novelraw Chapter 44 : Asking What Dao
Chapter 44 : Asking What Dao
Chapter 44: Asking What Dao
“Young Master, what were you just doing with Senior Sister?”
Seeing Qiu Yuehan storm out without a word, Xia Lianxue had no choice but to press step by step against Lu Changyuan.
“Discussing Dao, mm, discussing Dao.”
The window in the room was open, and under the moonlight, Xia Lianxue’s skin appeared even more like ice and jade.
At this moment, the Immortal Fairy leaned very close to Lu Changyuan, so close that he could see her delicate, fragile neck.
White to the point of dazzling.
“Does discussing Dao require putting your hand there?”
The Fairy had seen it clearly.
Just now when Qiu Yuehan had fallen onto Lu Changyuan, his hand had very plainly rested on Qiu Yuehan’s hips.
And it seemed it wasn’t even through the clothes.
Although Xia Lianxue had always known there was some secret between Lu Changyuan and Qiu Yuehan, she hadn’t expected the secret to be this large!
Send her away.
And then the two of them enjoy themselves in the room?
Should she also play a tune of “Phoenix Seeking Phoenix” outside to add to the mood?
“Was Senior Sister’s chest… soft, Young Master?”
What are you even talking about, I absolutely don’t know.
Lu Changyuan’s gaze shifted slightly.
Just now, when Qiu Yuehan had fallen on him from above, his chest had pressed tightly against hers.
Even now, the tip of Lu Changyuan’s nose still carried the faint scent of Qiu Yuehan.
Lu Changyuan looked at Xia Lianxue a little nervously, and said very seriously: “Actually… it was just okay.”
“Young Master truly is as honest as ever.”
“You know it, I’ve always been honest.”
Xia Lianxue stared straight at Lu Changyuan, her beautiful eyes carrying an emotion as if she wanted to devour him.
“What Dao did Senior Sister ask about? Could Young Master also teach me?”
Lu Changyuan directed his gaze inward, saying: “I want her to cultivate the Mortal World Sword Dao—being within the mortal world yet transcending it. Supplemented with the Heart-Severing Technique, to cultivate so that one experiences the mortal world yet does not become lost in it.”
“Young Master!”
Xia Lianxue’s pretty face hurt from anger, even half of her bones ached, and then she noticed Lu Changyuan was smiling mischievously.
Her body softened again.
It seemed she had no right to be angry, nor any right to feel jealous.
The Fairy’s voice lowered even further: “Young Master.”
Lu Changyuan suddenly reached out and patted Xia Lianxue’s head, saying: “There truly is nothing between us. The reason I called her here today was also for your sake, to make it easier to stand up for you tomorrow when climbing the mountain.”
So… it was for me?
Xia Lianxue suddenly asked: “That night when Young Master brought Senior Sister back home, where did you sleep?”
“Why ask this all of a sudden?”
“Does Young Master not wish to answer me?”
“We just squeezed together to sleep. My home only has one bed, and at that time I was very tired, and she was seriously injured…”
“Then we can also squeeze together.”
Xia Lianxue pulled Lu Changyuan toward the small bed not far away.
It was a canopy bed carved from redwood, covered with soft bedding.
Lu Changyuan didn’t resist at all, and was pushed onto the bed by Xia Lianxue.
Having a bed to sleep on was always better.
The Fairy said softly: “Just squeezing for one night, otherwise sleeping on the floor might give you a chill.”
Cultivators couldn’t possibly catch… but at this moment Lu Changyuan really could catch a chill.
The moment Xia Lianxue lay down, she already regretted it, her heart thumping wildly, unable to find any sleep.
Suddenly she thought of something.
It seemed Senior Sister Qiu Yuehan had known Young Master first.
Afterwards her mind was filled only with—this was the first time she lay on the same bed with a man.
How could she possibly fall asleep?
“Young Master?”
She called out softly.
No response.
Xia Lianxue turned her back and discovered Lu Changyuan had already fallen asleep.
“Young Master!?”
…..
Beneath the moonlight, the Immortal Fairy flew rapidly up the mountain!
Qiu Yuehan only felt her face burning as if on fire, and the blaze spread all over her body.
She felt she must have had lard clouding her mind, to suddenly suggest to Lu Changyuan to change locations. And now—fine, the location hadn’t changed, and instead she had been groped for nothing.
The Supreme Pure-Spirit Forget-Immortal Technique circulated, and only then did Qiu Yuehan feel the restless heat gradually return to calm.
