novelraw Chapter 156 - 155: The First Asura Field Ends in Ji's Defeat
Chapter 156 - 155: The First Asura Field Ends in Ji's Defeat
"Tell me. Why were you two fighting?"
Pei Yuhang sat in the grandmaster's chair, looking down at the two girls kneeling on cushions. The Ruler he held tapped rhythmically against his palm.
The soft PAT, PAT sound made both girls instinctively tense up.
Qing Yueqiu took a deep breath, then raised her head. A layer of mist clouded her eyes as she looked at her master.
"Master... don't you love Mistress the most? Why would you betray her?!"
The young woman's voice was filled with sorrow and disappointment. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought she considered her Mistress to be her own flesh and blood.
But in reality, her Mistress was just an excuse Qing Yueqiu was using to question Pei Yuhang.
She knew that as a disciple, she had no right to comment on her master's romantic life. So, her only choice was to bring up her Mistress, hoping Pei Yuhang would see the error of his ways and repent.
Even though she had been taken in by Ji Xichan's lie, believing her master had been unfaithful for a night...
But she still didn't blame her master, telling herself he'd just had a moment of weakness and had been seduced by that sly vixen.
'Master did nothing wrong. It's all that woman's fault!'
'Even if Master is tainted by that Fox Spirit's scent... I'll carefully and patiently cover it up with my own.'
'Yueqiu will always forgive Master.'
"..."
His first disciple's accusation had an immediate effect. Pei Yuhang's body froze on the spot, and the Ruler in his hand stopped mid-air, hesitating to fall.
'What does Yueqiu mean by that?'
'Could she know about Gu Nan and me?'
A drop of cold sweat trickled down the back of the Sword Immortal who wouldn't flinch even in the face of a Celestial Tribulation.
However, Pei Yuhang didn't panic. He quickly sensed that something was off.
After returning to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion, he hadn't conducted any special training with Gu Nan at all, so there was no reason for their secret to be exposed.
Thinking of this, Pei Yuhang glanced sideways at Ji Xichan, who was avoiding his gaze.
"Xichan, did you say some nonsense to Yueqiu?"
"Ah, what could I have said...? It's clearly your own fault for failing to discipline your disciple. Miss Qing drew her sword and attacked me the moment she saw me. You should be the one scolding her... Don't try to pin the blame on me."
Ji Xichan stammered, finally managing to get a full sentence out.
But her guilty expression was enough to confirm Pei Yuhang's suspicions.
The White-clothed Sword Immortal stood up, silently raised the Ruler, and walked over to her.
Ji Xichan recalled the terror of being dominated that night. A phantom pain, itchy and terribly annoying, seemed to bloom on her bottom again.
"Fellow Daoist Chen said I could discipline you as I see fit."
"Since that's the case, Miss Ji should be quite familiar with the house rules of the Cold Palace Sword Mansion, shouldn't you?"
"If you don't want to be served a taste of my mansion's house rules in front of Yueqiu, then you'd better explain everything to her yourself."
As Pei Yuhang spoke, he pressed the long, hard, black Big Ruler against the girl's face, frightening her so much that the color drained from her cheeks.
"I'm sorry, Miss Qing... Actually, before... I was just joking with you."
Ji Xichan lowered her head and said in a small voice.
Qing Yueqiu froze, staring at the black-dressed girl before her. Ji Xichan's face flushed red under her gaze. Gritting her teeth, she decided to just come clean:
"I was just bluffing earlier... I just wanted to tease you. Nothing happened between your master and me."
Hearing this, Qing Yueqiu's palms clenched tightly, her heart filled with an indescribable joy.
But at the same time, a wave of shame and anger at being toyed with washed over her. It was all this evil woman's fault that she had made a fool of herself in front of her master!
Feeling Qing Yueqiu's gaze stabbing into her like a sharp sword, Ji Xichan, who was already restless from having her Huang Yao exposed, felt even more uncomfortable.
