Chapter 293: Playing Too Big
"I still feel like it's not enough—."
"I'm going to kill you—!"
"Gurgle, gurgle—!"
Cultivators don't catch colds, so coughing is rare.
But Yan Shuyi coughed from time to time, which Ji You found incredibly pleasing, especially when paired with her lowered head and bowed appearance, making him fall into a daze.
The Little Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain always liked to act like she was above the world, calling him a stranger. No matter how intimate they were, she would always act unfamiliar afterward. Her coldness was one thing, but even her feet were cold.
But who would have thought he would see such a scene? It was simply breathtaking.
However, the Little Master Jian with the Sword Qi was kneeling on the bed, her buttocks snow-white and round, and her feet, pressed beneath, were like pink, moist pearls.
But behind her, almost fully formed Sword Qi was stirring, making him feel a heart palpitation as if he were about to be cut off forever.
As if sensing his gaze, Yan Shuyi, who was busy, looked up at him, her Killing Intent like a raging tsunami.
Fierce, cold, and full of the authority of the Little Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain, it made people shiver and feel as if they were sitting on pins and needles.
But after a single glance, she silently continued her efforts.
Just then, a surging Qi burst from her Dantian, like scorching magma continuously impacting her Meridians, making Ji You clench his fists in an instant.
His eyes grew redder, and large beads of sweat continuously slid down his forehead, dripping along the lines of his body.
For him, that feeling was like his heart rapidly contracting while his head continuously swelled.
The peerlessly cold and beautiful Little Master Jian couldn't see the change in his expression, but she could sense other changes, and she narrowed her eyes with a hum.
Dan Sect's Alchemy was unparalleled in Qingyun World, inherited from the Heavenly Dao, with infinite mysteries.
And at this moment, the meticulously refined Medicinal Pill's power had just reached its Peak release.
Yan Shuyi was utterly stunned.
This was not the end; it was still just the beginning—
"I can't anymore," the Little Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain, whose tongue was numb, tilted her head back, revealing a hint of adorable fierceness.
With a pop, she blurted out, finding herself falling backward, her back hitting the soft bed. Panic immediately rose in her eyes, and she instantly reached out to push.
But when she saw the stranger looking at her mouth again, her slender, jade-like hands instantly retracted, and she was pressed fully, round and flat.
At this moment, Ji You's body temperature rose again, but what was most terrifying was his scorching Qi, which had now penetrated the roof, causing the snow on the tiles to sizzle.
Because of the New Year Festival, the teahouses and taverns in Shengjing City operated all night.
After all, these few nights alone could bring in a large fortune that couldn't be earned in several months during normal times.
So, even at the hour of Ugly Hour , the brightly lit restaurants and taverns were filled with singing and dancing, and music played.
However, it was late at night, and most people were already drunk. They couldn't clearly hear what the courtesans danced or sang; they were only attracted by the scene of white smoke billowing from the west city.
Someone couldn't help but look at their companion with drunken eyes and ask what it was.
So some said it was a fire, others said it was boiling water, and then they became engrossed in the aroma of wine.
But if one looked closely, they would know that the pure white steam was completely different from the gray-black smoke produced by burning.
And beneath the tiles where white smoke drifted, the fierce Yan Shuyi suddenly trembled, her snow-white feet, curled in mid-air, tightly clenched together, while her two lotus-like arms locked around her stranger, her silver teeth biting tightly.
After a long time, her curled toes slowly relaxed and drooped down.
Ji You briefly suppressed the medicinal effect with his Qi, bringing a rare silence to the room.
"Tell me, what good thing did you feed me, after all?"
"You dog thief."
The Little Master Jian, with tears in her eyes, tightly squeezed the firm muscles of his back.
Anyway, what was gone was gone, and saying anything else was useless, so she couldn't tell him about asking Yuan Caiwei to refine the Medicinal Pill.
When she came to Shengjing this time, she adopted the persona of the majestic Master Jian, cutting off all emotions and focusing solely on the Dao. She even stopped calling him a stranger, instead calling him "Rui'er's sister's lover's friend" repeatedly.
If others knew that she was both "majestic" and asking Yuan Caiwei to refine a Medicinal Pill for back pain, just so he would hug her to sleep, she absolutely couldn't accept it.
Ji You narrowed his eyes: "Even if you don't say it, I know. It was Yuan Caiwei who refined the Medicinal Pill for you, and you put it into the tea I drank today?"
Yan Shuyi locked her arms around his neck, her face cold and tear-streaked, saying nothing.
"The day we made rice cakes, you and Yuan Caiwei secretly went out. You were actually going to buy medicinal ingredients, because that day when you came back with me, I smelled a medicinal scent on you. But I don't understand, for something like this, you just needed to say a word. Did you actually think I needed an aphrodisiac?"
