Chapter 995: Step by Step (Additional update for "Did you spend money today?")

Xiao Chujing saw a wound on her wrist. He knew that she was not popular, so he asked her, "Were you bullied?"

Ye Xiaoman replied: "I was bitten by the Cordyceps sinensis."

She is now assigned to assist in the management of the outer sect's spiritual garden.

Some spiritual plants will attack people. If you don’t understand their characteristics and don’t water or fertilize them at specific times, you will attract attacks from the plants and get injured if you are not careful.

These are common sense things that the people who assigned her the task should have told her in advance, but they didn't, so she was still bullied.

Xiao Chujing said: "If you are bullied in the future, you can tell me."

Ye Xiaoman covered her wrist and hesitated, not understanding why Xiao Chujing was suddenly so friendly to her.

Xiao Chujing pointed at the spiritual herbs she was cleaning and said, "These low-grade spiritual herbs have little effect. No matter how much you eat, it will be useless."

Ye Xiaoman was discouraged: "I said if it was useful, it would definitely not be left to me without anyone interested."

Xiao Chujing said, "I have a top-grade Ganling Pill. If you take two bottles, you will be able to draw Qi into your body immediately. I'll give it to you later."

Ye Xiaoman stared at him blankly, "I don't understand why Senior Brother Xiao is so nice to me..."

Xiao Chujing smiled and said, "I just think that instead of letting anyone bully my junior sister, it's better for me to bully her alone."

Ye Xiaoman thought about it seriously and said, "I don't understand."

Xiao Chujing just smiled and said nothing.

He thought about it. He currently lived in a small courtyard with several male disciples. The spiritual energy in that place was abundant, and only the more promising disciples could be allocated a room. There were too many people and too many gossips, which made it inconvenient for him to act next.

So he chose to go to Ye Xiaoman's remote residence.

He said, "I'll come to see you tonight."

No matter how slow Ye Xiaoman was, she understood the unusual implication in his words.

She shuddered, but thinking about the tragic prospect of being kicked out of the sect, it was more important to draw the Qi into her body as quickly as possible, so she finally nodded and agreed.

Xiao Chujing looked at her for a while, and finally raised his hand and did what he had always wanted to do. He touched her bun with a somewhat stiff movement.

The girl's hair was soft, and his heart softened inexplicably. After putting down his hand, he rubbed his fingers.

Turn around and leave.

Xiao Chujing returned to the room where he lived.

After opening the door, he specifically checked the surveillance array that had been set up behind his door in advance. Seeing that no one had entered his territory after he left, he walked to the only table in his room.

He removed the defensive formation and opened the drawer of the table, which contained some worthless items, mostly small magic weapons distributed by the sect.

He wiped his palm over the clutter to remove the illusion, revealing the real contents of the drawer.

There were many high-grade medicinal herbs that even the elders of the sect could not afford, as well as some high-grade magic weapons that Xiao Chujing could not activate with his current cultivation level, which filled up the space in the drawer.

For a cultivator of Xiao Chujing's level, this is a very astonishing fortune.

Xiao Chujing did not buy a magic ring with a larger capacity for the time being. Some of the things that were not used on a daily basis were stored in a drawer.

He rummaged around inside and found a few bottles of Ganling Pills.

As soon as night fell, he immediately set out to find Ye Xiaoman.

There was no defensive barrier set up at Ye Xiaoman's residence, so even if something happened to the weak junior sister, no one would come.

The house was bare, with only a dim lamp. Ye Xiaoman stood in front of the tattered table like a skinny cat, arranging the spirit coins she had saved up over the past few days on the table one by one, counting them back and forth.

Xiao Chujing glanced at her hard-earned savings, placed the two bottles of top-grade Ganling Pills he brought for her in his palm, and held them in front of her.

Ye Xiaoman's face was a little thin due to hunger, which made her eyes look big. She looked at Xiao Chujing with her bright almond eyes and did not take what she had dreamed of.

She asked slowly, "Senior Brother Xiao wouldn't give me such an expensive item for no reason. If you have any conditions, just state them directly."

Xiao Chujing said cheerfully, "Take off one piece of clothing and sleep with me."

Ye Xiaoman was a little surprised by his unruly request. She looked at him in surprise and didn't say anything for a long time.

