Lin Xinyi now felt like she was living in a haze.
She had finally managed a breakout, only to lose so completely.
Not only had she wasted the pill that could have accelerated her recovery, but she had also let Qin Huaiyin save her life once again.
“Master should cherish her life a bit more. After all, Master still hasn’t fully repaid what she owes me~”
Qin Huaiyin carried a wooden basin to the bedside.
Gently wringing out the towel inside, she carefully wiped every part of Lin Xinyi’s body.
Lin Xinyi could only sit weakly on the bed, her face flushed bright red, unable to refuse.
Like a doll, she obediently lifted her arms, letting the other wipe her body with the cool towel.
“Something that could be solved with a simple spell, yet you insist on doing it this way…”
“But if I did that, I wouldn’t be able to touch Master’s wonderful body or admire Master’s embarrassed expression~”
“You…!”
Lin Xinyi was angry at the other’s words, but there was nothing she could do.
She had completely overplayed her hand.
Her original recovery progress had been reset to zero.
She had no idea what to do next.
“What can I do now to deal with this unfilial disciple? Poison? Ambush? Or do I really have to lower myself to ask for help…”
Even as she thought this, she was being shamefully manipulated like a doll.
Her arm was lifted, exposing her smooth, fair armpit.
Qin Huaiyin gently wiped along her arm with the towel, moving slowly.
Qin Huaiyin seemed to be savoring Lin Xinyi’s humiliated expression.
Her fingers moved slower and slower, deliberately brushing against sensitive areas.
When her arm was raised, the towel gently passed over her vulnerable armpit.
“Don’t… don’t touch there…”
Lin Xinyi’s eyes were red, clearly holding back the stimulation, trying not to make any humiliating sounds.
But the other’s technique was unbearably teasing—slender fingertips grazing that sensitive spot.
Lin Xinyi bit her lip, thinking she could just endure it.
But then she was pushed down onto the bed again.
In the end, even a simple body wipe would turn into this—pinned down, covers thrown aside.
“Today… today is the day of the sect selection! How can you still fool around at a time like this…”
“But Master’s reactions are so adorable. How can your disciple resist~”
Qin Huaiyin slowly leaned down, her tongue giving a gentle flick beneath Lin Xinyi’s body.
Lin Xinyi went limp on the bed.
Qin Huaiyin wiped her mouth, her eyes full of satisfaction with this feast.
Lin Xinyi’s body was now as soft as water—tender skin, an unbreakable body, a beautiful face, a supple form.
Qin Huaiyin had nearly molded her into her ideal shape.
“At today’s sect selection, won’t Master go take an early look? Maybe you’ll get me a little junior sister~”
“You go… you go…”
Lin Xinyi’s tears slowly soaked into the pillow.
She pulled the blanket over herself.
It felt like her entire world had shrunk to this bed.
To prevent her from attempting suicide, Qin Huaiyin had even procured a life-saving pill from somewhere.
And after Lin Xinyi woke up, the other had threatened her to her face.
Just thinking about it made her feel utterly humiliated.
“To protect Master’s life, I went to great lengths to beg the Sect Leader for a Nirvana Pill. It can keep you alive…”
“What… what are you trying to say…”
“If Master thinks about doing anything… unrealistic again, I will use every means to keep Master alive. And then…”
Qin Huaiyin stopped halfway, but her meaningful expression said enough.
Lin Xinyi understood exactly what she meant, even without it being spelled out.
“Here I am, a dignified Nascent Soul revered one being threatened…”
Lin Xinyi now regretted her pathetic decision to survive.
If she had been calmer, more ruthless, perhaps she wouldn’t have ended up in a situation where even suicide was a luxury.
“It’s all over. Just like in that previous life…”
“Master is so old, yet still throws tantrums like a child. Though I don’t dislike it~”
Qin Huaiyin looked at Lin Xinyi lying on the bed with her back turned, curled up under the covers.
She looked utterly pitiful.
But Qin Huaiyin knew her master’s temperament well.
Without saying much more, she placed the prepared clothes by the bed.
“If Master wishes to call for your disciple, just say the word. Your disciple will naturally accompany you…”
Leaving those words, Qin Huaiyin slowly withdrew from the grotto-heaven.
The vast space now held only Lin Xinyi lying on the bed.
She stared blankly in the direction the other had left, then turned to look at the clothes by the bed.
Ever since Qin Huaiyin had awakened the dragon’s blood, not only had her personality grown more arrogant, but her actions had also become increasingly excessive.
She no longer bothered finding excuses for wanting to do those things.
She had already torn apart several sets of Lin Xinyi’s clothes.
