Chapter 32: Nightmare
Bai Shuixin sensed the circulation of Su Yan’s spiritual energy. There was indeed nothing special about it, so how could its power have increased so much?
“Perhaps it’s because of my special physique?”
Of course, Su Yan knew what was going on. It was all because of the system’s enhancements that his technique seemed so different.
“I thought Dragon King’s Waterspout was useless, but I never expected it to be so strong. Skill points are amazing! Why would I even learn Water Arrow!”
Su Yan felt that his previous painstaking cultivation had been for nothing. With Dragon King’s Waterspout being so powerful, why learn any other techniques!
And if Dragon King’s Waterspout was this powerful, what about Nourishing Dew? He couldn’t wait to go back and experiment.
“How strange. Could it really be because of his physique? Can the Pure Yang Sacred Body also enhance techniques? I’ve never heard of that before.”
Bai Shuixin was puzzled. After pondering for a while, she finally turned her attention back to the two of them.
“I need to study your situation slowly. From now on, come to me once every half a month. I need to give you a physical examination.”
With that, she turned to look at Lin Qingyue.
“Your strength is improving quickly, but it’s not enough. When you reach the late Qi Refinement stage, I will come and teach you personally.”
The Qi Refinement stage was forgiving no matter how one cultivated, but Foundation Establishment was different. It largely determined a person’s future. She couldn’t let Su Yan handle it anymore.
…
After leaving Bai Shuixin’s room, Su Yan let out a sigh of relief, which greatly puzzled Lin Qingyue, who had been watching him.
Senior Brother seems to be very afraid of Master. What’s going on?
“You’ll find out in the future.”
Su Yan gave a perfunctory reply, not wanting to explain the reason.
Lin Qingyue nodded and didn’t press the matter further.
The two returned to their respective rooms. Su Yan experimented with his technique and was very satisfied with the enhancement effect of the skill points.
Lin Qingyue returned to her room and began her intense cultivation. Deeply feeling that her strength was insufficient, every minute and every second was precious, but…
“If I cultivate to the late Qi Refinement stage, then Master will personally guide me. Won’t the time I spend with Senior Brother decrease?”
Lin Qingyue was very fond of her Senior Brother and couldn’t bear to be away from him for a moment. Improving her strength wasn’t necessarily a good thing, but not having strength was also not an option.
“I need power. The power to protect him.”
The helpless scene from that day flashed in Lin Qingyue’s mind. She had sworn in her heart that she would not let that scene repeat itself, so she had to become stronger as soon as possible.
“A brief separation for a long time together. The choice between the two is easy to make.”
Lin Qingyue made up her mind, closed her eyes, and began to cultivate. The intensity of her cultivation was astonishing. Only when her body really couldn’t take it anymore would she choose to stop.
“I’ve become stronger again.”
Sensing the increased spiritual energy in her body, a faint smile appeared on Lin Qingyue’s lips. But then she remembered her Master’s words, and the smile quickly faded.
“In life, one always has to make all sorts of choices. It’s all for a better future.”
Lin Qingyue sighed. After washing up, she lay directly on the bed. She looked at the bright, clear moon outside the window, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
A long, long time later, when only the boundless dark night remained outside the window, did she finally fall into a deep sleep.
That night, Lin Qingyue had a dream. It was a very terrible dream.
She dreamed that she had left her Senior Brother and was cultivating by Bai Shuixin’s side. Under her Master’s guidance, she became stronger and stronger.
But as her comprehension of the Dao deepened, she began to neglect her proper duties, and thus neglected her Senior Brother. She wouldn’t see him more than a few times a year, and they grew more and more distant.
And after coming out of seclusion once, when she went to visit her Senior Brother, she found that he even had a child, who smiled and called her “Big Sister.”
“No!!”
Lin Qingyue was startled awake. She stared wide-eyed, wiped the sweat from her forehead, not knowing why she would have such a dream.
“Is this a hint of some kind?”
Thinking of what had happened in the dream, Lin Qingyue’s breathing began to quicken.
“I will not make that kind of mistake.”
She wanted power, and she wanted her Senior Brother. Women were very greedy!
“What do you want?”
A soft male voice sounded beside her.
Lin Qingyue was startled and quickly sat up in bed.
“Senior Brother, what are you doing here?”
Lin Qingyue’s eyes widened. She didn’t know when, but Su Yan was standing by the door, looking at her curiously.
Su Yan smiled and said, “I’ve already made breakfast, but you hadn’t come yet. I was a little worried, so I came to see. I never thought Junior Sister would sleep in.”
Sleep in?
Lin Qingyue glanced at the bright sunlight outside the window, and her face instantly turned beet red.
She had promised to study and practice diligently, yet something like this had happened. It was all that dream’s fault, making her embarrass herself so much in front of her Senior Brother.
“I’ll get up right away.”
Lin Qingyue hastily climbed out of bed, picked up the dress by the bed, and was about to take off her nightgown.
Su Yan quickly reached out to stop her. “Hey, what are you doing, Junior Sister? I’m still here. You should wait until I leave to change your clothes!”
“Eh!”
Only then did Lin Qingyue realize what she had done. In her haste, she had actually started to undress in front of her Senior Brother. If a woman did such a thing, she would be considered a hooligan.
“Ah, I’m sorry!”
Lin Qingyue clutched her dress, a pitiful expression on her face.
Su Yan’s breath caught in his throat. His junior sister was disheveled and looking at him with such eyes.
Those moist eyes, like a trained little beast’s, made him feel like he was about to be overcome with lust.
“I’m the one who should be sorry. I should have knocked before coming in.”
Su Yan swallowed hard and exited the room, his face red.
After getting dressed and washing up, Lin Qingyue came to the familiar dining table, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat.
Seeing her gobbling down her food, a satisfied smile appeared on Su Yan’s face. As a cook, there was nothing more gratifying than having one’s food be so well-received.
“Eat slowly, don’t choke.”
While handing Lin Qingyue a glass of water, Su Yan asked, “Junior Sister, when I went to see you just now, I noticed you were tossing and turning, covered in cold sweat. Did you have a nightmare?”
Lin Qingyue stopped her chopsticks. After hesitating for a long while, she finally said, “I did have a nightmare. I dreamed that I was cultivating hard, and because I was in seclusion, I neglected you, Senior Brother. We grew more and more distant, and in the end, we became like strangers, no longer as close as we are now.”
“…”
Su Yan fell silent. He didn’t know what to say.
Cultivators were not mortals. The higher a cultivator’s cultivation, the more detached their concept of time became.
Lin Qingyue was no ordinary person. With her special Heaven Spiritual Root, she was almost destined to become a legendary existence.
In contrast, his own aptitude was poor, and he couldn’t keep up with her pace at all. A powerful cultivator could go into seclusion for years or even decades at a time. How could their feelings not fade?
But…
That was before.
Su Yan comforted her, “Junior Sister, you’re overthinking it. It was just a dream.”
