Chapter 95: The Dao-Entry Grade Little Maid
Chapter 95: The Dao-Entry Grade Little Maid
Early morning.
Sunlight poured over Spring City’s streets.
People who had been hiding underground all night came out one after another, relieved to have survived the ordeal.
They discussed all sorts of miraculous legends they had heard the previous night.
Those who hadn’t managed to take shelter in the underground defenses in time, who had once been filled with despair, now spoke with immense pride to everyone they knew or didn’t know, recounting what they had seen and heard.
Number 156, Baihua Lane.
“Young Master, I bought breakfast back for you. Since I didn’t know what flavors you preferred, I bought a lot. See what you’d like to eat?”
The girl in the pink skirt, with a slender waist and long legs, appeared before Ling Yi with a lively, smiling face, her tone full of eagerness to please.
Girl, you are a Dao-Entry Grade Fox Spirit.
You should have your own dignity!
Is there any need to be so humble?
“I said it wasn’t me, do you believe that?” Ling Yi looked at her with some helplessness.
After wiping out those Demon Beasts and using a bolt of blue lightning to shatter that Spatial Rift, completely ending this Beast Tide in Spring City.
The little fox spirit had completely transformed into a devoted admirer. Although she hadn’t yet proclaimed herself a maid, her actions had already turned her into a genuine little servant girl.
A Dao-Entry Grade little servant girl… that’s too much to handle!
“Mhmm, mhmm, I believe you. I believe whatever Young Master says!” Hu Xiaoxian nodded eagerly like a pecking chick, her smile bright. “Would Young Master like to have some breakfast first?”
“…”
Ling Yi kept his eyes on the TV watching the morning news as he said to Hu Xiaoxian, “Spring City is fine now. That old dog probably won’t dare come either. You’re safe.”
“Mhm!” The Little Fox nodded vigorously, her face full of happiness.
“So you can leave now,” Ling Yi said, still watching the TV without turning his head.
“Young Master wants to drive me away?” Hu Xiaoxian immediately put on a pitiful expression.
“If you don’t leave, are you planning to live here?” Ling Yi asked.
“There are so many rooms here… and Young Master doesn’t have anyone to serve by his side. I can just stay here to keep you company. I’ll serve you, alright?” Hu Xiaoxian’s voice was sweet, soft, and utterly charming.
“No, a man and a woman alone together.” Ling Yi refused, then looked sternly at the Little Fox. “Don’t use your charm on me!”
“It all comes from the heart, there’s no charm involved,” the Little Fox looked at Ling Yi. “Young Master, don’t think of me as a woman. I’m a Fox Spirit! Young Master can just think of me as a female fox, like keeping a little pet.”
Hu Xiaoxian’s delicate little face was filled with earnestness as she counted on her fingers. “Look, if you keep a cat, you have to feed it and clean its litter, right?”
“I don’t keep cats.”
“…”
“If you keep a dog, you have to feed it and take it out for walks, right?”
“I don’t keep dogs either.”
“…”
“Don’t be so heartless. Look, keeping me isn’t so troublesome. I can buy my own food, and I can work for Young Master, tidy the house, wash clothes, cook… I can even warm the bed!”
“Again?”
“Young Master, please let me follow you, okay?” Hu Xiaoxian pleaded.
Ling Yi turned to look at her. “Aren’t you also burdened with the responsibility of your Fox Clan entering the Mortal World? What would following me mean?”
Hu Xiaoxian chuckled. “This is also a way of entering the Mortal World! After I successfully integrate, I can pass on the experience to my other clansfolk.”
Then, her tone tinged with sorrow, she said, “Most people look at Demi-Human Races with strange eyes. Truly fitting in, how could that be easy? Only my silly, naive senior sister keeps thinking she can bring the whole clan into the Mortal World and coexist peacefully with humans… how could something like that be so simple? If it were really that easy, we would have completely integrated into the Mortal World eight hundred years ago!”
She looked at Ling Yi. “So, I don’t believe our race can integrate into human society. And this Beast Tide invasion was clearly plotted for a long time. At a time like this, people’s prejudices against the Yaozu will only deepen!”
“After all, people like Young Master, who are so deeply principled and righteous… are rare.”
Although she threw in a little flattery at the end, it couldn’t be denied that Hu Xiaoxian’s words made sense.
The hardest thing to break in this world is actually the prejudice in people’s hearts.
