Chi Yuan: “(•̀ө•́ )”
“So A-Ci must have put in a lot of effort for Master and Shiniang to get together?”
“Mhm, I just sent a transmission, and then...” Shen Qingci's eyes darted around guiltily, terrified that her senior sister would press further. She still hadn't figured out how to explain the matter of her master writing web novels.
“Senior Sister~~~”
Chi Yuan pursed her lips and couldn't help but sigh.
There were probably quite a few things being kept from her among the three of them—A-Ci, her master, and her shiniang.
“Alright, I won't ask. In a few days, I'll go with you to the Sword-Falling Terrace to thank Shiniang. That Yunqi Cave was arranged so perfectly is entirely due to the elders' kindness.”
“Mhm.” Shen Qingci nuzzled the side of her neck, her warm breath brushing against her skin. “Senior Sister, let's go bathe first. Your junior sister will tell you all about what happened over the past four years.”
The two of them left the main bedroom and walked along the corridor toward the hot spring room.
Pushing the door open, warm and humid air rushed out, accompanied by the gentle sway of warm light. The Jialan flowers in the vase were in full bloom, their deep red petals glistening under the moist steam.
Chi Yuan paused slightly...
Her gaze landed on those few sprigs of flowers.
Jialan. She recognized them; these flowers had an aphrodisiac effect.
Had her junior sister not suffered enough from them last time in the double pool at the Lingquan Annex?
She said nothing, rubbing her neatly trimmed fingernails with her fingertips as she walked to the edge of the pool and undid her outer robe.
Mhm, they were trimmed smooth. A certain someone wouldn't feel any pain~
Shen Qingci was quick and nimble, stripping down to just a baofu in a few swift movements. She slipped into the water first, then turned around to stretch her hand out toward her senior sister.
Chi Yuan hung her zhongyi on the rack, leaving only her close-fitting undergarments, and stepped down the jade steps, slowly submerging herself in the water.
The two of them leaned close together. Shen Qingci hugged her senior sister from behind, her palm resting against her lower abdomen as her fingertips wandered idly.
A wave of heat surged through Chi Yuan's lower abdomen, and she reached back to catch that restless hand.
“A-Ci, you had red candles set up in the main bedroom tonight. Are you planning to have an early wedding night?”
“It's a rehearsal in advance,” Shen Qingci said righteously. “Could it be that Senior Sister doesn't want to?”
Chi Yuan turned her head, the corners of her eyes flushed a faint red from rising desire. “In the Southern Region, red candles carry another meaning: may you soon give birth to a daughter.”
“And now there are several sprigs of Jialan placed in the hot spring room. A-Ci, do you like children?”
Shen Qingci's face instantly turned bright red.
How could she have expected Shadow One and the others to be so thorough?
Red candles, Jialan flowers, mermaid-silk curtains, spiritual wine... This was clearly decorated according to a complete wedding night set!
Her senior sister wouldn't misunderstand and think this was all her idea, would she?
Besides, children???
Right now, she wanted nothing more than for her senior sister to have eyes only for her. How could she tolerate some little thing taking away her senior sister's attention?
“Senior Sister, your junior sister doesn't like children.”
Shen Qingci's expression was dead serious, her possessiveness on full display. “It is enough for Senior Sister to have one little A-Ci!”
Seeing her junior sister's serious look, the corners of Chi Yuan's lips curved slightly, and she stopped teasing her.
The two of them leaned shoulder-to-shoulder against the pool wall, the warm spring water rising past their shoulders.
The aphrodisiac properties of the Jialan flowers diffused through the steam, and a wave of heat gradually seeped into their limbs and bones, making their bodies feel incredibly soft.
Shen Qingci started telling her story, beginning from when Aunt Shuyan used talismans to obliterate Fu Mingyuan... to the thirty thousand talismans in the Floating Light Dragon-Prisoning Array that trapped and killed a Soul Transformation cultivator, and finally to her aunt knocking her unconscious with a single strike and carrying her away from the Gu family's birthday feast.
“Aunt even buried me head-first into the sand of the West Sea flats.” Shen Qingci pouted in grievance when she reached this part. “All my storage artifacts were confiscated, and even Jinglei wasn't left for me. She only left me with a single set of robes.”
“I fell from the flying vessel and ended up half-buried in the sand. Before I could even crawl out, a pack of Shuttle-Tailed Lizards surrounded me.”
