Morning sunlight scattered in the courtyard, illuminating the paper windows. The melodious singing of the nightingales echoed inside the room, accompanied by the sound of a door being pushed open.

Squeak…

Steps…

“Anping? Why are you sleeping in your sweatshirt?”

A pair of hands gently pushed on Ye Anping’s shoulder, waking him from a deep sleep.

Ye Anping rubbed his eyebrows, opened his eyes, and looked at the woman who was currently pushing him.

“Senior Sister?”

“Yeah, Anping.” Bai Yuelin was crouched by the bedside and said, “It’s already past the third hour of the day. Why are you still sleeping? Don’t you usually get up early?”

Ye Anping sat up in a daze, took a while to recall the events of last night.

Didn’t he fall asleep holding his Junior Sister?

Where is his Junior Sister now?

Still feeling a bit sluggish, Ye Anping took a while to clear his head and then asked, “Did guests arrive?”

“Class is over, and I’ve made tea for my Senior Brother and Senior Sister. I asked them to wait in the main hall.” Seeing his dazed look, Bai Yuelin continued, “You seem like you pulled an all-nighter practicing the sword. How about you rest, and I’ll go inform them?”

“No need, I’m fine. I’ll change my clothes and go over.”

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“It’s fine.”

Bai Yuelin looked concerned, but seeing that Ye Anping’s complexion was quite good, she nodded and went out to inform the inner disciples who had come for massage.

Why didn’t Junior Sister even say a word when she left…

Ye Anping felt a bit puzzled, but he didn’t think too much about it. He quickly got up, freshened up a bit, changed his clothes, and began to receive the guests who had come for massage that day.

After reaching the pinnacle of Qi Refining from the fifth layer, whether in terms of thinking or physical strength, it had increased several times over. On regular days, providing massage for thirty clients would leave him exhausted, but today, from waking up to noon, he still felt relaxed.

Once he bid farewell to the last client, Ye Anping remained seated in the recliner in the main hall, resting and contemplating his progress in cultivation.

“System?”

“Open menu?”

“Hello?”

Ye Anping attempted to call out a few phrases commonly seen in novels from his past life, but just like when he first transmigrated, nothing strange appeared in his field of vision.

Ye Anping was certain that the reason for his cultivation improvement was his supposed cheat, possibly related to a certain physique or a kind of aura. Last night, he speculated that it might be related to “completing tasks,” but he currently had no way to experiment and confirm this.

While having a cheat-like thing that could enhance cultivation was indeed a good thing, due to his excessive yang energy, it had become a ticking time bomb without a countdown. He had to admit that he was fortunate this time. It just so happened that Feng Yudie went to call Junior Sister, and she was smart enough to suppress his yang energy with her spiritual energy before he mentioned it.

However, if in the future, he encountered a situation where Junior Sister wasn’t around, and his cheat triggered again, it could be troublesome. He couldn’t possibly stay with Junior Sister all the time, right?

As Ye Anping pondered potential solutions, the soft voice of Pei Lengxue came from outside the massage center.

“Senior Brother.”

Last night, Ye Anping hadn’t noticed, but now he saw that Pei Lengxue had already changed into the attire of an inner disciple of the Profound Star Sect. For some reason, he couldn’t help but stare at her for a while, whether it was due to the clothes or some other reason.

Ye Anping couldn’t help but feel that Pei Lengxue now seemed to have gained a sense of maturity and composure that she didn’t have before. It was a strange feeling. In the past, when he looked at his junior sister, he genuinely found her adorable, but now, with the added maturity, it was a bit challenging for him to shift his gaze away from her face.

“Hmm…”

“What’s wrong? You’ve been staring at me without saying anything,” Pei Lengxue approached and sat down beside him.

“Nothing, just… I feel like you look even more beautiful than before, Junior Sister.”

“Oh… um.” Pei Lengxue blushed and nodded. After taking a deep breath, she continued, “Senior Brother, yesterday, you asked that Er… Feng Yudie to tell me to find you after sunset. I came and found you lying in the backyard, so I brought you back to your bed and used spiritual energy to clear the impurities in your body. Then, I immediately went back.”

Immediately went back?

Ye Anping was momentarily puzzled. He remembered waking up just before dawn and seeing his junior sister still sleeping in his arms.

‘Didn’t you sleep with me the whole night?’

Was it because she was shy that she said something different?

Pei Lengxue had started to lie to him.

At this point, she directly asked, “Senior Brother, what was going on with the impurities in your meridians last night? Will it happen again in the future?”

“It’s because of the cultivation method; I was affected by a Yang energy toxin. If I had been prepared in advance, I probably wouldn’t have fainted like that.”

“Oh…,” Pei Lengxue couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. Although it wasn’t a good thought, she secretly wished that her senior brother would faint a few more times. That way, she could have more nights together with him, and who knows, they might even…

The elders of the Hundred Lotus Sect had mentioned that if a man and a woman spent enough nights together, the woman might become pregnant.

They had already spent one night together.

If there were a second time, a third time…

Clearly, she was still a few months away from reaching womanhood. What if she got pregnant with her senior brother’s child before that?

“…”

Observing her contemplative expression, Ye Anping felt a bit puzzled. He gently touched her nose and asked, “What are you thinking about now?”

“Huh?! Nothing… just thinking about what happened with Senior Brother yesterday.”

“On that note, I have something to ask you a favor for.” Ye Anping gently held her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Can you come and sleep here with me every other day from now on?”

“…”

“…”

“Huh?!” Pei Lengxue was stunned, and the hair on her head stood up straight. “Sleep here with Senior Brother?”

“Yes, Senior Brother will hold you while sleeping,” Ye Anping nodded and quickly explained, “Although you’re almost reaching womanhood, Senior Brother doesn’t have a better solution. Your spiritual energy can neutralize my Yang toxin. Until I find a better solution, I’ll have to rely on you.”

“Ah…” Pei Lengxue lowered her head slowly, trying to sound indifferent. She said, “Well, if that’s the case, it’s okay with me.”

Although her response was seemingly indifferent, in reality, Pei Lengxue was ecstatic. She was so happy that she even considered going back to the Profound Star Sect right away and chopping down all the bamboo on Tianyun Peak.

Compose yourself! Pei Lengxue, be composed!

Seeing his junior sister agree so readily, Ye Anping also breathed a sigh of relief. He gently rubbed her head and said, “The clothes suit you well, making you look more mature.”

“Ah… um.”

“Go inside, Senior Brother will help you with a foot massage.”