During the journey where his Master flew him towards Fairy Cliff on Divine Phoenix Peak, Lin Xiao’s heart gradually grew heavy, and he sighed inwardly.
It wasn’t because he’d made a huge blunder today. Embarrassnt, for a man like him singularly focused on completing the storyline and ascending to immortality, was a foreign concept.
What truly annoyed him was this: The protagonist, Ye Chen, had just been injured by Zhu Wanning and had also taken a punch from Xiao Hongling today. Could this guy really last until the major upcoming plot point of the Five Branches Martial Competition?
Even if Ye Chen did make it to the Five Branches Martial Competition tiline, could he really heal his injuries within a re month, achieve a breakthrough in his abilities, and, on the day of the competition, challenge him with vigor, just as in the original storyline?
Lin Xiao doubted it.
Suffice it to say, under the chain collapse of the plot, Lin Xiao’s cultivation level had inexplicably broken through to the peak of the Innate realm, just Half-step from Golden Core. Moreover, he possessed the Formless Sword Intent, bestowed upon him by his Master Xiao Hongling through a Sword Intent Baptism!
Now, when comparing himself to Ye Chen, who had just entered Foundation Establishnt, it was like a dragon pinning down its prey—he couldn’t even fathom how he might lose!
Forget it. Things have already co to this. I can only hope that in the next month, that mysterious old man in the ring can help this guy perform another miracle. And all I can do is complete the two sub-plots before the Five Branches Martial Competition, act my part as genuinely as possible then, and try to restore the original plot as much as possible.
After steeling his resolve, Lin Xiao thought no more of it.
"ACHOO—"
Lin Xiao shivered all over.
In an instant, he descended from high above the clouds, landing before the pink cabin at Fairy Cliff.
"PHEW—"
Xiao Hongling let out a long breath and patted the dazed face of her handso eldest apprentice, "Xiao’er, we’re finally ho. You don’t have to be afraid of anyone bullying you anymore~"
"Okay, Master," Lin Xiao nodded, his face etched with pain.
But in his heart, he was retorting, Give a break! What I’m really afraid of is you crazily altering the plot!
"Huh? Your expression... sothing’s not right." Xiao Hongling tossed her silky hair, her beautiful phoenix eyes narrowing slightly as she scrutinized her devastatingly handso disciple, seemingly having noticed sothing amiss.
"Ah?" Lin Xiao was montarily stunned, then quickly said, "No, nothing! Having survived such an ordeal, your disciple is overjoyed! Thank you for saving today, Master!"
"Nonsense!" Xiao Hongling’s pretty face fell. She bit her lower lip and said sowhat resentfully, "Judging by your expression... you’re clearly dissatisfied! Tell honestly, do you think your Master... went too far today?"
"This..." Under the gaze of her gleaming phoenix eyes, Lin Xiao felt sowhat pressured and quickly averted his gaze. "Your disciple’s mood is... well, it’s alright."
"’Alright?’ What do you an, ’alright’?! Tell the truth!" Xiao Hongling pouted. Her typically mature and glamorous deanor montarily gave way to a girlish innocence. "Speak! As long as you honestly tell what you’re thinking, your Master promises... yes, promises not to bla you! Really!"
Listening to this, Lin Xiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
My dear Master, you’re over two hundred years old! Can you please stop fussing over these details like a young girl? Does my mood really matter to you? Does it affect your enjoynt of fine wine?
He cried out in despair in his heart.
Under her penetrating gaze, combined with the negative emotions welling up from the plot’s collapse—triggered by his beautiful Master’s outrageous Sword Intent Baptism—he finally snapped.
Anyway, she said she wouldn’t bla , so I’ll just let it all out!
With this thought, Lin Xiao threw caution to the wind, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yes! I do think Master’s actions today were a bit extre! Perhaps even... unnecessary!"
"That Ye Chen from Tiandang Peak might not be a good person, but he genuinely had no intention of harming !"
"And you, Master? Without distinguishing right from wrong, in front of so many Elders and Martial Uncles, you severely injured him! You’ve ruined the upcoming plot..."
He nearly let the truth slip in his agitation and quickly corrected himself, "I just hope Master will drink less in the future! Control your emotions! For years, thanks to the efforts of my three junior martial sisters, the reputation of our Divine Phoenix Peak has been steadily climbing. But your actions today have ruined everything!"
