(T/N: This chapter may contain suggestive or explicit scenes; reader discretion advised)
Fang Xuan finally picked up all the medicines and prescriptions.
According to the prescription, these were all necessary items for entering the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
Nirvana Grass, Nine-Yang Lingzhi, earth-core jade marrow, Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus... Senior Sister had prepared his entire Tribulation Crossing path, from Transformation Realm to the ninth level of Tribulation Crossing.
He let out a soft sigh.
In truth, he preferred to take the system's shortcut.
A direct ascent channel for cultivation, no bottlenecks, no need for medicinal baths, and no need for Senior Sister to run around to the depths of volcanic secret realms to risk gathering herbs.
So easy, so convenient.
But now that things had come to this, he might as well go through with it.
Otherwise, Senior Sister would be sad.
Hiding alone, she would surely lie awake all night, thinking, 'Is Junior Brother's medicine enough?', 'Will Junior Brother be in danger during his tribulation?', 'Will Junior Brother blame me for not being by his side?'
He couldn't bear to let her feel that way.
In any case, after entering the Tribulation Crossing Realm, the system's mission rewards would also upgrade.
He could then find a way to recover the resources from other sources.
He put away the last holy medicine and turned around.
...
At the entrance of Taihuang Valley, the deputy alliance master still stood in place.
His legs were trembling.
The several Martial Alliance elders beside him were also trembling.
The Six-Armed Demonic Venerable—beyond Tribulation Crossing, a lingering immortal Realm expert, the esteemed guest they had revered.
Now, not even a complete corpse remained.
Yet, the young man holding the black sword had not a single speck of blood on his clothes.
The deputy alliance master quietly took a step back.
Then he noticed that the other elders were also retreating.
They exchanged a look.
Run!
The deputy alliance master's figure transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky!
The other elders also used their respective techniques, scattering in different directions to flee!
Then—
A blood-red sword intent streaked across the sky.
Not one, but dozens of them.
Fang Xuan stood still, without even drawing his sword.
He merely raised his eyes and lightly gripped Yunchang's hilt.
Those blood-colored sword intents surged out from within him, transforming into countless dense red lines, pursuing every fleeing figure.
The moment the sword intent entered their bodies, their heart vessels were completely severed.
The deputy alliance master's eyes widened, and he couldn't comprehend it until his death—
How could a middle-stage Transformation Realm cultivator instantly kill a Tribulation Crossing expert?
Corpses fell from mid-air, crashing onto the snow.
Fang Xuan sheathed his sword, not sparing another glance.
He never killed indiscriminately.
But those who dared to harm Senior Sister, not one could be left alive.
........
Half an hour later, Fang Xuan walked out of Taihuang Valley.
The snowfield was silent, and the evening glow in the sky was like blood.
'First, I'll go back to the room and prepare the medicinal bath, then I can get ready to break through to Tribulation Crossing...'
.......
Inside the room, hot steam billowed from the bath tub.
Fang Xuan followed the order on the prescription, putting the Nirvana Grass, Nine-Yang Lingzhi, and earth-core jade marrow into the water one by one.
A clear, medicinal fragrance quickly filled the air.
He untied his sash, then casually draped his removed clothes over the screen.
.......
And inside a hidden spatial rift in the room, Ning Xian's eyes widened slightly.
'Junior Brother's figure... seems even better than before.'
She subconsciously swallowed, her throat feeling a bit dry.
'No, no.'
'She came to secretly check if Junior Brother was properly taking his medicinal bath, not to...'
She swallowed again.
'Junior Brother... took off his pants too.'
Fang Xuan turned his head.
His gaze passed through the hazy steam, through the spatial barrier she thought she had hidden so well, and landed precisely on her face.
He even smiled slightly.
Ning Xian froze completely.
The next instant, a hand reached out from the void, grasping her wrist.
She didn't even have time to struggle before that hand gently pulled her out of the rift.
Stumbling two steps, she crashed into a familiar embrace.
Some water splashed from the tub, dampening her skirt.
Ning Xian: "!!!"
She lowered her head, staring at her wet shoetips, her small face flushed crimson.
'It's over.'
'I've been found out.'
'Will Junior Brother think I'm... very lustful?'
'I am very lustful.'
'What should I do?'
"Senior Sister," Fang Xuan called out with a smile.
Ning Xian buried her face deeper into his neck, wishing she could shrink completely into his embrace.
"I... I wasn't peeking."
