Xia Xia seemed to have completely entered a Meditative Trance.
Judging by her peaceful appearance, she wouldn’t finish absorbing the medicinal power of that pill any time soon.
He would just let her practice here in the snow.
Nan Xi’s brows twitched slightly, and he turned to head back into the house.
Right then, a cool, indifferent voice suddenly sounded from behind him —
“Nan Xi.”
The voice was as crisp and moving as ever, but unlike her usual lazy and lethargic tone, there seemed to be a different flavor to it when she uttered his name this time.
Hiss —
A shiver suddenly ran down Nan Xi’s spine. He slowly turned around and looked at the owner of the voice.
To be honest, no matter when he looked at them, those eyes were as clear and transparent as they were when they first met, like a frozen lake melting in the spring.
But right now…
No, the situation was very wrong.
“Lord Tiansi… is something wrong?”
Nan Xi could clearly feel that he was forcing a smile.
He knew something was up with her.
How could Lord Tiansi obediently stay out here in the snow in such cold weather?
She had no furnace, no picture books, and had been watching him and Xia Xia from start to finish.
So, she was waiting for him here?
Behind Nan Xi, Lord Tiansi’s figure remained languid as she leaned back in the armchair, her beautiful eyes calmly watching him.
“Lord Tiansi?”
Nan Xi spoke tentatively, trying to gauge her mood.
However, in the next second, accompanied by the crisp sound of a bell, Nan Xi felt a shadow flash before him as a fragrant scent instantly filled his nose.
Lord Tiansi had actually appeared in front of him all at once. She was only one step away from Nan Xi, her head tilted slightly as she stared into his eyes.
Honestly speaking…
Lord Tiansi was beautiful—truly beautiful. Especially like this, with her snow-white neck slightly arched as she gazed at him with such focused attention.
Nan Xi felt his heart skip a beat.
No, this wouldn’t do.
He couldn’t just stand here and wait for his doom.
Nan Xi subconsciously retreated, but with every step he took, Lord Tiansi followed. She maintained a distance of exactly one step between them at all times.
Thud!!!
A dull impact echoed as Nan Xi’s back hit the wall of the house. He had no more room to retreat.
“Uh — “
Nan Xi’s lips twitched as he looked down at Lord Tiansi.
The distance between them was so close that Nan Xi could even clearly see the soft, fine fuzz on her cheeks.
She was very cute.
But her tone didn’t seem quite as cute.
“Nan Xi.”
Lord Tiansi spoke again, her voice clear and cold.
In this moment, she seemed like a true Supreme Elder, rather than a cat living in Nan Xi’s home.
“Lord Tiansi, the weather is quite cold. How about we go inside, sit by the fire, and read some picture books?”
Nan Xi tried to ease the atmosphere.
But Lord Tiansi didn’t seem willing to compromise. Her clear gaze remained fixed on Nan Xi, his reflection mirrored in her eyes.
“Lord Tiansi?”
Nan Xi was truly at his wit’s end. His intuition told him that Lord Tiansi wasn’t in a good mood, but he couldn’t figure out what she wanted.
“It’s actually nothing, right?”
He laughed nervously, trying to brush it off.
In his mind, he even started chanting frantically —
‘Hypnotize, hypnotize, hypnotize…’
“Hmm?”
Wait, why did he say that out loud?
Nan Xi sucked in a breath of cold air, but seeing Lord Tiansi blink her eyes in confusion, she didn’t seem to realize what he was doing.
“Uh, I…”
Thump!!!
A soft sound echoed in the snowy yard. Nan Xi’s eyes instantly froze, his gaze stagnating in mid-air.
He slowly lowered his head, not yet reacting to what had happened.
Just now —
Did Lord Tiansi just gently tap his head with her fingertip?
Moreover, as her finger fell, it had brushed against his cheek, seemingly intentional yet unintentional.
Wait, why did this movement feel so familiar?
It seemed Nan Xi had tapped Xia Xia’s little head just like that moments ago.
Nan Xi was momentarily stunned as he looked down at Lord Tiansi.
After tapping his head, Lord Tiansi’s mood was clearly much better.
Her eyes regained their original laziness, and the faint smile at the corner of her lips completely betrayed her feelings.
Could it be that Lord Tiansi thought this was a way to express intimacy?
“Lord Tiansi, you…”
“Mm-hm?”
Lord Tiansi blinked and looked up at Nan Xi in confusion. That was more like it; this lazy gaze was the Lord Tiansi he was familiar with.
Nan Xi let out a long sigh of relief, feeling the immense ease of a survivor.
So, this was the kind of thing Lord Tiansi cared about.
He made a mental note; it might come in handy later.
And since Lord Tiansi’s mood had improved…
Nan Xi’s eyes darted around as he leaned down toward her.
“Lord Tiansi, didn’t you say before that you had a lot of pills in stock?”
Nan Xi was trying to fleece some pills from her. Fleecing Lord Tiansi was the same as fleecing Sect Leader Bai, which was the same as fleecing the Tianhe Sect.
A win!
“Hmm?”
Lord Tiansi tilted her small head slightly, looking at Nan Xi, then at Xia Xia, who was practicing cross-legged behind them.
“Are you going to give them to her?”
“Uh, yes.”
Nan Xi didn’t hide his intentions. After all, this was the “trash bin” he had chosen; he planned to stuff all sorts of pills into her.
However, he didn’t get a chance to react.
Lord Tiansi let out a cold snort and walked straight past Nan Xi, heading back into the house.
Only a cold sentence was left behind in the air —
“No.”
“Eh?”
Nan Xi stood frozen on the spot.
After a long while, when he finally regained his senses, he suddenly felt like bursting into tears.
Question: What should he do if his sugar mommy was no longer willing to support him?
……
It was snowing again on Tianquan Peak, and the heavy snow fluttered down from the high heavens.
Xia Xia’s cultivation never stopped. From the moment she began absorbing the medicine in the courtyard of Nan Xi’s home, seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
Nan Xi never moved her.
After all, disturbing a disciple in the middle of focused cultivation was not something a Master should do.
But leaving her out in the snow didn’t seem like a good thing either.
After thinking it over, Nan Xi set up a canopy next to her to shield her from the falling snow.
Before half a day had passed, the canopy was covered in bright snow. In the midst of the heavy snowfall, it looked rather like a mushroom.
‘Xia Xia is like a little mushroom person under a mushroom!’
Nan Xi let out a mischievous chuckle. He used a technique to silently brush the snow off Xia Xia, then turned and left.
There weren’t many Masters in the world as good as he was.
On another note.
While waiting for Xia Xia to finish her cultivation, Nan Xi took the time to visit the Sword Furnace once.
It had been fifteen days since he announced the shutdown of the Sword Furnace, and the day had come to reignite the fires.
From Nan Xi’s secret inspection, his ban had been effective.
Only half of the twelve Sword Furnaces were open. The master swordsmiths were no longer working overtime; instead, they had lazily begun to slack off.
Nan Xi was very satisfied.
Next, he would just wait for Tianquan Peak to quietly perish.