Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 21

Witnessing the famous scene of vying for favor from the book up close and personal, the Jijin Sovereign inwardly exclaimed how splendid it was.
For the sake of these wonderful dramas, Li Jin’an couldn’t possibly leave Qingxiao Peak anytime soon. She felt even more justified in bringing her Sword Sect disciples to stay at the Dao Sect Immortal Venerable’s home, and heartlessly forgot to inform the Sword Sect Master and Jijin Sword Sovereign, completely disregarding how much shock this incident brought to the outside world.
The Jijin Sovereign, with her disciples, has taken up residence on Qingxiao Peak of the Dao Sect!
Heavens above, have the two of them reconciled?!
For a long time, gambling dens had stopped taking bets on the Sword Sovereign and Immortal Venerable. But because of this news, they specially opened a new betting game on whether the Sword Sovereign and Immortal Venerable had reconciled. Those who bet on “they haven’t reconciled and this is definitely the Sword Sovereign’s scheme” would win against those who bet on “they have reconciled,” with odds as high as one to ten. But still, no one chose the second option; no matter how much a gambler dared to risk, they wouldn’t go that far.
The discord between the Jijin Sovereign and the Qingxiao Immortal Venerable had almost become a truth in the cultivation world.
Others, including Chixin Sword Lord, wondered if it was because both Master and disciples had lost to the Immortal Venerable’s lineage, and thus never had a chance to hold their heads high, to the point that the Sword Sovereign had finally gone mad. Instead of challenging her to duels every day, she had changed her approach to disturbing the Immortal Venerable’s cultivation?
She just didn’t want anyone to have an easy time?
It had to be said, this was indeed a move the Sword Sovereign would think of: a tactic with little lethality but that harmed the enemy a thousand while hurting herself eight hundred.
She wasn’t kind-hearted, but she truly couldn’t come up with any truly insidious ways to harm people.
It was surprising yet not entirely surprising. In comparison, others were more surprised by the fact that for the past hundred years, the Jijin Sovereign had sent her disciples to Qingxiao Peak to pick fights in her stead, without acting herself. For the thousand years before that, she had never been so patient.
Jingting Dao Lord smiled knowingly, deciding to turn a blind eye and let things take their course. It was fine to let the juniors resolve their own matters, and instructed her eldest disciple, who was also the Young Sect Master of the Dao Sect, to remember to provide her with real-time updates on the two’s latest situation amidst his busy schedule.
After all, it had been over a thousand years. The Sword Sovereign often caused trouble for the Immortal Venerable in this manner, but had never gained any advantage over the Immortal Venerable. Surely, she wouldn’t suddenly unleash her full power and suppress the Immortal Venerable this time?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
The norm was for the Sword Sovereign to inexplicably grit her teeth in anger, while the Immortal Venerable would calmly appease her.
It’s just a pity not to witness the little cat fights, the little cat’s fur puffing up and stomping its feet, or the little cat gazing at people with clear, indifferent eyes…
Everyone else accepted this well, except for Lan Ci, Zhong Fei, and Ning Zhufeng, who had strong opinions.
Lan Ci had lived on Qingxiao Peak for over a hundred years. For a long time, she and her Master were the only two on Qingxiao Peak. Even if they couldn’t meet every day, she was extremely content. Later, when Zhong Fei became a disciple, Lan Ci couldn’t question any of Master’s decisions, so she pretended to be an upright and dependable senior sister in front of Master, often making Zhong Fei suffer in silence.
At that time, Xie Huaixue treated both of them equally, not valuing either more than the other. Indeed, whether Qingxiao Peak had the two of them as disciples or not, Xie Huaixue didn’t care.
Although Lan Ci was dissatisfied, she was still fine. No matter how much Zhong Fei tried to cause a stir, she could always suppress Zhong Fei and prevent her from disturbing Master.
However, with Ning Zhufeng’s disciple-acceptance ceremony, the four master and disciples from Jijin Peak suddenly erupted with a presence they hadn’t had in the past hundred years. They directly “claimed the mountain as their own territory,” becoming even more relaxed and at ease than Lan Ci, the pioneering senior disciple. One day they would pester Master to answer cultivation questions, the next day they would harm the plants and flowers of Qingxiao Peak, even roasting and eating them…
When she saw Master gently and patiently answering the questions of the three from Jijin Peak, Lan Ci even felt as if she was just an unimportant outsider, not Master’s senior disciple.
Zhong Fei’s reasons were the same as Lan Ci’s. She already barely got to be near Master, and now the time she could see her was infinitely compressed, forcing her to secretly and vaguely badmouth the four master and disciples from Jijin Peak to disciples from other peaks of the Dao Sect.
Unfortunately, it didn’t achieve the effect she desired, because for a great villain, doing a tiny bit of mischief was more like turning over a new leaf, or adding flowers to embroidery. The Jijin Sovereign’s reputation was inherently not positive, so a little more or less wouldn’t make a difference.
