Oh my goodness!
In the cultivation world, a disciple falling in love with their master is practically the epitome of insubordination.
Eldest Senior Sister, who is so strict about sect rules and dedicated to rigorous cultivation, actually has feelings for our master!
She really doesn’t want to know any of this!
[When I return, if I’m chosen by the sword spirit, I must tell him how I feel.]
The words Senior Sister said before entering the Sword Tomb flashed through her mind.
Jiang Bingbing swallowed hard, truly thinking Eldest Senior Sister was someone who kept quiet but pulled off big things.
Absolutely incredible.
“Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister?”
Liu Zheng’s slender, fair fingers waved in front of her eyes.
Only then did Jiang Bingbing snap out of her chaotic thoughts.
This gossip was too much to handle!
“Hehe… hehehe…” She giggled foolishly, gazing blankly at Liu Zheng. “What is ‘liking’ someone? Can I trade it for candied hawthorn sticks and mung bean cakes?”
“Uh—”
She hadn’t expected Jiang Bingbing to say that.
“What is ‘liking’ someone?”
Liu Zheng lowered her gaze, murmuring to herself.
She didn’t know what “liking” someone was either.
She only knew that before realizing she had feelings for her master, the only thing that could make her care or feel happy was the Ice Soul Sword in her hand.
Later…
Seeing her master’s greedy side made her happy. Seeing her master fiercely protective of those close to her made her happy. Hearing her master call her “Ah Zheng” also made her happy.
And then, Liu Zheng realized that no matter what her master did, it would make her smile from the heart.
Once, while hunting demons down the mountain,
she saved a pair of senior and junior disciples from the Nine Purity Sect. After their guidance, she suddenly understood.
So, she had fallen for her own master.
But this…
was ultimately something she could never speak aloud.
Because he was her master, and she was his disciple.
Outside the inn, the long street remained bustling and noisy.
Yet Liu Zheng’s ears were silent.
The candlelight flickered, and across the table, her little junior sister’s eyes were innocent and confused, pure and naive.
She pursed her lips, a wave of guilt rising within her.
Before entering the Sword Tomb, she had sworn that if she successfully Formed a Pact with the sword spirit, she would tell her master everything.
But she couldn’t bring herself to say it.
Her master cared so much about his reputation.
So she gave up on telling him.
And decided to bury these feelings.
Liu Zheng had originally thought that since her master gave her this task—to find out why her junior sister had been working so hard lately—
she told herself she was only using her own secret to exchange for her junior sister’s secret.
That’s what she told herself on the surface, but deep down, only she knew that her feelings could never be made public.
So, she desperately wanted someone in this world to know about her feelings.
She took advantage of her junior sister’s immature mind.
That’s why she wanted to tell her.
The more Liu Zheng looked into her little junior sister’s clear eyes,
the more she felt despicable.
“Junior Sister, I…” Liu Zheng tightened her grip on the Ice Soul Sword, her fingertips turning white. After a long pause, she said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Little Junior Sister.”
Jiang Bingbing had never been in love.
But even if she hadn’t eaten pork, she’d seen pigs run.
She had watched so many TV shows, short videos, and novels. Just by seeing the changes in Liu Zheng’s expression,
she knew her senior sister had fallen in love and was now caught in the throes of anxiety and melancholy.
She deliberately changed the subject:
“Senior Sister! Bingbing likes candied hawthorn sticks, hibiscus cakes, red date cakes, and mung bean cakes!”
“What?” Liu Zheng was stunned.
She saw the little girl smiling sweetly, her dimples like pools of honey.
“Silly senior sister! It’s normal for senior sister to like Master, Bingbing also likes Master, and also likes senior sister, likes second senior brother, mmm—”
Jiang Bingbing counted on her little fingers.
“Third senior brother Hua Kongque, forget it, Bingbing sometimes doesn’t like him, he bullies me, and also likes Senior Sister Zhuge, Grandpa Wuya, Stinky, Mei Lian…”
Seeing that.
Little junior sister showed no signs of stopping.
Liu Zheng was both amused and exasperated by her, this silly little girl, truly still at an age where she understands nothing.
Distracted by Jiang Bingbing’s rambling, Liu Zheng’s mood improved a lot. She called the inn waiter and ordered a full table of dishes.
When the food arrived and Jiang Bingbing was munching on a fragrant duck leg, Liu Zheng asked gently, “I heard from Master that little junior sister has been working very hard on cultivation lately?”
“Mmm—yeah—”
Jiang Bingbing answered with her mouth full.
