IVYSCP - Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Ever since that hopeless disciple of hers bonded, Chu Qianshan had been having an exceedingly difficult time on Little Cangshan.

How could her disciple, Chu Qianshan's disciple, be that pathetic?! Whatever Ling Qingyue said went, whatever Ling Qingyue wanted was fine, her eyes and heart full of Ling Qingyue all day, glued together nonstop, what kind of behavior was that.

Unbearable.

When Pei Congyi decided to go wandering again, Chu Qianshan packed her things and fled with her without a moment's hesitation, conveniently taking all the precious treasures from Little Cangshan along.

She couldn't rest easy leaving them behind.

Pei Congyi even teased her, thought she was being stingy.

Chu Qianshan snorted coldly. "You haven't seen Pei Yin showing where her loyalty truly lay. Someone just kissed her once and she nearly gave away my entire Little Cangshan."

Pei Congyi smiled faintly. "Xiao Yin values bonds deeply, and Qingyue is a good child too. You shouldn't be so fierce with them."

"Fierce?" Chu Qianshan frowned, turning away in displeasure. "How am I fierce? Besides, as their master, am I not even allowed to scold them?"

Pei Congyi watched her quietly, a smile held at her lips.

Chu Qianshan: "..."

The one before her was also a master, but this master never spoke harshly.

"I know," Chu Qianshan muttered sullenly, then added a moment later, "But if they provoke me, they can't blame me for getting fierce at them."

Pei Congyi watched her awkwardly turn her head away and reached out to stroke her hair.

Chu Qianshan stiffened, the tips of her ears reddening, though her mouth still said: "I'm not a child anymore."

Pei Congyi knew she was saying the opposite of what she felt. If she truly disliked it, she would have pushed her hand away long ago.

Past the Heavenly Gate, from the Immortal Realm to the Mortal Realm.

Chu Qianshan was somewhat puzzled. "Why does Master always like wandering in the Mortal Realm?"

When cultivators wandered for experience, most did so to raise their cultivation and steady their Dao heart, choosing places in the Immortal Realm. Yet her master was different, always running to the Mortal Realm.

Pei Congyi reached out and flicked her forehead. "What is the Dao your master cultivates?"

Chu Qianshan rubbed the flicked spot. "All living beings."

"Since I cultivate all living beings, then I must see all living beings." Pei Congyi took her hand, spread her palm open, and traced a formation across it with her fingertip.

Countless formations, each step lethal.

Chu Qianshan blinked as she watched. Only when the formation in her palm was complete did she come back from the tingling sensation. "Why is Master sealing my spiritual energy?"

Pei Congyi held her hand and said softly, "Now that we are in the Mortal Realm, what use is spiritual energy?"

Chu Qianshan nodded. "That's true. I'll follow Master's lead."

Watching her disciple as obedient as ever, Pei Congyi's lips tugged upward.

Pei Congyi's wandering destination this time was Lin'an City, a major city under Dongling.

She rented a small medicinal shop in the city, treating patients and prescribing remedies for the common people. Chu Qianshan became her little medicine apprentice.

At night, in the shop's back courtyard, Chu Qianshan massaged Pei Congyi's shoulders and back. "Master, today when you performed acupuncture on those people, were you tired?"

Pei Congyi shook her head. "Not tired."

"When did Master learn these mortal medical arts? Why didn't you ever teach me?" Chu Qianshan's arms were wrapped around the woman's neck, nearly holding her in an embrace.

Pei Congyi rested her hand on the arms before her, her fingertip gently stroking the other's fingers. She turned her head and asked, "You want to learn?"

Chu Qianshan nodded. "Of course I do."

Pei Congyi laughed lightly.

Just like when she was little. Whatever her master knew, she had to learn it too.

"Alright, I'll teach you."

When Chu Qianshan had stripped down to only her inner garment and was lying on the bed, only then did she belatedly react, propping herself up. "Master, must I learn like this?"

Pei Congyi sat beside her, her fingertip pressing against her shoulder, pushing her back down. "Not being obedient?"

Chu Qianshan lay back down obediently.

"You already know the meridians of the human body. Immortal Realm healing cultivation emphasizes meridians, but in the Mortal Realm, the physical body's meridians are the foundation." As Pei Congyi spoke, her fingers trailed down along the spine, point by point.

Chu Qianshan pressed her lips together, her forehead against the soft pillow. The hand on her back was indeed pointing out acupoints, but under the touch, an indescribable tingling spread from every spot the fingertip touched through her entire body. Chu Qianshan felt her hands and feet go numb along with it.

