Cultivation through Skin Making - Chapter 651 - 236. The Days of Seclusion with Senior Sister (5.7K Words - Please Subscribe)_3
Chapter 651: 236. The Days of Seclusion with Senior Sister (5.7K Words – Please Subscribe)_3
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Ning Yunmiao sat under the eaves, her fingers forming a blade, skillfully chopping the spirit wood brought back from the mountains.
Sometime later, the wooden door beside her creaked open.
At the threshold, a young man in a dark coat, his eyes wrapped in a black band, leaned against the doorframe and smiled, “Senior Sister, are you chopping wood?”
Ning Yunmiao responded indifferently, “A female cultivator next door sent over a demon rabbit. Might as well eat it.”
Song Yan asked in surprise, “Sent a rabbit?”
Ning Yunmiao replied, “It’s all thanks to your good governance of the world. When the top beam is straight, the bottom beams won’t be crooked. This atmosphere is really good. Over the past year, I’ve seen many places with monuments persuading people to do good, as well as those teaching secret righteous techniques…”
Song Yan chuckled, “I just walked a path full of thorns, not wanting other cultivators to follow my old footsteps.”
“A path full of thorns?”
Ning Yunmiao chuckled, then suddenly stood up, hands on her hips, “Little guy, you seem much more spirited. Want to try chopping the wood?”
Song Yan was taken aback.
Ning Yunmiao tossed over a knife-like magical treasure and then said with a smile, “I’ll go boil some water, and… we need a pot too.”
Song Yan said, “I’ll give it a try. I should be much recovered by now.”
Ning Yunmiao walked away.
Song Yan sat down, took a knife-like magical treasure, and chopped a cylindrical piece of spirit wood.
Crack…
The spirit wood split.
He sensed his condition, and sure enough, there was no problem, so he continued chopping wood.
As he chopped, a rainbow light suddenly descended swiftly from afar.
Zhao Shuise appeared, running over in a flurry, and seeing Song Yan, said, “Big brother, you’re up already?”
Song Yan turned his head, but before he could speak, Zhao Shuise hurriedly grabbed a spiral-shaped red pepper from his storage bag, saying, “This is a red pepper picked from the mountains. The cultivators outside call it Tribulation Pepper. They say cooking it with Jiao Tu can regulate blood disorders and heal wounds. I was supposed to give it with the rabbit earlier but forgot to tell Sister Yunmiao-in-law.”
Just as she was speaking, Ning Yunmiao came out from the side.
Zhao Shuise greeted again and smiled, “Sister-in-law, you two are busy, we’ll hang out another day.”
Song Yan said, “She…”
Ning Yunmiao interrupted, “Okay, Little Zhao, thank you.”
Zhao Shuise flew away.
Song Yan turned to the woman in hemp clothes and said, “Senior Sister…”
Ning Yunmiao teased with her hands on her hips, “What? You can’t even pretend to be a Dao companion? Disdain that Senior Sister is too old?”
Song Yan quickly shook his head, saying, “No…”
Looking at the young man’s face, Ning Yunmiao couldn’t help but laugh, then said, “Alright, my dear, I’ll go boil some water.”
She raised her hand to fetch the Tribulation Pepper and then took the spirit wood Song Yan had just chopped and walked inside.
Not long after, the cooking smoke began to rise quietly.
With the snowy sky and isolated cliff house, a touch of human warmth seemed to have been added.
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Into the night…
Song Yan lay on the couch, although he appeared to have his eyes closed focusing, he could still perceive Ning Yunmiao sitting cross-legged outside the couch. Recalling being teased by Senior Sister during the day, he suddenly spoke, “My dear, the bed is warm, aren’t you coming? Are you disdaining your junior?”
Ning Yunmiao was startled, a strange emotion rising in her heart, her thoughts swirling before she finally spat, “Kid, just talking nonsense. Do you really want dual cultivation with Senior Sister?”
Song Yan was also taken aback, his mind recalling the image of Senior Sister. Although she deliberately appeared plain, her whole body was fair, and she possessed an elegant and unattainable womanly vibe.
Originally, he hadn’t thought in that direction, but today’s repeated “Dao companion” mentions, coupled with the recent suppression, and the thought of “if Ning Yunmiao really became his Dao companion, the benefits he could gain,” his heart suddenly raced because he realized “Senior Sister was an ideal Dao companion both emotionally and for benefits.”
