Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 120

Li Jin’an, who was well-read in storybooks, immediately had many classic plots surface in her mind, including but not limited to substitutes, forceful seizures, ‘I love you, you love her, she loves her,’ and other jumbled nonsense.
In a daze, it felt as though she had finished reading a dozen storybook plots.
This was clearly a matter between just Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue, so why did it suddenly feel like a sea of people was involved?
Li Jin’an could guarantee she wasn’t treating this Xie Huaixue as a substitute; she hadn’t even thought of that before. She just purely wanted to kiss her.
But how had things reached this point?
Speaking of which, can this place even hold so many people?
Xie Huaixue chuckled lightly. Regarding the talk of a secret affair, she neither admitted nor denied it, leaving one unable to discern her true thoughts—whether it was aversion or delight.
Li Jin’an raised her hand to cover Xie Huaixue’s smiling eyes. After a moment’s thought, she decided to take back the initiative. She leaned close to Xie Huaixue’s ear and said with a sigh, “I haven’t kissed the Xie Huaixues from the previous three timelines; I’ve only kissed you.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Li Jin’an felt completely devoid of any flirting intent; she only found it amusing.
Inexplicably, more people appeared, and even the mute little Huaixue joined the ‘battlefield.’
Adding the current Xie Huaixue and the Immortal Venerable Xie still spinning in the space-time flux… Li Jin’an instantly felt surrounded by countless Xie Huaixues, with nowhere to escape.
Although she hadn’t wanted to escape at all and would readily accept Xie Huaixue’s gazes from all directions, wasn’t this a bit odd?
She had only found one Daoist companion, yet it felt like she possessed a vast harem. It was a pity that the ‘main wife’ was exiled to the space-time flux and couldn’t personally come to vie for favor.
“Ah, no, that’s not right. I nibbled on you when you were less than a year old, and left a lot of drool on your face and body.” Li Jin’an rigorously added by way of explanation, her phoenix eyes lifting as she looked at little Huaixue with a sly smile. “You wouldn’t be jealous of Huaixuai, would you?”
Xie Huaixue shook her head, her expression inexplicable. “‘Huaixuai’? ‘An’an’?”
Li Jin’an, who had just been about to nod, sensed something was off. Following Xie Huaixue’s line of thought, she began to wonder: perhaps, probably, possibly, this person was jealous of names…?
Oh.
Li Jin’an felt that her ability to think of this meant she was no longer simple-minded. She was no longer that sword cultivator whose mind was only filled with fighting.
In the past, it would have been a close call if Li Jin’an could even think of such profound things.
This was the advantage of having a good Daoist companion.
Xie Huaixue lowered her eyelids, her expression unclear whether it was disappointment or something else.
It made Li Jin’an feel an itch in her teeth, wanting to kiss her again.
Ever since she was little, Li Jin’an hadn’t liked being called by her nickname ‘An’an,’ feeling it utterly lacked presence. However, out of respect for her master’s authority, her closeness to Yinyue Primordial Monarch, and Jingting Dao Lord’s familiarity, she had no choice but to endure the three elders calling her by her nickname. But she absolutely would not allow Xie Huaixue to call her that too.
She was already a head shorter; if she was called by a nickname on top of that, she would forever feel destined to be at a disadvantage, unable to ever rise above it.
Therefore, Li Jin’an strongly resisted Xie Huaixue calling her ‘An’an,’ so it was no wonder Xie Huaixue was jealous.
The previous Xie Huaixues could call her ‘An’an’ and be called ‘Huaixuai,’ the later Xie Huaixue could become Li Jin’an’s Daoist companion, but only the Xie Huaixue in the middle had nothing.
Li Jin’an stared at Xie Huaixue with a burning gaze, interrupting her low spirits. “Then how about I call you A-Huai?”
“A-Huai.”
“A-Huai, ah.”
