Chapter 271: Chapter 266 In and Out of the House, Master and Wicked Disciple
"Hmm~"
"Hmph!"
In the delicately elegant dwelling, Tianxuan was half-sitting on the jade couch, her upper body leaning forward, her waterfall-like black hair sprawled on her moon-white palace outfit, revealing an infinitely beautiful figure.
"Jiang... Li! You truly are my good disciple!"
Her jade-like fingers crinkled the brocade quilt into a mess as Tianxuan gasped for breath while gritting her teeth. If the quilt hadn’t been woven from ice silk mixed with gold threads, with Tianxuan’s finger strength, it would likely have already been ground to shreds.
As she spoke, Tianxuan couldn’t help but pant again, with repressed yet melodious moans escaping from her clenched teeth.
Had she been the one affected, it wouldn’t have come to this. Tianxuan’s physical body had already reached the Divine Demon Realm, undergoing a huge transformation. Even being struck in the Fuliu Kidney Acupoint wouldn’t have had much effect on her.
Even if she did actually feel something, she would be able to easily dissolve it with her control over her physical body.
But the problem hadn’t occurred with Tianxuan’s own body, but with Gongsun Qingyue’s.
Gongsun Qingyue’s constitution couldn’t compare to Tianxuan’s, and with Jiang Li taking great care of her this time, the fact that Tianxuan could barely suppress the body’s reaction was already due to the intervention of her own Divine Sense.
But no matter how much she suppressed it, the inevitable stimulation was still there, and it grew stronger due to the suppression.
This stimulation was transmitted through consciousness, not manifesting in the physical body or Divine Soul. Tianxuan was remotely enjoying the stimulation that Gongsun Qingyue felt.
No matter how strong her constitution or how precise her control over her body was, she couldn’t do anything about this resonance of consciousness and could only bear it. After all, Tianxuan had chosen to project herself into her disciple using the Void Illusion Realm to personally intervene.
So, she couldn’t expose herself!
If she were to be exposed, Tianxuan’s dignity as a master would be completely shattered.
"Rip—"
Her clenched fingers tore a hole in the brocade quilt, and Tianxuan felt that taking Gongsun Qingyue and Jiang Li as disciples was the biggest mistake of her life. These two mischievous disciples, one ramming into the other, caused their master to fall into such an embarrassing situation. Tianxuan felt she must have created karma in her past eight lives to have accepted such disciples.
Especially the latter; Tianxuan was truly angry, yet she couldn’t retaliate for fear that Jiang Li would find a flaw and expose the fact of her stand-in.
In short, she was very angry.
"Jiang Li~"
She had wanted to curse through gritted teeth, but halfway through her words, she encountered another stimulus, and her originally severe tone softened into a gentle one, like spring water.
"Master."
As if summoned by the mention of his name, Jiang Li’s voice came from outside the room.
Tianxuan immediately used her Qi to cast magic, first covering up her own voice, then creating a normal-sounding voice with her magic. She was afraid that if she spoke herself, she might reveal some flaw, so it was better to reply with magic.
"What’s the matter?"
A calm voice came from the room, its tone as usual, elegant and composed, like the bright moon high above, unreachable.
Had Jiang Li not already confirmed that the previous "Gongsun Qingyue" was his master in disguise, he might have believed it.
’But how does master manage to be so unflustered, so that even I can’t detect any fluctuation in her tone...’
Jiang Li subconsciously glanced at the Karma Collection, making sure that even this irreverent diary had not recorded any unusual sounds, silently marveling at the old demon’s methods.
Truly watertight.
"It’s like this," Jiang Li sighed inwardly as he replied, "Disciple and senior sister participated in the Sword Discussion, and encountered an anomaly. Senior sister first lost control due to being affected and then got injured. I’d like to ask master to diagnose senior sister."
Jiang Li explained what happened at the Sword Discussion Conference, and finally added, "I saw that senior sister’s complexion is pale, and she is sweating on her forehead; her injuries might be serious. However, she blames me for being too heavy-handed and does not want me to treat her, so we can only ask master for help."
Pale complexion, sweat on the forehead...
You! Think! This! Is! Caused! By! Who!
Tianxuan almost couldn’t help yelling out.
Had not Jiang Li applied the Bending Flower Hand, "Gongsun Qingyue" wouldn’t need to endure so hard.
But, had Jiang Li not decisively used the Bending Flower Hand, the crazed "Gongsun Qingyue" would not have easily recovered her sanity. In that instant, even Tianxuan almost lost connection and struggled to control the body.
Tianxuan forcefully suppressed her anger, and couldn’t help but let out a few disgraceful words, manipulating the magic to reply: "Under the Xuanyuan Sword lies our Sect’s forbidden ground, where the Drought resides. The Xuanyuan Sword is placed within the Heaven and Earth Furnace, not only to temper it but also to seal the forbidden ground. Also, there is the Yinglong Dao Fruit within, used to suppress the Drought."
"Because Qingyue cultivated the Drought God Palm, she was disturbed by the Drought’s Qi. Now that she is away from the Heaven and Earth Furnace, there should be no significant issue. Her pale face is due to overexertion."
Aren’t you going to check on her?
This doesn’t seem like the behavior of a master.
Jiang Li now guessed that his master, Tianxuan, was enduring something, and it was clearly with great difficulty; perhaps at this moment, she was collapsing on her bed, gasping for breath...
