Chapter 148: How Could This Be?

Upon hearing these words, Tai Lingxuan was momentarily stunned.

Her fingers, resting on the armrest, unconsciously curled slightly inward.

At that moment, Tai Lingxuan could clearly feel her heart pounding wildly out of control.

Her cheeks, too, began to heat up unnaturally.

At the same time, a sense of panic she had never felt before washed over her.

This kid actually said it’s because of his feelings of love for me…

Is this a confession?

Tai Lingxuan suddenly felt her mind turn into a mess.

She had lived for so many years and experienced countless storms, but she had never felt anything like this, at this very moment.

This kind of… throbbing feeling!

It was as if, within her chest, that long-dusty heart had begun to loosen.

What exactly was this feeling?

Tai Lingxuan was somewhat dazed, also somewhat at a loss.

Looking at the boy’s handsome, cute, and utterly serious face.

Tai Lingxuan, at this moment, couldn’t even figure out how to respond.

This kid… just a mere kid… how dare he?

“Stop, stop talking nonsense!”

Tai Lingxuan abruptly turned around, her back to Chen Yuyang, not letting him see her flustered expression at this moment, her voice also trembling slightly due to nervousness.

She, in a stern voice, rebuked.

“Junior, do not speak such shameless and inappropriate words anymore!”

Sensing that Tai Lingxuan’s reaction was so strong, yet she didn’t seem genuinely angry, Chen Yuyang’s heart stirred.

Such a reply was merely his last resort.

He didn’t expect the reaction to be surprisingly intense.

Perhaps, approaching this from an emotional angle might be a good breakthrough?

Thinking this, Chen Yuyang took another step forward.

“No, Senior, I cannot deceive myself.”

Chen Yuyang’s voice carried a stubbornness and sincerity unique to youth.

“From the very first moment I saw you, Senior, my mind has been filled with nothing but your image.”

“Whether cultivating, eating, or even sleeping, your face constantly appears in my thoughts, impossible to shake off.”

“If I must put it into words, this is love at first sight!”

“Senior, I like you!”

An even more direct, more explicit confession.

Like a boulder thrown in, it stirred even greater ripples in Tai Lingxuan’s heart.

For a moment, she felt her heart become more flustered, more chaotic.

This kid… is so shameless, so…

How come… my heart is beating so fast, my face is so hot, this feeling…

But why do I also feel a hint of happiness, as if I’ve been waiting, waiting for these words all along…

It’s impossible…

He and I have only met once.

At most, there was that previous time in the dream… but that was just a dream!

No, I am the leader of the Hehuan Sect, how can I lose my composure over a few reckless words from a junior?

Be calm, I must be calm!

Taking a deep breath, Tai Lingxuan forced herself to calm down, didn’t turn around, and immediately issued an even harsher rebuke: “Silence!”

“This is the Hehuan Sect, how dare you speak nonsense here and defile my purity!”

Tai Lingxuan’s voice became even more high-pitched, yet the tail end of her words still trembled.

“Withdraw immediately. This master will spare you, considering your youth and ignorance.”

“If you dare speak nonsense again, don’t blame me for being ruthless and expelling you from the sect, forbidding you from ever setting foot in our sect’s grounds again!”

Chen Yuyang raised an eyebrow inwardly.

Even if I continued, the worst is being expelled from the sect?

That’s hardly a threat or a warning.

However, Chen Yuyang also understood the principle of not rushing things.

Seeing that his to probe had already elicited a reaction, and he had found a new direction to pursue.

Next, he would take it slow, step by step.

Thinking this, Chen Yuyang lowered his head, putting on a pitiful, deeply hurt look: “Yes, Senior… I… I know it’s wishful thinking on my part, but I still couldn’t help myself. I know I was wrong, I’ll withdraw immediately.”

Finished speaking, he turned, hung his head, and walked towards the hall with somewhat dejected steps.

Tai Lingxuan turned her cheek slightly, catching this scene from the corner of her eye.

Seeing the boy’s lonely retreating figure, and hearing his words.

At that moment, Tai Lingxuan felt an impulse within her heart.

An impulse to rush up and hold him in her arms.

The impulse to indulge in being close to him!

However, Tai Lingxuan restrained herself.

Only after the boy’s figure completely disappeared beyond the threshold did Tai Lingxuan finally release her tightly clenched hands.

Now, her forehead, she knew not when, was already covered in fine beads of sweat.

Tai Lingxuan weakly slumped back onto her main seat, breathing in short gasps.

Her heart still pounded wildly in her chest, unable to calm down for a long time.

“Love at first sight…”

The woman lowered her head, murmuring to herself.

For a moment, the expression on her face became incredibly complex—panic, confusion, tension, entanglement, helplessness, and… anticipation?

“Does love at first sight really exist?”

“Could it be that I feel the same for him…? Otherwise, how to explain this feeling, how to answer, this throbbing?”

Her pounding heart remained unsettled for a long time.

Leaving the main hall, Chen Yuyang temporarily returned to his own courtyard.

