Arc 2
Flawless Sword (11)
With that said, Jun Yan took the spatula from Ye Chen’s hand, lowered his head, and began to stir-fry the contents of the pan. The light fell on his calm face, with a soft gleam. Ye Chen stood aside, watching him blankly.
Jun Yan quickly stir-fried the dishes. He handed them to Ye Chen, and said softly, “Put them on the table. ”
Ye Chen recovered. She nodded hurriedly. She set the food on the table, then sat down. She tapped her fingers on the bowl, waiting for Jun Yan.
She liked to watch Jun Yan doing things. Serious men always have an inexplicable handsome look that makes people’s hearts beat. Plus, Jun Yan was not only handsome but also had the kind of aura that he was an immortal that fell into the mortal world. Every time, Ye Chen always wanted to applaud herself, she could pull down this man who was worthy to be worshiped in a shrine to the world!
38 floated around in her mind, watching the world from her eyes.
38 was perplexed to find that when Ye Chen’s eyes looked at the world, they were often contained with feelings. When she looked at Gu Jianan, the world was always enveloped with soft pity, a tender and protective feeling toward him. When she looked at Jun Yan, the world was always so dazzling with brilliance.
But, there were no emotions in the dazzling light, as if she was watching her Shifu like watching the star in the sky, only with admiration and appreciation.
“I noticed one thing,” 38 was full of doubt, “Your feelings for Jun Yan, it seems different from Gu Jianan…”
“Of course it is,” Ye Chen propped her chin and appreciated Jun Yan. “Gu Jianan is my child and Jun Yan is my Shifu. The two can’t be compared.”
“Don’t talk about your child so affectionately… I get goosebumps just by listening to it.”
“With Gu Jianan, I tried my best to raise him with painstaking efforts. I know he would never betray me. Jun Yan is different. I knew very early he might betray me.” Ye Chen rubbed the bowl with a flat expression, “I admire his good look and strength. I am also grateful for his kindness to me. I will repay him. But, if I invest my feelings in him, it will be easy for me to get sad.”
“Can feelings be controlled? “38 still had its doubts.
Ye Chen smiled, “At least for me, it can.”
While she chatted with 38, Jun Yan brought up the food and served it in front of Ye Chen. Ye Chen folded her hands and spoke gratefully, “Thanking Shifu for making me dinner. Happy birthday, Shifu!”
Jun Yan didn’t want to reply to her, he wanted to stay far away from her. But, faced with her smile, he couldn’t help but smile back. He then sat down with his head down, concealing his smile. He replied indifferently, “Let’s eat. ”
They had a quiet meal. Ye Chen kept sneaking a glance at Jun Yan. Jun Yan was aware of her eyes and asked directly, “What do you want to say?”
“Shifu doesn’t want to ask where Shimei went?”
Ye Chen was not convinced Jun Yan believed her. Jun Yan carried out some meat piled up in her bowl, and answered, “Don’t eat too much meat, eat more vegetables. Xie Wushuang is responsible and knows how to handle things, and he won’t mess with Dan Yan. ”
“You know?” Ye Chen’s eyes widened. Jun Yan placed more vegetables in her bowl, his expression flat, “Xie Wushuang has a lively temperament, it’s good for Dan Yan to have more contact with him. She just lost her whole family, it must have been hard for her. There aren’t many interesting things around me. If she is always with me, I’m afraid she will be bored.”
“Shifu is so meticulous and considerate.” Ye Chen lamented, she ate a piece of meat and felt a little bit happier. Jun Yan paused his movement. He could hear Ye Chen’s dissatisfaction. He wanted to explain, but the explanation was stuck in his mouth. In the end, he lowered his eyes and hummed, “Mn. ”
With that, he turned the question to her cultivation, “How far have you cultivated the Ruthless Dao?”
“Third Stage.”
“Feelings have always been the most moving and hurtful emotion. Xiao Chen, since you have cultivated Ruthless Dao, you must stabilize your Dao Heart and be a ruthless person.”
“Is the same true for Shifu? “Ye Chen studied Jun Yan quietly. Jun Yan was taken aback for a moment as if a stone had been dropped in his heart, and the sound of the stone entering the water was crisp and audible. He responded calmly, “Yes. ”
“What a pity,” Ye Chen smiled. “Shifu is a ruthless person. Ye Chen can’t give up on Shifu but Shifu’s heart is already gone.”
“You…” Jun Yan raised his head.
Ye Chen continued, “Shifu is good, Wushuang is also good. The Shixiong, Shijie, Shimei, and Shidi in Tian Jian Sect are also good. Ye Chen can’t give up on them. Shifu,” Ye Chen heaved a sigh again. There wasn’t a trace of worry on her face, but she still said worriedly, “Am I not suitable for cultivating Ruthless Dao?”
