Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 127

The moment she stepped into the main hall, everyone looked over, their gazes varied but all consistently expressing their astonishment—the troublemaker was back! From Li Jin’an’s youth, her appearances had always been impactful, a declaration to the world the moment she arrived that she stood right there. Generally, this manifested as Li Jin’an having caused another earth-shattering event or disaster.
The most representative event was after Xie Huaixue gained her Daoist title and Yinyue Monarch perished. Li Jin’an alone, at Three Realms Mountain, simultaneously stifled the combined forces of the demon race, monster race, and evil cultivators. During that period, the cultivation world would awaken and close their eyes only to hear that Li Jin’an, that malevolent deity, had killed countless evil cultivators and shattered the defenses of the demon and monster races. Once the Blazing Radiance Sword was unsheathed, even the barren lands of the demon realm, spanning a thousand li, could be ignited, burning for tens of thousands of li, an utterly spectacular sight. Jijin Sword Sovereign emerged dramatically.
Originally, the three forces wanted to take advantage of Yinyue Monarch’s demise and the Dao Sect being too preoccupied to cause some trouble. Who knew they would suffer heavy losses once again? The monster race, who had made the right choice the first time but held onto a sliver of hope the second time, now regretted it immensely, crying to the heavens and clawing at the earth.
Avoiding Qingxiao Immortal Venerable only to crash head-on into Jijin Sword Sovereign—how could that not be good luck?
From then on, Qingxiao Immortal Venerable and Jijin Sword Sovereign became the names the monster race most desperately avoided. One precisely struck the high-end combat power of the demon race, while the other attacked indiscriminately, not even sparing the lowest-ranking demon soldiers, as if she hadn’t killed demons for eight hundred years.
Later, after Li Jin’an took on a direct disciple, she rarely took major action. And under the premise of not getting truly serious, the Sword Sect generally wouldn’t let her make a move either—It was mainly because Li Jin’an had killed too crazily back then, completely aiming to make the demon and monster races extinct. That was why the demon and monster races had been so peaceful on the surface for the past few centuries, at most making small moves behind the scenes. After all, no matter how large their populations, they couldn’t withstand such ruthless and exhaustive consumption.
They were very good at reproducing, but truly not enough for Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue to repeatedly wreak havoc upon.
Jijin Sword Sovereign had been well-behaved for a century. Who knew that once something happened, it would be so major! This time, it wasn’t uniformly against external forces; instead, they directly pointed their spearhead at a major power in the cultivation world. Jijin Sword Sovereign and Qingxiao Immortal Venerable had been swept into the space-time turbulence for a full year, and the cultivation world had also been tumultuous, never settling down. Not to mention Futu Valley, whose reputation was challenged and sect-protecting formation broken, just the fact that Jijin Sword Sovereign and Qingxiao Immortal Venerable could return safely and unharmed from the space-time turbulence was enough to astonish the world. If the space-time turbulence were truly harmless, the people from Lingjing Sect wouldn’t have had their spiritual essence shattered as soon as they were sucked in. Of course, even if there was some secret technique that allowed cultivators to survive in the space-time turbulence, they wouldn’t dare ask.
Jingting Dao Lord pointed to the seat on her right. “Sit. We were just waiting for you two.”
Li Jin’an pretended not to hear her complaint, leading Xie Huaixue to take a seat.
Being close to her own dao companion was a matter of course. Now, Li Jin’an always felt a sense of relief at having regained Xie Huaixue. Not to mention holding hands under everyone’s gaze, she wished she could hang onto Xie Huaixue at all times and wouldn’t feel embarrassed or shy at all.
Jingting Dao Lord couldn’t be bothered to look at her arrogant and insufferable expression. She chuckled and chided, “Alright, the culprits who stirred up another war in the cultivation world are here. Go on, explain everything to them properly, lest we fight to the death out front while these two remain completely bewildered and ungrateful.”
