Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 164

No.
Not vulnerability.
But something Li Jin’an, with her shallow knowledge, couldn’t accurately describe.
It was something that silently, continuously, and intricately wound around Li Jin’an, completely enveloping her without her knowledge. Though it had no impact on her, it undeniably existed, much like Jingting Dao Lord’s whisk, tightly wrapping enemies into cocoons without any gaps.
These sharp minds of the Dao Sect, including Yinyue Monarch, were all silkworm farmers. It was just that the silkworms they meticulously nurtured were different.
A tremendous surge of regret suddenly rose in Li Jin’an’s heart.
It seemed she had overlooked Xie Huaixue’s subtle emotions, deeply buried, introverted, and unwilling to be spoken aloud.
Was Xie Huaixue truly as calm as she appeared?
Perhaps ‘dead stillness’ would be a more fitting description.
Yinyue Monarch’s fall, seeing the Heavenly Tome and learning that Jijin Sword Sovereign had died prematurely, confronting the Heavenly Dao and making a deal…
At these junctures, receiving one piece of bad news after another, and losing her most important master and lover, was Xie Huaixue truly as unyielding as she seemed on the surface? What was she thinking?
Xie Huaixue’s excessive concern for Li Jin’an was precisely because she had lost her once before and didn’t want to endure the heart-piercing pain a second time.
When she learned that it was Xie Huaixue who had given her the Heavenly Tome, Li Jin’an cried freely, venting all the emotions in her heart. Yet, she hadn’t seen the desolate, withered branches within Xie Huaixue’s heart.
She had only known how to take from Xie Huaixue, without returning equal compensation. They were clearly Dao companions!
And she still thought about saving Yinyue Monarch just like this? When Monarch returns, is this the Xie Huaixue she will see?!
Li Jin’an’s eyes flickered. At this moment, not to mention Xie Huaixue wanting to wrap her into a cocoon, even if Xie Huaixue wanted to chain her up and imprison her, she would only clap and cheer, even willingly enter the trap, obediently raising her hands to let Xie Huaixue tie her up.
Sword cultivators, with their unyielding pride, feared suppression the least. They didn’t take others’ criticism to heart at all—no, they wouldn’t even let it enter their ears. They would only think others were envious, jealous, and hateful of them, operating with a self-consistent logic.
However, they couldn’t help but suppress themselves when it came to matters concerning their Dao companions.
It wasn’t really self-suppression; it was just that they easily saw their Dao companion as pitiful, and imagined themselves with teary eyes.
Li Jin’an sniffled, and said with a tearful voice, “Xie Huaixue, don’t take everything upon yourself. It was my carelessness, and the Heavenly Dao was malicious and cunning. No matter how you blame it, it can’t be blamed on you!”
“If we put it that way, Jingting Dao Lord is at least an experienced Mahayana Late stage cultivator. If even she couldn’t detect the aura of the Heavenly Dao, wouldn’t that be even more shameful?”
Although Jingting Dao Lord had just helped them, that didn’t stop Li Jin’an from using her as an example; business is business. Li Jin’an spoke confidently, feeling she was giving Jingting Dao Lord a lot of face. Unlike Chixin Sword Lord, who had neglected her cultivation, and didn’t even qualify as a negative example. (In fact, Chixin Sword Lord had started cultivating diligently at the last minute after learning Yinyue Monarch would return, but unfortunately, the effect wasn’t obvious.)
The two embraced tightly, easily perceiving each other’s heartbeats.
In reality, at the Mahayana stage, there were no longer any heartbeats, breaths, or pulses. It was just that they were very relaxed and defenseless in each other’s presence.
Xie Huaixue listened to Li Jin’an’s rapid and strong heartbeat, her brows relaxed, and she smiled faintly. “I know.”
“You don’t know.” Li Jin’an came out of Xie Huaixue’s embrace, looking at her with red eyes, her phoenix eyes wide and round. She said word by word, “You just think I’m foolish, needing you to worry about everything, watch over everything. You want to eliminate all dangers for me, so that no one can hurt me, and I just need to stay safely by your side. So you dislike accidents and loss of control, and you especially don’t want to be powerless regarding my affairs. Am I right?”