“Yuehan? Why are you here?”
Someone called her name at the gates of the Immortal Palace.
It was True Person Han Ze, the highest-ranked among the three True Persons, and the one who had thought Xia Lianxue’s matter still had a chance to turn.
Within the Jade Palace, the three True Persons—True Person Han Qiu oversaw the Hall of Discipline, True Person Han Yi was in charge of nurturing disciples, while True Person Han Ze controlled the Mountain-Protecting Formation.
Qiu Yuehan concealed her expression and forced herself to be calm: “I could not sleep well tonight, so I came down the mountain to walk a little.”
True Person Han Ze beckoned her forward, and Qiu Yuehan stepped up by two paces.
“True Person?”
“In this world, many things are not judged by the result, but by the process.”
True Person Han Ze waved his hand, and the two of them rose into the air: “You knew very well that your Junior Sister fell into demonic ways and wanted to kill you, and yet you were not blinded by that fact. This is very good. Cultivation of the Dao is about breaking through falsehoods, but also about returning to truth. This is why I stopped Han Qiu and Han Yi from immediately expelling your Junior Sister from the Palace.”
Qiu Yuehan nodded.
True Person Han Ze had not been in the Palace for a short time—about four hundred years already, having entered when the Palace Mistress had just established the Palace.
The older generation had mostly passed away one after another due to hidden injuries from past upheavals.
Since True Person Hanshui’s passing, True Person Han Ze had been the most senior in the Palace.
“Do you know why Han Yi hates Hanshui?”
That the two True Persons Han Yi and Hanshui had not gotten along was no secret, but very few knew the inside story.
True Person Han Ze said calmly: “About three hundred years ago, before Han Yi entered the Palace, she had a husband in the mortal world. Hanshui severed her mortal ties, brought her into the Palace, and arranged for her husband to remarry.”
Qiu Yuehan thought secretly—so True Person Han Yi was also a victim of severed mortal ties.
“Yuehan, how far are you from the Fifth Realm?”
Thinking of what Lu Changyuan had just told her, Qiu Yuehan answered: “I can break through at any time.”
“Mm, good. You are the most gifted one in our Palace. The Jade Palace will one day be entrusted to you.”
“True Person?”
True Person Han Ze said: “When I was your age, just a little girl, I was only at the Third Realm. Your talent surpasses mine, and you have the chance to reach Jade Radiance. So, do not forget to pursue your own Dao.”
Qiu Yuehan lowered her head: “I respectfully heed True Person’s guidance.”
True Person Han Ze’s laugh came gently.
“There is little I can teach you, Yuehan. The Palace Mistress has been in seclusion for many years. On the surface, our Palace only has three True Persons of the Sixth Realm. Do you know what this means?”
Qiu Yuehan shook her head.
“It means that some petty villains think our Jade Palace is in decline, that the Palace Mistress has already perished, and that we are easy to bully. They have set their eyes on our place.”
Qiu Yuehan asked doubtfully: “Even if the Palace Mistress is in seclusion, our Palace’s strength is not weak.”
Three True Persons of the Sixth Realm, countless Elders of the Fifth Realm, and even the Mountain-Protecting Formation—how could attacking the Jade Palace be so easy?
True Person Han Ze said: “It is merely something to keep in mind. The future of the Jade Palace ultimately depends on you.”
Qiu Yuehan gave her assent.
The figure of the True Person gradually drifted away and disappeared into the night.
Only then did Qiu Yuehan realize she had been left in a bamboo grove.
Why did he leave her here?
Suddenly, she heard a melodious laugh from ahead.
It seemed to be a woman’s voice, and as Qiu Yuehan approached, she heard words that were irritating to the ear.
“Oh my, the brothers of the Jade Palace are much more understanding than those fellows of the Canglan Sect.”
It was a very familiar voice.
It seemed to belong to that woman called Xian Qingqiu.
Qiu Yuehan approached the bamboo grove silently, but inside, the laughter grew even louder.
Then she heard Xian Qingqiu say: “Why is your Palace’s Fairy Xia Lianxue not here today?”
“Senior Sister Xia Lianxue has already been demoted to an ordinary disciple. It is said True Person Han Yi personally abolished her cultivation and cast her down the mountain.”
A nameless fire rose in Qiu Yuehan’s heart.
She drew her sword and struck—sending the bamboo grove into chaos as birds and beasts scattered.