Senior Brother Jiang Huai rarely saw Chu Xianning truly angry.
When Chu Xianning had minor grievances, she never showed anger, mostly just sulking. This manifested as not eating or not interacting with him.
But this time, she completely broke character, and grabbing his neck in the bathhouse was a first.
So, the goddess could also get angry.
Jiang Huai was slightly stunned. His neck didn’t hurt; Chu Xianning usually held back when hitting him. If she had used her full strength, Jiang Huai wouldn’t know how many times he would have died.
“I was wrong,” Jiang Huai obediently apologized immediately.
“This is what you say every time you act like a scumbag, when have you ever truly changed?!” Chu Xianning took a deep breath. The water in the bathhouse churned, the clear water soaking her dress, clinging to her pale white body.
“I… I will change this time.”
“I’m only meeting you today?” Chu Xianning’s displayed anger vanished in an instant. She withdrew her hand that was pinching Jiang Huai’s neck, her shoulders trembling slightly. “You never learn, and you never remember lessons. The more I indulge you, the bolder you become…”
“I really know I was wrong this time. Please, Master, give me a chance to reform…”
Jiang Huai’s heart felt a little flustered. He had never seen Chu Xianning this angry, and he hadn’t even figured out what exactly Xianning was angry about. Normally, he would act up occasionally, and Chu Xianning would deal with him lightly, creating a perfect closed loop. But tonight’s Chu Xianning seemed exceptionally strange, otherwise, she wouldn’t have suddenly shoved her white and tender little feet into his mouth. She knew very well what that meant… it wasn’t a reward; she had clearly lost her temper.
“Master… are you still feeling a little hot?” Jiang Huai asked cautiously.
Chu Xianning was taken aback.
She suddenly came back to her senses.
She suddenly realized that she shouldn’t be this upset. Jiang Huai had acted up before, more than once or twice. Although she was reluctant to admit it, she was almost used to his scumbag behavior. She rarely got truly angry, but why did she suddenly ignite tonight? She had even shoved her little feet into his mouth earlier… Damn it, why did she reward that guy?!
“A little,” Chu Xianning subconsciously answered Jiang Huai.
“So it seems the Dragon Blood Spirit Pill also has the effect of making emotions more volatile. Even Master, with such a good temper, is provoked into anger…” Jiang Huai thoughtfully began to change the subject. The next moment, Chu Xianning’s calf kicked him. “Will I get angry if you don’t act like a scumbag?”
“I was wrong.” Jiang Huai looked at her pitifully. “I won’t dare to do it again.”
“I won’t believe a single word of your promise anymore,” Chu Xianning sneered.
“Then what do you want, Master… How about punishing me to vent your anger? Do you want to hit my butt with a sword, or tie me up and beat me? I’m fine with anything,” Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning, wronged and trying to please her. The next moment, Chu Xianning kicked him again. “Will these make you remember?”
“That’s true…” Jiang Huai actually agreed. Chu Xianning had punished him like this since he was young, but he still hadn’t learned his lesson. The main reason was that Chu Xianning was tough on the outside but soft on the inside; she was reluctant to be cruel when she actually acted, and it would only hurt a little, healing by the next morning, never lasting until the next day.
Every time, Jiang Huai would pretend to yelp in pain to appease Chu Xianning.
“Then Master, think of a way to punish me… I’ll do anything…” Jiang Huai’s tone at this moment was as weak as it could possibly be.
Chu Xianning stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly let out a cold laugh.
Not good.
Jiang Huai rarely saw Chu Xianning smile. He had seen cold smiles a few times, but when Chu Xianning started to give a cold smile, it meant she was genuinely amused by his antics, and he was in for trouble.
Chu Xianning got up from the bathhouse and moved outside. Her wet dress clung tightly to her body, and water droplets on her collarbone were crystal clear. Jiang Huai was momentarily lost in thought. Unfortunately, the next moment, Chu Xianning spoke, “Get up.”
Jiang Huai obediently climbed out of the bathhouse. Chu Xianning glanced at him. “Kneel.”
A man should not kneel easily, but kneeling to his Master was nothing.
Jiang Huai’s legs immediately went weak, and he knelt obediently. Chu Xianning glanced at him sideways. “Face down.”
Jiang Huai:?
Chu Xianning raised her hand, and a sound recording stone floated in mid-air, recording everything in the bathhouse. She tilted her chin slightly. “Get down.”
Jiang Huai prostrated himself with his face full of “unwillingness.” The next second, Chu Xianning came to his side and then sat sideways on his back. She said faintly, “Crawl a circle. If you act like a scumbag again, I’ll take this recorded sound recording stone and project it in Tian Xuan Sect, showing them what their Senior Brother Jiang Huai looked like when he was acting like a dog.”
“Master, isn’t this move hurting yourself as much as the enemy?”
“I don’t care,” Chu Xianning sneered. “Is there any problem with Master punishing her disciple?”
Actually, Jiang Huai wanted to say that he didn’t care either; he hadn’t been thick-skinned for just a day or two. But if he didn’t care, how could he appease Chu Xianning? So, with a look of “humiliation,” he glanced back at Chu Xianning. “Master, do you have to be so vicious?”
