After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 170 - Let’s Talk When We Get Home

Chapter 170: Let’s Talk When We Get Home

In Luo Yueguan’s room at Ziyun Pavilion, the room was bustling with activity.

Bai Jin and Bai Li leaned on one side, Luo Yueguan and Luo Qingyu on another, while Chu Xianning and Jiang Huai were on yet another side. Wen Wanwan had already woken up and was sitting next to Jiang Huai.

Luo Qingyu and Bai Li first told everyone about everything that happened in the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm. Apart from encountering the brothers Mu Jiaoyang and Mu Linxing, which was a bit troublesome, the rest was uneventful, and they each gained some opportunities. Luo Qingyu received a Daoist inheritance, advancing her cultivation to the fifth level of Divine Transformation.

Bai Li’s cultivation had increased less, she had just reached the first level of Divine Transformation, but she had obtained a heavenly-grade dark heavy sword, which she liked very much.

After they finished telling their stories, Bai Jin began to introduce herself to everyone. More than a decade ago, she encountered a secret realm that was not just a simple secret realm but a world of its own. By chance, she entered that world to cultivate. The cultivation resources and spiritual energy in that world were more than ten times more abundant than in this world. She cultivated to the Ninth Realm before the heavenly Dao of that world noticed her and expelled her, sending her back to this world.

Now she had reached the cultivation of the Ninth Realm, Supreme Sacred first level.

Bai Li then introduced Jiang Huai to Bai Jin. She casually grabbed Jiang Huai’s arm and told Bai Jin about how they met and how Jiang Huai had taken care of her over the years. Jiang Huai sat obediently, a bit overwhelmed by the pressure of being in front of a Ninth Realm powerhouse.

Bai Jin glanced over quietly. She noticed that when Bai Li spoke of Jiang Huai, there was more than a little joy in her eyes.

She silently took note and said softly,

“In a few months, the Demon Emperor’s inheritance secret realm of the demon race will open. If you want to stay in the Eastern Region a little longer, you can stay for another month. After a month, mother will come to take you back to the Western Region.”

Bai Li hesitated for a while, then turned her face away, “I want to think about it...”

“Alright, it’s not urgent if you give me an answer in a few days. Mother will stay with you for a few days.”

Bai Jin replied softly, and Bai Li obediently agreed.

With nothing else to attend to, it was naturally time to return. Luo Yueguan took out her spirit boat, which was incredibly large and luxurious. It was no problem to divide it into seven rooms. After everyone chose their rooms, the spirit boat rose into the air and headed towards the Yuelan Continent.

Jiang Huai then gently knocked on Chu Xianning’s door.

...

The light outside the spirit boat was bright, and Chu Xianning, who never liked too intense light, had all the curtains in the room drawn, only letting in a dim and hazy light.

She sat on the edge of the bed, her slender waist upright. When the door opened, her eyes silently looked at Jiang Huai, her cheeks cool and indifferent. Jiang Huai Jr. gently closed the door and said softly,

“I’ve come to report to Master about what happened in the Daoji Ancestral Land.”

Chu Xianning nodded slightly.

Jiang Huai brought over a chair and brewed some jasmine tea. Chu Xianning sat down at the tea table opposite him and listened as Jiang Huai detailed everything that happened in the Daoji Ancestral Land. Jiang Huai left nothing out, including the time spent in the cave with Wen Wanwan, where she used the mysteries of her Taixuan Sacred Body to heal him.

When he got to this part, Chu Xianning’s eyelashes trembled slightly, but she didn’t interrupt him.

“As for the matter of my lifespan, it was indeed only five years left, but Wanwan and I went to kill a bunch of evil cultivators from Linglong Continent, and I managed to replenish two hundred years of lifespan, so Master doesn’t need to worry too much.”

“Good,” Chu Xianning nodded lightly.

She didn’t speak further, her eyes seriously looking at Jiang Huai for a while. Jiang Huai felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze. After a few seconds, he scratched his head and asked in a low voice.

“Why is Master staring at me?”

Chu Xianning was silent for a long time before speaking softly.

“If there’s another moment where you have to make such a choice, I would prefer you to hide in the cave.”

“What would Master choose in that situation?” Jiang Huai couldn’t help asking.

A vague sense of irritation rose in Chu Xianning’s heart.

After receiving the life-extending spiritual medicines at Guangxue Mountain, she personally inquired from other disciples who had heard the news, only to learn of Jiang Huai’s ordeal in the Daoji Ancestral Land.

Upon learning that he had less than five years of lifespan left, she set out with her soul to search for Jiang Huai’s aura. At Ziyun Pavilion, she used her reputation to owe a large debt of spirit stones to buy information on Jiang Huai’s whereabouts and finally received word last night that Jiang Huai had arrived at the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm. She hadn’t closed her eyes all night, rushing over with her sword, just in time to catch Luo Yueguan confronting Mu Lanyan.

All night she was restless, not knowing how to calm down, her chaotic thoughts nearly drowning her mind, until she saw Jiang Huai and heard him say he was unharmed, finally calming down as if waking from a big dream.

“You don’t need to worry about what I would choose, I want you to obey!”

Jiang Huai scratched his head, “Actually, I thought about hiding in the cave at the time...”

“Why didn’t you hide?”

