504: Marking Territory
Yun Qingyue wasn't a stubborn person, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen for the tiger she had raised. But she wasn't casual either, just as when she first responded to Jiang Mo, she had planned to inform her master first and resolve any potential obstacles between them. As for taking their relationship further, she believed it would naturally progress after they beca Dao companions and announced it to the world.
Unfortunately, while Yun Qingyue had arranged everything ticulously, when the mont arrived, it all departed from her expectations. Setting aside their confession of feelings, as for becoming Dao companions and announcing it to the world—who had ti to care about that now?
Therefore, when Jiang Mo intentionally crossed boundaries, Yun Qingyue's heart inevitably wavered.
Under normal circumstances, she naturally wouldn't have indulged the other so, but now with crises looming and tomorrow's fate uncertain, it wasn't just Jiang Mo who struggled with her emotions. When the other's soft lips pressed against hers, her heart wasn't unmoved either.
So this slight wavering, this small concession, gave the other an opportunity to push her luck.
By the ti Yun Qingyue wanted to regain her rationality, her mind and body were already afla... At least for this night, she had no way to calm down and think about anything else.
Now the night was deep, and ti stretched long.
……
The next day, the light under the demonic barrier remained dim. When Jiang Mo awoke, she was still sowhat disoriented.
She opened her eyes groggily, habitually wanting to linger in bed, but her palm encountered a warm, soft sensation. This feeling was sowhat unfamiliar yet sowhat familiar, and her sleep-muddled brain finally began to process belatedly...
Jiang Mo instantly beca alert, her heart beginning to race. After a long mont, she finally gathered the courage to secretly glance down.
Yun Qingyue was currently sleeping in her embrace, the two entwined together. Her eyes were tightly closed, her breathing even, clearly still asleep—Jiang Mo didn't know whether to sigh in relief or what, but there was an irrepressible excitent in her heart, and the corners of her lips unconsciously lifted high. Then, while the other was still asleep, she secretly leaned over and planted a light, fleeting kiss on the sleeping person's forehead.
Whether from fatigue or feeling secure beside her beloved, Yun Qingyue, usually highly vigilant, wasn't awakened by this action. Her breathing remained even and gentle. Jiang Mo didn't disturb her rest, rely gazing at her longingly for a long while.
Until Jiang Mo's glance inadvertently caught sight of the scattered marks on her Senior Sister's body, she finally couldn't help but blush.
Recalling the origin of these marks, Jiang Mo's gaze inevitably wandered. Then, rembering that if her Senior Sister woke to see this scene, she might truly twist her ear to teach her a lesson. After hesitating repeatedly, while the person was still asleep, Jiang Mo quietly mobilized her spiritual energy and placed her palm, infused with that energy, over those marks.
A cultivator's constitution is quite robust. Injuries fatal to ordinary people would likely allow a cultivator to endure and recover quickly even without dicine. As such, marks left during such special monts were certainly nothing to worry about.
With the healing spiritual energy from Jiang Mo's palm, the marks on Yun Qingyue's body gradually disappeared, the skin beneath her palm returning to snow-white perfection. Focused on her task, Jiang Mo didn't notice that as her hands lingered over the other's body, the sleeping person's eyes moved slightly, and then slowly opened. The sleepiness in those glassy phoenix eyes was quickly replaced by clarity.
Not noticing that her Senior Sister had awakened, Jiang Mo continued diligently eliminating the marks. As her Senior Sister's skin returned to its flawless state, while Jiang Mo found it pleasing to the eye, she couldn't help but feel a touch of loss and regret.
A tiger marking territory is instinctual, and now having to eliminate the marks from her claid territory with her own hands inevitably left the tiger feeling dejected.
As the marks on Yun Qingyue's body beca fewer and fewer, Jiang Mo's movents beca slower and slower, until when most of the marks on the other's body had been removed, Jiang Mo suddenly withdrew her hand—she ultimately couldn't resist her possessive desire, leaving one final mark on her Senior Sister. It was a kiss mark behind her ear, hidden by her long hair under normal circumstances, but it genuinely satisfied her secret desire.
Jiang Mo's fingertips lifted the dark strands, gazing at that small mark. She finally couldn't help but curve her lips into a smile, looking exactly like a fox that had stolen a chicken. Then, as she was smiling, she lowered her gaze and t those familiar glassy, beautiful eyes.
In an instant, the smile on Jiang Mo's face froze, then gradually stiffened.
"A-Ah Yue, when did you wake up?" Jiang Mo spoke, trying hard to act as if nothing had happened, but her tone clearly betrayed her guilty conscience.
Yun Qingyue didn't answer. Their gazes t, and Jiang Mo thought the other would shyly avert her eyes first. However, she didn't. Those glassy eyes held a hint of warmth, frank and calm, causing Jiang Mo herself to feel embarrassed under that gaze.
Just as Jiang Mo instinctively averted her gaze, a slender arm hooked around her neck, and soon she felt softness against her lips.
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Last night's events couldn't be said to be unintentional on Jiang Mo's part, but the one who more openly accepted what had happened was actually Yun Qingyue. She rose as usual, interacted with Jiang Mo as usual, and apart from an added touch of intimacy in her movents, showed no discomfort.
It was Jiang Mo who was distracted all morning, occasionally blushing uncontrollably when eting her Senior Sister's gaze.
