Chapter 41: A little tsundere
Shi Xia looked around, "Hey, where is Long Aotian? That muscular guy with me."
"You mean the one that the master picked up on the way?"
Picked up……
"Threw him out."
"Threw!" Shi Xia stood up at once.
"He is not one of our Xiu Ling Peak's disciples, of course he can not stay here." Bi Hong said as a matter of fact, "After Master picked him up, he threw him to Master Yuan to take care of him. He wasn't injured as badly as you, he just fainted before you and is still alive."
Shi Xia sighed with relief, it's good that he's okay. She tried to mobilize her Qi to check the condition of her body. Although her meridians were new and very fragile, she could run her Qi freely. Suddenly, she remembered what happened in the Immortal Mansion and looked around.
"Where is Chi Hou?"
"Master is in closed door cultivation."
"Closed door cultivation? Why the sudden urge?"
"It's because of you!" Bi Hong glared at her with great dissatisfaction, "If it weren't for saving you, Master wouldn't have had to go out at all, and then it wouldn't have taken all of his spiritual energy to rebuild the Demon Locking Formation."
"What do you mean?" Shi Xia froze, what rebuilding? Say clearly.
"Did you know that Master is not allowed to leave the Yuhua Sect?"
"……" This, she really did not know, "Why?" Hasn't he been inside Zhen Bing for quite a few days?
"You know about the Demon Locking Formation, right?" He pointed to a floating peak not far away and asked.
Demon Locking Formation? "The formation that Yuanwu talked about when he lured me away last time?"
"Right." He nodded, "That formation seals the ancient demonic beast, which is said to have the ability to devour heaven and earth. That formation was laid by the Master, and he himself is the eye of the formation. If he leaves the Yuhua Sect, the formation will collapse. And the preparators of the formation, such as my Master, will also suffer serious backlash. This time, the Master was forced to go to Juewang Mi forest to save you. Fortunately, he returned in time, otherwise, who knows what would have happened."
So it was because of her, Shi Xia's heart felt constricted, "I'll go find him."
Saying this, she directly went out of the door.
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At this time, Chi Hou was scratching the wall in depression……
Because …… he actually let his sister get hurt right under his nose!!!
The devil fool has said that protecting his sister's safety is the first priority of a brother. But he failed to do even the most basic. This is simply the biggest failure in his life.
His sister must be starting to resent him as a brother. Originally, she did not like him very much, it was not easy to abduct her and force her to call him brother. This time, everything went back to square one. He knew his image in his sister's mind may have dropped so low, as if directly demoted from Nascent Soul to Qi Refining.
The words "not qualified to be a brother" pressed him down hard, completely sending him into a deep self-loathing ……
When she was kidnapped from Xiu Ling Peak, he had important work to do so he went back home late. Not seeing her in the Xiu Ling Peak, he got angry. That's why he connected his divine sense to the demon fox, so that he could protect her and coax her on the way to come back home.
Knowing that she was going to the Mu Xuan Immortal Mansion, he didn't object. He knew that place better than anyone. The Demon Fool King used to nestle there every day, and the traps and formations inside had long been dismantled by him to the point of no return. He thought that with him following, there would not be any danger, so he did not object and tried his best to hide his identity.
He wanted to protect his sister and let her have fun on her own. His degree of patience has never been so tolerating. He almost exhausted a lifetime of ingenuity, accompanying his sister who ran away from home and went to play and have fun. The result of playing ……he lost!
Why did the Demon Fool King leave such a strange box like that there?
Why can the box open the gap containing the laws of heaven and earth?
Why was the gap not surpassed using just his divine sense?
Why was the body of the sixth-rank demon fox so unstable?
Why was he one step too late even though he had already tried desperately to rush there?
Flip the table! Why did God stop him from taking his sister home?
His life is a gray ……
She was kidnapped, plus angry at him, plus useless brother, plus seriously injured, equals breaking off their brother-sister relationship!
After this incident, his sister must have lost all her impression on him, surely! (? _?)
She must have started to hate him, she must have! (╥╯^╰╥)
She definitely thinks he's not as good as the devil, she must be! 〒▽〒
She probably doesn't want to recognize this brother as her own, she must! ╥﹏╥
Her good sister is going to fly, definitely, definitely, definitely yes! ÌÎÌ_ÌÎ_ÌÎÌ_ÌÎÌ_ÌÎÌ_ÌÎÌ_ÌÎ
The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. The sadder he became, the more he scratched the wall.
As long as the thought that his sister will turn back to the devil fool, he felt his heart and liver hurt. He raised his claws to scratch the wall, kept scratching and scratching, scratching until……
The wall broke and someone, who he was thinking about was standing outside.