Ning Yunmiao felt his accelerated heartbeat and was doubly startled.
Song Yan’s lips moved, wanting to say the word.
Ning Yunmiao interrupted his “casting,” “Get some rest! Really, injury not yet healed, daydreaming every day, I should’ve known not to tease you.”
Song Yan coughed lightly, “Mm.”
Then, taking advantage of Ning Yunmiao’s lowered guard, he hastily said, “I do.”
Ning Yunmiao was stunned for the third time.
The topics discussed today had already exceeded her capacity to remain calm.
Song Yan sincerely added, “I really do.”
Ning Yunmiao said, “Shut up.”
Song Yan said, “Oh.”
Ning Yunmiao said, “Still not shutting up!”
Song Yan said, “Oh.”
Though Ning Yunmiao’s heart was unmoved, she keenly sensed an inexplicable thought forming in her divine sense.
She trembled slightly and hurried to suppress that thought.
Song Yan, relentless, continued, “So, would Senior Sister be willing to become my Dao companion? I appreciate everything you’ve done for me. Though I’m down now, as long as I, Song Yan, make it through, I will surely treat Senior Sister well in the future.”
That thought Ning Yunmiao had just suppressed suddenly transformed, turning into two thoughts, then three, then four…
Seeing Song Yan was about to speak again, the female cultivator from Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace’s Qingzhu Mountain, who hadn’t dealt with Dao companion matters in a long time, suddenly frowned and said, “Say it again, and I’ll tear your mouth to shreds.”
Song Yan said, “Tear it, as long as Senior Sister understands my feelings, you can tear it as much as you want.”
Ning Yunmiao felt those miscellaneous thoughts beginning to split further.
She was somewhat confused.
And at that moment, Song Yan suddenly stopped speaking.
Ning Yunmiao, knowing this strategy of how a female cultivator would play hard to get, felt both angry and amused, and said with a teasing, “Could it be that you’re waiting for me to ask why you’re suddenly silent?”
Song Yan said, “I was just afraid of being too abrupt and truly angering Senior Sister.”
Ning Yunmiao said, “If you were afraid of angering me, you wouldn’t have said so much.”
Song Yan said, “Who was it asking if they disliked Senior Sister for being too old during the day?”
Ning Yunmiao was speechless.
The night deepened.
The room fell silent…
This time, neither of them spoke again.
Ning Yunmiao occasionally swept her divine sense over the young man on the couch, checking his condition, then adjusted her breath and rested, until the faint light of dawn appeared on the windowsill.
The sky brightened.
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A few days later.
Ning Yunmiao attempted to hunt a Tiger Demon at the Refining Profound Level.
Song Yan looked at the Tiger Demon, shed his mortal body, and absorbed the tiger’s body, wrapping his entire form.
Slowly, a robust young man emerged, with the power of the Demon Tiger, yet still looking like Song Yan himself.
Ning Yunmiao worriedly asked, “How do you feel?”
Song Yan sensed briefly, “I can now endure a body at the Refining Profound Level.”
Then he continued, “It seems as long as I shut my eyes and focus, the previous Wa Text Curse won’t be triggered again.”
That Wa Text Curse seems to only curse once; it’s stuck with me and won’t affect the surroundings. The reason I can’t occupy a stronger body is just because of my injury.”
Ning Yunmiao breathed a sigh of relief, “But we can’t go on like this forever. If time goes on, it won’t be sustainable. People can’t bet that nothing will happen to you.”
Song Yan nodded, “They should do what they must.”
The air grew quiet.
Ning Yunmiao smiled encouragingly, “So, you need to recover quickly. And we must also…”
Song Yan took a deep breath and said seriously, “As long as Senior Sister becomes my Dao companion, I’m sure I’ll get better soon.”
Ning Yunmiao glanced at him speechlessly, “Still talking nonsense?”
As they chatted, a rainbow arc appeared hurriedly on the horizon in the distance.
Zhao Shuise emerged, running over and chimed in, “Big brother, sister-in-law, we heard another marvelous treasure has appeared on a nearby mountaintop. Let’s go exploring together!”
Ning Yunmiao gritted her teeth and said, “Sister-in-law, did you argue with big brother?”
Zhao Shuise was surprised, “Sister-in-law, did you argue with big brother?”
Ning Yunmiao rolled her eyes at Song Yan, feeling a mix of exasperation and humor as she teased, “Still talking nonsense?”