The Little Master Jian clenched her small fists, about to stubbornly retort, but the stubbornness in her heart was instantly shattered by a sudden impact.
Suppressing the medicinal effect would make it even more turbulent, and Ji You had already done his best.
Yan Shuyi bit her red lips tightly, her peripheral vision catching her upturned snow-white feet, which were constantly swaying as if in a violent storm.
At the same time, outside the courtyard, under the snowy night sky, Yuan Caiwei held a Medicinal Pill box, listening to the beast-like roars and whimpers from inside the room, her red lips tightly bitten, her face filled with trepidation.
That's right, the two Medicinal Pills were meant to be used simultaneously.
She had originally thought that when her sister discovered the medicine was wrong, she would immediately think of taking the other one, so there wouldn't be any problems.
But she didn't expect the Little Master Jian to not have the other one, so she rushed over.
And as soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Yan Shuyi imitating a posture she had learned from a Secret Manual, standing stunned in the courtyard for a long time.
The hand she was about to use to push the door immediately retracted.
She knew that the Little Master Jian valued her dignity immensely. It was fine for Ji Gongzi to see this, but if anyone else saw it, she absolutely couldn't accept it.
And it was during this hesitation that cries of pain and Sword Qi filling the sky had already risen.
"You dog thief—"
"Call me husband—"
"A mere Tianshu Academy Disciple—"
"You're like this and you still won't call me husband?"
"Gigolo."
Yuan Caiwei bit her lip, listening to the intermittent arguments and bickering between the two in the room.
However, the arguing quickly turned into silence, but the silence wasn't due to a pause, but because they dared not speak.
Until finally, the "dog thief" truly turned into a string of "husband"s.
Yuan Caiwei pursed her lips, thinking that she must have secretly called him that before, otherwise, the first "husband" wouldn't have sounded so natural.
The cold wind howled through the freezing land, and the winter plums blooming on the branches trembled continuously in the swaying wind, for a very long time, until all the clouds and mist dispersed.
Yuan Caiwei, in the cold wind, felt her legs aching. At this moment, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, placed the Medicinal Pill box on the flower stand made of yellow wax stone, and turned to leave.
Jianzhu Sister was quite brave, so there was no need to worry anymore. But just as she moved, before she had even taken half a step, she suddenly froze in place.
Because the sounds from inside the room hadn't stopped, and the address of "dog thief" sounded again.
Yuan Caiwei's heart tightened upon hearing this. She immediately opened the Medicinal Pill box, held the pain-relieving Medicinal Pill in her palm, and pushed the door open, rushing inside.
This was her fault.
Under normal circumstances, Jianzhu Sister could manage once or twice without the Medicinal Pill, and with Ji Gongzi's affection for her, there wouldn't be any problem.
But this time was different because the medicinal power in Ji Gongzi's body was still fermenting.
Yuan Caiwei burst in, and the cold wind she brought in caused the candles in the room to flicker wildly. The moment she entered, she met Yan Shuyi's tear-filled eyes.
Before she could even offer the Medicinal Pill in her hand, Yuan Caiwei suddenly found herself being pulled over. The moment she landed on the bed, she saw Yan Shuyi, with a panicked expression, attacking her with a hand surging with Spiritual Qi.
After landing on the bed, Yuan Caiwei instantly realized what was about to happen, so she immediately raised her hand, intending to take the Medicinal Pill she was holding.
But just then, a wisp of clear wind swept across her fingertips, and the Medicinal Pill disappeared. But when she frantically searched for it,
she found that the Medicinal Pill had already appeared in the blushing Little Master Jian's hand.
Jianzhu Sister's eyes were beautiful, but she saw resentment in them.
Yan Shuyi was like this; she always repaid grudges since she was little. Seeing the Medicinal Pill in her hand gone, Yuan Caiwei suddenly clenched her fists, protecting her chest, biting her thin lips, and then looked at Ji You with brimming eyes.
The clothes in Qingyun World consisted of an outer robe over an inner garment, then secured by a belt.
When that belt was pulled open, the silk and satin on Yuan Caiwei's body had already scattered across the floor as she flew in.
Ji You was stunned, thinking, "You guys are playing too big."
What was this?
A New Year gift?
Just then, that wave of hot Qi surged out from his body again, rushing into his mind with a roar.
Amidst the night's clamor, the winter plums bloomed a blood-red.
It wasn't until the morning rooster crowed that the scorching body temperature slowly began to drop, and the melted snow on the roof tiles gradually crystallized into ice, solidifying with the wailing wind.
