Chapter 135 World Four [21]
Master Wen, who respected the privacy of his disciples, did not inquire about the situation in the courtyard of his eldest disciple. After checking on Zhu Qiuyu's situation, she received a summons saying that the expedited background check had been completed and the final twenty out of thirty would be carried out.
Of the initial thirty people, twenty-four were nominated by the leaders of the eight major sects, and the remaining six were completely affiliated with the Special Management Bureau.
Among the three people chosen by Sect Leader Wen, two are elders. Their cultivation level is both in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm. They became Taoist partners thirty years ago and have a very good relationship. The disciples they accepted are also very motivated and there is basically no possibility that they will be bewitched by evil spirits.
As for the remaining one, Sect Leader Wen originally wanted to let a relatively young elder take over, but due to everyone's common request, he finally reported the name of his eldest disciple.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Although his eldest disciple was only in the middle stage of foundation building, she had contracted with the divine beast. The divine beast then got the opportunity and successfully passed the growth period, becoming the only Yuanying stage powerhouse in the world.
Generally speaking, out of the three people nominated, two should be selected and one should be eliminated, but Lingxiao Sect is obviously an exception. All three people nominated by Sect Leader Wen were successfully selected.
The other seven sects each sent two elders, while the Special Management Bureau sent five branch directors. Because Wen Ruyue also served as an advisor to the Special Management Bureau, a balance of power was achieved.
After the special team finished making decisions, the sky gradually darkened.
After sorting out the relevant information, Master Wen went to the residence of his eldest disciple again to deliver the information.
After discovering that the magic circle had not been lifted, Sect Leader Wen could only temporarily put the information back into his storage bag. While pondering secretly, he returned to his room to rest.
I guess I'm not behind the times, am I? Is there some strange new custom on the first day of the new year? Is there something I have to do secretly in my room?
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At the same time, Wen Ruyue in the room was soaking in the bathtub, entering a strange sage time.
Not only that, in her arms was a little tiger who had successfully passed the estrus period and was sleeping soundly.
Really, it would have been fine if he hadn't stopped making noise until the afternoon, but after Jing Ke solved his own problem, he turned back into a little tiger and fell asleep, leaving her alone on the bed.
After thinking about this, Wen Ruyue couldn't help but pick up the wet little tiger and bit her ear to express her dissatisfaction.
On the first day of the new year, she indulged the horny little tiger to play around on her body, but she didn't expect that after the play was over, she, the one who suffered the most, would have to do the cleaning work afterwards.
Wen Ruyue bit her furry ear and gritted her teeth, but she couldn't bear to bite it hard. She could only write it down and settle the score with the little tiger after it woke up.
Jing·The culprit, the little tiger Ke, had been snoring since the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year. When she woke up, it was still dark. The little tiger Benhu was held tightly in the arms of her breeder, acting as a very qualified pillow.
After opening his eyes in a daze, Jing Ke blinked and prepared to retreat and slip out of Wen Ruyue's arms.
But when she was halfway there, she found that her ears were pinched by a breeder who had opened his eyes at some point.
"Jing Ke, are you awake?" Wen Ruyue asked calmly.
"Ahem, I slept enough, so of course I woke up." Jing Ke said. Her amber eyes saw the marks on the other person's neck and collarbone, and her voice became a little softer.
"Contractor, don't worry. I'm not that kind of divine beast that acts recklessly. I'm very loyal and I will be responsible for you." Jing Ke said.
After realizing that he couldn't sneak out, he simply turned into a human form with ears and a tail, without wearing any clothes.
After the little tiger in her arms turned into a warm white-haired beauty, Wen Ruyue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then Jing Ke snatched the initiative away from her.
"I can share everything I have with you, my lifespan, cultivation, and spiritual power. You can even borrow my talents and control my body for a short period of time." Jing Ke said, and took the initiative to whisper in Wen Ruyue's ear.
"Contractor, are you willing to become my Taoist partner? That way, we can practice dual cultivation, allowing you to break through faster."
Jing Ke's slightly hoarse voice sounded beside Wen Ruyue's ear, carrying a hint of bewitching intent.
Dual cultivation to improve cultivation? There's such a good thing, of course there's no problem!
This was the first reaction of most cultivators, but it was not Wen Ruyue’s first reaction.