The youngest disciple, Ning Zhufeng, was completely dumbfounded. She hadn’t known before coming to the Dao Sect that the Sword Sovereign was such a troublemaker!
If this was the case, how was she supposed to get close to the Immortal Venerable?!
Aside from the Immortal Venerable’s three disciples, the Sword Sovereign’s three disciples were also quite displeased. One side felt it delayed their chance to get close to their Master, the other side disloyally thought that their Master had truly gone mad from being defeated.
But there was nothing they could do about it. Even if their Master brought her whole ‘family’ along to bother the Immortal Venerable, there was no stopping her. They couldn’t let personal annoyance lead them to devise malicious competitive methods to interfere with the Immortal Venerable’s and her disciples’ cultivation. It was too immoral, and they wondered how their Master could bear to disturb such a graceful and noble figure as the Immortal Venerable.
Tan Yanyi was inherently someone who cherished and appreciated beauty. Even if she disliked Lan Ci and the others, she had to admit their looks were truly superior: a host of beauties of all different kinds, too many to take in, not to mention the peerlessly graceful Qingxiao Immortal Venerable.
Although their Master acted inhumanely, they had to admit the Immortal Venerable was truly beautiful.
After staying with the Immortal Venerable for over ten days, seeing the Immortal Venerable’s disciples greet her every morning, and report what they did today outside the cave dwelling every evening… the Sword Sovereign and her disciples exchanged glances. “No way, are you guys really that competitive? Daily greetings and evening reports, huh!”
To prevent their Master from having any unrealistic ideas and making them “show filial piety” in this manner in the future, Tan Yanyi and Ling Qiu decisively sought help from their grand-master.
No matter how beautiful someone is, they can’t withstand getting up at 3 AM every day just to greet them!
These past few days, Tan Yanyi’s and Ling Qiu’s hands and feet trembled from practicing their swords, shaking like they had a fever. To compete with the Immortal Venerable’s disciples, they nearly had to resort to “hanging their heads from a beam and stabbing their thighs with an awl” to save face for their Master. Even the diligent Qi Lingzi had swung her sword until she was in a daze.
However, their worries were excessive. Li Jin’an certainly wouldn’t be willing to torment herself that much.
Chixin Sword Lord scolded Li Jin’an via a communication paper crane. So she conveniently sent her disciples to her own master, while she herself stayed with Xie Huaixue to continue scouting the “enemy’s” situation.
Reading the Heavenly Tome in front of the Immortal Venerable gave her a stronger sense of immersion. The characters in the storybook now had real faces!
Whether the Immortal Venerable needed saving or not wasn’t important. Her own life was more important. No matter the Heavenly Dao’s purpose, she had to save herself. As for whether Xie Huaixue needed saving, she’d decide when the time came, depending on her mood.
Li Jin’an’s main activity now was to follow Xie Huaixue, to see what was so special about her that she became the protagonist, so she could replace her. As for “forcibly taking over the high mountain flower” or whatever, forget it. She really couldn’t enjoy such a thing.
Her death tribulation seemed to be a future event, because she was too shocked when she first saw the novel and hadn’t had time to think it through carefully. Later, she thought about it: there weren’t many people in the world who could kill her. Even if she couldn’t win, wouldn’t she run away? Just like how even the Immortal Venerable needed to exert considerable effort to defeat her, it was unlikely to defeat her within a thousand moves, let alone kill her.
So it was impossible for her to fall at the hands of a cultivator. Of course, it wasn’t impossible that one day she might lose her mind and insist on offering her neck for the slaughter, or abandon the Dao and enter the demonic path; this possibility was small. Because of her rather poor character and volatile temper, her popularity wasn’t great. She was very wary of people and usually ventured out for training alone, like a lone wolf. Moreover, her sect wasn’t just for show; even if she were ganged up on, she could call for backup. It was impossible for her to be ambushed. The Sword Sect was extremely protective of its own; anyone wishing to scheme against her would have to weigh how many lives they had.
As for those brutes, even less likely. Who were they looking down on?
So, did something go wrong during her breakthrough?
If such a thing occurred, it would be unsolvable. She could only prepare in advance to face all difficulties.
It would be a bad thing if she cowered and dared not break through. Her Dao Heart would collapse; what Dao would she even cultivate then?
If that were truly the case, she wouldn’t be Li Jin’an.
After guessing the problem, Li Jin’an relaxed. Future matters could be dealt with later; worrying now was a bit too early. Witnessing the daily “vying for favor” between the Immortal Venerable and her disciples up close was the real business. This was a living, real-life storybook being played out!
How could ordinary people have the good fortune to watch the Immortal Venerable perform in a romance storybook?
Thus, the Sword Sovereign settled down at the Immortal Venerable’s place with no psychological burden, following her closely, never leaving her side.