Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 77

Li Jin’an’s first thought was that she had earned a kiss. Her second thought was that she had spoken too soon and too assertively when she used to say Xie Huaixue had peculiar aesthetics, treating Qingxiao Peak like a pigsty to raise beasts. Her third thought was that Xie Huaixue truly deserved to be the direct descendant of the Dao Sect. As a master of schemes, how could she not have seen through the three beasts’ suspiciousness!
She truly was her cultivation partner!
Her final reaction was, Wait, if Xie Huaixue knew, why would she still allow these beasts to cause trouble on Qingxiao Peak? Could it be that Xie Huaixue had also read the Heavenly Tome?!
That’s right! If the Heavenly Dao could find her, it could naturally find the protagonist who was being tormented by the Heavenly Tome!
Going directly to Xie Huaixue would be the easiest and most straightforward method. At least Xie Huaixue seemed less rebellious than her on the surface.
But as the victim of the Heavenly Tome, shouldn’t Xie Huaixue have nipped those beasts in the bud? Why did she let them continue to grow and cause trouble?
Having those few beasts constantly in sight was a torture in itself!
Or was Xie Huaixue also controlled by the clueless Heavenly Dao, just like her?
No way, does the Heavenly Dao just have to target people from their family and persecute them?
Li Jin’an looked at Xie Huaixue eagerly, her large eyes sparkling, as if speaking volumes, filled with anticipation.
Xie Huaixue found her appearance truly endearing and gently rubbed her earlobe with a smile.
Li Jin’an crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes. We’re talking serious business, why is she playing with my ear? What’s wrong with Xie Huaixue? Can’t she be serious for once?
At that moment, she completely forgot her past record of loving to bite Xie Huaixue’s ears and fingers.
“Talk properly, no flirting,” Jijin Sword Sovereign said in a very serious tone.
Despite her words, she didn’t remove Xie Huaixue’s hand from her ear, and her expression even showed a hint of enjoyment.
Xie Huaixue skillfully soothed the short-tempered, contradictory large cat before her. Her fingertips slid from Li Jin’an’s cheek, and she said softly, “Ning Zhufeng is connected to that demon clan.”
Li Jin’an, feeling a tickle from the cool fingertips, comfortably narrowed her eyes. Her mind was muddled for a moment, then she suddenly widened her eyes, finally remembering which demon clan Xie Huaixue was referring to!
Her eyes instantly rounded in excessive shock.
Xie Huaixue’s parents and master had once traveled outside, intending to return to the sect after touring Three Realms Mountain. Everyone thought it was a common journey and nothing would go wrong; no one would foolishly target three powerful cultivators from the Dao Sect, as that would be seeking death.
Until an overwhelming force of the demon clan surrounded them. Xie Huaixue’s parents died with bitter resentment. The Yinyue Monarch desperately fought to bring Xie Huaixue back to the Dao Sect, causing an uproar in the cultivation world and stunning everyone.
Afterward, the Dao Sect mobilized extensively, relentlessly besieging the demon clan regardless of cost. With Three Realms Mountain as the dividing line, several major wars broke out between humans and demons. The demon clan’s arrogance was extinguished, and they dared not cross Three Realms Mountain to harass human borders for a time. At that time, common folk living near Three Realms Mountain all erected longevity tablets for the Dao Sect and Xie Huaixue’s parents in their homes.
Then, Xie Huaixue single-handedly infiltrated the demon realm, forcibly killing the previous Demon Lord and several Void Refining stage demon generals and Integration stage demon commanders. Only then did this blood feud somewhat subside.
However, Li Jin’an, being close to Qingxiao Peak, knew that the culprit demon clan had vanished without a trace. She initially thought Xie Huaixue and the Yinyue Monarch had failed to kill the main culprit and couldn’t find peace. Only after reading the Heavenly Tome did she realize that Xie Huaixue’s cold poison was also the work of this demon clan.
But the Heavenly Tome didn’t say Ning Zhufeng was connected to this demon clan?!
