Chapter 267: 267,Family
Translator: 549690339
The Demon Sect’s back mountain, a small bamboo forest.
Mao Nanbei stealthily tiptoed into the bamboo forest, concealing herself. She didn’t reveal any aura and didn’t make any noise.
She was back to play pranks again, intending to sneak up on her second senior sister.
Cats are naturally quiet creatures that make little noise when they fall from high places, so she had some innate talent in this area.
“Hehe, behold my invincible cat claw!” She darted quickly from the shadows of the bamboo, aiming at her second senior sister sitting on the stone, her little hand clawing towards the wooden hairpin on top of her sister’s head.
Sitting on the stone, Gu Xiaoman faintly smiled, then quickly resumed her usual cold demeanor.
She gently pushed her palm upward, a tender force enveloped Mao Nanbei, regardless of how she clawed and struggled, she could not free herself.
The second senior sister’s hands were beautiful, her fingers white and slender, they seemed boneless.
With a gentle hook of her finger, the encased Mao Nanbei in the air slowly drifted toward her.
The little girl resigned to her fate, semi-prostrated in the bubble-like force, drooping her ears and pouting.
Just as the second senior sister lifted the force, a triumphant smile immediately appeared on her face.
The bell-adorned little hands immediately stretched forward, but unfortunately, Gu Xiaoman was quicker.
Her index finger touched Mao Nanbei’s forehead in an instant, a flash of golden light directly broke her transformation, turning her back into a petite black cat.
With a swoop of her left hand, she embraced the little black cat into her arms.
Her left hand stroked the little black cat’s chin, and her right hand stroked the cat’s back. Mao Nanbei wanted to resist, but the touch of the second senior sister was too comfortable…
Not long after, she couldn’t help closing her eyes.
Lu Xun, having returned to the back mountain on his paper crane, headed straight for the bamboo forest.
“Second senior sister.” He bowed to the slender figure on the stone, then noticed a black cat tail happily swaying about.
“Oh, Fourth senior sister is also here?” He laughed.
“Meow!” Mao Nanbei, engrossed in being petted before, hadn’t noticed Lu Xun’s arrival and instantly woke up at his voice.
Feeling she had lost her senior sister’s dignity, she forcefully broke away from the second senior sister’s embrace, enveloped in her loose robe, turned into a black shadow and swiftly darted into the distance.
Watching Mao Nanbei run off, Lu Xun thought to himself: “I thought petting cat ears was already a privilege, I didn’t realise there is this benefit of petting cat-transformed into original-form too!”
“I need to find an opportunity to stroke too! Hehe!” He thought to himself.
Having her cat petting disturbed by Lu Xun, the second senior sister was slightly annoyed.
Despite her cold appearance, her temper was quite mild.
Lu Xun would disturb her with idle chatter when he had nothing to do, and even though she was embarrassed, she never lost her temper.
Better understanding the second senior sister’s character, Lu Xun concluded: “The second senior sister just seems like an authority figure.”
“Wha… what’s up?” The second senior sister stuttered, her voice still as cold as ever, as though she was detached from the worldly affairs.
Her black Daoist robe looked impressive on her.
“Second senior sister, do you remember Ji Li?” Lu Xun asked.
“Yes… yes.” Gu Xiaoman replied, as sparing with words as ever.
Ji Li had visited the back mountain a few times, Gu Xiaoman remembered her.
In her eyes, Ji Li was a gifted junior with potential.
Seeing that the second senior sister remembered Ji Li, Lu Xun asked: “Have you ever thought about taking a disciple?”
Gu Xiaoman didn’t say anything.
After a while, she asked: “You…you mean…you want me to…to take Ji Li as…as my disciple?”
“Yes.” Lu Xun answered honestly.
The second senior sister contemplated for a few seconds, then said: “Okay…I can.”
“Ah? Second senior sister, you agreed!” Lu Xun was a bit shocked, he hadn’t expected the second senior sister to agree so quickly.
Gu Xiaoman nodded her head.
