qingyue's peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of Cao Kun's messy bed.

The bedding was crumpled into a ball, and there were several suspicious scratch marks on it.

Most conspicuous was the huge, high-protruding bulge right in the center of the quilt.

Out of a woman's attentiveness and a certain virtuous instinct she didn't want to admit to herself...

Leng Qingyue subconsciously stood up and walked toward the bed.

"Manager Cao, why is your bed so messy?"

Leng Qingyue chided softly as she walked.

"Even if you're tired from Alchemy, you should tidy up. What's stuffed in this quilt? It's so bulky."

As she spoke, her hand already reached for the corner of the quilt.

Under the quilt.

Yu Linglong felt the footsteps through the quilt and the chill of the hand about to touch the corner.

It's over.

It's all over.

Yu Linglong shut her eyes tightly, even preparing to bite her tongue and commit suicide the moment the quilt was lifted.

At the critical moment.

A figure suddenly flashed by.

Before Leng Qingyue's fingers could touch the corner of the quilt, Cao Kun directly turned around.

He sat down firmly, right on top of that huge bulge.

To be precise, he sat right on Yu Linglong's perky and voluptuous buttocks.

"Mmph—!"

Under the quilt, Yu Linglong suffered a heavy impact and let out an extremely faint muffled groan in her surprise.

Fortunately, Cao Kun's movement was large, and the sound of his robes rubbing completely covered this slight noise.

Yu Linglong only felt her waist sink, nearly having the breath knocked out of her.

[Rebellious Disciple! You actually dare to sit on this seat!]

Yu Linglong roared frantically in her heart, but she didn't even dare to struggle.

Sitting on the bulge, Cao Kun even deliberately shifted a couple of times, feeling the incredible elasticity beneath him.

Then, he naturally reached out and grasped Leng Qingyue's wrist, which was frozen in mid-air.

It was cool to the touch and soft as if without bones.

With her hand held, two red clouds flew onto Leng Qingyue's pretty face.

"Manager... Manager Cao, you are..."

She subconsciously wanted to pull her hand back, but found that Cao Kun was holding it very tightly.

Cao Kun's expression remained unchanged, a gentle smile on his face as he calmly explained.

"Senior Sister, you mustn't."

He patted the quilt beneath him, "Under this quilt are the clothes I dirtied during Alchemy last night. I haven't had time to wash them yet."

Cao Kun deliberately lowered his voice, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"A man's dirty clothes are filthy and smelly. If the scent offends Senior Sister, that would be my sin."

Upon hearing it was dirty clothes, Leng Qingyue immediately dismissed her doubts.

Looking at Cao Kun's handsome face so close at hand and feeling the warmth coming from her wrist, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

"I... I just wanted to help you tidy up..." Leng Qingyue's voice grew smaller and smaller, finally becoming almost a murmur.

Cao Kun knew when to stop and released Leng Qingyue's hand.

Before leaving.

He didn't forget to use the motion of getting up to give the quilt a light grind.

It served as a final warning to the Jade Beast beneath him.

"I appreciate Senior Sister's kindness."

Cao Kun straightened his sleeves and walked toward the door.

"It's getting late. Since we're going down the mountain to collect the monthly stipend, let's head out now!"

Leng Qingyue nodded obediently.

Following behind Cao Kun, she walked out of the pavilion.

Leng Qingyue