“A great love for others…” Jun Yan calmed his frenzied heart and replied, “It is suitable for Ruthless Dao.”
“Really?” Ye Chen frowned, she pondered for a while. Then she clapped her hands and waved, “Forget it, let’s not talk about it. I’ve prepared a birthday present for Shifu. Does Shifu like to watch a play?”
“I don’t like it.”
“But I have prepared for it ah.” Ye Chen blinked, “So, Shifu will like it, right?”
Jun Yan couldn’t say anything,
While the two were having dinner, Dan Yan was tied to a pillar by Xie Wushuang, encircled by a group of shidi and shimei. She glared at Xie Wushuang coldly, “Let. Me. Go!”
“Shimei, don’t be angry. “Xie Wushuang held a bowl in his hands. He was earnest, “You eat first. You can’t do bigu yet, you will be hungry if you don’t eat.” ”
“Let! Me! Go!”
Dan Yan was furious. A shidi next to him said, “Shixiong, why does she only say this sentence? ”
“Probably she doesn’t know how to say anything but this sentence. “Xie Wushuang frowned, and explained to the shidi next to him, “So, although she only said this one sentence just now, it actually contains a lot of meanings. For example, in the beginning, she said, “I won’t eat,” and then she said, “I want you to feed me.” Right, Xiao Shimei? ”
Xie Wushuang gave her a smile he learned from Ye Chen, a deceitful and cheap smile.
Dan Yan used to have a lively temperament and hot temper before the accident. Facing a scoundrel like Xie Wushuang, she opened her mouth and cursed out, “Xie Wushuang, you bastard!”
Xie Wushuang raised his eyebrows, he was not angry at all. He leaned to a shidi next to him and stated, “So she can say other things. ”
Dan Yan was shaking with anger, her mouth kept spouting curses one after another to Xie Wushuang. After cursing continuously for half an hour, Xie Wushuang changed from surprise to amazement. He sat cross-legged in front of her and listened carefully to how she cursed. Dan Yan didn’t realize this at first, but when she cursed people, she felt that the suppressed emotions in her heart became much lighter. She even became addicted to cursing. She cursed them without holding back. After greeting the ancestors of everyone present for eighteen generations[1], she finally came to a halt and said hoarsely, “Give me a drink.”
Xie Wushuang tilted his head to her, eating melon seeds. He said in surprise, “Have you finished cursing us?”
Dan Yan did not answer, Xie Wushuang directed to the crowd, “Applause!”
The crowd roared with applause. Xie Wushuang fed Dan Yan the drink and spoke gently, “Shimei, drink some and continue to curse. We from Tian Jian Sect have never won a quarrel with others by cursing every time we go out of the Sect. It all depends on fighting. Today, we learned a lot of golden sentences and rich vocabulary from Shimei. We would be grateful if Shimei could teach us a little more.”
Dan Yan, “……”
A second passed, she couldn’t hold back her violent temper and cursed again.……
It’s so annoying, fuck, how can there be such an annoying person!
Xie Wushuang watched the very cute girl in front of him curse and couldn’t help but rub her head. It felt very good.
Shimei is cute, really really cute!
While Dan Yan was cursing at Xie Wushuang, Ye Chen and Jun Yan had finished their meal.
Jun Yan took the bowls, “Go back and meditate. ”
“Don’t,” Ye Chen grasped his hand and dragged him to her room, Jun Yan was dragged by her, and the rational side of him reasoned out loud, “Don’t indulge in world desire too much. People who cultivate immortality should be pure and have few desires.”
On the other hand, he looked forward to it and let Ye Chen drag him away without resistance.
For this, 38 shouted, “Hypocrite! This is too hypocritical!”
“This kind of hypocrite is indeed too hypocritical. “Ye Chen was unconcerned about it, “You think about it, isn’t this so exciting?”
Ye Chen dragged Jun Yan to her room and opened the door. Everything in her room was moved away, it was transformed into a stage. A cushion and a small table were put in front of the stage as if it were a private stage.
Ye Chen beckoned Jun Yan to knelt down on the cushion and went to the inner room to change clothes. The lights in the room were brightly lit. Behind the screen, her figure that was changing clothes was clearly outlined on the screen. When Jun Yan’s gaze swept the room, it accidentally fell on the screen and his breath hitched. He hastily averted his gaze and began to recite the Heart Purification Sutra frantically.
It’s a pity his reaction to Ye Chen could never be completely controlled by that.
