Senior Sister Went Mad After My Fake Death Chapter 9

Just as Jing Shun had said, the days of house arrest did not last long before Jiang Chunai received a new sentence:
They claimed that Jiang Chunai had broken the precepts while guarding the secret realm, losing the integrity of a cultivator and violating the rules of the Bright Snow Sect. To teach her a lesson, she was to be punished by being sent to Reflection Cliff.
Jing Shun had even declared, “It’s a blessing you aren’t being beaten. Just stay obediently on Reflection Cliff!”
Jiang Chunai heard this news from someone else.
To have such a thing announced so openly was more or less humiliating, especially for a cultivator of Jiang Chunai’s standing.
As always, Yan Linglong was the first to come find Jiang Chunai after hearing the news.
“Senior Sister, Senior Sister!” she called out, rushing to the edge of the small cottage.
Jiang Chunai looked up and saw who it was, then prepared to go into her room to get her sword. Unexpectedly, Yan Linglong stopped her. “Senior Sister, now is not the time to practice swords!”
“Ah? We’re not practicing today?” Jiang Chunai asked, surprised.
Through Yan Linglong’s anxious tone, Jiang Chunai finally learned that she had received another punishment: she was to be sent to stay on Reflection Cliff.
“Reflection Cliff… I wonder if the Cliff Master is there?” Yan Linglong muttered to herself. “Senior Sister, you’ve never been to Reflection Cliff before, have you?”
Of course, someone as rule-abiding as Jiang Chunai had never been to Reflection Cliff.
Moreover, among the disciples of Immortal Lord Yang Nian, very few ever went to Reflection Cliff.
Firstly, because they were more disciplined. Secondly, it was rumored that the Cliff Master, Mei Shengchi, had an indescribable relationship with Immortal Lord Yang Nian.
Jiang Chunai shook her head. “I wasn’t aware I was being sent to Reflection Cliff.”
The months of house arrest hadn’t really calmed her heart.
It just meant that her broom and sword hilt had gathered dust, no longer needed by anyone. Taking care of herself didn’t require so much trouble.
It was a sad thing to say, but after all her years of thankless hard work in the sect, only a disciple from the neighboring Dao Lord’s line had come to visit her and pass on messages during her confinement.
“The Dao Lord just decided today. I came to tell you as soon as I found out!” Yan Linglong said, her face troubled and full of worry. “Senior Brother Zeng has a loose tongue. News about you has already spread all over the mountain.”
Last time, Zeng Jun had been beaten nearly to the point of being crippled. If the kind Elder Zhang hadn’t saved him, he might have been carried down the mountain to live as a mortal in a wheelchair.
Jiang Chunai said faintly, “He must resent me, then.”
The feeling of being resented didn’t seem much different from the feeling of being liked. In fact, the former might even be better—at least someone was willing to talk about her.
Noticing the odd tone in Jiang Chunai’s voice, Yan Linglong quickly got to the point. “Senior Sister, do you know what the Cliff Master likes? I went out of my way to ask my fellow disciples, just to tell you.”
Jiang Chunai blinked. “Likes what?”
Looking at Yan Linglong’s sparkling eyes, Jiang Chunai suddenly felt that being liked was still a better feeling.
“Well, that Cliff Master has a very strange temper. It seems she likes things like roast chicken…” Yan Linglong pulled a piece of paper from somewhere, densely covered with words. “I asked people about all of this this morning. These are all things she might like.”
“Senior Brother Jing should be coming for you soon to force you to go to Reflection Cliff. You have to be careful.”
Jiang Chunai gratefully took the paper. “You’ve been very thoughtful. Thank you for your hard work.”
“It’s no trouble at all! Senior Sister never thought it was troublesome when you taught a dunce like me the Purple Lightning Green Frost Sword. I just asked for a few names!” Yan Linglong was still grinning. “Last time, I showed a few moves to Senior Sister Han Xiao, and she even praised me for having a natural aptitude!”