At this moment, the gloomy sky began to recede layer by layer, and the howling wind and snow gradually subsided.
It wasn't until the first light of dawn spilled in from outside the window that Ji You, still in a deep sleep, slowly woke up from the bed, shaking his head instinctively, then remaining dazed for a long time before his peripheral vision caught sight of a snowy white expanse.
So he turned his head slightly, his gaze falling upon Yan Shuyi and Yuan Caiwei beside him.
Both of their cheeks were still streaked with tears, and their moist eyelashes trembled slightly from time to time.
Perhaps due to the effects of the Medicinal Pill, Ji You's mind was very muddled when he first opened his eyes, but it wasn't until he saw them at this moment that the vivid scenes from last night began to replay in his mind.
Incredible...
If it wasn't given, it wasn't given, but once it was given, it was given so grandly.
Ji You remained in a daze for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, then slowly came to his senses, opened his mouth, picked up the quilt from the floor, and covered them with it.
He then walked to the tea table in the room, sat on a chair, a hint of bewilderment in his eyes.
Although he had guessed that there was a Medicinal Pill in the teacup, and that the Medicinal Pill was probably made by Yuan Caiwei at Yan Shuyi's request, he still didn't understand why they would refine such a thing when it could have been said in a single sentence.
Just then, Ji You suddenly noticed a Medicinal Pill box on the flower stand in front of the house door, so he got up, went out, and brought it inside.
This Medicinal Pill box was originally prepared by Yuan Caiwei for Yan Shuyi, so it was the same as the one she gave to Ji You for his mission to the Snow Region, with instructions on how to take it and its effects marked on it.
And when Ji You saw words like "detumescence" and "healing," his eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.
Not a coincidence, but truly prepared?
After searching through the Medicinal Pill box for a long time, Ji You suddenly noticed a gaze and turned to look.
Yuan Caiwei, who had been staring at Ji You for a long time, pursed her lips and instantly closed her eyes, but after a moment, she slowly opened them again, a hint of evasion in her gaze.
Yan Shuyi wasn't called a 'vinegar jar' for nothing; although she had Yuan Caiwei also experience it once last night, she still felt jealous as she watched, so she bore most of the 'firepower' herself, while Yuan Caiwei didn't have too much consumption.
Moreover, although she did not cultivate the Western Immortal Dao, having soaked in the medicinal pool for many years, her physical constitution was still excellent.
Seeing her open and close her eyes, Ji You reached for a cup of tea from the table and handed it to her.
Yuan Caiwei reached out to take it, but as her jade arm extended, the quilt suddenly slipped from her tender skin, revealing her snowy roundness.
She instinctively wanted to cover herself, but remembering how many times she had been kneaded last night, she didn't bother, and blushing, she drank the tea and handed the cup back, only to see Ji You gazing at her.
Their eyes met, and Yuan Caiwei's mind was filled with the chest that was sometimes near, sometimes far, from last night.
"I thought all night and still couldn't figure out what happened last night. Do you have anything you want to say?"
"Little Master Jian wanted to be held by you to sleep, and asked me to refine a Medicinal Pill," Yuan Caiwei's voice was hoarse.
Ji You was stunned after hearing this: "Refining such a Medicinal Pill allows one to be held while sleeping? What a joke."
Yuan Caiwei shrunk her head: "Actually, Little Master Jian asked me to refine a Medicinal Pill for back pain and abdominal pain for Young Master, but I always felt that Jian Zhu JieJie being afraid all the time was not a solution, so I refined another kind for her."
Ji You immediately understood after hearing this.
No wonder Yan Shuyi was so arrogant last night; even after being carried back to the room, she still looked confident and didn't stop him from taking off her clothes. It turned out she was waiting for him to have a backache.
It's just that she didn't know that the Medicinal Pill was a bait and she walked right into the trap.
Ji You looked at the fair-skinned Yuan Caiwei: "What about you? How did you suddenly join in midway?"
Yuan Caiwei instantly curled into a ball when she heard him say "joined in midway": "Actually, besides the one for back pain and abdominal pain, Little Master Jian also asked me to refine a Medicinal Pill that would prevent pain if taken, just in case."
"A Medicinal Pill that prevents pain? Such a thing exists?"
"Yes, but I secretly changed it to another kind of Medicinal Pill without telling Jian Zhu JieJie. I originally thought that if Jian Zhu JieJie found out, she could immediately take the pain-relieving Medicinal Pill, but who knew Jian Zhu JieJie forgot to bring it, so I rushed to deliver it."
Ji You looked at her and only then understood what had happened, thinking to himself, 'You guys really know how to play.'
In just one night, it truly gave me countless shocks.
