Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 105

Li Jin’an blinked her eyes, her narrow phoenix eyes looking at Xie Huaixue with incredible clarity, clearly expressing her confusion.
The proportion of intelligent people present was quite high; except for the two sword cultivators, everyone else was intelligent.
Yinyue Monarch and Jingting Dao Lord were already pensive. Only Li Jin’an and Chixin Sword Lord, master and disciple, looked eagerly at their respective Dao companions, leaving Jingting Dao Lord, who had intended to show off, speechless and choked up. You sword cultivators might as well be idiots!
Xie Huaixue’s finger twitched, and she instinctively rubbed Li Jin’an’s wrist. Before Li Jin’an could look over, she said softly, “Predecessors once researched whether a person could return to the past through space-time turbulence to change things, or come to the future to foresee events. The conclusion was that one can only return to the past through space-time turbulence, not travel to the future.”
Fuxian Pond was right there, and space-time turbulence occurred periodically. Besides the Lingjing Sectl valley members who came to watch the show, there were always those unafraid of death who, driven by regret, tried to research whether they could return to the past or travel to the future. It wasn’t uncommon.
Neither the future Qingxiao Immortal Venerable nor the Immortal Venerable in her youth actually had a talent for storytelling. Though her tone was softer, she still spoke in a matter-of-fact manner, not eloquently. Speaking of such dry things, the boredom factor simply doubled.
But Li Jin’an listened with great interest, even propping her chin on her hand, her eyes sparkling as she watched Xie Huaixue, her beautiful, clear phoenix eyes full of admiration.
Jingting Dao Lord glanced at the two younger ones, then at the two older ones, and couldn’t help but roll her eyes in disdain. Alright, it’s not just Yinyue and Huaixue who have Chixin and Jin’an completely wrapped around their finger; it works the other way too.
Just look at the eager gazes of Chixin and Jin’an, master and disciple—both adoring and dependent! Wouldn’t that thrill Yinyue and Huaixue to death!
Why does watching this amusement make me feel so uncomfortable!
Jingting Dao Lord felt restless, but unfortunately, the other four weren’t paying attention to her.
“Wow, Xie Huaixue, how do you know everything!” Li Jin’an’s face was full of curiosity as she explained her meaning. “Xie Huaixue a thousand years from now is well-read and knowledgeable, but you’re only twenty-one now. How do you already know everything?”
All knowledge and insights require accumulation. Yet now, Li Jin’an realized that Xie Huaixue, at the age when she herself was pondering bad ideas and coming up with foolish whims like breaking the Emotionless Dao, already knew everything under heaven. This made her, a Sword Sovereign with an extra thousand years of experience for nothing, seem even more ignorant.
Learned and talented people never put down a book in their youth, while the ignorant, no matter how many years passed, would still get dizzy just looking at serious books.
This time, Chixin Sword Lord said nothing, an understanding gaze conveying everything.
Just because her foolish apprentice became a Sword Sovereign, does that mean she’s no longer foolish?
Li Jin’an pouted and looked at Yinyue Monarch, on the verge of tears. Immediately, an unspoken message passed between them. Chixin Sword Lord, having been glanced at by Yinyue Monarch, dared not voice her anger. She felt she had lost her dignity in front of her apprentice and planned to have Yinyue Monarch compensate her well in private.
Xie Huaixue, unaffected by this battle of gazes, looked seriously at Li Jin’an and said nonchalantly, “My master has a large collection of books. I often read them.”
Li Jin’an looked at Xie Huaixue suspiciously. She always felt that Xie Huaixue didn’t seem very happy right now, but she couldn’t figure out why. So, she simply showered her with praise. “Then you’re also the best Xie Huaixue in the world! It’s good to read more books; in the future, our family, and my three disciples, will all need you to make decisions!”
When Xie Huaixue was her sworn enemy, Li Jin’an would stamp her feet and curse her for being full of schemes after falling into a trap and realizing it. When Xie Huaixue was her Dao companion, Li Jin’an would enthusiastically praise her as the smartest person in the world and the best Dao companion.
Double standards and changing face like turning a page—that was Li Jin’an.
Xie Huaixue lowered her gaze and softly hummed in agreement.
Yinyue Monarch looked with amusement in her eyes at her disciple, who was jealous of her future self and then immediately appeased. She smiled and explained to Li Jin’an, “It’s normal for Anan not to know about this. The person who conducted experiments in the space-time turbulence was an evil cultivator. It’s normal that her manuscripts and notes aren’t seen outside.”
If she didn’t help her disciple out of this predicament soon, the thin-skinned Huaixue looked like she might die of shame and indignation in front of her future Dao companion.
Li Jin’an’s attention was instantly diverted. “Monarch, what exactly happened?”
Yinyue Monarch, watched eagerly by the two sword cultivators, found them even more adorable, a smile gracing her lips before she spoke. “This person’s experience was quite legendary. She was originally a direct descendant of the main lineage of the Wen Nanlan Clan, later left the Lan family to become a rogue cultivator, and eventually became an evil cultivator. She split her soul, snatching and possessing others’ bodies from other evil cultivators to conduct experiments in the space-time turbulence. If I hadn’t had old ties with her Dao companion, I probably wouldn’t have been able to obtain copies of her notes.”
“The Wen Nanlan Clan? Lan Ci’s family, the one tens of thousands of miles removed by relation? Is there any connection between them?” Li Jin’an asked, looking curiously at Xie Huaixue and actively discussing.
Having been influenced by the Heavenly Tome and the rascals, she still didn’t like to use her brain much, but whenever she did, she’d immediately start thinking about schemes and plots. However, since she wasn’t cut out for it, she could only seek help from her intelligent Dao companion.
