Chapter 222: Senior Sister's Saliva

The next day, the weather was clear.

After Luo Zijun got up, he felt refreshed and, after finishing breakfast, went to the backyard to cultivate.

In the room, the window was open.

There was no one left on the bed; only the rumpled sheets and some traces remained, telling the tale of last night's battle.

He cultivated for a day, and in the evening, he took a Medicine Bath.

At night, he performed Soul Out-of-Body to continue Soul Refining.

For seven consecutive days, Luo Zijun did not step outside.

On this day, when he cultivated until evening, he felt the energy in his Dantian Sea stirring restlessly.

It looked like he was about to break through again.

After using the last of the medicinal herbs for his bath, he went out.

He put on his Bamboo Hat, first went to a martial artist's shop to buy materials for half a month of Medicine Baths, and then went to the Gathering of Sages Hall to book his next hunt outside the city.

For tempering the body, combat was more effective than a Medicine Bath.

At the same time, combat could also hone practical fighting skills.

The shopkeeper helped him register for a spot five days later, then suddenly asked in a low voice, "Young Master Dongfang, do you owe that Miss Xu money?"

Luo Zijun was stunned upon hearing this: "Which Miss Xu?"

The shopkeeper said, "Xu Ziyin, that girl who likes to wear a red dress. These past few days, she has come several times, and every time she came, she said she wanted to book a hunt outside the city, but after looking at the roster, she gave up. When she came again yesterday, she finally couldn't help but ask me why you hadn't come recently, and she also asked if you had booked the next date for hunting outside the city."

"So, do you owe her money?"

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and he said, "It's clearly her who owes me money!"

The shopkeeper smiled slyly and said, "If she owed you money, she would be avoiding you as fast as she could; why would she deliberately wait for you to go together?"

Luo Zijun shrugged: "Who knows."

The shopkeeper smiled meaningfully: "If it's not money she's owed, then it must be something else. Otherwise, why would a young girl shamelessly come again and again to wait for you to go out of the city together?"

"Probably trying to swindle me out of money."

Luo Zijun made a joke and took his leave.

Could that girl have a masochistic streak?

Walking on the road, he muttered to himself in his heart.

Bao'an Hall.

Su Qingling was sitting alone behind the counter, slumped over the table in a daze; seeing him enter, she didn't react at all.

Luo Zijun walked to the counter, tapped on the table, and said, "Senior Sister, haven't seen you in a few days, did you miss me?"

Su Qingling remained slumped there, blinking her long eyelashes, looking Daidai, and ignored him.

Luo Zijun looked left and right, and seeing that his master was not there, he immediately took the washed dress and silk socks out of his Storage Bag and said, "Senior Sister, your dress and silk socks are all washed. I washed them by hand, you know; see if they are clean."

Only then did Su Qingling raise her head, look at them carefully, and suddenly ask, "Did you use them for anything?"

Luo Zijun retorted, "What does Senior Sister want me to use them for?"

Su Qingling stared at him without answering.

Luo Zijun said, "Alright, I slept with them in my arms for a night, and I even kissed them for a night. Is Senior Sister satisfied now?"

Su Qingling gave a soft "Hmph" and didn't speak again.

Luo Zijun handed the dress and silk socks to her and asked, "Has all that Demon Beast pork been processed? I feel like I'm about to level up again; I need to hurry up and eat some Demon Beast meat to replenish."

Su Qingling glanced at him without answering, took the dress and silk socks, left the counter, and went upstairs.

After a moment.

She came down carrying a large paper bag of things and placed it on the counter.

Luo Zijun looked into the bag and saw that it was filled with reddish-brown things that looked like medicinal pills, packed densely; there were at least several thousand of them.

"Senior Sister is amazing, you really refined them into pills?"

Luo Zijun hurriedly took one from the paper bag, sniffed it under his nose, and then put it into his mouth to chew.

It was like beef, very chewy, with a slightly sweet taste, and very fragrant.

"Senior Sister, is this really made from the Demon Pig? This is too delicious; I feel like I could finish it all in a day!"

Luo Zijun took another one and threw it into his mouth.

Su Qingling glanced at him and said, "They expand when they meet water. If you don't want your stomach to burst, eat at most twenty a day."