Jiang Chunai’s smile froze on her face. “Ah?”
Yan Linglong didn’t notice her hesitation and continued to muse, “Mm, she also said that since I’ve never seen Immortal Lord Yang Nian’s moves, I must have figured it out on my own after a long time.”
“Ah, it is a bit difficult,” Jiang Chunai said.
To have figured it out on her own… that must mean she didn’t tell anyone she had a teacher.
When that thought appeared, Jiang Chunai herself was startled.
The Cliff Master of Reflection Cliff, Mei Shengchi, was a strange old woman. Most other female cultivators of her age liked to take on the appearance of a young maiden, but she did not, preferring to appear as a middle-aged woman.
Furthermore, Dame Mei’s temper was very strange. For those who were being sent to Reflection Cliff, getting on this old woman’s good side was the first priority.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to enter Reflection Cliff, let alone complete the task assigned by the sect.
Jiang Chunai was no exception.
Zeng Jun’s leg was half-crippled, but he still hadn’t forgotten to spread gossip everywhere. As Jiang Chunai searched for game according to her junior sister’s instructions, he wasn’t idle either.
Therefore, wherever Jiang Chunai went, any familiar cultivator she met would show an indescribable expression.
On one hand, there was gratitude for her past kindness. On the other, there was doubt caused by Zeng Jun’s rumors.
“Ah, Yun Qi,” she greeted a passing cultivator while roasting a wild pheasant.
The cultivator stared at Jiang Chunai for a long while but didn’t say a word, then hurriedly left, leaving only the crackling sound of the roasting chicken.
Jiang Chunai’s expression hardened, her features tensing.
The junior sisters and brothers who used to greet her with a smile had changed.
In the past, Jiang Chunai would have felt sad, but now she felt it didn’t matter anymore.
I’ll go find Dame Mei, she thought, taking the freshly roasted chicken and the newly brewed Ice-Jade Nectar, preparing to find Mei Shengchi.
For a good cultivator like Jiang Chunai who had never been punished before, to fall from grace to this state—no matter how much her heart was like dead ashes now, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
This legendary, terrifying Dame Mei… what would she do to her?
Jiang Chunai formed a seal to keep the roast chicken fragrant and hot and the Ice-Jade Nectar delicious, then wandered at the foot of Reflection Cliff.
Looking left and right, she couldn’t find an entrance. Jiang Chunai was stumped. When Jing Shun and the others came, they had only told her to go to Reflection Cliff.
But no one had ever told her how to actually get in.
How troublesome, how strange.
Jiang Chunai rarely had such thoughts. She continued to carry the roast chicken and the jade nectar in one hand, walking and stopping at the foot of the mountain, seeing if she could find a way in.
If she wanted to, she could fly up the cliff on her sword to have a look—Reflection Cliff, as its name implied, should be a mountain peak.
But Jiang Chunai was afraid of offending Dame Mei, so she didn’t do it, just continued to wander at the base of the mountain.
After about an hour, as Jiang Chunai was casting the preservation seal for the fourth time, a huge burst of spiritual energy suddenly shot out from the mountain, sending the completely unguarded Jiang Chunai, who was only concerned with protecting her food, flying.
Her body suddenly became weightless and airborne. To protect herself, Jiang Chunai hurriedly changed her incantation, but this unexpectedly caused the roast chicken and Ice-Jade Nectar in her hands to spill.
“Ah!”
My roast chicken! My Ice-Jade Nectar!
Ripples—large ones—finally appeared on Jiang Chunai’s placid heart.
The moment she was swept away by the palm wind, Jiang Chunai’s thoughts were in chaos.
Dame Mei is truly terrifying. Am I going to fall to my death? What about my roast chicken?
But things took a turn. The palm wind suddenly lost its force, then hooked forward, pulling the still-airborne Jiang Chunai back again.
Jiang Chunai knew this was Dame Mei’s power—Mei Shengchi was not an ordinary sword cultivator, but seemed to be a fist cultivator as well. It was only natural that she could use such a fierce palm technique.