The twenty-one-year-old Xie Huaixue still had her master sheltering her from wind and rain. Her personality was introverted but not gloomy, and she truly couldn’t think of a reason why she would take on those three disciples in the future. Nor could she understand what connection Lan Ci had with the evil cultivator her master spoke of. She could only shake her head honestly.
Li Jin’an grandly waved her hand, opening her mouth only to praise, her tone sticky-sweet. “I came from a thousand years in the future and didn’t even know about this, so it’s normal that you don’t. You’re still the best Dao companion in the world!”
“…Mm,” Xie Huaixue softly responded.
Chixin Sword Lord put a hand to her forehead, seemingly unable to bear looking directly at her foolish apprentice, but in reality, she was sending Yinyue Monarch a private spiritual message, claiming that she was the best Dao companion in the world.
Jingting Dao Lord, who could hear both overt and covert conversations clearly: …Heh.
You sword cultivators are truly… beyond comment.
This amusement isn’t so amusing anymore.
Yinyue Monarch’s feelings were completely opposite to Jingting Dao Lord’s; she couldn’t stop smiling and said in a gentle voice, “There shouldn’t be any relation. After she experimented and found that space-time turbulence cannot travel to the future, nor can it change the past, and that no matter how much was done, the timeline would correct itself, she left her notes and allowed her soul to be annihilated by the space-time turbulence.”
“She said scattering her soul across various timelines to accompany her Dao companion for eternity was a fortunate thing. However, we all know that soul annihilation is complete disappearance.”
“If there’s a relation, it’s that the direct descendants of the Wen Nanlan Clan had strong souls, capable of forcibly splitting them. For Lan Ci to become Huaixue’s disciple, her talent must be considerable, and a soul mutation is possible. Perhaps this is why Futu Valley was lurking behind her?”
Except for the Heavenly Tome, Li Jin’an said everything she could, precisely to shift the mental burden. As expected, useful information was immediately analyzed.
“Monarch, you’re truly amazing!” Li Jin’an’s eyes were filled with admiration for intelligent people. She paused, hesitating for a long while, before finally, under Yinyue Monarch’s encouraging gaze, she spoke her true thoughts. “Monarch, why are your friends always so tragic?”
“Xie Huaixue’s parents, Chixin Sword Lord, Jingting Dao Lord, and this evil cultivator who died tragically beautiful and heroic along with her Dao companion…”
“How many people was that? None of them had a good end, did they?”
Chixin Sword Lord and Jingting Dao Lord indeed lived to a thousand years later, but whether they lived happily or not, only they themselves knew.
Yinyue Monarch was speechless. In an instant, she shook her head with a wry smile, saying uncertainly, “Perhaps Monarch is fated to be a Heavenly Fiend Lone Star? There’s nothing to be done about it. After my demise, no more tragedies will fall on me.”
Chixin Sword Lord’s heart was already shattered by her words; she didn’t even care to glare at her unlucky apprentice, frantically comforting her. “Don’t listen to her nonsense…”
Li Jin’an also panicked. She pulled Xie Huaixue along to massage Yinyue Monarch’s shoulders and beg for forgiveness, stammering, “What does this have to do with Monarch! It’s all their own karma and choices, decisions they made willingly. Outsiders can’t interfere. The final outcome might not be what they wanted, but they have to accept it. Just like when I caused trouble, my master repeatedly warned and exhorted me, but didn’t I still not listen to her?”
Her brows furrowed together in panic, her fair skin flushed crimson from excessive agitation, her entire being utterly flustered.
A single sentence from her could make both the elder and younger sword cultivators lose their minds.
Yinyue Monarch and Xie Huaixue exchanged a glance. They couldn’t continue to tease their disciple’s little Dao companion. Going along with Li Jin’an’s words, Yinyue Monarch smiled gently. “Alright, Monarch will listen to our Anan and not feel sorry for herself.”
Li Jin’an let out a great sigh of relief, lazily hanging on Xie Huaixue, not wanting to say another word.
Watching Yinyue Monarch still having the mind to tease sword cultivators, Jingting Dao Lord was so mentally exhausted she didn’t even want to roll her eyes. She said in a deep voice, “Jin’an must find the clues Huaixue left by March of next year. You two must rendezvous and return to your timeline, or you will be completely lost in the space-time turbulence.”
“You should have already felt it; your memory and thoughts are starting to become chaotic. If you stay in the space-time turbulence for too long, you will completely forget who you are, until your soul is utterly worn out.”
“As for Futu Valley, don’t worry. As long as your master safely takes your disciples back, Futu Valley will pose no threat.”
Clearly, the Dao Sect Master was very confident in saying this.
Yinyue Monarch interjected, speaking calmly and composedly of heavy matters. “So, Anan, don’t try to change the past. Just as you said, Monarch also has her own choices and karma. Monarch’s path is in the present and past; your path is in the future. Don’t make Monarch feel guilty, alright?”
Her tone was gentle yet solemn. It was clear that she truly didn’t want to see Li Jin’an act stubbornly on her behalf.
Li Jin’an looked around, finding that everyone’s expression was the same, even Chixin Sword Lord and Xie Huaixue. None of them wanted her to be stuck in the past; they wanted her to return to that bright and dazzling future.
She clenched her jaw, not letting tears pour out. She scoffed, muttering, “I’m not actually a fool! Your worries are too excessive!”
The three elders pretended not to see her red-rimmed eyes. Only Xie Huaixue quietly took her hand.
Jingting Dao Lord sighed inwardly. “Alright, alright. Let’s discuss your ‘rascal’ disciples first. You and Huaixue go out and play. We’ll tell you directly once we’ve figured something out.”
Li Jin’an grabbed Xie Huaixue and ran off, happily making a decision. “Let’s go bother Jiang Fengmian!”
If she was unhappy, then she’d make others even more unhappy!