“Why refuse? You need to understand, if you lose this opportunity, you might never get another one in your entire life.”
Chong Chong gritted her teeth, clearly feeling the oppressive atmosphere. She knew that doing this might anger Shen Qingqing and cause her to miss the chance to obtain a Skill Book.
But if it meant she had to leave Xiao Yan’s side to follow this cultivation path, then she’d rather not have this opportunity.
She was all too aware of Chen Xiaoyan’s charm. If she wasn’t there to keep watch, who knew if someone might trick her away?
No.
Her precious person needed to be guarded day and night.
Thinking this, Chong Chong’s eyes suddenly grew firm. She mustered her courage to look directly at Shen Qingqing and replied, “Elder Sister Shen, I have a very important matter to attend to. If I don’t do it, I will regret it for the rest of my life.”
Chen Xiaoyan slapped her own forehead, utterly exasperated.
If others didn’t know this girl, how could she not know?
What ‘very important matter’? Bullshit!
Was following her around like a shadow the ‘very important matter’?
This silly girl, didn’t she realize this Game was strange?
The various occurrences in reality had already given Chen Xiaoyan a sense of crisis, even if she didn’t know exactly what would happen in the end…
But one thing was one hundred percent certain: the Game’s abilities could manifest in reality. Chen Xiaoyan had already investigated.
Apart from Tianxiang Players, players from other sects showed no signs of recovering from injuries abnormally fast.
So, this was a characteristic unique to Healers.
As for what other abnormal traits players from other sects might exhibit, that was still unclear for now.
Regardless of what might appear, strength was always paramount.
A big shot like Shen Qingqing was willing to teach her, and this stupid girl was hesitating and refusing?
Chen Xiaoyan felt a kind of exasperated anger, like watching unrefined iron fail to become steel.
“In that case, let’s drop the matter.”
If Chong Chong was unwilling to follow her in cultivation, Shen Qingqing wouldn’t force her.
As one of the Heavenly Fragrance Three Beauties and the current Vice Sect Master of Tianxiang, she naturally had her pride. She wouldn’t discard her dignity to achieve a goal just for the sake of it.
If this plan didn’t work, she would just think of another method.
But what Shen Qingqing hadn’t expected was that this disciple named Chong Chong would give up an opportunity to become stronger for Xiaoyan’s sake.
Hmm~
No matter what, this little girl’s feelings for Xiaoyan were genuine, not fake.
“Wait, Elder Sister Shen, I’d like to have a private word with Chong Chong. May we step outside for a moment?”
“Mm.”
Chen Xiaoyan tightly grabbed Chong Chong’s hand and walked towards the courtyard.
“Xiaoyan-jie, be gentler, it hurts a little.”
Chong Chong’s pitiful tone didn’t earn her a response. Instead, the grip grew even tighter.
Once outside the inner room, Chen Xiaoyan turned and gently pulled the door closed. Then, still holding Chong Chong, she walked to the edge of the pond before finally letting go.
She turned around, her expression grim, and asked, “Speak. What were you thinking?”
“I wasn’t thinking anything,” Chong Chong murmured, pursing her lips before lowering her head to fiddle with her fingers.
“You weren’t thinking anything? Elder Sister Shen wanted to guide your cultivation. Why did you refuse? Haven’t you always wanted to obtain my skills and become a big shot? Let me tell you, all these abnormal skills of mine were given to me by Elder Sister Shen. Do you realize now what you’ve given up?”
“I don’t even care about that,” Chong Chong muttered under her breath.
“What did you say?” Chen Xiaoyan’s eyes widened in anger.
“Xiaoyan-jie, you have no idea what I truly want,” Chong Chong raised her head, looking at her indignantly.
Seeing the stubborn look in Chong Chong’s eyes, Chen Xiaoyan was momentarily at a loss for words.
“Making me leave you… you might as well just kill me.”
“You… sigh.” Chen Xiaoyan started to speak but stopped, ultimately letting out a helpless sigh. There was nothing she could do with her.
“It’s not like we won’t see each other again. Why be like this?”
“You don’t understand.” Chong Chong, of course, couldn’t tell her about her own little schemes and just brushed it off casually.
“Fine, fine, I don’t understand. You didn’t seize this opportunity. Don’t blame me later.”
Hearing this, Chong Chong’s face immediately lit up with a smile. She patted her chest and promised, “Hehehe, don’t worry. I’d blame anyone but you, Xiaoyan-jie.”
Seeing the girl’s cheeky, grinning face, Chen Xiaoyan was speechless and shook her head.
“Wait here. I’ll go in and talk to Elder Sister Shen.”
“Mhm, then be quick, Xiaoyan-jie. I have something good to show you today.” Chong Chong winked at her, but this time it wasn’t playful—it was a mischievous, tempting look.
“Alright.” A slight smile touched Chen Xiaoyan’s lips as she turned and walked back into the inner room.
The moment she left, Chong Chong immediately sat down on the stone ledge by the pond, crossed her legs, and began browsing her Game backpack.
Inside the backpack lay a mysterious medicinal powder.
She had originally bought three portions. One was given to Youyou Won’t Heal, and the remaining two were kept for her own use.
And today, Xiaoyan-jie had brought her to see Shen Qingqing. Those two troublesome people, Xianyun and A Curtain of Dreams, hadn’t come along.
Excellent. She had finally caught her chance. As soon as Xiaoyan-jie came out and they left Tianxin Pavilion, she would stop her from returning to the small courtyard and head straight for Wangyue Inn instead.
Aside from the room fee, the remaining silver could be used to sample some local delicacies.
Hehe, as for whether those delicacies would have any ‘issues,’ well, she wouldn’t know, would she?
Burning with desire, completely at her mercy.
Reading the description of the powder, Chong Chong’s lips curled into a smile, and she couldn’t help but chuckle. ‘Xiaoyan-jie, Xiaoyan-jie, my delicious, tasty Xiaoyan-jie, woohoo~’
Pushing the door open, Chen Xiaoyan entered the inner room.
Shen Qingqing waved her hand, and the door closed automatically behind her.
However, Chen Xiaoyan didn’t pay it any mind. Her head was currently filled with thoughts of how to explain Chong Chong’s situation.
“Elder Sister Shen, Chong Chong, she…”
Shen Qingqing didn’t let her continue, interrupting, “This elder sister can see that girl has feelings for you.”
Chen Xiaoyan didn’t refute it.
“There’s a rumor circulating among the inner disciples recently. Would you like to know?”
“If Elder Sister Shen is willing to tell, I am all ears.”
Shen Qingqing smiled lightly at Chen Xiaoyan’s formal distance. “The rumor says that my disciple, Shen Qingqing, has Mirror-Grinding inclinations.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiaoyan’s face changed dramatically, and her nerves instantly tensed up.
Shen Qingqing relayed Qin Yun’s words one by one, thoroughly frightening someone.
‘What the hell? You call this a Game?’
‘Have you ever seen an NPC in a Game who spies on player interactions and then tattles and spreads rumors?’
‘Oh no, I should say ‘relays information,’ because this isn’t a rumor at all (hands on hips).’
“This… this… Elder Sister Shen, Chong Chong and I are just sisters. It’s perfectly normal for us to be a bit intimate,” Chen Xiaoyan hurriedly explained.
“Oh?” Seeing her still trying to quibble, Shen Qingqing instantly became interested.
If she had openly admitted it, Shen Qingqing might not have had a way to deal with this girl. But the opposite meant there was a show to watch.
“So you’re saying you don’t like that girl? You have no such thoughts about her in that regard?” Shen Qingqing’s lips curled slightly upwards, her eyes full of teasing.