Conflict
Nan Yi learned that Wen Xiangluan was going to cultivate with Chu Li that very night.
Wouldn't that mean another person would have to be added between him and his senior sister?
He forcibly suppressed the sour feeling in his heart and silently comforted himself. That was his seventh senior brother, who might be much younger than him, perhaps not even an adult yet. What was the point of comparing himself to such a child?
But when the two sides met the next day, Nan Yi realized that he had completely made a mistake the day before.
How did you get here?
"That's the question I should be asking you."
So, the "passerby" he met by chance in Xixin City was actually his seventh senior brother.
Wen Xiangluan clearly recognized Nan Yi as well, and drawled, "You're the one I dare not kill—"
Nan Yi stepped forward and covered his mouth tightly. What he did at the time was one thing, but being pointed out by others was another.
Besides, he did his best to help his senior sister in the end.
Wen Xiangluan had actually learned earlier that they had an extra eighth junior brother. He had heard that the eighth junior brother was incredibly handsome—he didn't think much of it at the time, assuming that others were just trying to curry favor with this so-called eighth junior brother.
After all, I heard that this eighth junior brother came from a good family, but his background was by no means bad.
Later, he overheard from his master that his grandmaster often trained with his eighth junior brother. Only then did he realize something else. He became curious about what kind of person a disciple could be personally trained by his grandmaster.
But when I saw him today, wow, he was someone I recognized.
Wen Xiangluan originally wanted to get along well with the other party, but her very first words already carried a hint of malice.
What are you talking about?
Chu Li walked over from a distance and saw her two junior brothers standing very close together. She subconsciously asked again, "Did you know each other before?"
The two of them almost reflexively moved away from each other, shaking their heads in unison.
Seeing this, Chu Li didn't say anything more. She had just asked casually, after all, one flies in the sky and the other runs on the ground, so the probability of them knowing each other was not high.
Especially since both of them are quite young.
Chu Li just felt that something was off about the atmosphere between the two of them, and she glanced at them suspiciously.
"You should cultivate separately for the time being."
Chu Li didn't know if it was the two's competitive spirit at play, since both of them could be considered outstanding in their respective clans.
Moreover, she didn't have the extra energy to teach two people at the same time.
She had only taken on the task of teaching her seventh junior brother as a matter of convenience, thinking that as the senior sister, she shouldn't appear too biased.
Fortunately, they didn't do much on the first day, only briefly learning about the type of field Wen Xiangluan wanted to study recently. Time passed quickly in this somewhat strange atmosphere.
But Chu Li still oversimplified some things.
The very next morning, as soon as she got up and opened the door, she saw Nan Yi standing in front of her door.
She was slightly taken aback. If she remembered correctly, today should have been the day to teach Wen Xiangluan. Why was Nan Yi here?
"Senior sister," Nan Yi's voice sounded somewhat somber, "Do you really have to cultivate with that bird?"
The bird he was referring to was Wen Xiangluan, who, like him, was also a spirit beast, but a blue phoenix.
Chu Li gently comforted him, "Junior brother, Wen Xiangluan is your senior brother and also my junior brother. Since you are both under Master's tutelage, you should be more friendly to each other."
Nan Yi pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.
"Why does it have to be this way, Senior Sister? Wouldn't it be better to just stay with me?"
Nan Yi watched Chu Li's figure gradually disappear into the distance, and murmured softly.
Just like the ideas that had gradually formed in his mind, the high walls that had been erected in his heart collapsed in an instant.
I initially thought it was my senior sister's favoritism, but later I discovered that it was just her universal love; she treated everyone the same.
It seems that the path of gaining senior sister's sympathy is not going to work. Nan Yi's lips twitched slightly, but the smile that was originally forced disappeared.
"You have a clear speed advantage, so can we use this feature to build a domain?"
"What does Senior Sister mean?"
"I mean..." A gaze, almost tangible, was fixed on them, and Chu Li could even clearly feel it lingering on her face.
She tried to suppress her anger, but in the end she found that she couldn't hold back at all. How many times had this happened already!
"Nanyi!"
Every time she was about to teach Wen Xiangluan, a figure would silently appear in the corner. At first, she thought it was because he had come to his senses and was preparing to learn along with her.
But she later discovered that he only ever bothered her. Staring at her was the least he could do; most of the time, he would sneak over to ask her all sorts of questions about his cultivation.
Chu Li initially answered his questions, but later realized that his motives were impure, as he asked even the simplest questions that even a Qi Refining stage cultivator would understand.
After that, she forbade him from speaking at such times.
"I've already listened to my senior sister and haven't said anything." Nan Yi slowly approached, and Chu Li could feel the somewhat resentful look in his eyes more clearly. She couldn't help but press her forehead with her fingertips.
She had an even bigger headache.
"What are you doing here? This is my time!" Wen Xiangluan was equally furious. Her master's time was precious, and this was a rare opportunity to be taught by her. If her master recovered later, even having such an opportunity to be taught would be a luxury.
As if he had thought of something, he looked at Nan Yi with some vigilance. Could it be that the fox also knew Chu Li's true identity, and was deliberately causing trouble, wanting to monopolize all of her time?
As long as he's around, this kind of thing will never happen!
"Alright," Chu Li called out in time, "Today you two will train on your own, and the teaching schedule will be changed to irregular times from now on."
She should go back and think carefully about how to handle the situation, or rather, how to balance the relationship between the two of them.
She said to the two of them expressionlessly, "You will train together here today. If either of you dares to sneak away, I will teach the other person first next time."
