Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
On the narrow and winding roads, a girl who still had slight baby fat carried a bamboo basket while walking at a face pace.
She had quite a few things in the bamboo basket, however, since she had been strong at a young age, she didn’t really mind the weight.
Who else could this be other than Ji Li?
She cried so much a few days ago that her eyes were completely swollen, thankfully today, the swelling finally disappeared.
After finding out that Lu Xun didn’t die, she took the initiative to volunteer and assumed responsibility for taking care of Lu Xun.
Ji Li had now already changed into the gown of the Demon Sect’s outer sect disciples. It was considered a unified outfit.
On Earth, it could be commonly referred to as a school uniform.
The gown of the Demon Sect’s outer sect disciples was simple. Its design were black clothes with no veined patterns at the cuffs, the rest of the gown also had no other colors.
Even the belt was black, it drew the outline of Ji Li’s small waist clearly as if it were an arm’s grip.
At the same time, since her waist was slimmer, a certain area would be set off.
She was walking on the road of the Rear Mountain’s Small Study now.
An inconspicuous jade stone hung on her waist. This unremarkable jade stone was actually a certificate for passage, it allowed her to enter or exit the premises freely.
It was reasonable to say that she, an outer sect disciple, didn’t possess the qualifications to enter the Small Study, however, because Lu Xun needed someone to take care of him at the moment. She quickly volunteered, Cat Southnorth simply assigned her the job.
“Otherwise, were both the Second Senior Sister and I going to take care of him?”
“This old lady is only good at cutting heads off with one strike, I truly don’t know how to take care of people.”
Compared to the Demon Sect’s outer peaks and the various main peaks, the Rear Mountain, known as a rather mysterious place, appeared more graceful.
Although this mountain was extremely high, higher than any of the main peaks, it inexplicably gave people a type of graceful feel.
This feeling was very hard to pin down. It was if you’re seeing a girl who was 2 meters tall, it would rather be very difficult to use the word ‘graceful’ to describe her.
After going up the mountain to take care of Lu Xun, Ji Li could clearly feel the mountain’s refinedness even more.
The mountain was like a large Bonsai, every part of it seemed to have been meticulously pruned.
No matter if it be rocks in the mountain, the flowers, or the plants, or even the trees in the surroundings, all of it gave people the feeling of elegance.
Ji Li muttered, “I must be overthinking… The mountain probably already looked like this in the first place. To try and meticulously manage a mountain peak, how much time would it take? And who in the world would waste time like that?”
She walked along the narrow and winding roads for a while longer, and then saw a brook.
There were a few small fishes and prawns inside the said brook, all of which were very normal, they even seemed to have lots of vitality.
There were a few large rocks on the brook that allowed people to step on it to go across.
She leapt lightly while carrying the bamboo basket, bouncing quite vivaciously.
After crossing the brook, a sea of bamboo had to be passed through.
Although she had just been introduced to the ‘Qi Devouring Formula’, she had already known Qing Gong originally, if this place wasn’t the legendary Rear Mountain that she held reverence for, she might have used it to leap around a few times in the bamboo forest.
‘This stretch of bamboo forest is truly beautiful!’
Even though it wasn’t her first time seeing this, she still couldn’t help but exclaim once more on the inside.
She couldn’t get tired of listening to the breeze that blew past and the rustling sounds of the bamboo leaves. She felt that she could easily meditate on a large rock inside the bamboo forest for an entire day.
After walking past the bamboo forest, she would always see a girl meditating inside the bamboo forest every time.
In the same position as always, the girl had her back to her and sat cross-legged on a rock.
Even though her clothes were black like Ji Li’s, but it felt different like a black Daoist robe.
Her hair was also black and tied into a Daoist bun, with her hair coiled up like this, a simple wooden hairpin kept it in place.
To put it in words—she really gave people the feeling of being a Daoist nun.
Every time Ji Li came, she would see this person meditating in the bamboo forest.
Whenever Ji Li left, she would still be meditating.
Every single time, she would only be able to see the person’s rear view, and because of this, she didn’t know what the other person looked like.
Ji Li paid her respects with the bamboo basket on her back, due to the movement of bending her waist, the things inside the bamboo basket almost fell out, she quickly lifted it up in a hurry.
“Respect to the Great Aunt-Master.”
