72: I want to go too!

Just as Chu Qianqian was secretly calculating in her heart whether she should also have a "mutually beneficial" Dual Cultivation session with Lu Yi...

Wu Mingyue's petite figure, full of vitality, came trotting all the way into Lu Yi's courtyard.

As soon as she entered, she saw Lu Yi, Leng Ningshuang, and Chu Qianqian standing in the center of the courtyard with various expressions.

She couldn't help but ask curiously:

“Eh? Why is it so lively today? What happened? Why are you all standing here?”

Chu Qianqian, the first to snap out of her thoughts, immediately saw Wu Mingyue.

A flirtatious, “big sister-like” smile instantly appeared on her face.

With a flash of her figure, she arrived in front of Wu Mingyue.

Then, reaching out with both hands, she began to ravage those cute cheeks.

“Oh my, we're just discussing some ‘adult’ matters. Little Mingyue, why are you up so early too?”

“Wu... let go of me...”

Wu Mingyue showed great resistance to the pinching of her face.

However, her meager cultivation was simply not enough in front of Chu Qianqian.

No matter how she struggled, she couldn't escape those “devilish claws.”

She could only say indistinctly and unclearly:

“I... I'm here to find Senior Sister! I want to take her out... to tour the Capital... wu...”

“Senior Sister?”

Upon hearing this, Chu Qianqian was completely bewildered.

When did this little girl inexplicably gain another Senior Sister?

Just as she was feeling confused, the door to Lu Yi's room was pushed open from the inside with a creak.

Qing'er's petite figure walked out of the room.

In her hand, she held a half-eaten Red Spiritual Fruit, which she was nibbling on in small bites.

Seeing her savior, Wu Mingyue immediately took advantage of a moment when Chu Qianqian wasn't paying attention.

She suddenly escaped from under the “devilish claws.”

Then, with a whoosh, she hid directly beside Qing'er.

“Phew... Senior Sister, let's go out for a stroll...”

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she naturally prepared to pull her newly recognized Senior Sister along to go out for a walk.

However, before she could finish her invitation, she keenly sensed something unusual.

She slowly raised her head and looked at the top of Qing'er's head.

“Eh?!”

Wu Mingyue let out a cry of disbelief.

Clearly, yesterday, this “Senior Sister” was still half a head shorter than her!

How... how could it be that after only one night...

She... she was now as tall as her?!

Her only advantage was... just like that, gone?!

Then, her gaze fell upon the half-eaten fruit in Qing'er's hand, which was emitting dense Spiritual Qi.

It instantly became clear in her heart.

It must be because of this thing!

Without caring about anything else, she immediately grabbed Qing'er's hand that was holding the fruit.

Opening her small mouth, she took a big, fierce bite out of the fruit!

Qing'er, who was already starving, saw her food being snatched and seemed to have a switch flipped, instinctively starting to “protect her food.”

The two little ones thus began their “food-snatching war” in the courtyard.

Looking at this rather comical scene, Chu Qianqian approached Lu Yi.

She nudged him gently with her elbow.

Then, leaning into his ear, she teased in a low voice:

“Hehe... Holy Son Lu, I really couldn't tell. You won't even let little girls off...”

Lu Yi naturally understood the meaning behind her words.

He waved his hand at her helplessly and explained:

“Don't slander my innocence. Ours is a very simple, pure master-disciple relationship.”

“Really?”

Chu Qianqian asked with a smile, her eyes narrowing, with the words “I don't believe it” clearly written all over her face.

Lu Yi was too lazy to explain something that would only get more complicated the more he tried.

He coughed twice, then raised his voice and said loudly, “Everyone, quiet down.”

“Almost everyone is here. I have an announcement to make...”

Hearing Lu Yi's words, the women in the courtyard—whether they were playing around or watching the show—stopped their actions.

They all looked up, focusing their gazes on him.

Lu Yi then told them:

“My mission for this trip can be considered a Perfection. Therefore, I plan to set out for the Hehuan Sect tomorrow.”

Upon hearing this, a hint of confusion first appeared on Leng Ningshuang's cold face.

She inquired:

“Completed? You haven't even left the house much these past few days. How is it completed?”

She paused, then pressed further:

“Also, what are you going to the Hehuan Sect for?”

Facing Leng Ningshuang's consecutive questions, Lu Yi didn't have time to answer.

Chu Qianqian, who was nearby, took a step forward and directly grabbed Lu Yi's arm.

Then, she pressed her soft body against him, acting very intimately.

Only then did she turn her head and say triumphantly to Leng Ningshuang in a victor's posture:

“He's going to the Hehuan Sect because of me, of course. Isn't that right... Lu-lang?”

As she spoke, she intentionally rubbed her body against Lu Yi's arm.

Lu Yi heard this extremely mushy form of address.

He couldn't help but get a layer of goosebumps all over his body.

He gave a couple of dry laughs and stated:

“If you insist on putting it that way, I suppose it's not impossible.”

Leng Ningshuang watched the two of them in their incredibly intimate state.

For some reason, a sour feeling of jealousy that even she hadn't noticed welled up from the bottom of her heart.

Almost subconsciously, she blurted out:

“I want to go too!”

As soon as these words left her mouth, even she herself didn't quite react.

Why... why did she make such a request?

Lu Yi also feigned a very confused expression, looking at her and asking:

“Sister Ningshuang, what are you going to the Hehuan Sect with us for?”

Being asked this by him, Leng Ningshuang didn't know what kind of excuse to find for a moment.

She “I... I...” for a long time, and in a moment of desperation, she finally found a high-sounding excuse.

She straightened her face and, in the tone of an elder, pointed at the two little girls who were still fighting over the Spiritual Fruit, saying:

“I... I'm worried that if Mingyue and Qing'er go with you to a place like the Hehuan Sect, they'll be corrupted by you!”

“As their elder, I have an obligation to ensure their safety!”

Listening to this extremely poor excuse, Lu Yi almost burst out laughing.

He spread his hands and stated:

“Sister Ningshuang, you've misunderstood. My original plan was to have Ling'er take the two of them directly back to the Primordial Holy Land.”

“...”

This time, Leng Ningshuang was completely speechless.