“That unfilial disciple acts like I don’t even exist! Who is the master here—her or me? And yet I have to listen to her!!”
Furious, Lin Xinyi swept the neatly folded clothes off the bed onto the floor.
Rage blazed in her eyes, but in the end, there was nothing she could do.
Irritated as she was, looking at the clothes on the floor, Lin Xinyi had to admit—no matter how unwilling, she couldn’t deal with Qin Huaiyin right now.
But then a sudden inspiration struck her.
A brilliant idea appeared in her mind.
Yun Yiyi’s simple, naive image still lingered in her thoughts.
Wasn’t she the perfect pawn?
“I can’t handle that unfilial disciple myself, but surely someone can…”
At this thought, Lin Xinyi’s mood immediately brightened.
She no longer cared about saving face.
She just needed someone who wouldn’t tell anyone.
“If I’m worried about being found out, then I’ll find someone who can’t possibly communicate with others…”
As soon as this idea formed, the obedient Yun Yiyi became the perfect candidate.
She had no social connections within the sect and kept to herself.
Moreover, her simple mind made her an ideal pawn.
Lin Xinyi supported herself against the wall and prepared to leave the grotto-heaven.
Though the Great Return Pill from yesterday had been overbearing, it still had some effect.
She hadn’t been able to withstand it, ending up back at square one.
But at least her stamina had fully recovered, and her physical condition was decent.
She could move on her own without a wheelchair.
“You wretched disciple, just you wait…”
Thinking this, Lin Xinyi pushed open the door of the grotto-heaven.
To her surprise, in the central rain pavilion, Qin Huaiyin sat holding her pipa.
Even with her dragon-transformed body, she still practiced music every day.
Hearing the commotion from the grotto, Qin Huaiyin looked up at Lin Xinyi.
Their eyes met.
For some reason, Lin Xinyi instinctively averted her gaze.
“It seems Master’s complexion has recovered well—able to get out of bed on her own~”
Qin Huaiyin gently set aside her jade pipa and slowly stood up, as if she had expected Lin Xinyi to come out.
She sat there in the rain pavilion.
“Why… why are you sitting here…”
Lin Xinyi wanted to go out and call for help, and her guilt was obvious.
Still, she tried to sound firm as she questioned the other.
Qin Huaiyin propped her cheek thoughtfully, but her steps toward Lin Xinyi never stopped.
“Master’s question is rather difficult. Isn’t your disciple always playing music in this pavilion to entertain Master and lift her spirits~”
“Entertain me? Don’t make me laugh. Who’s entertaining whom now? Every day you crawl into my bed to amuse yourself with me, and you have the nerve to say that!”
Lin Xinyi pretended to be angry and pushed past the other, intending to leave the grotto-heaven.
Once she left this space, she would have a way to contact Yun Yiyi.
Then she would tell Yun Yiyi that Qin Huaiyin had fallen to demonic possession.
Spreading rumors was easy—just a few words.
With Yun Yiyi’s trust as her only friend, she would surely listen and deal with Qin Huaiyin for her.
“Master is going to watch the sect selection? But it’s only the preliminary rounds now. If you go now, you won’t see any promising seedlings~”.
“Who said I’m going to watch that? Mind your own business!”
Given how Qin Huaiyin had humiliated and tormented her, Lin Xinyi naturally wasn’t going to be pleasant.
But she didn’t say anything too harsh either—provoking Qin Huaiyin now might mean losing the clothes she was wearing and spending another day being ravaged.
“Sigh, fine. But Master, don’t forget to come back tonight. I’ll come find you~”
With that, Qin Huaiyin returned to the pavilion, picked up her pipa, and began playing leisurely.
Lin Xinyi only stopped walking when she reached the boundary of the grotto-heaven’s restriction.
She glanced back at Qin Huaiyin.
“Threatening me like that. Enjoy it while you can. Soon I’ll have Yun Yiyi cripple your meridians…”
Lin Xinyi sneered to herself.
Just as her fingers touched the restriction, Qin Huaiyin’s voice came from behind again.
Lin Xinyi froze, thinking her plan had been discovered.
“Master.”
“Do you have something else to say? I… I’ll come back obediently tonight.”
“Master’s body is weak now. Put on one more layer of clothes~”
“I don’t need your fake concern.”
Hearing those words, Lin Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking her inner thoughts hadn’t been exposed.
She quickly slipped through the grotto-heaven’s restriction and fled as fast as she could.
“Haha, Qin Huaiyin, your good days are over…”
“Sister Luo, we just passed the first round of tests. Is it really okay to wander around the sect like this…”