Chapter 49 Reigning Supreme, Male Mother Takes the Lead, Seducing Junior Sister, You Too...

"Are we just going to stand by and watch that old fox abduct her?"

Shen Hanzhou also emerged from the corner, clutching his bulging storage bag, looking distressed: "That's right, Senior Brother! What if Liu Ying, so naive, gets fooled by these brutes from the Sword Sect? Look at that Sect Master, he even has a little braid in his beard, he's clearly not a decent person!"

Chong Cang had silently appeared in the shadows, adding in a sinister voice with undisguised hostility: "The people of the Sword Sect are repulsive to look at."

His gaze lingered for a moment, especially in the direction where Shen Yubai had disappeared.

Chi Yang, dressed in flowing red, approached, her eyes innocent, her tone languid and all-knowing: "Jun Lintian, do you really want Shen Yubai to successfully seduce your junior sister?"

Su Wan, carrying a giant hammer, had her little face puffed up with anger. If Rong Yan hadn't been holding her back, she probably would have already rushed to smash the Sword Sect's gate: "I'm going to snatch my senior sister back!"

Jun Lintian was surrounded by his fellow disciples, and he felt a faint pain in his temple.

He desperately wanted to take his junior sister away immediately, but reason told him he couldn't.

“Our master personally approved the exchange student application,” he tried to calm everyone down, “It would be unreasonable for us to forcibly take our junior sister away.”

"Then let's go get it back!"

Rong Yan pointed at the landscape with an air of authority: "As the chief of the Myriad Manifestations Sect, it is perfectly legitimate for you to represent the sect in negotiations."

"Does Master really intend to come to the Sword Sect in person and say, 'Sorry, I've changed my mind. Give me back my disciple'?"

The group looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Given Xuanji Daozun's temperament, it's absolutely impossible.

"Therefore," Rong Yan concluded, hands on her hips, "only you, Senior Brother, are suitable to handle this matter, but we need to consider it carefully!"

Shen Hanzhou nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes, the Sword Sect seems to be not to be trifled with. This is a long-term battle. We need to be more discreet and not let the Sword Sect people find out that we're here to kidnap someone!"

"shift."

Chong Cang uttered two words succinctly, a calculating glint in his fox-like eyes: "Two people per group, take turns keeping watch, and act according to the situation."

Chi Yang shook the bell on her wrist, her tone tinged with regret: "Alas, I'm afraid I won't be able to join you on this first trip."

"The one who switched from sword cultivation to pot cultivation is still waiting for me to come and eat squid. The system is forcing me, so I can't refuse."

Rong Yan and Jun Lintian had just finished with the sect's grand formation and now had some free time.

Shen Hanzhou immediately raised his hand: "I'm fine, I'm fine! But..."

He shrank back, showing his self-awareness: "For the first time we're doing a follow-up, it's safer to have two strong people with me. With my current level of cultivation, I'm afraid I'll just be a hindrance."

Chong Cang snorted coldly, which was taken as tacit agreement.

His gloomy gaze swept over Jun Lintian, clearly showing his reluctance, but he still took out a small dark green jade bottle from his sleeve.

"The Celestial Fox Clan is skilled in both fragrance and poison," he said in a low voice. "If necessary, they can kill with poison."

He paused, then added, his tone complex, a mixture of hostility towards his rival and a united front against a common "enemy": "While I may not be able to do anything to you, if we join forces, we can easily kill that pretty boy from the Sword Sect."

Jun Lintian held the bottle of cold-to-the-touch poison, his emotions a jumble. What was this all about?

The final plan was decided: Chong Cang and Shen Hanzhou, who knew their strength was insufficient, would return to the sect to await news and be responsible for logistical support; Chi Yang would go to complete her squid mission; while Rong Yan and Jun Lintian would stay behind as the first group to start the first round of the "Reclaim Junior Sister Operation".

"Go!" Rong Yan acted swiftly, placing an inconspicuous white straw hat on Jun Lintian's head.

"Let's put on a disguise first!"

A moment later, behind a small mound not far from the Sword Sect's mountain gate, two figures wearing straw hats squatted by the curb, looking out of place with their surroundings.

