Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 144

At such an incredibly perilous moment, Li Jin’an could still spare a thought to consider how low her presence was in the Heavenly Tome, to the extent that Wu Zhaoxing and the third eye couldn’t even recall her true name.
This meant that besides Wu Zhaoxing, the third eye was also heavily influenced by the Heavenly Tome, and might even have read the Heavenly Tome…
Then it could only be a Heavenly Demon Clan member skilled in time and prognostication arts!
Li Jin’an wasn’t an idiot; she could tell that Xie Huaixue and Dao Lord Jingting didn’t make a move on Wu Zhaoxing simply because they couldn’t.
Otherwise, just like how Yinyue Monarch didn’t want Sword Lord Chi Xin involved in anything, given the efficiency of these crafty Dao Sect cultivators and their protectiveness of their sword cultivators, Wu Zhaoxing would have been annihilated eight hundred years ago; it wouldn’t have been Li Jin’an’s problem at all.
Even if their sword cultivators noticed something amiss and asked about it, the crafty ones could easily fool them with a few perfunctory words, and there would be no need to worry about the sword cultivators throwing tantrums; a little coaxing would suffice.
One could call it protectiveness, or one could call it possessiveness; either way, they simply didn’t allow anything unexpected to happen.
Sending Li Jin’an alone to the demon realm to incite rebellion among the demons and confront Wu Zhaoxing could only be their last resort.
If Xie Huaixue herself could have acted, she wouldn’t have let Li Jin’an intervene. It’s even highly likely she wouldn’t have let Li Jin’an know about the matter at all. In this regard, Xie Huaixue had learned perfectly from Yinyue Monarch, possessing an undeniable possessiveness.
Li Jin’an was lost in thought about her unique qualities: besides having a Heavenly Tome in her spiritual consciousness that she couldn’t shake off and found repulsive, her role in the Heavenly Tome was almost nonexistent. Her only appearance was that single line—
[The Jijin Sword Sovereign was also considered a hero of her generation, but alas, she perished midway, and the Qingxiao Immortal Venerable had no old friends left.]
Beyond that, the Jijin Sword Sovereign, who was equally renowned as the Qingxiao Immortal Venerable, Li Jin’an, who had been present throughout Xie Huaixue’s entire life, left no other trace.
Compared to Xie Huaixue, who was forcibly seized, and Dao Lord Jingting, who constantly opposed the three scoundrels and had a very strong presence, her true name didn’t even appear. Her presence was negligible, and naturally, she was the least affected by the Heavenly Tome.
She was a variable transcending the Heavenly Tome, and only she could break the scoundrel protagonists’ profound destiny.
And the Heavenly Demon Clan was another variable.
However, the Heavenly Demon Clan was still different from Li Jin’an. The Heavenly Demon Clan had already deeply participated in the Heavenly Tome’s plot, having entered the game early when Xie Huaixue’s parents were besieged and killed at the Three Realms Mountain. Therefore, they couldn’t recall Li Jin’an’s true name at first, only calling her ‘Jijin Sword Sovereign’.
Now, it was a battle between variables.
Even at a time like this, Li Jin’an was still brazenly distracted. The third eye seemed provoked, continuing to chant her Daoist title, “Jijin Sword Sovereign, Jijin Sword Sovereign, Jijin Sword Sovereign…”
The sound was like a great bell, echoing throughout the entire demon realm, and even Fufeng Domain, separated by the Three Realms Mountain, could hear faint sounds, carrying a unique vibrating resonance that drilled directly into people’s spiritual consciousness.
Clearly, the gigantic single eye in the sky had no mouth, yet the sound it emitted surged forward like waves, one after another.
Xiaoxiang Sword Lord, Sword Master Jun Xing, and the other spectators all felt their spiritual consciousness vibrate, their faces turning pale, but they didn’t forget to protect Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu, these younger generation disciples.
“What on earth is this thing?”
The cultivators of the cultivation world, who had been hostile to the demon race for more than ten thousand years, had truly had their eyes opened. This was the first time they had seen something so bizarre and grotesque.
It wasn’t a demon or a spirit monster, yet it was incredibly sinister, and could exert immense suppression over a cultivator’s spiritual consciousness.
