The gloomy and crazy Master is drooling over me

"Mian'er..." Sheng Qing's cold hands gently kneaded her trembling soul, his tone was gentle and cold, his attitude was always tough and unyielding, "...Don't resist your master..."

"...Why?" She seemed to have a sudden surge of courage, and raised her head to try to find the answer through the darkness, but the tough action did not leave her room for negotiation. She was the prey entangled by the mad snake and could not escape.

The palm pressed on the back of her head could not warm it this time. After Shengqing calmed her down, he took the initiative to loosen his hand for the first time, and his fingertips gently lifted the tears from the corners of the little girl's eyes.

A soft sound came from the darkness, and the ghostly voice sounded again, clinging to my ears, "Because, you are mine..."

“…Disciple.”

Yu Mian was startled by the sound. She was keenly aware that the punctuation seemed wrong, but it was also after this sound that, perhaps exceeding her own threshold of endurance, her originally silent tears suddenly turned into sobs, then loud sobs, and finally she leaned on the iron-cold arms with the fragrance of medicine and burst into tears.

Snake woman!

Why is it so annoying!

Why do you always bully me alone!

She cried wildly, whimpering in the night, like a not-so-pleasant lullaby. Shengqing saw her releasing her frightened heart, and gently patted her back through the quilt with his palm.

Only after Yu Mian had vented all his emotions did he shrink back in fear.

A month of fun seemed to have made her a little braver, but only a little. Now that she had regained consciousness and faced the wetness on Shengqing's chest, she was afraid that this snake woman would offend her again.

After all, she no longer had her favorite embroiderer, and now she had one less piece of clothing to wear.

Sheng Qing managed to stop her shivering movements, and they successfully separated themselves by half a foot. Only then did Yu Mian realize that her body was so cold that even half of his own body was numb from the cold.

Unlike the previous low temperature that was almost the same as the environment, Sheng Qing at this moment was like lying in a freezer for ten days and ten nights and then soaking in water to thaw...

The surface of the body is soft, but it cannot prevent the coldness from inside from radiating.

She gasped and rubbed her body vigorously, trying to regain some warmth.

"Master... why are you so cold?"

Sheng Qing said in a lingering voice, "Maybe I was disappointed by you, a heartless little kid~ I came back to check on Mian'er's homework, but I didn't expect to be treated coldly. You even refused to let me hug you and see if you have a good meal these days."

"But Xiaolian clearly wants to kill me!"

In secret, Sheng Qing glanced at him, his tone unable to conceal the slight sarcasm, "Even though you knew that my master was by your side, you still drew the knife and hurt yourself. Mian'er, do you think that my master really can't protect you?"

"Stupid, okay."

Yu Mian was stuck, and after being prompted by Sheng Qing, she returned to guard her Dantian, and discovered that she had successfully broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining in the midst of the crisis?

She wondered silently, in such a critical situation at that time, how could she quickly analyze whether she was in danger or seemed to be in danger?

All she could do was try to save herself like a drowning person.

Besides, checking academic performance was just an excuse. The Netherworld Pearl must be the real target. She would not be fooled by a few words from this man.

"What's going on with Xiaolian?" Taking advantage of Shengqing's slight pity at the moment, Yu Mian asked without restraint.

Sheng Qing thought for a moment, and finally found some memories from his corners. He said casually, "Several decades ago, my teacher found a paper figurine technique in a secret realm. The supreme paper figurine that the seniors mentioned needs to be filled with a living soul in order to make a paper figurine that is no different from an ordinary person."

"As a teacher, I naturally want to learn the best. It's a pity that killing people will bring me karmic consequences..." When she said this, her tone was quite regretful, as if if killing people did not bring me karmic consequences, she would just take the person's soul to refine.

“…So, I searched all over the world and found this ghost who loved to wear human skin and practice with his soul.”

“Master, since it likes to wear human skin so much, then putting it in this freehand painting of Master will be a bargain for it.” At this point, Sheng Qing’s tone rose, as if he was proud, and continued: “… Then, peel off its soul skin and sew it into the body of this little lotus.

“…I didn’t expect the outburst today, so I decided to test you.” Sheng Qing said the last sentence in a somewhat cold tone, as if he was lightly expressing his apology.

Yu Mian listened to her casually saying that the paper figurine technique required a living soul to refine, but unfortunately he couldn't kill people at will, so he peeled off the ghost's skin...

Is this really not a demon cultivator?

She pondered, is it possible that Shengqing is like this because she has actually been possessed by a demon?

But she has pure spiritual power... not to mention possessed by a demon, one can even see hidden merits around her...

What a hell.

Yu Mian had learned divination and qi-reading in the past month, and she could see a clue that Sheng Qing had abundant spiritual power. Although he was surrounded by heavy blood, it could not hide the merits that were about to emerge from his body.

"What is that bead?" Yu Mian was certain that she was being used as bait, and she was determined to find out the man's true intentions.

"It is said that the Netherworld Pearl can lead people to the Nine Netherworlds, but the rumor is not credible." Sheng Qing mentioned the useless thing with some disdain.

Not trustworthy?

But doesn’t the book explain the function of the Netherworld Pearl?

Yu Mian leaned forward and asked, "Why can't you believe it?"

Sheng Qing tucked the blanket between them to prevent the cold air from seeping in, and continued, "I killed it thousands of times in my early years, and tried to get a few, but it didn't work."

“It can be seen that what is recorded in the classics is not entirely detailed. If Mian'er encounters doubts in his practice in the future, he can give it a try and walk his own path. He does not have to believe everything in the books.” When Shengqing talked about his practice, it was the first time he felt like he had a master, who was teaching him and answering his questions, and his words were detailed and concise in the right way.

The sleep is broken...

Am I really being wronged?

But what the book says...what the book says are also hearsay, maybe they are really wrong.

She thought again of the decades-long plan designed by Shengqing that she had guessed.

He couldn't help but laugh at his own imagination. With a mandrill right under his nose, Sheng Qing couldn't possibly be so patient as to wait for it for decades. He must have countless ways to tame it.

Late at night in the disciple's bed, perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for more than a month, she was unusually talkative today and answered almost every question.

Only after Yu Mian became more and more sleepy and his eyelids closed quietly did she lift the quilt and leave the room. The damaged part of the door was replaced and repaired by herself.

Sheng Qing came to the spring pool and spat out a stream of fire crystals that had burned his throat to the point of being cooked. After pressing the formation back to the bottom of the spring pool, it transformed into a large black snake that was hot inside and icy outside, coiling in the pool, with every inch of its body covered in ice and frost, and it did not move.

The next day happened to be a day off, and Yu Mian felt the more abundant spiritual power after the late stage of Qi Refining. He no longer had any trace of fear as he had yesterday.

What was even more comfortable was that not only did she have a good night's sleep, but when she woke up, she was no longer wrapped around by the snake woman. When she sat up from the bed alone, she was completely dazed.

I pinched myself before I believed it.

The snake woman has changed her temperament!

Although she climbed yesterday, she left in the middle of the night!

That’s great. It’s best not to enter her room casually every day and keep to ourselves.

Yu Mian quickly cleaned up the dirt and torn robes on his body, cast a "cleansing spell", and the little water-blue dragon swam around, taking away the dust and blood.

She had to quickly try out how fast she could draw talismans. In fifteen days, the Foundation Establishment Disciple Competition would begin, and she had to prepare those orders.

Coming to the desk, Yu Mian subconsciously thought of what happened last night.

Is it because she just came back from Tianhan Mountain that she is so cold?