Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 348 335: Contraceptive Pill

"Don't be nervous, Miss Ji.

As a Saintess, I haven't stooped so low as to covet the opportunities of a junior like you.

Even if your opportunity is so extraordinary that you can cast a technique like A Thousand Years of Great Dream—one that even I cannot see through."

Lin Qianyan's voice was like a gently flowing spring, carrying a strange, reassuring magic. Upon hearing it, the tension in Ji Xichan's heart unwittingly eased.

"Then, Saintess Lin, why exactly have you summoned me here?"

"I already know everything that happened between you and Brother Pei. It started when you were young and he rescued you from the Demon Dao. You developed your first crush, admiring him deeply. Then he refused to take you as his disciple, and that admiration turned to resentment.

And then… after you achieved success in both your Cultivation and status, you became obsessed, having Fallen into Demon. You stopped at nothing to get to Brother Pei. You were even willing to harm him just to possess his body and mind."

Lin Qianyan calmly recounted Ji Xichan's emotional journey, causing a complex expression to cross Ji Xichan's face.

Of course, she wasn't feeling guilty.

As a cultivator, especially one who has reached a profound level, one's Dao Heart becomes clear and unyielding.

Even if a path is wrong, once they've chosen it, they will walk it to the end.

If she could do it all over again, Ji Xichan would still walk this path of "conquering" Pei Yuhang, because it was the only way she could have him.

She had no choice.

It started when Pei Yuhang shut the door on her, refusing to take her as a disciple even after she knelt in the heavy snow for three days and three nights.

Ji Xichan had become "ill."

Her original admiration and longing for Pei Yuhang gradually twisted into a sick, vengeful love.

Now, Ji Xichan could only marvel that Pei Yuhang had actually confessed everything to Lin Qianyan.

In Ji Xichan's eyes, Pei Yuhang was a man who cherished his reputation above all else.

'He would want to hide those shameful parts of his past. Even if it meant compromising with and yielding to the women who had bullied him, he would never want the person he loved to know. He would choose to bear it all alone.'

And yet now, he had actually laid everything bare to Lin Qianyan.

This was a level of trust that even Ye Liyuan, his Dao Companion of thirty years, had never received.

Perhaps, on some level, Pei Yuhang's love, or rather his trust, for Lin Qianyan had already surpassed what he felt for Ye Liyuan.

"Is this the power of A Thousand Years of Great Dream…?" she murmured, her voice tinged with self-mockery and resignation.

'If I had been the one to enter the dream with Pei Yuhang back then, would I have been able to attain Lin Qianyan's current position?'

Ji Xichan didn't know, because she would never have the chance to pull Pei Yuhang into A Thousand Years of Great Dream again.

"So, Saintess Lin, what is it you really want? Are you trying to persuade me to know my place and leave Pei Yuhang?

That's impossible. I will never leave him. You can call me a shameless, promiscuous, worthless bitch, but I won't go."

Ji Xichan spoke with the recklessness of someone with nothing left to lose. At the same time, she prepared for battle, the shadow beneath her feet squirming slightly as she watched for a potential attack should Lin Qianyan fly into a rage from humiliation.

Although the gap in their Cultivation was too vast—she didn't stand a chance of resisting.

'But if I'm not suppressed immediately, I just have to hold out until Pei Yuhang arrives…'

WHOOSH—

A light breeze swept past.

Ji Xichan's body grew lighter and lighter, until it felt as if she'd lost all weight. Like a balloon, her feet lifted off the ground and she began to rise into the air.

She cried out in alarm and was about to cast Magic to resist the weightless force, but for all her status as the Dao Sect's strongest prodigy in recent years, she was ultimately no match for an established Void Refining Great Cultivator.

With a mere flick of her finger, Lin Qianyan sent an invisible force to bind all the meridians in Ji Xichan's body. The power she wielded, great enough to move mountains and rivers, was completely useless now. It was as if she had been reduced to a mere mortal.

The ever-unruly Ji Xichan was like a toy before Lin Qianyan, completely at her mercy.

However, Lin Qianyan was not Shang Miaoyan. She had no sadistic taste for stepping on people's faces and humiliating them wantonly.

Although she felt indignant that Ji Xichan had bullied her husband, right now, she had a more important plan.

