Chapter 21: Immortal Qingxuan
Just as Su Yan was about to agree, Xiao Wu cut in, “I’m the Eldest Senior Sister. Let me do it.”
A trace of disappointment flashed in Lin Qingyue’s eyes, but she still nodded in agreement.
Su Yan had no objections. He watched Xiao Wu’s teaching, but after a moment, he noticed something was wrong…
“Aren’t you being a bit too harsh?”
Xiao Wu’s so-called “pointers” seemed a bit too discouraging. Lin Qingyue had no power to resist her and was repeatedly smacked on the rear with the wooden sword.
“Too harsh? I don’t think so. Men’s bodies are delicate, but girls are different. We’re tough-skinned. This is how I grew up.”
“Is… is that so…”
Su Yan scratched his head, feeling very confused.
Tough-skinned?
Whether it was his senior sisters or his junior sister, they all seemed quite delicate. Was he mistaken about something?
…
The atmosphere on Heavenly Water Peak was pleasant, with the senior and junior sisters getting along harmoniously. But Heavenly Bamboo Peak was quite different. Its Peak Lord, Immortal Qingxuan, was currently feeling extremely vexed.
Logically, as a great enlightened being, she shouldn’t have such emotions. But her own disciple had been bullied. How could she tolerate that!
“Have you found out?” Immortal Qingxuan asked coldly.
“Yes, I have.”
A female disciple who had been summoned replied, “The injury on Senior Sister Qin’s rear was indeed inflicted by Senior Sister Xiao. The reason for their conflict seems to be a man.”
“Insolent brat!”
Immortal Qingxuan slammed her hand on the table in anger, and the stone table instantly crumbled into dust.
Seeing this, the female disciple held her breath, not daring to make a sound.
Immortal Qingxuan clasped her hands behind her back and paced back and forth in a rage, muttering as she walked, “How many times have I told her that men are an obstacle to the Dao, that she must not let her mortal heart be moved! To dare to disobey me, she’s truly audacious.”
Immortal Qingxuan hadn’t had a boyfriend in two hundred years, her heart set solely on the Great Dao. She had hoped her disciple would be like her, with a firm Dao heart, but…
“She has disappointed me so much!”
After a round of cursing, Immortal Qingxuan said, “Tell me everything you’ve found out.”
“Yes.”
The female disciple recounted the course of events, and the more Immortal Qingxuan listened, the darker her face became.
Her disciple is a simp? Deliberately creating chance encounters? And she was even beaten by the other party’s suitor!
“This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
Immortal Qingxuan clutched her chest, unable to believe such a thing!
The female disciple said, “It’s all true. The object of Senior Sister Qin’s unrequited love is Junior Brother Su. It’s already common knowledge.”
“It’s him?”
Immortal Qingxuan was stunned for a moment.
She had heard of Su Yan’s name. He was that woman’s disciple, and he possessed a Sacred Body. If it was him, then it was understandable that her disciple couldn’t control herself.
“She’s still too inexperienced, after all.”
Immortal Qingxuan sighed. Being single is so good, so happy. Why can’t my disciple understand?
After learning the whole story, Immortal Qingxuan walked into Qin Yimeng’s room.
“Master.”
Qin Yimeng was reading a book at the moment, but it was obvious she was just putting on an act, because she was holding the book upside down.
Seeing her distracted state, Immortal Qingxuan became angry. She hadn’t been cultivating properly these past few days and had been listless during her lectures. She had thought it was a heart demon, but it turned out to be because of a man.
“I know everything about your situation. You have disappointed me greatly.”
Hearing Immortal Qingxuan’s words, Qin Yimeng bit her lower lip and lowered her head, not daring to retort.
Immortal Qingxuan shook her head and said, “At the beginning of your cultivation, what did I tell you? Men are trouble. Don’t let your Dao heart be swayed by beauty. Look at the state you’re in now!”
“I’m sorry to have disappointed you, Master,” Qin Yimeng said in a small voice, her head almost buried in her chest.
“You’re not sorry to me; you’re sorry to yourself! Where is your dignity? You’ve completely lost face!”
Immortal Qingxuan cursed, “Because of a man, you actually lost your senses and fought a battle you couldn’t possibly win. Weren’t you just asking for death?”
Qin Yimeng held her head in her hands as she was being scolded. She knew she had been stupid, but she had been angry at the time and couldn’t hold back.
“It’s all my fault. I’ve brought shame upon you, Master. Your disciple is truly ashamed.”
Although she was the one who had been spanked, as the sole disciple of Heavenly Bamboo Peak, in the eyes of outsiders, she was its representative.
Her being spanked was equivalent to slapping her Master’s face. It was truly humiliating.
“As long as you understand!”
Seeing her sincere apology and her pitiful state, Immortal Qingxuan’s heart softened, which was then followed by a wave of anger.
She had lived alone on Heavenly Bamboo Peak for many years. Even a cultivator could feel lonely. Ten years ago, she had gone out to travel and had taken a liking to the then-little girl at first sight. Immortal Qingxuan had brought Qin Yimeng back to the sect and taken her as her direct disciple.
Although she was her disciple, she had raised her from a little bean sprout to the beautiful young woman she was today.
In Immortal Qingxuan’s eyes, she was like her own daughter, to be held carefully lest she fall, to be cherished lest she melt. Now that her daughter had become like this, how could she not be angry?
Forget it. Even I can’t help but feel lonely, let alone this little one. Since she likes that man, I might as well help her out, Immortal Qingxuan thought to herself.
This can’t be blamed on me. You were the one who seduced him first. To be able to become Dao companions with my disciple is your good fortune.
Immortal Qingxuan wanted to get some face back for Qin Yimeng, but Xiao Wu was the Sect Master’s daughter, and she couldn’t beat her mother.
Since that was the case, she would just snatch the person she liked and make the one she loved her disciple’s man.
This way, she could vent her anger and fulfill her disciple’s wish. Besides, she had heard that man had a Pure Yang Sacred Body. It was killing three birds with one stone.
“My dear disciple, just you wait here. Master will give you a surprise tonight.”
A strange smile appeared on Immortal Qingxuan’s face.
Qin Yimeng asked uneasily, “Master, what are you going to do? Please don’t do anything foolish!”
Immortal Qingxuan waved her hand and said, “Master knows what she’s doing. You’ll find out tonight. You’ll definitely be very happy.”
Immortal Qingxuan left with a light step.
“What on earth is Master up to? She’s not trying to prank me, is she?”
Qin Yimeng was a little worried. Although she was already two hundred years old, her Master was like a child who never grew up.
She usually appeared solemn and steady, but those who knew her knew that her Master did things entirely on a whim and would often do things that left people speechless.
“The last time Master smiled so strangely was on my tenth birthday. She made a little kid fly on a sword, which scared me so much I cried for a long time and left me with a psychological scar. I wonder what it will be this time…”
Qin Yimeng bit her lip hard, feeling a little uneasy. Her heart was pounding, and she had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
