“Uh…”
Even though she was long accustomed to Hua Yan’s tsundere behavior, Lin Qianqian was still startled to see her so embarrassed.
‘Actually… I don’t really know how to pursue girls either. Xiao Li and I just happened naturally and got together very quickly…’
Recalling the first time she met her sweetheart and looking at Hua Yan, whose face was so red it looked like it might bleed, Lin Qianqian secretly cheered herself on.
‘Whatever. No matter what, I should help Daoist Friend Hua as much as I can! This is a major life event for her and Senior Sister!’
“Daoist Friend Hua, do you mean… you want to pursue Senior Sister Yun, but you don’t know how, right?” she asked tentatively.
“P-Pursue?! I only like her a tiny little bit!” Hua Yan’s eyes shifted as she hurriedly denied it. “I just… want her to like me a little bit too!”
Oh, so that was it.
Lin Qianqian nodded understandingly.
“Then why do you think Senior Sister doesn’t like you, Daoist Friend Hua? I think you two seem quite close during your daily interactions.”
“Q-Quite close…”
The corners of Hua Yan’s mouth curved up unconsciously, then she hurriedly cleared her throat and straightened her expression.
“Ahem, just… a little bit close!”
Then, realizing the question, she lowered her eyes and said softly, “Because she said so herself… she doesn’t like me. She only agreed to come back to see my grandmother because I am Rongrong’s mother and she is Rongrong’s mama.”
“She even said we would treat each other with the mutual respect of guests, and that I could find another Dao Companion at any time…”
‘Oh my! Senior Sister Yun is such a blockhead!’
Lin Qianqian clicked her tongue inwardly. On second thought, she felt this was exactly the kind of thing her noble and pure Senior Sister would say.
“Then our primary goal is to conquer Senior Sister Yun!”
The girl with green hair in a side braid slammed the table excitedly — this was quite different from her usual gentle and shy appearance.
“Actually, Daoist Friend Hua, I think your chances of winning over Senior Sister Yun are very high!”
“R-Really?” Hua Yan suddenly looked up.
“Of course! Although I’m not entirely clear on the secret between you and Senior Sister regarding Rongrong… when Senior Sister first saw Rongrong in Fulong City, we all thought Rongrong was your biological daughter!”
Lin Qianqian pinched her chin. A rare flash of cleverness appeared on her usually ditsy face.
“That means you and Senior Sister must have… done ‘that thing’ before, right?”
As she spoke, she took two pieces of tofu out of her Storage Pouch and rubbed them gently against each other.
Eh?
Hua Yan was stunned by the words.
‘That’s right… back then on the Hehuan Sect’s Yin-Yang Platform, if nothing had happened between me and Xuechang, why would she think Rongrong was my child?’
‘I was unconscious then… which means…’
‘A conscious Xuechang didn’t reject me when I was stirred with passion? Did we… really…?’
Seeing her first go blank and then blush even harder, Lin Qianqian set the tofu aside.
She crossed her arms over a chest that was no less impressive than Hua Yan’s and nodded with certainty.
“Since Senior Sister was willing to do that with you, it proves that — whether she realizes it or not — she must like you a bit in her heart!”
“Even if it’s just physically or subconsciously!”
“What you need to do, Daoist Friend Hua, is let this affection spread until Senior Sister falls completely in love with you!”
She clapped her hands and summarized, “In other words, you have to find a way to — seduce Senior Sister!”
“B-But, I was already in my female form when that happened with Xuechang…” Hua Yan spoke hesitantly.
“I have to wait 500 years before I can turn back into a man. Can I…?”
“Oh! Daoist Friend Hua, why don’t you understand!” Lin Qianqian shook her head repeatedly. “Senior Sister Yun clearly likes you in this appearance! If you changed back, things might be different!”
She spoke with absolute certainty.
“Trust me! Senior Sister Yun is definitely a grinding mirror; it’s impossible for her to like men!”
“W-What if…” Hua Yan still held onto hope.
‘Even if I like her a little… I don’t want to be with her as a woman!’
‘At least… at least wait until I change back…’
“There are no ‘what ifs’!”
Lin Qianqian interrupted her decisively.
“Senior Sister Yun was raised by Junior Uncle Jiang — think about how many female cultivators Junior Uncle Jiang had romantic involvements with when he was young! How could the Senior Sister he raised possibly like men?”
Hua Yan was somewhat convinced.
She remembered the scene at Wendao Peak during the competition when she used her Charm Art — back then, an illusionary doll created with her Charm Art almost made Yun Xuechang drown in desire…
Did that also prove that Xuechang was truly enamored with this female skin of hers?
She looked down at her fair, slender, and delicate hands, then glanced at the fullness of her chest.
She already believed about eighty or ninety percent of Lin Qianqian’s words.
“In short, as long as you continue to approach Senior Sister in this form, everything will definitely be fine!”
Seeing Hua Yan’s expression soften, Lin Qianqian patted her chest and guaranteed, “Trust me, Daoist Friend Hua! I have a lot of experience in love! With me, Love Expert Lin Qianqian, here, the conclusion will definitely not be wrong!”
As she spoke, she took a Bronze Mirror out of her Storage Pouch and held it up to Hua Yan.
“Look, your female form is so lovely. No wonder Senior Sister, who is so wooden and inexperienced in matters of the heart, would be moved by you.”
Hua Yan stared blankly at herself in the mirror — her oval face was beautiful and fair, now tinged with a faint blush that made her look even more enchanting.
Her pale gold, almond-shaped eyes had slightly upturned corners that were flushed red, adding a touch of passion.
If she… if she wanted to pursue Xuechang, did she really have to use this appearance?
This… this was simply outrageous…
She was still a bit hesitant.
What if, just what if, Xuechang really wasn’t a grinding mirror?
Wouldn’t it be better to wait 500 years and pursue her as a man with dignity?
But just then, Ji Ling’s words from that day surfaced in her mind once again.
‘I’ll give you a piece of advice. If you have someone you like and she happens to be right in front of you, you’d better hold on tight. Don’t overthink or hesitate and let a great opportunity slip away.’
‘Otherwise, you’ll definitely regret it later.’
For some reason, the lonely look in Ji Ling’s eyes when she said that, along with the words themselves, was deeply engraved in Hua Yan’s heart.
‘Hold on tight… otherwise, I’ll definitely regret it, right?’
A strange sense of urgency quietly crept into Hua Yan’s heart.
Xuechang was so beautiful and so admired in the Xiaoyao Sword Sect; there must be plenty of people in the entire Righteous Path pursuing her…
What if, during these 500 years, she fell in love with someone else? What if her heart was stolen by some woman from who knows where…?
At the thought of Yun Xuechang holding some strange woman’s hand and smiling happily, Hua Yan’s heart tightened as if something precious was about to be snatched away.
No way! Xuechang is so dim-witted; I can’t let her be tricked by some vixen who appeared out of nowhere!
‘A woman’s body it is! I’ll coax her into forming a bond first. In 500 years, when I turn back into a man, I’ll just coax her again! Once she has feelings for me, she’ll have to listen to me!’
Thinking of this, the girl gritted her teeth and made up her mind.
“Fine!”
She looked up, a look of reckless determination flashing in her eyes.
“Then I’ll use this woman’s body first… to take her down!”