Chapter 60: Master Zhuoxi is not satisfied?
Qi Qing's mind went blank in an instant. He panted rapidly and squeezed out a trembling syllable: "You!"
The person behind him tightened his arms and hugged him around the waist, pressing him into his arms. The increased force made Qi Qing's lower abdomen suddenly tense up, and he almost lost control. His voice trembled almost like sobbing: "Enough, enough..."
Yue Ji's lips gently rubbed the corners of his moist eyes, his breath was warm, and his nose rubbed his ears.
Qi Qing felt as if he had fallen into a furnace, terribly hot, and trembling, he fell limply into the other's broad arms. He raised his neck, his chest rising and falling violently, like a stranded fish.
The wet touch fell on the side of his neck, Qi Qing avoided it uncomfortably, and his whole body was turned over.
Immediately afterwards, Yue Ji lowered his head deeply.
When Qi Qing realized what he was doing, his pupils suddenly shrank. It took him a long while to push him away. He gasped in panic, "Yue, Ji!"
When his hand that was trying to resist touched Yue Ji's head, it trembled violently, and his fingertips uncontrollably inserted into the other's hair. His eyes looked at the void unfocused, a layer of mist formed, and intermittent gasps escaped from his lips.
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After everything was over, Yue Ji straightened up by holding his legs, wiped the corner of his mouth casually, and came closer again without restraint.
The young man curled up and buried his burning face between his knees. He seemed to have not recovered yet and said in a muffled nasal voice: "...Get lost!"
Yue Ji hugged him tighter and gently patted his still trembling back, as if he was patiently comforting a frightened kitten or puppy.
Qi Qing took a few deep breaths, and the aftereffects of the love poison slowly receded like the tide. His rationality gradually returned, but his body felt exhausted as if its muscles and bones had softened. If he relaxed for a moment, he would immediately turn into a puddle of mud.
He added, "Get lost."
Yue Ji touched his burning ear and said with a smile: "Master is not satisfied?"
Qi Qing buried his head deeper, his usual calm and relaxed demeanor completely gone. He no longer cared about his master's authority. He just curled up like that, feeling angry and ashamed, revealing a rare vulnerability.
The bonfire flickered, and Yue Ji added a handful of firewood. The flames suddenly shot up a few inches, casting the figures of the two people in flickering light.
He placed his fingertips on Qi Qing's wrist, and just as he was about to inject his spiritual power, the young man ruthlessly expelled it.
Yue Ji smiled indifferently: "Master, the remaining poison has not been cleared."
Qi Qing turned his face away, the blood color on his face had not yet faded.
He said bitterly: "Never mind your business."
"Don't you want me to take care of this?" Yue Ji said innocently, "Master, if you have something to do, isn't it natural for me to do the hard work for you?"
"...That's to let you take responsibility and solve problems!" Qi Qing gritted his teeth: "Who told you to obey this?"
He raised his head in anger, his moist eyes were still red, he had just done something ridiculous, the young man's eyebrows and eyes were full of spring, he was clearly glaring, but he was like a small hook, tickling people's hearts.
Yue Ji's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he said meaningfully, "How come this isn't Master's business?"
He suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled, then took Qi Qing's hand and led him down, saying in a hoarse voice: "I helped Master, can Master... help me too?"
The heat from his palm made Qi Qing tremble, and one hand could not cover it at all.
He wanted to withdraw his hand as if he had been electrocuted, but Yue Ji had anticipated this and held it tightly, not moving at all.
Qi Qing didn't expect him to go even further. The blush that had just faded came back again. She scolded him, "Are you going to rebel? Do you know what you are doing?"
"I know it very well." Yue Ji held onto Qi Qing's struggling hands, raised his legs and leaned forward with his entire body. "Master also knows it in his heart. I never joke."
He pressed his tongue against his canine teeth and chuckled, "Or, Master, do you want to be more..."
Qi Qing was so embarrassed by him that he wanted to use some magic to cool down this evil disciple physically, but Yue Ji suddenly loosened his grip and glanced in one direction.
His expression suddenly faded, and he said with a sigh: "You have no manners."
Yue Ji took out a towel and wiped the dirt off Qi Qing's body, tidied up his clothes, and put a pot of hot tea on the campfire. Then, two footsteps, one heavy and one light, were heard in the darkness in the distance.
"Yue Ji! Yue Ji! Xiao Hei found the exit!"
The little girl's clear voice came: "You should agree to make a sign for me, right? I want one as tall as Master, and especially majestic..."
Before he finished speaking, the little girl who had jumped into the firelight suddenly stopped and saw the extra person next to Yue Ji at a glance.
She exclaimed in surprise: "You are alive!"
Qi Qing's mouth twitched: "Who told you I was dead?"
"I guessed."
The little girl took two steps at a time and walked up to him quickly, asking questions like a bamboo tube pouring beans: "I heard from my senior brother that it was a heavenly lion beast, one of the most powerful monsters in the secret realm! Did you defeat it? How did you escape? Can it understand human language? If it can, can it come back to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect with me?"
At this time, the burly man following behind her also looked at Qi Qing with surprise, clasped his fists and said, "Daoyou is truly blessed by heaven. We are so lucky."
The little girl asked a lot of questions in a hurry. Qi Qing didn't intend to tell her about the black shadow, so he could only vaguely say, "It was just luck."
But the little girl noticed something from his expression that he tried hard to hide. She suddenly moved closer to his face and asked in surprise, "Why are your eyes red? Did you cry?"
