Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 160

With a loud bang, someone excitedly slammed the table and stood up.
It was Chixin Sword Lord, too excited to control herself. After hearing that single word “yes,” she became completely immersed in her own world, no longer trying to keep up with her disciple and disciple-in-law’s conversation.
If she couldn’t keep up, then so be it. Nothing else mattered to her anymore.
In fact, Jingting Dao Lord had subtly hinted at this matter to make her stay put in the Dao Sect.
However, Chixin Sword Lord didn’t trust Jingting Dao Lord; Jingting Dao Lord’s credibility with her was zero.
In this matter, she didn’t even trust Li Jin’an, only Xie Huaixue.
Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue didn’t look up at her, continuing to speak to each other.
“How could the Heavenly Dao agree? Wouldn’t it go back on its word midway and turn the tables on us?”
Li Jin’an always assumed the worst intentions from the Heavenly Dao. If asked, it was because the Heavenly Dao had stopped her from forcefully killing the scourge at the very beginning, and she still held a grudge.
It was no wonder she was so worried. Having traveled through space-time turbulence and witnessed time’s immense power to smooth out any traces and ripples of changes to the past, she couldn’t help but be worried, fearing that all her efforts would be futile.
Futile effort would be one thing, but what she feared was not being able to save Yinyue Monarch.
Xie Huaixue chuckled silently, raising a pale, slender fingertip to tap Li Jin’an’s temple.
The cool fingers on her temple were very ticklish.
Talking and talking, why is she flirting now?
Li Jin’an subconsciously grabbed Xie Huaixue’s hand, her small face tensed. Just as she was about to transmit a message asking why Xie Huaixue was touching her inappropriately, a sudden flash of inspiration struck her, and she turned to stare blankly at Xie Huaixue.
She had realized.
Xie Huaixue tilted her head slightly, smiling back at her.
“The Heavenly Tome?”
Li Jin’an didn’t speak aloud, but mouthed silently.
It was all the Heavenly Tome’s fault. After burrowing into her Sea of Consciousness, it did nothing but glow golden, causing Li Jin’an not to think of it at first.
Xie Huaixue’s eyebrows subtly twitched, and she mouthed along with her, “Yes.”
“So that’s how it is!”
Li Jin’an also began excitedly pounding the table.
Cooperation might break down, but ties of mutual interest are always reliable.
The Heavenly Dao wanted to completely destroy the Heavenly Tome that came from outside this realm, while they wanted to save Yinyue Monarch and Xie Huaixue’s parents. Both sides had their own interests, so they could cooperate once more without worrying that the Heavenly Dao would turn against them and stab them in the back.
A whimper startled Li Jin’an, who was engrossed in pounding the table deafeningly. She turned to look—
Chixin Sword Lord was quietly wiping away tears, holding her sword with one hand and wiping her tears with the other. She looked utterly pitiable.
These sword cultivators would bleed and sweat outside, prefer death to surrender, and were unbelievably tough, wishing they could be enemies with everyone in the world. Yet, they only shed tears of sorrow when it came to their dao companions.
Li Jin’an said nothing, nor did she have any intention of mocking Chixin Sword Lord. She simply pulled out a recording stone and aimed it at her master. She planned to give Yinyue Monarch a special gift.
Every dog has its day. It was finally her turn to record Chixin Sword Lord’s embarrassing moments with a recording stone to amuse Yinyue Monarch.
Chixin Sword Lord was crying too sadly and intently. By the time she came to her senses, Li Jin’an had already put away the recording stone.
With no mood to fool around with Li Jin’an, Chixin Sword Lord rolled her eyes and vanished from the spot. She probably went to find a quiet place to have a good cry.
Li Jin’an shrugged indifferently. “She’s finally gone. My old master doesn’t even know how much of an eyesore she is, so tactless!”
“When Yinyue Monarch returns, we’ll disturb them just like my master disturbs us!”
“Hehehehehehe!”