He had controlled himself for a long time and hadn’t come to Ye Chen at night. Since Ye Chen and Xie Wushuang had shuangying together, he acutely understood that Ye Chen didn’t belong to him. Sooner or later, she would marry someone else. He couldn’t ruin her.
He never did it to the last step, he didn’t want to leave any traces of him in her life. So he has been trying to restrain himself, but when his heart was muddled, he couldn’t help thinking,
Abandon his Dao, and marry this person.
But after thinking about it and looking back, he had been cultivating his Dao for three hundred years. He couldn’t bear to give up. In addition, he was willing to marry her, but was she willing to marry him?
He was way older than her, When he met her, she was still a child. For Ye Chen, he was only her Shifu. Wouldn’t she be disgusted if she found out that her Shifu has such thoughts for her?
These thoughts made Jun Yan instantly calm down. By this time Ye Chen had already changed her clothes. She chatted with 38, “Do you think my seduction just now was successful? ”
“In my opinion, it’s a full mark.”
“Mn, I like it very much to see that he wants me but can’t get me. In this way, his Heart Demon will grow up faster, right? ”
“Host, I think, at this moment, you have an IQ of 99, out of 100.”
“Of course, of course, I also think that as a System, you must be the best.”
“You praised me too much, praised me too much…”
After the conversation, one person and one system, each made a mark on the book in their hearts- Daily flattering, check.
While chatting, Ye Chen had already stepped onto the stage.
She was wearing a long red dress that exposed half of her bust, there was a slit on the hem of the long skirt. Her white and slender thighs could be seen as she walked around. She had painted exquisite makeup on her usually clean face, with beautiful eyebrows and red lips. A glance from her could have stolen another person’s soul.
The mind that had just calmed down directly became frenzied again, Jun Yan’s body became taut. He fixed his posture to cover his state. He looked away with difficulty and said hoarsely, “Dressed in this way, where is your decency?”
“Come on, Shifu, I’ll sing you a play. Give me some encouragement. Come on, give me applause.”
Then, Ye Chen clapped her hands and applauded. Jun Yan closed his eyes. His voice restrained, “What play?”
“Shifu, have you ever heard of a play called ‘Nie Xiaoqian[2]‘?”
“Never.”
“Let me sing it to Shifu, then.”
Ye Chen flicked her sleeves and began to sing.
A beautiful female ghost seduced a scholar. With the help of the scholar, she broke away from the control of evil spirits. In the end, she stayed and lived with the scholar.
Nie Xiaoqian, played by Ye Chen, was flirtatious and beautiful. Her waist and legs swayed dexterously, and her legs were so slender that people wanted to hold them with both hands; Her lips were dyed red, and she was delicate. Under the light, dazzling and crystal clear, she sang in a beautiful voice, it made people want to bow their heads and kiss her; Her long sleeves fluttered, dancing around him, delivering a fragrance that was unique to her. One after another, her fragrance lingered all over him, as if invading every nerve and pore of him, making him restless, his heart thumping fast.
He forced himself to be calm. He sipped his tea, trying to withdraw his gaze. He couldn’t endure the beautiful scenery in front of him.
The white and tender feet hooked out from under the fiery red skirt, and then the tight and slender legs came out, and the legs and thighs flashed in again. Under the red dress, it was vague. It tempted people to tear the skirt straight away and see what was under it.
Ye Chen couldn’t finish singing all the content. She only sang to the part where the female ghost told Ning Caichen the truth and left.
With tears in her eyes, she kneeled in front of Jun Yan, with one leg slightly bent and the other leg straight. Her eyes full of affection, she sang, “Qie[3] has fallen into the bitter sea and can’t go back. Langjun[4] is a righteous person, you can surely save people from suffering and seek a new life. If you are willing to take Qie’s bones and bury them, it is tantamount to giving me another life.”
As she spoke, her slender hand caressed Jun Yan’s face. She looked pitiful, “Langjun, would you?”
Jun Yan was silent. From his view, he could see her breast and slender thighs. Everything was clearly visible, not obscured in the slightest, making his whole body like a taut bow that could release the arrow from its string at any time.
He even vaguely had a terrible thought.
She’s seducing him.
She’s taking the initiative and deliberately seducing him.
The thoughts hit his mind violently, shaking his sanity. He tried his best to control himself from touching her.
However, just when the string was about to break and he almost convinced himself that Ye Chen was indeed seducing him, Ye Chen broke into a smile and jumped back abruptly. She said excitedly, “Do I play well? Aren’t I very into the play? I am very beautiful, right?!”
Jun Yan stiffened. Ye Chen clapped her hand to applaud herself, “Shifu, aren’t I great?! I’m planning to perform this play for shidi and shimei一”
“Nonsense! “Jun Yan shouted angrily. He didn’t know who he was angry with. He was hiding his countless impure thoughts for her. The embarrassment was too much.