Qi Qing closed his eyes subconsciously, cursing Yue Ji a hundred times in his heart, and said calmly, "It's the smoke."
"I see," the little girl believed it and poured him a glass of water with concern, "I thought the injury was too painful."
Upon hearing this, the burly man immediately took out a porcelain bottle and said, "Injured? I have some pills here, you can try it..."
"No no no no!"
Their good intentions made Qi Qing even more embarrassed. He was afraid that Yue Ji's good deeds would be discovered, so he quickly added: "What I mean is that I am fine now."
He was on pins and needles, and what he feared came true.
As the little girl handed over the water, she suddenly sniffed and sniffed Qi Qing, wondering, "Are you really okay? You smell weird."
Qi Qing's body froze, and he managed to say, "...what's that smell?"
"There's a very faint smell of blood, and also medicine, and..." The little girl wrinkled her nose and wanted to smell it again, but Yue Ji grabbed her collar and pulled her away.
She curled her lips at Yue Ji in dissatisfaction and continued, "There is also a smell that I have never smelled before."
Qi Qing felt the palm of his hand being scratched nastily by the person next to him. He clenched his hand suddenly and glanced at Yue Ji fiercely out of the corner of his eye.
The young man cleared his throat unnaturally and changed the subject: "You must have smelled it wrongly, there is no smell at all. By the way, you just said... found the exit?"
"My nose is never wrong!" The little girl insisted, and instead of following his topic, she pulled her senior brother: "It just has a strange smell, senior brother, come and smell it!"
Seeing that the burly man was about to come over to smell it, Qi Qing leaned back hastily. Yue Ji raised his hand to block him, and glanced at the pair of brothers and sisters with a cold look: "Enough is enough."
The burly man sat back down awkwardly, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Could it be the breath of the Heavenly Lion Beast? Did Daoist Fellow fight with that vicious beast?"
Qi Qing's eyes turned, and he took out an inner elixir with purple light from his arms.
As soon as it appeared, the little girl clapped her hands and shouted, "That's the smell! The smell of fluff!"
It turned out to be this beast... Qi Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to let go of his worries, he heard the burly man gasp, "You actually killed the Heavenly Lion Beast?"
He looked at the thin young man in front of him in disbelief. You know, even he couldn't say he was completely sure of winning against such a ferocious beast. This man was not only able to kill it, but also able to take out the inner elixir intact. His strength could be said to be unfathomable.
...These two masters and apprentices are both monsters!
Qi Qing was afraid that he might misunderstand something, so he explained: "It's not just my work, I also borrowed some external help."
Yue Ji raised the corners of his lips slightly and glanced at him inconspicuously.
Many cultivators have their own secret methods of cultivation, which are inconvenient to speak out directly. The burly man understood and immediately nodded in understanding: "Daoyou, you should quickly put this inner elixir away. We in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect are upright and have always respected the strong, but outsiders may not be so upright. Daoyou, don't show it to others when you go out, or you will be coveted by others."
Such heartfelt words warmed Qi Qing's heart. After thanking him, he put the money into his ring.
"You don't know," the burly man said with emotion, "after you were captured by the Sky Lion Beast, your disciple chased after you like crazy, and even I couldn't stop him. If the Nest Xue restriction was not really impossible to break, we would have rushed in to help you."
Upon hearing this, Qi Qing turned to Yue Ji and only then noticed the details that he had overlooked.
Although there were no obvious wounds on Yue Ji's body, there were some signs of damage on his cuffs and collar. His sleeves were torn, and his Adam's apple was scratched with fresh blood, as if he had fought a fierce battle with someone.
Yue Ji met his gaze calmly, and when he noticed Qi Qing's gaze resting on his throat, he gently touched it with his fingertips and asked, "Master, are you looking at this?"
"How did you get hurt?" Qi Qing's voice was slightly deep.
If the wound was a few millimeters deeper, Yue Ji would probably not be able to stand in front of him anymore.
Yue Ji said casually: "When I was looking for other entrances to the Chaoxue, I met a weird guy and fought him for a few moves."
Qi Qing's heart tightened, and he asked, "That person's face is not visible, and he is covered in black shadows?"
Yue Ji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Master has also encountered this?"
As he spoke, he recalled: "The man was shrouded in black air, his moves were weird, and I couldn't see anything clearly. Fortunately, he was just passing by and didn't fight me to death."
Qi Qing frowned, and his fingers tightened unconsciously: "I have fought with him before... Never mind, let's not talk about this. Next time you meet him, don't try to be brave."
Yue Ji responded obediently.
They sat by the campfire and talked for a while. When the fire died down and Qi Qing finished his breathing, Yue Ji helped him up, and they headed towards the exit that the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts and his sister had found.
When they came out, it was a long night outside and several people appeared on a slope.
I don't know where I am now. The lake below is like a mirror, reflecting the twinkling lights on the shore. There are actually monks stationed here.
The underground river turned back into a stream here, gurgling into the lake. The lake was misty and the night air was like spring smoke. A small building could be vaguely seen in the center of the lake, but it was too far away to be seen clearly.
The burly man and Qi Qing exchanged glances, and simultaneously chose to restrain their breath. They avoided the camp, set up a tent at the edge of a forest a little further away, set up a formation, and settled down for the time being.
After entering the tent, Qi Qing relaxed a little. He turned around and was about to lower the curtain when he inadvertently met Yue Ji's scorching gaze.
He lit a candle, the burning breath approached, and his voice was deep: "Master, no one will disturb us now... shall we continue?"
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