I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 113: Senior Sister is Thirty Years Old

“Alas~”

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's question, Cheng Yu suddenly sighed in an old-fashioned manner, a touch of vicissitude inexplicably appearing in her eyes.

“I know that Master asked you to call me Senior Sister, and you must feel unconvinced in your heart, thinking that I am young, just a little bean sprout, still a child, and not qualified to be your Senior Sister at all. Is that what you think in your heart? You’ve been treating me like a child, haven't you?” Cheng Yu raised her head to look at Zhang Chen, her eyes filled with age and sadness, a few tears twinkling.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and he lowered his head to look at the little bean sprout that only reached his thigh. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

“To tell you the truth, I am already thirty years old, but for some reason, perhaps due to malnutrition since childhood, I have contracted a disease that prevents growth and development. My time is forever frozen on that day when I was five years old. I don’t have the experience of an adult, and I can’t get married, have children, or start a career like others. Do you know the bitterness in my heart, Junior Brother?” The little bean sprout said here, her eyes full of sadness.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes turned to the little bean sprout, filled with suspicion.

Seeing that Zhang Chen didn't believe her, the little bean sprout couldn't help but sigh softly: “At the age of twelve, I integrated the strength of my whole body and refined the 'Whole Strength', integrating the power of my whole body into one. At the age of twenty, I faced life and death battles and broke through to 'Hidden Strength'. At the age of twenty-five, I refined the 'Hidden Strength' throughout my body, and the great dragon of my hip bone was brought to life. Last year, at the age of thirty, I just realized 'Transforming Strength' and stepped into the realm of 'Transforming Strength'. Do you think a four-year-old child can refine 'Transforming Strength'? Unless they can run all over the place at the age of one, integrate the strength of their whole body at the age of two, step into 'Hidden Strength' at the age of three, and refine their whole body. And enter the ranks of 'Transforming Strength' at the age of four, do you think that's possible?”

Cheng Yu looked at Zhang Chen with her eyes, her big black and white eyes full of seriousness.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. According to Cheng Yu's statement, he really had no reason to doubt her.

Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for there to be such a talented person in the world! Unless the other party has seized someone else’s body and is cultivating again.

But Elder Wu is a great cultivator in the Yang God realm. If someone were to seize a body and cultivate again under his nose, it would be impossible to hide it from his eyes.

Therefore, Zhang Chen had no choice but to believe Cheng Yu's explanation, and a look of apology appeared on his face. Then, he respectfully performed a salute: “Greetings, Senior Sister.”

“That’s right!”

Cheng Yu's mouth curled up when she heard this. She stretched out her slender arm, tried hard to stand on tiptoe, and patted Zhang Chen's shoulder.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen was only fourteen or fifteen years old this year, and he had not yet fully grown and developed. In addition, he had been malnourished for many years, and his height was only about 1.5 meters, so she could still reach him.

“That’s right.” Cheng Yu looked at Zhang Chen with a smile, without the slightest anger on her face, but said with a smile: “Call me Senior Sister and let me hear it.”

“Senior Sister~”

Zhang Chen was very honest and said respectfully.

Cheng Yu's smile became even brighter when she heard this, and her pair of black and white eyes stared at Zhang Chen, then she seemed to remember something and subconsciously wiped her mouth:

“Let me tell you, you must not underestimate me. The reason why I sneak out to eat is not because I am hungry, but because I want to eat more to see if I can grow taller. After all, a person in their thirties wandering around with the body of a child will be seen as a freak.”

When Zhang Chen heard this, he looked at the fair and tender baby face and suddenly felt a little sad. He felt that people with defects must be extremely sensitive and would suffer a lot of discussion from others in their lives.

“Of course I won’t underestimate Senior Sister. Didn’t you see that I was also sneaking food?” Zhang Chen responded with a smile.

At this point, the two looked at each other, as if they had a common secret, and they both laughed.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to get your clothes, and then arrange for you to wash up. Look at you now, you look like a beggar, dirty and smelly.” Cheng Yu patted Zhang Chen’s waist, then tugged on Zhang Chen’s sleeve and walked towards the backyard of the Taoist temple.

After passing through seven or eight courtyards, they saw a square in the distance, but they saw about three thousand people standing in the square, and it seemed that they were being lectured.

“A few days ago, something happened in the Taoist temple, and all the disciples were summoned. The Enforcement Elder is giving a lecture. Let’s go around and don’t let the Enforcement Elder see us.” Cheng Yu tugged on Zhang Chen’s sleeve and pulled him away from another corridor.