Chi Hou: "……"
Shi Xia: "……"
A group of crows flew above their heads……
Zero point one second later, Chi Hou quickly hid his hands behind his back. He stood up straight, his face instantly regained that ice-cold face paralysis high official expression.
"Are you looking for me?"
"Huh?" Shi Xia froze, then came back to her senses and walked over. Was it her illusion? Just now the face she saw behind the scratching wall full of resentment seemed like him. It must have taken a lot of strength to make a hole in the wall just by scratching it.
"Why did you make this hole?"
"Qi wasn't entering the house enough, so I made a window!"
"Oh ……" But the excuse doesn't feel right.
Shi Xia glanced at the broken hole in front of her and asked, "Are we going to talk like this?" Transmissioning sound through the hole?
Chi Hou froze, before turning around and opening the door and walking out. His heart became full with sadness. What if she wants to break off their brother-sister relationship? The actual fact that it may happen gave him another wave of depression.
He walked slowly, his steps felt heavy. As if they were moulded by lead, leaving heavy shoe prints on the ground.
Shi Xia was puzzled. Is it because he got injured while rebuilding the formation, so he is walking so slowly? Her heart sank, and a deep sense of guilt surged up.
"Bi Hong told everything to me. Are you all right?" She couldn't help but go forward, pulled him to sit down on the stone chair, and carefully examined his appearance.
"I'm perfectly fine." Chi Hou nodded his head.
Seeing that he really didn't look like he was injured, Shi Xia was relieved, "Thank you for saving me."
"Mm." He habitually reached out to touch her head, his face was still icy cold, but his eyes were extraordinarily focused, as if he was caressing some precious treasure.
Shi Xia's heart felt touched, and couldn't help but reach out and grab his hand, "Chi Hou, you…… why are you so good to me?" Even risking his life by enduring the backlash of the Demon Locking Formation, he went to save her.
Chi Hou slapped his chest, looked at her, and declared with a face of righteousness, "I am your brother!" It's my duty!
"……" Shi Xia froze, her heart felt as if it became as soft as a cotton candy. She unconsciously smiled out. Not being able to help herself, she stepped forward and hugged the person in front of her, "Yes, you are my brother …… Thank you, Brother!" Thank you for giving me unreserved kindness in this strange world.
Chi Hou didn't say anything, just continued to pat her head, his eyes shining brightly.
"By the way, why did you connect your divine sense to the demon fox before?" If only the divine sense left the body, the cultivation level would also follow. He could still retain the cultivation level of the God of Transformation, so why did he connect it to a sixth-rank demon fox?
"The contract you initiated that day could not restrain the demon fox, and if it failed, it would have been reversed and hurt you." He said in a deep voice.
"So you connected your divine sense to the demon fox in order to save me?"
"Mm."
Uh …… she messed up half a day, but it turned out that her contractual formation didn't work at all. The pride of feeling like a protagonist because she contracted a sixth-order spirit beast while being in the Foundation Establishment stage fell to pieces. Please, can I go back and strangle my past self to death?
"Why did you go to the forest that day?"
"Not that day." He shook his head, "I've always been there."
"Huh?" What do you mean?
"I saw your spiritual energy in the secret forest at the border of immortals and mortals."
A secret forest? That must be the cliff she climbed up!
"You've been following me?"
"Disciples of the sect always go out for training only after building the foundation. Your cultivation is too low, how can I feel at ease letting you walk outside?"
Well, she already knows she is a scum!
"Forget it, don't say anymore. Chi Hou, there's a very important thing I want to ask you, you ……"
"I do not agree!" Her words hadn't finished, when he immediately jumped up like an angry cat, "You are my sister, forever!" Breaking off the relationship or something, he will never agree.
"What?" What's with what, "I just want to ask you about something ……"
"You didn't want to break……" isn't it? Chi Hou froze, before going back to his cold expression and sitting back and asking, "Ask then."
So Xia Xia is not here to break off the relationship with him. His sister is his! The best! His heart instantly blossomed, and his whole being came to life. (〜 ̄▽ ̄)〜
Shi Xia looked at the huge contrast of expression between a moment ago and now. Chi Hou's eyes were shining with an extremely incongruous light. His face was still cold, but the look in his eyes was full of joy, like a blooming flower. She couldn't help but reach out, holding both his cheeks with her hands and pulling them hard.
"Shia Shia (Xia Xia)?" Chi Hou tilted his head. There wasn't a trace of anger in his eyes for being bullied by his sister.
Shi Xia felt a ding sounding in her mind. The doubts cleared. Chi Hou must……be a tsundere on the inside, right?
She seemed to have found a great truth!
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