As if afraid Xie Huaixue wouldn’t hear, Li Jin’an called out again and again with a lingering, tender tone, forcing herself to laugh, only stopping herself from falling off by hooking Xie Huaixue’s neck.
Xie Huaixue’s eyes trembled. Under Li Jin’an’s smiling gaze, she took Li Jin’an’s lower lip into her mouth.
The smile faded from Li Jin’an’s face. She gazed deeply at Xie Huaixue, waiting for her next move.
Xie Huaixue held Li Jin’an’s lips for a moment, then pulled back slightly. She looked up at Li Jin’an, seemingly vexed yet also dependent. “I don’t know how.”
As if.
Who didn’t know that Qingxiao Immortal Venerable was the most learned, having read as many books as Jijin Sword Sovereign had fought battles? How could she not know how to kiss her lover?
How could something so simple be impossible to learn?
She was clearly handing over control to Li Jin’an.
Xie Huaixue was pleasing her.
Li Jin’an thought, as if possessed.
It was unclear who leaned in first, but the air instantly grew fervent. Li Jin’an devoutly taught Xie Huaixue the techniques of kissing, showing her exactly how to please her.
This was a long-standing challenge, but Li Jin’an believed that with her efforts, she would definitely teach Xie Huaixue, after all, Qingxiao Immortal Venerable was the smartest.
…
A cultivator’s breath was steady and long, giving them a distinct advantage in kissing.
The two still hadn’t stopped, even after Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu were tired of retaliating.
“What did Master want with the Immortal Venerable? It’s almost dark, and I’m hungry too.” Tan Yanyi sat listlessly on the steps, unhesitatingly accepting Lan Ci and Zhong Fei’s kneeling kowtows.
She didn’t feel in the slightest that there was anything wrong with calmly accepting Lan Ci and Zhong Fei’s grand bows, nor did she think it would diminish her karmic merit or lifespan. In a good mood, she waved a hand at Lan Ci and Zhong Fei. “Repent sincerely, won’t you?”
Lan Ci and Zhong Fei’s expressions were utterly gloomy, as they maliciously gazed in the direction of the three from Jijin Peak and the cave dwelling.
It wasn’t just because of the humiliation; it was also because their revered master hadn’t appeared since Jijin Sword Sovereign entered the cave dwelling. This made their hearts grow heavier, feeling as if everything was deviating from their expectations.
Qi Lingzi shook her head. “I don’t know, I can’t guess what Master is thinking. Do you want some pastries?”
“Yes!”
Tan Yanyi and Ling Qiu obediently reached out, waiting for their senior sister to hand out food. Meeting Lan Ci and Zhong Fei’s resentful gazes, they ate with even more relish.
Indeed, when it came to eating, it was always more delicious when you either snatched for it or when others couldn’t get it and only you could.
Ling Qiu nibbled on the bland pastries. “I still think Master is very strange today, what do you two think?”
Tan Yanyi nodded vigorously, completely agreeing with her. “The biggest abnormality is that Master is granting our every request and is even gentle. That’s a huge abnormality, don’t you think—”
The poor silly children were often thrown to their grandmaster by their annoyed master, so they hadn’t experienced much of her warmth. Even a little kindness was enough to win them over.
As soon as she asked the question, Tan Yanyi stared with dead fish eyes, puffing up her cheeks like an angry pufferfish, just like their master when she was mad.
Qi Lingzi was wiping off pastry crumbs from Ling Qiu’s mouth with her hand.
Ling Qiu didn’t dodge or avoid, grinning broadly at Qi Lingzi, and even leaned closer to her.
Tan Yanyi grimaced. “You two, that’s enough!”
At her words, Ling Qiu instead pressed herself even closer to Qi Lingzi’s body, and even raised an eyebrow at Tan Yanyi with a smile.
Qi Lingzi’s entire body stiffened, her earlobes and cheeks flushed crimson, and she dared not move a muscle.