“Junior sister, why are you so diligent?”
“Oh—?”
So that’s why she was brought out today!
The people of Jade Immortal Peak truly had nothing but good intentions toward her.
Presumably, Master was worried about her situation but feared that asking directly might not be good, so he went through the trouble of having the senior sister have a heart-to-heart with her.
Even the self-esteem of a silly little girl was taken care of so thoroughly. Jiang Bingbing’s nose tingled, she blinked, holding back the sudden urge to cry.
“Once I reach Foundation Establishment, I won’t have to attend classes at Heavenly Virtue Hall anymore!” She tore off another duck leg, “Bingbing doesn’t like classes, Mei Lian disturbs my sleep every day, making me wake up so early.”
Her voice was muffled.
“I also don’t want to make Master and senior sister sad.”
Her pitiful appearance was endearing.
“So, you want to work hard to reach Foundation Establishment, and then skip classes?” Liu Zheng’s brows showed a hint of emotion.
“Yeah!”
Immortal Lord Qingxue had already made enough exceptions for her.
A tall tree attracts the wind.
She didn’t want to bring unnecessary trouble to Jade Immortal Peak.
“So that’s how it is.” Liu Zheng said with a smile.
After eating their fill at Jufu Restaurant.
Liu Zheng went to pay the bill, instructing Jiang Bingbing to sit still and wait obediently.
Right at that moment!
A fierce howling wind suddenly swept through the door!
Accompanied by waves of foul-smelling black smoke and the panicked screams of the townspeople on the street.
Hearing the commotion, Liu Zheng turned around and saw her little junior sister being swept away by a cloud of black smoke.
“Not good.” She hurriedly chased after them.
Wrapped in the black smoke, Jiang Bingbing coughed violently twice.
“So smelly!”
I give up!
Was she Tang Sanzang’s reincarnation?
As soon as she left the mountain, she got caught by demons.
Liu Zheng was frantic with worry, blaming herself for not protecting her junior sister well. Her junior sister must be terrified now that she had been captured by a monster.
On the other side.
Jiang Bingbing stuffed two fingers into her nostrils and asked in a nasal voice, “Hey, what kind of demon are you? Quickly state your name!”
The demon: “…”
Are you putting on a play here!
The Black Smoke Monster ignored her.
Jiang Bingbing could still hear the townspeople talking and shouting earlier, but now she couldn’t hear anything.
Which meant they had already flown out of Peach Blossom Town.
It was too smelly.
She tore a thin cloth strip from her sleeve and plugged her nose.
Her fingers rubbed her chin.
“Hey! Big monster, why aren’t you talking!”
“You captured me but won’t talk, are all you demons this shy?”
“Oh, I get it, not talking? Do you have a secret crush on me?”
The demon: “…”
“Tsk, I know I’m charming, the line of people secretly in love with me stretches from the Upper Heavenly Palace to the Demon Realm!”
“Duck head! You’re not the only one who likes me!”
The demon: Although it wasn’t called duck head, this human really knew how to say annoying things!
The thick black smoke slightly dispersed then tightened again. Jiang Bingbing changed her position, hugging her knees and rolling around inside like a ball, having so much fun she cackled with laughter.
Demon: It had never seen such a shameless human!
“Hahahahahaha, this is so fun!!”
“Damn it, I can’t take it anymore!”
The black smoke suddenly scattered, and the demon threw Jiang Bingbing out.
“Ahhhhh—!”
Suddenly exposed high in the air, she plummeted toward the ground like a kite with a severed string.
Watching her scream in terror.
The black smoke swam contentedly through the sky, waiting until the human was about to hit the ground before swooping down to cushion her fall slightly.
Preventing Jiang Bingbing from being smashed into a pulp.
“Cough—ptui—” Jiang Bingbing spat out the mud in her mouth and looked up at the demon.
She had deliberately spouted nonsense earlier to provoke it.
Her goal was to land as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, the farther she flew, the harder it would be for her senior sister to find her.
The black smoke took on a humanoid form, lacking eyes, ears, a mouth, or a nose—just a pitch-black mass.
It walked step by step toward Jiang Bingbing.
The hand behind her back, clutching a talisman, was sweating profusely.
It was actually quite terrifying.
She calculated in her mind: once it got close, she would throw all her talismans at it without hesitation!
Just as tension peaked.
Stinky, nestled in Jiang Bingbing’s arms, tumbled out.
With a single bounce.
It hopped toward the Black Smoke Monster.
“Stinky, come back!!” Jiang Bingbing was truly frantic.