After Chu Li left, the two looked at each other, their expressions extremely unpleasant.
However, due to Chu Li's last words, neither of them dared to leave the place, and they only chose the farthest place to cultivate.
Chu Li hadn't actually gone too far. She listened intently for a while and, finding that there weren't any more noises, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want the two of them to really start a fight within the sect.
After thinking for a moment, she didn't go back. Instead, she turned around and headed directly towards the Wuxiang Palace.
"You mean those two caused trouble?"
The sect leader was somewhat surprised, but still couldn't quite believe it.
"Xiang Luan was a bit noisy, but it shouldn't be that bad... As for Nan Yi..." In her memory, Nan Yi seemed to be someone who didn't like to talk, and at first he didn't even want to get involved with others.
"That's what's giving me a headache. They're easy to talk to when they're apart, but when they're together, the atmosphere starts to get weird."
"Then should we separate the two of them?"
If it were simply a matter of separating, that would be easy to resolve, but Nan Yi clearly insists on interfering every time—
Seeing that the sect leader couldn't offer any useful advice, Chu Li had no choice but to return first. She would probably have to start by dealing with Nan Yi first.
So, after Nan Yi had been cultivating with Wen Xiangluan for a few days with a dark expression, he was stopped by Chu Li.
"Senior sister, you were looking for me?" He followed Chu Li into her room, still looking somewhat listless.
"Junior brother, please sit down."
Nan Yi didn't move, but asked, "Did Senior Sister call me over to talk about that bird?"
Chu Li sighed helplessly, "Junior brother, that's your seventh senior brother." How come she hadn't noticed before that her junior brother was actually quite stubborn?
"If you want to speak well of him, then don't say anything—"
"Okay, let's put it another way. Why can't you stand him?"
Besides cultivating these past few days, Chu Li has also been carefully pondering the situation between the two. After going through everything, she discovered that the most likely explanation is that Nan Yi simply couldn't stand Wen Xiangluan, which is why he was so resistant to her teachings to Wen Xiangluan.
Could it be because they are both spirit beasts?
Just like many spirit beasts fighting for territory, Nan Yi had already secured territory within the sect, but now suddenly another one of equal status appeared, also vying for the same territory.
This can indeed easily cause a sense of imbalance in a beast's mind.
She said carefully, "Junior brother, Master has many disciples. You are one of them, and Wen Xiangluan is one of them. In fact, besides you, Master has several other disciples outside. As time goes by, they will eventually come back."
Nan Yi looked at Chu Li with a puzzled expression. What did the other disciples have to do with him?
That's not what he cares about at all.
Chu Li was still slowly continuing her story, unaware that Nan Yi's gaze was beginning to wander.
He thought, how wonderful it would be if his senior sister could teach him alone, how wonderful it would be if his senior sister could always accompany him in cultivation.
Then he heard one last sentence: "Junior brother, since that's the case, then it's agreed that when I teach you separately, I will open a domain, and only two people can enter the domain."
This sound was like a bolt from the blue. He looked at Chu Li in disbelief, but Chu Li simply nodded calmly. Everything told him that this was her decision, and there was no going back.
Nan Yi had lost all interest in cultivation today. His expression was somewhat blank, and he had only one thought in his mind—that his senior sister really wanted to teach Wen Xiangluan alone and completely exclude him.
If he had been more restrained before, could he still have kept an eye on his senior sister and Wen Xiangluan's teaching?
Unbeknownst to him, he had returned to his dwelling. Gazing at the smooth stone placed at the entrance, without much thought, he transformed back into a fox and lay down straight.
Wen Xiangluan had been cultivating for a long time, but found that Nan Yi had not come today.
Although they didn't speak to each other in the past, they were actually secretly comparing each other's cultivation speed. Today, Nan Yi didn't come, and he actually felt a little bored.
Nan Yi lay on the rock, staring blankly at the sky. His once beautiful eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of gray because of his absent-mindedness.
He wasn't thinking about anything, just relaxing, but the next moment he suddenly heard a laugh—
He twitched his ears alertly, but the laughter not only didn't stop, it grew even more rampant.
He suddenly leaped up and saw a blue bird perched beside him.
Blue Phoenix.
The blue phoenix spoke, its voice still familiar: "Hahaha, I was wondering why you didn't come today. I didn't expect you to be so melancholy—so sad. Let me think, could it be that you were rejected by your senior sister?"
A particularly piercing sound rang in his ears, and Nan Yi couldn't help but sweep his tail across.
Qingluan nimbly dodged, "Oh, oh, oh, you're getting angry now. Let me tell you, if you have the guts, hit me. Come on, come on, hit me here."
The fox tail lashed out again.
This time, Qingluan deliberately controlled herself to only brush past the fox tail. "Haha, you only have this one trick... Ouch, what is this! It's hot!"
The fox bared its teeth, "That's my foxfire, of course. Enjoy the feeling of being roasted. I've never had a roasted blue phoenix before."
The Azure Phoenix rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fierce foxfire, but how could a celestial fire be so easily extinguished?
His attempts using ordinary methods were completely ineffective.
The Azure Phoenix was immediately enraged. Ignoring the flames on its body, it flapped its wings and shot out its feathers.
The Azure Phoenix's feathers were extremely sharp. Even though the fox tried his best to dodge, the wind generated by the feathers still tore several tufts of his fox fur, and the last feather even faintly cut a few bloody marks on his skin.
The two started fighting, and within a single breath, both were injured.
The two were about to continue when they heard a cold shout suddenly ring out from high above: "What are you two doing!"
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