He rose up and tried his best not to frighten Ye Chen. He stated, “Xiao Chen, you are a Sword Cultivator. You need to learn to be pure and have few desires. Things like singing and acting, don’t do it.”
Ye Chen showed a frustrated expression, Jun Yan felt that he was too harsh and softened his voice, “If you like to sing, just sing something else, don’t sing a play like that.”
“For example?”
“Wu Song Fights The Tiger?”
Ye Chen, “……”
Jun Yan could clearly remember the touch of her sleeves brushing his face. He could clearly smell the unique fragrance of Ye Chen. He really couldn’t stay here any longer. “I’ll go back to meditate, you rest well.”
Without waiting for Ye Chen’s answer, he left.
Ye Chen crossed her hands on her chest and leaned against the door. She watched him leave hurriedly with a sneer, “I don’t believe it…”
“You don’t believe what?” 38 asked.
Ye Chen ridiculed, “I bet 5 points he will come to me tonight.”
38, “Gambling is prohibited by the System.”
Ye Chen, “……”
38 itched to ask. “Is your method really reliable?”
“It is,” Ye Chen said with a serious face, “A pure and innocent virgin like Shifu, he needs to be provoked first.”
“You sound as if you are not a pure or innocent virgin… even though you are a single dog who has been single for so many years…”
Ye Chen was bold and confident, “I have a lot of theoretical knowledge.”
38, “Hehe.”
Jun Yan hurried back to his room. Without wasting any time, he created layers of barriers outside his room. He sat down cross-legged and began to recite the mantra repeatedly.
Still, her appearance lingered in his mind. In the past, he had always fantasized about her. This time, she took the initiative to realize his fantasy. He couldn’t control himself.
He recited for a while. Yet, he couldn’t help himself. He brought out a glazed lamp from his Qiankun Pouch.
This glazed lamp was bought by him at a high price in someone else’s name. It was better than Ye Chen’s. It could weave realistic dreams. He didn’t dare to let anyone know that he owned such a lamp.
A high-level cultivator wouldn’t use this kind of thing because dreams and illusions were the nourishment for Heart Demon. It would be easy to lose control, but Jun Yan had no choice. He wouldn’t go to Ye Chen again. He must not disturb her life. He could no longer delude himself that it was alright as long as he left no trace.
So even if his Heart Demon grew rapidly and backfired him, he could only do this.
Jun Yan used his Spiritual Power to light up the glazed lamp and the glazed lamp illuminated his room. Soon, he closed his eyes and sank into a dream.
In his dream, he was a scholar named Ning Caichen, who met a beautiful female ghost at night.
On a rainy night, the female ghost came to him with an umbrella. Her phoenix eyes were curved by her smile, and her lips were like cherry blossoms. Her long red dress wrapped her body. When she walked, the slit on her skirts would be open and her legs could vaguely be seen.
Her sleeves fluttered, brushing his face and sending her a unique fragrance. She knelt in front of him, full of affection.
She asked him to help her. It was like an invisible hint.
Help her, and she would be his.
“Langjun, would you?”
She asked with a pitiful cry. He held her sleeves tight and drew her to his arms.
“Xiao Chen,” he eagerly kissed her.
The name that he called out wasn’t a name that should have appeared in this dream.
“My Xiao A’Chen.”
He pressed her down, his heart despaired.
He discovered that no matter what kind of treasure of Heaven and Earth he used. It could not replicate his Ye Chen.
Fantasy was a fantasy. Falsehoods were falsehoods. He could no longer deceive himself nor could he deceive his heart.
But he couldn’t stop either.
He fiercely pressed the person who was welcoming him under him.
Tears fell from his face and the person under him tenderly looked at him and held him in her arms, “What’s the matter, Caichen?”
He sobbed and said nothing. Something in his heart was breaking.
This is not her. He is not Ning Caichen. He can’t get her. Never can.
But he wanted her. He was willing to destroy his cultivation. He was willing to do anything for her.
What he wasn’t willing to do was ruin her.
She was his disciple. She had her destined Daoist Companion. She was only 20 years old. She had entered the third stage of Ruthless Dao and had broken through Nascent Soul. She lived so freely and beautifully.
How could he let her follow him, to destroy her cultivation and start over? How could he let her cut her Nascent Soul to Xie Wushuang and become an ordinary mortal?
She and Xie Wushuang had shuangying. Only when one of them cut their Nascent Soul could they end their relationship. The person who got the complete Nascent Soul could break through instantly and get the Spiritual Power of two people, while the person who loses their Nascent Soul would lose their ability to cultivate.