He came back to his senses and looked at Yuan Caiwei, finding her staring at him in a daze, his brow involuntarily raising, thinking to himself, 'Could it be that she wants more?'
Yuan Caiwei immediately turned her head away when she noticed his gaze, then curled up in the blanket and continued to feign sleep.
She didn't want more; she just thought that such a terrifying thing was completely unnoticeable when clothes were put on, and she was a little curious about where it was hidden.
Ji You pulled the quilt up for her, then looked at Yan Shuyi, who was lying on her side facing inward, and the image of the aloof Fairy with a hint of a smile on her lips, full of Sword Qi, saying she would stab him to death, came to his mind.
Although she later kept calling him 'husband' with teary eyes, who knows what she would be like when she woke up.
Should he immediately go to Body Refining, to become stronger by even a bit?
However, despite thinking this, he didn't move, wanting to wait until Yan Shuyi woke up before deciding. After all, he had taken her, and if she truly wanted to kill him, then so be it.
As Ji You pondered, he suddenly saw Yan Shuyi's exposed pink toes, so he leaned over from the foot of the bed, reaching out to help her cover them, only to see the toes suddenly curl up, causing his eyes to narrow slightly.
Alright, you can never wake up a sleeping hairless little water tiger...
Not long after, a string of firecrackers suddenly crackled from the street outside the courtyard.
On New Year's Day, the atmosphere on the street began to liven up from early morning, and children's laughter echoed continuously.
Ji You was planning to stay for a while longer when he suddenly heard footsteps, then looked up towards the window and saw Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui coming into the courtyard, along with Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu.
Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui came to help Ji You clean the courtyard and put up Spring Couplets, while Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu came to find their missing Master Jian.
"Someone's here, you two rest well first, I'll go take a look."
Ji You instructed, then got up and walked out the door.
At this moment, Yuan Caiwei quietly opened her eyes, turned over to look at Ji You who had walked into the courtyard, and then got up from the bed.
Just as she took a step, she felt a burning pain, and after a long while, she finally reached the table.
She first pulled the Medicinal Pill box that Ji You had brought in back in front of her, then selected a few Medicinal Pills and took them, then dissolved them with Medicinal Pill Qi, instantly relieving the pain.
However, just as she exhaled in relief, she found that Yan Shuyi had already gotten up and was sitting on the edge of the bed, glaring at her like a tiger watching its prey.
"We've truly become sisters in a quilt," Yan Shuyi thought to herself, the jealousy in her eyes undiminished.
Seeing this, Yuan Caiwei bit her thin lips lightly, then took out another portion of the Medicinal Pill and handed it to Yan Shuyi with a teacup.
Although Little Master Jian's expression was calm, she had actually felt the pain when she got up just now. After a moment of silence, she swallowed the Medicinal Pill.
The pain receded like a tide, but the lingering sensation did not lessen; Yan Shuyi vaguely felt that it was still inside.
"That wasn't an aphrodisiac, right."
"?"
Yan Shuyi looked at Yuan Caiwei with cold arrogance, her condescending manner completely different from the one who cried and called him 'husband' yesterday.
The Secret Manual bought from down the mountain contained not only various "knowledge" but also some other scattered popular science, so she knew about aphrodisiacs.
But the effects of an aphrodisiac, by rights, should dissipate after one use, not come in wave after wave like this.
Yuan Caiwei glanced at Yan Shuyi: "Ordinary aphrodisiacs are harmful to internal organs, with toxicity almost equal to their medicinal properties. What was in that jade bottle was actually liquefied Yin and Yang Returning Essence Pill, a Dual Cultivation Medicinal Pill that can warm the Divine Soul and clear turbid Qi from the body."
"Dual Cultivation Medicinal Pill?"
"Our Dan Sect's techniques emphasize the theory of Yin and Yang creating all things. The Yin and Yang Returning Essence Pill can stimulate the abundant Yang within a man's body, and when it encounters a woman's Yin essence, they will merge, combining into vital Qi that is returned, warming the Divine Soul and Dao Heart."
Yan Shuyi spoke with a hoarse voice: "What if the abundant Yang and Yin essence don't meet?"
Yuan Caiwei looked to the side: "If they don't meet, they will continue to accumulate."
Upon hearing this, Little Master Jian's willow-like eyebrows shot up, and she remained coldly aloof, not speaking for a long time.
A huge loss.
She wasn't curious about the pharmacology; she just empathized and felt that the thing wasn't an aphrodisiac. Now, through asking, she finally knew what it was.
The abundant Yang needs to merge with Yin essence to form vital Qi.
In other words, her initial trickery of getting something for nothing was completely useless; what truly worked was the real action later on.
