Zero Succubus in the Territory: Starting with Apprenticeship to the Yi Xuan Sisters

As she spoke, she subconsciously moved even closer, her ample breasts pressing against his arm, her warm breath clearly audible, carrying a faint fragrance.

"Yes, very well done. For the first time, just keep it in a simple shape like this."

As the familiar oppressive feeling returned, Yi Xue couldn't help but shiver, and the ether sphere in her palm began to disintegrate.

A hint of doubt appeared on Yi Xuan's face. She didn't understand how things could have suddenly changed when everything was fine just now. Could it be that her guidance had gone wrong?

However, Yi Xuan quickly discovered the reason. It seemed that due to her excitement, she had momentarily overlooked the distance between them, and the massive mountain in front of her pressed down solidly on Yi Xue. She could feel the small body in her arms gradually radiating heat, and because of her actions, the temperature was getting higher and higher.

"Ahem, that's all for now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Yi Xuan blushed and fled as if trying to escape. She cleared her throat and fanned her face with her palms as if to cool it down.

The warm touch of the other person still seemed to linger on his chest. He hadn't noticed it just moments before, but now the sensation was so distinct.

She swallowed hard and glanced at Yi Xue's profile. Without Yi Xuan's interference, he was now focused on manipulating the form of the ether in his hand.

The original two spheres, each the size of a fingernail, gradually expanded to the size of a palm. From the original sphere, four more spheres of the same size gradually emerged, slowly rotating around the original sphere like satellites orbiting a planet.

Yi Xuan blinked, watching Yi Xue's performance quietly. The rotation speed of the four spheres also increased at this time, and the afterimages of each sphere intertwined to form a golden star ring.

The next second, the four spheres began to rotate at high speed along different trajectories, transforming into four gorgeous circular ribbons. Then, to Yi Xuan's astonishment, these ribbons gradually converged and finally merged back into the original spheres.

She stared blankly at his profile, briefly illuminated by the etheric light before returning to silence, with only one thought in her mind: "Xue'er looks so cool when she's focused..."

"No, no, I'm the master, how could I have such thoughts about my disciple..."

Yi Xuan shook his head abruptly and quickly began to think of other things to distract himself. Right, what was it like when he first tried to practice manipulating the ether?

Her thoughts drifted back to the days when she first arrived at Yunyu Mountain. When she first tried to manipulate the ether to form a concrete shape, she was unable to condense the scattered ether into a form. Even with her sister's supervision and diligent practice, she could only produce a blurry shape, crooked and twisted like mud in a child's hands.

Because of this, she was punished by her master and had to eat only vegetables for several days. At that time, she was very indignant, thinking that she had already done a great job, so why should she be punished? And her sister even had to eat vegetables with her. But now that she thinks about it, she really deserved to be punished. The difference in talent can be really infuriating sometimes.

Thinking about those embarrassing childhood incidents did help me calm down, but it also made me feel disappointed, and the joy of successfully teaching my disciple was instantly overshadowed.

Yi Xuan sighed softly, then slowly walked to the shady spot behind the big tree and sat down.

"Sigh... At this rate, when will I ever become close with Xue'er... I'm such a useless master..."

She muttered to herself as she picked up a branch and began drawing birds on the ground in front of her. Over the years, her drawing skills had improved considerably since childhood, but her mindset when faced with setbacks had probably remained unchanged.

But noticing something like this at a time like this really doesn't make anyone happy at all...

She puffed out her cheeks slightly, like a wronged little girl, and Yi Xue, sitting on the other side of the big tree, naturally heard her muttering to herself.

Was Yi Xuan a useless master? He didn't think so. She had indeed taught him a lot. If he hadn't been taught by her, he probably wouldn't have achieved anything in his life if he had to figure these things out on his own. It was only because of the system's assistance that he seemed so talented.

"I'll go comfort her later..."

Looking at the etheric sphere in his palm, a thought suddenly popped into his mind: the change in form meant he had already achieved the transformation from formless to tangible; what if he took another step forward?

The transformation of ether into another substance is achieved. In previous games, each character seemed to have their own special means to convert ether into other types of energy, thus giving rise to characters with different attributes.

