Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 46

Li Jin’an patted her chest again before looking around Xie Huaixue’s bare cave dwelling. Meanwhile, she didn’t forget to use her fire spiritual energy to warm Xie Huaixue.
It was a different perspective and feeling from before.
Before, whenever she came to Xie Huaixue’s cave dwelling, she would just loiter around the window. This was the first time she was sitting on the bed with the owner of the cave dwelling in her arms, feeling an inexplicable sense of being the master of the house, just like when she occupied Master Xie’s bed and large room in that small courtyard back in Huaian City.
Li Jin’an shook her head, forcing herself to shift her attention to Xie Huaixue and away from the memories that made her blush and her heart race.
Although she hadn’t fallen into the water this time, Xie Huaixue’s complexion wasn’t much better. It was clear and pale, utterly devoid of color. Her skin was so fair it was almost translucent, and she was exceedingly thin. The dignified Immortal Venerable was so light in her arms she seemed to have no weight at all; Li Jin’an’s long arm easily encircled Xie Huaixue’s slender waist.
The Jijin Sword Sovereign, who cared little for scholarly pursuits, could only think of one phrase: ascending to immortality.
For a moment, Li Jin’an was afraid she couldn’t hold onto Xie Huaixue, afraid the person would float away from her embrace in a blink of an eye.
Li Jin’an couldn’t help but firmly hook her arm around Xie Huaixue’s waist, pulling her closer into her embrace, feeling secure only when their skin touched. It wasn’t until she came back to her senses that she realized what she had done.
She instinctively looked down. Xie Huaixue not only didn’t feel confined, but her brows relaxed, and she tilted her head, nuzzling towards the source of warmth.
“Mmm…” Li Jin’an let out a soft groan, a shiver running through her body. She almost threw Xie Huaixue off and jumped out of bed.
Her strong reaction wasn’t surprising; it was entirely because when Xie Huaixue tilted her head, her lips pressed against Li Jin’an’s neck, and her breath directly blew onto it as well. Her poor neck received a double stimulation, and she almost lost her composure!
Li Jin’an gently but firmly moved Xie Huaixue’s head away, and took the opportunity to observe whether Xie Huaixue was truly unconscious or faking sleep!
If she was faking sleep, Xie Huaixue would be too wicked!
Li Jin’an squinted, looking left and right, and ultimately came to the same conclusion as last time: Qingxiao was truly beautiful. Even during a cold poison flare-up, she remained pure and elegant, still aloof, only now with an added sense of shattered ethereal beauty.
As she watched, she forgot to observe whether Xie Huaixue was faking sleep. Her fingers twitched, wanting to reach out and poke her.
Hold back, hold back!
Li Jin’an warned herself that she wasn’t the fool from the illusion who remembered nothing, was full of flaws, and still didn’t suspect anything. She couldn’t be foolish again; they, sword cultivators, would never fall into the same pit twice!
She felt that she had resisted the allure of the opposing Immortal Venerable and fiercely won a round for their Jijin Peak. She proudly lifted her head.
Thinking this, Li Jin’an diligently and without complaint increased the spiritual energy output.
She had suddenly realized that the immense spiritual energy she had just inputted, enough to make Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators explode, was like a clay ox entering the sea when it reached Xie Huaixue, instantly dissolved by the cold energy in Xie Huaixue’s meridians, ceasing to exist.
Was this a bottomless pit that devoured fire spiritual energy?
After all her diligent work for so long, the effect was negligible.
From this, it was clear that Xie Huaixue was probably completely infested by the cold poison. Her meridians and energy core were the hardest-hit areas, not to mention her spiritual roots, where the cold poison was rooted.
No wonder Xie Huaixue hadn’t broken through after all this time, still remaining at Integration stage perfection.
This left Jijin Sword Sovereign, who had been strong her entire life and unwilling to fall behind others, extremely displeased. It was one thing to be unable to defeat Xie Huaixue in a fight, but how could she not even handle the mere cold energy within Xie Huaixue’s body!
Li Jin’an continued to increase the fire spiritual energy output, summoning the same fervor she had when she frantically delved into secret realms after hearing Xie Huaixue had overthrown the Demon Palace’s roof back then. She circulated her energy to the best of her ability, cultivating while injecting spiritual energy into Xie Huaixue’s meridians.
Since she took disciples and gained the air of a master, Li Jin’an hadn’t worked so hard. Yet, as she frantically circulated her cultivation technique, the spiritual energy produced entered Xie Huaixue’s body without a second’s delay. This gave her the feeling of being Xie Huaixue’s long-term laborer, working hard yet not getting enough to eat.
She looked at Xie Huaixue, whose complexion was now slightly flushed… Hmm, was there a landlord more unlucky than a long-term laborer?