Zhang Chen was a little dazed at this time. It turned out that the reason why he was able to walk in and not meet anyone along the way was because all the disciples had been summoned to receive reprimands.

“What happened in the Taoist temple? The Enforcement Elder actually summoned all the disciples in the temple to question them?” Zhang Chen asked curiously.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Cheng Yu didn't hide anything: “I heard that the Second Senior Brother caused trouble down the mountain and got a believer pregnant. Now the victim has come to the door and scolded the abbot in the face, and that's how it is now.”

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Zhang Chen was stunned. He didn't expect that in this remote Taoist temple, there would actually be a romantic affair.

Cheng Yu said here, her eyes looked at Zhang Chen: “I said, Junior Brother, you have to control your bird in the future, and don’t cause any romantic debts, or you may have to go to the Law Enforcement Hall. I, Senior Sister, can’t protect you.”

Zhang Chen nodded when he heard this: “Don’t worry, I am definitely not that kind of person.”

Cheng Yu stopped when she heard this, looked Zhang Chen up and down, and looked at Zhang Chen's tattered clothes and dusty face, and chuckled: “Looking at you like this, which girl can like you? If you want to cause a romantic debt, I'm afraid there won't be a chance.”

After saying that, Cheng Yu left with brisk steps, leaving Zhang Chen standing in place scratching his head: “Was I laughed at?”

However, he was not angry, but continued to follow behind Cheng Yu. The two came to a hall, and they saw densely packed bookshelves in the hall, with countless documents stacked on the bookshelves. A middle-aged man in his fifties was organizing the bookshelves.

“Uncle Wang, the Taoist temple has taken in a new disciple, and Master asked me to record the roster.” Cheng Yu stood at the threshold and shouted.

The threshold was very high, as much as thirty centimeters, and it was a bit difficult for her to step in. She didn't want to lose face in front of Zhang Chen, lest she lose the majesty of being a senior sister, so she just stood outside the threshold and shouted.

The man who was organizing the bookshelves stopped when he heard this and turned his head to look at Cheng Yu and Zhang Chen with a surprised expression.

The uncle was not afraid that this matter was false, so he came to a table next to him, took out a jade tablet. The jade tablet was the size of a palm and had no text on it. Both sides were bare.

“What is your name, age, and origin?” Uncle Wang asked.

Zhang Chen answered each question as Wang Shishu's carving knife in his hand flew, jade dust constantly flying. Before long, a jade pendant was made. Then, he picked up a brush and made a record in the register before handing the jade pendant to Zhang Chen: "Cheng Yu will take you to your lodgings."

Then, he looked at Zhang Chen's height and took out two sets of clean clothes and gave them to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen accepted the clothes, thanked him, and then got up to take his leave.

"Let's go to your lodgings. You'll be living with me from now on." Seeing that Zhang Chen had received the clean clothes, Cheng Yu happily pulled on Zhang Chen's sleeve and left.

"Shijie, we are male and female, it's not good to live together, right?" Zhang Chen looked at Cheng Yu, hesitated slightly, and said.

Although Cheng Yu looked like a child who couldn't do anything, she was mentally mature.

Cheng Yu stopped in her tracks when she heard this, turned her head to look at Zhang Chen, and said in annoyance: "What nonsense are you thinking? I live alone in a two-story building. You'll live on the first floor, and I'll live on the second floor."

As she spoke, the two walked to the backyard, where they saw a separate courtyard in the northwest corner of the Taoist temple. An old pine tree grew in the courtyard, so thick that one person couldn't wrap their arms around it, standing straight and soaring into the sky right in front of the small building.

The small building was a wooden building, two stories high, and very unique within the Taoist temple.

Cheng Yu pushed open the door on the first floor, revealing a clean and tidy room. There was a desk, calligraphy, brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in the room, making it look like a study.

A wooden training dummy and some tools for assisting in cultivation were also placed in the corner.

"When I lived alone before, I used this place as a training room and study. You will live here from now on. But the door must not be locked, so as not to delay my training and reading," Cheng Yu said.

Zhang Chen was immediately unhappy when he heard this: "Shijie, you can't do this! Why don't you move your things to your room and leave them in my room?"

Cheng Yu twisted her little face, pouted her small mouth, and tears began to well up in her eyes: "Shidi, do you dislike me for being a dwarf? Don't you want to associate with me? Isn't putting the training room in your room so I can better guide you in the future? Look at how old you are, and you haven't practiced martial arts yet. Your muscles and bones are about to be set. You have to work harder in the future..."