Xiao Chujing knew that some things had to be done slowly.

“I won’t be rude to you,” he promised.

Seeing Ye Xiaoman still hesitating, he further explained: "I don't sleep well. I need someone to lie next to me to sleep well. I might hug you."

Ye Xiaoman finally agreed.

Xiao Chujing watched her take the pill. He stood by her side to protect her and help her open up her spiritual meridians and channel her true qi.

Finally, Ye Xiaoman succeeded in drawing the Qi into her body, and she was overjoyed.

Xiao Chujing looked at her smiling face and he also smiled slightly.

Seeing Ye Xiaoman's ignorance, he specifically reminded her: "Congratulations, Junior Sister, on successfully entering the Qi Refining Stage. From today on, you will officially embark on the path of cultivating immortality."

"If you want to successfully pass the next inner sect assessment, Junior Sister, it would be best if you could reach the third level of Qi Refining as soon as possible."

Ye Xiaoman nodded: "I will work hard."

Xiao Chujing said, "I'm afraid hard work alone isn't enough. The inner sect exam will be in three months. With Junior Sister's aptitude, reaching the third level of Qi Refining will take at least three years."

Ye Xiaoman's face showed a look of sorrow after hearing this. "What should I do?"

Xiao Chujing's suggestion to Ye Xiaoman was not out of kindness, but to lay the groundwork.

He pretended to be a caring senior brother and said, "Little Junior Sister, don't worry. Just like tonight, if you can't achieve your goals in a short period of time through hard training, you can take high-level pills to make up for it."

"I will supply you with more pills in the future."

Ye Xiaoman's eyes fell on the dozen or so spirit coins that could not even fill a corner of the small table. They both knew that with her limited conditions, she could not buy any high-level elixirs, and she could only continue to rely on Xiao Chujing in the future.

However, Xiao Chujing knew that tonight was just the beginning. Once Ye Xiaoman tasted the benefits of taking shortcuts, she would no longer have the patience to practice step by step.

He wanted her to continue to rely on him until she could no longer leave him.

That night, Ye Xiaoman took off one of her outer clothes and was held in Xiao Chujing's arms. Xiao Chujing got into her bed as he wished.

He could feel Ye Xiaoman's soft body in his arms tense, her muscles stiff. He thought she was scared. She lay with her back to him, cautiously leaving her fragile belly exposed.

He stared at the back of her neck, which was drooping. He could see the soft hair on her neck from a close distance. He had to control himself so as not to drool at her like a hungry dog, and let his saliva drip on her boneless neck.

Because he kept his promise and just held her without touching her, Ye Xiaoman gradually relaxed and fell asleep peacefully in the second half of the night.

Xiao Chujing opened his eyes in the darkness, looked at her peaceful sleeping eyes, with a dim light flashing in his eyes, and touched Ye Xiaoman's face.

He rarely felt happy about anything in his life, but the small progress he made tonight made him very happy.

He was like watching a small fly landing on the poisonous web he had carefully laid out. The small fly would try it out, and when it found that the spider web was not too sticky to its feet, it would walk a few more steps on it and carefully eat the food on it.

The longer it stays, the more silk will get stuck on its feet, until it can no longer walk.

After getting up the next day, Xiao Chujing gave Ye Xiaoman 10 high-quality spirit stones, as well as two sets of high-level robes. The fabrics and accessories were all hand-picked by Xiao Chujing himself, and were better and more expensive than those given by the eldest brother.

"I will cover your living expenses from now on. You don't need to be stingy with money. Just go to the cafeteria and eat something delicious every day. Keep your body healthy, and your cultivation progress will naturally improve."

It was the first time that Ye Xiaoman saw so much money. She even forgot whether one high-grade spirit stone corresponded to 1,000 spirit coins, and the sect only gave each outer disciple a subsidy of 100 spirit coins every month.

She held the heavy spirit stone in her hands and looked at Xiao Chujing with gratitude.

Xiao Chujing emphasized softly again, "My junior sister and I are a win-win situation. My junior sister helps me to stabilize my Dao heart, and I provide her with a lot of resources to temper her spiritual roots. Together we will climb the path to immortality."

Then Xiao Chujing saw the innocent little sister's eyes sparkling. She looked at him admiringly and nodded.