A mountain road.
Yun Kui Mountain Academy.
Grand Master was standing in the lecture hall, eloquently explaining the classics with great relish.
Xuan Mingzi was left with only this to do.
His rebellious Apprentice had seized his sword, directly planning a rebellion.
His Eldest Apprentice commanded the military forces down the mountain, Qing Xuan was in charge of the temple's operations, miscellaneous affairs, and logistics, and Ke Ke took over the daily matters for the Apprentices on the mountain.
Heh heh... he was old, so he could only bring up children on the mountain, right? A few days ago, something happened down the mountain, and he wasn't even informed.
He only found out after seeing the news.
He wanted to go down the mountain to see, but Ke Ke, that girl, stopped him, bringing Yun'er and two young Apprentices, saying they would go down the mountain on his behalf.
"Junior Brother Yun Ming is so strong, Master doesn't need to worry!"
"Besides, isn't there still Martial Uncle?"
Xuan Mingzi thought so too, but recently he couldn't directly contact Bai Xian, and when he questioned Xu Zhimo, Xu Zhimo was evasive.
He asked Qing Xuan and only then realized something had happened.
It turned out they had kept it from him for almost a whole week.
These rebellious Apprentices increasingly had no respect for him as their Master!
Xuan Mingzi was very angry, and just then he saw a sleepyhead whose head was drumming against the table.
"Sleeping again! Yi Xuan, stand up, how many times has this been?"
"Mmm... I want to be a Sword Immortal..."
Pfft, the whole class burst into laughter, making Xuan Mingzi laugh in anger. Not fully awake, are you? He slapped her on the bottom with the book scroll.
The girl covered her bottom and scrambled to her feet.
"Master, I was wrong, hit my sister, don't hit me!"
This was her subconscious reaction after waking from her dream, instantly making her sister, who was sitting behind her, turn black in the face.
The laughter in the classroom grew louder.
It was then that Yi Xuan opened her eyes and clearly saw the situation, shrinking her head and muttering softly.
"Gr-Grand Master?... I was wrong."
"Awake now? Go stand by the door."
Yi Jiang sighed deeply. She had tried her best to remind her sister just now, but the distance between the seats was too wide.
She had the will but lacked the power!
That girl would just fall asleep.
Her sleep quality was excellent... Recently, she had also learned to study, but Yi Xuan said she had three things she wouldn't learn: anything that wouldn't make her stronger, anything that made her stronger too slowly, and anything that required theoretical knowledge to be converted into practice.
Yi Jiang chuckled and couldn't resist giving her sister a beating. You might as well say you want to sponge off Senior Brother's spiritual energy, but this girl only talked the talk.
She didn't actually skip martial arts practice.
She would even cultivate with herself in dual cultivation in the middle of the night, making pleasing progress.
There was a reason Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan were working so hard: they wanted to give Senior Brother a surprise. When the next assessment of their cultivation results came, they would ask Senior Brother for a reward~
When would Senior Brother return to the mountain?
She wanted to hug Senior Brother and sleep~
Yi Jiang didn't feel it was bad to see Yun Ming less on the mountain; at least on the mountain, there was no Eldest Senior Sister or Sister Hongdou.
Ling'er was also with Eldest Senior Sister down the mountain.
Didn't that mean that as long as she was on the mountain, Senior Brother would be hers alone? Her mood was joyful.
She counted on her fingers, Senior Brother would be back soon.
She missed Senior Brother so much—
Yi Jiang naturally didn't know that Yun Ming had brought back another little sister. Even if she knew, she couldn't do anything about it. At this moment... the two of them were in the back kitchen of Wanmin Restaurant.
Yun Ming was using his privilege to cook a special meal. Although usually, when Apprentices were hungry, they would quietly come and grab some leftover food.
Or they would cook themselves.
As for being full, Yun Kui Mountain absolutely ensured everyone was full; it was definitely not a scam, the description matched the actual product.
But not everyone could have Second Senior Sister personally cook for them. You know, some people's cooking was a blob.
Some people's cooking was pure poison for rats.
And some people's cooking made you want to swallow your tongue, and Ke Ke was like that.
As the saying goes, 'whoever has milk is mother'.
Yun Ming felt that calling her 'Mom' wouldn't be shameful.
But if he actually did, Second Senior Sister might punch him. After all, for such a pure young girl like Second Senior Sister, suddenly acting perverted... Ke Ke would definitely be stunned.
Then she would blush and pretend nothing happened. If he called her again, she would feign deafness. If he called again, a fist would 'thwack' and send Yun Ming flying.
Don't take advantage of good intentions—
As for why Yun Ming knew so clearly.
