Mo Huaiyu returned to the small courtyard and pushed open the main gate.
The first thing that caught his eye was a peach tree.
Not only were there peach trees planted outside the courtyard, but there were also some inside.
It seemed Senior Sister An was quite fond of them.
He went back to his room and took out the jade slip he had obtained from the Manual Pavilion.
He immediately delved into it with his soul.
Suddenly, he was submerged in a sea of text.
Gradually, these characters combined to form a flowering tree.
Mo Huaiyu extended a thread of soul power, casting it into the tree like a silken line.
He instantly felt the overbearing nature of this cultivation technique.
It contained a vast amount of Dao charm.
Logically speaking, the techniques of Hundred Flowers Peak were not suitable for men to practice.
However, because he possessed the Yin-Yang Dao Body, Mo Huaiyu was able to cultivate the techniques of Hundred Flowers Peak.
As he carefully sensed the manual, his soul power began to slowly diminish over time.
After all, maintaining constant mental focus while learning a technique was an enormous drain on one’s soul.
Sensing that something was wrong, Mo Huaiyu immediately withdrew his soul.
However, he was a step too late.
A strong sense of dizziness washed over him, causing his figure to tilt backward.
Just then, a graceful and sexy silhouette appeared behind him.
A fair arm reached out to wrap around his waist, while two firm, soft mounds pressed against the back of his head.
The familiar, delicate fragrance of peach blossoms filled his nose.
Mo Huaiyu did not need to look back to know who was behind him.
An Ruoxi held the youth’s body in her arms, her voice full of concern. “Junior Brother Mo, are you alright?”
Mo Huaiyu quickly pulled away from Senior Sister An’s embrace, even though it was very fragrant and soft.
“Ahem, Senior Sister An, when did you…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Senior Sister An lean forward slightly.
Her nose approached his chest as she took a light sniff.
As if confirming something, An Ruoxi asked, “Junior Brother Mo, did you meet my sister today?”
“Yes, I ran into her at the Manual Pavilion this morning,” Mo Huaiyu said with a nod, having no intention of hiding it.
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Senior Sister An’s aura was somewhat unstable.
Looking at her appearance, it seemed she had recently been in a fight.
“Did you run into some trouble, Senior Sister An?”
An Ruoxi said calmly, “You could say that. I settled a troublesome matter that has been bothering me for a long time. In the future, no one will come looking for you, Junior Brother Mo.”
“Oh… Huh?”
Mo Huaiyu nodded at first, but then he froze.
What did Senior Sister An mean by that?
An Ruoxi continued, “Regarding the trial you mentioned, Master said you can enter. However, you need to team up with someone.”
Hearing this, Mo Huaiyu said without hesitation, “A team? Then I’ll just team up with you, Senior Sister An.”
As for the invitation An Ruojun had sent him today—it was a joke.
Anyone with a functioning brain would realize there was something wrong with it.
Seeing that Junior Brother Mo chose to team up with her without the slightest hesitation, for some reason…
An Ruoxi placed her delicate hand over her high bodice as her heart began to race.
She had never felt this way before, but since meeting Junior Brother Mo, these feelings had begun to appear frequently.
“By the way, Senior Sister An, what exactly is this trial?”
Mo Huaiyu still knew very little about the trial the Yuling Sect disciples spoke of.
“It is a small world,” An Ruoxi explained.
“Besides those personally created by great cultivators, there were some small worlds left isolated from the world during the ancient and chaotic eras when space was unstable. The Yuling Sect possesses one such small world. To encourage the disciples to cultivate, the sect decided to allow disciples to enter for training every once in a while.”
“I see.” Mo Huaiyu rubbed his chin, lost in thought.
In that case, there was a very high possibility that the item Sister Yuyun had asked him to find was inside that trial!
If he remembered correctly, the item he found during the Dao-Asking Convention was located in a cave-dwelling left behind by an ancient cultivator.
However, that ancient cultivator had been truly destitute.
There were no Dharma treasures or pills, and not even a cultivation manual.
Aside from the item Sister Yuyun had requested, there was only a single rusted sword.
He had originally planned to sell it as scrap after the Dao-Asking Convention ended, but no one wanted it. It was still sitting in his Storage Bag even now.
—
As night fell, the time quickly moved into the evening.
Inside the small courtyard, Mo Huaiyu and An Ruoxi sat across from each other, sharing dinner.
Mo Huaiyu was deeply moved.
Not for any other reason, but because Senior Sister An was too good to him.
After a day of cultivation, not only was his soul exhausted, but his spiritual qi was also heavily depleted.
Just as he was preparing to meditate and recover, Senior Sister An had walked in and said that dinner was ready.
In an instant, he almost burst into tears.
Heavens and earth, he hadn’t experienced such a wonderful thing in nearly ten years!
When he was a child, Sister Yuyun would just whip up any random meal and call him to eat.
That taste was… indescribable. If it weren’t for the top-tier ingredients, it would have been nearly impossible to swallow.
Later on, it wasn’t Sister Yuyun cooking for him, but him cooking for Sister Yuyun.
Since the time she caught him secretly making his own meals and realized his cooking was much better, Sister Yuyun had started a life of being served hand and foot, completely giving up on chores.
Thinking of this, Mo Huaiyu felt that these dishes were even more delicious!
“Senior Sister An, did you make all of this?”
An Ruoxi opened her red lips to taste the clear soup.
“Yes. I don’t cook often, so I wasn’t sure if it would suit your palate, Junior Brother Mo.”
“It does! It really does!”
If he weren’t trying to maintain his image, Mo Huaiyu would have almost cried while eating.
Senior Sister An was truly too good to him. Therefore, he made a decision.
“Senior Sister An, how about I stop calling you Senior Sister An from now on?”
Hearing these words, An Ruoxi’s hand holding the jade spoon paused.
Her expression froze. Because of Mo Huaiyu’s sentence, her graceful body instantly stiffened.
Her bright, beautiful eyes dimmed several shades.
Her heart even felt a sharp pang of pain—a pain far worse than that caused by a Dao wound.
Just then, Mo Huaiyu continued, “From now on, I’ll call you Sister Ruoxi! From this day forward, you will be my second older sister!”
As the jade spoon slipped from An Ruoxi’s hand, it hit the bowl with a crisp *clink*.
Not only did her dimmed eyes regain their light, but her pupils even trembled slightly.
Her heart pounded wildly as she instantly experienced what it meant to go from rock bottom to the peak of joy.
Not only did the pain vanish, but a strange emotion flowed through her body, causing her to tremble slightly.
Mo Huaiyu looked at An Ruoxi’s dazed expression.
‘Right, I haven’t known Senior Sister An for that long. Suddenly calling her so intimately might be a bit hard for her to accept.’
He spoke up, saying, “I was too impulsive. I’ll continue to call you Senior Sister An…”
“No need.”
“Huh?”
Under Mo Huaiyu’s slightly confused gaze, An Ruoxi lightly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly as she said, “Sister Ruoxi is fine.”
Looking at An Ruoxi’s blossoming, peerless smile, Mo Huaiyu was stunned.
That shallow smile was like the most beautiful peach blossom among ten thousand famous flowers.