If they were affected like this, Li Jin’an, who was directly facing the third eye, felt even more uncomfortable. Her spiritual consciousness constantly churned, throbbing with unbearable pain as if it would burst. Furthermore, the chant of ‘Jijin Sword Sovereign’ carried a hint of temptation, enticing her to respond.
Just like before, Li Jin’an had a very bad premonition. If she were to respond, something she didn’t want to see would definitely happen.
Li Jin’an placed her fingertips on her temples, furrowed her brows, and holding her sword in one hand, charged straight towards the third eye that occupied most of the sky.
Not retreating, but advancing.
Turning passivity into initiative.
Attack!!
Li Jin’an’s wrist rotated, her robes fluttering, and with a flick of her sword tip, Jijin sword intent instantly burst forth, stirring up a surging sea of fire that enveloped the sky and slammed towards the third eye.
Crashing waves and raging flames.
Flames illuminated the sky, scorching the heavens and blazing across the earth.
At the same time.
A familiar whisk suddenly swept across the sky, passing right in front of Li Jin’an. It moved grandly, as if riding the wind in the void, flying unhurriedly towards the third eye.
A flash of white light.
Then.
Boom—
A world-shaking roar.
Li Jin’an, still momentarily stunned, was forcefully pulled back with great strength. Her vision blurred, and she was suddenly thrown onto a mountain peak of the Three Realms Mountain, bewildered, as she watched the seemingly harmless whisk directly smack the third eye flying, sending it tumbling over and over in the air.
The utterly irritating chant of ‘Jijin Sword Sovereign’ finally stopped.
She opened her mouth slightly, and instantly thought of the scene where she disciplined the three scoundrels, also with such casualness and disdain.
—Dao Lord Jingting had made her move!
In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared beside Li Jin’an: Xie Huaixue, standing with her hands behind her back.
Before Li Jin’an could ask anything, she saw Sword Lord Chi Xin, like a butcher slaughtering a fat pig for the New Year, fiercely charging forward with her sword, beginning a great massacre.
“Attack the young, and the old come out?” Li Jin’an commented precisely.
This was truly her entire family moving out to avenge her. Even Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu, the three young ones, were in Fufeng Domain, clenching their fists and cheering for their master, shouting until their faces were red and necks strained, wishing they could curse that single eye to death.
Xie Huaixue raised her gaze and smiled faintly, “Yes.”
Li Jin’an suddenly deflated, slumping straight onto Xie Huaixue, and dejectedly said, “It’s all that damned eye’s fault; it made me miss out on your brewed tea.”
Xie Huaixue gently held Li Jin’an’s wrist with one hand and stroked her long hair with the other, softly coaxing her, “The hot tea is already brewed. You can drink it when we get back. There’s no rush.”
“I’m not in a hurry, but my master and Dao Lord will definitely make fun of me.” Li Jin’an mumbled petulantly, as if Dao Lord Jingting and Sword Lord Chi Xin would do something truly heinous to her, making her feel wronged and seek Xie Huaixue’s protection.
In reality, she didn’t care at all what Dao Lord Jingting and Sword Lord Chi Xin said about her; she would only fight them for three hundred rounds like a rebellious daughter, poking at each other’s sore spots.
But for acting cute, there was no need for a good reason; being pampered was enough.
The Jijin Sword Sovereign, who had just been displaying immense power and single-handedly shaking the demon race, was now leaning weakly and helplessly on her Dao Companion, pitiful beyond words.
Xie Huaixue didn’t mention that she had already warned the elders not to make fun of her. She simply relaxed her body to let Li Jin’an lean more comfortably, and whispered, “Then we’ll drink it secretly.”
Li Jin’an was so delighted she almost fell off Xie Huaixue, and then, playing the villain who complains first, said, “You’re so stingy and unfilial!”
She had clearly brought it up first, but now she was turning the tables, and it had become Xie Huaixue’s fault instead.
Xie Huaixue didn’t speak, merely giving her a cool, clear glance.
Li Jin’an chuckled shamelessly, and proudly declared, “We’ll drink it right in front of them! Drink it all, not a single drop left for them!”
On this point, she was perfectly justified; the tea brewed by her Dao Companion was, of course, only for her to drink.
As for a little bit of face, it wasn’t worth mentioning.