That remained unknown.
"Little Nicole, if you don't have enough, there's more oh~"
"Sister, I-I'm full."
Nicole snuggled into Yun Ming's arms. It wasn't because she was shy; this sister kept feeding her, it was the kind of hunger where 'Mom thinks you're hungry'.
She really wasn't hungry.
"But Nicole is so tiny."
"Ke Ke, how dare you talk about others, aren't you tiny too?"
Ke Ke puffed out her proud chest, pouting and protesting discontentedly, "How am I tiny?"
"And call me Senior Sister, in front of Nicole, hmph~"
"..."
Alright, Yun Ming admitted, she really had a lot of 'assets'.
They were almost pressing against his face. He leaned back, definitely not intimidated, but rather feeling full and needing to catch his breath.
He couldn't breathe being too close to Ke Ke.
Pfft... Nicole in his arms chuckled. This time, her smile was much more genuine and natural, but she quickly hushed.
A hint of struggle appeared in her eyes.
She seemed to feel that she shouldn't be laughing; how could she still smile? How could she think about such trivial things?
She was happy, so her conscience was questioning her.
But when she faked a smile, her conscience wouldn't question her.
Yun Ming took in all these expressions but didn't point them out on the spot, merely noting them in his heart.
"Speaking of which, Junior Brother, where did you abduct this little Nicole from? She's so cute, and she's not your Apprentice, right? Can you give her to me, Senior Sister?"
Ke Ke hugged Nicole. Their names were quite fated!
Junior Brother, let her be mine~
Such a look probably flickered in her eyes.
Eagerly.
Nicole was a bit hesitant, but she still hugged back this 'big' sister who kept feeding her... If she ate well—
Could Nicole also grow this big in the future?
"Haven't you had enough of raising Ling'er?"
"Eldest Senior Sister is so mean, she took Ling'er away! My Ling'er, what if she's hungry!"
Ke Ke was genuinely worried. If Eldest Senior Sister was the eldest 'mother', wasn't she the second 'mother'? To just take her away like that.
Did she ask for her opinion?
How could she bear it?
What a bad Senior Sister... "Cough cough... Aren't there still Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan?"
Yun Ming changed the subject. Although he wanted to sow discord between Eldest Senior Sister and Second Senior Sister, sowing too much discord wasn't good.
"Mm hmm... That little girl Yi Xuan is quite a big eater. She's gotten a lot rounder recently, and her little bottom is quite plump too~"
"But she asks me to make late-night snacks every day, which makes me have to cultivate with them at night... I really don't know who they learned it from, recently there are so many Apprentices on the mountain cultivating in the middle of the night."
"Master disciplined them, telling them to rest before midnight, which means I have to patrol every day."
Ke Ke huffily put her hands on her hips, looking like she would severely punish whoever was responsible if she found out.
She even made a fist at Yun Ming.
Yun Ming felt guilty and broke out in a cold sweat... It wasn't him, absolutely not him. He always secretly worked hard without letting others discover it. These little guys didn't learn the essence!
Alas, his disappointing Junior Brothers and Sisters.
"Why aren't you looking at me?"
"What do you mean... Senior Sister, I just returned yesterday after suppressing the Void, I'm very tired. I'm going to rest for a bit first."
"Oh..."
Ke Ke scratched her head, her round bear ears twitched, then she hugged Yun Ming from behind, standing on tiptoes to pat his head.
"Junior Brother, you've worked hard~"
"If you're hungry, come find me anytime oh."
He couldn't see the girl's expression, but at this moment, she must have been smiling beautifully, after all, Second Senior Sister was like that, a silly goose.
If he sold her, she would even help him count the money.
Whatever he said, she believed it.
Because "Junior Brother wouldn't lie to me. If you speak ill of Junior Brother, then you are the bad guys."
In this world, only favoritism should not be let down.
Yun Ming's steps, which were about to leave, paused. He took a deep breath, turned around, and fiercely hugged this annoying bear-like person into his arms.
The gloom in his heart seemed to melt away.
A warm current surged within him.
"Senior Sister, don't always bump into people with your 'balls', otherwise Eldest Senior Sister will say I'm taking advantage of you again."
"Eh... Oh, what does it matter, hehe~"
"Wouldn't it be fine if Eldest Senior Sister doesn't know?"
Yun Ming didn't know how to feel; he wanted to laugh and also felt a little like crying. It would be fine if Eldest Senior Sister didn't know, what are you saying, you silly goose.
Did she even know what she was saying?
"You big dummy, aren't you afraid I'll rub them?"
"How dare you!? Besides, I'll get angry too, oh..."
"Oh, then show me you're angry."
"Awoo—"