Cloudmist Mountain Range.
“Senior Sister Yue, do you think Wudu will still come looking for me?”
“Miss, men are all like this. The moment you put them through even the slightest test, they can’t handle it. Someone like that definitely isn’t your true love.”
“But… but…”
The young woman addressed as Miss raised the longsword in her hand and viciously hacked at the demonic beast before her, as though she were venting all the emotions bottled up inside her.
“Senior Sister Yue, you must have found out Wudu’s identity by now, right?”
“Miss, you still can’t let him go? He hasn’t even bothered to come back and look for you.”
“But I was the one who broke up with him first.”
The young woman’s name was Xi Menglan, daughter of the Sect Master of the Heavenly Path Sect. The Heavenly Path Sect was considered one of the most powerful sects in the Vast Righteous Realm, while Xi Menglan herself was Mo Wudu’s ex-girlfriend.
It had all started because her senior sister had given her a terrible idea, claiming that a man’s love had to be tested before she could know whether his feelings were genuine.
Following her senior sister’s advice, Xi Menglan had broken up with Mo Wudu. She had even called him a penniless nobody and told him that he was completely unworthy of her.
With the original Mo Wudu’s pride and arrogance, how could he possibly endure such humiliation from Xi Menglan? He immediately returned to the Jade Flower Sect and spent his days drinking alone on Jade Radiance Peak, drowning himself in misery.
Meanwhile, Xi Menglan had continued waiting for Mo Wudu to come back and find her.
That wait lasted four years.
“Miss, this only proves that he doesn’t love you enough. He hasn’t come looking for you after all this time. Who knows? Maybe he’s already found someone new.”
The instant Xi Menglan heard the words “someone new,” her attacks became even more vicious. The demonic beast had already been chopped into a bloody pulp, yet she did not even notice and continued hacking away at it.
Her voice suddenly rose several octaves as she shouted, “He wouldn’t dare find someone new! I don’t believe he’d abandon me. Senior Sister Yue, you must have investigated everything already. Hurry up and tell me where he is!”
If the demonic beast could speak, it would probably have begged, ‘Sister, please have mercy and at least leave me with an intact corpse! If I’d known I’d end up like this, I would’ve rather never been born!’
Seeing her Miss behaving like this, Yue Xinru knew that Xi Menglan still had not gotten over Mo Wudu.
Yue Xinru could not understand what Xi Menglan saw in him. Surely it could not simply be because he was handsome.
In truth, Yue Xinru had never suggested that ridiculous test because she genuinely wanted to test Mo Wudu’s love.
Xi Menglan was the eldest young lady of the Heavenly Path Sect, while Mo Wudu was merely a Peak Master from a small sect. Their statuses were obviously worlds apart. That was why Yue Xinru had come up with the idea in the first place. Her true intention had simply been to make Mo Wudu leave her Miss.
Yet four years had passed, and Xi Menglan still had not forgotten him. She talked about Mo Wudu beside Yue Xinru every single day, so often that Yue Xinru’s ears practically had calluses from hearing his name.
Yue Xinru sighed and said, “Your boyfriend is a Peak Master of Jade Radiance Peak in the Jade Flower Sect. He should be on Jade Radiance Peak right now.”
“Jade Flower Sect? What kind of sect is that? Wudu is actually a Peak Master! No, I have to go see him.”
With Xi Menglan’s proud and stubborn personality, she normally would never have taken the initiative to seek Mo Wudu out. However, after hearing her senior sister suggest that he might have found someone new, she could no longer sit still.
Her man was about to run off with another woman. How could she possibly tolerate that?
“Miss, the Sect Master ordered you to return as soon as you finished this training expedition.”
“It’s fine. I’ll explain everything to Father when the time comes.”
Yue Xinru could do nothing about her Miss. She knew very well that once Xi Menglan made up her mind, it was almost impossible to change it.
“Then you’ll have to explain everything to the Sect Master yourself when the time comes.”