Master Yi Xuan's research on the Xuanmo technique seems to be developing in this direction as well. Now, with the blessing of the Ten Thousand Techniques Ascension, it seems that he can go a step further on the basis of his predecessors.

With that thought in mind, he closed his eyes and searched for usable fragments of magic in the incomplete spell fragments in his mind, then pieced them together one by one.

"Put this here, put that there, and then... done!"

A string of haphazard and incoherent magical symbols appeared in his mind. It was somewhat rudimentary, but theoretically it could work. Just like a famous programmer once said, don't worry about whether the program you write has bugs or not. If it can run, don't change it.

Next, he used the ether in his palm to run the spell... The temperature in his palm began to rise, and the surface of the ether sphere slowly turned red, then gradually changed from red to orange-yellow, and finally a tiny flame condensed in the center. The flame flickered twice and almost went out, so he quickly stabilized the ether output and made the flame stand still again.

It's done. He looked at the dancing flame in his palm, a slight smile playing on his lips. Then he slowly increased the ether output used for the spell, and what was originally a small cluster gradually turned into a fireball the size of his palm.

However, simply being able to convert energy seems a bit insufficient; we need to find a way to use this technique for attack. Right now, even maintaining the flames is difficult enough.

Looking at the fireball in her palm, Yi Xue muttered softly, completely unaware that the fine golden lines that were originally covered by the wristband were now emitting a faint light.

Chapter Seventy-Eight Unexpected

A faint wisp of golden ether emerged from the lines on his wrist, then, like a snake crawling rapidly through the grass, it slithered along the inside of his wrist all the way to his palm.

Then, to Yi Xue's somewhat puzzled gaze, the ether suddenly burst into a dazzling light in front of him as if it were flaunting itself, before crashing headlong into the fireball.

"Varied……!?"

There was no time to react; everything happened too fast. The aura of the Dawn Dragon was present in the ether, scorching and domineering. The fireball in his palm began to expand rapidly, gradually growing from the size of a palm to the size of a bowl, and then from the size of a bowl to the point where even an entire arm could not support it.

The surface of the fireball was no longer a stable orange-yellow, but turned into an ominous dark red, with blinding golden light constantly entering and exiting the cracks, like lava continuously erupting from the fissures of a volcano.

Yi Xue gritted her teeth and tried her best to stop the rampaging fireball from expanding, but the ether was really unreasonable. After crashing into the fireball, it turned the originally stable spell structure upside down, causing the originally stable fireball to continue to expand. What's worse, in order to maintain the existence of the fireball, the spell is now constantly drawing ether from the surrounding environment.

Instead of the ether being so scarce in the void environment that it could not sustain the operation of the spell, the altered spell began to draw ether from its master's body.

This is terrible. Even with his superior innate conditions, he doesn't have much ether in his body as a child. If this continues, he will be drained dry.

"Don't panic, panic will only lead to confusion..."

Yi Xue took a deep breath. Although the ether had disrupted the structure of his spell, the spell was still under his control. Forcibly destroying the structure of the spell should be enough to stop it from running.

Just as he expected, the fireball did stop expanding after the energy-supplying segment of the spell was removed. However, he overlooked one thing: it was the continuous energy supply that allowed the fireball to remain stable during its continuous expansion.

His actions caused the ether inside the fireball, which had lost its power supply, to begin colliding with each other out of control. Each collision caused its structure to collapse a little more, and the fireball hummed, which was the buzzing sound produced by the high-speed vibration of the ether.

If this continues, the fireball will explode right in front of you before it completely dissipates due to loss of energy.

"No... we have to throw it out before the fireball explodes."

Yi Xue tried to stand up using her other arm for support, but found that she couldn't muster any strength in her body.

"Damn it... is it because I absorbed too much ether just now?"

But the fireball in his palm wouldn't wait for him to recover his strength; it hissed and roared as if it were about to explode at any moment.

"Xue'er?"

Yi Xuan, who was behind the tree, suddenly stood up and looked in this direction. How could she not notice such a commotion?

