Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 240 238: Jade Pool Saintess Lin Qianyan

"Senior Sister, please don't make those kinds of jokes anymore."

Pei Yuhang recalled the recent awkward predicament and couldn't help but feel a flush of embarrassment.

That line about being "disloyal to Liyuan," in particular, made Pei Yuhang so ashamed he wished he could disappear.

With the karmic debt of romantic entanglements he carried, he no longer had the face to even say the word "loyalty" to his Dao Companion.

If there was a Pure Love Paradise in this world, Pei Yuhang felt he would surely be denied entry. He could only be cast into Fallen Evil Hell to atone for the sin of desecrating pure love in his lifetime.

This was also why Pei Yuhang was so terrified in retrospect of that fleeting moment he had been captivated by his Senior Sister.

Aside from his heart, which deeply loved Liyuan, nothing else about him belonged exclusively to her anymore. He could not let this final line of defense fall.

The tea master, Lu Ruoxi, saw Pei Yuhang's resolve, and a flash of confusion and annoyance crossed her beautiful eyes.

'I had just managed to stir my Junior Brother Pei's emotions, so how did he manage to wall them all back up again?'

'Is that "Pure Love Chastity Lock" Junior Sister Ye put on Junior Brother Pei really that unbreakable?'

Lu Ruoxi simply refused to believe it!

She had forced herself to endure her loneliness, suppressing the urge to seek out Pei Yuhang these past few days.

It was all for the sake of playing hard to get, using Junior Brother Pei's kindness and his guilt toward her to make him fall for her more and more deeply.

She couldn't accept it. After she had held out for so long, Pei Yuhang still hadn't completely given his heart to her!

Lu Ruoxi decided it was time to go on the offensive and unleash the ultimate tea arts she had cultivated like a true Fairy!

"Junior Brother Pei, you were the one who got distracted, alright? You can't blame it all on me~"

Lu Ruoxi teased with a smile, then reached out to hug Pei Yuhang, intending to smother his face in her fragrant bosom.

"Senior Sister... what are you doing? We can't do this."

Pei Yuhang hastily pushed Lu Ruoxi away, his voice tinged with a hint of pleading.

It was as if he were saying, 'Senior Sister Lu, you were the one who said you would keep your distance and let me and Liyuan be together. Why are you being so intimate now?'

Lu Ruoxi had long since prepared for the trap she had set for herself; she certainly wasn't about to fall into it.

"Junior Brother Pei, didn't I say it back then? We'll just pretend that night never happened and go back to being the closest of senior-and-junior disciples, just like before."

"Your Senior Sister could hug you this intimately before, so why not now? Is it that you've grown tired of me... or is it that you're the one who can't move on from that night?"

As Lu Ruoxi spoke, she suddenly put on a shocked expression, lightly covering her pink lips as her tone filled with a trace of disappointment and sorrow.

"Could it be... Junior Brother, you no longer see me as your Senior Sister, but as... a woman? If you see me that way, what would our Master think?!"

Pei Yuhang was instantly dumbfounded, realizing that no matter how he responded, he would be in the wrong.

Overcome with guilt, when he saw his Senior Sister pretend to wipe away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, he hastily tried to comfort her. "How could I possibly have such beastly thoughts! It's not that I don't want to be close to you, Senior Sister, it's just that... I feel it's too unfair to Liyuan. It's just not right."

"You feel you're being unfair to Junior Sister Ye? Then when have you ever felt you could be fair to me?

I've already said that I won't interfere in your life with Junior Sister Ye and that I'll know my place and stay away... I can't believe that even after I've conceded so much, you still think I'm in the wrong. That even wanting to give you a hug is a violation!

Pei Yuhang, I'm so disappointed in you!"

Lu Ruoxi said in anguish, then turned, summoned an auspicious cloud, and flew away. A few teardrops left hanging in the air were carried by a perfectly timed gust of wind onto Pei Yuhang's lips.

The tears, filled with the beautiful woman's anguish, were salty and bitter.

"Senior Sister Lu, that's not what I meant! You've misunderstood me!"

Pei Yuhang hastily used Sword Control to give chase, anxiously calling out his Senior Sister's name, hoping to get her to sit down and talk things through.

Lu Ruoxi caught a glimpse of Pei Yuhang chasing after her from the corner of her eye. A flicker of joy sparked in her heart; she knew the kind-hearted Junior Brother Pei had taken the bait again.