Forget it.
Jijin Sword Sovereign was broad-minded, most enlightened and generous, and wouldn’t bother fussing over the tiny Qingxiao Immortal Venerable!
Of course, if Xie Huaixue didn’t appreciate her favor after waking up…
Li Jin’an snorted coldly. Then she would forcefully kill the scoundrels, make the Heavenly Dao furious enough to strike down divine lightning, and cleave a huge hole in Qingxiao Peak!
The sun set, the moon rose.
Li Jin’an wrapped one arm around Xie Huaixue and slumped onto the bed, so tired her fingertips didn’t even want to move.
She had been continuously injecting spiritual energy all day long and had long since grown impatient. If not for occasionally gazing at Xie Huaixue’s features and being soothed by her beauty, she would have long ago given up.
After so much effort for so long, she had only managed to clear out the cold energy from one of Xie Huaixue’s meridians.
Jijin Sword Sovereign had never engaged in such an unprofitable business!
However, this also had its benefits for Li Jin’an. She could feel that her cultivation realm had loosened slightly, no longer as unshakeable as before.
After all, if such high-intensity circulation of her cultivation technique yielded no progress, she really would hang herself with a piece of tattered cloth in front of Xie Huaixue’s cave dwelling.
Li Jin’an felt this wouldn’t do; the efficiency was too low. At this rate, let alone expelling the cold energy, if it were even slower, the cold energy would sweep back and re-corrode the cleared meridians!
There was also a way to avoid this problem: block the meridians.
If the meridians weren’t interconnected, the cold energy naturally wouldn’t flow over.
But if that happened, what difference would it make from Xie Huaixue becoming a cripple? Others tried every possible way to clear blocked meridians, but here she was, cutting off her own retreat first.
So Li Jin’an felt the cold poison wasn’t so much a poison as a curse.
The demon who inflicted the cold poison on Xie Huaixue and her mother back then was truly insidious and despicable!
But Li Jin’an thought long and hard and still couldn’t come up with a good solution. At this point, she regretted why she used to only read storybooks and travelogues instead of proper texts.
Then she had another thought: Yinyue Monarch and Xie Huaixue weren’t idle people. If there were good methods, they would have tried them long ago. How could they still be waiting for her to rack her brains?
Li Jin’an and Xie Huaixue were lying side by side. Xie Huaixue was sleeping peacefully, resting her head on Li Jin’an’s arm. The atmosphere was too beautiful, making her feel a bit drowsy as well.
Just as Li Jin’an was about to fall asleep, she suddenly remembered the previous thought: storybooks… dual cultivation… spiritual consciousness fusion!
Li Jin’an’s eyes suddenly widened. She was no longer sleepy at all.
This time, she didn’t think her brain was acting up. She slapped her forehead directly!
Maybe she should put a bounty on this useless brain?
Otherwise, she hadn’t even defeated Xie Huaixue yet, and she’d already be angered to death by herself!
Li Jin’an took a deep breath, remembering the Mind-Calming Spell that Chixin Sword Lord had made her learn when she was a particularly boisterous child who annoyed her terribly. She began to silently recite it with closed eyes, and only then did her restless emotions calm down.
“Clear mind like water, clear water is mind. No breeze arises…”
Chixin Sword Lord truly had foresight.
Li Jin’an turned on her side and stared at Xie Huaixue, her mind wandering as she thought: spiritual consciousness intercourse was much harder than dual cultivation. Even though spiritual consciousness intercourse yielded greater benefits, many cultivators and their Dao companions would never engage in it in their entire lives.
The reason for this was that the Sea of Consciousness was not only crucial but also intensely private.
Once the Sea of Consciousness was severely damaged, a cultivator would either die or be grievously injured. Yet, treasures related to the Sea of Consciousness and spiritual consciousness were extremely rare; they couldn’t be bought even with a huge amount of spiritual stones. Treasures of this level were considered life-saving divine artifacts kept as a last resort and would never be used unless one was on the brink of death.
As for privacy, once one entered another person’s Sea of Consciousness, it meant that person would no longer have any secrets; all past memories would be seen, and the entire person would be laid bare. This was absolutely unacceptable for cultivators with strong defensive instincts.
Cultivators lived for hundreds, even thousands of years, during which it was inevitable to have done something guilty or shameful. It was fine if one didn’t think about it normally, but once an outsider knew, it would be terrible if a heart demon arose.
Li Jin’an began to recall if she had done anything guilty.
Except for matters involving Xie Huaixue, she hadn’t done anything guilty to others. Even when it came to Xie Huaixue, the guilty things she wanted to do hadn’t succeeded!