"Jing Ke, do you want to become my Taoist partner because you want to be responsible for me?" Wen Ruyue was not tempted by the so-called improvement of her cultivation, but was concerned about another thing.
Jing Ke blinked, her face held in her hands, and after shaking her ears, she gave a truthful answer, "No, if the person lying next to me last night wasn't you, that person might have already lined up down there, ready to be reincarnated."
Wen Ruyue's eyelids twitched, "What do you mean?"
Jing Ke wrapped his tail around Wen Ruyue's ankles and coughed softly. "There's more than one way to help me get through the estrus period. You can choose to help me relieve my desire. If you find a way to let all my energy out, theoretically, I can recover."
"If you were by my side, I would use the former method to solve my problem. But if it wasn't you, that person would have to think about how to survive when I'm angry."
Jing Ke did not lie nor exaggerate the facts. When a divine beast passes through its growth period and becomes an adult too quickly, it will indeed face a slightly embarrassing estrus period.
But the estrus period is not the weakness of the divine beast. If someone wants to use this to capture or attack the divine beast, then they will experience what it means to have a divine beast with double the combat power.
"So?" Wen Ruyue held Jing Ke's hand and began to slowly release the force.
"So only you, the contractor, can become my Taoist partner, and I will only be responsible for you, the contractor." Jing Ke said, and kissed Wen Ruyue by the way.
"Contractor, are you willing to be my Taoist partner? Let our already close relationship become even closer." Jing Ke asked seriously.
Wen Ruyue pursed her lips and did not give an answer immediately.
Last night, Wen Ruyue used the excuse that Little Tiger was ignorant, and thus convinced herself to indulge the other party's behavior.
While making the decision, Wen Ruyue was actually prepared that the little tiger did not understand love and was prepared that it was all just a dream.
But after hearing Jing Ke's serious and sincere words, Wen Ruyue hesitated and couldn't help wondering why Jing Ke treated her like this.
"Before I answer you, can I ask you a question?" Wen Ruyue really wanted to agree, but her reason and the doubts she had always had stopped her.
"Of course." Jing Ke agreed immediately.
"Why did you choose me and sign a soul contract with me?" Wen Ruyue asked.
"Because you are the strongest among the five, and I like the smell of your soul." Jing Ke said half-truthfully.
"As for why it's a soul contract, of course I chose you and am willing to let you become my feeder...contractor." Jing Ke stuttered for a moment, but fortunately he changed his words in time.
Wen Ruyue's eyes were filled with confusion. "Is that all?"
"Isn't that enough? I like the taste of your soul, so I signed a soul contract with you, so that I can take your soul for myself." Jing Ke said righteously.
"Contractor, do you want to practice dual cultivation with me?" Jing Ke asked, and his tail began to move up along Wen Ruyue's ankle. "I have learned everything you taught me. This time, I will make you feel very comfortable."
After hearing Jing Ke's straightforward words, Wen Ruyue's throat suddenly became blocked, and her final response to the other party was red cheeks and a tail that was pulled off and thrown back.
"I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." Wen Ruyue said indifferently, leaving Jing Ke with only her back.
Jing Ke touched his nose, and after a while he carefully moved closer and wrapped his tail around Wen Ruyue's waist again.
"Do you want to touch my tail?" Jing Ke took the initiative to please and put the tip of his tail on Wen Ruyue's wrist.
Wen Ruyue moved her fingers slightly, closed her eyes and pretended that she heard nothing.
It would have been fine if Jing Ke hadn't mentioned his hard work teaching yesterday, but as soon as he mentioned Wen Ruyue, he thought of his own miserable appearance at that time, and a little tiger who was snoring afterwards.
"If you don't like my tail, you can also touch my ears. I can control myself now. If you touch me, I won't resist."
Seeing that Wen Ruyue didn't react, Jing Ke rubbed her neck with his nose and also offered his ear to her.
How could you not rub the furry thing that was delivered to your door? Wen Ruyue couldn't help herself and turned around to rub Jing Ke's ears fiercely.
"I don't want to practice dual cultivation now. I'm sleepy and want to sleep." Wen Ruyue emphasized.
"Okay, then, contractor, do you want to hold me while I sleep?" Jing Ke asked, lowering his head to make it easier for Wen Ruyue to touch his ear.
"Yes." Wen Ruyue was no longer shy.
What has happened cannot be changed, and avoiding it is not a solution. It is better to learn from Jing Ke the little tiger and normalize that experience.
