Chương 4: Chapter 40: "Human Warmth"

Yuan Chu stared wide-eyed at him.

"What are you thinking about, you old pervert? This old aunt is only seven! Finding a man right now, do you want me to die?!"

Venerable Li was not to be outdone. "Aren't you a little hoodlum? If it weren't for you staying there and refusing to leave, how would you have been so stimulated?"

If she hadn't been naked, she would have jumped up and punched him!

Meanwhile, Ye Chenyuan had already petrified.

Master drank arousing tea. Master was stimulated by seeing Fang Die and that man. Venerable Li said Master needed a man… In other words, Master needed a man to "bully" her like that man outside "bullied" Fang Die?

After eleven-year-old Ye Chenyuan thought through this complicated juncture, his handsome little face turned so red it was almost dripping with blood. If it was possible, there would have been smoke appearing from his head.

Thus, Yuan Chu and Venerable Li both turned to look at him.

"What's wrong?" Astonished, Yuan Chu asked, "The smell of the sweet fruits outside didn't excite you, did they? That's impossible. The sweet fruits are only arousing if eaten. Isn't the effect from smelling it really small?"

Right now, Ye Chenyuan couldn't face Yuan Chu. He disappeared from the Sky Pearl, leaving the two baffled.

Yet, once Ye Chenyuan left, it was even more awkward for him! He didn't even dare to breath because of the ambiguous sounds nearby. He already understood now what dual cultivation meant. He also knew what dual cultivation dao companions were and the difference between it and a master-disciple relationship.

It was a more intimate status than master and disciple!

When Venerable Li saw Ye Chenyuan standing there silly, he told him the solution. "Those two young ones are probably like this because they accidentally ate sweet fruits. If the sweet fruit's roots are burnt, their rationality will return."

At this, Ye Chenyuan hurried to dig out roots of the sweet fruit trees. His mind was a mess. As he burnt the roots, his eyes drooped in thought as if contemplating an important matter.

Sure enough, once the smoke lifted, Fang Die and the man soon regained their reason. They hadn't been entirely unaware, so now that they had recovered, they didn't shriek in surprise or anything. They only separated, embarrassed, and put their clothes back on facing away from each other.

Since Yuan Chu was still cultivating in the Sky Pearl, Ye Chenyuan was the only one Fang Die saw. She immediately let out a breath. Luckily, Lord Yuan Chu wasn't here. Otherwise, if he had seen her and this man being so bold and unrestrained… it would have been so shameful!

Throughout the entire process, Ye Chenyuan's face was stiff. When they finished cleaning up, he stood up in front of them.

Red-faced, Fang Die seemed to want to say something, but Ye Chenyuan didn't wait for her. "You didn't break the jade pendant after a long time, so Master was worried you ran into danger and sent me to check on you."

Hearing this, Fang Die couldn't help glancing at the man next to her. He happened to look at her as well. The two's eyes met and immediately separated. Then, they looked back at each other, their gazes lingering. It made the onlooker Ye Chenyuan feel like his eyes hurt!

Fang Die coughed and lowered her head, embarrassed. "Many thanks for Senior Yuan's concern. I met with danger, but fortunately, this fellow cultivator helped me…"

Then, they accidentally ate the sweet fruits, and what happened next needn't be said.

Just as Ye Chenyuan wanted to take his leave, Fang Die pulled him to the side.

"Little Benefactor, could I trouble you with a matter?"

When he thought about how her hand had… with that man, he had the urge to rip off that sleeve.

"What do you want?"

Fang Die said, her voice lowered, "... You saw everything from before, right?"

Ye Chenyuan nodded.

Fang Die's face reddened. "Then, could you refrain from telling Senior Yuan about this matter?"

"Why?" Ye Chenyuan gave her a puzzled glance.

Fang Die looked a bit sad. "I may not have any chances of being with Senior Yuan, but I don't want to leave a bad impression in his heart! Basically, you wouldn't understand!"

Ye Chenyuan swept his gaze over the man behind them. He appeared quite simple-minded. At Ye Chenyuan's gaze, he smiled stupidly at him, his face red. He was also embarrassed at having been seen earlier.

"Then will you be with that person?"

Mysteriously, Ye Chenyuan asked this question.

Fang Die's attitude immediately relaxed. "Him! Depends on how he acts. If he behaves, becoming dual cultivation companions is fine.

Ye Chenyuan felt like his views of the world had toppled once again. He frowned. "That happened between you, and you still want to leave him?"

Fang Die laughed and reached out to poke Ye Chenyuan's forehead. You, you're so young. How come you're so old-fashioned? Us cultivators aren't like the common people of the mortal world, refusing to marry anyone but him who takes our first time. Your thinking is too out of date!"

At this, Ye Chenyuan went silent, embarrassed.

Fang Die couldn't stay long in this wild, open place. She was very moved that Yuan Chu had been worried about her and came to find her.

In the cultivation world, everyone was working to become an immortal. The few with a human warmth were rare and precious.

She thought for a moment and gave the jade pendant to Ye Chenyuan.

"What's this?"

Ye Chenyuan raised his head and saw Fang Die smiling at him. It was a very gentle smile, a caring one you'd give a little brother. The man walked to her side. He looked like he wanted to put his arm around her waist but didn't dare.

"Little Benefactor, I'm truly grateful you came to find me. The technique in this jade pendant is something I came across in the Endless Mountains. A special dual cultivation technique is recorded in it. My cultivation is too low, so it's useless for me. Could you give it to Senior Yuan and tell him I can't bear to break the jade he gave me? I'll get home safely. That jade pendant will just be a souvenir of our meeting."

She became a bit sentimental towards the end.

A cultivator's life was long, but the cultivation world was unimaginably big. Danger accompanied opportunity. On the way to becoming strong, one could meet with a premature death. In the end, many would never meet again.

Ye Chenyuan held the pendant. At first, his impression of Fang Die was "hateful" and "person who covets Master". Yet now, he felt a bit melancholy. Seeing the two smiling at him, a smile of his own slowly surfaced on his face.

He gave them a pill he refined himself in return, his voice solemn. "If you ever pass by Myriad Sword Sect, come sojourn at Frost Sword Peak."