Until this prejudice is completely eliminated, talking about integration is just nonsense.
But that wasn’t a reason for him to keep a Fox Spirit by his side.
“If that’s the only reason, you can’t persuade me,” Ling Yi said, looking at Hu Xiaoxian.
“I think following Young Master will bring me opportunity.” Hu Xiaoxian’s charming eyes fixed on Ling Yi as she said very seriously, “To be honest with Young Master, our Fox Clan actually values opportunity a lot. In my heart, Young Master is my opportunity. So, Young Master, please don’t rush to refuse me. Give me a chance…”
“Really, you can try it. I promise, when Young Master doesn’t want to see me, I’ll disappear immediately. When Young Master needs me, I’ll appear before you right away.”
“Normally, if there are any more of those people who can’t see what’s good for them, like that fool You Baofeng, bothering Young Master, you won’t even need to lift a finger. I’ll deal with them for you!”
“What status does Young Master have? How could you deal with that kind of person every day?”
“So just leave these things to me!”
The Little Fox was eloquent, and Ling Yi actually felt somewhat persuaded by her words.
It definitely wasn’t because she was beautiful, cute, and good at flattery!
Having a Dao-Entry Grade expert by his side could indeed avoid a lot of trouble.
He just didn’t know how capable this Little Fox really was in a fight. Her realm wasn’t low, but her courage was pathetically small.
Though against those below Dao Enlightenment, she might be quite fierce.
“Alright, if you want to follow, you can stay here for now…”
“Yay!”
Hu Xiaoxian immediately looked overjoyed.
“However…”
Hu Xiaoxian’s little face fell. She pouted. “There’s more?”
“I can’t guarantee I can give you what you want,” Ling Yi said.
“I have my own. I have my own savings!” Hu Xiaoxian said with a serious face. “I have a lot of money!”
“My enemies are especially powerful. Being by my side might be dangerous,” Ling Yi continued.
“That’s okay. If there’s danger, I’ll just run away first!” Hu Xiaoxian said.
“…”
Do you have to be so practical… Then what use are you?
“I promise not to hold Young Master back. If it’s someone even you can’t handle, I definitely can’t either, right? If I stay, I can only become a burden to Young Master. If I run away, Young Master can fight freely…”
Damn, she really knows how to talk!
Ling Yi himself was quite good at smooth talking, but he hadn’t expected this Fox Spirit to be even better at spinning words.
“Since that’s the case… there’s nothing else for now.” Ling Yi nodded, signifying his agreement.
Hu Xiaoxian immediately broke into a happy smile.
“Ah? Right…” Ling Yi looked at her.
“What… what now?” Hu Xiaoxian asked cautiously.
“Your junior nephew… you’re not worried about him anymore?”
“You mean You Baofeng? It’s fine, don’t worry about him. That guy looks like a decent person, but he’s actually very cowardly, a bully who picks on the weak. He can’t even manage to pursue a woman properly, yet he still thinks he’s amazing. I don’t know where he gets his confidence from.”
“And also, you shouldn’t blame him for killing that scum. That man really was scheming all along to take revenge on Miss Qin. He deserved to die.”
Hu Xiaoxian said, blinking her big eyes and looking at Ling Yi as she asked, “By the way, Young Master, that girl named Qin Jiuyue and you…”
“Friends,” Ling Yi said.
“Oh…”
Hu Xiaoxian glanced toward the room piled high with wine jugs, drawing out her tone, clearly not believing it.
People really can’t be talked about without appearing. Just as Hu Xiaoxian brought up Qin Jiuyue, Qin Jiuyue actually took the initiative to visit.
To be precise, she came somewhat helplessly… bringing two senior sisters along to pay a visit.
The scene from last night had truly frightened these two disciples of the Moon Gazing Sect.
Although they couldn’t determine exactly where the person who took action had come from, and although it seemed that person had finally left Spring City.
They still wanted to gather more information to bring back. This was a big matter that definitely had to be reported to the Sect.
Thinking about Ling Yi, who had previously rejected the Moon Gazing Sect, the two girls wondered: Could the person who acted last night be the reason Ling Yi rejected the Moon Gazing Sect?
They asked Qin Jiuyue. For one, Qin Jiuyue genuinely didn’t know, and for another, even if she did know, she couldn’t possibly cause any trouble for Ling Yi, so she simply shook her head and said she wasn’t clear.