“Ahhhhhh!”
People will still scream when they are at their most helpless. Jiang Chunai had never been in such a miserable state in all her years of cultivation, being dangled by a palm wind and nearly thrown dozens of feet away.
She held her breath and focused her spirit. With her cultivation, she wouldn’t die from a fall, but it probably wouldn’t look very good.
However, things went beyond her expectations.
Jiang Chunai only felt the world spin. By the time she landed, she was already at the top of Reflection Cliff. One more misstep of her foot, and below was a bottomless chasm.
Clouds and mist swirled, with no end in sight; the cliff was a sheer wall, precipitous and cold.
Jiang Chunai couldn’t help but sneeze again. “Achoo—!”
“Be careful. If you fall, I won’t save you,” a teasing female voice rang out. “You’re someone who’s come to Reflection Cliff. If you die, no one should care, right?”
Not yet recovered from the dizziness, Jiang Chunai was still saying her thanks. “Ah, thank you, thank you…”
Wait, this is Reflection Cliff, a place for disciples who have made mistakes. Could the person speaking in such a tone be the Cliff Master?
Right, my roast chicken?! If I don’t have a gift, will the Cliff Master really not drive me away?
By the time Jiang Chunai sniffled and came to her senses, wanting to find her roast chicken and Ice-Jade Nectar, she turned around and saw a middle-aged woman gnawing on a roast chicken.
The woman was similarly tall with broad shoulders; no wonder she could unleash such a fierce palm wind. Just looking at her profile, Jiang Chunai could glimpse the beauty she must have possessed in her youth.
Dame Mei had eyes like a cat.
Seeing the little girl turn around, Mei Shengchi suddenly felt she shouldn’t be gnawing like this. She paused, held up the roast chicken in her hand, and said, “Oh, you looking for this?”
Jiang Chunai was at a loss for words, the shock in her heart beyond description.
“This old dame hasn’t seen a newcomer on Reflection Cliff in a long time. Hmm, this time they sent a pretty female cultivator,” Mei Shengchi sneered. “Albeit a fool.”
Jiang Chunai: …
She was, at the very least, a prized disciple of Immortal Lord Yang Nian. Even though she had been condemned by everyone these past few days because of the secret realm, no one had said her skills were lacking.
Yet this Dame Mei had called her a fool right off the bat, making Jiang Chunai so embarrassed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
Mei Shengchi clearly saw Jiang Chunai’s indignation. While taking a sip of the Ice-Jade Nectar, she laughed at her again. “What, not convinced? Sent flying by this old dame’s palm strike, and in the end, I had to save you. If that’s not a fool, what is?”
“But compared to the group of cultivators who came before, they were complete morons. They couldn’t even take one palm strike from this old dame,” she muttered, but it sent another wave of shock through Jiang Chunai’s heart.
Alright, it seems that although I’m a fool, I’m at least a bit tougher, Jiang Chunai thought, not without a bit of optimism.
When she realized the corners of her mouth had curved into a smile, she couldn’t help but freeze.
Eh—
The strip of cloth used to cover the crimson-black color on her wrist was gone. The extremely fine lines were still there, now only three of them.
“It’s rare to have someone come over. Reflection Cliff is not a good place to stay. You, when you came, you should have been prepared, right?” Mei Shengchi instantly appeared by Jiang Chunai’s side, looking her over carefully, her gaze falling on her hand.
Jiang Chunai was about to cover it, but Mei Shengchi sneered. “Hmph, afflicted with a love gu. But don’t you expect this old dame to help. My age is even greater than your master’s.”
Jiang Chunai: …
Others were right. This Dame Mei was indeed not an easy person to get along with.
In every aspect.
“Reflection Cliff doesn’t raise idle people!” Dame Mei’s voice boomed like a great bell. Jiang Chunai repeatedly agreed. “Starting tonight, you have to work for me!”