As she spoke, Cheng Yu's tears were about to fall. Zhang Chen quickly put down the clothes in his hand and squatted down to wipe the large tears from Cheng Yu's face: "Okay, okay, don't cry! Don't cry! It's my fault, it's my fault! I misunderstood you. Isn't it enough for me to apologize to you?"

Zhang Chen quickly raised his hands in surrender.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu stopped crying and then showed a smile: "You really don't dislike me for being a dwarf?"

"Shijie, you're thinking too much. How could I dislike you?" Zhang Chen quickly said.

Cheng Yu nodded when she heard this, and then said to Zhang Chen: "I'll find someone to bring you clean water for washing. You wash up, and then I'll tell you about the Taoist temple."

After speaking, Cheng Yu instructed: "You wait for me here."

Cheng Yu left, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the room, looking at the furnishings in the room, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly: "What a creation. I didn't expect that I would come to Huangli Temple inexplicably and become a disciple there."

"It's good to stay here and avoid the limelight. I can also take a peek at the martial arts of this world." Zhang Chen wasn't in a hurry to escape. A Yang God expert can travel all over the world in an instant. He was afraid that if he escaped, he would lead Elder Wu into the Imperial Daughter's Tomb, and then he would be out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den.

Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long before a noisy sound came from outside the courtyard. He saw Cheng Yu, acting like an old man, directing seven or eight people in tattered clothes, like servants, to come to the courtyard, carrying wooden buckets and clean water for Zhang Chen to wash up.

"Go wash up. I'll wait for you upstairs. Come and call me when you're done washing," Cheng Yu said.

Cheng Yu left. Zhang Chen looked at the clean water in the tub and didn't say much. He thought in his heart and controlled the clean water in the tub to wrap himself up, like a washing machine, and began to wash his whole body.

Washing away the dust from his body, Zhang Chen put on a new Taoist robe. The Taoist robe was brand new, with a hint of orange-yellow, and embroidered on it were not yin-yang taiji symbols, but rice ears.

The clothes fit perfectly. Zhang Chen casually stuck a wooden stick in his hair, and his whole person was refreshed and energetic, which was very comfortable.

Then Zhang Chen walked out of the door and came to the second floor. Just as he was about to push the door open, he saw that the door was locked from the inside and couldn't be pushed open at all. He could only shout outside the door: "Shijie, I'm done washing."

"You washed up pretty quickly."

With a creak, the door opened. Before Zhang Chen could see the furnishings in the room, Cheng Yu had already darted out of the room like a nimble cat, instantly closing the door, and then had time to look Zhang Chen up and down. When she saw Zhang Chen's delicate skin, which seemed to be even better than her own, she couldn't help but be stunned: "I really didn't expect it."

"What?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I didn't expect you to look like a human being after washing up," Cheng Yu said.

Zhang Chen's mouth twitched when he heard this. He always felt strange being told that he looked like a human being. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"You are not allowed to enter my room without my permission in the future, and you are not allowed to look at it either," Cheng Yu said, walking downstairs with her hands on her hips, acting like an old man.

Zhang Chen nodded. Although he was curious, he didn't have the habit of peeping into other people's privacy.

"Next, I will tell you about our Taoist temple," Cheng Yu led Zhang Chen downstairs. At this time, the wooden bucket and sewage had been carried away. Cheng Yu sat on Zhang Chen's bed in a grand manner:

"Our Huangli Temple is one of the twelve branches of the Yellow Sky Dao. The ancestor worshipped by our branch is Wu Changming. That is the one you saw today. But our Huangli Temple is only one of the many branches under that ancestor. The Huangli Temple Master is our Shifu. There are a total of three thousand disciples and followers in the Taoist temple."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu frowned: "But only five of our Shifu's direct disciples are here, and only my second shixiong and I are in the Taoist temple now. You only need to know about me. The rest are just stupid donkeys, who are unlikely to achieve great things in this life. Don't associate with them too much, lest in the future..."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu suddenly stopped, and then said irritably: "In short, you only need to act according to my instructions."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu said: "Among our Shifu's five disciples, the eldest shixiong died young, and the third shixiong is not in the mountains. It is said that he went down the mountain to do something big. These shixiongs are fighting openly and secretly in order to compete for the inheritance of the Taoist temple in the future. We should stay away from them in the future. These two are also stupid donkeys and don't need to be deeply involved."