Nascent Soul was transformed from Golden Core. Golden Core was created from a Spiritual Root. A cultivator without Spiritual Roots couldn’t build a foundation.
He could start over, but what about Ye Chen?
She was destined to be Xie Wushuang’s Daoist Companion. She was destined to walk the path of Ruthless Dao.
That’s why his destiny was doomed. No matter what, he couldn’t ask for her.
His Heart Demon watched the man in front of him with a grin.
Ye Chen was talking with 38 while waiting for Jun Yan in her room.
38 reminded her, “You better change your clothes. You look so vulgar right now. What if someone comes to your room suddenly.”
“Don’t want ah, maybe he’ll come soon.” Ye Chen nibbled on melon seeds. “Do you think he realized I’m seducing him? If he doesn’t, won’t it be a waste of my time?”
“What are you doing seducing him so much like this, anyway?”
“To let him realize I’m a woman!” Ye Chen seriously answered.
38 was nibbling melon seeds, like her, “And then?”
“Then, let him love me more and more. Such a shame I’m destined to marry Xie Wushuang. His Heart Demon will grow stronger because of it, right? When his Heart Demon manifests, I’ll lure his heart demon and use my own body as a vessel to lock it inside myself.”
“There is an obsession in his heart, it’s not enough for us to lock it inside yourself, another Heart Demon can be created from his obsession. We can’t stay here forever to expel his Heart Demon for him.”
“We have a task that can advance the speed for this task, right?”
“Yes, if you can make him promise that he will not destroy the world, the task will be completed.”
“‘Promise to not destroy the world’? What kind of state is considered as ‘not destroying the world’?”
“He ascended. If he leaves this small world after he ascended, he can’t destroy the world anymore.”
“That’s acceptable.” Ye Chen patted the residual melon seed on her hands. She spoke lightly, “His Heart Demon made him couldn’t ask the question he wanted to ask the most. We just need to let him ask me this. Then, when the time comes, I will send him to ascend. When he ascended, we will leave this world.”
“How would you make him ask you for it?”
“Don’t ask me such a stupid and easy question.” Ye Chen began to doubt her System’s IQ. She waited for a while and couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, why hasn’t he come yet?”
38, “Most likely… Your charm is not enough.”
“My charm is not enough?!” Ye Chen was shocked. She threw away her melon seeds and scrambled to search for a mirror. She touched her face and heaved a relieved sigh, “Not because of it ah. I’m still as beautiful as ever!”
38, “……” Its host was mentally retarded. It had to escape.
Ye Chen waited for Jun Yan all night, but Jun Yan didn’t come. Ye Chen scolded and cried pitifully in her heart.
Early the next morning, Ye Chen changed into normal clothes with dark circles under her eyes. She prepared herself to go to Jun Yan’s lecture for Dan Yan. She crossed paths with Xie Wushuang who just brought Dan Yan back.
Dan Yan’s face was icy cold. Xie Wushuang followed her with a smile. He saw Ye Chen and his expression brightened, “Yo, Shijie, morning.”
Ye Chen sported dark circles under her eyes. She was very resentful, “Morning, Wushuang.” Then she turned to Dan Yan and greeted “Good morning, Shimei.”
“Did you collude with him to harm me? “Dan Yan gave Ye Chen a cold stare.
Ye Chen was currently not in a good mood and looked at Dan Yan indifferently.
Dan Yan squeezed her sword tightly and spat, “I know you don’t like me. You were originally the only disciple of Shifu. As the only disciple, you were guaranteed to inherit Wen Jian Peak. Now that I am here, your status has changed and you try your best to hinder me.”
Ye Chen, “ Σ ( ° △°|||)︴”
This shimei of her ah. When she needed to, she wouldn’t speak a word. Yet, when she started speaking, she would speak so much. Were silent people really had many things to say when they spoke?
“You let Xie Wushuang humiliate me so much, it won’t discourage me. And, Shijie,” Dan Yan glared sharply, “Even without me, there will be others. Shifu can’t always have only you as a disciple. Shijie, you should learn to grow up and be more mature!”
Ye Chen, “……”
Not long after, Ye Chen gave Xie Wushuang a judgemental look, “What did you do to her?”
What happened ah? Xie Wushuang was a really super good person. He may love to make jokes, but it shouldn’t be a problem when he is taking care of a little girl, right?
Xie Wushuang stretched out his hands helplessly and defended himself, “Our Xiao Shimei is very imaginative. I gave her food, she thought I tried to poison her. I comforted her, she thought I had ulterior motives. I mocked her, she scoffed and said I eventually showed my true face…”
Ye Chen nodded her head. She glanced at Dan Yan meaningfully.
