The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chu Xuan was originally talking while distractedly observing the surroundings, when suddenly his senior sister caught him off guard with a touch that felt smooth as silk, startling him.

"Senior sister! What are you doing?"

Qin Mengyao was speechless, "Junior brother, can you not react so excessively? Anyone who doesn’t know would think I was touching you."

Chu Xuan was both amused and exasperated, "I don’t think there’s much difference, why would you do such a thing out of the blue?"

Qin Mengyao’s eyes showed a hint of teasing and mischief, "Don’t think I don’t know, you used to secretly look at my legs, you’ve wanted to touch them for a long time, haven’t you?"

"I haven’t! Senior sister, don’t speak nonsense." Chu Xuan’s face turned red as he argued, clearly giving off the impression of "how can you falsely accuse me like this."

"Really no?"

"No."

Qin Mengyao covered her mouth and chuckled, "Alright, alright, I’m just teasing you. I know you still like my legs, don’t you? Even if you didn’t secretly look, you must have sneaked a glance or two, right?"

"No."

Chu Xuan kept denying it, but it only made him seem more guilty.

Qin Mengyao enjoyed this teasing atmosphere with her junior brother, as in the past, she was bound by morals and teachings, doing everything properly and following the rules, always maintaining her dignity as the eldest senior sister in front of the young disciples.

All that has been thrown away now, allowing her to do whatever she wants. Teasing her junior brother had been on her mind for a long time because she knew he was thin-skinned.

Thinking of this, Qin Mengyao held Chu Xuan’s stiff hand and continued to gently stroke her own thigh.

"How is it? Does it feel nice to touch~"

Chu Xuan looked troubled, "Senior sister, don’t do this."

Qin Mengyao became more certain, "Hmph, you do want to touch, otherwise how could I hold your hand? You’re just going along with it."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan immediately retracted his hand forcefully.

Qin Mengyao wasn’t upset; she just smiled and asked, "How about it, aren’t these long white legs something you could enjoy for a hundred years without getting tired?"

Chu Xuan didn’t answer, just looked at the small fish ahead, "There are children watching, be mindful of the influence."

Qin Mengyao burst into laughter, "That’s considered a child? It hasn’t even developed intelligence, catching a cat would be smarter than it."

Then she leaned close to Chu Xuan’s ear, whispering in a sultry voice, "Do you want me to squeeze you?"

Chu Xuan put his hand over his face without saying a word.

So Qin Mengyao continued to tease, "Let me squeeze you and you’ll lose ten years of life, would you agree?"

Chu Xuan’s ears were heated to a red tint by her fragrant breath.

"Senior sister!" He finally couldn’t stand her increasing teasing.

He sighed inwardly: Oh heavens, give me back my mature, steady, decisive, and dedicated senior sister, who was all about her cultivation!

Seeing her junior brother like this, Qin Mengyao pouted like a child protesting adult restrictions.

However, she finally stopped acting excessively, just cradled Chu Xuan’s arm in her arms affectionately, saying to him, "From now on, I want to wear pretty clothes, eat delicious food, and make myself gorgeous."

"I want you to look at me, admire me, compliment me, say you love me, and stay by my side for a lifetime~"

At the end, Qin Mengyao looked up with eyes full of affection, "Chu Xuan, let’s stay together forever, shall we?"

Facing his senior sister’s "heartfelt confession," Chu Xuan only felt a weight. Having experienced several failed relationships, he truly didn’t want to open his heart again, fearing he’d get hurt once more.

At this moment, he just wanted to say to his senior sister: Women only slow down my draw speed.

...

"I’m so mad!"

It was the first time Qingqing had felt such "live broadcast" pain, jealousy, and hatred almost distorting her face.

She dragged the equally frustrated Gu Haitang beside her, "Let’s go find him right now. If we go any later, Chu Xuan will be completely devoured by that witch!"

"Wait." Ji Mingyu stopped the two girls.

She too was annoyed, but having watched for so long, she’d endured worse, at least maintaining an outward calm so the two young ones wouldn’t see her making a fool of herself.

"The plan has changed; don’t go looking for Chu Xuan just yet. I’ll take you to his destination to lie in wait."

"Why?" Gu Haitang immediately asked, "They won’t arrive that quickly, and Chu Xuan still needs to collect the Spiritual Flames. A lot could happen during this time."

Haitang didn’t doubt for a second that the drastically changed Qin Mengyao could definitely get close to her junior brother in such a dangerous place.

Qingqing also nodded in agreement.

The "strategist" Xiao Xue spoke again, "Chu Xuan isn’t that irrational. In his current closed-hearted state, the most Qin Mengyao can do is tease him to this extent; he won’t accept going deeper."

"Moreover, he’s in a dangerous area right now, and he has proper things to do. It’s even less possible for him to mess around."

"I understand your desire to disrupt, but now what you need to do is win Chu Xuan’s favor, not rush to split them up, which would only make Chu Xuan dislike you even more.

"We’ll first head to the destination and wait. When Chu Xuan retreats, you make your move."

"Remember, don’t rush into conflict with Qin Mengyao. In such a dangerous place, Chu Xuan will still worry about you."

"Seize the opportunity to join their group. With you there, they can’t get too intimate."

"Just listen to me, we’ll take it step by step..."

Qingqing was a bit puzzled, "Why go during the retreat?"

Ji Mingyu shook her head, "If you show up now, Chu Xuan will immediately abandon the upcoming action to escort you out. That’s just his character."

Xiao Xue continued, "When it’s time to retreat, he’ll still send you off first. Then you find a way to bring him along, leaving Qin Mengyao alone in the outer area to gently absorb the killing and blood energies. This is your only chance."

...

"Senior sister, women only slow down my draw speed."

As expected, Chu Xuan, like Xiao Xue had said, stopped his senior sister with words, and before she could retort, he changed the subject, "After breaking into the fourth realm from years of seclusion, I spent time cultivating that Dharma aspect. Besides the Thousand-Handed Guanyin Dharma Aspect, I’ve now mastered the Dharma Aspect of ’White Jade Capital,’ which is good for repression."

"If I refine the ’Jade Capital Dan Fire,’ I could suppress and then refine the enemy, a great way to win in battle."

Qin Mengyao wasn’t too pleased, "Junior brother, your topic changes are too clumsy, huh?"

"Wait, look, senior sister! That’s the Nine Nether Cold Fire."

Chu Xuan pointed afar where white flames were spreading over a wasteland, "This is the yin fire I need, let’s check it out first."

Qin Mengyao pouted but agreed. The two first tucked the little fish into their sleeves, slightly diverting their path towards the wasteland.

They proceeded cautiously, and aside from the earth veins erupting with ground fire and Earth Evil Qi, nothing unmanageable happened as they easily resolved these issues.

The Nine Nether Cold Fire differs from other Spiritual Fires, as the closer you get, the colder it becomes.

This white wasteland was littered with skeletal remains, turning to powder in the intense cold the closer one got to the center.

At the center was a noticeably paler flame, the Nine Nether Flame. Just a glance made Chu Xuan and Qin Mengyao feel a chill over their whole bodies, disrupting their Magical Power flow, with no daring to extend Divine Sense for fear of being "burnt" before they got close.

"This level should be high enough, right?" Qin Mengyao spoke with visible excitement, as her breath turned to frost.

"Let me pick it for you, so we can continue playing the leg-touching game, okay?"

Chu Xuan shook his head helplessly, "No need, I’ll do it myself."