My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 17

This was the first time she had heard her say she was delighted.

“Tonight, come to my room.”

Hm? She hadn’t heard that wrong, had she? Why had Master suddenly said something like that?

Cough, cough, cough… How had such a great blessing—no, such a great disaster—fallen onto her head?

Could it be that the two of them were going to lie under the blanket together and look at a glow-in-the-dark watch?

All the dirty thoughts Xu Zhiyi had seen in her previous life now spread through her entire mind. Her cheeks and even the tips of her ears turned red, and her lips moved hesitantly.

“Th-This doesn’t seem very appropriate, Master…”

In the dead of night, no less.

“What are you thinking? Master means to help you clear your meridians so your spiritual energy can circulate faster.”

“It will help your cultivation.”

“And prepare you for the competition.”

After An Chengxi finished speaking, she pressed two fingers together and vanished from the entrance of the Alchemy Hall in the blink of an eye. A cold breath of air rushed straight against Xu Zhiyi’s face.

Whoa, that move was so cool. She wanted to learn it too.

Xu Zhiyi mentally made a little checkmark and added this spell to her schedule. Such a cool spell… she absolutely had to learn it!

For example, when she went to Master’s room tonight, she could make that request…?

Night soon fell.

Xu Zhiyi returned to her Tingyun Residence, sat down by the table, and took one Qi Gathering Pill with some tea.

She could feel that the spiritual energy inside her body had indeed become a little more abundant. At the same time, because of the increase in spiritual energy, her meridians began to ache faintly.

This body’s foundation was still very poor.

It was obvious that the original owner had taken too many pills before. The accumulated spiritual energy inside her body could not properly spread through her meridians, so if she took even one more pill, her body would become extremely uncomfortable.

She wiped the thin sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.

She really had been badly cheated.

If she had not eaten the pill, she would not have known. But after taking it, she felt like her body was about to explode.

The original owner’s cultivation could not be raised, so she had actually relied on madly swallowing pills to accumulate cultivation!

How was that any different from courting death?

She should go attend Master’s appointment first.

Perfect timing. She could ask Master if there was a method to quickly clear her blocked meridians.

That way, her cultivation might be able to rise another level. Perhaps breaking through Foundation Establishment would even be possible!

When the time came and she formed her Golden Core,

no one would look down on her anymore. She could throw away the label of “waste” and rise up in rebellion.

And what had she exchanged for this?

When others ate, she practiced. When others fell in love and acted sweetly, she practiced.

When others compared spirit beasts, she practiced.

Even when reading novels, Xu Zhiyi had to rush to the very front and be the first one to urge the author for updates!

She sighed.

But there was nothing she could do. As a dispensable supporting character in this cultivation world where she had no family or friends, Xu Zhiyi could only rely on herself.

If she wanted to survive in this world, then she had to become strong.

So she first set a small goal for herself.

That was: how to break through the Foundation Establishment stage.

Thinking this all the way, she arrived in front of Master’s room. At this moment, the night wind was blowing through the maple leaves in the courtyard, and fragmented moonlight spilled all over the ground.

Occasionally, a few insect cries could be heard.

There were even dots of firefly light, drifting all over the sky.

“These fireflies are actually blue. So pretty.”

They were like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens and falling into the human world, slowly flowing through it. The stray hair in front of Xu Zhiyi’s forehead was lifted by the wind.

For a moment, she stared in fascination.

She stretched out a finger, and a small blue firefly landed on it, blinking with light. It was especially beautiful.

“If you like them, then catch some and place them in your courtyard.”

Behind her, the door creaked open, and An Chengxi walked out. At this moment, she was no longer wearing the elder robes of the Yunling Sword Sect, but a plain, moon-white outfit.

Her hair was loosely pinned up, with a few strands falling across her chest. Her red lips pressed together slightly as she smiled faintly.

“…Since they are things from Master’s courtyard, how could this disciple be shameless enough to ask for them?”

Xu Zhiyi answered instinctively.

A faint fragrance drifted straight into her nose. Master approached her, slender fingers resting on her wrist as she looked at Xu Zhiyi’s somewhat pale face.

She asked with slight worry, “Did you eat too many Qi Gathering Pills?”

“Did Master not remind you earlier? Do not be greedy. Seeking quick success is not wise.”

Although her words were reproachful, her tone was soft and warm, without the slightest hint of blame. Her fingertips landed on Xu Zhiyi’s skin. Since she had an ice spiritual root, she was afraid her coldness would chill Zhiyi.

So she only held her wrist lightly, feeling the beat of her pulse. A thread of divine sense wandered inside. Xu Zhiyi let out a muffled groan. Her body was still not quite used to the strange sensation.

“Does it hurt a little?”

“Then lean against Master.”

An Chengxi stretched out her other hand and gently embraced Xu Zhiyi, softly patting her back. She let Xu Zhiyi lean against her shoulder, and that fragrance came closer and closer.

Although being held like this felt a little awkward, Xu Zhiyi found that she actually enjoyed it. Master’s embrace was cool and refreshing, indescribably comfortable.

It was like the ice-silk quilt she used to cover herself with at home—just as soft and smooth.

“How are your meridians blocked this badly?”

An Chengxi explored them once with her divine sense and sensed that Xu Zhiyi’s meridians were almost blocked section by section. Everywhere was filled with stagnant spiritual energy.

Only two things could cause this kind of situation.

Either her aptitude was too poor, or she had absorbed far too much spiritual energy while her basic cultivation technique was not refined enough.

Xu Zhiyi frowned. She had not expected that after taking just one extra Qi Gathering Pill today, her body would already reach its limit.

No wonder when she had circulated her cultivation technique these past few days, she kept feeling that something was wrong.

But she had thought it was only because she was a modern person and did not understand the cultivation and qi-circulation techniques written in the books very well, which was why her practice had been somewhat off.

“Master… just now, this disciple only ate one… I do not know why it became like this…”

Her brows furrowed, and her thin lips parted slightly. Xu Zhiyi spoke in broken sentences and only barely finished her words. Perhaps it was because that cold sensation was running all over inside her body.

She leaned unsteadily against Master’s shoulder, her warm breath spilling over Master’s snow-white neck as she struggled to breathe steadily.

“Come inside with me first. I called you here today precisely because I wanted to help clear your meridians.”

Holding Xu Zhiyi’s slender waist, An Chengxi carefully brought her back into her bedroom. A stream of white spiritual energy drifted outside the door. With a creak, it pushed the door shut.

Xu Zhiyi sat on Master’s soft couch, feeling the softness beneath her legs, and prayed silently in her heart.

Please, please do not let her dirty Master’s bed.

Her body was already covered in sweat. She felt sticky all over, extremely uncomfortable.

An Chengxi sat down and looked at Xu Zhiyi, who was still enduring it. Her heart could not help aching for her. She pressed two fingers together and touched the space between Xu Zhiyi’s brows.