"Well, if you like it, I won't stop you from enjoying your hobbies. Just don't go looking for men, or else..." Xu Ran held Hu Jia in his arms, his hands wrapped around her waist.
Xu Ran didn't dislike this.
After all, they couldn't have children.
Truth be told, he had never seen such praise before. He had only seen some in videos in his previous life.
But as for Xue Ni and Hu Jia, to be honest, he had never seen anything between them.
"Xu Ran, really?" Hu Jia looked at Xu Ran with hopeful eyes. She didn't expect him to be so magnanimous.
"But why are you staring at me like that?"
Hu Jia felt somewhat intimidated by Xu Ran's bare gaze. And it seemed like she had guessed Xu Ran's intention... Could it be that Xu Ran was...
"That..." Xu Ran whispered in Hu Jia's ear, leaving her embarrassed beyond words. She was usually quite bold, but how could she be comfortable with that kind of thing?
It was true that her relationship with Xue Ni was good, and even a lot of stories had circulated in Canaan Academy. But as far as Hu Jia and Xue Ni themselves knew, they had never done anything inappropriate.
Even though Hu Jia always took liberties with girls, she just wanted to see them blush and then felt extremely satisfied in her heart.
She had never thought about going any further.
She also knew that relationships between girls didn't have a future and rarely thought about it in that way.
"You're so bad! No wonder Xun Er and Xiao Yu..." Hu Jia didn't know what to say. But she didn't want to turn down Xu Ran. She had just gotten together with Xu Ran and didn't want to spoil his mood, which didn't seem right.
And if she showed Xu Ran those things, wouldn't it mean that her relationship with him had taken a step further?
If she ended up being seen through by Xu Ran, then he would surely take responsibility.
And Xue Ni...
"You bad egg, you're even plotting against Xue Ni. No wonder you took her as a disciple, since she's so grown up, just what you guys like best," Hu Jia accused Xu Ran with a prosecutorial air.
She had long known that Xu Ran was a big bad egg, a pervert. But now her understanding of him had climbed to the next level.
"You're not bad yourself, not smaller than Xue Ni." Xu Ran glanced at certain parts of Hu Jia. He was curious to study whether those who liked yuri, especially the dominant ones, tended to have better figures.
It seemed to him that all the slender girls were fine.
"Hmph. That's true," Hu Jia proudly thrust out her chest, quite prideful. In her heart, she believed she was second to no one. Even in terms of figure, she had her own unique charm compared to Xun Er and the others.
"But, if you really insist, it's not impossible, I need to ask for Xue Ni's opinion," Hu Jia suddenly said coyly. She was aware of Xue Ni's feelings for Xu Ran. To say that Xue Ni only felt respect towards her mentor, she wouldn't believe it. Xu Ran was so young, how could a normal girl not be moved by him?
As for Xue Ni's thoughts, Hu Jia knew them all too well.
But making such a big leap all at once, she wondered if Xue Ni could withstand it.
"I didn't say you guys had to perform for me right now. When you're skilled enough in the future, it won't be too late to start," Xu Ran firmly pinched Hu Jia a few times.
Although he wanted to see it now...
But Hu Jia and Xue Ni were not his slaves; they were free thinkers, and he didn't want to put too much pressure on them. Besides, under those circumstances, he thought Hu Jia and Xue Ni would perform better in a more natural state.
"Oh, at least you've got some conscience. If you made me bare it all in front of you right now... Wait, what do you mean when I'm 'skilled enough'... You're really the worst," Hu Jia sighed in relief. Liking Xu Ran and doing something with him right now were two different concepts.
"Right, I'm your disciple now too, right? Starting from tomorrow, can I eat Elixirs every day just like Xun Er and the others?" Hu Jia's mouth watered a bit.
Last time she ate one of Xu Ran's Elixirs, she rapidly became a Dou Spirit.
That experience left such a deep impression that now she felt that eating more of Xu Ran's Elixirs was better than Cultivation on her own.
"Who told you that eating Elixirs every day is a good thing? Relying on them, you'll eventually turn into a medicine jar. It's best to rely on your own effort for Cultivation. Most of the Elixirs I gave Xun Er and the others are foundational and nurturing ones, so forget about relying on them to improve your 'Cultivation Level.' Unless you've laid a solid foundation, I won't let you eat those kinds of Elixirs anymore," Xu Ran said with annoyance as he flicked Hu Jia's forehead.
From the perspective of Elixirs, those refined by Xu Ran basically had no side effects and wouldn't harm the body.
But the blow to their mentality was not small.
If they got used to eating Elixirs to boost their strength, they would become dependent. Xu Ran was having Xun Er and the others work hard in their Cultivation every year precisely because of this consideration.
"Oh, foundational and nurturing Elixirs are still better than none. I'll train hard; I, Hu Jia, will not fall behind Xun Er and the rest," Hu Jia patted her chest.
Now that she and Xun Er and the others were on the same starting line, she wouldn't allow herself to be slower than them in Cultivation.
"Hehe, Xu Ran, I'm going to leave now. Have this for now. I really stewed this for you all morning. It's just the thing to nourish you, otherwise, if you keep doing those things that harm the body with Xun Er and the others, your body will collapse sooner or later," Hu Jia winked slyly.
She came to call Xu Ran every day, but she never saw him in the mornings.
She wasn't stupid and knew exactly what Xu Ran was up to.
Xu Ran was like this every day, and she genuinely worried about his health. She wasn't some naive sweet girl at Canaan Academy, and she knew well that most boys, even with just one girlfriend, were somewhat overwhelmed, wrapping things up in three minutes.
Although Xu Ran was strong, some things didn't have much to do with 'Cultivation Level.'
Even if Xu Ran was more capable, with so many people around him, including those from Jia Ma Empire, it added up to over a dozen.
If he went on like this every single night, she was genuinely worried that by the time it was her turn, Xu Ran would be spent.
"What nonsense are you thinking about? I could still keep going even if I was hanging upside down on a spinning wheel," Xu Ran, with a face full of black lines, felt like proving his strength to Hu Jia right there on the pergola. Good grief, he was being doubted and absolutely couldn't stand it.