Even when Jun Lintian was squatting, his back was ramrod straight. The thin veil hanging from his bamboo hat concealed his handsome face, but it only added to his mysterious aura.

Beneath the thin veil, his eyes were lowered, his long eyelashes casting a small shadow beneath them, and his thin lips were slightly pursed, carrying a hint of helpless tenderness, like a fallen nobleman forced to do something bad but still maintaining his elegant demeanor.

He was still struggling internally: "Rong Yan, is what we're doing... inappropriate? Spying in secret is not the act of a gentleman."

"What's wrong with that!"

Rong Yan flung open her bamboo hat to fan herself, and said irritably, "Didn't you see how badly my junior sister was bullied just now?"

"If she hadn't been strong enough, those brutes would have torn her apart alive."

"I even specially packed a lot of hot food in the mustard seed pot, just in case she didn't have enough to eat or wear at the Sword Sect. Sure enough, the first thing I saw when I arrived was the arena, which made my blood pressure soar."

She became increasingly angry as she spoke, as if Shi Liuying had suffered a tremendous injustice.

Jun Lintian frowned slightly as he recalled the scene on the arena.

Although my junior sister won, she faced a challenge as soon as she arrived, and the atmosphere of the Sword Sect is indeed... a bit too intense.

That's why he asked his old friend to take care of his junior sister.

But as things stand, even his friends aren't reliable; he's even shamelessly coveting his junior sister!

but……

Jun Lintian sighed almost inaudibly: "But the Sword Sect does indeed possess the top-tier sword dao inheritance that my junior sister needs to comprehend. It's something outside the system that can help her better sense the Heavenly Dao of this world..."

"You make a very good point."

Rong Yan interrupted him, her face serious: "But! After being separated from my junior sister for a whole year, that old fox and his ice-faced disciple are clearly eyeing her covetously. It's hard to say whether my junior sister will still recognize which way our Myriad Elephant Sect's gate faces after a year."

"Even if we can't bring her back right away this time, we must make a point of showing our presence and let her know that she has family backing!"

"...How do I make my presence known?" Jun Lintian was somewhat swayed by her twisted logic.

“The first step, of course,” Rong Yan snapped her fingers, her eyes shining, “is to tap the food cans to lure the cats to eat!”

"……ah?"

"My junior sister loves my cooking the most!"

Rong Yan said proudly, "Every time I cook, she eats it all up and looks at me with bright eyes, praising how delicious it is!"

"Although she has stopped fasting, her eyes still light up whenever she sees delicious food."

As she spoke, she took out an exquisite food box from the mustard seed pot, opened the lid, and inside were neatly arranged, fragrant, and delicious spiritual foods, still steaming hot.

"So, all we need to do is set out the 'food,' and we'll lure a light blue cat to come to us on its own!"

As she spoke, her gaze returned to Jun Lintian, looking him up and down as if she had discovered something new.

Even when Jun Lintian was wearing a bamboo hat and squatting by the roadside, his figure and temperament were still outstanding.

The sheer veil added a touch of mystery and gentleness to him, and the wide white conical hat couldn't conceal the smooth lines of his shoulders and back, exuding a quiet and reliable aura, like a...

Yes, a gentle male mother.

Rong Yan stared at him, her eyes growing brighter and brighter, until finally she slapped her thigh in sudden realization:

"Luring a kitten... That's right! The Sword Sect Master uses his good looks to seduce Shen Yubai, so why don't we, the Myriad Manifestations Sect, use the same seduction tactic?!"

She excitedly circled around Jun Lintian, clicking her tongue in amazement: "When it comes to seduction, Jun Lintian, you have a real talent!"

Jun Lintian's ears, hidden beneath his bamboo hat, instantly turned bright red, and he almost choked on his own saliva: "Rong Yan... don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not lying!" Rong Yan stood in front of him, hands on her hips, her white embroidered shoes sticking out from under her skirt, tapping the ground with a confident and smug air, like a talent scout discovering a superstar.

"Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders. Rather than watching your junior sister get snatched away by that pretty boy from the Sword Sect, it's better for you to outmaneuver him!"