After paying obeisance, she continued to walk forward.
The first time she came to the Rear Mountain, Cat Southnorth was the one to lead the way.
Upon seeing the girl who seemed like a Daoist nun, she quickly found out that she was Cat Southnorth’s Second Senior Sister, Ji Li hurriedly paid obeisance, however, the girl didn’t have any reaction to it.
The lolita told her the reason later, “Second Senior Sister doesn’t like to speak and likes peace and quiet. After you pay your respects, leave without delay and don’t even think of disturbing her.”
After passing through the sea of bamboo, she finally saw the Small Study she heard about in the legends.
The Small Study in front of her really wasn’t all that big, it had actually lived up to its name, it also didn’t have the slightest feeling of being a celestial residence. Instead, it felt like the lodge of a hermit in the mountains.
Cat Southnorth was currently sitting on a rattan chair outside the lodge, sun-bathing to her utmost satisfaction.
She was still a cat after all. Kitties very much liked to shower in the sun.
Her eyes were narrowed slightly, truly like a contented baby kitten.
Ji Li quickly paid her obeisance to her, “Respect to Little Aunt… uh, respect to Great Aunt-Master.”
Cat Southnorth nodded in satisfaction as a reply.
Compared to the title ‘Little Great Aunt-Master’, she liked the appellation ‘Great Aunt-Master’ more.
‘Where am I little?’
‘Tell me, where am I little?’
A demon that had just manifested had the innocence and naturalness of a child to some extent. Once thought of it this way, people should know that children had always wanted themselves to be a little older.
‘Although I lost a beautiful mount, and inexplicably got a Little Junior Brother, it still feels pretty good.’ These were Cat Southnorth’s thoughts.
“Junior Brother looks so handsome, bringing him out would make us a little more reputable.”
“Great Aunt-Master, I’ll be going in now,” Ji Li said to Cat Southnorth.
The lolita nodded, her cat ears moved along with the breeze as she continued to bathe in the sun, looking quite indolent at the moment.
After walking into the Small Study, Ji Li didn’t dare to run around and directly proceeded into the room where Lu Xun was residing.
Lu Xun was still currently unconscious, however, his body wasn’t as smashed up as before anymore.
After Sect Master Shen Yan found out that Sir already accepted him as the new disciple, he reluctantly fed his new Little Uncle-Master a rare Spirit Pill.
Everyone loved to use the six words ‘Life, Death, Man, Flesh, White, and Bones’, to describe miraculous cures. However, even though the Spirit Pill wasn’t as impressive as the first three words listed, it could still accomplish the latter three words.
When Shen Yan took it out, the surrounding peak masters were all shocked for a moment.
He was already bald to begin with, to the point that he had no eyebrows or eyelashes. In addition to the pained expression written all over his face, he looked like an extremely sorrowful stewed egg.
However, thanks to the Spirit Pill given to Lu Xun, the surface of his body had recovered now, even though his internal injuries weren’t fully healed at the moment, they would be soon.
Inside Ji Li’s basket were a bunch of commodities for daily use, one of these was a change of clothes.
The Demon Sect had quotas for their disciples. Since Lu Xun had a noble status now, his daily articles were obviously much better than Ji Li’s.
When Ji Li’s cultivation becomes a little more profound, and when she successfully becomes an inner sect disciple, her day to day items would become a lot better.
She took out the things inside the bamboo basket, hung up Lu Xun’s clothes, and tidily laid out some articles for daily use.
Before her entire family was killed, she was the spoiled lady of the family, the kind that people served every step of her way.
Despite not having served anyone before in her life, she did it now with utmost willingness.
In reality, she was very much unaccustomed to doing these things, however, after seeing Lu Xun’s face, she would be filled with enthusiasm immediately.
She took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom and poured out a pill, she then fed it to Lu Xun.
This was also given by the sect master.
Every six hours, Lu Xun had to take a pill that promoted the recovery of his injuries.
When her small meaty hands touched Lu Xun’s lips, her face would instinctively redden faintly.
Apparently, these pills melted upon entering the mouth, if this had not happened, Ji Li would have thought of some special ways to make the unconscious Lu Xun swallow them.
Regarding this matter… she was actually a little disappointed.
“Then, what should I do next?” She looked at Lu Xun with these thoughts.
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