Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 124 - 123: Regarding the Strange Sounds in the Courtyard, Pei Yuhang Starts to Play Dumb

"Ah Han, why did you suddenly stop? Did something happen?"

A flushed Ye Liyuan opened her hazy eyes and asked, a little confused.

Of course, Pei Yuhang couldn't possibly tell his Dao Companion that her voice had gotten a little too loud, allowing his two disciples to overhear everything...

After all, Liyuan was a woman who was very easily flustered. If she knew she had lost her composure like that in front of two juniors, she would surely burst into tears. So, Pei Yuhang could only hide this from her.

'And that girl Xiaoxiao… To actually drag her senior sister over to eavesdrop outside my and Liyuan's courtyard—her nerve is just unbelievable! How improper!'

Pei Yuhang instantly lost the mood to continue his intimacy with his Dao Companion. Of course, he wasn't one to give up halfway. He had to make sure Liyuan was thoroughly satisfied before he left, lest she miss him too much.

And so, Pei Yuhang immediately unleashed seventy percent of his power, raising his vigor and skill by several notches. Ye Liyuan, who was already struggling to resist, was instantly routed.

His Dao Companion cried and laughed, shouting, "My lord, I surrender! Have mercy!" Pei Yuhang felt a surge of pity and was just about to let her go.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly pressed her body against him, attempting a shameless sneak attack to make Pei Sword Immortal disarm and surrender.

Pei Sword Immortal was furious and immediately decided not to be lenient with her any longer. He had to show Liyuan his true strength and teach her a lesson.

This time, Liyuan's shouts of surrender were useless. Only when her eyes were hazy with tears and her body was as limp as a noodle did Pei Sword Immortal spare her.

Under Ye Liyuan's gaze, which mixed love and hate, he swaggered away.

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「In front of the Xuanyuan Dao Sect's main gate.」

A taller and a shorter Sword Fairy, each with a completely different style but both peerlessly beautiful, stood together, attracting the attention of countless passing sect disciples.

"So beautiful… Who are they? Why haven't these two beauties appeared on the Dao Sect's list of beauties? I don't recall them at all."

"Fellow Daoist, you must have just returned to the Sect and haven't heard the news, have you?

These two disciples from the Cold Palace Sword Mansion are both peerless prodigies who distinguished themselves in this year's Sect Grand Tournament. The silver-haired Fairy in the lead was even the champion of the tournament!

It's just that the Cold Sun Sword Immortal's lineage is too low-key, which is why these two Fairies haven't appeared on the list of beauties before."

"I see."

"..."

Listening to the passersby's conversation, Yu Xiaoyan frowned in displeasure.

Perhaps because she had spent so long in a secluded environment like the Cold Palace Sword Mansion, she now disliked noisy and lively places, and she especially disliked being the center of a crowd's attention.

No matter how much praise she received from others, it was all just loud noise to her. It couldn't compare to a morning greeting from her Master, or a word of comfort after sword practice.

"It's so noisy. Why isn't Master here yet? How much longer do we have to wait here?"

Yu Xiaoyan kicked her slender, white silk-stockinged legs out of boredom and looked at the calm and composed Qing Yueqiu beside her.

"Master will be here when he's ready."

"After he's finished his fun with our master's wife, right?"

"..."

The moment Yu Xiaoyan thought of the sounds from the courtyard, the bitterness in her heart became indescribable. She couldn't help but complain, "Our Master sure has it good, enjoying the pleasures of the flesh while leaving his two disciples outside to wait for him to finish! What kind of master does that!"

"Junior Sister, quiet down. Don't let anyone hear you..."

"So what if they hear? It's not my reputation on the line. Or is it that you're so broad-minded, Senior Sister, that you can witness our master being intimate with another woman and not only feel no resentment but actually find it thrilling?"

Qing Yueqiu's calm expression was swept away, replaced by a flustered, crimson blush.

"Junior Sister, how can you say such vulgar things!"

Just as the two sisters' friendship was about to shatter and they were on the verge of arguing, a familiar sword cry from the clouds made them both shut their mouths. Yu Xiaoyan even seized the moment to pull out a mirror and fix her makeup, ensuring not a single strand of hair was out of place.