“Not foolish.”
She’s already very smart.
Xie Huaixue only denied that Li Jin’an was foolish.
A typical perfunctory response—no, one could even say she was too lazy to even bother being perfunctory.
Li Jin’an’s vision darkened. She was talking about something serious right now!
The next second, Li Jin’an dazedly lowered her gaze to look at Xie Huaixue.
Xie Huaixue wrapped her arms around Li Jin’an’s waist, and with a smile, kissed her chattering lips, dissolving those words in the deepening kiss.
Nothing could calm unnecessary arguments better than lips meeting.
At least Li Jin’an couldn’t resist.
In matters of intimacy, Immortal Venerable Qingxiao, while always compliant, never refused Jijin Sword Sovereign. However, she rarely took the initiative, always passively receiving Li Jin’an’s demands. Even when Li Jin’an was overly mischievous, Xie Huaixue would only look at her disapprovingly, with no deterrent effect at all, only making Li Jin’an escalate her antics and take an inch for every mile.
Li Jin’an utterly adored Xie Huaixue’s tear-filled, hazy, and dependent gaze. If Xie Huaixue shed tears anywhere else, Li Jin’an would draw her sword and kill on the spot. But between the sheets, it was an unspoken pleasure.
She was also extremely delighted by Xie Huaixue’s initiative. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have tried every possible means, racking her brains to get Xie Huaixue to kiss her first through a game of chess. Unfortunately, Xie Huaixue didn’t fall for it.
To encourage such behavior, she was even willing to cede territory and pay indemnities, letting Xie Huaixue control the rhythm of the kiss.
But as they kissed, she forgot about this, and became extremely dominant again, effortlessly and mercilessly taking Xie Huaixue’s lips, continuously sucking, lingering on her cupid’s bow, and promptly adjusting her assault according to Xie Huaixue’s breathing.
After the kiss, Li Jin’an, like a small cat or dog acknowledging its owner, very affectionately rubbed Xie Huaixue’s cheeks and neck.
She liked both fierce kisses and the tenderness that followed. Anyway, as long as it was Xie Huaixue, she liked it all.
“Are you just going to gloss over such an important matter?”
Xie Huaixue straightened her expression, and said seriously, “I understand what you mean. I will slowly change, so you won’t have to worry.”
Soon, the Heavenly Tome would be completely eradicated, and there would be no more threats to their existence. Li Jin’an would be by her side forever, and they would have countless days and nights together. She truly didn’t need to be tense all the time anymore.
Even if Xie Huaixue wanted to change some deeply ingrained habits, it would take a very long time for her to truly relax.
But this was a good thing, wasn’t it?
Xie Huaixue was willing to put in more effort for this.
Compared to a moment ago, their behaviors seemed to have reversed.
Li Jin’an smiled and cupped Xie Huaixue’s face, mischievously running her thumb over the swollen cupid’s bow she had just kissed, and gently blew on it. “No hurry.”
Xie Huaixue looked up at her, confused.
If there was no hurry, then who was the one with red eyes, on the verge of tears, just now?
“Just as you wish for me to safely stay by your side, I also wish for you to be happy and free, without pretense or forced smiles. Just be Xie Huaixue.”
She didn’t need to change anything for her sake. As long as Xie Huaixue was happy, there was nothing she couldn’t do.
She wasn’t like mortal parents who wished for their children to become dragons and phoenixes. She didn’t have such great demands for Xie Huaixue.
Anyway, she had known what kind of person Xie Huaixue was from the very beginning. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so infuriated by Xie Huaixue in the past that she’d stomp her feet, cursing Xie Huaixue as a ‘bad person’ and ‘scheming’ on Chixin Peak.
Xie Huaixue, with her face cupped, gazed steadily at Li Jin’an.
Li Jin’an, imitating her own serious demeanor from just now, said firmly, “No matter what kind of Xie Huaixue you are, I like you. As long as it’s Xie Huaixue.”