"Master! If things are truly unbearable, then please, just go back to how you were before! Roam the world, taste fine wines everywhere, wander for three or five years, and then return! Please stop interfering in the sect’s affairs! I’m begging you!"
Once the words were out, Lin Xiao himself was shocked!
He found it hard to believe that he, a re cannon fodder villain from the original story, actually dared to rebuke this tempestuous goddess!
But the words had been spoken, and he couldn’t care less about the consequences anymore!
No matter how strong his ntal fortitude was, he was still just an ordinary mortal!
He had conscientiously played the villain for so many years, doing countless things against his conscience, yet the plot had been collapsing ever since Ye Chen’s arrival at the sect! He had long been bursting to say all this!
At this mont, even if Xiao Hongling were to slap him into oblivion, he wouldn’t bat an eyelid!
Who the hell decreed that a minor villain couldn’t have a temper?
Knowing Xiao Hongling’s temperant from the original story, Lin Xiao simply closed his eyes, bracing for the end.
Just destroy . I’m truly tired!
However...
To his utter surprise...
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds...
A full minute passed!
He was completely unhard.
The air around him was deathly still.
Faintly, the sound of a woman’s sobbing could be heard...
What the hell?
Lin Xiao’s heart pounded. He opened his eyes and saw his beautiful Master, standing motionless, her phoenix eyes red and moist as she looked at him.
Seeing such a sorrowful expression on her flawlessly beautiful face was a sight that would move even the gods and immortals in heaven.
My god... Is she crying? Fairy Hongling, undefeated in her life, a majestic figure who shook the Cultivation World, was actually crying in front of ?
"Master, I..."
Lin Xiao was shaken and felt a pang of regret. He wanted to say sothing.
But she spoke first, interrupting him softly, "So, that’s how you see your Master, is it?"
"In your eyes, your Master is an unpredictable drunkard, a fearso, man-hating shrew, a foolish woman who embarrassed you today. Is that it?"
"Xiao’er, answer ."
She did her utmost to suppress her sobs, trying to keep her voice even. But in her gentle phoenix eyes, a deep, hidden pain was evident!
"I’m sorry, Master! That’s not it! What I said just now... your disciple was talking nonsense!"
Seeing her like this, Lin Xiao was also moved and hurriedly apologized.
Xiao Hongling turned her head away, her voice trembling as she lanted, "Do you know, Xiao’er?"
"In this life, your Master has road the world peerlessly, acted without restraint, regarded even the strongest experts of the Nine Provinces as insignificant, and done whatever I pleased, never caring for anyone’s opinion. But..."
"You... you were the first disciple your Master resolved to take after my heart had matured. You are also the only disciple I raised with my own hands..."
"From the mont I first saw you, the bond between us was forged, never to be broken..."
"Therefore, your Master cares a great deal... about your opinion."
"But..."
"How could you... see in such a light?"
"Today, your Master only wanted to protect my Xiao’er... Was that... also wrong?"
As she finished speaking, her expression was one of utter anguish. With a wave of her hand, a jar of Immortal Brew materialized from her Purple Mansion, and she downed it all in one go!
Amidst violent coughs, a stream of crystal-clear tears slid down her exquisite cheeks.
"Lin Xiao, leave."
"Your Master... no longer wishes to see you."
Suddenly, she bit her vermilion lip, uttered this resentful sentence, tossed the wine jar down the cliff, and then, with her snow-white, slender legs, walked towards the Blessed Abode in front.
Lin Xiao stood frozen, staring blankly at that tall, beautiful retreating figure.
The countless monts they had shared over the past decade, the beautiful scene of their first eting—everything flooded his mind...
In an instant, he made a decision that ca from his heart!
He was going to do sothing that the original Ye Chen wouldn’t dare to do in eight lifetis!
To hell with the Villain System, ascending to immortality, and the collapsing plot! Let it all wait! His Master’s grace was imnse! If a person couldn’t even show gratitude and repay kindness, what difference was there between them and a useless salted fish?
"Master! The question you asked that day—your disciple has the answer now!"
Lin Xiao’s heart steeled. He rushed forward, and for the first ti in his life, he acted on pure impulse, hugging her soft, slender waist from behind!
He had longed for this for so long, and today had finally co! He had held back for so long, and now his dream was finally realized!
So... his Master’s body... was this soft, this comfortable... AHHHH!!!
At that mont, Lin Xiao was utterly... ecstatic!
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