Bai Jing continued to drag out information from the shy Qiqi, learning more about her and her life as a cultivator.

Qiqi's eyes were constantly glancing away from Bai Jing while fidgeting and stumbling on her words the entire time.

Bai Jing discovered that Qiqi has a peak Earth grade fire attribute spirit root and she mainly concentrates on practicing alchemy.

Qiqi also has a special physique called Gentle Flame Nourishing Physique. The tell tale sign of which is that the physique owner will give off a gentle warmth and have a slight tan or glow to their skin.

The physique is not considered too good in general, only towards alchemists is it considered useful. The main utility of the physique is that it can nourish a flame within ones body. The only problem is that it requires one to find and refine a flame, plus the process of nourishing the flame is slow and takes a lot of time to accomplish.

The benefit is that it can naturally allow the cultivators flame to evolve to a higher grade without any resources and the user will have greater control over the flame. The secondary effect of the physique is that it nourishes the fire attribute Qi in the body and allows for better control over it.

However those secondary effects are low grade and not worth mentioning compared to many other physiques suitable for an alchemist.

Basically the Gentle Flame Nourishing physique is only useful if one has a decent grade of flame and they live long enough for the flame to evolve and grow.

Qiqi currently does not have a flame. Although the Alchemy Hall of the sect has a high grade flame that births many flame seeds meant for young alchemists, Qiqi has never competed in the exam to acquire one. Even though it seemed that Qiqi was a little proud of her Alchemy and tried to boast a little to Bai Jing when talking about her alchemy skills. She avoided giving an answer when Bai Jing questioned why she never competed in the exam.

After speaking with Qiqi for a while Bai Jing wanted to see her skills in action and see if she had snatched her self a hidden alchemy genius.

"Let me see you make a pill. I've studied a bit of alchemy but never seen or done any of it before." Bai Jing said while poking Qiqi's soft cheek.

Bai Jing's parents forced her to learn a little bit of everything, including identifying medical plants and pills, so she could be prepared for various scenarios.

Qiqi nervously agreed to Bai Jing's request and slid down from the sofa and onto the floor cross legged, a small and plain looking alchemy cauldron appeared in front of her.

Qiqi took a minute to decide on what pill to refine and then spent some time trying to calm herself down and get into the right state of mind, attempting to forget that the gorgeous Bai Jing was right behind her.

Qiqi eventually managed to collect herself somewhat but was obviously still nervous as she began refining the pill, using her Qi to create a flame and throwing various medicinal plants into the cauldron.

Bai Jing lazily watched Qiqi concoct the pill from behind, her body sprawled out on the couch.

Qiqi didn't seem bad at alchemy and successfully refined a few mid grade pills through her nervousness, though Bai Jing was a bit disappointed that Qiqi didn't seem like a hidden genius.

With Bai Jing's standards, she found Qiqi's Qi to be far from pure enough and her control over the flame created from her Qi far from good enough.

"Umm, I finished. I-I messed up a little but I swear I am usually much better." Qiqi said while retrieving a few pills from the cauldron and presenting them to Bai Jing disappointedly.

Bai Jing curiously picked up one of the fingernail sized pills and plopped it into her mouth.

She identified the pill as a qi increasing pill, suitable for those in the Foundation Establishment realm. Bai Jing had only ever eaten a pill once or twice before and neither of them was meant to help with cultivation. Bai Jing wanted to experience the effects of such a pill for once, she was not impressed.

The quality of the spiritual energy released from the pill was mediocre and she immediately felt some of the toxins released from the pill when she ate it, though it was quickly being cleared from her body thanks to her physique. However, the worst part was that the pill did not taste too good, like some low quality tea.

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Upon seeing Bai Jing frown after she ate the pill, Qiqi felt her heart sink.

Looking over Qiqi, Bai Jing felt that even if she wasn't a genius alchemist she would make her one.

Bai Jing sat up and decided to first teach Qiqi a couple tricks she learned and came up with to be able to flawlessly control her Qi and also aid with manipulating fire.

While teaching Qiqi, Bai Jing realized Ying Ying had come over and was waiting by the side.

Bai Jing told Qiqi not to worry about cultivating and to just concentrate on what she taught her, purify her Qi, solidify her foundations, and improve her control.

Saying so Bai Jing reached down to caress Qiqi's cheek causing her body to tense up.

"Take this to refine into your Qi and use it as a catalyst to purify the rest of your Qi." Bai Jing said with a smile, staring deep into Qiqi's eyes.

Qiqi then felt a few strands of extremely pure Spirit Energy drill into her body, stunning her.

The spirit energy Bai Jing stored in her meridians had grown greatly in purity over time. It was dense like liquid in her meridians and the purity and quantity of the energy only continued to increase.