…
At that moment, Mo Wudu was sitting beneath a peach blossom tree, quietly admiring the beautiful mountain scenery. He had no idea that his ex-girlfriend was already on her way to find him.
“What else can I do to bring myself and Ning Qingxue closer?”
Mo Wudu leaned against the stone table, propping his head up with one hand as he pondered the question. Before long, his eyelids grew heavy, and he drifted off to sleep.
The dream brought him back to the same familiar scene.
Ning Qingxue was riding her flying sword and chasing him relentlessly. This time, however, there was another figure pursuing him as well. It seemed to be a woman, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not make out her face.
He could only vaguely hear her shouting, “Mo Wudu, choose! Me or her?!”
Meanwhile, Ning Qingxue was also chasing after him and crying out, “Master, you won’t abandon me, right? Master! Master…”
“Master. Master.”
Mo Wudu jolted awake.
The moment he saw Ning Qingxue standing in front of him, he instinctively thought she had come to kill him. Terror shot through him, and he slipped straight off the stone stool, crashing onto the ground.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
Only then did Mo Wudu realize that everything he had just seen had been a dream.
He had no idea why he kept dreaming about Ning Qingxue killing him these past two days. It had happened so often that merely looking at her now made him instinctively nervous.
However, to preserve his dignity as her Master, Mo Wudu immediately climbed back to his feet and brushed the dust from his clothes. He then asked, “Qingxue, did you need something from me?”
Mo Wudu’s gentle tone made Ning Qingxue deeply uncomfortable. She cautiously tested the waters and asked, “Master, may I ask you a few questions about cultivation?”
“Of course.”
Only after hearing his agreement did Ning Qingxue voice her problem, “Master, I reached the 3rd stage Qi Refining Realm this morning, but no matter what I do, I can’t break through to the 4th stage Qi Refining Realm. Why is that?”
Why did that sound like she was showing off?
She had reached the 3rd stage Qi Refining Realm in the morning, and now, in the afternoon, she already wanted to reach the 4th stage?
Was she trying to ascend to the heavens in a single day?
Mo Wudu patiently said, “Qingxue, cultivation isn’t something you can rush. The path to immortality must be taken one step at a time. You need to establish a solid foundation. If you blindly pursue breakthroughs, you may leave yourself vulnerable to inner demons. Advance steadily, accumulate virtue through good deeds, and enlightenment will naturally arise within you, allowing the heart of a sage to become complete.”
The instant Mo Wudu finished speaking, a surge of spiritual energy suddenly rippled around Ning Qingxue.
She had been firmly stuck at the 3rd stage Qi Refining Realm just moments ago.
Now, she broke through instantly.
Ning Qingxue dropped to her knees before Mo Wudu and exclaimed, “Thank you for resolving my confusion, Master!”
Seeing Ning Qingxue kneel the moment his attention slipped, Mo Wudu was left speechless. He hurriedly said, “Quickly, get up. This is simply what a Master should do.”
Mo Wudu immediately reached out and helped Ning Qingxue back to her feet.
Ning Qingxue noticed it clearly this time.
The moment she knelt, genuine fear had flashed across her Master’s face.
What exactly was going on?
She had knelt before him countless times in the past, yet he had never reacted like this.
Moreover, Ning Qingxue truly was not accustomed to her Master suddenly no longer scolding her. After several years of living under his daily beatings and verbal abuse, she had already grown used to it.
So, she cautiously pushed his limits a little further and said, “Master, your hair looks a little messy hanging loose like that. Would you like me to tie it up for you?”
Now that Mo Wudu thought about it, having such long hair constantly hanging down his back really was somewhat uncomfortable.
“Sure.”
Sure?
He actually said sure!
Ning Qingxue had deliberately pushed her luck because she thought Mo Wudu would surely become angry with her.
Yet not only had he not gotten angry, he had actually agreed!
In the past, merely getting a little too close to him would earn her a beating.
But today, he was actually allowing her to tie his hair!