Sword cultivators didn’t like overly flashy things.
After a long time, Xie Huaixue listened as their heartbeats overlapped, merged, and became one. She clearly responded, “Okay.”
As long as it was Li Jin’an’s request, there was nothing bad about it.
Even if Xie Huaixue might dislike herself, she would not refuse Li Jin’an, that was all.
“So, will you kiss me again?” Li Jin’an couldn’t maintain her seriousness for long and immediately reverted to her true nature, whimpering and begging for a kiss.
Xie Huaixue tilted her head. Under Li Jin’an’s watchful gaze, she first gently kissed her palm with a smile, then slowly raised her eyes to look at Li Jin’an.
A gentle breeze swirled, her jade-like belt swayed, her brows were like distant mountains, and her smile radiated light.
The aloofness in Xie Huaixue’s eyes faded, her gaze shifted, like vast misty waters, exquisitely gentle.
Inexplicably, there was no hint of seduction, and it was far from being a flirtatious glance, completely unrelated. Yet, Li Jin’an, as if dazed, leaned closer.
Their lips seemed to have a mind of their own, automatically targeting each other’s, kissing again and again, parting for less than a second to breathe before sticking together once more.
After a long while, Li Jin’an finally loosened her grip on Xie Huaixue’s waist, and contentedly licked her lips.
Xie Huaixue averted her gaze from Li Jin’an’s wolf-like eyes, and quietly began to straighten her own and Li Jin’an’s clothes, softly saying, “Don’t make Sword Lord and Dao Lord wait too long.”
Li Jin’an seized the opportunity to steal a few more glances at the slightly shy Xie Huaixue. She turned her head to look, and found Chixin Sword Lord squatting on a crooked-neck tree at the foot of Qingxiao Peak, grimacing and fanning herself, waiting impatiently. There was no sign of Jingting Dao Lord nearby.
The difference between sharp minds and foolish sword cultivators was fully evident at this moment.
Jingting Dao Lord knew that when Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue got clingy, they would forget time and propriety, so she left early. Chixin Sword Lord, however, stubbornly stuck to her logic, waiting arduously without moving her butt an inch.
…She finally found the source of sixteen-year-old Li Jin’an’s fondness for squatting in trees.
It’s truly a shame that good things aren’t passed down, only a bunch of strange habits.
Li Jin’an speechlessly raised an eyebrow, and sent a sound transmission to Chixin Sword Lord, telling her to come up. Anyone who didn’t know might think a wild monkey on Qingxiao Peak had gained sentience.
Chixin Sword Lord was so tired of waiting that she lost all her temper. She came up and said nothing, chugging down water with gurgling sounds. The moment she sat down, Jingting Dao Lord’s figure suddenly appeared.
Jingting Dao Lord finally stopped secretly observing Qingxiao Peak. Instead, she would constantly pay attention to Chixin Sword Lord’s movements. This way, she still wouldn’t miss any movement on Qingxiao Peak.
“Tell us, where did the Heavenly Dao send you?”
Li Jin’an recounted the entire story of Big Li and Little Li.
If it were only Chixin Sword Lord and Jingting Dao Lord, she would definitely be as concise as possible, unwilling to waste words.
Of course, with her Dao companion present, it was a different situation.
After listening, Chixin Sword Lord looked at her disciple with an indescribable gaze, her eyes and expression both very strange.
—How could someone even fall out with herself?!
Li Jin’an returned a cold, disdainful glance.
One mountain cannot hold two tigers; isn’t it normal for one timeline to be unable to accommodate two astonishingly talented Li Jin’ans?!
Compared to the two of them, Jingting Dao Lord was more concerned with the actual matter. “It seems it’s because you talk too much, which is why you were given a small lesson.”
Li Jin’an didn’t rush to defend herself. She first looked at Xie Huaixue’s expression. Sure enough, she had lowered her eyelids, her expression extremely faint.
“Truth often offends the ear, I know all that, but… tsk.”