Afterward, as expected, Ji Xichan was still scolded by Pei Yuhang. Perhaps considering that her little bottom hadn't fully healed yet, Pei Yuhang didn't whip her this time.
Unfortunately, Ji Xichan felt no gratitude. Although the fight was her fault for spreading the Huang Yao and provoking Qing Yueqiu, the proud young woman would never admit it.
Ji Xichan was still resentful about losing face in front of Qing Yueqiu.
"Damn it! Ever since I met Pei Yuhang, nothing good has ever happened to me!"
Feeling wronged, Ji Xichan walked down the path, kicking at the pebbles by the roadside to vent her frustration. She imagined each snow-white stone was a certain White-clothed Sword Immortal, and she was now kicking their stony butts to let off steam.
Suddenly, Ji Xichan, who practiced the Soul Control Dao, sharply sensed a peculiar Divine Soul fluctuation. This fluctuation was identical to the True Inheritance Secret Technique of the Nine Nether Sect, a major sect of the Demon Dao!
But how could there be a Demon Cultivator from the Nine Nether Sect in the Cold Palace Sword Mansion?
Ji Xichan was intensely curious. She followed the direction of the Divine Soul fluctuation, wanting to see who exactly was practicing a Demon Dao Secret Technique in the Xuanyuan Dao Sect.
Soon, in a forest with a babbling brook, she saw a young, twin-tailed girl cultivating while suspended in mid-air.
Ji Xichan recognized her. Her name was Yu Xiaoyan, Pei Yuhang's youngest disciple.
'But... why would a Sword Cultivator like her be practicing a Divine Soul Secret Technique from the Nine Nether Sect?'
Ji Xichan studied the scene of Yu Xiaoyan circulating her energy and quickly noticed something unusual.
'This woman's Divine Soul fluctuation is different from a normal person's... It's as if two mouths are breathing at once.'
'She has two souls in one body?!'
Ji Xichan was rather astonished. She never expected to encounter such a miraculous constitution.
Moreover... Ji Xichan, an expert in Divine Souls with keen Perception, could also tell that Yu Xiaoyan's Innate Yin Essence had already been taken.
'Peng Sword Immortal's youngest disciple... isn't a virgin?'
'Interesting~'
'Could this Yu Xiaoyan already have a beloved? I wonder what her master, Pei Yuhang, thinks about it. With his sharp eyes, he must have also noticed that his disciple's Primordial Yin has been taken...'
A feeling of glee suddenly washed over Ji Xichan.
'An old stick-in-the-mud like Pei Yuhang must be fuming after seeing his young disciple already engaging in behavior that shows a lack of regard for her own chastity, right?'
The thought of Pei Yuhang being anxious, angry, and utterly helpless made her want to burst out laughing.
'Delinquent male cultivators on their flashy Flying Swords sweeping the old master's precious female disciples off their feet—such things happen all the time in the Xuanyuan Dao Sect.'
'To think Pei Yuhang would also get a taste of what it's like to be one of those old geezer masters, hahahaha~~'
'No wonder Peng Sword Immortal was so ruthless when he hit my bottom. It seems he couldn't find the blond punk, so he took all his anger out on me instead...'
Ji Xichan was now in a great mood. Just as she was about to leave quietly,
Yu Xiaoyan's voice made her stop and continue eavesdropping.
"Yu Gu Nan, do you think Master prefers a sexy, voluptuous figure like Elder Lu's, or a slender, well-proportioned body like Senior Sister's and Mistress's?
Or... does he like my petite type?"
"I think more than any of those, Master prefers legs and feet."
The twin-tailed girl suddenly switched to a different tone of voice, answering her own question. Ji Xichan knew this must be the other soul in her body coming online.
"Legs and feet? How do you know?"
"Because I've slept with Master. Naturally, I understand his preferences."
Ji Xichan: "?!"