The to probe in the main hall just now had given him hope.

Back in the courtyard, just after changing his clothes and tidying his belt, a knock sounded at the door.

Thump thump thump!

Without waiting for Chen Yuyang to respond, Ling Xi had already entered with a tray, smiling sweetly, her tone slightly soft and sticky as she said;

“Darling~ Did you miss me? I brought you something delicious!”

Chen Yuyang looked at Ling Xi like this and couldn’t help but roll his eyes slightly.

In this dream world, having met so many people, seeing Ling Xi was the one who felt most jarring.

The real-life Junior Sister Ling Xi was clearly a shy and reserved girl, not at all this proactive, even somewhat wanton personality.

Just how does Shizun (Master) see Junior Sister?

Or is it because Shizun sees her looking for me to spar and fight every day, she thinks we’re close, even that we’re sharing a bed every day?

If that’s true, it’s way too absurd.

Silently to complaining, Chen Yuyang walked to the table and sat down, preparing to eat.

Just as he picked up his chopsticks, ready to dig in, he saw Ling Xi’s smile suddenly vanish, her brows tightly furrowed.

“Wrong!”

Ling Xi abruptly leaned close to Chen Yuyang, her nose pressing against his body, sniffing carefully: “Your body… whose scent is this!”

Ling Xi’s gaze sharpened, her fair, slender fingers tracing the boy’s neck, pulling his collar open.

When she saw the several red and purple intertwined hickeys printed on the skin near his collarbone below his neck, her eyes instantly widened.

“You jerk!”

Ling Xi instantly exploded, grabbing Chen Yuyang’s collar, and shouted angrily: “You actually went fooling around with another woman behind my back!”

Chen Yuyang never expected to encounter a ‘cheating be discovered’ scene even in a dream, and explained somewhat speechlessly: “This… I was forced into it too!”

Hearing this, Ling Xi’s angry expression paused, and most of the anger on her face immediately dissipated.

She began to mutter thoughtfully to herself: “That’s true… you are handsome, strong in battle, and a master at alchemy… simply perfect, it’s normal for someone to not be able to resist making a move on you.”

Chen Yuyang raised an eyebrow silently.

In this dream world, I haven’t shown any alchemy talent, yet Ling Xi says this.

Could this also be Shizun’s inner thoughts?

But seeing Ling Xi accept all this so easily, Chen Yuyang felt like silently to roasting.

Ah, whatever.

Since it’s all a dream, why dwell on these details.

Shaking his head, Chen Yuyang stopped thinking about it.

He took a bite of food and put it in his mouth, experiencing it.

Mm, the taste was quite good.

Seeing him start to eat, Ling Xi stopped pursuing those matters and instead cheerfully picked up a spoon, ladled some soup, gently blew it cool, and brought it to his lips: “Here, darling, have some soup~”

Chen Yuyang subconsciously opened his mouth and drank it down.

The warm soup slid into his throat, that warmth spreading through his body from the inside out.

“Oh right, darling.”

Ling Xi suddenly seemed to remember something, leaned close to his ear, and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear: “I thought of a new position. Want to try it tonight~?”

Pfft!

Chen Yuyang couldn’t hold back the mouthful of soup and sprayed it out directly.

He coughed violently, his cheeks flushing bright red.

What on earth is this!

Stop ruining Junior Sister’s image in my mind!

Chen Yuyang screamed internally.

“Oh dear, look at you, we’re already an old married couple, and you still choke on soup, are you embarrassed?”

Ling Xi, completely unaware of the to collapse in Chen Yuyang’s heart, cheerfully pulled out a silk handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

Then, the girl continued clinging to his arm, her body almost hanging on him, using her softness to act cutely rub against his shoulder: “Come on~ okay, darling? I promise to make you feel super comfortable~”

Chen Yuyang turned his head away, avoiding Ling Xi’s approaching face, and said gloomily, waving his hand: “I’m tired, I want to rest.”

“If you’re tired, you need to relax~”

Ling Xi persisted, clinging even tighter while one of her hands also begin wandering.

“Or what, having tasted another woman’s flavor, you look down on me now? Hmph, well then, how about, I, I go call her over to accompany you too…”

Chen Yuyang held his forehead.

At this moment, he really didn’t want to talk anymore.

At this time, on a hilltop outside Chen Yuyang’s courtyard.

A branch as thick as a bowl was viciously snapped in two by a slender hand containing terrifying strength!

“Men, hmph, sure enough, none of them are any good, despicable! Shameless!”

Tai Lingxuan stood behind a tree, her white robes fluttering slightly in the night breeze.

Yet her face was covered in frost, her beautiful eyes glaring fixedly in the direction of Chen Yuyang’s courtyard.

“Already hooking up with a disciple of our sect, yet he still dares to speak frivolously to me in the main hall… hateful! Utterly detestable!”

Tai Lingxuan bit her lip, cursing viciously.

Yet at this moment, rather than anger.

Among the myriad emotions churning within Tai Lingxuan’s heart, the greater part was… unwillingness!