Wasn't it just a matter of teaching that ignorant little tiger a lesson? Sooner or later, I could get revenge on that little tiger!
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On the second day of the first lunar month, Sect Leader Wen once again passed by the residence of his eldest disciple.
The good news was that there was no magic circle around the eldest disciple's residence this time. Sect Leader Wen knocked on the door smoothly, then pushed it open and walked in.
"Master, good morning." Wen Ruyue, neatly dressed, greeted her master as usual.
"Good morning, after our discussion..." After seeing the obvious bite marks on his eldest disciple's neck, Master Wen was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for a moment before continuing.
"A special task force targeting evil spirits has been established. The Sixth Elder, the Ninth Elder, and you, Ruyue, are all members of the team. Every month, you are required to patrol the designated urban area to observe the spiritual energy fluctuations and the number of abnormalities that occur there."
Sect Leader Wen continued with his business, but his gaze shifted to another person. "By then, a corresponding section will be open to you in the internal app. You can accept and report tasks there. We estimate that the mission will begin on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is mid-February."
I came here yesterday morning and evening. There has always been a magic circle in the yard of my eldest disciple, so no one else should be able to enter.
Then the question arises, when only her eldest disciple and her contracted beast were in the yard, who left the bite marks and kiss marks on her eldest disciple's neck?
Wen Ruyue didn't notice her master was multitasking and listened attentively, "Okay, Master, I understand. But do I need to carry out this mission alone, or will the local authorities cooperate with me?"
"The Special Management Bureau in the jurisdiction will send people to assist you, and you can ask them directly for the data you need. The powers of the people involved this time are very high, and they can be ranked on par with the directors of the local Special Management Bureau." Master Wen said, and his gaze returned to the eldest disciple.
After struggling between questioning and silence for a while, Master Wen chose the latter.
If his eldest disciple could be with the divine beast, it would be a good result, at least much better than being with an ordinary person.
"Master Wen, do you have any other important matters besides this?" Jing Ke asked while Master Wen was thinking.
"No, not for now." Sect Leader Wen said, "Before you go on the mission, you should stay in the base and practice hard. Your junior sister should be able to break through in the next few days. You can bring her along when the time comes and let her experience more."
Sect Leader Wen had no intention of interfering in his eldest disciple's private affairs, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.
However, Jing Ke did not give her this opportunity. After she finished speaking, he took the initiative to hold Wen Ruyue's hand and pulled her up together.
"Master Wen, I have become a Taoist partner with the contractor. You are the contractor's master, which means you are also my master. If you need my help, please feel free to ask." Jing Ke said without giving Master Wen a chance to respond.
"As for the name, I don't like people other than the contractors calling me by my name. But if you are Sect Leader Wen, you can call me Xiao Jing."
"Master Wen, if you don't mind, can I follow the contractor and call you Master?" Jing Ke asked.
"Ah?" Master Wen's expression and inner thoughts reached a unity of confusion at the moment he asked the question.
"Master, there is an additional layer of Taoist companionship between Jing Ke and I." Wen Ruyue added, looking unusually nervous.
My master shouldn't mind me and the little tiger being together, right? When my master was born, feudal ethics had already begun to crumble.
"Oh, oh, you, you are a Taoist couple now." Master Wen's head turned slowly.
Was the truth even more outrageous than I'd imagined? I'd thought they'd done something beyond the realm of a cultivator and a contracted beast, but I hadn't expected their relationship to transcend that.
After thinking about this, Sect Leader Wen looked at his eldest disciple sternly, "Ruyue, you are not someone who knows nothing. Master, I will not interfere in your private affairs, but I hope you are not someone who makes rash decisions."
Compared to the divine beast that had just woken up and pounced on his eldest disciple, Master Wen still felt that the probability of the eldest disciple who liked furry things pounced on the divine beast would be higher.
The most important thing is that if there is this extra layer of relationship between one's own eldest disciple and the divine beast, the one who will benefit will basically be one's own eldest disciple.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the number of places in this special team. If my eldest disciple is not the contractor of the divine beast, such a task probably will not be given to her.
"Master, don't worry. I will be responsible for every decision I make." Wen Ruyue promised without explaining to her master.
"Okay, I feel relieved with your words. Practice well during this period." Sect Leader Wen nodded calmly, and after giving a few brief instructions, he left the yard where Wen Ruyue was.
