Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 131

The moment she realized what she had heard, it was clearly too late.
It’s hard for people to empathize with their past selves. Li Jin’an was even more so. She could no longer recall her feelings at over four hundred years old, nor could she understand her past self who said Xie Huaixue was jealous.
The only thing she could empathize with was that she could finally understand why Xie Huaixue kept bringing up Huaihuai and A-Huai.
People don’t learn from being taught, but they learn from experience; once is enough.
She finally understood!
How could she not care?
She cared terribly!
Li Jin’an’s originally righteous expression suddenly turned desolate. She silently withdrew the arm wrapped around Xie Huaixue, rolled over, and instead hugged herself tightly.
Don’t mind her, her heart is dead, the kind that can’t be saved!
Xie Huaixue quietly watched her series of fluid movements and poked Li Jin’an’s back with her finger, chuckling.
Li Jin’an didn’t swat Xie Huaixue’s hand away. She remained facing away from Xie Huaixue, her voice extremely weary, “Don’t mind me anymore. Go find that Li Jin’an.”
If the old Li Jin’an had heard this, she would have caused a huge scene on Qingxiao Peak. If she was unhappy, no one else would have a good time.
But now, she could only pitifully hug herself, showing she was truly sad.
If this was the necessary path from a foolish sword cultivator to a sensitive and intelligent person, was the price too heavy?
Li Jin’an’s heart ached to the point of suffocation. She then snorted coldly, “Anyway, you don’t care about me at twelve hundred years old. Go find four-hundred-year-old me. You two can be affectionate!”
Good, good, good, it’s true that people don’t cherish what they have once they get it, and they’re always looking for novelty!
Even the most rule-abiding Immortal Venerable Qingxiao couldn’t escape this.
Xie Huaixue felt she couldn’t let this go on. If Li Jin’an kept talking like this, she would become a heartless, faithless person.
“Want to see what exactly happened?”
Li Jin’an pondered for a moment, then nodded firmly. “Yes!”
After she finished watching, she would settle the score with Xie Huaixue.
Xie Huaixue extracted her memory and solidified it with her divine sense.
…
This year, Li Jin’an was four hundred and sixty-three years old, a very ordinary year, except that she had lost to Xie Huaixue countless times, making her clearly realize one thing—she truly couldn’t defeat Xie Huaixue.
This thought made Li Jin’an a bit disheartened, but more so, her inherent arrogance and unwillingness to admit defeat made her even more spirited.
Fighting with Heaven, fighting with people, all were endless fun. And fighting with Xie Huaixue, just thinking about it, made Li Jin’an feel invigorated.
After a brief period of disappointment, Li Jin’an rallied and swaggered off to Yinyue Peak to challenge Xie Huaixue again.
The Li Jin’an in the cave abode twitched her lips, finding it unbearable to watch. She knew her past self was silly, but facing her own silliness directly was different.
In the scene, four-hundred-sixty-three-year-old Li Jin’an didn’t know that Xie Huaixue at that moment was already the Immortal Venerable Qingxiao from eight hundred years later. She was still enthusiastically provoking Immortal Venerable Xie.
“Xie Huaixue, you didn’t read or cultivate today. Were you specifically waiting for me to challenge you? Well, you waited correctly then.” Li Jin’an burst into the cave abode with a flourish, raising her chin high, speaking disdainfully to Immortal Venerable Xie.
She even used the nickname she had given Xie Huaixue.
Yinyue Monarch, who was sitting in the main seat and had already conversed with Immortal Venerable Xie, smiled radiantly, stood up, and ceded her spot to them. As she passed Li Jin’an, she chuckled again, unable to resist. She rubbed Li Jin’an’s head, praising, “Our An’an is truly a good child.”
With that, she slowly left the cave abode, her steps light, her back radiating joy. One could tell Yinyue Monarch was in a very good mood.
Li Jin’an, happy about being rubbed but unwilling to show it, had reddened ear tips. She eyed Xie Huaixue sideways, afraid Xie Huaixue would mock her, and asked sullenly, “Did you say bad things about me to Yinyue Monarch?”
