Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 41

Her spiritual soul had truly exploded.
Jijin Sword Sovereign was utterly stunned, looking at the close-at-hand face of her sworn enemy, feeling the warmth on her lips, and instinctively bit down. The Sword Sovereign, realizing what she had just bitten, instantly felt her entire body flush hot. Before she could say anything, Xie Huaixue disappeared from before her. Everything came to an abrupt halt.
The next instant, the Sword Sovereign found herself back in the deep valley, with Immortal Venerable Qingxiao beside her, and the three disciples of Jijin Peak facing off against the three troublemakers from Qingxiao Peak.
Jijin Sword Sovereign, whose skin was as red as her robes, paid no attention to the six people before her, nor did she look at Immortal Venerable Qingxiao beside her. With a wave of her hand, she flung the obnoxious disciples and troublemakers away. Then, with a sinister smile, she snatched up the black butterfly trying to escape. She had some matters to settle.
Hundreds of black butterflies flew up in terror, scrambling in disarray. Seeing Li Jin’an narrow her eyes with an ill expression, the black butterfly wisely merged, the hundreds of butterflies condensing into its true form. As a spirit creature, especially one like it with considerable achievements in spiritual sense and soul, and extensive research on human cultivators, it had many cunning thoughts but also understood the principle that ‘a wise man submits to circumstances.’ It was unlike its fellow spirit creatures, whose brains were clouded by baleful and yin energy, who insisted on ‘preferring death to dishonor.’
The black butterfly voluntarily flew into Li Jin’an’s palm, flapping its wings and acting cute, trying to evoke her pity. As for the one next to her, who clearly had no pity for spirit creatures, it didn’t even consider them.
Li Jin’an raised her phoenix eyes, sneering repeatedly. Her killing intent grew, and her hand gripping the black butterfly’s wing tightened.
“I’ve never harmed a human life! Although they all lost their minds, they’re all perfectly fine, and they all stayed here voluntarily!” The black butterfly argued. Reading people’s memories, transforming into another person, and weaving illusions were its characteristics as a skin-painting demon. Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs or draining the pond to catch all the fish would be too wasteful. It was better to spare their lives, add some vitality to Ziye Town, and have them act as its eyes. From that perspective, it truly hadn’t killed any human.
Li Jin’an didn’t listen to its sophistry; she only wanted to kill the butterfly and ‘take its eggs’ to vent her anger.
“Wait!” the black butterfly pleaded with an extremely fawning tone, innocently explaining, “Let’s talk this out! I really didn’t mean to! It was Immortal Venerable’s disciple who found a loophole in the illusion and tried to use it to seize my authority, which is why it implicated you two. Besides, all I do is arrange marriages; I don’t know how to do anything else!”
It also hadn’t expected that at the critical moment, the Sword Sovereign’s spiritual soul fluctuations were too intense, exceeding the illusion’s maximum threshold. Jijin Sword Sovereign’s will broke free from its restraints, causing her to awaken in that instant. It was such a delightful moment, and if it had just passed, she could have been completely immersed in the illusion. Who knew! Who knew Jijin Sword Sovereign was so pure that a single kiss with Immortal Venerable Qingxiao would make her explode out of the illusion! It had never seen such a novel way to break free from an illusion. It was truly an eye-opener. Unwavering will towards Immortal Venerable Qingxiao, yet so pure… No wonder she’s a master; she’s even weirder than the eldest disciple who painstakingly cultivated without shortcuts in the illusion, the philandering second disciple, and the third disciple who just wanted to stick close to the senior sister!
This creature dares to speak! Li Jin’an suddenly calmed down amidst her extreme rage and abruptly asked, “You saw everything?”
The black butterfly paused for a second, then twisted its body to look at Immortal Venerable Qingxiao, who had remained silent since emerging. It sincerely said, “Yes, I did see it. If you wish to relive it, I can… Ah!”
Then it was grabbed by its lifeblood. Li Jin’an’s face was ferocious. “Am I unable to punish you?”
The black butterfly dared not make a sound, but its internal complaints didn’t stop. She only picks on the soft persimmons; why doesn’t she go punish Immortal Venerable Qingxiao? She doesn’t even dare to glance in Immortal Venerable Qingxiao’s direction. She can only punish me.