The two Moon Gazing Sect disciples discussed it and said, since you and Ling Yi are friends, and now you’re going far away, it wouldn’t be right not to say goodbye properly. You should still go meet him.
It will also let us take a look. What is so special about this young talent who had the courage to reject the Moon Gazing Sect?
They even promised Qin Jiuyue that they definitely wouldn’t make things difficult for Ling Yi.
So Qin Jiuyue felt both anticipation and a bit of helpless guilt about this trip. But the moment she saw Ling Yi, all those emotions turned into the sorrow of parting.
Seeing the beautiful girl in pink beside Ling Yi, this parting sorrow suddenly became a bit sour.
Only she herself knew the complex mix of feelings inside.
Qin Jiuyue’s starry eyes blinked as she looked at Ling Yi, thinking to herself, no wonder he always maintained the image of a modest gentleman when he was with me… like a wooden person who didn’t understand affection. So he likes this type?
You could have said so earlier!
Who isn’t a cute girl?
“Young Master, we have guests. I’ll go make tea for you,” Hu Xiaoxian said, smiling and glancing at Qin Jiuyue before turning to boil water.
The Young Master belonged to the little fox spirit!
Qin Jiuyue looked somewhat bewildered at Hu Xiaoxian’s retreating back, falling deep into thought.
Young Master?
Such a strange way to address him. What’s going on?
Little did she know, the two Moon Gazing Sect disciples beside her were nearly scared out of their wits!
Although they came from a top Sect like the Moon Gazing Sect, their own cultivation levels were not so high as to be unreachable.
As Personal Disciples of the Sect Leader, both of their cultivation levels were just at Dao Enlightenment.
They had each only bloomed one of their Three Flowers.
Did Hu Xiaoxian have an aura of a demon?
Yes!
Anyone who had achieved Dao Enlightenment could directly sense it!
Although the Demi-Human Race had difficulty integrating into the human world, in the Cultivation World, they were recognized.
As Hu Xiaoxian had said, the Demi-Human Race had existed in this world for just as long as humans.
So for cultivators, encountering a demonic cultivator was a very normal thing.
Only those who immediately shouted about killing demons and eliminating monsters either had old grudges or had ulterior motives.
Otherwise, if they hadn’t provoked you, why would you want to subdue or eliminate them? They were intelligent beings just the same.
So, Hu Xiaoxian was a demon. The two Moon Gazing Sect disciples saw through it at a glance.
Seeing through it was one thing, but Hu Xiaoxian’s cultivation level was something they couldn’t see through.
And then… the key was this ‘and then’.
A demonic powerhouse whose level they, two Dao Enlightened cultivators, couldn’t see through was actually being extremely respectful to a young human, addressing him as ‘Young Master’!
In the current secular world, the title ‘Young Master’ didn’t carry much special meaning anymore.
Generally speaking, it was common for children from families of some status to be called such-and-such Young Master.
But in the Cultivation World, the title ‘Young Master’ was not ordinary!
If used for a stranger, prefixed with a surname, it was a respectful form of address, and not just anyone could bear these two words.
More commonly, people addressed each other as fellow Daoists.
But if it was between acquaintances, without a surname in front, that was extraordinary.
It was almost like speaking to a master!
So, the way Hu Xiaoxian addressed Ling Yi as ‘Young Master’, without a surname in front, made the two almost certain: Hu Xiaoxian considered herself a maid-servant in front of Ling Yi!
A Dao-Entry Grade demonic cultivator had actually acknowledged a young man as her master?
What virtues and abilities did this young man possess?
What exactly was his identity?
No wonder he dared to reject the Moon Gazing Sect’s invitation without hesitation. So… he truly had this kind of confidence!
Just think, even the Young Master of the Moon Gazing Sect, the one also called ‘Young Master’ by many, couldn’t have a Dao-Entry Grade powerhouse serve him as a maid!
The two Moon Gazing Sect disciples quickly exchanged a glance, and then, very seriously, they bowed respectfully to Ling Yi.
“Moon Gazing Sect disciples Teng Lei (Yue Rou) pay our respects to Young Master Ling!”
In the Cultivation World, introducing one’s name and addressing someone as ‘Young Master so-and-so’ counted as an extremely high form of respect.
Qin Jiuyue, standing to the side, was a bit confused. Her two senior sisters seemed amiable but were usually proud and looked down on ordinary people, who weren’t even worthy of a slight bow from them. On the way here, she had even worried they might mock Ling Yi when they met him.
