Jiang Chen's heart tightened. Sure enough, Qian Renxue still asked about this matter.
"Sister, if I tell you, can you promise not to hit me?" Jiang Chen asked carefully with a timid expression.
Qian Renxue's smile stiffened for a moment before she said, "How could Sister bear to hit you?"
"Actually... actually, that little bird is my puppet, controlled by me. I can see the surroundings through it. It was also through it that I spent a whole day finding your location."
After saying this, Jiang Chen cautiously watched Qian Renxue, his entire body tensing up. If Qian Renxue showed any sign of something wrong, he could immediately resist or escape.
Hearing Jiang Chen say this, Qian Renxue immediately recalled the scene from before when she wasn't dressed yet, and the little black bird had barged in and just stared motionlessly at her.
To Jiang Chen's surprise, Qian Renxue didn't get angry. Instead, her smile grew even more intense.
"Little Chen, does Sister's figure look good?"
Jiang Chen couldn't help swallowing his saliva, thinking to himself, "Could it be that Xue'er likes me? She's not opposed to me seeing?"
"It looks good." He quickly nodded.
Immediately after, Qian Renxue's jade hand shot out like lightning, accurately pinching Jiang Chen's ear.
"Stinky brat, where did you learn these bad habits? Itchy again, huh?" Qian Renxue's pretty face was now frosty as she glared at Jiang Chen.
"I was wrong, Sister's figure doesn't look good." Jiang Chen quickly begged for mercy.
It seemed Qian Renxue wouldn't punish him too severely, so he didn't dare resist and could only endure the pain of being pinched.
Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue pinched even harder.
"Ah, no, I didn't see anything." Jiang Chen cried out again in misery, hoping this would calm Qian Renxue down.
Qian Renxue finally let go, snorting coldly, "If there's a next time, I absolutely won't forgive you. If it weren't for the fact that you're my little brother, you would have died a hundred times already."
Jiang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly promised, "There absolutely won't be a next time."
At this moment, with her anger dissipated, Qian Renxue's pretty face couldn't help but turn red.
As a young maiden, having her body seen completely by another man, how could she not feel shy?
If Jiang Chen were still that little kid from back then, she wouldn't have minded, but now Jiang Chen was already a tall, handsome young man, making it hard for her heart to remain calm.
That's why she had felt anger earlier, but after venting it, the inevitable shyness followed.
She extended her slender jade hand without any courtesy and said, "Hand over that immortal-grade herb you mentioned, as compensation for your recklessness this time."
Jiang Chen quickly took out a herb. It was a white, crystalline flower plant that looked pure and spotless, like a white lotus or white lotus root.
"Sister, this flower is called Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone. After consuming it, it can moisten the tendons and strengthen the bones, unblock the eight extraordinary meridians, and it should allow you to advance several levels. Moreover, with unblocked meridians, your cultivation speed will also increase."
Hearing Jiang Chen's introduction, Qian Renxue was somewhat astonished. She had never heard of any herb that could directly raise one's level.
"Something this miraculous, there won't be any side effects, right?" she asked doubtfully.
"There won't be. This immortal-grade herb has the effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the origin; there are no side effects."
Qian Renxue felt reassured. "Then how should I consume it?"
Jiang Chen said, "You just need to eat the petals on top, then suck the nectar from the stamen, and assist with soul power to guide the medicinal power for absorption. Remember to keep your mind calm and peaceful."
"Mm, Little Chen, thank you." Qian Renxue said gratefully.
"No need to be polite. You're my sister. Hurry and absorb it. I'll stand guard for you." Jiang Chen replied.
"Mm." Qian Renxue walked to the bed nearby and sat cross-legged.
This place was usually unoccupied, but it wasn't dirty or messy.
Following the steps Jiang Chen described, she quickly consumed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
Immediately after, she felt a vast yet gentle medicinal power spreading throughout her body.
She promptly calmed her mind and spirit, circulating her soul power.
Jiang Chen stood in front of Qian Renxue, gazing at the beauty before him who had already entered cultivation. He couldn't help but become entranced.
That peerlessly beautiful, immortal face, that proud and exquisite figure, that gentle yet firm temperament, everything about her attracted Jiang Chen.
"Xue'er, we've finally met. From now on, let me protect you."
...
Qian Renxue's cultivation was profound. In less than an hour, she had fully refined it.
Her long eyelashes trembled, and she opened her eyes, her face full of delight.
"Little Chen, I broke through. This Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone actually let me break through three levels in a row. I'm now a level 58 Soul King."
In the midst of immense joy, she hugged Jiang Chen tightly.
Jiang Chen smiled faintly. Being able to help Qian Renxue break through already satisfied him greatly.
With Qian Renxue's current Soul King cultivation, advancing those three levels of soul power might have taken a full year. Saving a year with one herb was well worth it.
After a moment, Qian Renxue's excited emotions finally calmed, and she pulled Jiang Chen to sit down.
"Little Chen, you haven't fallen behind in your cultivation these years, right?"
"Sister, I also consumed one herb. Now I've reached level 40." Jiang Chen smiled.
Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment, then, after a while, she uttered two words, "Pervert."
"You're only ten years old and already at level 40. This speed is even faster than mine back then. I really don't know how you cultivate."
Jiang Chen stood up. "Sister, let me show you my soul rings."
Under Qian Renxue's shocked gaze, three soul rings rose from beneath Jiang Chen's feet: two purple and one black.
Qian Renxue opened her mouth in horror, unable to speak.
Before facing Jiang Chen, she still had some confidence, but now her confidence had been utterly shattered.
"My good little brother, in the future, you'll definitely be able to help Sister greatly." Qian Renxue said with relief.
"Mm, Teacher should arrange for me to come over soon."
"Right, about my mother's knot in her heart..." Qian Renxue didn't continue, but Jiang Chen already understood her meaning.
Jiang Chen said, "I've probed Teacher. I can confirm that deep down she truly loves you, but for certain reasons she's suppressing it. Don't worry, I will definitely make the teacher let go of that psychological burden toward you."
"Mm, Little Chen, really, thank you. Sister doesn't even know how to repay you properly."
"Silly Sister, between us, what repayment is needed?" Jiang Chen laughed.
"Sister, it's getting late. I need to go back. Next time I come, it'll be when I stay by your side to help you."
"Mm, next time you come, go straight through the secret passage to my room. Don't use that hateful little bird of yours again." As Qian Renxue spoke, she opened the secret passage.
"I know." Jiang Chen said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Little He." Qian Renxue called out, and immediately, a young girl dressed in black walked in.
The girl's expression was very cold; even facing Qian Renxue, she showed no smile.
"This is my little brother. From now on, he can come and go here freely." Qian Renxue instructed.
"Understood, Miss." With that, she walked out.
"Then I'm leaving." Jiang Chen stood up.
Qian Renxue also stood up and hugged Jiang Chen. "Cultivate well, take good care of yourself."
"Mm, I will. You take good care of yourself too."
Despite all the reluctance, Jiang Chen still left. He believed that it wouldn't be long before he could stay by Qian Renxue's side.
"Little Chen... seems to like me a little." Qian Renxue murmured, her face showing a complicated expression.
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