A day later, Yuki sat in front of a campfire and stretched her legs, letting her feet warm up near the fire. “Yuki, shouldn’t we have told Master about this?” Nana, who finally decided to bring this fact up, asked.

“Don’t worry, I already told the little phoenix what was going on,” Delia answered in Yuki’s stead.  She was not lying. She really did send a message to Elder Nishikawa.

- - -

Earlier….

Inside Elder Nishikawa’s immortal cave, a black figure suddenly appeared. “Miss, I have a message from my master.”

“Hmmm?” Elder Nishikawa, who was lazing around, frowned slightly when she saw the figure appear. “Are you asking me to destroy you? If you have a message, why the hell did you not send it through proper channels!?”

A heavy pressure suddenly befell the black figure, slamming it to the floor. The black figure began to wonder if it should find a new job. This current one was too dangerous. “It’s a message from my Master Delia!” 

“Oh?” Elder Nishikawa released her spirit pressure. 

The black figure finally got a breather and quickly took out a jade slip and handed it over. Elder Nishikawa took the jade slip and inserted her spiritual qi into it. “Hey, Little Phoenix, some asshole is trying to set up an ambush to harm MY Yuki. But do not worry, I will protect MY Yuki no matter what. So, just focus on losing some weight. Last time we met, it seemed your stomach got bigger, and your thighs were jiggling slightly. I suggest working out more. Anyway, I need to help My Yuki bathe, so I will not say any more.”

*Crack!*

Elder Nishikawa’s hand grabbed the armrest of her chair and shattered it into millions of pieces. “That little bitch! If it was not for the fact that I needed her to be on Yuki’s side, I would have chased her down and dunked her head in a river!”

Elder Nishikawa couldn’t help but look down at her thighs. From what she could tell, they were quite slender! “Hey, send a message back to that twer…I mean to your master. Tell her that the next time she is here, we need to have a nice long chat about not listening to Yuki.”

“Y-Yes…” The black figure wanted to cry. Why was it that it had to deal with all of this? Women are scary!

- - -

Back in the forest, Yuki leaned against Nana’s two melons and slowly fell asleep. Her legs were being propped up by Silvia while Delia, who was the smallest of the three girls, laid on top of Yuki as her blanket.

Nana and Silvia wanted to complain, but before they could, Delia had already passed out and clung to Yuki as if she was glued on. Nana had tried to pull her off, but it was not working, and since Nana did not wish to wake Yuki, she could only let Delia get away with what she was doing. But Nana did make sure to make a note of this so that she could get her revenge!

On the third day, on their way to the location written in the mission, Yuki was sitting on a rock near a river when her ears and nose twitched. “Selene, I know you are there.”

A dark blue haired girl jumped down from the tree she was in and landed next to Yuki. “You are all better.”

“Yes, thanks to you. I appreciate you healing me that time.” Yuki gave Selene a warm smile. “What brings you here?”

“Dealing with bad cultivators….” Selene replied. “I was making my way through the forest when I picked up on your scent. Are you able to fight now?”

“I can.” Yuki’s eyes lit up as she jumped up to her feet and then did a back flip off the rock. 

Four hours later….

“Ummm… Yuki while I do wish to know who this girl is, I also wish to know why both of your eyes are black and blue?” Nana was very confused about the current situation. Not only was Yuki’s clothes a mess but she had bruises and scrapes all over the place. The girl next to her was in no better shape. She also had two big black and blue eyes.

“Haha… Ah… tsss” Yuki scratched her head but hit a sore spot. “I was sitting on a rock when Selene stopped by. After that….”

“So, in other words, you both beat the crap out of each other for fun?” Nana did not understand why Yuki would do such a thing!

“Hehe…” Yuki did not know how to answer besides letting out a soft chuckle. Once they started fighting, Yuki and Selene both found it so much fun that they forgot to even use any spiritual qi and started all out brawling. 

“Yuki, can you go a little easier on the eyes next time?” Selene eyes were much puffier than Yuki’s and that was because Yuki kept aiming for the eyes.

“You kept hitting my ribs! Kidney shots hurt more than a punch in the eye!” Yuki complained.

“That was because you kept kneeing me in the stomach!” Selene snorted and pursed her lips.

“Oh? How about I knee you in the eye next time?” Yuki stood up, and before Nana and Silvia could do anything, the two girls were once again fighting.