“I couldn’t bear it. Master taught me since I was young to have a kind heart, and if there’s a chance, I should naturally...”

Before Jiang Huai could finish, Chu Xianning suddenly stood up and grabbed his collar.

Jiang Huai was stunned, staring at her cheeks.

When had he ever seen Chu Xianning so agitated?

“Forget everything I’ve taught you before. From now on, if you encounter such a dangerous situation again, survive, don’t care about anyone else, understand?”

Jiang Huai looked down slightly, looking at Chu Xianning’s wrist, which seemed to be trembling slightly.

“Okay, good, I heard you, I’ll do as Master says,” Jiang Huai replied softly.

“In the future, if I have to make such a choice, I will definitely choose to protect myself and keep my life to continue serving Master.”

“Swear to me.”

Chu Xianning let go of his collar and lifted his chin with her fingertips. She had already stood up, leaning in close to look into Jiang Huai’s eyes. The two of them were suddenly so close that Jiang Huai could feel her breath on his cheek.

Jiang Huai’s heartbeat suddenly quickened, his throat tight, not knowing what to say for a moment, slightly out of breath.

The closer he was to Chu Xianning, the clearer the faint scent on her body seemed to be, quietly teasing Jiang Huai’s nose.

His head felt dizzy, “How do I swear?”

“Swear to me that you won’t take risks with your life anymore, swear to me that you won’t act impulsively...”

“Isn’t Master always the one who dislikes interfering with others’ freedom?” Jiang Huai’s mind suddenly went blank, and he blurted out.

“So what you just said was just to appease me?” Chu Xianning’s voice trembled slightly.

“Of course not, I swear, isn’t that enough... Master clearly knows I always listen to you the most, why do I need to swear anything else?”

Jiang Huai hurriedly answered, and in a daze, he seemed to see Chu Xianning’s eyelashes moistened with a few drops of water.

“I swear, I swear I will never take risks with my life again, and if I don’t keep my word, I don’t deserve to be Chu Xianning’s direct disciple, I don’t deserve to drink with Chu Xianning again.”

After Jiang Huai finished speaking, Chu Xianning, who had been holding his chin, suddenly froze.

She sat back down, turned her face away, and after a few seconds, she suddenly lifted her leg under the table and kicked Jiang Huai’s leg lightly.

“Who wants to drink with you?” Chu Xianning’s cold voice became very small.

“I remember Master promised me that when I return, we could have a drink together.”

“Then tonight, you prepare a dinner on the spirit boat, and the seven of us will drink together.”

“That won’t do.”

Jiang Huai also turned his face away, “It’s one thing to drink with a group of people, but it’s another to have a quiet drink and talk with Master in the courtyard. The two can’t be mixed up.”

Jiang Huai always had a vague feeling that maybe Chu Xianning guessed he would try to take advantage of her when she was drunk.

Sometimes you have to trust your instincts! Jiang Huai Jr.!

Chu Xianning turned her face away, and when she turned back, the tears on her eyelashes had evaporated, as if what Jiang Huai had seen was just an illusion. Her eyes returned to their cool and indifferent state, and she said,

“You... since you and Wen Wanwan are already husband and wife, you must not let her down.”

“Of course, I have a clear understanding of the situation. After reporting the matters of the Daoji Ancestral Land to my master, I should come clean with Qingyu.”

“Have you thought about how you’re going to talk to Luo Qingyu?”

“Just tell the truth.”

Jiang Huai let out a soft sigh, his face still seemingly clouded with worry. freewёbnoνel.com

Chu Xianning turned away, “Well, you deserve it. Who asked you to promise a marriage to Luo Qingyu?”

“Qingyu likes me, after all. I can’t just let her down.”

“Do you have to like someone just because they like you?”

“Maybe that’s just the way I am. I don’t know how to reject someone. I always worry about hurting others’ feelings, and as for myself, it feels like my heart is empty. I don’t really understand what true liking is. Perhaps, in responding to someone’s affection, I find myself liking them,” Jiang Huai scratched his head.

“What if someone never likes you back? Would you still like her?”

“No,” Jiang Huai answered honestly.

“If I like someone for a very long time without any response, I would give up gracefully. Otherwise, I’d just be causing unnecessary trouble for the other person.”

“But why do I feel like you’re not the type to give up?” Chu Xianning’s voice seemed to carry a hint of grinding teeth.

“If that person truly doesn’t like me at all, I would give up. But if she occasionally shows a soft spot for me, being hot and cold, every time I feel hopeful, she seems distant again. Yet, whenever I’m about to give up, she becomes gentle to me... Master, tell me, if there really is such a woman, isn’t she being too much?”

“Then she should be more heartless, right?” Chu Xianning looked straight into Jiang Huai’s eyes.

“I’m not her, I can never guess what she’s thinking. But if I feel that my affection is only causing her annoyance, I would leave quietly.”

Jiang Huai blinked innocently and changed the subject.

“That’s not right, Master... So, about the drink we agreed on, are we still having it? You’re not going to back out, are you? You already promised me...”

The little rascal in front of her put on that pitiful look again.

Chu Xianning turned away, feeling somewhat guilty for a moment.

“Let’s talk about it when we get home.”

Jiang Huai suddenly paused, lost in thought.

The word ‘home’ struck a chord with him, and he began to smile, “Alright, let’s talk about it when we get home.”