Lu Xun looked at the second senior sister’s back, she looked very thin in her Daoist robe, it hung loosely on her frame.
“So… when it’s time for the Inner Sect promotion examination, could I have you, little junior brother, represent Second Senior Sister in receiving Ji Li as her disciple?” Lu Xun asked.
“Well… okay.” Gu Xiaoman replied.
Lu Xun gives another bow, saying, “Then I won’t disturb Sister’s cultivation time.”
Second Senior Sister nodded, her delicate hand issuing a light dismissal gesture, signalling him to leave.
After leaving the bamboo grove, Lu Xun intended to pick some fruit from the trees.
But he happened to bump into Mao Nanbei while she was trying to scare the Spirit Crow.
This poor dented Crow looked fresh and tender. If it got scared to death one day, Lu Xun would surely make a soup out of it while crying his eyes out.
Upon seeing Lu Xun, the Spirit Crow immediately flew towards him, landing on his shoulder.
Mao Nanbei noticed Lu Xun, acting as if the previous scene didn’t happen. She cleared her throat and said, “Ahem, little junior brother, done speaking with Second Senior Sister? I… I just… Seeing that you two had something important to say, I just left. It’s not because… it’s not because…it…”
“I know, I understand.” Lu Xun replied with a cheeky smile.
Mao Nanbei was so flustered that she showed her claws and was ready to claw his face, but having seen his handsome face, she couldn’t bear to do it. So she jumped up and forcefully punched his chest instead.
Unfortunately, as an Intermediate Spiritual Sword wielder, Lu Xun didn’t feel any pain from the punch at all.
Mao Nanbei hopped up, chasing the Spirit Crow off Lu Xun’s shoulder, and then plopped her little bum down in its place, asking, “Little Junior Brother, what were you and Second Senior Sister talking about just now?”
“Oh, nothing much. I was just asking Second Senior Sister if she was thinking of accepting a disciple. I wanted to introduce Ji Li to her,” Lu Xun honestly replied.
“What? Why didn’t you ask me? Tell me, are you looking down on your Fourth Senior Sister!” Mao Nanbei exclaimed loudly, dramatically acting tough.
“Of course not! But Ji Li is a Sword Cultivator, and you’re a Blade practitioner. Second Senior Sister would naturally be a better fit,” Lu Xun explained with a smile.
“Yes, you’re right. What you said makes a lot of sense.” Mao Nanbei nodded in agreement.
Lu Xun knew very well that this little girl was only trying to get some attention.
“So… Did Second Senior Sister agree?” Mao Nanbei asked, swinging her little legs while sitting on Lu Xun’s left shoulder.
“Hmm, she agreed.” Lu Xun replied: “As soon as I brought it up, she agreed instantly. I hardly had to persuade her.”
After that, he asked, “Fourth Senior Sister, did Second Senior Sister already want to accept a disciple?”
“Probably not.” After giving it some thought, Mao Nanbei said softly, “Ah, maybe she feels a kinship with Little Li’zi’s background.”
Lu Xun then remembered that Second Senior Sister used to be a female Daoist in a decrepit Daoist temple on top of a mountain before she became the teacher’s disciple.
She was an orphan.
But then again, who among the people on the back mountain weren’t?
Even the teacher had lost both his parents, leaving only him and his twin brother. They didn’t even know who was the elder and who was the younger.
Because he liked the idea of being the older one, the Teacher enjoyed being addressed as such.
The legendary Demon Sect’s back mountain was filled with poor, parentless individuals.
But at least they found a home there.
“Let’s go, Fourth Senior Sister. Time to go cook.” Lu Xun turned to Mao Nanbei who was still sitting on his shoulder and asked, “What do you feel like eating today?”
“I want braised pork today!” Mao Nanbei declared.
“Didn’t we have that just the other day?”
“You were the one who asked me, I said I wanted braised pork, so why are you saying this!”
“Alright, alright, isn’t it fine if I cook it for you?”
“Hehe!”
Under the sun, the shadows of Lu Xun and Mao Nanbei stretched long and far.
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