Let Dao Lord Jingting and Sword Lord Chi Xin first kill Wu Zhaoxing and the third eye, then they can come back and mock her.
She had no idea how she had developed such a petty and annoying habit: she didn’t like to hide good things, instead she liked to show them off to others, and wouldn’t share them, being incredibly stingy.
Xie Huaixue looked at her radiant smiling face, and the hand on Li Jin’an’s wrist tightened slightly, her fingertips gently brushing against a vein, and she replied, “Alright.”
As for her wrist being occasionally encircled and caressed by Xie Huaixue, Li Jin’an was already accustomed to it. It was just a small quirk of her Dao Companion, so of course, she chose to be tolerant.
Even the most ascetic Immortal Venerables inevitably had some unknown little quirks.
The pot calling the kettle black; in this regard, Li Jin’an’s quirks were far more severe than Xie Huaixue’s.
At most, Xie Huaixue merely stroked her wrist; Li Jin’an was different, not only couldn’t she let go of her hands, but she also kissed, nibbled, and bit them…
They had only been separated for a short time, yet the moment they met, they became intimate as if no one else was present, impossible to separate. They showed no concern at all for the battle between Dao Lord Jingting and the third eye opposite them, not even sparing half a glance.
Dao Lord Jingting in the demon realm naturally didn’t need the younger generation to worry about her. She herself wasn’t directly fighting, merely controlling a whisk, which was enough to make the third eye repeatedly retreat in defeat, fleeing miserably.
The onlookers couldn’t even clearly see how she was attacking; they could only gauge the battle situation by the third eye’s panicked posture as it was lashed and struck. All they could see was her calm and composed demeanor as she performed hand seals with one hand.
Some elders in Fufeng Domain, who had witnessed the demeanor of the cultivation world’s ‘tyrant’ back in the day, seeing this, unconsciously sighed aloud, “The Dao Lord has truly cultivated her character over the years; her temper has improved considerably.”
A nearby cultivator looked up at the whisk rising and falling, and at the demon realm where countless demons had died or were injured, and even the ground was being torn up…
“I don’t quite understand how you can have such absurd thoughts, but it is indeed a gratifying sight to behold.”
After the painstaking ‘cultivation’ by the Jijin Sword Sovereign, Dao Lord Jingting, and the new demon lord Wu Zhaoxing—two individuals and one demon—the demon race’s casualties today amounted to at least several hundred thousand.
A casualty count that might not even be reached in a war of the three realms, was easily achieved under the deliberate actions of two individuals and the indifference of one demon.
Li Jin’an casually took Xie Huaixue’s hand and placed it on her own earlobe, saying with a chuckle, “These old seniors have probably been holding back for a long time.”
If they couldn’t kill Wu Zhaoxing, could they still not deal with the third eye and the demon race? Did they really think they were pushovers?!
Not only was Dao Lord Jingting massacring, but Sword Lord Chi Xin wasn’t idle either.
In comparison, Sword Lord Chi Xin was much more restrained. Unlike Li Jin’an and Dao Lord Jingting, who deliberately amplified the battle’s aftermath to wantonly harvest demons, she only targeted demon commanders and generals. Once her sword intent was unleashed, it would inevitably take down a high-level demon.
Xie Huaixue diligently massaged Li Jin’an’s earlobe, her tone cool and clear, “They invited this upon themselves, what is there to complain about?”
Wu Zhaoxing made the first move, and their counterattack was only right and proper. The prestige of the Dao Sect, the Qingxiao Immortal Venerable, and the Jijin Sword Sovereign was still very valuable.
Hearing this, Li Jin’an stealthily looked around, and after confirming everyone’s attention was on the demon realm battlefield, she immediately and quickly stole a kiss on Xie Huaixue’s cheek.
Xie Huaixue tilted her head slightly, her gaze calm as she looked at Li Jin’an, who had just ‘stolen a kiss and pilfered jade’.
Li Jin’an put on a profound expression as if she had no choice, and as she spread her hands, a handful of Fufeng flowers instantly appeared. From behind the flowers, she said with twinkling eyes and a beaming smile, “I think you were too adorable just now.”
Xie Huaixue’s eyes trembled slightly, and she took the flowers, “Mm.”