After Sect Leader Wen walked back to his study and sat down, she reached out and pressed her forehead, trying to digest the explosive news.
His eldest disciple was with the mythical white tiger? They had even confirmed their relationship as a Taoist couple?
So, those feelings I had before weren't illusions, but rather that we were already developing feelings for each other? Had I been deceiving myself the whole time?
After covering his face and rubbing it, Sect Leader Wen's expression returned to his usual calm state.
The meal is cooked, so let it be.
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"Contractor, Sect Leader Wen's reaction seems very calm. Does she allow me to call her Master?" Jing Ke asked with his head tilted.
When Sect Leader Wen came in, Jing Ke retracted his ears. As for his tail, Jing Ke didn't show it because it was not very convenient to wear pants.
"Master didn't object, she just reminded me." Wen Ruyue paused and said, "If you don't mind, Master should be happy to hear you call her Master."
"I understand, Master agrees that we can be together!" Jing Ke happily let go of her ears.
"Contractor, Master told you to practice hard, so are you willing to practice dual cultivation with me?" Jing Ke asked, her amber eyes brighter than usual.
Jing Ke: "If you practice dual cultivation with me, you will soon be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building."
A blush crept up Wen Ruyue's cheeks. "I'll tell you the answer to this kind of thing when we go to bed tonight."
"But at night, you said you wanted to go to bed..." Jing Ke said in a low voice.
Wen Ruyue: ...
"Okay." Wen Ruyue said softly, "But you have to be obedient. When I say stop, you don't have to move anymore."
"Okay, contractor, don't worry, I will try my best to please you." Jing Ke promised.
"It's not about pleasing others, it's about dual cultivation." Wen Ruyue corrected her. She was not thick-skinned enough to discuss such things openly in the daytime.
"That's what you said." Jing Ke said generously, shaking his ears at the same time.
Wen Ruyue couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and for a moment she doubted whether her decision was right.
No matter how you look at it, her little white tiger looks like an ignorant child. Does she really understand what love is and what a Taoist partner means?
Forget it, the little white tiger has already signed a soul contract with me.
They will live and die together, and the little white tiger has no better choice than to be with herself.
Wen Ruyue, who was used to convincing herself, quickly solved most of her troubles by asking and answering herself. As for the remaining small part, it completely disappeared when she touched the furry ears on Jing Ke's head.
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On the seventh day of the first lunar month, after completing five dual cultivation sessions, Wen Ruyue, whose spiritual energy was too abundant, went to the back mountain to go into seclusion, which lasted for three days.
On the second day of Wen Ruyue's retreat, Zhu Qiuyu successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and reported the good news to his master with a bright smile on his face.
Sect Leader Wen praised her a few words and took out the cultivation resources that he had prepared long ago and gave them to Zhu Qiuyu as encouragement.
"Consolidate your cultivation over the next few days. After the Lantern Festival, you can follow Ruyue to complete the inspection mission together." Sect Leader Wen said, and briefly explained to Zhu Qiuyu the matter of the special demon handling team.
After hearing that he would follow the senior sister to fight against the evil spirits, Zhu Qiuyu agreed very decisively.
"By the way, Master, is Senior Sister still in the base? When I passed by Senior Sister's yard, there seemed to be no one inside." Zhu Qiuyu asked.
"Ruyue has gone into seclusion in the back mountains. She should be out in a few days." Sect Leader Wen said calmly, pouring a cup of tea for his disciple. "I also have another piece of news to tell you. It's about your senior sister."
"Master, please speak." Zhu Qiuyu picked up the teacup so that his master could pour tea for him.
"Your senior sister already has a Taoist partner." Master Wen said, calmly observing the reactions of his four disciples.
"Oh, Senior Sister... What? What happened to Senior Sister?" Zhu Qiuyu, who was about to sip his tea, suddenly looked up with a serious expression, "Master, who is Senior Sister dating? Is there a senior brother from another sect who wants to arrange a marriage with our Senior Sister?"
"Master, times have changed. Marriage is no longer feasible. Besides, Senior Sister is the only one who has contracted the Divine Beast. As long as the Divine Beast is here, as long as Senior Sister is here, it's only a matter of time before our Lingxiao Sect wins first place at the exchange meeting and becomes the number one sect!"