The cultivators from other sects, excluding the Dao Sect and Sword Sect, were all smiling, but in their hearts, they couldn’t stop grumbling. Was the Dao Lord complaining that Jijin Sword Sovereign and Qingxiao Immortal Venerable caused trouble? Nonsense! She was clearly protecting her own children. Once that old senior said it herself, she wouldn’t allow anyone else to mention it again! After a thorough slaughter of Futu Valley, reaffirming the Dao Sect’s rules, and then calmly reasoning with everyone… Everyone, of course, praised how truly good and wonderful these rules and reasons were! However, being able to ride on the great ship of the Dao Sect and Sword Sect to pass judgment on Futu Valley… truly exhilarating!
As former Nine Great Immortal Sects, and now first-rate sects, one Futu Valley falling, even if it was just scraps, was enough to sate all of them.
Such a grand gesture was truly rare. If it weren’t too immoral, they all wished for another foolish powerful person to collude with Qingxiao Immortal Venerable’s third disciple—who hadn’t yet been expelled—to harm Jijin and Qingxiao, so they could have another such grand event.
Thinking this, the smiles on everyone’s faces became even more genuine.
Yun Liuguang automatically took on the heavy responsibility of explaining, also serving to consolidate the fruits of their victory before their allies.
“Last year, after Qingxiao Immortal Venerable and Jijin Sword Sovereign were swept into the space-time turbulence, the Dao Sect and Sword Sect investigated and traced it to Lan Ci and Futu Valley’s Grand Elder Ming Xuan. To avoid creating any miscarriages of justice, the two sects jointly issued an ultimatum to Futu Valley: hand over Ming Xuan and Lan Ci.”
These words were truly humble yet domineering. In truth, there had been no investigation at all; they had directly condemned Futu Valley. But since it was a major power in the cultivation world, it wasn’t appropriate to immediately resort to killing, so they had to observe proper etiquette before resorting to force.
The rest was simple. Not to mention Futu Valley truly harbored evil; even if it didn’t, facing the combined pressure of the Dao Sect and Sword Sect, it was impossible for them to so decisively hand over their Grand Elder. This wasn’t just about protecting their own people, but also maintaining Futu Valley’s external prestige. Otherwise, if they were easily scared witless and handed over their Grand Elder, how would Futu Valley continue to operate in the cultivation world afterward?
It was a first-rate sect, after all; it couldn’t be so undignified.
So, Futu Valley Master Cui Guangling went through the usual denials, claiming that Futu Valley hadn’t harbored the Immortal Venerable’s grand-disciple and that their Grand Elder hadn’t been involved in the matter, hoping the Dao Sect and Sword Sect wouldn’t wrongly accuse them…
This was perfectly normal; even death row inmates had a chance to cry for injustice.
Cui Guangling assumed that since Futu Valley was a major power, the Dao Sect and Sword Sect would have some considerations. Who knew that half an hour after his words, the Dao Sect and Sword Sect simply didn’t play by the rules? Dozens of majestic spiritual ships were already besieging their city. No more pretense; they directly tore off the polite facade and started fighting.
Chixin Sword Lord leaped down from the spiritual ship, cleaving a massive stone inscribed with the flowing characters ‘Futu Valley’ with a single sword strike, utterly trampling Futu Valley’s reputation underfoot, incomparably arrogant.
Her child was suffering in the space-time turbulence right now. Was she supposed to politely talk nonsense with Futu Valley? Did they really think a sword cultivator who had been cultivating herself and nurturing her character couldn’t raise her sword anymore, huh?!
This fight immediately exposed problems. Futu Valley, whose lair was besieged without warning, had no time to hide anything, directly exposing its biggest secret: Futu Valley had long been a base for evil cultivators, and Cui Guangling was the biggest evil cultivator leader.
What else was there to say now! No need to argue, just start the war!
The Dao Sect and Sword Sect quickly gathered their affiliated forces and allies, initiating a year-long campaign to annihilate the evil cultivators. When one evil cultivator popped up, it meant the dark corners were already overflowing. Coupled with the fact that evil cultivators used all sorts of insidious cultivation techniques and magic artifacts, it took a full year to completely eradicate the evil cultivators in Futu Domain without Jingting Dao Lord’s intervention. In the end, Jingting Dao Lord still had to make a move, otherwise Cui Guangling would have seized another body and reincarnated.