Luo Zijun took another one and stuffed it directly into her small mouth, saying, "Senior Sister, you try it too. The more you chew, the more fragrant it is; it's like beef jerky."

Su Qingling was startled, her rosy cheeks puffed out, and with a flick of her small tongue, she spat it out, and it landed in her palm.

It was glistening on top, covered in saliva.

She looked at it, then looked at him, then extended it toward him and said coldly, "Eat it."

Luo Zijun was currently eating, and after taking a look, he said, "Senior Sister, it has your saliva on it; you should just eat it yourself."

Su Qingling looked at him coldly and said, "Are you going to eat it or not?"

"Not eating."

Luo Zijun refused.

Su Qingling didn't speak again, held it in her palm, left the counter, and prepared to go out.

Luo Zijun said, "Senior Sister, where are you going?"

Su Qingling said, "Chujian Bookstore."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Fine, fine, I'll eat it, okay? Every time it's like this, you're going too far..."

Luo Zijun hurriedly pulled her back.

Su Qingling stopped, opened her hand, held it out before him, and looked at him with a cold gaze.

Luo Zijun was not repulsed; he lowered his head, took it directly from her palm into his mouth, chewed a few times, and suddenly said with a face full of surprise, "Eh, Senior Sister, it seems even sweeter now that it's covered in your saliva."

Su Qingling's brows twitched; she ignored him, entered the counter, and remained as cold and aloof as ever.

Luo Zijun suddenly thought of a disgusting joke, so he hurriedly held the paper bag out to her again and said very earnestly, "Senior Sister, if you could, please take them one by one into your mouth, suck on them, and then spit them out, so that they are all coated in your fragrant, sweet saliva, would you?"

"Ugh—"

Just at this moment, a retching sound suddenly came from the doorway.

Su Dafang returned with his Medicine Chest on his back and said with a look of disgust, "Kid, when did you become so disgusting?"

Luo Zijun immediately said, "Master, you actually said Senior Sister's saliva is disgusting! Do you still want your coffin money?"

Su Dafang: "..."

Inside the counter, Su Qingling also looked at him with a cold gaze.

"Ahem..." Su Dafang hurriedly put down his Medicine Chest and said, "You two continue, I'm going upstairs to rest for a while."

Having said that, he immediately went upstairs.

Luo Zijun took another one, put it in his mouth, then looked at the sky outside, preparing to take his leave.

At this moment, Su Qingling suddenly spoke: "There is already my saliva in there; when I was refining them, I kept spitting into them as I worked."

Luo Zijun immediately said with a face full of pleasant surprise, "Really? No wonder it's so sweet and fragrant; I can't help but want to eat them."

This girl still wanted to disgust him? It was simply laughable; even if there really were saliva, he wouldn't be afraid.

"There is also urine."

Seeing his face full of smiles, Su Qingling suddenly added.

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and the expression on his face became even more pleasantly surprised: "Senior Sister, is that true? You aren't lying to me, are you?"

As he spoke, he hurriedly took another one, impatiently threw it into his mouth, and chewed it with a loud smacking sound, intentionally making a lot of noise.

!

Su Qingling said: "Grandfather's urine."

"Ugh—"

Luo Zijun suddenly retched.

"Hahahaha..."

An exaggerated burst of laughter suddenly came from upstairs, followed by the sound of someone falling to the floor.

Su Dafang had collapsed from laughing.

Su Qingling, however, remained expressionless, staring at someone.

Luo Zijun walked to the door, bent over to spit out what was in his mouth, spat a few more times, then turned his head and said, "Senior Sister, although I know you are lying to me, I was still successfully disgusted by you; you win..."

The corners of Su Qingling's mouth moved slightly.

Luo Zijun wiped his mouth, turned and entered the shop, and whispered, "By the way, Senior Sister, I want to tell you a secret. Actually, the soy milk I brought you last time, hehe... there wasn't just soy milk in there, there was also..."

Su Qingling was calm: "There was also what?"

"Hehe, guess."

Luo Zijun feigned mystery.

Su Qingling said indifferently: "I like drinking it, put more in next time."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Senior Sister, you win again... Bye!"

Luo Zijun stopped paying attention to this outrageous girl and left with a wave of his hand.

At this time, night had already fallen.

