This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 40: Taoist Sect’s Youdao Mountain

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Taoist Sect’s Youdao Mountain

"Senior Brother! I’ve reached the Fourth Realm! I can protect you from now on!" Su Youyi ran out excitedly after completing her cultivation session and jumped directly at Liang Yi, hanging on him like a kangaroo.

"Cough cough cough cough cough!" Chen Hua couldn’t stand it anymore, what kind of behavior was this? Not even saluting their own master!

"Hehe, it was all thanks to Master that you arrived. Otherwise, I would have certainly failed to break through!"

Su Youyi saw her master beside her and chuckled, not coming down from her senior brother’s body, instead, she spun around on Liang Yi and landed on his back, Liang Yi could feel his junior sister’s breath on his earlobe.

Liang Yi was also quite helpless with this junior sister of his; in the Taoist Sect, both the master and himself spoiled her more than the other. His back slightly bent, his hands protected his junior sister’s legs, and with a push, he lifted Su Youyi up a bit, the softness against his back really made his heart wander.

"Master, now that junior sister has successfully broken through, let’s head back to the mountain first," Liang Yi suggested.

"No rush, your master will deal with the tails following us first."

Chen Hua pinched his fingers together and waved in the direction from which the Floating Cloud Ship had come, and a crescent-shaped transparent Sword Qi emitted from his fingers. The Sword Qi seemed very weak at first to Liang Yi’s perception, but it rapidly absorbed all the Spiritual Energy along the way and hit an empty space in the air far away.

"Hmph!"

A muffled groan came from the air, followed by a spray of blood appearing out of nowhere. The tracker did not dare to stay any longer, not even daring to utter another word, and quickly fled the scene. He knew he had grossly underestimated the Banished Immortal of Taoist Sect; only when truly facing Chen Hua could he feel the terrifying power that oppressed the world.

"I must go back and report to the Sect Hierarch, Chen Hua’s strength far exceeds what we anticipated." The tracker used a Secret Technique to suppress his injuries and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Oh? Is this the means of the Devouring Spirit Sect?" Chen Hua retracted his fingers, saying with interest.

"Master?" The clash was too high-end and secretive, even Liang Yi did not fully comprehend it.

"Let’s talk after we return to the mountain." Chen Hua did not explain and simply waved his sleeve; the Floating Cloud Ship in the sky and everyone within, including Liang Yi, vanished from sight.

In the next instant, Liang Yi found himself in a courtyard, and the Floating Cloud Ship had already been stored inside his junior sister’s Storage Ring.

"Hu-lu-lu." Su Youyi on his back had fallen asleep at some unknown time, and Liang Yi’s movements became even gentler, afraid of waking her up.

"Breaking through a realm is inherently full of danger, and given your junior sister’s unique constitution, it adds even more variables."

"She must have been struggling to suppress it for the past few days, dragging it out until we entered the boundary of Taoist Sect before daring to let go, allowing me to go directly to help. After the breakthrough, she was already exhausted and found the place she deemed safest before letting herself sleep."

Chen Hua reminisced about the first encounter with his two disciples as he looked at the little disciple on the back of the big disciple. They were also like this, on a night of endless snow and wind, malnourished Liang Yi carrying a feverish Su Youyi, going from one medical clinic to another asking for medicine. In that border town, there were clearly only two clinics, but Liang Yi had knelt at least a hundred times that night, the wandering little boy offering everything he had to protect the girl on his back, with whom he had no blood relation.

Initially, he was drawn by Liang Yi’s kindness, perseverance, and Su Youyi’s strange talents, which is why he decided to save them. Yet, over the years spent together, he had come to see them as his own children. Su Youyi’s transformation from that past self into the lively young girl she was now was all thanks to the unwavering affection of her senior brother.

"What a pity, why did they lose their memories?" Chen Hua watched the exceptionally beautiful youth with some regret. Although he was very good to his two disciples, in their hearts, the most important person to each other was still each other.

That was the only person in the world one could entrust their life to, until the end of life.

"But what kind of feelings would one have if such an important person forgot about oneself?" Chen Hua felt somewhat despondent; his junior sister was not as happy as she seemed to be, often pretending to be just like her usual self to prevent her senior brother from worrying.

"Fortunately, even if the memories are lost, what hasn’t changed remains unchanged."

Chen Hua looked at his eldest disciple acting with utmost gentleness, all for the sake of letting his junior sister sleep a bit more comfortably.

"You go settle Youyi first, then come back to find me," Chen Hua said.

"Yes, Master," Liang Yi replied but remained motionless in the courtyard.

"What’s the matter?"

"Master, I don’t know the way!" Liang Yi said somewhat sheepishly.

"That’s true, follow it then."

A pale blue Spirit Light appeared before Liang Yi, within the soft glow there seemed to be a humanoid shape, vaguely resembling the elves mentioned in the fantasy dramas of a previous life.

The light didn’t float very fast, taking into account Liang Yi’s slow pace, guiding him towards Su Youyi’s courtyard.

"This must be a player’s first time entering Youdao Mountain," Liang Yi joked to himself.

In a previous life, those who tried to enter Youdao Mountain were killed on the spot by Su Youyi, sent back to the resurrection point. Or they tried to sneak in while Su Youyi was away, only to be stopped by a Barrier that even came with location tagging; when Su Youyi returned to the mountain, she would activate a worldwide hunt mode, whoever blocked her, died!

With resurrection counts so precious, who could withstand that!

So, players would often walk around Youdao Mountain, if they couldn’t beat it, couldn’t they just avoid it? Strategic retreat, you know?

After leaving the master’s courtyard, Liang Yi walked while observing the situation on the mountain; the stone paths were surrounded by lush greenery, full of Vitality and energy. Closing his eyes and listening carefully, he could hear the "plash, plash" of running water, probably a mountain stream or river.

"Chirp, chirp!" Some birds of unknown species circled and called in the woods, and one bold one even landed on Liang Yi’s head, preening its feathers.

"Jiong"

Liang Yi feared that after the bird left, it might leave some kind of "gift" on his head, but this time the Goddess of Fortune finally came through, and the situation did not develop to the worst-case scenario.

After about half an incense stick’s worth of time, under the guidance of the "blue elf," two quaint cottages appeared in front of Liang Yi. The courtyards were side by side, and he guessed one was his junior sister’s and the other was probably his own.

The "blue elf" led Liang Yi directly to the right-hand cottage.

Stepping into the courtyard, the most eye-catching feature was a carefully constructed pergola for grapevines, although it wasn’t the season for fruits yet, and the vines were just sprouting bright green leaves, swaying in the wind.

Liang Yi did not linger in the courtyard, as the "blue elf" had already pushed the door open, waiting for him to enter.

After entering the room, Liang Yi was somewhat surprised, for the room didn’t resemble a girl’s boudoir – it was missing everything a girl’s room was supposed to have, extremely minimalistic. If not for the unique fragrance of his junior sister permeating the room, he would have thought it was his own.

He carefully laid his junior sister flat on the bed, gently removed her shoes, and covered her with the quilt.

"Goodnight."

Finally, he looked down at Su Youyi, who was deeply asleep, whispered softly, and slowly left the room, closing the door behind him.

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