Spectating the Angsty Romance of the Master and Disciple from the Sect Next Door Chapter 84

Before going upstairs, Li Jin’an didn’t believe the remaining two scum could continue to cause trouble. After all, Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu had easily managed to trick them with a simple trick and blasted them into their current unconscious state. If Li Jin’an were to treat them as a formidable enemy again, there would truly be no need; the scum weren’t enough to make her lose her composure.
Were the three little fools of Jijin Peak’s schemes so meticulously planned that the scum fell for them?
Of course not!
Even Li Jin’an, as their master, didn’t have the audacity to shamelessly praise her own children. She wasn’t someone who mindlessly praised her children; she would only tell her foolish disciples to show off less, lest they cause trouble again and make her clean up the mess.
In other words, the revenge plan the three little fools used in the secret realm couldn’t even be called a scheme. It was so blunt and crude that the three of them looked brainless, highlighting their recklessness. They dared to think and dared to act. If not for the mysterious and profound luck supporting them, it was uncertain who would have been affected.
From this incident, it could be seen that Qi Lingzi and the scum had a mutually restraining relationship in terms of luck. Before, it was “the enemy is strong, I am weak.” Qi Lingzi couldn’t defeat Lan Ci for a hundred years, gloriously inheriting the title of “second-place for a hundred years” from her master. But after Qi Lingzi turned defeat into victory and crushed Lan Ci on the arena, the tables had turned, becoming “I am strong, the enemy is weak.” The scum were now fish on the chopping board, to be slaughtered at will.
Previously, what Li Jin’an feared wasn’t the scum; they didn’t have that much nerve. What she feared was merely the deep, unbreakable luck represented by the protagonists, and the Heavenly Dao, whose purpose was unknown and who was easily provoked. But now, the perfect cage had been torn open with a large hole, and luck poured out.
The remaining two scum could be said to be useless. Lan Ci had exposed her insidious, vicious, and ruthless true colors under everyone’s gaze, while Ning Zhufeng had nothing left of her true identity with Xie Huaixue, who even knew more than Ning Zhufeng herself.
At the very least, Ning Zhufeng definitely didn’t know she was a pawn of the Heavenly Demon Clan. Otherwise, her demon heart would probably shatter. She thought she would manipulate everything within her grasp, but what was the result? She was just a small pawn to deal with Xie Huaixue, and who knew when she’d become a discarded pawn.
They could no longer mislead Xie Huaixue, and the plot of the Heavenly Tome would never happen.
The so-called protagonists of the Heavenly Tome were no longer a cause for fear.
Thus, in Li Jin’an’s eyes, the scum were no different from monkeys performing a show. However, she now realized that a centipede, though dead, never falls—such tenacious things were the most annoying.
The scum’s luck had dissipated, but the identities and innate talents granted to them by the Heavenly Tome were still there, and they even had many things that weren’t in the Heavenly Tome, continuing to annoy everyone by jumping around and asserting their presence.
Just like what Lan Ci was unconsciously mumbling now.
“Fake, fake, fake, no need, no need, Futu, tu, I, I am Ling Xu, I am Ling Xu, I am Ling Xu…”
Lan Ci’s ramblings were incoherent and chaotic, her tone indistinct and mumbling. It truly sounded like someone having a nightmare, speaking indistinct and meaningless sleep-talk, with no need to listen closely.
Ning Zhufeng next to her was even worse; she was restless even in her coma, constantly struggling on the bed, her limbs twitching, drenched in sweat, shouting something about “don’t come closer.”
When Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu were causing trouble all over Gusheng Peak, they had seen these two in this ghostly state and thought they were blasted into nightmares and constant fright by a lightning-attracting array whose power had multiplied countless times. They were very pleased and carried away by the success of their great revenge, causing trouble so gleefully throughout Gusheng Peak.
Only Li Jin’an, who had read the Heavenly Tome, lifted her eyelids slightly, raised an eyebrow, and smiled inscrutably, extracting useful keywords from their words.
Ming Xuan, Futu Valley, Ling Xu.
Before returning to the Dao Sect, Li Jin’an had learned from Xie Huaixue the secret that Ning Zhufeng was a pawn of the Heavenly Demon Clan. Now, she discovered that Lan Ci truly lived up to her reputation as the scum protagonist, wearing layer after layer of false masks, just like her junior sister, with even bigger secrets behind them.
Like weeds, no matter how much you burn them, they regrow with the spring wind.