Then she saw the out-of-control, expanding fireball, and Yi Xue's face, which was illuminated by the fireball. He was pale, and a hint of panic flashed in the depths of his eyes, but he still tried to appear resolute.

Before she could ask what had happened, Yi Xuan acted entirely on instinct. Without hesitation, she shot out from behind the tree like an arrow.

She threw herself on Yi Xue, shielding him completely in her arms, and at the same time, she held the hand that he was struggling to support the fireball with one hand, making the throwing motion for him.

After doing all this, Yi Xuan turned his back to the flames that were about to explode and activated a protective spell, his body enveloped in a faint golden halo.

"Bang! Sizzle~"

The fireball exploded the next second, accompanied by a dull thud as something was forcibly torn apart. The moment the fireball exploded, the shockwave, carrying a scorching heat wave, swept past her from behind, tearing apart her protective aura.

"Well……"

Yi Xuan let out a muffled groan, her shoulders tightening sharply from the sudden pain, but her arms remained motionless as she tightly protected Yi Xue in her arms. She dared not make a loud noise, for fear of worrying him.

Yi Xue's mind went blank. Her eyes widened slightly, and all she could see was a small mole below her fair collarbone and a strand of white hair falling gently above it. Her heart was pounding abnormally fast through her chest.

The familiar fragrance entered my nostrils, but it was followed by another unpleasant burnt smell, the smell of charred fabric and skin that had been scorched by high temperatures.

"Master, let me go! You're injured, Yi Xuan!"

Yi Xue gasped in surprise as she came to her senses, struggling to break free from Yi Xuan's embrace. But she remained motionless as if she hadn't heard him, holding him tightly in her arms. Even a few seconds after the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, she maintained the same posture, as if checking for a second explosion or waiting for the pain to pass.

Then she slowly released her arms and looked down at Yixue in her arms, but the words she uttered were not complaints or reproaches, but simply a word of concern.

Are you hurt?

"I……"

Seeing her like this, Yi Xue felt a lump in her throat, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

Why... It's all my fault, she's the one who should be hurt, so why am I the one who gets the concern in the end?

Seeing this, Yi Xuan thought he was injured somewhere, so she immediately took the hand that had been holding the fireball and examined it carefully. Her golden eyes shone brightly in the still-lingering smoke and dust.

"What happened? You really got burned... Let me check you over. I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for not taking good care of you..."

As he listened to the other person begin apologizing on their own, Yi Xue felt increasingly uncomfortable. He pulled his hand back, stared at the other person's somewhat pale face, and loudly retorted.

"It's not your fault!"

Yi Xuan seemed startled by his suddenly raised voice and stared at him blankly. Yi Xue panicked when he saw this. He... he didn't mean that. He didn't mean to be mean to Yi Xuan.

No, this isn't the time to think about these things. Right, Master Yixuan is injured, we need to treat his wounds first.

Yi Xue crawled out of Yi Xuan's arms, then went around behind her. She couldn't help but gasp. The Taoist robe on her back had a large hole burned through it by the flames, and the edges were charred and curled.

The most serious burns were near the right shoulder. The originally fair skin was ruined by the high temperature, turning as red as a boiled shrimp. Blisters had begun to form in the center of the burn, and the skin at the edges was slightly white, which was a sign that the burn was spreading deeper.

"Oh no... the wound will get infected if we don't treat it quickly."

As she spoke, Yi Xue gently reached out her hand to the wound, and a faint golden light emanated from her palm. Just then, the ether that had caused the fireball to go out of control surged out again and rushed towards the healing light of Lin Guang.

Yi Xue was startled and subconsciously tried to shake off the ether. If it weren't for this wisp of ether causing trouble, how could such an accident have happened? But the ether was not an external object, so how could it be so easy to get rid of?

The next second, the golden light in Yi Xue's palm became even stronger, and the wounds illuminated by the light gradually stopped worsening. After doing all this, the ether returned to the lines on his wrist.

Yi Xue was stunned. Could it be that Ether was trying to make amends for his mistakes?