How could it be so forgetful in such an important place?!
Li Jin’an had initially been so disgusted by the Heavenly Tome that she wished she could dig a hole in her sea of consciousness to make it roll out, or else she truly felt her sea of consciousness was tainted. Later, to ‘know herself and her enemy and be invincible in all battles’, and to quickly get rid of those three disgusting beasts, she reluctantly held her nose and researched their backgrounds and opportunities.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Tome’s author, to highlight how noble and high-blooded the three beasts were, wrote extensively about how excellent they were. Amidst the abundant descriptions of their appearances, Li Jin’an finally found some useful information, which was how Zhong Fei’s Monster King mother was found.
According to her, only beasts would care about bloodline. If the cultivation world solely judged by bloodline, let alone whether she could become Jijin Sword Sovereign, she probably wouldn’t even be close to Xie Huaixue, after all, Xie Huaixue was a direct descendant of the Dao Sect, while she was an orphan with no parents or relatives.
Among the three beasts, the only human, Lan Ci, had no bizarre bloodline enhancements. So, the Heavenly Tome author painstakingly connected her to the Wen Nanlan Clan to prove that Lan Ci’s rise to power was predetermined at birth.
The Heavenly Tome and the three beasts were all proponents of bloodline supremacy; their minds were filled with such notions. Even the four great aristocratic families among the Nine Great Immortal Sects weren’t as fanatical as them. Aristocratic families, to attract talented cultivators, would change names or arrange marriages, their demeanor nowhere near as arrogant as described in the Heavenly Tome.
Without good character, one could only use these superficial things to conceal inner emptiness.
By their logic, her second disciple Tan Yanyi, from the Tan Clan of Jinggu, was a direct descendant among direct descendants. Couldn’t she just sell off Lan Ci, that beast who was thirty thousand miles removed from the Wen Nanlan Clan?
And Ning Zhufeng, who had the most narrative focus among the three beasts, had also been thoroughly researched by her. She could confirm that the Heavenly Tome did not mention any connection between Ning Zhufeng and that demon clan.
Oh, right, this miraculous Heavenly Tome wasn’t finished yet!
Did the Heavenly Tome’s author later decide that a demon clan origin was too ordinary? To give Ning Zhufeng a unique background, did they specifically link her to that mysterious demon clan?
They say it’s better to have no book than to completely believe one. Li Jin’an had originally regarded the Heavenly Tome with an indifferent, skeptical attitude. But now she realized her understanding of the Heavenly Tome was too shallow; she hadn’t fully grasped its madness.
It was literally packaging a piece of shit as gold to disgust people, and specifically only disgusting Li Jin’an.
Upholding the simple idea of “sharing blessings and hardships,” Li Jin’an asked expectantly, “How did you know? Such a huge matter, why didn’t you inform me?”
As she spoke, she started to get sulky again.
She had been planning to tell Xie Huaixue about the Heavenly Tome’s existence.
Xie Huaixue chuckled helplessly and said softly, “It hasn’t even been a year since I took Ning Zhufeng as a disciple. I only recently learned of this myself. Naturally, I needed to verify it before I could tell you.”
Li Jin’an, though in the wrong, spoke with a confident air, “Alright, since there was a reason, I’ll forgive you.”
She felt a little regretful. It seemed Xie Huaixue hadn’t learned about Ning Zhufeng’s connection to the demon clan from the Heavenly Tome. She couldn’t join Xie Huaixue in cursing that accursed Heavenly Tome.
However, Li Jin’an was even more proud of her cultivation partner. Xie Huaixue didn’t need the Heavenly Tome at all to discover Ning Zhufeng’s true identity. Truly worthy of being her cultivation partner!
She then thought, it’s better if Xie Huaixue doesn’t know about the Heavenly Tome anyway. It’s not a good thing, and reading it would only cause more trouble. Why bother?
Xie Huaixue smiled sweetly. “Thank you for your generosity, Sword sovereign.”