In Lin Qianyan's eyes, a mere Ji Xichan was no threat at all, even with that mysterious opportunity of hers.

'Among those around Pei Yuhang, the only one I truly need to deal with and punish severely is the woman who tore me and Brother Pei apart all those years ago.'

Lin Qianyan would repay, one by one, the hundred years of suffering and bitterness from being forcibly separated from her love!

The White-clothed Saintess's voice was low, finally revealing the full majesty of a superior being. The panicked Ji Xichan was completely stunned into silence.

"Miss Ji, can you finally calm down and listen to me now?"

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「At dusk, as the sun set.」

Pei Yuhang finally got out of bed.

He stood by the bed and looked down, his gaze complicated as he watched the silver-haired girl on the bed.

Qing Yueqiu was lying lazily on her side, her silver hair cascading over the pillow like a waterfall. Her cheeks were flushed, like a flower moistened by morning dew, and she exuded an aura of enchanting satisfaction.

Her gaze was hazy, her eyes shimmering with blissful moisture. Her slender hand rested gently on her flat, supple stomach, her fingertips slowly tracing circles as if savoring a memory.

Seeing her like this, Pei Yuhang's heart tightened. He frowned slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, he finally spoke:

"Yueqiu, maybe you should take a Contraceptive Pill…"

Hearing this, the smile on Qing Yueqiu's face instantly froze. She raised an eyebrow, a flash of displeasure in her eyes.

She looked up, staring directly at Pei Yuhang, her tone laced with a hint of reproach and dissatisfaction:

"Master, what are you worried about? Are you afraid that if Yueqiu really gets pregnant, I'll hold you responsible?"

At her words, as if to prove his own character, Pei Yuhang immediately raised his hand to swear an oath.

"Of course I'm not afraid of that! If you really get pregnant, Yueqiu, I would never make you hide it or get rid of it!"

His voice was firm and powerful, and he looked directly at Qing Yueqiu, his eyes filled with an undeniable seriousness.

Upon hearing this, Qing Yueqiu felt a warmth spread through her heart. The blush on her cheeks deepened, and her upturned, pink lips curved in happiness.

She bit her lower lip gently, her fingers unconsciously tightening on the bedsheets until her fingertips turned white, betraying her inner tension and anticipation.

"Then why, Master… why do you want Yueqiu to take the medicine?"

Qing Yueqiu's voice was so soft it was almost a whisper, her eyes filled with confusion and unease, as if she was afraid of hearing a disappointing answer.

Seeing this, Pei Yuhang's heart softened slightly. He reached out and gently stroked her hair, his movements tender and compassionate.

"Because you're still too young, Yueqiu… You don't know what having a child truly means.

You shouldn't rashly bring a life into this world because of a moment's impulse. That would be cruel to both you and the child."

There was a hint of world-weariness in Pei Yuhang's voice, as if he were reminiscing about something.

In the Illusion Realm, he had raised children of his own and knew firsthand the responsibilities and hardships of being a parent.

As he spoke these words now, a look of reminiscence and nostalgia surfaced in his eyes.

But Qing Yueqiu shook her head stubbornly. She looked down, stroking her fair and perfectly flat stomach, her lovely crimson eyes full of yearning.

"Master, please stop seeing Yueqiu as a child. This is the most precious gift Master has given me. If I can really get pregnant, then Yueqiu…"

"That's enough, Yueqiu. Be good. You're not ready yet. Don't do something impulsive that you'll regret."

Pei Yuhang cut her off, his tone becoming serious.

He held out a pink Elixir to Qing Yueqiu, causing the blush on the young woman's face to gradually fade to a pale white.

It was a Contraceptive Pill.

Qing Yueqiu looked at the Elixir, a flicker of struggle and resentment in her eyes.

Her fingers clenched the bedsheets tightly, her knuckles turning white. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how to begin.

In the end, she could only look at Pei Yuhang with a pleading gaze.

However, Pei Yuhang understood that on such a matter of principle, he absolutely could not give in and coddle the young woman out of affection.

"Yueqiu, be good… I don't want to say anything too harsh, but you're really too young. Ideals and reality are different things. You're not ready."

Qing Yueqiu's crimson eyes lowered. Her gaze lingered on Pei Yuhang's face for a moment before she finally bowed her head and gently took the Elixir.