What had she experienced that made her see the world in a negative way?
Then again, she lost her whole family in a night. Ye Chen heard her father was betrayed by his friends. Ye Chen felt she understood how Dan Yan became like this. She patted Dan Yan’s shoulder and comforted her, “Don’t think too much. We don’t mean any harm.”
“Don’t be hypocritical!” Dan Yan shouted angrily, “Instead of doing this kind of thing you should have worked hard instead! Although you are stupid, if you couldn’t practice with your swords properly, you should have practiced a few more times! If you couldn’t understand the lecture, you should ask more questions! If you couldn’t calm down to meditate, you should force yourself to…”
“This is too much ah…” Ye Chen titled her head, “I especially hate it when people say I’m stupid.”
Because compared to a genius like the Female Lead, she was indeed a bit stupid.
“Look! Words like this can shake your Dao Heart. It can be seen how flimsy your Dao Heart is. You are a noble-born lady who has never experienced hardships. Your qualifications are not good, and you haven’t worked hard to live up to Shifu’s reputation! You are unworthy of Shifu!”
Ye Chen, “……”
Your qualifications are not good…
This was the first time someone evaluated her with such words since she came to this world.
In terms of qualifications, if it weren’t for the bloodline of the Divine Clan, the Female Lead could be considered worse than her. It’s a pity that in the original world, the original owner of this body died too early. Otherwise, she would be the one hailed as the proud Son of Heaven,
Ye Chen studied Dan Yan’s angry appearance and couldn’t help getting angry. She curved her lips and taunted, “Turns out Shimei is jealous of my parent’s love and wealth. Is it my fault that I have a good family background? If my qualifications can’t be considered as good, then Shimei’s qualification must be unique, the only one in the world, and no one could compare to Shimei in this land under Heaven?”
Dn Yan noticed Ye Chen’s anger and felt bad. Still, she insisted, “I dare not一”
Dan Yan hadn’t finished her words and Ye Chen had taken out her swords. Dan Yan’s face changed dramatically. Ye Chen didn’t want to really hit her, so she kept the scabbard on her sword. Dan Yan was fast to react and used her sword to defend herself. From beginning to end, Ye Chen didn’t take her sword out of its scabbard, but she still ceased Dan Yan’s movements within ten moves. She pointed her sheathed sword to her face.
“Shimei, I’ll teach you a few things.” Ye Chen was smiling, but only blind people wouldn’t realize she was actually infuriated.
“First, everyone has their own aspirations. You want to cultivate immortality, but I don’t. I am not ashamed to admit it. Even if I, Ye Chen, don’t have good qualifications, as long as I follow my own conscience and don’t do anything bad, I’m still worthy of myself. I’m not wronging anyone. Let alone make Wen Jian Peak lose face.”
“Second, you can’t judge others’ efforts. Let alone laugh at others’ bad qualifications. You haven’t seen me practicing swordsmanship day by day on the mountain when I was your age. It’s unreasonable for you to accuse me of not working hard. My qualifications may not be as good as yours. I admit it. If being weak is a fault, then Shimei, at this moment, you won’t blame me if I kill you, right?”
“Lastly,” Ye Chen squinted, “I don’t have those nasty thoughts you think I have. You are my Xiao Shimei, I cherish you very much. However, everyone has their personal space. Yesterday I only wanted to celebrate Shifu‘s birthday with him so I let Wushuang take you out to play. Did I harm you? Open your dog’s eyes[5] and use your small brain. How have I treated you since you have come to Wen Jian Peak? Do I ever treat you badly? I only did this once and it wasn’t even a bad thing, but you remember it deeply in your heart and think I want to harm you. Dan Yan, you white-eyed wolf[6]!”
Dan Yan’s face paled when she was scolded by Ye Chen. Something changed on her face. Ye Chen was taken aback, she saw Dan Yan tremblingly speak with difficulty, “Shifu…call…Shifu…”
As soon as she heard her voice, Ye Chen felt guilty. She picked up Dan Yan and rushed straight to Jun Yan’s cave. Dan Yan clutched her clothes as if something was moving under her skin. Ye Chen picked up her pace and hurriedly barged into Jun Yan’s cave, she shouted, “Shifu!”
When Jun Yan saw Dan Yan’s state, he promptly got up and came to Dan Yan. He soon drew symbols with his hand and golden rays of light entered Dan Yan’s body.
The things in Dan Yan’s body calmed down. Jun Yan was sweating profusely. Xie Wushuang caught up at this time. Jun Yan gave both of them a look and asked coldly, “What happened?”
Ye Chen pursed her lips. She knew she was in trouble. Jun Yan directly faced her, “Did you do it? Who moved first?”