Naturally, with their relationship having progressed further, the atmosphere between them had clearly changed. Still exchanging glances, in the past their gazes held only understanding and shared intentions, but now when they looked at each other, there was inevitably a hint of lingering affection... They themselves might not feel it deeply, but to outside observers, the change in atmosphere between them was quite noticeable.
For instance, at this mont, a disciple following behind Yun Qingyue couldn't help whispering to his companion: "What's going on today? This is the fifth ti we've run into Jianbing. Isn't she busy challenging people everywhere? Why does it feel like she's following us around?"
His companion, clearly more perceptive, gave him a sideways glance and replied: "Who's following you? She's clearly following Senior Sister Yun."
The disciple blinked, the perpetually single young man still not understanding the atmosphere between the two, nor comprehending his companion's sidelong glance: "But what's the difference between following Senior Sister Yun and following us? Or does Jianbing have so business with Senior Sister Yun today?"
The two spoke softly, but the companion had no doubt that these words could be clearly heard by the two Fusion-stage powerhouses.
Afraid his friend might say sothing else inappropriate, the companion reprimanded him in a low voice: "Shut up, will you? Haven't you figured it out yet? They're Dao companions. What business is it of yours if they're being affectionate?"
This sentence truly reached the ears of Jiang Mo and Yun Qingyue. The two exchanged a glance, finally feeling a touch of embarrassnt. Jiang Mo coughed first and said, "Um, Ah Yue, you're patrolling with people? What a coincidence. I'm heading to Mount Beixi and just passing through here, passing through..."
Yun Qingyue's expression remained calm as she gave a light "Mm" and moved aside to let Jiang Mo pass.
Jiang Mo pressed her lips together and flew past Yun Qingyue. The mountain wind fiercely blew their sleeves, causing them to flutter and intertwine. But it was only for a mont; as they passed each other, their intertwined sleeves separated again.
Flying away, Jiang Mo didn't look back, but she could still feel a familiar gaze from behind watching her depart. She bit her lip, resisting the urge to turn back, sowhat frustrated that she had appeared too frequently before, so that with several hours still remaining until dark, she had no excuse for a sixth "coincidental" eting with her Senior Sister...
The clingy little tiger seed to suddenly lose her energy, her entire being drooping.
The system, which had maintained silence all this ti, finally seed unable to watch any longer and reminded Jiang Mo: "Host, today's challenges, not yet, half, completed. Please, host, make, haste, complete, challenges."
Jiang Mo certainly knew this, but her mind was clearly elsewhere today. She first nodded perfunctorily, then suddenly bristled as sothing occurred to her: "System, last night did you, did you peek?!"
Since the system had been sealed in her sea of consciousness, Jiang Mo knew it peeked out of boredom year-round. However, since the system had been with her since her transmigration, Jiang Mo usually didn't mind sharing her life with it. But last night's developnts weren't within her expectations, and the system's presence had beco increasingly less noticeable due to being sealed, causing her to completely forget to block it.
Thinking that the system might have seen sothing last night, she herself might not care, but if her Senior Sister was seen... Jiang Mo suddenly bristled, the dangerous aura making the system hiding in her sea of consciousness begin to tremble.
The trembling little system imdiately issued three denials, not even stuttering: "I didn't, I haven't, don't make things up!"
Jiang Mo was half-believing, the dangerous aura around her not diminishing, as if she might at any mont pull the system out and twist it into scrap tal.
The system could vaguely sense the host's intentions and beca even more nervous, continuing to explain: "Really, the system respects privacy. In situations like last night, our program automatically blocks such content. I truly didn't see anything."
Seeing the system speak so earnestly, Jiang Mo sowhat believed it, but couldn't resist testing it further: "You're talking as if it's true. If you really blocked it, how would you know what happened last night?"
Eager to explain, the system imdiately presented evidence—a system notification of task completion.
After seeing this, Jiang Mo suddenly rembered that she still had a main storyline task of dating her Senior Sister. From the first aningful glance to kisses and hugs, all had rewards, though since she had been with her Senior Sister for so long, these actions only rewarded her the first ti. And for a major breakthrough like last night, there was undoubtedly a reward. Perhaps this main storyline task had even been completed!
Thinking of this, Jiang Mo excitedly opened her status panel and indeed saw that her data had changed significantly—
[Host: Jiang Mo
Race: White Tiger
Occupation: Divine Beast
Level: 76
Combat Power: 142,021
Experience: 146,710/320,000
Points: 13,210
Potential: ∞
Skills: Advanced Spiritual Energy Utilization, Blood Inheritance Suppression, Sharp tal Force, Way of Transformation...]
Recently, Jiang Mo had been checking her status panel quite frequently, having looked at it again after being disciplined by Divine Lord Zhiming last night. Naturally, she noticed that there wasn't much change in experience points or combat power. In this data, the biggest change was in points, which had increased by ten thousand at once, showing that the task reward was quite generous... Although when things naturally progressed with her Senior Sister, she hadn't thought about any system tasks at all.
As for the main storyline task with her Senior Sister, after careful examination, Jiang Mo discovered that it actually hadn't been completed. Although she and her Senior Sister had done what needed to be done, procedurally there was still one step missing, which was the ceremony of becoming Dao companions.
With Heaven and Earth as witnesses, announcing it to the world.
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