Chi Yuan's brow furrowed slightly. Hearing the name “Shuttle-Tailed Lizard,” she instinctively tightened her grip on A-Ci's hand.
“What happened after that?”
“Then I ran for an entire night,” Shen Qingci said nonchalantly. “Once the lizards grew tired of chasing me, only four were left. I killed them, stripped their back carapaces, and went to Leiyuan Market to sell them...”
“The shopkeeper there was quite nice and gave me a fair price.”
She didn't say a single word about how she had been covered in blood that night, her spiritual force completely depleted, nearly dying on the flats.
Nor did she mention that when the four lizards attacked her, her left shoulder had been dislocated, her calf bitten through, and the bones in her right hand shaken to the point of numbness.
Chi Yuan gazed at her. She wanted to press further, but the words died in her throat.
The fact that A-Ci brushed it off so lightly only proved how perilous that night had been. This girl was always like this—swallowing her hardships in silence and only picking light, trivial matters to share.
“Later, once I figured out the temperament of the Soul-Severing Cliff, I actually felt it was a great place to cultivate. The spiritual energy is abundant and the lightning force is sufficient. The only downside is that it destroys robes; I had to replace a dozen or twenty sets a year.”
As she was speaking, her senior sister suddenly moved.
Chi Yuan turned around, placing both hands on the pool wall on either side of Shen Qingci, trapping her between herself and the wall.
The warm spring water rose to their waists. She lowered her eyes, her soaked undergarments clinging to her body, droplets of water sliding down her collarbone and into the pool.
“A-Ci,” she called softly. “May I?”
Shen Qingci, trapped in the middle, tilted her face up to look at her.
Mist enveloped their surroundings. Chi Yuan's eyes were filled with deep affection, the warm air flushing her lips bright, her long hair cascading down her lower back.
“Senior Sister???”
Chi Yuan leaned down and kissed her.
With one hand supporting the back of her junior sister's head and the other holding her lower back, her lips ground against hers repeatedly. Wrapped in the tide of desire induced by the Jialan flowers, they kissed until both of them were breathless.
Shen Qingci was kissed into a daze, only having enough time to let out a muffled “Mmh” before being pressed against the pool wall, unable to move.
Her senior sister's tongue slipped inside, entangling with hers, leaving her no room to retreat.
Wait?
This wasn't right?
She was clearly supposed to be the dominant top! How was she the one being pinned down so completely? Why had her senior sister become so active after leaving the Sword Tomb?
Could there have been some advanced class for Dao companions inside?
Shen Qingci's mind was in a dizzy whirl, yet her hands had already wrapped around Chi Yuan's neck. The water rippled outward in concentric circles with their movements, and the shadows of the flowers swayed against the pool wall.
Only after a long while did Chi Yuan release her.
Both of their breathings were completely disarrayed.
Shen Qingci leaned half against the pool wall, her cheeks flushed crimson, the corners of her eyes damp with moisture, and her lips slightly swollen from the kiss.
“Senior Sister...” she panted, her voice so soft that Chi Yuan could have pushed her over with a single touch. “Did you sneak peaks at certain web novels while you were in the Sword Tomb?”
Chi Yuan rested her forehead against hers, letting out a low laugh upon hearing this. “A-Ci has missed her senior sister for over four years. Am I not allowed to miss you the same way?”
Shen Qingci's ears burned hot, and she reached out to cover Chi Yuan's mouth. “The 'miss' I meant wasn't like this at all!”
Chi Yuan let her cover her mouth, her eyes crinkling into a smile. That gaze was clear yet scorching, making Shen Qingci's toes curl.
“A-Ci~” Chi Yuan took her hand and pressed it against her heart. “Yearning has seeped into my bones, and my heart aches for you.”
Shen Qingci's palm trembled slightly from the steady thud of Chi Yuan's heartbeat, and the chaotic thoughts in her head vanished in an instant.
She looked up into her senior sister's eyes, her eyelashes coated with a thin layer of mist, while her hand remained pressed against her chest.
“If Senior Sister has suffered from this deep yearning, Qingci has felt the same.”
“Thinking of you day and night, you haunt my dreams.” Having said this, Shen Qingci applied a bit of force, pulling her senior sister closer to her chest instead.
She tilted her head up and initiated the kiss. This kiss lacked the overwhelming intensity of Chi Yuan's previous one, carrying instead a hint of raw, stubborn devotion as their lips gently rubbed and sucked...
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