“So, did I see it or not?” the black butterfly asked uncertainly.
Li Jin’an expressionlessly began violently shaking the black butterfly, genuinely using spiritual energy and spiritual sense to torment this clueless, dead thing that had put her in such an awkward position. Her lifelong reputation was ruined in an instant. She didn’t even dare to recall her experiences in the illusion. All the things she had said, the spoiled acts, the charming antics—they were all ‘water shaken from her brain.’ Yet, she had done them herself, and Xie Huaixue hadn’t forced her to say those things. Who could she blame? Of course, she’d blame the black butterfly, the culprit! If it weren’t for it, why would she have lost her memory and done such things to Xie Huaixue! Is this right?! How could sworn enemies and archenemies get married and kiss each other all over the place! She had already woken up, yet she had still instinctively lightly bitten Xie Huaixue’s lips… Must not recall, must not recall!
Although Li Jin’an appeared to be normally inflicting violence upon the black butterfly, she was shattered inside and dared not turn her head to look at Xie Huaixue. She even considered threatening the ‘troublemaker’ to command the Heavenly Dao, making it rewind time back to when they first arrived at Ziye Town. Otherwise, her reputation would be utterly ruined for Jijin Peak and Qingxiao Peak!
The black butterfly endured both physical and spiritual attacks, unable to help but shriek sharply. Unfortunately, it failed to elicit any pity from the two people present.
Amidst the black butterfly’s wails, Li Jin’an suddenly realized a problem: had she fulfilled her malicious childhood wish—to break Xie Huaixue’s Emotionless Dao? Something the protagonist in the Heavenly Tome couldn’t do, she actually did? Because she had lost face at Three Realms Mountain, she hadn’t thought about these crooked ways anymore. After her horizons were broadened by the Heavenly Tome, all she wanted was to suppress the three troublemakers, so Xie Huaixue wouldn’t stop being her sparring partner. She hadn’t thought of plucking the moon from the sky and putting it in her own pocket!
For a moment, Li Jin’an’s emotions were complex and subtle. She couldn’t say whether she hoped Xie Huaixue’s Emotionless Dao had developed cracks because of her, or not. She only knew that this spirit creature deserved death a thousand times over! Heaven and earth as my witnesses, she truly didn’t intentionally try to shake Xie Huaixue’s Dao Heart! Who was to blame but that wretched illusion for giving them the fiancée-wife identity from the start? Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so foolish…
“Wait!”
“Why did I lose all my memories at the start of the illusion, while Xie Huaixue still remembered the past and the engagement?”
The still-wailing black butterfly stiffened for an instant, secretly glancing at Xie Huaixue. Then, the entire butterfly became even more rigid, speaking righteously, “It’s because Sword Sovereign is too formidable; she can always detect anomalies. So, when you first entered the illusion, we set your identity as a memory-losing swordsman.”
Li Jin’an wasn’t flattered in the slightest. She instantly recalled the words that had constantly slipped from her mouth in the illusion, words that, if she had thought about them more, would have revealed countless flaws. Yet at the time, she had dismissed it as her brain acting up, not only failing to sober up but even wanting a wanted poster for her brain… She took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and felt utterly disheartened. She felt utterly numb. Ancestors above, how could someone cause such a massive mess? She was already a Sword Sovereign, yet she could still lose face like this! Master, Yinyue Monarch, Jingting Dao Lord, Jiang Fengmian… whoever it was, living or dead, just let someone come save her!
Li Jin’an, opening her eyes again, had an expression like quenched sparks, bright but dangerous. “Speak, how do you wish to die? This Venerable will grant your final wish.” As long as this wretched thing was gone, no third person in heaven and earth would ever know about this.
The black butterfly actively tried to save its own life. “I can help you erase this part of your memory, do you need it? It just requires you to enter the illusion again… Ah!”