Sect Leader Wen originally wanted to tease his disciple, but when he heard her talk getting more and more outrageous, he couldn't help but interrupt her.
"No, why would I let Ruyue go through a marriage arrangement? She chose this Taoist partner herself, and she likes him." said Master Wen.
"Oh, if it's someone that Senior Sister likes, then there's no problem." Zhu Qiuyu performed a quick expression change, from serious to curious. "Master, who is the person Senior Sister likes? Could it be a disciple from our Lingxiao Sect?"
Zhu Qiuyu was thinking hard while asking the question, but she couldn't find the answer no matter how hard she thought. The eldest sister seemed to be very fair and impartial in dealing with other people in the sect.
"I guess so. She calls me Master now." Master Wen said gently.
After getting used to it, being called Master by the divine beast seems to be a good experience.
"Ah? Could it be Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother?" Zhu Qiuyu obviously didn't understand what his master meant, and immediately turned to the Pacific Ocean.
Thinking that Gong Zang's cultivation level couldn't even match his own, Zhu Qiuyu couldn't help but mutter, "I don't mean to say anything bad about my two senior brothers, but if they can do it, can I do it too?"
"Just think about these words in your heart, don't say them in front of Xiaojing." Master Wen reminded.
"Xiao Jing?" Zhu Qiuyu caught a word that was unfamiliar to him. "Master, who is Xiao Jing? Master, you are not accepting another disciple, are you?"
Sect Leader Wen gave up on his image management, rolled his eyes at his apprentice, and chose to reveal the truth in straightforward words, "Ruyue and Baihu are together. Baihu is Xiaojing, and now he follows your senior sister and calls me Master."
It seems that I still need to pay more attention to this apprentice. Tang Ming and Gong Zang both understood things immediately, but why is Xiao Qiuyu unable to react?
Zhu Qiuyu opened his mouth wide, blinked hard, and looked at his master for confirmation.
"I don't mean to tease you. Ruyue is in seclusion, and Baihu has gone to the back mountain with her." said Master Wen.
Zhu Qiuyu closed her mouth and began to defend herself, "Wow, that's really, really great. Senior Sister and Senior Baihu are a great couple. I noticed a long time ago that Senior Sister dotes on Senior Baihu. Love grows over time, that's right. Excellent!"
"Stop, just keep this matter in mind. If you encounter other people trying to please Ruyue while you are on a mission, be smart and send them away as soon as possible." Master Wen warned.
"You must remember this. Don't let the suitor rush to Ruyue to confess his love, okay?" Master Wen couldn't help but emphasize it again.
Zhu Qiuyu was a little confused, but after seeing the serious expression on his master's face, he nodded seriously in agreement.
Sect Leader Wen's order wasn't meant to be nosy, but rather because she had witnessed Jing Ke's possessiveness of her eldest disciple. She added this out of concern for the safety of other suitors.
The story begins before Wen Ruyue went into seclusion. After the third day of the Lunar New Year, it was the time for New Year's greetings. The seven major sects all sent their disciples to visit, to maintain harmony among the eight sects.
Among them, the direct disciple sent by Kunlun, probably because his cultivation had successfully broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, he mustered up the courage to express his feelings to Wen Ruyue, and bluntly said that he was willing to use all his cultivation resources to marry her, and was also willing to marry into the Lingxiao Sect.
When the Kunlun Sect disciple confessed his love, Jing Ke was still holding Wen Ruyue in her arms while looking like a little tiger.
Just when Jing Ke heard that someone was trying to steal his Taoist partner, he immediately got furious.
If Wen Ruyue hadn't reacted quickly enough and pulled the little tiger over and gave him a kiss, the disciple sent by Kunlun would have had to lie in bed in Lingxiao Gate for several days.
I won’t go into details about the series of reactions that followed, but in short, it was a case of chaos and disorder.
As for the final result and how his eldest disciple appeased the white tiger, Sect Leader Wen could get a glimpse of it from the extra magic circle surrounding the eldest disciple's yard.
The direct disciple of Kunlun Sect came on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the magic circle appeared on the night of the sixth day, and the eldest disciple had to go into seclusion on the seventh day because his spiritual power was too abundant and he had to break through.
There is no need to go into detail about the process. Master Wen can roughly guess the cause, process and consequences of the incident from these clues.
Putting aside other things, it is a good thing that the eldest disciple can break through to the late stage of foundation building!
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