Her suggestion of disguising herself as Xie Huaixue and having her fellow sect sister disguise as her for a fake match was vehemently rejected by Chixin Sword Lord. She tried to tempt and sway Xie Huaixue’s Dao heart, attempting to break her emotionless Dao, but Xie Huaixue denied it outright. She still remembered that ‘no good’ she said twice…
Other things, such as coaxing Xie Huaixue to peel spiritual fruits for her, and then inexplicably having to read an extra book the next day, were countless.
In summary, Jijin Sword Sovereign’s wicked schemes were all directed at Qingxiao Immortal Venerable, but before they could even turn truly wicked, they were suppressed!
As for dealing with the three scoundrels, was that a bad thing? It was clearly a kind sword cultivator acting on behalf of the heavens! The Heavenly Dao didn’t need to thank her!
Oh, right!
Li Jin’an just remembered that her Sea of Consciousness still contained that cursed Heavenly Tome. She couldn’t engage in spiritual consciousness intercourse with Xie Huaixue. Even if the Heavenly Dao allowed her to share the Heavenly Tome with Xie Huaixue, she wouldn’t want Xie Huaixue to see it.
It wasn’t anything good anyway. Using a cryptic Heavenly Tome to bully someone, that would be taking unfair advantage!
Li Jin’an’s expression changed, and she slapped her forehead again, muttering softly to herself, “What am I thinking! I don’t intend to have spiritual… with Xie Huaixue.”
That word ‘intercourse’ was like a hot potato on her tongue; she just couldn’t say it.
Her cheeks flushed red again.
Because her skin was too fair, the flush appeared even more conspicuous. Fortunately, the owner of this cave dwelling was unconscious, and no one saw Li Jin’an’s unusual state.
Since she had a big ice block in her arms, Li Jin’an directly pressed her face against Xie Huaixue’s hand, rubbing it repeatedly, trying to cool down her cheeks.
For fire spiritual root cultivators with abundant internal heat, especially sword cultivators whose tempers were even more explosive, it was very necessary to always have an ice spiritual root cultivator at home.
Li Jin’an even admired her own cleverness.
By the way, had Xie Huaixue ever done anything guilty to her?
Definitely!
Their Dao Sect not only had many high-level cultivators, but their shrewdness was even more exceptional. Only Jiang Fengmian was a simple-minded person; it was as if all the extra shrewdness in the Dao Sect was taken from her.
Don’t let Xie Huaixue’s pure and untainted appearance deceive you; in reality, that person had countless ways to trick others without a sound. Li Jin’an had deeply experienced this; in any case, she didn’t want to sort out those messed-up books and jade slips again from scratch.
When Yinyue Monarch hadn’t fallen yet, Chixin Sword Lord, annoyed by Li Jin’an, would send her to play with Xie Huaixue and let Xie Huaixue discipline her.
The world had never seen such a Qingxiao Immortal Venerable. The difference was that Xie Huaixue was willing to fuss over such small matters with Li Jin’an.
Li Jin’an wanted to roll her eyes, but halfway through, she was suddenly startled. She remembered something: back then, when she foolishly tried to break Xie Huaixue’s emotionless Dao, why didn’t Xie Huaixue fuss with her?
Why?
At that time, Xie Huaixue was willing not to fuss with Li Jin’an?
A thought was on the verge of emerging. Just as it was about to surface, she felt a gaze. She lowered her eyes to look: Xie Huaixue had woken up.
Li Jin’an silently pushed Xie Huaixue’s hand off her face.
When arch-enemies confronted each other, aura was the most important thing. She couldn’t let it be exposed that she had used Xie Huaixue’s hand to cool her face.
Saying she was awake wasn’t quite right.
Xie Huaixue opened her hazy eyes, her gaze somewhat unfocused, yet it landed precisely on Li Jin’an’s face, scanning up and down, from her forehead to her lips.
Just as Li Jin’an thought Xie Huaixue might have slept herself silly, Xie Huaixue lifted her head and pressed it against Li Jin’an’s cheek, whispering Li Jin’an’s name, “Jin’an…”
Li Jin’an held her breath, her heart pounding like a drum. The lingering aftershock of the trembling in her heart was endless, making her tremble uncomfortably.
She clutched her chest with a feeling of loss.
This emotion was too subtle and complex; she truly found it hard to discern. She could only look at the person who had caused this emotion within her.
“…”
Alright, just as she had abruptly woken up, Xie Huaixue abruptly fell unconscious again.
It was as if everything was an illusion, and no scene that disturbed Li Jin’an’s tranquil heart had appeared.
Li Jin’an hooked her fingers around Xie Huaixue’s, closed her eyes, and gently exhaled.
She thought she didn’t need to dwell on the matter of spiritual consciousness intercourse anymore.