[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 73

Chapter 73: Love and Separation

Xue Mu was secretly surprised, but Sect Leader Qi Qing didn’t notice and continued to recount the past between her and Xue Duanhun as if talking to herself.

“As your master grew older, she didn’t like to confide in me anymore. When she was young, she would still say some things, like how to enhance her skill and how to make the Sect Leader Master appreciate her. She wouldn’t show any particularly sorrowful emotions in front of me. But a few times when I secretly went to see her, I found her practicing swordsmanship frantically alone there, practicing my ‘Life Lost in the Yellow Springs Claw’ and her own ‘Absolute Killing Palm’ for several hours without stopping. Finally, she leaned against a rock alone, staring blankly into the distance, not knowing what she was thinking.”

“I thought maybe your master wanted to stand out and become a peerless expert in the martial arts world, so she had to practice diligently to strive to be favored by the Sect Leader Master and become the next Sect Leader of the Blue Wind Mountain Sect. Thinking this at the time, I didn’t feel there was anything wrong with your master’s idea. I felt it was perfectly normal for the capable to take the position of Sect Leader. I also hoped your master could be favored by the Sect Leader Master, so she could stay in the Blue Wind Mountain Sect forever. And as the niece of the Great Elder and the personal disciple of the Sect Leader Master, I naturally would also stay in the Blue Wind Mountain Sect forever.”

“Later, a Senior Brother of mine got married to a Dao companion. Everyone in the Blue Wind Mountain Sect drank his wedding wine. That night, I drank some. Seeing your master wasn’t there, I went to find her. I saw your master practicing swordsmanship alone there for a while, then suddenly saw her lying on the ground pounding the earth with her fists and wailing. I was a bit drunk at the time. Seeing Senior Sister Xue practicing swordsmanship alone and crying on such a joyous day, I mistakenly thought she liked that Senior Brother. I sobered up, and my heart went cold. I rushed over and grabbed her, asking, ‘Why are you crying? Are you feeling uncomfortable?’ Your master looked at me with teary eyes. Looking at the tears in your master’s eyes, I had mixed feelings. Thinking of all the things with her over the years, I couldn’t control my feelings and kissed her.”

“Your master was stunned, but she only froze for a moment before responding to me. Then I knew Senior Sister Xue didn’t have that Senior Brother in her heart; she always had me in her heart.” Sect Leader Qi Qing said softly, a look of nostalgia appearing on her face. “I thought that once your master and I knew each other’s feelings, we could become Dao companions and stay on Blue Wind Mountain forever to accompany each other. But after that day, your master avoided me like snakes and scorpions, saying she either wanted to go into seclusion or needed to go down the mountain to help the Sect Leader Master handle some matters. I knew something was wrong with her, so one day I blocked her and questioned if she had forgotten what happened that night. Your master dodged my gaze. I was very angry and slapped her.”

“Your master, whether dazed or sobered by this slap, said to me, ‘Junior Sister, just forget about that night.’ After she said this, I slapped her again. She said again, ‘I have decided. I want to leave the Blue Wind Mountain Sect. I have my own things to do and don’t want to stay here anymore.’ I cried from anger, but your master didn’t coax me like before. She severed our relationship, not even saying goodbye to the Sect Leader Master, and went down the mountain alone with only the long sword we cast together.”

“My heart was like dead ashes, thinking your master had been deceiving me, hiding things from me, and abandoning me heartlessly. So I was full of resentment towards her and would never forgive her. Two years after she left the Blue Wind Mountain Sect, the Discourse on the Dao Conference began. I hadn’t had any news of your master for two years, but I saw her at the Discourse on the Dao Conference.”

Xue Mu was instantly shocked. Sect Leader Qi Qing continued, “No, rather than saying I saw her at the Discourse on the Dao Conference, it was more like when I was competing, she was secretly hiding in the crowd watching me. She wore a hood and a mask, revealing only the lower half of her face, but I still recognized her. She realized I saw her. After the competition, I found an excuse to run into the crowd to find her, but she escaped very quickly. I didn’t give up, thinking that two years had passed, I must catch her.”

“Your master led me to a very steep cliff. With the slightest carelessness, one would fall and perish. Your master wanted me to retreat in the face of difficulties, but how could I? I just wanted to catch up with her. I cornered your master in a cave. She had no choice, and I took off her mask. Your master had changed a lot, her whole person gloomy and cold. I wanted to question why she abandoned me, but in the end, there was only a choke. I hugged your master tightly. Your master hesitated at first, but hearing me cry, she hugged me tightly too.”

“I said, ‘Why did you leave me? Is there something you can’t tell me?’ Your master said, ‘There are some things I can’t tell you. I don’t want to involve you. Pretend you didn’t see me today. You fought very well against the disciple of the Cloud Appreciation Mountain Sect. You’ve improved.’ I was thinking at the time that your master still had the mind to watch my competition. I grabbed your master’s hood tightly. Your master looked down at me and said, ‘You are twenty-three this year. Think about the major events in life (marriage).’ But after saying this, she lowered her head to kiss my tears.”

Sect Leader Qi Qing spoke of these old private matters without hiding anything from Xue Mu. Perhaps she had missed Xue Duanhun for too long, thought of Xue Duanhun for too long, and no one could understand her heart. Now that Xue Duanhun was dead, her beloved disciple came to find her, wanting to know about her master’s past life. This tore open a hole allowing her to confide secrets, and she didn’t feel it was inappropriate to say these things.

“I responded to your master, wanting to take her back, but your master knocked me out and put me in a safe place. When I woke up slowly, your master was long gone. At the subsequent Discourse on the Dao Conference, no matter how I looked, I couldn’t find your master. Until the end of the Discourse on the Dao Conference, the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain took the top spot. Not long after returning, they suffered the tragedy of extermination. From the old to the young, no one survived. Only then did I realize something was wrong and felt that this matter was very likely related to your master—”

Hearing this, Xue Mu blurted out, “Did my master really go up to Jin Mountain and kill the Yu Clan members??!”

Sect Leader Qi Qing said slowly, “I think so. Your master wandered outside alone back then, insisting on going up Blue Wind Mountain to seek a master to learn from, probably to learn good kung fu and find an opportunity for revenge.”

“Could it be… could it be that my master’s parents were killed by people from the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain? Otherwise, why would she break into Jin Mountain for revenge?” Xue Mu murmured. “But, but my master didn’t go up the mountain alone. She had accomplices. I just don’t know who those accomplices were. My master would rather commit suicide than reveal a bit. Sect Leader, I came here actually to ask if you have any clues!”

Sect Leader Qi Qing turned around, staring at her with burning eyes. “Your master had accomplices?”

Xue Mu said, “Yes! I… I was on Jin Mountain at the time!”