Creak…
Arden skillfully pushed the door open as Ju Fufu set the prepared late-night snack on the dining table.
"Master?"
"Master Yixuan?"
The two of them, however, did not see Master Yixuan anywhere.
"Mm… your master has something to attend to. Wait a moment."
Splash~!
Yixuan's voice came from the bathroom, accompanied by faint sounds of running water.
Clearly, the reason Master Yixuan had not appeared in the living room was because she was relieving herself in the bathroom.
After all, this wasn't a two-dimensional world but real three-dimensional reality—whether it was a cute girl like Ju Fufu or a beautiful, mature woman like Yixuan, everyone needed to use the restroom to take care of physiological needs.
"!!"
This scene seemed to flip some kind of switch, and Arden reflexively rushed toward the bathroom.
Bang~!
He shoved open the unlocked bathroom door, charged in under Yixuan's stunned gaze, pressed one hand on the flush button, and with the other tore off some toilet paper and handed it over.
"Fu—Master Yixuan, would you like some paper?"
As he spoke, Arden cracked a wide grin, his pearly white teeth seeming to sparkle with stars.
"….."
Arden's movements were exactly the same as what he used to do for Ju Fufu back in Waifei Peninsula or in the small courtyards where outer disciples lived.
Unfortunately, Yixuan was not Ju Fufu.
Her face instantly turned red like a boiled crab. From birth until now, she hadn't even held a man's hand before—how could she have ever encountered a scene like this?!
"Get out!!"
With her rationality overwhelmed by rage and humiliation, Yixuan kicked Arden flying.
Bang~! Bang! Bang~~ Bang!!
With several loud crashes, human-shaped holes appeared in the bathroom wall, the living room wall, and even the outer wall of the house.
Yixuan caught the still-floating toilet paper…
"You rebellious disciple! How dare you… how dare you…!?"
Burning with shame and anger, Yixuan chased after him, looking as if she wouldn't stop until Arden was utterly destroyed.
"Master!"
Seeing things go south, Ju Fufu hurriedly blocked Yixuan's path and defended Arden. "Brother Arden didn't do it on purpose, he just… he's just used to it."
Yes, it really was just habit—Ju Fufu could testify to that.
"Hmph! No need for further words. Today, I must pulverize this rebellious disciple!"
Yixuan was in the middle of a fury, and Ju Fufu's explanation went completely unheard.
"Pulverize" was an exaggeration, but a thorough lesson was absolutely necessary!
Ahem, ahem, ahem~!
At that moment, Arden's weak coughing came from outside.
It seemed that Yixuan's kick had been quite heavy. By now, Arden had also realized that he truly had overstepped.
Brother Arden…
For the sake of her dear brother, Ju Fufu clenched her teeth.
I have to explain this clearly… I'm all in!
She lunged forward, hugged Yixuan's thigh, and shouted with all her might.
"I've had my butt wiped by Brother Arden since I was little—what just happened can't be entirely his fault!!!"
"Aaah~~~~"
Ju Fufu's shout echoed throughout Yunkui Summit.
Because of the earlier commotion from Arden crashing through walls, many disciples had already been drawn over. With Ju Fufu yelling at full volume, everyone now knew that Arden had been wiping her butt since childhood.
"….."
Ju Fufu's self-destruction instantly cooled Yixuan's anger, leaving her speechless.
She knew that Arden and Ju Fufu had grown up together, but butt-wiping and all that… wasn't that far too embarrassing?
Compared to that, being barged in on while using the toilet just now seemed… not that big a deal anymore!?
At this moment, Arden also walked over. Wiping the nosebleed from his face and ignoring the shoe print still there, he pulled the ash-gray Ju Fufu into his arms.
"Fufu…"
Arden was deeply grateful for Ju Fufu's sacrifice. For his sake, she had given far, far too much.
Ahem!
Yixuan coughed, interrupting the pair who looked like they were about to die together for love.
She had the strange feeling that she herself had become the villain.
"Speak. What exactly happened? Why did you… uh—why did you interrupt your master while she was using the restroom?"
…..
Arden hurriedly explained, and what he said was similar to what he had told Ju Fufu before.
"So, you're saying, Arden, that you possess a special aptitude—whenever you… um, that is… whenever you flush something, you become stronger… and so hearing water, water sounds, triggers a reflex to rush into the bathroom and flush?"
At this moment, Yixuan looked at Arden as if he were some kind of rare animal.
She had encountered many people and many things, and had heard of all kinds of strange aptitudes, but Arden's… was truly unheard of.
"Mm-hmm, Brother Arden is right," Ju Fufu, having already accepted reality, chimed in from the side to back him up. "I can prove it."
At this moment, a 'coming to terms with reality' background tune should be playing.
"I see."
Yixuan formed a '√' shape with her thumb and index finger, propping up her shapely chin with a contemplative expression.
"There will be no next time!"
In the end, Yixuan chose to forgive him.
However…
Flushing down a toilet and becoming stronger?
If Arden suddenly rushed in to flush the toilet while she was relieving herself, then what if it happened while she was showering—wouldn't she be completely seen?!
Arden might not be able to defeat Yixuan, but stopping his actions wouldn't be so easy either.
Yixuan possessed Void Hunter–level strength, but even so, she would still have moments of relaxation in daily life—like using the restroom or bathing.
"If you dare barge in again without permission, you will be expelled from the sect!"
Yixuan emphasized this in an exceptionally stern tone.
"I shall obey Master's command!"
Arden responded sincerely—after all, this mess was of his own making.
However, deep down, he had no intention of giving up on earning points from Yixuan.
If it's not allowed, then it won't work! But if I change my way of thinking… doesn't that mean that as long as she allows it, it's fine?
They had only just become master and disciple for a day—there was still a long road ahead for Arden and Yixuan. He believed that one day, Yixuan would "allow" it.
When that time came… heh heh heh!
…..
As a good brother, a good junior disciple, and with Yixuan being a good master as well, once the "misunderstanding" between the two was resolved, they didn't just leave Ju Fufu to socially die at Yunkui Summit.
With Yixuan's tacit approval, Arden refined a batch of Memory Loss Pills overnight, then summoned Chef Pan and had him mix them into the next morning's breakfast.
As a result, aside from Arden, Yixuan, Ju Fufu, and Pan Yinhu, everyone at Yunkui Summit collectively lost one day of memory, naturally forgetting all about Ju Fufu's self-destruction.
This mass amnesia incident later became one of Yunkui Summit's Nine Unsolved Mysteries.
….
On this day, Arden and Ju Fufu trained as usual at the martial practice grounds.
In fact, after becoming personal disciples, their cultivation routine didn't change much—there was simply more personal guidance from Master Yixuan.
Under the pretext of protecting Arden and keeping him from straying onto a crooked path, Yixuan prepared targeted mental cultivation for him. For example, a week-long internet ban that was practically torture, and a week of abstinence that nearly took Arden's life!!
If the other three disciples hadn't also had their own mental cultivation tasks, Arden might have suspected this was Yixuan's revenge for him touching her butt and barging in to flush the toilet.
Alright then—truth be told, it was revenge.