Damn it, my true identity was discovered by my junior sister

“I am about to break through.”

Xuan Ya spoke in a gentle voice, her amber eyes fixed on Lu Qiancha. “The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is coming.”

“Congratulations on attaining the Dao and ascending to immortality, Master!”

Lu Qiancha hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Xuan Ya chuckled in spite of herself and said softly, “You had this same clever nature when I found you on the mountain sixty years ago.”

“But…” Xuan Ya’s gaze dimmed, and she sighed, “I’m afraid your master won’t be able to pass this tribulation.”

“How can you say that, Master,” Lu Qiancha said with a laugh. “You will certainly overcome the tribulation. Don’t you often say that if one lacks even this much confidence, how can they possibly face the trials and tribulations bestowed by the Great Dao?”

“You rascal, now you’re lecturing your own master.”

Xuan Ya said with a straight face, then sighed again. “Qiancha.”

“If I do not survive the tribulation, I will leave Tianquan Peak in your care.”

“If the sect decides to reclaim our Tianquan Peak, do not resist. Just follow the sect’s arrangements. I have already pleaded with a few familiar peers; they will take you and Gan Tang to other peaks to continue your cultivation.”

“Master, don’t say such foolish things. You can definitely pass the tribulation.”

Lu Qiancha said with a solemn expression.

Xuan Ya didn’t say much more upon hearing this.

She simply smiled, then spoke gently to Lu Qiancha, “Alright, go back now. It’s getting late. Take advantage of the time you still have and go cultivate.”

“Yes, Master.”

Lu Qiancha answered, then stood up, walked out, and gently closed the door to the thatched cottage behind him.

Halfway there, Lu Qiancha looked back at Xuan Ya’s cottage and let out a quiet sigh.

‘Master was injured in her early years, leaving a lingering ailment in her divine soul.’

‘If she faces the tribulation in her current state, it’s a situation of certain death.’

‘But Master is so desperate to transcend the tribulation and become an immortal…’

Before becoming a peak master, Xuan Ya was once a disciple of Tianshu Peak.

Her peers who joined the sect at the same time have long since attained immortality; some have even reached the rank of Golden Immortal.

In truth, Xuan Ya still has over a thousand years of life remaining, but Lu Qiancha knew she no longer wished to suppress her realm, nor did she want to wait until her lifespan was dwindling to gamble on ascension.

This was what gave rise to Lu Qiancha’s determination to refine the Soul-Returning Pill and save his master’s life.

And the primary ingredient for that Soul-Returning Pill… traces of it have only ever been found deep within Beiju Luzhou.

‘Hmm, it just so happens that a team in tomorrow’s training assembly is heading to Beiju Luzhou. I’ll just go along with them.’

And so, with a heavy heart, Lu Qiancha slowly walked to her own small hut.

She didn’t even notice that her spiritual energy was completely depleted, no longer able to sustain the Myriad Phantoms Mirage Art.

“Senior Brother, you’re back!”

Inside the hut, Gan Tang was sitting at the table, munching on a sweet cake Lu Qiancha had bought for her.

‘Hmm? Gan Tang, why haven’t you gone back to cultivate yet?’

Before Lu Qiancha could speak, Gan Tang’s pupils constricted sharply as she shouted, “Demon!”

Her slender hand trembled, and a longsword glowing with green light appeared in her grasp. “…Who are you? Why are you in my Senior Brother’s room, and why are you wearing his clothes?!”

“Huh?”

Lu Qiancha was instantly dumbfounded.

She quickly raised her hands and, as expected, saw a pair of small, furry paws.

Gan Tang furrowed her lovely brows, scrutinizing the little wolf-clan girl wearing her senior brother’s clothes from head to toe. The wariness in her eyes slowly mixed with a dawning realization. “I get it! You’re a demon s*ave Senior Brother bought!”

“Huh?”

Lu Qiancha’s mind went blank, her tongue felt tied, and her thoughts grew increasingly chaotic.