Tan Yanyi completely despaired. So, she had actually helped them advance their relationship, huh!
“What are you three stirring up?”
As Li Jin’an led Xie Huaixue out of the cave dwelling, she saw the three youngsters messing around chaotically in a group.
The three hastily scrambled up from the ground, then froze on the spot.
“Master, Mas-Mas-Master!”
Li Jin’an said disdainfully, “When did you three pick up a stuttering problem?”
They weren’t very smart to begin with, and now they looked even more foolish.
“You and the Immortal Venerable… ah!” Tan Yanyi received her second painful blow of the day.
Was there a possibility that she was the only sword cultivator on the entire Jijin Peak who couldn’t find a fated partner?
Although Tan Yanyi didn’t want to admit it, it seemed to be the truth.
For a moment, Tan Yanyi was grief-stricken.
Qi Lingzi and Ling Qiu were also surprised—no, extremely surprised; their mouths were still hanging open.
This big news was announced so unexpectedly that they were almost shocked to death.
Not to mention Lan Ci and Zhong Fei; they stared fixedly at Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue’s clasped hands. Lan Ci indignantly coughed up a mouthful of congested blood, yet even so, she still stared fixedly at Xie Huaixue’s figure, unwilling to avert her gaze.
What was the point?
Li Jin’an sighed as she glanced at Lan Ci and Zhong Fei, then decided to change tactics. She looked poutily at Xie Huaixue. “A-Huai, do your disciples dislike me, their master’s wife? Is there something I’ve done wrong?”
Regardless of Lan Ci and Zhong Fei’s reaction, Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu violently shuddered. Their eyes held but one emotion: Demons and monsters, retreat, retreat, retreat! Quickly give back our fearless, violent, and unrestrained master!
Xie Huaixue couldn’t help but laugh. She patted Li Jin’an’s hand soothingly and said calmly, “There’s no need to worry if others dislike you, and you haven’t done anything wrong. My liking you is enough. They are merely my disciples; they don’t need to follow my preferences.”
Her preference was obvious: Li Jin’an.
This was a very private matter; she didn’t wish to share it with others.
The three disciples looked at their master’s wife with starry eyes. They finally understood why their own master had relentlessly pestered the Immortal Venerable for twelve hundred years—these words made even their hearts flutter.
Yes, they had now decided that their master’s unflagging persistence in fighting the Immortal Venerable was precisely because of unrequited love, and she must have used cunning methods to finally hold the Immortal Venerable’s… Master’s wife’s hand!
They liked this master’s wife!
The three disciples cheered simultaneously, gathering around Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue, chattering away.
In contrast were Lan Ci and Zhong Fei, utterly dejected as if they had lost their parents. They looked at Xie Huaixue with extreme hurt, their eyes filled with such thick resentment it was almost tangible. However, under Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue’s silent gazes, they could only suppress the overwhelming bitterness in their hearts.
Li Jin’an sneered, showing no mercy. She had thought those hot-headed vile creatures wouldn’t be able to hold back, but they still bullied the weak and feared the strong. As soon as her aura turned a little cold and hard, they were so scared they didn’t dare to breathe audibly.
This was the ‘perfect romance’ highly praised by the Heavenly Tome?
Something so vulnerable, and they dared to write glowingly about it!
The contempt and disdain in Li Jin’an’s eyes deeply seared Lan Ci and Zhong Fei, who were still kneeling on the ground. Yet, neither of them could manage to rise from her oppressive aura, let alone do anything else.
“Oh dear, I forgot about you two. Rise.” Li Jin’an said feignedly, then suddenly remembered something and clapped her hands happily. “Consider this your junior blessing for me and your revered master becoming Daoist companions. Such a monumental event certainly calls for a kowtow. I presume you’re both very happy for us.”
Hearing this, the three disciples looked at their master with immense admiration. When it came to twisting facts and mastering snark, their master dared to claim first place, and no one dared to claim second!