“Me.” Ye Chen admitted. Jun Yan pointed to the door and ordered, “Go out and kneel.”
“What’s in her body?”
“It’s not something you should take care of. “Jun Yan spoke coldly, Ye Chen didn’t speak back, knowing she was in the wrong. She went out and simply knelt outside.
Xie Wushuang was frowning. He also followed Ye Chen out, lost in thought.
Ye Chen was kneeling outside in silence. Xie Wushuang knelt beside her and broke the silence, “Shijie, that… Shimei is not a bad person..”
“Why,” Ye Chen scoffed, “you have defected to her side?”
“Her appearance just now was similar to someone affected by evil thoughts.”
“What’s that?” Ye Chen scrunched her eyebrows, she never heard of it. Jun Yan also never talked about it.
“A person with the blood of Divine Clan can voluntarily use themselves as a vessel to absorb other’s evil thoughts, they can purify it in their body. However, it makes her prone to have evil thoughts. If those evil thoughts accumulate too much, they will take shape in her body. If she uses her powers, it will be restless and hurt her body.”
Ye Chen was baffled, not quite understanding it. A moment later, she reacted.
If Dan Yan had an ability like that, she could purify Jun Yan’s evil thoughts. Now she understood why Jun Yan kept Dan Yan by his side and could control himself to not come over to her place at night.
A girl who voluntarily used herself as a vessel for the good of others must not be a bad girl.
Ye Chen silently thought over it, “Can she remove other people’s Heart Demon?”
“Heart Demon is not an evil thought,” Xie Wushuang mused, expression thoughtful. “Evil thought is the cause of a Heart Demon. Still, a Heart Demon is a Demon. If that person already has a Heart Demon, removing evil thoughts is just to make the Heart Demon not stronger. It is impossible to remove a Heart Demon. ”
Outside, Ye Chen nodded. Inside, Ye Chen laughed madly.
She tried so hard to make his Heart Demon stronger, but Dan Yan was making such a selfless contribution to not make his Heart Demon stronger. What a pig teammate Dan Yan was[7]!
Ye Chen inhaled a deep breath and calmed herself as much as she could. Her brain was working hard to think of a way to separate Dan Yan and Jun Yan.
Ye Chen and Xie Wushuang knelt side by side silently. After a while, Xie Wushuang lifted his head and peered at the sun. He sighed, “Shijie, do you still want to eat spicy chicken today?”
“Not eating. Angry.”
“Then, how about a pot of mustard-glazed meatballs?”
“…Eat.”
Delicious food was not something one should give up pursuing.
The sun slowly rose to its highest. The surrounding area became hotter. Disciples came and went, and when they saw Ye Chen kneeling outside, they couldn’t help but run their mouths.
“The Shijie from Wen Jian Peak is being punished to kneel outside!”
“Why?”
“Someone said they saw her move her hand to her new Xiao Shimei, Dan Yan, in the morning!”
“Is it so serious?”
“Shijie’s temperament, don’t you know it? She has a sense of propriety and is always measured! It’s estimated she was only playing, but Jun-shishu decided to punish Shijie for the new Shimei! Those Shifus ah! Only cares about the new people’s laughs and ignores the old people’s cries[8]! Da Shijie must be sad..”
……
Their voices were loud. Ye Chen could hear it all. When she heard these words, she almost thought they were not talking about her as a disciple, but as a poor woman who had been abandoned. The one that was pregnant with a child at that.
Ye Chen was left with no words. She raised her head to look at the sky and sighed.
“These ignorant people, if they knew that I almost killed Dan Yan just now, I don’t know what they would say…”
“Host, in your Shidi and Shimei’s eyes, you are always right.”
“I’m so good in their eyes?”
“Well, you are the only one willing to purchase things for them.”
“……”
Ye Chen exuded a pitiful image. At this time, Xie Wushuang came over with a lunch box. Inside it was three dishes and one soup. One meat, one vegetable, and one side dish. The pot of mustard meatballs refreshed her heart. Her sadness and anger turned into appetite.
Xie Wushuang filled the bowl with rice and grinned, “Shijie, shall I feed you?”
“Hey, then what will I do?”
“This also can be said to give you a face, you know. Everyone knows we will become a Daoist couple in the future. Even if Shishu doesn’t love you anymore, there is still me personally feeding you lunch. You won’t look so pitiful because of this.”
“How considerate of you, thinking of my well-being.” Ye Chen shook her head and questioned him with suspicion, “Xie Wushuang, don’t tell me you actually like me?”
Xie Wushuang only smiled, “Shijie, do you know what I regret the most?”
“Mn?”