Because the flames of war were well contained within Futu Domain, even if the process was a bit unsatisfactory, the other immortal sects still tacitly approved the Dao Sect and Sword Sect’s liquidation of Futu Valley. Primarily, they wanted to interfere but couldn’t; this bunch of brutes acted swiftly, accurately, and ruthlessly, with no intention of listening to Futu Valley’s explanations.
“Wait!” Li Jin’an asked, her face full of disbelief and great shock, “How could that… Cui Guangling actually fight you to a draw?”
Jingting Dao Lord thought, This brat really doesn’t know how to talk. What do you mean ‘actually fight me to a draw’? “That old fellow was from the end of my previous era. He’s at least survived for ten thousand years, and to fight me to a draw by relying on his insidious cunning already shows his capability,” Jingting Dao Lord said, trying her best to justify herself. She continued, “Cui Guangling, his father, and his grandfather are all the same person.”
Jingting Dao Lord glanced at Yun Liuguang. The Young Sect Master continued to explain on behalf of her master.
“The grandfather with grand ambitions, the father who made mistaken decisions, and the mediocre him were actually all one person. Before his last body was about to collapse, he rapidly seized the next body through bloodline. However, it was ultimately an evil technique that harmed nature, and it couldn’t possibly work every time. So, he set his sights on Lan Ci. Cui Guangling had extremely high requirements for the bodies he seized. He had long ago targeted the direct lineage of the Wen Nanlan Clan, who were uniquely blessed in spiritual essence, completely looking down on collateral branches. Unfortunately, the direct lineage wasn’t something he could covet. After the Wen Nanlan Clan had one direct descendant who, for their dao companion, rebelled to the point of actively entering space-time turbulence and having their soul annihilated, they highly valued and strictly guarded their remaining direct descendants, lest their Lan family become a renowned ‘love-struck family’ in the cultivation world… Life tokens, soul lamps, dao protectors… layers of protection, leaving him no chance to make a move. Then, Lan Ci, distantly related but with awakened ancestral talent, appeared before him. However, she wasn’t perfect enough; she was too weak. How long would it take for her to cultivate to a point where she could be used by him? When he learned that Qingxiao Immortal Venerable was about to pass through that nameless small city, a horrific sect-annihilation massacre occurred.”
Hearing this, Li Jin’an raised an eyebrow, glanced at the sparkling Heavenly Tome in her Sea of Consciousness, and curled her lips in a mocking smile. So that’s how it was. It made sense then that Ming Xuan defected from Futu Valley and became Lan Ci’s disciple. The so-called Heavenly Tome protagonist was this kind of trash? No wonder it wasn’t explicitly written. Whose story’s protagonist is manipulated from beginning to end?! Hiss, could it be that Lan Ci in the later stages had already been body-snatched? Truly, evil people have their own evil to contend with.
“What about Lan Ci?”
Li Jin’an was too lazy to ask about Cui Guangling’s fate. How could a good-for-nothing who had to go to great lengths to avoid Heaven’s gaze just to survive until now possibly be a match for the cultivation world’s tyrant?
Was this the feeling of being carried to victory without doing anything? It was too wonderful! If Jingting Dao Lord were unleashed, the entire Lancang Continent could be overhauled!
Li Jin’an suddenly chuckled lightly. “Speaking of which, Lan Ci should also thank you. After all, you could say you avenged her family.”
Jingting Dao Lord glared sideways at her. “Stop annoying me!”
Before Jingting Dao Lord could stomp her foot, Yun Liuguang shook her head at Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue. “No trace was found.”
“Futu Valley was breached. Ming Xuan and Cui Guangling were both cut down by swords. Only Lan Ci’s trace was nowhere to be found.”
Li Jin’an clicked her tongue ambiguously, not feeling surprised in the slightest. Suddenly, Xie Huaixue’s fingertip lightly brushed over her wrist. Li Jin’an tilted her head and looked over.
Xie Huaixue said faintly, “Nothing to worry about.”