Finished, Bai Jing got up and followed Ying Ying into the bath leaving the frozen Qiqi.

Qiqi quickly regained her wits and began refining the spirit energy that had rushed into her.

...

After washing and combing Bai Jing's hair followed by a brief massage Ying Ying left the room left to finish preparing the food.

Within the bath, Bai Jing started letting to let her thoughts wonder.

"Maybe I should get Qiqi to take over my bath duties. Ying Ying would like having more free time, surely." Bai Jing murmured softly with a sly smile.

She lay there in the bathroom, silently staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, her thoughts unknown until she let out a disappointed sigh.

"No, I can't. I made a promise to myself that once I entered the sect I would start cultivating seriously. Gu and Chen are starting to catch up to me, I can't have that. Makes me feel so weak and mediocre, like I'm falling behind." Bai Jing lamented quietly.

"Why don't I just push my training back a little so I can flirt with Qiqi for a bit before I concentrate.... No, tonight I must start seriously cultivating. Lets see, how about when I break through to the Nascent Soul realm I can start making moves on Qiqi until then I can't do anything too risque. That's the motivation!" Bai Jing muttered with a clenched fist.

"..."

After some thought Bai Jing changed her mind.

"But it might take me a few years to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, that's too long, plus once I reach the peak of Core Formation I will have nothing to do as I wait until I can't suppress my breakthrough anymore and my Qi is as pure as I can get... How about every time I break through a level I can make some moves on Qiqi and look around for some other beauties. It shouldn't be long till I breakthrough to Late Stage Core Formation."

Bai Jing nodded her head as if she was finalizing an oath with herself before closing her eyes and relaxing in the bath of fragrant water.

Time passed and Bai Jing eventually got out of the bath and put on her loose white robe, striding out of the bath-room.

As Qiqi sees Bai Jing emerge back into the room her heart immediately flutters upon seeing the refreshed Bai Jing in her loose and revealing white robe. The robe may cover more of the long legs Bai Jing loved to show off but instead now showed off her chest in spades.

The robe was loosely tied allowing a slit to expose the skin all the way down past her sternum and more. The edges of the robe sat precariously upon the peaks of her breast, revealing almost half of her tender mounds. If the edge of the robe moved over slightly one would no doubt see a pink surprise. Yet the edges of the robe seemed magically stuck in their place, unwilling to reveal what was hidden beneath.

Qiqi couldn't help but stare towards Bai Jing's alluring chest, enamored by it.

Bai Jing made her way towards Qiqi who was sitting cross legged in front of the couch. Qiqi embarrassedly averted her eyes as Bai Jing approached.

After her bath, Bai Jing had managed to calm herself and change her mindset. Looking towards Qiqi and carefully observing her, Bai Jing felt a little disappointed that she chose such a mediocre looking girl as her maid, feeling that she was too caught up in finding a girl who fell for her at first sight.

Looking at Qiqi's petite figure, which was not even her type, Bai Jing just sighed. However, Bai Jing still felt something special towards Qiqi, with her overwhelming cuteness and unique appearance.

Recalling what Bai Jing had vowed to herself in the bath, she decided to make the most of her last carefree day for a while and continue flirting and teasing the small Qiqi.

Bai Jing took a seat on the couch right behind Qiqi then lightly reached over and tilted Qiqi's head back so she was looking up while Bai Jing had bent over and was looking down at her face to face.

"!!!"

"My legs are a little sore, do you think you could give me a massage Qiqi?" Bai Jing asked gently with a calm expression.

"...Mm-hmm." Qiqi squeezed out after a moment.

Hearing that Bai Jing smiled and let go of Qiqi's face. Then spreading out the lower parts of her robe Bai Jing place both of her legs over Qiqi's shoulders, resting them across her body. Using some force Bai Jing dragged her body back some so that Qiqi's back was resting on the couch legs and Bai Jing's thighs rested against the sides of her face.

Qiqi who was about to turn around and kneel to massage Bai Jing was stunned once again by Bai Jing's actions and froze.

"What's wrong? Do you not know how to massage? It's ok, just do your best~" Bai Jing said after Qiqi didn't move for a while.

Qiqi eventually commanded her stiff hands towards Bai Jing's leg. She felt an electric shock flow threw her fingers and into her soul as she finally touched Bai Jing's leg.

Qiqi felt her body heating up and a tingling sensation emerging from within herself as she oh so gently caressed Bai Jing's leg.

Feeling Qiqi's warm hands pressing against her leg, sliding around, Bai Jing laid back with closed eyes, waiting for Ying Ying to finish cooking and Fatty to arrive.