"This way, Junior Sister won't have to leave the Myriad Manifestations Sect, and she can still eat my cooking every day. You can also cultivate with Junior Sister, allowing her cultivation to reach a higher level! It's a win-win situation!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, her eyebrows dancing with joy. She clenched one fist and clapped the other, her cheeks flushing with excitement, almost matching the color of her lipstick.

"Dual cultivation?!" Jun Lintian was genuinely choked by his own saliva this time.

Jun Lintian, who was usually very mild-mannered in matters of the heart, coughed violently because of Rong Yan's radical remarks.

His cheeks were burning hot, and he was only thankful that he had a straw hat to cover them, otherwise he would have lost all face, which he had lived for hundreds of years.

Through the thin veil, he gazed at Rong Yan with disbelief—had she noticed? Had she realized he liked his junior sister?

Was he making it that obvious?

If Rong Yan finds out, it's the same as everyone knowing. If everyone knows...

What if my junior sister also...?

Jun Lintian lowered his eyelashes, his heart feeling as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand, a mixture of soreness and throbbing, along with a hint of secret anticipation and immense fear.

In all his centuries of life, he had never experienced such intense and complex emotional ups and downs.

"If my junior sister finds out..." His voice was hoarse and almost inaudible.

"Although my junior sister doesn't like you right now!" Rong Yan spoke bluntly, directly stabbing Jun Lintian in the heart.

Jun Lintian's heart skipped a beat. He forced a smile, only to feel the little deer in his heart, which had just been leaping with joy, suddenly collapse to the ground with a "thud," dying just like that.

However, Rong Yan continued, "And you don't like your junior sister either."

Jun Lintian: "..."

He breathed a sigh of relief; so... she didn't know.

But a strange sense of loss welled up inside me.

"But feelings can be cultivated over time!"

With a wave of her hand, Rong Yan began her grand undertaking of "arranging marriages".

"Although it's a bit unfair to hand my junior sister over to you..."

Jun Lintian's heart, which had just settled, jumped again, and he subconsciously asked, "What...do you mean?"

Are he and his junior sister really that mismatched?

But then Rong Yan changed the subject: "But you and Junior Sister are a perfect match!"

Jun Lintian's ears twitched slightly beneath his bamboo hat, and he involuntarily straightened his back a little, his voice carrying a hint of expectation that he himself was unaware of.

"...A good match? What do you mean by that?"

Rong Yan looked him up and down, her tone carrying a hint of pity for Shi Liuying: "Before you joined the sect, you had a miserable life. You had an unhappy family and were not loved by your mother. You were a pitiful little thing that everyone loved."

Jun Lintian nodded silently, and that familiar feeling of tenderness welled up in his heart again.

He was holding his breath, waiting for Rong Yan to explain how he and his junior sister were "matched," when he heard a question in return.

Rong Yan looked at him, her tone serious and resolute: "Jun Lintian, do you know what you look like now?"

Jun Lintian shook his head blankly.

He was wearing a bamboo hat and standing by the roadside, preparing to sneak into the Sword Sect.

He felt a strong sense of surreptitiousness; he didn't even dare to imagine what it might look like.

Rong Yan circled around him a little more, stroked her chin, and said in a tone as if she had discovered a rare species, "Look at you, you are gentle, considerate, thoughtful, have high cultivation and a good temper, know how to take care of people, and your words and actions are like a spring breeze. You are incredibly reliable."

"Now he's wearing a straw hat, with moonlight shining on his head, and his whole body exudes a kind of..."

She paused, then gave her final assessment with a firm and resounding tone:

"She exudes a radiant maternal aura that is 'virtuous and gentle,' 'suitable for home and family,' and so on!"

Rong Yan suddenly leaned closer and retorted, "A male mother! Wouldn't that be a perfect match for a pitiful girl like my junior sister who's starved for love?!"

Jun Lintian's pupils contracted, and he instinctively retreated: "..."

He stood frozen in place, wearing a straw hat.

Male...Mom?

he?

But in her mind, another sentence from Rong Yan overshadowed the absurd description of the male mother.

She said he and his junior sister...

Perfect match! ...

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Author's note: Hehe, male mom.

Random red envelope [pat on the head]