Immortal Venerable Xie shook her head, her clear gaze softening. “No, I didn’t say bad things about you.”
“Then why did Yinyue Monarch suddenly praise me?” Li Jin’an leaned closer to Xie Huaixue, staring at her suspiciously.
The older Li Jin’an was very concerned with appearances and adamantly denied being the person who clung to Yinyue Monarch and Xie Huaixue back then. She also disliked Yinyue Monarch praising her in front of others. Because of this, Yinyue Monarch hadn’t praised her so directly for a long time.
Being praised so suddenly made her quite shy.
Li Jin’an was unwilling to lose face in front of her sworn enemy. Even though her ears were completely red, she still glared fiercely at Xie Huaixue.
If she weren’t holding Blazing Radiance Sword, putting her hand on her hip would look too foolish and lacking in momentum, so she might have put her hand on her hip while staring at Xie Huaixue.
Jijin Sword Sovereign outside the scene deeply closed her eyes, no longer caring about settling scores with Xie Huaixue. She rolled directly into Xie Huaixue’s embrace, buried her face, and took a deep breath before she had the strength to continue watching.
Watching this kind of thing, was it to settle scores with Xie Huaixue, or to make her so ashamed she wanted to dig a hole and hide?
Putting aside the matter of settling scores, Li Jin’an felt she was about to lose all face.
Xie Huaixue lightly patted her back in comfort.
The scene continued.
Immortal Venerable Xie smiled gently. “Because Master likes you.”
“Well, of course.” Li Jin’an had just smugly lifted her head when she felt something was wrong. She sensed she was being placated. Her phoenix eyes narrowed, and she crossed her arms, looking at Xie Huaixue. “I still think you said something to Yinyue Monarch.”
No matter her age, Li Jin’an’s intuition was always spot on when it came to this matter.
Inside the cultivation cave, Li Jin’an simultaneously narrowed her eyes. “What did you tell Venerable Monarch?”
“I told her about us forming a spiritual bond, and how you suppress my cold poison for me.”
“Cough, you can definitely praise me for that.” Li Jin’an couldn’t help but curve her lips into a smile, then seemed to remember something, immediately pressing down the upward curve. Pointing at her past self in the scene, she argued heatedly, “No, why should she get praised for what I did!”
What’s the difference between this and usurping military merits?
A capital offense!
The Jijin Sword Sovereign from eight hundred years in the future was fuming, almost about to duel her past self in the scene.
Xie Huaixue quickly embraced her, lest Li Jin’an storm off to Fuxian Pond again. With a smile, she gently coaxed, “How about I praise you instead? My An’an is the best.”
Li Jin’an still felt indignant, huffing angrily, “Then you need to praise me more!”
The tempo inside and outside the scene was astonishingly consistent.
The Venerable Immortal Xie from eight hundred years in the future had to coax one, then the other, her soft voice and words more or less the same.
“What did I say? I told Master about your diligence and warm-heartedness.” Inside the scene, Venerable Immortal Xie’s eyes held a smile as she said with great sincerity, “However, Master praised you naturally because you are good, and Master likes you.”
“My An’an diligently cultivates, tirelessly seeks understanding of the Sword Dao, is kind-hearted, and even willing to suppress my cold poison…” Outside the scene, Xie Huaixue did the same, holding the person in her embrace and coaxing them.
Separated by over eight hundred years, both Li Jin’an were coaxed into fools by the same person.
Inside the scene, Li Jin’an puffed out her cheeks, her entire face unashamedly blushing deeper and deeper. It took several coughs before she found her voice. Her gaze darted around, completely avoiding eye contact with Venerable Immortal Xie. “Don’t even think about corrupting me. Even if you and Venerable Monarch praise me, this fight still has to happen.”
Venerable Immortal Xie smiled faintly. “Alright.”