Li Jin’an let out her current favorite villainous laugh.
Protagonists don’t live long; it’s better to be a villain. In the end, you have everything.
Xie Huaixue lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, responding with a clear, calm sound, “Alright.”
Seeing her dao companion’s delicate and clear smile, Li Jin’an reined in her overly arrogant grin, becoming reserved as well. Suddenly thinking of something, she gulped. “The Heavenly Demon Clan is destroyed, then what about your cold poison?”
She’s such a sword-minded person, why was she bickering with her master!
The most important matter was clearly Xie Huaixue’s cold poison.
“It’s cured.”
Those two short words were as if heavenly music had suddenly cleared her ears for Li Jin’an.
Li Jin’an pounced and embraced Xie Huaixue fully. As if that wasn’t enough, she directly sat on Xie Huaixue’s lap and wrapped her arms around her neck, looking at her with sparkling, beautiful phoenix eyes that were damp with tears. Her gaze was filled with the purest joy and happiness.
Xie Huaixue also began to smile.
Sword cultivators simply had this ability to infect and influence others.
“Such a big deal, why didn’t you even think to tell me?!”
It was clearly her who was slow to remember, but now she was shifting the blame, making it seem like it was Xie Huaixue’s fault, as if Xie Huaixue had deliberately hidden it from her.
It wasn’t something that required strict reasoning to conclude; it was clearly laid out in front of them without any need for obscurity. Only the foolish sword cultivator was a beat slower than others, realizing it when it was far too late.
However, Xie Huaixue knew she just wanted to act spoiled.
Xie Huaixue naturally raised her hand and wrapped it around Li Jin’an’s lean and powerful waist. Her palm moved, feeling the vigorous life force pulsating beneath her hand. She chuckled softly and said meaningfully, “I thought you would only think of this matter at night.”
Li Jin’an tilted her head, blinking in confusion, still unable to understand. She blinked again in bewilderment until her gaze met Xie Huaixue’s somewhat obscure eyes. Only then did she belatedly realize and her ears reddened.
“You, you, you… I, I, I…”
Not only could she not speak, but her voice cracked.
After stuttering for a long while, Li Jin’an still couldn’t find her voice or her mouth.
“In broad daylight, how can you be so frivolous? Where is your dignity as an Immortal Venerable?!” Li Jin’an said, her face flushed crimson, mumbling grumpily with no deterrent effect whatsoever.
Xie Huaixue calmly enjoyed her embarrassment. Seeing Li Jin’an look over, she nodded serenely and admitted, “It was I who was frivolous.”
Hearing this, Li Jin’an simply covered Xie Huaixue’s lips with her hand. After three seconds of eye contact, she resolutely extended her other hand to cover Xie Huaixue’s eyes.
“If you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to!”
Xie Huaixue was already quite taciturn, yet the few words she rarely spoke were all things Li Jin’an didn’t like to hear… or rather, they made her mortified.
In truth, Li Jin’an wasn’t thin-skinned; she always frankly faced her desires, enthusiastically biting, nibbling, and kissing Xie Huaixue, trying all sorts of strange new things during dual cultivation and Spiritual intercourse…
But sometimes, when Xie Huaixue suddenly and subtly teased her, Li Jin’an couldn’t take it.
“…Mhm, I won’t speak anymore,” Xie Huaixue good-naturedly agreed, being very obliging.
The more she acted this way, the more uncomfortable Li Jin’an became. She coughed. “You just love to deliberately tease me! Don’t you think I know you?”
Although, she had to admit, Xie Huaixue’s guess was quite reasonable and logical; it was truly something she would do.
The reason she would remember the cold poison at night was because they had to dual cultivate in the evenings, which conveniently helped suppress Xie Huaixue’s cold poison, killing two birds with one stone.
Whenever Li Jin’an went too far or dragged Xie Huaixue into mischief, she would unreasonably and loudly justify herself, claiming she was entirely thinking of Xie Huaixue and that one had to use strong medicine to treat the cold poison.