If someone told Li Jin’an that Zhong Fei, who had been killed twice in front of so many people a few days ago, was actually still alive, resurrected and making a comeback, and that even Zhong Fei’s dead Monster King mother had revived and was leading a beast tide to attack humanity, she wouldn’t find it unbelievable.
What’s the big deal…?
Heavenly Dao, look what you’ve done!
Didn’t you bother to open your eyes when choosing the Children of Fate?
And now that the scum have become a persistent ailment, you feel regret. Don’t you think it’s too late now?!
And yet, they have no ability at all, just making her do all the work. That’s fine, but not only do they not support her efforts, they even diligently drag her down.
If only I had known this day would come, I wouldn’t have bothered back then!
Li Jin’an didn’t take them seriously, but what if the scum just couldn’t be killed? What if they revived after dying, and then after reviving, they dragged out countless masterminds behind the scenes…?
She closed her eyes deeply, already preemptively feeling annoyed, wanting to stab these ghostly things to death with one sword.
Ming Xuan, in the later stages of the Heavenly Tome, was Lan Ci’s loyal and capable subordinate. This person defected from Futu Valley, a first-rate sect in the cultivation world, to become Lan Ci’s subordinate, acting as her vicious accomplice and committing many evil deeds. Secretly, they treated the cultivation world as their personal garden, plundering it at will, with murder and robbery being commonplace.
This person was the sharpest blade in Lan Ci’s hand, striking wherever directed, seizing countless resources and wealth for Lan Ci. Otherwise, how could Lan Ci, an orphan whose entire family was slaughtered and unable to avenge her blood feud, have the confidence to contend and fight with Monster King Zhong Fei and Demon Lord Ning Zhufeng?
Don’t be fooled by Zhong Fei’s foolish appearance; she actually had the wealthiest background. Not only did she hold the legacy of a great demon, but in the middle and later stages, she also obtained her Monster King mother’s inheritance. As for Ning Zhufeng, there’s no need to even mention her; she usurped the throne by killing her father, and after solidifying her position as Demon Lord, the entire demonic race was at her command.
If she didn’t use some unorthodox and evil methods, no matter how shrewd Lan Ci was, she couldn’t catch up to such a large gap.
However, the Heavenly Tome’s descriptions wouldn’t be so blunt and naked, saying that all the deceased cultivators and powers were full of evil and that these actions were merely acting on behalf of heaven. Instead, it attributed all of this to Ming Xuan’s unauthorized actions and his clumsy, inarticulate loyalty to Lan Ci.
And Ling Xu was Lan Ci’s later Daoist title in the Heavenly Tome. At that time, Lan Ci was not in her current unlucky state; she was praised by all, noble and bright, transforming from an Immortal Venerable’s disciple into a powerful figure. As for Ming Xuan’s defection, it wasn’t considered a moral issue for her, as people naturally strive for higher positions, just as water flows to lower grounds. Such things happened periodically, and it wasn’t rare.
Furthermore, this was a private matter between Futu Valley and Lan Ci; outsiders couldn’t condemn it.
The commonality among these matters was that they all belonged to the later plot of the Heavenly Tome, and something the current Lan Ci shouldn’t know.
The change Li Jin’an least wished to see had ultimately occurred: the scum had been suppressed too deeply by Jijin Peak, completely disgraced and devoid of any protagonist demeanor. Hitting rock bottom, they began to retaliate.
However, Li Jin’an naturally had no regrets and didn’t feel that Qi Lingzi, Tan Yanyi, and Ling Qiu had done anything wrong. If they knew who the enemy was and still let them go unchecked and grow strong, that would be a foolish person doing foolish things.
Moreover, Jijin Peak’s tradition was to avenge even the smallest grievance. Letting hatred linger overnight could only be considered a lack of strength, requiring them to intensify their sword cultivation.
While Li Jin’an was thinking, Xie Huaixue’s eyes were serene. She raised her hand and gently caressed her furrowed brow, as if to smooth away her worries as well.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Thinking of you.” Hearing her voice, Li Jin’an’s mouth moved faster than her brain, and she answered very smoothly.
Only after speaking did she realize, quickly glancing at the others.
Excellent. Qi Lingzi and the other two were squeezed into a corner, voluntarily standing in punishment, seriously staring at their toes as if they had to comprehend some profound golden rules or principles from them and wouldn’t stop until they did.
Elder Yin, however, didn’t have such a diligent research spirit. She merely stood by the window, hands behind her back, with a world-weary air, sadly gazing into the distance.