Yet at this meeting, they were being polite to the point of… seeming almost humble.
Since they were polite, Ling Yi naturally was polite too. He cupped his fist in return and said, “Greetings to you two, sisters. Please, have a seat.”
Soon, the Little Fox walked over gracefully with a tea tray, and from far away, a refreshing and delightful tea fragrance wafted over.
Teng Lei and Yue Rou’s eyes again showed shock.
This tea… this tea… was top-grade!
Could it be that this young man… truly had a behemoth hidden behind him?
Otherwise, how could he dare let a Dao-Enlightened demon serve him as a maid? And how could he possibly use such precious tea to entertain strangers of our not-so-high status?
They had originally planned to probe a bit in front of Ling Yi. Now, thinking about it, it seemed laughable.
Teng Lei and Yue Rou, the two Moon Gazing Sect disciples, completely lost that intention now.
Probe what?
What if they said something wrong? If he took offense and they ended up offending him, they’d just bring trouble to their Sect for no reason.
“We heard our Junior Sister is good friends with Young Master Ling. Now our Junior Sister is going to leave the mortal world and enter the Sect. Once she goes, we don’t know how long it will be before you meet again, so we specially asked her to come bid farewell to Young Master Ling. The two of us have also long heard of Young Master Ling’s name, so we simply came along to visit. It is rather presumptuous of us,” Teng Lei said, smiling at Ling Yi.
So, there’s no such thing as being bad with words. It depends on who you’re talking to.
Hearing that Qin Jiuyue was leaving, Ling Yi was slightly taken aback and looked over at her.
Deep in Qin Jiuyue’s eyes hid a faint trace of sorrow, but she quickly concealed it, smiling as she said, “The Sect required secrecy. I didn’t tell you before, please don’t mind.”
“This is good news. How could I mind?” Ling Yi was happy for her.
In the current world, being able to enter a Sect, especially a major Sect like the Moon Gazing Sect, and leave the mortal world, might very well be a good thing.
Even though Spring City was saved, the scenes from other places just shown on TV were simply horrifying.
Even with early warnings, faced with a Beast Tide… people truly were powerless to resist.
If it weren’t for the fact that at the critical moment, powerful figures from various Sects appeared in many places, the whole of Great Qin might have already become a living hell.
The other countries weren’t much better off either.
The entire continent was filled with cries of grief.
“Junior Sister is born with a Lotus Dao Body. In the mortal world, this manifests as a fatal cold poison. She has been using specially prepared strong wine to suppress it, but that doesn’t cure the root cause. Only by entering a Sect and raising her cultivation will she fully recover,” Yue Rou explained.
“Such a thing exists?” Ling Yi was somewhat surprised.
Only now did Ling Yi somewhat understand why Qin Jiuyue loved drinking so much. She wasn’t a female alcoholic, but was forced by circumstance.
“In that case, it’s even better that she can enter a Sect,” Ling Yi nodded, looking at Qin Jiuyue and saying, “I wish you quick mastery of your studies. I look forward to us meeting again in the jianghu someday!”
Qin Jiuyue glanced at the room with the open door and the wine inside it, a faint sadness rising in her heart. She looked at Ling Yi and smiled, “It’s a promise. Don’t drink all the wine. Leave some for me. When I come back, we’ll drink ourselves silly then.”
Ling Yi smiled and nodded.
With the two senior sisters and a soft, cute pink girl present, many heartfelt words couldn’t be spoken. Qin Jiuyue didn’t stay long before saying her goodbyes and leaving.
Before parting, she couldn’t help but give Ling Yi a strong hug, then turned and left.
Once they were out of Baihua Lane, she asked her two senior sisters curiously, “Senior Sisters, I feel like you two back there at Ling Yi’s place…”
Teng Lei looked at her and said with a bitter smile, “Silly girl, are you a bit jealous of that pretty, delicate little maid-servant by Young Master Ling’s side?”
Qin Jiuyue’s cheeks flushed slightly as she denied it, “I’m not. Ling Yi and I really are just ordinary friends…”
“That beautiful, lovely girl by Ling Yi’s side is a demonic cultivator who has achieved Dao Enlightenment, and her level surpasses ours!” Yue Rou stated flatly from the side.
Qin Jiuyue: o((⊙﹏⊙))o