Chu Xianning looked at him calmly. “If you don’t act up again, you naturally won’t have a day where your ugly side is revealed.”
“That’s true…” So Jiang Huai reluctantly acted like a little dog.
…………………………………………
Chu Xianning’s body suddenly trembled.
The heat in her body gradually subsided. The moment she came back to her senses, she realized she was sitting sideways on Jiang Huai’s back. Wait, what had she done?
Chu Xianning reached out and touched her cheek, feeling the heat on her fingertips. She suddenly felt a sense of flustered panic. What was going on? Why would she do something so absurd?
Wasn’t she humiliating Jiang Huai too much?
Chu Xianning’s body suddenly got off Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai was stunned and looked back at her. Chu Xianning lowered her head, trying hard to compose herself. She said faintly, “That’s enough… You can get up now.”
“That’s it?” Jiang Huai was surprised.
Master’s snow-white buttocks were soft, and she smelled nice. Heh heh.
“…Just remember the lesson.” Chu Xianning opened the sound recording stone, the recording finished. The projected image from the sound recording stone showed her riding on Jiang Huai’s back and making him crawl a short distance along the edge of the bathhouse. It was only for a dozen seconds, but she felt her heartbeat quicken. Damn it… that Dragon Blood Spirit Pill was seriously problematic.
She would never have been so emotionally agitated, so impulsive, on a normal day.
“I remember the lesson…” Jiang Huai stood up, appearing very obedient at this moment. This made Chu Xianning even more hesitant to look him in the eye. Had she humiliated him too much?
Chu Xianning looked at the sound recording stone again, and after a moment of silence, asked, “Are you sure you remember?”
“I remember!”
“Then the sound recording stone… I’ll destroy it. You just need to remember the lesson.” Chu Xianning said faintly.
Jiang Huai was stunned for a moment, then said, “It’s not necessary. It’s good if Master keeps it…”
Chu Xianning glanced at him sideways. “Didn’t you remember the lesson?”
“I’m afraid I might mess up again. Master, you know me, I’m not good at anything else, but my bones are naturally weak. Sometimes I act and speak without thinking, and accidentally make mistakes in front of Master. If you keep this sound recording stone, the next time I act mindlessly, I might remember the sound recording stone and restrain myself a bit?” Jiang Huai put on a repentant good-boy appearance.
Chu Xianning seriously considered it. “That makes sense.”
She put away the sound recording stone and sat back in the chair. However, when she looked down, she suddenly realized her dress was still soaked. Water droplets were flowing from the hem to her calves, and the wet dress clung to her body, outlining her curves.
Although Jiang Huai’s gaze wasn’t directly on her, his peripheral vision was secretly taking her in.
Chu Xianning had intended to use spiritual qi to dry the moisture, but then she remembered how she had humiliated Jiang Huai earlier. He must still have some resentment in his heart. After a moment of hesitation, she dispelled the condensed spiritual qi, but after a few more breaths, she condensed the spiritual qi again. Even if she felt guilty, she shouldn’t compensate a disobedient disciple like this. Chu Xianning was annoyed for a moment.
In the past few hundred years, she had rarely been troubled by anything, but in recent years, she seemed to have become increasingly indecisive and conflicted. Chu Xianning was inexplicably annoyed.
Her annoyance was not directed at Jiang Huai, but at herself.
If her attitude had always been firm, would Jiang Huai have had so many opportunities to test her boundaries? It was clear that Jiang Huai’s boldness was growing because she had personally indulged him. If she had been ruthless and decisive just once, there would be no need for this internal struggle. But every time she saw Jiang Huai’s wronged eyes, she would recall when Jiang Huai was a child… and her heart would inexplicably soften.
“Your Dragon Blood Spirit Pill… seems a bit off,” Chu Xianning said slowly.
“It seems so. Besides making my body hot, it also seems to make my emotions more agitated?” Jiang Huai asked tentatively.
“There seems to be some effect.”
“Besides that, do you feel anything else, Master?”
“Probably not.”
“That’s good. After all, the Dragon Blood Spirit Flower grows on the heart of a dragon corpse, and it’s reasonable for a pill made with dragon blood to have a potent effect. As long as there are no other side effects, it should be fine. We only need to take it for another nine days anyway.”
Chu Xianning nodded slightly, then thought for a moment before her gaze fell on Jiang Huai’s face. “I advise you to behave yourself for these nine days.”
Jiang Huai nodded subconsciously, but the next moment, he suddenly realized something.
What Chu Xianning meant by saying this was that after another nine days, he could act like a scumbag again? Wait, so Chu Xianning hadn’t believed him from the start, and he himself didn’t truly believe it either.
Then what was all this punishment and promise about just now? A master-disciple shameful play?
Chu Xianning didn’t seem to realize the implication in her words. She just gave him another faint look and got up. “I’m going to rest.”
“Wait a moment…” Jiang Huai called out to her.
Chu Xianning turned back. “What?”
“It’s just… Master, you’re not angry anymore. About the acupoints, I think it’s better to find some time to open them. There’s no rush, it’s good for Master’s body. Master doesn’t need to be sulky with me about this…” Jiang Huai scratched his head. His eyes were truly sincere this time.
Chu Xianning turned back. After taking a couple of steps, she let out a very, very soft “Mm.”