'I'm sorry, Junior Brother Pei... But for the sake of our future together, please forgive me for being despicable enough to use and deceive you.'

Lu Ruoxi lowered her gaze, then formed a hand seal to increase her speed, making sure Pei Yuhang couldn't catch up to her too quickly.

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The Kunlun Mountain Range lay stretched across the land like a great roaming Dragon, winding for thousands of kilometers.

Upon its towering peaks, snow lay like a vast white cloak, gently blanketing the jagged black stone beneath.

WHOOSH—

Several colossal vessels streaked past the mountaintops, the gales they kicked up tossing accumulated snow and dust into the sky.

"The Yin Yang Sacred Land."

As a soft, bewitching female voice echoed from the heavens, a Demon Fox the size of a small mountain poked its head out from the Cloud Sea. Upon its back rested a multi-storied pavilion, within which stood rows of stunningly alluring women.

"The Xuanyuan Dao Sect."

Elder Liu's vigorous, powerful voice followed immediately after. An immense golden light pierced the clouds, and a magnificent golden vessel broke through the void, its presence majestic and overwhelming.

"Hahaha, you two major Sects are being particularly high-profile this year! In that case, Martial God Mountain will join the festivities!"

The earth cracked open, and a small mountain rose from the ground, sending waves of dust rolling out like an ocean tide. When the dust settled, countless disciples realized it was actually a land tortoise carrying a mountain on its back!

Martial God Mountain was another renowned Sacred Land among Righteous Cultivators. When it came to the lineage of Body Cultivators, if they claimed to be second, no one in the world would dare claim first.

After Martial God Mountain's mountain-carrying tortoise appeared, the Dragon Roar Sword Sect, which represented the world's number one Sword Dao, and the Jade Pool Sacred Land, the only one among the Righteous Forces composed entirely of Female Cultivators and known as the "Fairy Sect," also appeared in succession.

Aboard the Immortal Cranes that blotted out the sun, the aloof and reserved Fairies of Jade Pool looked toward the ostentatious tarts of the Yin Yang Sacred Land with unconcealed disgust in their eyes.

After all, during the great war between the Righteous and Demonic paths, the Jade Pool Sacred Land had been responsible for intercepting the Yin Yang Sacred Land. The two Sacred Lands had lost countless disciples in the war and had long since become mortal enemies.

"The people from the Dao Sect really have been bewitched by those seductive fox spirits from the Yin Yang Sacred Land. I can't believe they actually formed an alliance. When we get back, we must remind the disciples in our sect not to befriend anyone from the Dao Sect, lest they catch some filthy venereal disease!"

A Fairy complained in a low voice, her delicate brows furrowed.

"Shh—don't speak so freely."

"Gossiping is the biggest taboo in the mandatory Fairy curriculum. If someone overhears and uses it against us, we'll be in trouble."

her companion reminded her.

"But the mandatory Fairy curriculum also teaches that a Fairy must dare to love and hate, to live life with passion!"

Having said this, the Fairy turned to look at the graceful figure seated behind them on a meditation cushion, her face obscured by a veiled conical hat.

"Master, am I right in what I said?"

Lin Qianyan opened her crystal-clear, sea-blue eyes. She recalled the teachings of a certain young man and, after a moment of contemplation, spoke softly,

"Xiaohan, we must analyze each situation on its own merits. A Fairy's reserved nature and her true temperament exist in a state of unified opposition; you cannot favor one at the expense of the other."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xiaohan felt as if she had been suddenly enlightened. Her Dao Heart instantly became clear and unobstructed.

"No wonder you were chosen as the Saintess, Master. The moment you speak, they are the words of a Saint!"

Pei Xiaohan's voice was filled with adoration, but Lin Qianyan simply shook her head.

"I did not comprehend these words of a Saint on my own. My Dao Practice is still insufficient."

"My husband used to enjoy telling me parables of the Saints. This is a true word of the Great Dao, spoken by Saint Ma in a story as he brought enlightenment to the world."

Pei Xiaohan detected the unconcealable joy in her usually cool and distant Master's voice when she mentioned her "husband," and couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

'Her husband again... A Cauldron Slave who was captured by the Yin Yang Sacred Land. He was probably squeezed dry and reduced to medicinal dregs a hundred years ago. Is he really worth Master remembering him so fondly?'