Li Shishi had just finished saying this.
The door opened, and Deng Tianyu’s figure appeared.
“Chirp… chirp!“
Hongxue and Moxue swam affectionately around him, occasionally rubbing against his cheek.
Seeing her Senior Brother come out, Li Shishi immediately stood up and called out joyfully, “Senior Brother!”
Seeing her come forward, Deng Tianyu guessed most of it. “What, you haven’t been waiting for me all this time, have you?”
“Mm! Mm!” Li Shishi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Then, as if remembering something, she looked suspicious. “Why did it take Senior Brother so long to neutralize the curse mark today? Did something unexpected happen?”
At the mention of this, Ling’er and Qing’er also looked over, a hint of worry on their faces.
They were indeed afraid something unexpected might have happened to the Madam during the process of refining the Sleep-Sealing Curse Mark.
After all, the Madam’s realm was not high.
Meeting the three women’s gazes, Deng Tianyu smiled slightly. “Nothing unexpected happened. Everything went smoothly.”
“It’s just that I missed a day of helping Aunt Rong neutralize it before, so today we spent an extra shichen to make up for it.”
Two shichen was equivalent to four hours. Indeed, this refining session had been somewhat long.
Of course, not all four hours were spent on guiding and refining.
One shichen had been spent with Aunt Rong using her delicate jade hands to stroke his meat rod, while he practiced the [Primordial Yang Reflux Technique].
Another shichen had been spent bathing and cultivating the “Extreme Yin Spirit Fusion Art.”
The remaining two shichen were the actual guiding and refining of the Sleep-Sealing Curse Mark.
Deng Tianyu had to sigh—when cultivating, one truly doesn’t notice the passage of time.
He glanced at the Filial Piety Pool. There were a few more drops of Filial Piety Water. A bountiful harvest.
As his thoughts drifted, Deng Tianyu greeted Qing’er and Ling’er, then returned to his own room.
This Dharma Boat was truly luxurious and spacious. Not only was it divided into two levels, but even the rooms were arranged with great elegance. Everything one could need was fully provided.
Deng Tianyu had just sat down and sipped some fragrant tea when he looked at Li Shishi, who had followed him in. “Why aren’t you resting? What did you come to my room for?”
A sly glint flashed in Li Shishi’s beautiful eyes. She sat down on his bed. “Senior Brother, I came to give you something!”
Deng Tianyu was puzzled. “Give me what?”
Li Shishi took out a Transmission Jade Slip from her Storage Ring and handed it over. “Here! Take a look!”
Deng Tianyu looked at it. It was a Transmission Jade Slip that had not yet been bound by blood. He immediately frowned. “You want me to change my Transmission Jade Slip?”
A Transmission Jade Slip was also considered a type of magical artifact.
Like a Storage Ring, one had to bind it by dripping blood to use it.
Li Shishi swung her long, snow-white, creamy legs and spoke mysteriously.
“No, no. Senior Brother, aren’t you curious what benefits your Junior Sister obtained from that Secret Realm while you were away from the sect?”
Deng Tianyu inquired, “This Transmission Jade Slip is one of the benefits you obtained from the Secret Realm?”
He knew that Li Shishi’s favorite pastime, besides gluttony, was exploring Secret Realms to try her luck when she had nothing else to do.
Meeting her Senior Brother’s gaze, Li Shishi explained with a grin. “Senior Brother is truly clever. I obtained a blueprint in the Secret Realm. It’s called the Purple Vein Jade Slip—the very one in your hand.”
“Only, this Purple Vein Jade Slip is different from the ones we usually use.”
“While transmitting messages, it can also project the other person’s image.”
Deng Tianyu had a strange expression. “Video call?”
Why did this feel like a chat tool?
He had previously mentioned that Transmission Jade Slips were too monotonous.
Li Shishi was very puzzled. “What does ‘video’ mean?”
“It means moving images.”
“Oh, I see.”
Deng Tianyu looked at the Transmission Jade Slip in his hand and asked curiously, “Did the Sect’s Artifact Refining Pavilion only produce this one?”
“A total of four were produced.” Li Shishi shook her head and continued, “Because the required refining materials are different from ordinary Transmission Jade Slips. It needs a special stone engraved with purple veins to refine.”
“I obtained one piece of this special stone in the Secret Realm. Elder Chen used it to refine four of them.”
“I took one, Shizun took one, Senior Brother gets one, and the last one is still in the Artifact Refining Pavilion. Elder Chen is trying to see if another spirit material can be used as a substitute.”
“Purple Vein Stone?” Deng Tianyu mused for a while, but had no impression of this spirit material.
It was likely, as Li Shishi said, an extremely rare and hard-to-find item. Otherwise, Elder Chen wouldn’t be talking about trying to substitute it with other materials.
Li Shishi said eagerly, “Senior Brother, let’s test it out!”
Deng Tianyu didn’t refuse, but asked instead, “How do you want to test it?”
Li Shishi smiled and voiced her idea. “In a moment, I’ll go back to my room. You use the Purple Vein Jade Slip to tell me a story.”
Deng Tianyu rolled his eyes. “What’s the point of that?”
He suspected Li Shishi was deliberately using this to get him to tell stories to lull her to sleep.
“It’s very meaningful!”
“This way, I can watch Senior Brother’s face while listening to the story and falling into dreamland.”
Li Shishi was full of excitement.
Although the One-Day Dao Companion period had already passed and she couldn’t share a bed with her Senior Brother, this Purple Vein Jade Slip could bring them a little closer.
Deng Tianyu said, “I’ll think about it!”
He knew Li Shishi well—the later at night, the more energetic she became.
He’d probably end up talking himself hoarse while she still wasn’t asleep.
“If Senior Brother doesn’t agree, I’ll just stay in your room and not leave!”
Regardless, Li Shishi directly removed her embroidered shoes, burrowed into Deng Tianyu’s blankets, and left only her head exposed.
Compared to using a Transmission Jade Slip, snuggling in Senior Brother’s arms listening to a story was naturally best.
“I give up!” Deng Tianyu said helplessly. “But I’ll say this upfront: I’ll only tell stories for half a shichen.”
“Senior Brother is the best!”
“I’ll go bathe right now. Senior Brother, wait!”
Li Shishi immediately beamed. She got up from the bed, put on her embroidered shoes, and left his room.
Deng Tianyu sighed softly.
Sometimes, he truly had no way to deal with this silly, adorable Junior Sister.
Of course, it was also because he was far too lenient and doting toward Li Shishi.
As soon as she returned to her own room, Li Shishi’s expression changed completely. She said with utmost seriousness, “Wanzhi, what outfit do you think we should wear later?”
Her purpose in specifically delivering the Purple Vein Jade Slip was, naturally, not without ulterior motive.
As Mu Wanzhi once said: as long as it can be used, anything can become a means to win over Senior Brother.
At this moment, a Red Lotus apparition appeared.
Mu Wanzhi smiled sweetly, a captivating light swirling in her beautiful eyes. “Didn’t the Spirit Treasure Pavilion recently produce a new style of intimate apparel?”
“Later, we’ll wear that kind of intimate apparel, then wear a strapless gauze dress. That should attract Senior Brother’s attention.”
How to win over Senior Brother?
Naturally, by seizing every possible opportunity.
“That new style of intimate apparel?”
“That seems quite nice.”
Li Shishi’s pretty face flushed with excitement. She quickly pulled out two pieces of black gauze, hollow-out intimate apparel and a mist-shrouded strapless dress from her Storage Ring, then walked into the bathroom.