WHOOSH—

A White-clothed Sword Immortal descended from the sky. He stepped on a falling leaf and landed smoothly without disturbing a single speck of dust. It was clear his control over his Cultivation had reached a state of perfection, and his every move was calm and composed.

However, even Pei Yuhang, who had reached such a stage of cultivation, felt too awkward to know what to say in front of the two disciples who had been eavesdropping on the private affairs between him and his Dao Companion.

'On the way here, I was thinking my disciples' behavior was so out of line that I'd have to punish them according to the sect rules with a spanking. But now that I'm here, I'm too embarrassed to even bring it up.'

'After all, what my Dao Companion and I were doing in the courtyard… was indeed rather indecent.'

Pei Yuhang felt that the more he said, the more his magnificent image in his disciples' minds would be tarnished. 'I'll just pretend I don't know.'

'Playing dumb might not be a bad strategy, either.'

"Ahem, your master's wife and I had many things to discuss before my departure, so I was slightly delayed. Time is of the essence, let's get going."

"..."

The two disciples weren't stupid. They knew that with their master's abilities, he definitely knew they had been eavesdropping. They had even prepared themselves for a severe punishment.

'Master is deliberately not mentioning it. Does he want to just let this go?'

'I never would have guessed Master cared so much about his pride...'

Seeing this interesting side of Pei Sword Immortal, the two girls couldn't help but laugh.

Pei Yuhang could naturally sense that his disciples were teasing him, but he could only pretend not to hear. He just hoped they would sleep it off and forget all about the decadent sounds from the courtyard.

He took out a Flying Ship that seemed to be made entirely of Cyan Jade from his Jiezhi Storage Ring and said to his two disciples, "Get on board. The Flying Ship's speed is a bit slow, so we need to leave the Dao Sect's territory before nightfall."

"Master, why don't we use Sword Control to get there?"

"Sword Control may be as fast as lightning, but it's too tiring and not suitable for long journeys. With your current stamina and Spiritual Qi, I'm afraid you would run out of energy before you even left the Dao Sect's territory."

As he spoke, Pei Yuhang took his two disciples by the hand and pulled them onto the Flying Ship.

The Flying Ship wasn't small; it had two rooms. Although the rooms were so narrow they could only fit two beds, it was enough for the master and his two disciples.

Pei Yuhang stood at the prow of the ship, holding a round, bronze-cast Magical Artifact to navigate, lest the Flying Ship lose its way in the vast Cloud Sea.

Qing Yueqiu sat at the back, gazing, entranced, at her master's dashing figure from behind, his white robes and black hair fluttering in the wind.

Perhaps she was staring too intently, as it made even Pei Yuhang feel a little uncomfortable. He asked helplessly, "Yueqiu, is there something you want to say to me?"

Qing Yueqiu's face flushed. 'What could I possibly have to say? I just want to quietly look at Master.'

'But of course… I could never tell Master that.'

So, in her panic, the silver-haired girl hurriedly found an excuse, preparing to use her junior sister, with whom she had just been about to argue, as a shield.

"Master, where are we going to find the materials for my junior sister's Lifebound Spirit Sword? Surely we're not going to a mineral vein to search for Spiritual Ore?"

"That would be too troublesome. My master, your grandmaster, taught me a shortcut for finding materials for a Lifebound Spirit Sword back in the day.

We search for Broken Swords on the ancient battlefields of past Cultivators. A sword that remains intact after being eroded by a thousand years of time, even if it has lost its Spirituality, makes for an excellent Sword Embryo. Add some high-quality new materials, and you can forge a peerless new sword. There's even a chance it could give birth to an Innate Sword Spirit."

"An Innate Sword Spirit?"

"All things have a spirit, and swords are no exception. A sword that has weathered a thousand years only needs an opportunity to be re-sharpened, and it might give birth to the sword's original Spirituality. Innate Sword Spirits are often the most compatible with their sword, and are very rare."

"What if it doesn't produce an Innate Divine Spirit?"

"Then you have to forge a spirit yourself. My Silent Sword didn't produce an Innate Sword Spirit. I could only follow my so-called intuition and inspiration to find a white fox that had committed many evils to serve as its Sword Spirit... Looking back now, my choice at the time was a bit ill-considered."

BUZZ—

The Silent Sword trembled, as if the white fox living inside it had heard the disdain in Pei Yuhang's words and was hissing in protest.