Now, not only did she feel that her Gusheng Peak was defiled, she felt that she too was defiled. In the end, she had compromised with the evil leader of evil forces. She was no longer that simple young person who thought of helping all people in the world and solemnly vowed to her master. Now, she had a bad habit of clearing space for patients’ families so they could intimately whisper as if no one else was around!
Master, your disciple is sorry for failing your earnest teachings!
Elder Yin would forever remember this painful day!
Li Jin’an, meeting Xie Huaixue’s gaze, paused suspiciously for a moment, then became righteous again. She felt she was right. She had painstakingly wanted to kill the scum precisely to escape the plot of the Heavenly Tome and change her and Xie Huaixue’s fate. How could that not be constantly thinking of Xie Huaixue?
“You’re standing right in front of me, yet I still miss you so much.”
Li Jin’an pouted, looking pitifully at Xie Huaixue with her phoenix eyes.
The Jijin Sword Sovereign was an easy person to understand; her emotions were written all over her face. But she wasn’t good at speaking soft words. Making her have an emotional breakdown in public, crying and acting spoiled to soften up, what difference was that from taking her life?
Only privately, in front of Xie Huaixue and Chixin Sword Lord, would she soften up. She wouldn’t even say sentimental words in front of her disciples.
And now, Li Jin’an was practically whimpering and shedding small tears, wanting her elder sister to comfort her.
Xie Huaixue’s fingertip moved. Her cool and deep eyes swept over the four people who secretly glanced over, due to being too shocked.
The four of them instantly snapped their heads away, as if nothing had happened a moment ago, then strained their ears, trying to eavesdrop.
But unexpectedly, yet as expected, they heard nothing.
Seriously, why don’t they just say it directly? Why hide it and keep it secret? Who are they guarding against?!
Xie Huaixue’s gaze softened when it met Li Jin’an’s. She transmitted her voice, “Elder Sister… I also think of you every moment.”
Li Jin’an was stunned for a moment. Her mouth had already curved into a smile before her brain reacted, and then, following her heart, she tightly embraced Xie Huaixue. The vexing gloom in her heart instantly dissipated.
She was now so energized she could beat several hundred scum to death!
…Never mind, they’re not good things anyway. Beating the scum wasn’t interesting either. Might as well spend this time hugging Xie Huaixue more.
Xie Huaixue radiantly smiled upon drawing close to Li Jin’an and smelling her full, warm, and gentle aura. She kissed Li Jin’an’s sharp brows and eyes, and then transmitted her voice softly again, “No matter what trouble we encounter, it won’t amount to anything significant in front of you and me. It’s not worth your worry.”
Hearing this, Li Jin’an released Xie Huaixue and let out a deep sigh. Without using spiritual transmission, she said aloud in a profound voice, “You have no idea what I’ve sacrificed for this family.”
Qi Lingzi and the other two recalled what their master had done to Qingxiao Peak over the years and instantly fell silent. They truly wondered how she dared to say such a thing.
After all, the inspiration for their lightning-attracting array in the secret realm came from their own master!
Master blasted Qingxiao Peak, disciples blasted Qingxiao Peak disciples. It couldn’t be more normal!
Just then, a clueless paper crane flew over Elder Yin’s head as she stood by the window and landed in Tan Yanyi’s hand.
Unlike the spiritual sense paper cranes Li Jin’an usually used, this paper crane contained a recorded segment of sound.
This was normal. People sending messages to Li Jin’an were at least at the elder level, so this amount of spiritual consciousness consumption was nothing. But for Qi Lingzi and the others, this consumption would be significant. It was better to use an alternative method—using spiritual energy to solidify a message onto the paper crane.
Doing this wasn’t safe at all; anyone with higher cultivation than the messenger could break the spiritual message paper crane. However, it was perfect for gossip.
Tan Yanyi clearly had the same bad habit as her master—her hands moved faster than her brain. Without thinking, she casually unfolded the paper crane.
“Yiyi! Earth-shattering news! Your master pestered Qingxiao Immortal Venerable for tens of thousands of years! They say your master followed closely behind Qingxiao Immortal Venerable and fought her not to compete for first place, but out of love-turned-hatred! How did you manage to get by, being a disciple of Jijin Peak for so long, yet you couldn’t even see such obvious affection? If that’s the case, how can you be the first—no, the second—sword cultivator from Jijin Peak to find a Dao Companion?!”
The voice instantly sounded like someone with rich experience in relationships, very convincing.
Tan Yanyi numbly turned her head, staring blankly at her master and madame, her senior and junior sisters—oh, and Elder Yin, the outsider.
“…Your disciple can explain!!”