The next morning, in Quin Xuxu's room.
Leon knelt in front of the small table in the middle of the room; opposite him was Quin Xuxu, who was sitting on the small pillow.
Quin Xuxu had returned early this morning and had invited Leon to her room because she had something for him.
Leon heard her call and immediately went to her room after putting on his robe. He was stunned to see Quin Xuxu after entering the room.
The pretty woman had an exhausted look on her face; her eyes were red as if she had done something tedious the entire night, and she looked weak as if all her energy had been extracted.
"What happened to you, Master?" Leon asked with worry as he examined Quin Xuxu with concern.
Forget about the system mission, Leon had unknowingly started to like this woman. She had a tragic backstory but was still gentle when it mattered, adding to her beauty and figure, Leon would not want anything bad to happen to her.
"It's nothing here." Quin Xuxu waved her sleeves before placing a small wooden box on the table in front of Leon.
"What…is this, Master?" Leon raised an eyebrow while gazing at the small box.
" Open it and find out," a tired smile formed on Quin Xuxu's face as she watched Leon's reaction.
Leon stared at the box for a few seconds before slowly reaching for it and flipped it open.
Sitting in the center of the box was a small red pill placed on a small folded fabric, a flowering scent drifted from the pill and entered Leon's nose.
His eyes widened.
'What was this pill?'
Raising his gaze from the pill, Leon looked at Quin Xuxu who was smiling at him; her expression showed that she was satisfied with his reaction.
"What's this pill?" Leon asked softly.
"It's a blood cleansing pill, a tier 2 pill that stimulates the blood in one's body and helps the Shi flow faster through the meridians. I spent all night making this pill in the furnace hall of the sect" Quin Xuxu explained.
'So that's why she didn't come home last night, she was making the pill for me. Hold on, did she just say she made it?'
Leon's eyes widened "You are an alchemist?!" His voice filled with amazement.
Quin Xuxu giggled softly.
"Don't be too surprised, your master isn't just a powerful martial artist; I am a level 3 alchemist too…well, I recently advanced to level 3 a few years ago"
Leon nodded in understanding before looking at the box with the pill in it, a strange feeling swelling within him.
"This pill must be very precious," Leon mumbled.
"It is, but I'm giving it to you as your master, so you must accept it. Consume it, and it will increase the speed of your progress; that's if you haven't consumed too much of it, et," Quin Xuxu smiled.
'Of course, I'm going to take it; I would be foolish to reject such a thing,' Leon thought to himself while discreetly pulling the box over.
"Thank you, Master," Leon said with gratitude; Quin Xuxu waved her hand.
"You may leave now, your Senior sister should be coming to find you in a while. Take the pill and train hard" Quin Xuxu yawned tiredly.
'Her like for me should be enough now, right?'
Leon paused for a moment and rose to their knees before suddenly diving forward and hugging Quin Xuxu.
Quin Xuxu was petrified; she froze as her hands hung in the air and her eyes stared into the space in front of her, her mind finding it difficult to understand what was going on.
'Leon…is embracing me; I should push him away, but why am I not doing anything?' She questioned herself as she found herself unable to push Leon, his sudden hug had stunned her so much that she didn't move for a long time.
"W-what a-a-are you doing?!" Quin Xuxu managed to squeeze out in a flustered voice after a while, her face turning red and her eyes spinning; her hands waved in the air frantically, unsure of what to do.
Hugging her even tighter so that her breasts pressed hard against his chest, Leon smiled secretly.
She didn't push him away, that was a good sign.
Pulling back while sitting holding the flustered Quin Xuxu, Leon smiled handsomely and said.
"I…I like you, Master. No, Quin Xuxu, please be my Dao companion!" Leon confessed straight up, shocking Quin Xuxu again.
" W-what are you saying, Leon? W… all of a sudden?" Quin Xuxu stuttered as she turned her gaze to the side, her face blushing uncontrollably; she was unable to meet Leon's gaze.
Leon, feeling a sense of pride and confidence upon seeing Quin Xuxu's reaction, decided to push even harder. He had read in a hentai comic once that girls who reacted this way to confession were usually just shocked and needed more time to understand; being persistent will definitely get them to accept you.
Grabbing her chin gently, Leon moved Quin Xuxu's face to look at him but the woman still turned her eyes to the side.
"Look at me, Master…Quin Xuxu. You are a beautiful woman and a kind person; you accepted me as your disciple even when you didn't know me and have been caring for me. I don't think anyone else will be as good as you, so please be my Dao companion. Let's chase the Dao together in the future!"
Leon stated strongly.
Quin Xuxu blushed even more and her breathing was turning strange.
Her disciple was confusing to her! This was a taboo in the martial arts world as a disciple was like a child to the master but Leon's words caused Quin Xuxu's heart to flutter like happy butterflies.
She had never heard such sweet words before, remembering the strange dreams that she had been having recently only made her heart race even more.
" B-but I'm your master, and I'm old," Quin Xuxu said weakly and finally looked at Leon's face with watery eyes.
Leon knew that his tactics were working so he went even harder.
"It doesn't matter, what matters is our affection for each other. In a few more hundred years, when I become the strongest person on the planet, who would dare to question us?
Besides, who said you looked old? You are prettier than the young fairies from mystic realms! To me, you are prettier than stars in the sky and flowers in morning hue"
Leon showered Quin Xuxu with sweet words that made the woman's heart beat frantically in her chest.
Although Quin Xuxu was actually hundreds of years old, Leon wasn't lying about her appearance; she looked like she was in her late twenties.
'I already know that he's the son of Dao since he is interested in me…it shouldn't be a bad idea to give in, right?' Quin Xuxu thought to herself.
She didn't respond for a while and slowly calmed herself, only then was she able to look at Leon's face.
"How about we talk about this after you win the duel?"
She smiled sweetly with loving eyes.
'Booyah!'