Although Venerable Immortal Xie was overly calm, appearing no different from the four-hundred-sixty-four-year-old Xie Huaixue—both cool and detached—unlike Li Jin’an who was loud and boisterous when entering the space-time turbulence, always carrying an uncontainable restlessness that immediately showed her difference from her usual self.
But Li Jin’an sensed something was off, yet couldn’t articulate what it was, so she could only glance at Venerable Immortal Xie again and again.
Venerable Immortal Xie allowed Li Jin’an to scrutinize her, remaining composed.
Li Jin’an felt she was being overly suspicious. She raised her Blazing Radiance Sword and pointed outside. “Let’s go!”
The moment they began fighting, Li Jin’an’s intuition for precisely discerning the essence of combat began to act up again. That spark of doubt in her heart suddenly magnified infinitely.
In truth, Venerable Immortal Xie’s flaws weren’t significant. She wouldn’t use cultivation techniques or moves that didn’t belong to this time period just to show off her abilities. She even completely replicated Xie Huaixue’s combat style from this period; every move was predictable.
Taking advantage of Venerable Immortal Xie blocking her sword momentum, Li Jin’an pulled apart their distance. Tapping her toes, she leaped onto a giant boulder, scrutinizing Venerable Immortal Xie from above.
Outside the scene.
Li Jin’an’s outer eye corners lifted. She rubbed her face against Xie Huaixue, asking smugly, “Did you figure out why I was suspicious of you?”
“Mhm, I was too relaxed.”
Li Jin’an pouted. “There’s only a small cultivation realm difference between us. Although you’ve always defeated me, it shouldn’t be with such an effortless demeanor. You didn’t even pretend well.”
This was a bit of an exaggeration. Venerable Immortal Xie hadn’t entirely failed to pretend; it was just that after eight hundred years, it was inevitable for her to be somewhat unhurried.
Inside the scene, Venerable Immortal Xie quickly realized her problem. She raised her eyes to look at Li Jin’an, pursed her lips, unsure how to mention that she wasn’t the present Xie Huaixue, but the Qingxiao Immortal Venerable from eight hundred years in the future.
Ignorant Li Jin’an, with little understanding of Fuxian Pond and space-time turbulence, naturally wouldn’t immediately let her thoughts wander and consider that the Xie Huaixue before her had come from the future. She stared intently at Venerable Immortal Xie, then suddenly blurted out, “You broke through again? Did you go on a secret realm excursion behind my back? Or did you get some divine cultivation manual? Tell me!”
Li Jin’an’s world was falling apart; she was almost heartbroken. She couldn’t defeat her before, and now the gap was widening. Could she ever catch up to Xie Huaixue in this life?
Venerable Immortal Xie gazed at Li Jin’an’s narrow and beautiful phoenix eyes, seeing the shimmering grievance within. After a moment, she proactively said, “Let’s continue.”
“Continue what?”
Venerable Immortal Xie smiled. “Fighting.”
It was the first time Li Jin’an fought so listlessly; her sword swings were weak and feeble. A moment later, she leapt into action.
Because Venerable Immortal Xie was retreating step by step.
Li Jin’an knew something was off, but she couldn’t resist the temptation of defeating Xie Huaixue, so she pressed on relentlessly.
By this point, Venerable Immortal Xie had completely lost to Li Jin’an.
Both Li Jin’an, inside and outside the scene, couldn’t recover their senses; their minds were muddled and their thoughts hazy.
The next moment, the scene shattered.
Li Jin’an took a deep breath, swallowed hard, and looked up blankly. “Huh? I won?”
“Yes, you won,” Xie Huaixue affirmed.
Li Jin’an closed her eyes and lay down on the bed, looking utterly peaceful.
Xie Huaixue shook her head with a chuckle.
“Even though I know this is something I haven’t experienced, I feel like I have no regrets in this life,” Li Jin’an said dazedly.
She sprang off the bed, about to dance for joy, when a paper crane flew in through the window.
“Come to the sect main hall.” Jingting Dao Lord’s voice was stern.