Thinking of that scene, Jiang Li resolutely entered Wise Man Mode and said calmly, "Master, do you mean to suggest that this disturbance is suspicious?"
With the Xuanyuan Sword and the Yinglong Dao Fruit suppressing it, and yet the Drought Demon Ba still showed signs of activity—this was obviously not an accident.
One must know that when the Yinglong Dao Fruit had a violent outbreak previously, the Drought Demon Ba did not manage to cause any disturbance.
"That’s right," the voice of Tianxuan came from inside the room, "That senior had succumbed to demonization during the battle in Yong Province eight hundred years ago, leaving Yong with a thousand miles of barren land. Later on, she was subdued by ancestors of the Ji Family and contained within our Sect’s forbidden area. Normally, the Drought Demon Ba would remain dormant and not easily awaken, so its awakening this time must involve something suspicious."
Could this suspicious matter be me?
Jiang Li thought of the recent disturbance he had caused and was also doubtful.
"However, you need not worry too much. The forbidden area is sealed with the Xuanyuan Sword, and nothing unexpected will happen. The reason why the Sect dealt with the Yinglong Dao Fruit’s outbreak in such a manner was actually based on the idea of luring the snake out of its hole. Even if someone meddles, they won’t be able to stir up any trouble."
Tianxuan panted lightly, maintaining the stability of her magic, "Later, I will visit Qing Yue and check the Heaven and Earth Furnace for the cause. You’ve been injured as well, you should go and heal first."
"The disciple is all right," Jiang Li said with a smile, "The disciple has comprehended the initiation of Wood Qi—healing a small wound like this..."
"Go and heal."
The repeated phrase came from inside the room, the voice slightly intensified, betraying the teacher’s care for her disciple, as well as her anger at his disregard for his own body.
Hearing this, Jiang Li felt rather moved and replied with a "Yes," then he stepped back.
If he didn’t step back now, he feared his Master might find a reason to deal with him.
After he left, Tianxuan finally withdrew her magic and let out a suppressed sob.
Even with her magic concealing her, she had instinctively suppressed her voice, fearing Jiang Li would notice. In her life, Tianxuan had never felt so stifled, not even the last time she was hit; she took revenge afterwards, instead of holding her breath like this.
"This wicked disciple!"
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On the other side, after Jiang Li returned to his own room, he did not turn on the lights, nor did he open the window. He just sat quietly in the darkness.
After a while, he slowly removed his Cloud Clothes, which had automatically repaired themselves, revealing his injured shoulder.
The injury was actually nearly healed, under the invigoration of the Wood Qi, leaving only a faint scar.
Jiang Li’s fingers formed a sword stance; a sharp glint flickered at his fingertips as the Golden Qi condensed, turning into a piercing edge that he thrust into his wound.
The wound that had already healed was opened again, revealing a sharp edge of the foreign object buried in his flesh.
Previously, Jiang Li had shattered the Great Circle Sword, which was corrupted by the Five Vile Qi, with his Heavenly Will Sword, turning it into tangible fragments that scattered and one of which pierced into Jiang Li’s shoulder.
He could have removed this shard, but for personal reasons, he chose to use the Wood Qi to speed up the healing process and buried the tiny fragment within his shoulder until now.
"Heavenly Will and Great Circle, the dual swords are indeed marvelous creations of Artifact Dao Masters, beyond words. It’s a pity..."
Jiang Li said, while he reached into the wound with his fingers, gripping the shard and slowly pulling it out.
As the masterpieces of Artifact Dao Masters, which consolidated the blood and sweat of both parties, the sword-casting materials alone were said to be worth cities.
Heavenly Sinking Iron, Golden Crow Feather, Western Pure Gold, Soft Cloud Essence, Purple Lightning Gold Copper—each of these materials was a rare treasure, not to mention the so-called Divine Treasure Iron, Ruyi Xuan Tie.
Such divine swords would never be handed over to outsiders by the Mo Sect, not even to Jiang Li, the first person to use the sword.
Therefore, although Jiang Li was aware of the power of the Heavenly Will Sword, he did not presumptuously make a disrespectful request but simply returned it to the Mo Sect.
However, this did not mean that Jiang Li didn’t yearn for the same kind of sword.
Thus, Jiang Li took the shard of the Great Circle Sword.
From the moment the shard entered his body, he enshrouded it with Demon-Cleansing True Qi, continually driving out the Five Vile Qi, until now...
The shard in Jiang Li’s fingers gradually lost its black color. A wisp of dark vapor emerged from it and drifted away gently.
The shard, which had already become solid, regained its transparency and, at the same time, regained its quasi-material form. Then, as Jiang Li gradually injected Innate Qi into it, the shard slowly transformed.
In the end, it became a tiny Flying Sword, as thin as a needle and only half the length of a finger, yet its form was exactly the same as the original Great Circle Sword.
"Just as I thought," Jiang Li revealed a smile.
The essence of the Great Circle Sword was Sword Qi, given form by three Artifact Dao Masters. If it hadn’t been for the corruption by the Five Vile Qi, it could have reformed even after being shattered.
And Qi represents strong malleability and resilience.
Jiang Li didn’t get to use the Heavenly Will Sword, but he had obtained a small Great Circle Sword. Together with the Dream Butterfly granted by the Mo Sect, he considered his trip to the Sword Discussion Conference not in vain.
’And, as long as I continuously replenish the Sword Qi, one day, the Great Circle Sword will reemerge in my hands.’