Chu Qianshan called out softly: "Master..."

"Mm?" Pei Congyi's fingertip stopped at her lower back. "Let me test you. What acupoint is this?"

Chu Qianshan came to her senses for a moment, but then the hand at her lower back suddenly pressed somewhere, and her whole body trembled lightly. The answer she had just thought of came out as something else entirely.

"Wrong."

Pei Congyi leaned down beside her disciple's ear. "I'm gone for a while, and you've forgotten even these things. Shouldn't you be punished?"

Even in her daze, Chu Qianshan realized Pei Congyi was doing this on purpose. She struggled to get up, but a hand gripped her shoulder, freezing her in place.

"Good disciple, be good." Pei Congyi applied slight pressure, pushing Chu Qianshan back down.

Chu Qianshan had obeyed her master's words since she was young, never once defying her. Hearing those words now, how could she dare move?

Pei Congyi found the burning-red ear hidden among her hair and pinched it, then praised: "So good."

Chu Qianshan was so embarrassed she could hardly bear it, and she also clearly understood what would happen next.

A hundred years ago, under the guise of drunkenness, she had boldly overstepped with her master, causing them to part for a hundred years. After they met again and talked it through, she had always been proper and never crossed the line. But now, her master was the one taking the initiative...

Anticipation welled up from the bottom of Chu Qianshan's heart. She had been thinking of this day for a very long time.

The sash at her side was slowly pulled loose. Chu Qianshan's hand clenched tighter and tighter.

Pei Congyi saw it and stroked her hand, hooking her fingers to loosen the fist, then slowly pressed against the back of her hand and clasped it tightly.

Chu Qianshan felt her master right behind her. Her master's hand pulled at her collar and slipped the inner garment off her shoulders.

A warm, soft pair of lips pressed against the back of her shoulder. In that moment, Chu Qianshan seemed to forget how to breathe.

"So nervous? Or... do you not like it?"

Gentle kisses traced downward all along the way. Chu Qianshan couldn't help trembling.

"Mm? Tell the truth."

"No... I don't dislike it."

Chu Qianshan felt her body burning fiercely, as if she had a fever. She couldn't control the changes in her body, and this brought a trace of fear, making her instinctively rely on the person she trusted most.

"Master..."

Pei Congyi held her hand and leaned down to kiss her cheek. "Mm, Master is here."

Chu Qianshan's eyes grew hot, tears wetting her lashes. She turned her head and desperately kissed the woman's lips.

Pei Congyi had finally gotten her to take the initiative and lean close. The tenderness in her eyes deepened.

"Good."

...

Without spiritual energy to cultivate her body, Chu Qianshan was exhausted all night and slept until noon the next day before waking.

The quilt still carried her master's scent. Chu Qianshan narrowed her eyes, thoroughly attached.

She lay there a while before getting up. Only then did Chu Qianshan realize she was completely bare. She looked down blankly at the marks covering her body, and the memories of the night before came flooding back all at once.

Thinking and thinking, she blushed. Chu Qianshan clutched the quilt, savoring the memory, not noticing for a moment that the door had opened.

Pei Congyi was holding clean clothes. Seeing Chu Qianshan sitting there in a daze, she couldn't help laughing lightly.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chu Qianshan was startled. Coming back to herself, she hurriedly pulled the quilt up to cover herself. "M-Master."

Pei Congyi walked over and leaned down to look at her. "What use is covering now? What part of you haven't I seen?"

Chu Qianshan: "..."

Chu Qianshan blushed and said nothing, taking the clothes from her hands and putting them on in a fluster.

It was already late autumn. The insulating clothing of the Mortal Realm had multiple layers, inside and out. Chu Qianshan couldn't tell them apart for a moment and had been dressing for ages without getting it right.

She knew her master was watching her.

She became more and more disordered. Until a hand reached over and unhurriedly tied the sash for her, then picked up another piece.

"When you were small, I helped you dress. Now that you're grown, you still need me to do it." Pei Congyi's eyes held a smile as she lightly patted Chu Qianshan's arm. "Lift your arms."

Chu Qianshan was unbearably flustered, not daring to lift her head at all. She could only obediently extend her hands.

Once she was dressed, Pei Congyi pinched her cheek again, then extended a hand to her.

"Come, let's go eat something."

Looking at the clean, fair palm before her, Chu Qianshan's thoughts were drawn elsewhere again.

She still remembered how that hand had teased her last night.

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