“You’re welcome, it’s only right,” Li Jin’an said magnanimously and with much emotion. “It’s only been less than a year, yet so much has happened. It feels like centuries have passed.”
Is this the power of the Heavenly Tome’s protagonists? As soon as you encounter the three beasts, time itself slows down.
“It’s better if it’s slower,” Xie Huaixue said, looking at Li Jin’an with a hint of teasing, her meaning clear.
If Li Jin’an had maintained her old impulsive, openly aggressive personality, let alone a year, even if they waited another thousand years, nothing good would have happened between them.
At that point, not to mention ordinary people, even the usually trustworthy Jingting Dao Lord would have to give a thumbs-up and admit that one with a ruthless Dao and one stubborn fool were truly hard to match.
Li Jin’an understood her gaze and immediately turned red with anger, raising her voice, “If you don’t talk about serious matters, then I’m going to kiss you!”
Her fair cheeks were covered with a faint blush, but it wasn’t from shyness. Rather, it was a display of outward strength and inner weakness, because her innermost thoughts had been exposed.
Just now, Li Jin’an had been thinking that although the Heavenly Tome was utterly disgusting, it could be considered a matchmaker for her and Xie Huaixue.
If not for the sudden appearance of the Heavenly Tome, she would probably still be fuming on Jijin Peak, stomping her feet at the mention of Xie Huaixue’s name, and despairing over her three disciples who only wanted to fake their fights and fool her. How could she have such good days with kisses now?
If one disregarded the Heavenly Tome’s malicious actions of specifically targeting and disgusting her, its appearance did indeed change the fate of everyone on Jijin Peak. Li Jin’an wouldn’t fall, Qi Lingzi could righteously defeat Lan Ci, and their lineage wouldn’t have to decline. Jijin Peak would have long escaped its original tragic ending.
However, Li Jin’an wouldn’t be indebted to the Heavenly Tome. That cursed thing was disgusting to anyone who touched it. She would at most agree that even though the Heavenly Dao was blind and foolish for choosing those three beasts as children of destiny, at least it knew its mistakes and could find its way back.
Just like Li Jin’an’s unwillingness to admit the Heavenly Tome’s influence, wasn’t Xie Huaixue’s gaze implying that if there hadn’t been external intervention, Li Jin’an would still be that same sword-obsessed blockhead from before?
That’s why she was so furious.
She used to be a bit unromantic and competitive, yes. But, they understood each other in their hearts; saying it out loud was a no-go.
Wait, Xie Huaixue didn’t actually say it, she expressed it with her eyes… Was their unspoken understanding meant for this kind of situation?!
“Then I’ll kiss you, and then we’ll talk business,” Xie Huaixue leaned in, lightly brushed Li Jin’an’s lips, giving her a fleeting kiss.
Li Jin’an could no longer hold back. She wrapped her arm around Xie Huaixue’s waist and pressed herself against her. Her slender phoenix eyes curved upwards, smiling brightly. “Go on, speak. I won’t interrupt anymore.”
“I once met the original owner of Ning Zhufeng’s body. Even without speaking, it was clear she was a very lively and cheerful child.”
That single sentence filled Li Jin’an with surprise.
“The personality difference before and after was too great. While it could be explained by family misfortunes, on the day of the disciple admission ceremony, we went together to the Proclaiming Dao Hall to light Ning Zhufeng’s life lamp. Her flame was unusually weak, clearly indicating a deficiency in her spiritual essence. I became suspicious and sent people to investigate, and recently, I’ve made some progress.”
Xie Huaixue’s eyes, tinged with a smile, looked at Li Jin’an. “Speaking of which, it was thanks to our Dao Lord that I discovered something was amiss with Ning Zhufeng.”
“Then you’ll have to repay me properly. How about this, I won’t exploit your gratitude; you just actively kiss me ten times a day,” Li Jin’an said, pretending to be very reluctant.
Although she still didn’t know why Xie Huaixue said that, it didn’t matter. Li Jin’an could make an outrageous demand.