He soon arrived at Chujian Bookstore.

As soon as Luo Zijun entered, Xiao Lan said, "Young Master, Miss Tanchun and Miss Daiyu from the Jia Mansion came by today."

Luo Zijun asked, "What did they come for?"

Xiao Lan said, "It seemed like they were just chatting; this servant doesn't know either."

Luo Zijun rubbed her head: "It's getting late, close the door."

"Oh."

Xiao Lan agreed, then suddenly realized something and whispered, "Is the Young Master not leaving tonight?"

Luo Zijun said, "Yes."

Before coming out, he had already given instructions to Xiaohuan and Ziyuan.

He went upstairs.

Liu Chujian and Jia Yingchun were standing in front of a bookshelf talking; seeing him arrive, Jia Yingchun hurriedly lowered her head to greet him, then took the three maids back to her room.

She naturally understood who this young man had come to see.

Luo Zijun asked, "Miss Yingchun, are you getting used to living here?"

Jia Yingchun stopped, turned around, and said, "Yes."

Luo Zijun nodded: "As long as you are used to it. Has anything happened in the mansion recently?"

He had originally planned to go to the Jia Mansion, but he had been busy cultivating and hadn't gone yet; today Jia Tanchun and Lin Meimei had come, and he wondered if they had brought any news.

"For example, is anyone in the mansion getting married recently? Or, has anyone left recently?"

Luo Zijun reminded her.

Jia Yingchun thought for a moment, shook her head, then looked at him and said, "Young Master Luo, if you want to ask something, you can just ask directly."

Luo Zijun glanced at the three maids behind her, and before he could finish, Jia Yingchun hurriedly said to the maids behind her, "You all go back to your room first."

The three maids agreed and went to their room first.

Jia Yingchun came before Luo Zijun and said softly, "Young Master Luo, if you have anything to say, you can tell Yingchun directly. Yingchun guarantees she will not tell anyone."

Luo Zijun glanced at Bi'er not far away again and directly mocked, "Tsk tsk, how is there still someone so lacking in tact? Are you in such a hurry to marry Zhu Er from the vegetable market?"

Liu Chujian snickered on the side.

Bi'er snorted and walked away quickly.

Only then did Luo Zijun ask, "Does Jia Rong of the Ningguo Mansion have any marriage arrangements recently?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Yingchun was stunned for a moment, clearly somewhat surprised as to why he would suddenly inquire about such a matter, and shook her head, saying, "I haven't heard of any yet."

Luo Zijun asked again, "Is Lai Da, the head steward of the Rongguo Mansion, still in the mansion?"

Jia Yingchun nodded hurriedly: "He is still there."

At this moment, Liu Chujian also spoke up: "Tanchun came by today and mentioned this matter. Lai Da has not left yet. Lai Mama found out that Tanchun was investigating Lai Da and went to Jia Laotaitai to make a scene and cry. Jia Laotaitai reprimanded Tanchun, and when Jia Second Master heard about it, he also reprimanded Tanchun a few times. Tanchun asked me to tell you she is sorry; she cannot help you anymore."

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "I will go there myself tomorrow."

Jia Yingchun said hurriedly, "Young Master Luo, I will accompany you."

Luo Zijun said, "No need. I don't have any business going there; I'm just going to chat with someone."

Jia Yingchun lowered her head, and suddenly with reddened eyes, she said, "Young Master Luo, I know I am useless... I am not as smart as Tanchun, not as talented as Daiyu, and I have no money, I..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. How could you be useless?"

Luo Zijun interrupted her: "You protecting Chujian here is much more useful than any of them."

Jia Yingchun raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears: "But I cannot help Young Master Luo..."

Luo Zijun reached out his hand, helped her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "You living here is helping me; how could you not be helping me? Don't think nonsense, just live here well and be happy. I have no other requirements."

The moment his finger touched her cheek, Jia Yingchun trembled, her eyes filled with tears as she stared at him blankly. After hearing his words, she bit her lip and suddenly said with a face red as fire, "I... I..."

She stammered, her face flushed, trembling all over with shyness. Finally, she gathered her courage, looked up with her blushing cheeks, and said, "Luo... Young Master Luo, I... may I serve you?"

(End of this chapter)