“Hmph, that wretched Senior Brother! He already has a lively and adorable junior sister at home, yet he’s still… still keeping a demon s*ave on the side! How outrageous!”

Seeing her reaction, Gan Tang became even more certain of her discovery.

Her cheeks puffed out with anger as she sized Lu Qiancha up once more. “…She has nothing! Not busty in the front, not curvy in the back! How… how is she any better than me?”

Gan Tang’s gaze paused for a moment as it swept over the furry ears atop the other’s head and her small, jade-like face. “…Cough, although… she is rather cute…”

Lu Qiancha felt her skin crawl under Gan Tang’s stare.

Just as she was about to explain, she heard Gan Tang speak as if she’d uncovered a world-shattering secret. “Oh~~~ I get it! So Senior Brother… is into this type! No wonder he hasn’t shown any interest in me after all these years of living together!”

“I’m not that kind of person!”

Lu Qiancha finally couldn’t take it anymore.

She shot to her feet and roared in shame and indignation, her fluffy tail behind her even poofing up in anger.

“Hmm?” Gan Tang blinked her large eyes, looking perplexed. “You’re not a demon s*ave kept by Senior Brother?”

She tilted her head in thought, her imagination running wilder. “Then… could you be the… the child bride he’s been secretly raising?!”

“I am your Senior Brother!”

Lu Qiancha couldn’t stop herself from roaring at Gan Tang.

‘To hell with reasons, excuses, and explanations!’

‘If I let this little girl’s imagination run any further, my entire life’s reputation will be utterly shattered into dust!’

Right now, Lu Qiancha really wanted to pry open Gan Tang’s head to see what sort of weird and wonderful things it was filled with.

“Pfft! And I suppose that makes me your senior sister.”

Gan Tang chuckled, looking at the little wolf loli’s flushed face, red from anger, and couldn’t help but tease.

Lu Qiancha took a deep breath and said, “Last Spring Festival, you got drunk and ran into the woods by the lake. You ended up being hung upside down by a newly-formed tree demon for three hours. When I saved you, you were shouting my name over and over.”

“…”

Gan Tang’s eyes widened. ‘Did Senior Brother tell this little girl even about that incident?’

Seeing Gan Tang’s lack of reaction, Lu Qiancha frowned and continued, “Not only that, but there was also a puddle on the ground…”

“Wait, wait, don’t say any more!”

Gan Tang’s face instantly turned crimson.

She rushed forward and clamped her hand over Lu Qiancha’s mouth.

“Mmph, mmph, mmph…”

Lu Qiancha’s paws tried desperately to push Gan Tang away, but the other girl’s body wouldn’t budge an inch.

“I believe you! I believe you! Senior Brother, please don’t say another word!”

Gan Tang shouted, her voice so loud it made Lu Qiancha’s ears ring.

“I won’t say any more, just let me go!”

With her mouth still covered, Lu Qiancha used the last shred of spiritual energy she could muster to transmit her voice to Gan Tang.

“Oh, oh, oh.”

Gan Tang quickly released Lu Qiancha and retreated to the wooden table, staring down at the wolf loli who claimed to be her senior brother.

“Ahem.”

Lu Qiancha took two spirit stones from her storage ring.

After breathing in and absorbing their energy, the discomfort caused by her spiritual exhaustion eased slightly.

“Are you really my Senior Brother?”

“Mmm… Gan Tang, I really am your Senior Brother.” Lu Qiancha’s voice drew out as she sighed in resignation.

Gan Tang circled Lu Qiancha, examining her carefully, her eyes filled with disbelief.

In just a few days, her senior brother had turned into a little sister, even more petite than herself, and was so unbelievably cute.

“Senior Brother… how did you become like this?” Gan Tang hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice.

“It’s a long story…”

Lu Qiancha sighed, then told Gan Tang about how she had consumed the demon king’s essence blood.

However, she omitted the part about the Yin Soul Sect.

Lu Qiancha didn’t want her junior sister to worry about her.