“Truthfully, it is… why the hell do I have a shuangying with you!”
Ye Chen, “……”
Ye Chen also felt Xie Wushuang was quite wronged by this. In fact, she had seen it. Xie Wushuang had some affection for Dan Yan. It’s just, he already had a shuangying with her, so he wouldn’t make a move on Dan Yan.
Ye Chen gazed straight into his eyes and with seriousness, she emphasized, “Wushuang, if you like someone, chase her. I will solve it, this shuangying’s matter.”
“Don’t tell me you will cut your Nascent Soul and give it to me? I won’t agree to it.” Xie Wushuang sandwiched a vegetable with his chopstick and said with a smile, “Come, open up.”
Ye Chen grabbed the bowl from him, she repeated earnestly, “Wushuang, I can’t ruin your life because of myself.”
“Shijie,” Xie Wushuang lowered his eyes, “When you saved me back then, my life has long been yours. Also, most of the time, people don’t have to be with the person they like. If I like a person, even if I can only look at her from a distance, as long as she is doing fine, I won’t have any regrets.”
“And Shijie,” Xie Wushuang’s smile was still on his face, “You are very good-looking. I don’t dislike you.”
“Fuck off!” Ye Chen shouted angrily. She held back her urge to wack him with her sword. “You don’t need to worry, I have a way. Xie Wushuang,” She looked him in the eyes again, she was not joking about this. “I will never and have never let down someone that has given me kindness.” Plus I will never tolerate others’ bad treatment.
Xie Wushuang was surprised by her seriousness, he felt that the person in front of him was always indeed like this. Still has the shadow of the little girl who saved him back then.
His eyes curved from his smile. He snatched back the bowl. “You treat me so well, how can I let others bully you? Come, Shijie, open up. Let us vent your grivances!”
Xie Wushuang approached her and whispered, “Shijie, I’m a professional when it comes to matters of the heart. Don’t worry! Shishu will and must be yours!”
The author has something to say:
[Mini Theater]
Doctor, “I heard that the readers miss me recently.”
Mo Shu Bai, “Hehe.”
Doctor, “I also heard I’m very popular.”
Mo Shu Bai, “It is your wishful thinking! You! Why do you think you are popular, huh?!
Doctor, “Why?”
MSB, “That’s because the readers love me deeply and don’t want to hurt me! So, as a result, they will call you so as not to let them hurt me!
Doctor, “Heh.”
Mo Shu Bai, “Do you get it? The person they love is me! It’s me!”
Doctor, “Knowing deep inside that everyone wants to hurt you, you are quite self-aware.”
Mo Shu Bai, “……”
Footnotes
Cursing them mercilessly. Because in Asian household, you curse others by disrespecting their relatives, such as calling them names with their relatives’ names. Elder is highly respected, so disrespecting them is a serious offense. It can mean as f you, mf, etc↵
From “Strange stories from a Chinese Studio”/”A Chinese Ghost Story” by Pu Songling. The female ghost’s name in the story is Nie Xiaoqian, and the scholar’s name is Ning Caichen.↵
妾 – qiè. Concubine/This Concubine. Sometimes it can be Chenqie. A concubine’s way of addressing herself.↵
郎君 – lánɡ jūn. A wife/concubine’s way of addressing one’s husband.↵
狗眼 – gǒuyǎn; Dog eyes. Calling someone a dog is an insult. 狗眼 is often used to address arrogant people who always look down on others.↵
白眼狼 – báiyǎn láng. White-eyed wolf. Ungrateful. Blind to other people’s kindness. Cross the river and burn the bridge. Repay good with evil.↵
猪一样的队友 – zhū yīyàng de duìyǒu. A pig-like teammate. A pig teammate is a drag. Rather than helping, they are hindering you.↵
只闻新人笑，不问旧人哭. If someone has something/someone new, they will forget the old one. The original is, in ancient times, a man had three wives and four concubines. When a man married a concubine, the new people (concubine) will laugh/be happy, while the old people (wife) cried sadly.↵
Ry’s Corner
Please do remember the scum in this novel is Ye Chen :>
Ah. I want to end this quickly. Ah, my shy heart!
Hey, at least, there is Xie Wushuang in this Arc.
Poor baby Jun Yan is trying his best. (and failing)
Simp Yin Nanzhao from ‘The Memory Lost in Space‘.
If you like what I do please consider buying me ko-fi! Who needs sleep, anyway. I don’t offer Advanced Chapters like Lyre yet, but you are free to water this thirsty cat!
Words count (excluding title, footnotes, TL’s corner): 6839
Elysian Pit 
Aaack thank you!!!!
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Omygod i live the og ml so much
They give such “good homie” vibes
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