Chapter 79 I Have a Special Treatment Method

“Come on, Master Yixuan, take it easy.”

Yi Xue gently pushed open the door in front of her, first carefully helping Yi Xuan to sit down on the bed, then turning around and walking to the table to prepare the ointment.

During this time, he looked at his left wrist, where the fine lines under the wristband were slightly glowing. The ether had stopped moving after helping him treat Yi Xuan's wound, probably realizing that it had done something wrong.

The ether that appeared earlier should be the power that Xi Long mentioned, but it caused the accident because it appeared at the wrong time.

Even if it was just an accident, he still...

Thinking of this, he shook his head slightly and continued to focus on preparing the ointment he had on hand. The senior brother from the herbal medicine hall had prepared three doses of external wound medicine for them. If they changed it once a day, it would scab over in three days. However, the burn was too severe, and it was likely that it would leave a scar after it healed.

Crush the herbs in a jar, then add an appropriate amount of warm water and stir gently for a few minutes until it becomes a paste. The ointment is now ready.

After placing the prepared ointment by the bedside, Yixue turned around and went outside to fetch a basin of warm water. Then she took out several clean white cloths from the cabinet, cut them into palm-sized squares, and neatly folded them next to the ointment. With that, the preparations for applying the medicine were complete.

He moved swiftly and didn't say a word the whole time. After finishing, he ran outside and went to do something else.

Yi Xuan lay on the bed, quietly watching all of this, her chin resting on her crossed arms, pouting as she gently blew on her bangs.

She had changed her Taoist robe when she was at the herbal medicine shop. The robe she took off had several holes burned through the back and was taken away by the doctor and disposed of as incineration waste. The old robe she was wearing now was borrowed from the herbal medicine shop. It didn't fit well, especially the chest area, which was tied very tightly, as if it would burst at any moment. But it didn't cover anything, and she could easily expose herself if she wasn't careful.

However, it's fine to show it to Xue'er, since she's still just a child, and he's seen many other children before.

However… seeing the other party's completely unresponsive expression, Yi Xuan felt a little frustrated. What was she frustrated about? Was she frustrated that Xue'er hadn't developed romantic feelings for her? They had clearly done *that* with her sister…

Wait, what am I thinking? Didn't I promise I wouldn't think about that again?

But once an idea starts, it's hard to suppress it.

Just imagining it made Yi Xuan feel a surge of heat, and her face flushed red. Unbeknownst to her, a faint tide seemed to rise in her heart.

"No, no... Ouch~"

Yi Xuan shook her head violently, trying to calm herself down, but the swing was too strong and she accidentally aggravated the wound on her shoulder, causing her to gasp in pain.

Although it wasn't quite what I expected, I calmed down a bit.

Yi Xuan grabbed a pillow from the side and placed it under her body. She then buried her face in it and took a big breath. The pillow was very clean, but it couldn't wash away the faint fragrance that belonged to Yi Xue.

For some reason, the actions that would normally make her blush with embarrassment now didn't feel so shameful; instead, they gave her a strange sense of peace.

How exactly do I... view Yixue...?

Yi Xuan couldn't help but ask herself, how did she really see Xue'er? Did she really just see him as an ordinary disciple?

Xue'er is very cute, sensible, and talented. She is a role model for many people, and everyone likes her very much. But is it really that simple?

Whenever Xue'er is mentioned, it seems like she has countless thoughts she wants to express, but when the words actually come to her lips, she can't say them. Is it really as her sister said, that she is not frank enough, or... is she just afraid?

She recalled what happened today. A fireball appeared out of thin air in Xue'er's hand, but that didn't seem to be entirely true. It seemed that he had tried some advanced knowledge on his own, but ultimately it was because she hadn't taught him properly.

She should have sensed something was wrong before he made his move. What if that fireball had hit his face today? Or worse, what if it had hit his eyes or something? She couldn't even imagine it.

Just then, footsteps came from the doorway. She looked over expectantly and saw Yi Xue walking in.

Yi Xue walked to the bedside, picked up the bowl of ointment, and then softly called her name.

"Master Yixuan, it's time to change the dressing..."