"Mm, you weren't," Fang Xuan readily agreed.
Ning Xian didn't dare to speak either.
Fang Xuan's eyes darkened slightly.
He leaned down, approaching her reddened ear, his voice very low, "Then, Senior Sister, do you know you were wrong?"
Ning Xian trembled all over.
His breath fanned her ear, warm and moist.
"S-sorry..."
"Mm," Fang Xuan acknowledged. "Then what?"
"Then..." Ning Xian racked her brains. "Then... Junior Brother is very good."
Caught red-handed like this, her little head was completely muddled.
After saying that, she wished she could bite off her own tongue.
Fang Xuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
How could Senior Sister be so adorable?
"Then I'll have to punish Senior Sister properly..."
"Ngh—!"
He...
Ning Xian initially pushed him symbolically, but soon her body went limp...
The mist hung heavy, and the bitter scent of medicine filled the air.
She finally broke free, panting heavily.
"Junior... Junior Brother..."
Fang Xuan didn't give her a chance to speak.
He carried her and placed her in the bathtub.
The water temperature was just right, neither hot nor cold.
"Senior Sister, it's too late for explanations now."
Ning Xian bit her lower lip, her eyes slightly red.
"Don't... don't here, alright?"
It was still daytime outside.
And though they were indoors, the window wasn't closed.
What if someone passed by...
...
"Junior... Junior Brother."
Ning Xian's voice was tearful.
.......
Several hours later.
Fang Xuan gently wiped away the remaining tears from Ning Xian's eyes from behind.
"Junior Brother... is... is it over now..."
Her voice was broken, unable to form complete sentences.
"Senior... Senior Sister knows she was wrong..."
Fang Xuan still remembered the task; he was just a little short of enough training value.
He spoke: "Don't talk, do it yourself."
Ning Xian blushed, burying her face in his neck, her earlobes completely red.
But her body honestly followed suit...
.......
Just then.
【Ding! Detected current training context meets advanced task trigger standards!】
Fang Xuan stopped.
【Task issued (optional): In this training session, successfully guide Master Ning Xian to a state of incontinence.】
【Reward: Instantly advance to the sixth level of Tribulation Crossing】
【Note: This task belongs to the 'training counterattack' branch; the higher the completion, the richer the reward.】
Fang Xuan looked at the glaring system prompt before him and was silent for a full three seconds.
Hm...
He looked down at his Senior Sister, who was already drowsy and completely at his mercy in his arms.
This was a bit too perverted; he wasn't that kind of person.
【Task rejected.】
The system fell silent.
He gently carried Ning Xian out of the bathtub and helped her put on her clothes.
Ning Xian looked at him, dazed.
Junior Brother actually didn't continue to tease her, and even helped her dress...
Then she sat up, straightened her clothes, and tried hard to put on a stern face.
"Junior Brother."
Fang Xuan was startled: "Hm?"
Ning Xian took a deep breath, her face red, but she tried to maintain a cool tone: "Just now... in the bathtub, were you trying to do something even more outrageous to Senior Sister?"
Fang Xuan blinked.
"No."
"You... you clearly were."
Fang Xuan: "..."
He opened his mouth, wanting to explain.
But Ning Xian didn't give him a chance to speak.
She stood up, walked in front of him, and looked up at him.
Her eyes were clearly red, and her voice was trembling.
But she still tried hard to appear as a 'fierce Senior Sister'.
"Disobedient Junior Brother," she said.
"Should... should be severely punished."
Fang Xuan was somewhat stunned.
'Senior Sister... I was just about to let you go...'
Cough cough...
Ning Xian then noticed his gaze was off.
She paused, suddenly a little flustered.
'Junior Brother's expression... seems like...'
.......
She bit her lower lip.
Then, as if by some strange impulse, she reached out and gently pressed on Fang Xuan's shoulders.
Pushing him down onto the bed.
"Senior... Senior Sister?"
Ning Xian was above him, looking down.
Candlelight flickered.
Her small face was flushed crimson, and her voice was trembling.
But she still tried to maintain that pitiful bit of Senior Sister's authority.
"Sh-shut up."
"Now... now it's Senior Sister's turn to punish you."
.......
Outside the window, night deepened.
Inside the room, the candlelight gently swayed...
Until...
"Junior Brother, please... don't... don't..."
System: "Rewards being issued, congratulations to host, realm has been elevated to the sixth level of Tribulation Crossing..."
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