This was also the best opportunity for Li Jin’an to recall that Xie Huaixue’s cold poison had been cured.
Li Jin’an felt a moment of guilt, but quickly became self-righteous. Normally, that would be the case, but didn’t I remember it in advance?
She had to justify herself.
“Don’t you dare underestimate me! I’m not some lustful glutton.”
Xie Huaixue smiled faintly. “Alright.”
Li Jin’an emerged from Xie Huaixue’s embrace, pulled her up, and left.
Even Xie Huaixue was stunned for a moment, unable to understand Li Jin’an’s intention.
“What’s wrong?”
Li Jin’an pointed to the sky.
The sky was clear, a vast expanse of blue, refreshing to the heart.
So, what about it?
As if sensing Xie Huaixue’s confused gaze behind her, Li Jin’an said without turning her head, “It’s 5 in the afternoon right now. It’s almost dark, and we should go to bed and rest.”
The weather and climate of the Dao Sect were self-contained. It was currently summer, so the days were long. It wouldn’t get completely dark until past seven in the evening.
For others, “soon” meant soon, but for Li Jin’an, “soon” meant nearly two hours.
She had just said she wasn’t a lustful glutton, yet she so vividly slapped herself in the face. It wasn’t even when she was blushing and throwing a tantrum with Xie Huaixue.
Xie Huaixue said calmly, “Allowing the magistrate to burn down houses, but forbidding the common folk from lighting lamps.”
Li Jin’an replied briskly to her dao companion, “Don’t understand.”
She’s uneducated and untalented, and she’s proud of it!
Li Jin’an turned back with a brilliant smile, her brows slightly raised. “But I know something else.”
“Spring nights are short, and should not be wasted.”
“The Heavenly Demon Clan is destroyed, Yinyue Monarch will return soon, you’ve cured your cold poison—three great good things. We’re just one joy away from having ‘four joys at the door.’ It’s a good time to add a wedding night to make it auspicious!”
Xie Huaixue was speechless.
Some sword cultivators, though uneducated and untalented, could certainly spout nonsense.
The way she celebrated good news was a bit unconventional, but it was a celebration nonetheless.
…
Neither Jingting Dao Lord nor Chixin Sword Lord came to Qingxiao Peak to disturb their tender moments. Both were full of their own worries.
The former, for once, reflected, feeling she might not be a good disciple, that she shouldn’t have held a grudge against Dao Venerable for so long, and that master and disciple had never had a good talk. The latter was troubled by love, fearing her dao companion, whom she hadn’t seen in hundreds of years, would despise her current dispirited and listless state, no longer as spirited as before.
Both elders were immersed in their own sorrows, unable to extricate themselves, and simply couldn’t bother with Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue.
It was perfect that no one disturbed them. Encountering so many good things, Li Jin’an was truly happy. When her spirits were high, she kept pulling Xie Huaixue into mischief, being extremely clingy and unable to be apart from Xie Huaixue for a moment.
On this day.
Li Jin’an was enthusiastically performing a sword dance for Xie Huaixue. Her red robes fluttered gracefully, and her sword arts were exquisite.
She put away her sword and skipped towards Xie Huaixue, thinking of asking for payment for her sword dance. Suddenly, a mournful bell toll echoed between heaven and earth.
It wasn’t shrill, but it evoked an unspeakable sorrow.
The lingering sound was long, reaching deep into one’s heart, as if it had been struck within.
The Great Dao resonated.
It was a death knell.
Immediately after, the sky darkened, and a red rain began to fall.
The red raindrops quickly melted away upon falling on the land, plants, spiritual beasts, and people.
Consequently, the land became fertile, plants grew wildly, spiritual beasts gained sentience, and cultivators’ realms loosened, allowing for further advancement.
—This was Dao Venerable’s final gift to the cultivation world, benefiting future generations.
Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue bowed solemnly and respectfully, bidding Dao Venerable farewell on her last journey.