A few months later, in front of Lin Muxue’s cave dwelling, two figures faced off against each other.
With a flash of cold light, the two shadows collided.
The sound of blades and swords clashing rang out again and again.
One tall and one short figure exchanged attacks and defenses in the blink of an eye, already having gone through more than a dozen rounds.
Suddenly, a sword aura as tall as a man shot out.
It was narrowly dodged, only dissipating gradually a dozen meters away.
After dodging the sword aura, Su Lingling let out a long sigh of relief, then focused her mind again to defend against the petite figure in front of her.
“Lingling, not bad dodging, but if you keep just dodging, you’ll lose sooner or later.”
Across from her, Su Qianqian pointed her longsword at Su Lingling, as if preparing to launch another attack.
Su Lingling immediately held her defensive stance, sneaking a reply to her elder sister: “What else can I do? We learned together, but you learn so fast, you always have the upper hand. If I don’t defend, you’ll cut me down directly.”
As she spoke, Su Qianqian closed in once again.
After several clashes of their treasured swords, Su Qianqian seized the opportunity— one hand pressing the attack with her sword, the other casting a Magic Technique.
A water ball struck Su Lingling’s face, forcing her to swallow a mouthful of water.
“Cough cough, I can’t win at all. Weren’t we supposed to compare Martial Arts? How come you’re using Magic Techniques too? Sister, you’re bullying me!”
Su Qianqian helped her younger sister wipe the water from her hair, dismissing Su Lingling’s complaint: “I just said we should have a match, didn’t say only Martial Arts, did I? You’ll be participating in the Grand Competition for new disciples from each Peak soon. You can’t be so naïve.”
When the Grand Competition was mentioned, Su Lingling felt a headache coming on and sighed.
“Why not let Sister go? With your skills, they wouldn’t stand a chance. If I go, I might embarrass Master.”
Before Su Qianqian could answer, Lin Muxue walked over from the side, rubbing Su Lingling’s head to comfort her.
“The Grand Competition’s most important purpose is testing and tempering. Qianqian’s combat skill and awareness have already far surpassed all her Fellow Disciples. Sending her wouldn’t fulfill the purpose of tempering or testing, and it might even shake the Dao heart of the other Disciples.”
“Rest for a bit. Later, you two come with me to Beast Peak. The two Luanniao chicks are acting a bit odd.”
As she spoke, Lin Muxue pointed at the two listless Luanniao floating behind her.
“It’s just the right time to take you around the Sect as well. As my Disciples, you need to understand the entire Sect and prepare for the day you’ll take charge in the future…”
After hearing Lin Muxue’s words, Su Qianqian was still calm, but Su Lingling instantly felt a huge pressure descend upon her.
She already had to join the Grand Competition soon, and now Master said she would one day take charge of the Sect…
That meant there could absolutely be no mishaps in the coming Grand Competition!
She definitely didn’t want her black history to be a shameful defeat in her very first Grand Competition even after she became a great expert!
After a short rest, Lin Muxue led Su Qianqian and Su Lingling as they flew toward Beast Peak.
This mountain was much shorter than the main Tianjian Main Peak, but from a distance, its scenery was charming, and one could faintly see all kinds of animals frolicking about.
There was even an enormous crouching tiger visible even from the farthest skies.
At this moment, that tiger sensed Lin Muxue’s aura approaching from the horizon.
It lazily raised a paw in greeting, then continued its nap.
“That’s my Senior Martial Sister’s, your Senior Uncle’s, Spirit Pet. We’re here to see her—Beast Peak Master, Jiang Fengxi.”
Lin Muxue led the two of them straight to an unremarkable cottage behind the mountain.
After landing, they saw the back of someone tending to all kinds of animals.
Sensing Lin Muxue’s arrival, Jiang Fengxi turned around. She was a voluptuous and gentle woman.
“Oh, Junior Sister, you’re here! These two cuties must be your new Disciples? Come, let me have a look~”
Jiang Fengxi smiled and beckoned to Su Qianqian and Su Lingling.
With Lin Muxue’s nod, Su Qianqian led Su Lingling to Jiang Fengxi.
At first, Jiang Fengxi just patted their heads normally, praising how cute they were—like two little kittens.
Then, suddenly, she pulled them into her embrace, their faces pressed to her generous chest, soft and abundant.
“Such adorable little kittens, how’s cultivation going under your Master~?”
As she spoke, Jiang Fengxi gently and expertly scratched their chins as if teasing kittens, making the two sisters unconsciously tilt their heads up in comfort.
If they really were cat demons, their tails would surely be wagging by now—especially Su Lingling, who responded in total bliss:
“Master treats us very well~(˵¯͒〰¯͒˵)”
“Oh~ how about one of you becoming my Disciple? I love cute little kittens like you, too~”
Before the sisters could answer, Lin Muxue quickly pulled Su Lingling and Su Qianqian into her own embrace, shielding them protectively as she warily addressed her smiling Senior Martial Sister:
“These are my Disciples. If you want one, go take in one yourself.”
“Oh my, oh my~ It’s not easy finding such talented and adorable Disciples! You found two at once, share one with me~”
“No.” Lin Muxue refused flatly.
Su Qianqian and Su Lingling could feel their Master’s hug tighten even more.
Indeed, Master is well-endowed too… the two mused.
Jiang Fengxi’s goal achieved, she chuckled and didn’t tease her Junior Sister any further.
She looked at the two listless Luanniao floating behind Lin Muxue.
“Alright, alright, no need if you don’t want to~ Let’s take a look at these two little fellows you brought.”
With a gentle gesture, the two Luanniao floated over to her.
Jiang Fengxi examined them with Magic Technique, then combined her experience and found the cause easily:
“Junior Sister, did you feed them too many spirit-rich foods? Now their bodies are overloaded with spiritual energy—of course they’re listless. Don’t feed them for a while, once the spiritual energy is refined, they’ll recover.”
Lin Muxue nodded, released her two Disciples, and chatted with Jiang Fengxi about Sect matters.
A few hours later, with Su Qianqian and Su Lingling already bored and starting to cultivate on the spot, she took them back.
But just as they took off, Jiang Fengxi called out:
“You two adorable kittens, if you ever want to become my Disciples, you’re welcome anytime~”
Lin Muxue showed no reaction, except that her speed grew a little faster as they left…
Watching the direction Lin Muxue had flown, Jiang Fengxi chuckled and shook her head: “Aiya, my Junior Sister’s possessiveness is still as strong as ever. I remember she was like this when she took in that Su Ling fellow before. Heh, does she have a thing against people surnamed Su?”
On the way back to the Peak, Lin Muxue suddenly spoke: “Your Senior Uncle is a bit dangerous. In the future, it’s best not to meet her alone.”
Behind her, Su Qianqian and Su Lingling exchanged a look, both seeing the same question in each other’s eyes:
“Younger Sister, is Master jealous and sulking?”