Who could have imagined? They were sent into the illusion to erase their memories of Ziye Town, but it failed due to the Sword Sovereign’s excessive purity. Now, to cover up the memories from the illusion, they’d have to re-enter it. If that failed again… wouldn’t they just stay in the illusion forever? How many times would they have to get married? Who would have thought that Jijin Sword Sovereign and Immortal Venerable Qingxiao had such a relationship? The black butterfly felt it had seen too little of the world. Who said sworn enemies couldn’t end up in bed together? It mainly hadn’t expected Immortal Venerable to indulge the Sword Sovereign so much. Because it hadn’t seen Immortal Venerable’s memories, it had thought Immortal Venerable harbored no attachments and had never experienced mortal emotions. Who would have thought that the Immortal Venerable who cultivated the Emotionless Dao would act like that in the illusion, almost coaxing the Sword Sovereign into willingly getting into bed? Immortal Venerable sure knew how to coax the Sword Sovereign. Didn’t her conscience hurt? The Sword Sovereign just blindly kissed her, thinking it was her own problem… Who was cultivating the Emotionless Dao anyway?! Everyone said their disciples were weird, but these two were no less so. Outside, they fought to the death, known as sworn enemies for a thousand years, their grievances tangled and inextricable. Who knew that once inside the illusion, they would become completely different people, constantly kissing and cuddling, licking and biting, leaving the spirit creature utterly shocked.
The black butterfly figured its fate wasn’t its own, so it stopped begging for mercy and instead watched them in shock. The next second, it was tragically threatened.
“Don’t you want your eyes anymore?”
Suddenly, a delicate, pale hand appeared before her; it was Xie Huaixue’s. Li Jin’an’s body also stiffened, and she stopped moving.
“Give it to me,” Xie Huaixue said softly. “I’ll erase its memories.”
Anyway, someone had to lose these memories: either them or the black butterfly. Li Jin’an still didn’t look at her, staring straight ahead, her eyes seeing nothing, taking everything in stride, her eyes…
“Not kill it? What do you want to keep it for?”
The black butterfly caught a whiff of a chance to live and quickly said, “Don’t kill the butterfly, don’t kill the butterfly, I’m very useful!” Although it didn’t know what use a spirit creature like itself could be to Immortal Venerable Qingxiao, who would complain about living too long? Thankfully, it didn’t say anything stupid about them re-entering the illusion to relive those wonderful moments; otherwise, even immortals couldn’t save it.
Xie Huaixue’s gaze flickered momentarily to Li Jin’an’s earlobe before she lowered her eyes and said, “Its ability to use memories as anchors to rewind time is very useful. One can see many people who can no longer be seen.”
Li Jin’an was stunned, knowing she was referring to Yinyue Monarch. The desire to quench her thirst by looking at plums; at least in that moment, it was satisfying. …Must not think the word ‘thirsty’!
The black butterfly peeked out, Was I really that useful? Then hadn’t it taken the wrong path before? It shouldn’t have focused on romance; instead, it should have impersonated people others longed to see but couldn’t. That way, surely more people would willingly lose themselves in beautiful illusions.
Xie Huaixue’s gaze swept over it lightly. The black butterfly immediately pretended to be a dead butterfly.
This reason convinced Li Jin’an, but she still didn’t want to face Xie Huaixue. Mainly, in such an awkward situation, there was no way out. If she handed the black butterfly to Xie Huaixue, it would be as if she were inexplicably shorter by a head, as if everything that happened in the illusion was her fault. After all, wasn’t Xie Huaixue also at fault? Why did she just stay still and let Li Jin’an kiss her? Couldn’t she have pushed her away forcefully?! As for whether she would be blamed if she pushed her away forcefully, that was another matter. Anyway, Xie Huaixue was also at fault. Whenever something went wrong, blame Xie Huaixue a third of the way, and only then could her occasionally collapsing life catch a breath.
Xie Huaixue proactively said, “I will erase its memories concerning us. You don’t have to worry about a third person knowing, just like the matter at Three Realms Mountain, only the two of us know.”
This was clearly fighting poison with poison, or perhaps, adding insult to injury. …She might as well not have said it. She was truly afraid of her now.
Li Jin’an’s eyes were wide and blank. She said weakly, “Stop talking. Can I just give it to you? Remember, erase it completely!” With a dark expression, she threw the black butterfly to Xie Huaixue and turned to leave without a second’s delay.
As she emerged, she encountered the Jijin Peak and Qingxiao Peak camps still confronting each other, three against three. Li Jin’an looked at the fuse that had ignited this awkward situation—Ning Zhufeng—and raised an eyebrow with a cold sneer.