“Master.”
“Hmm?”
“Your face is blushing.” Jiang Huai’s eyes held a hint of haze.
Chu Xianning was silent for a moment, “My alcohol tolerance is even worse than usual today.”
“But I always feel like Master has been treating me better and better recently.”
“Really?”
“Yes, otherwise Master probably wouldn’t be willing to let me open my acupoints. I know Master doesn’t actually care that much about whether the acupoints are opened, but rather cares more about being touched by me, doesn’t she?”
Perhaps it was only when Chu Xianning was slightly drunk that he dared to say such things.
“I have a clear conscience.” Chu Xianning turned her face away, “And you’re not allowed to overthink things.”
“Hmm? Does Master truly have a clear conscience?”
“You are my disciple, and it is only right for you to be filial to your Master. Where am I at fault?”
“Then let’s open the remaining two acupoints together?”
Chu Xianning picked up the wine cup and expressionlessly splashed the wine on Jiang Huai’s face.
Jiang Huai picked up a handkerchief and silently wiped his face, then spoke aggrievedly, “I was just saying… it’s not urgent to open them later.”
He looked at Chu Xianning’s empty wine cup, “Does Master want more?”
Chu Xianning hesitated for a moment and said, “I have to deal with the drawbacks of the Flower Spirit Physique tomorrow… I’m afraid drinking too much might lead to mistakes.”
“It’s fine, then we’ll drink next time. So, what exactly are the drawbacks of the Flower Spirit Physique?”
“I don’t want to tell you.”
“Even if Master has a clear conscience, you still can’t say it?”
Chu Xianning was instantly exasperated. She didn’t know why, but she felt as if Jiang Huai knew, and that he was clearly teasing her. Could Luo Yueguan have told him? That woman from Luo Yueguan who never missed a chance to stir up trouble would say anything, so it wasn’t surprising.
“You don’t know?”
“I… don’t know.” Jiang Huai’s voice sounded a little guilty.
The next moment, Chu Xianning’s white and tender little feet kicked Jiang Huai’s leg fiercely, and she said coldly, “You damned dog!”
Jiang Huai was startled and immediately realized that Chu Xianning had probably sensed his guilt and knew he was lying. She would probably think Luo Yueguan had told him. Jiang Huai wanted to cry but had no tears. “I really don’t know, I just had some guesses…”
“What did you guess?”
“I guessed… that the Flower Spirit Physique might have something to do with the blooming of flowers? Maybe there’s a cycle every month, and it secretes nectar or something?”
Chu Xianning’s fingers clenched the hem of her skirt, and she was instantly filled with shame and annoyance. But Jiang Huai continued, mumbling thoughtfully, “Like constantly sweating and drooling? It does sound embarrassing now that I think about it.”
What he said was so innocent that Chu Xianning didn’t know if he was genuinely clueless or just pretending to be foolish. She was silent for a moment, and based on her clear conscience, she said faintly, “Something like that.”
“So wasteful,” Jiang Huai mumbled very softly.
But Chu Xianning heard this sentence. Her eyebrows twitched, and she was about to take out her snake bone whip. However, Jiang Huai continued, “If only I were also a Flower Spirit Physique, it seems very valuable for research. I could refine a lot of medicine with it.”
Jiang Huai was becoming more and more skilled at this push and pull. Chu Xianning couldn’t find a suitable reason to hit him. But then she thought, why would a Master need a reason to discipline a disciple?
“Extend your hand.” Chu Xianning suddenly said.
Jiang Huai was stunned and obediently put his hand in front of Chu Xianning. The next moment, a ruler appeared in Chu Xianning’s hand. She picked up the ruler and slapped Jiang Huai’s palm. Jiang Huai retracted his palm and pretended to cry out in pain, looking at Chu Xianning aggrievedly, “What did I do wrong this time?”
“I felt like hitting you.”
“Is Master already being unreasonable?”
“I am being unreasonable.” Chu Xianning tilted her chin up slightly. Seeing the hint of grievance in Jiang Huai’s eyes, she suddenly felt an unspeakable joy. But the next moment, her body trembled slightly, and she instinctively brought her legs together.
Instantly, a cold sweat appeared on Chu Xianning’s forehead.
She thought drinking a cup of wine would be fine, but she had only had half a cup. The desire she usually suppressed seemed to have quietly loosened at this moment and was surging back to attack her body.
Normally, she would have to caress the clitoris with her fingertips for a long time in the secret chamber at the foot of Guanxue Mountain to quell this desire. At this moment, her body suddenly became somewhat stiff. She bit her lip slightly and said, “You… should go to sleep now.”
“Hmm? But I haven’t had enough to drink.”
“Go back to your room and drink slowly.”
“But I still want to chat with Master.”
“I don’t want to chat. Go back to sleep.” Chu Xianning said coldly. Jiang Huai had no choice but to stand up obediently, “Okay, then I’ll go back to my room.”
After he walked a few steps, Chu Xianning quietly breathed a sigh of relief. But the disobedient disciple suddenly turned his head and mumbled, “If Master needs anything, you can call me.”
“There’s nothing,” Chu Xianning said through gritted teeth.
Jiang Huai scurried back to his room. Chu Xianning slowly stood up and grit her teeth slightly. She was not yet at the secret chamber at the foot of the mountain, and the formation in the secret chamber had not yet been activated. When the drawbacks of her Flower Spirit Physique erupted, her spiritual Qi would also become chaotic. Therefore, she had specially carved a formation in the secret chamber to suppress her spiritual Qi. This formation absorbed spiritual Qi every month and automatically activated for a whole day at a fixed time, during which she would soothe her body. Now that the formation had not yet been activated… it made no difference whether she went to the secret chamber or stayed here.
Fortunately, she could feel that the backlash of desire was not very strong and was still within her tolerance. Chu Xianning forced herself to stand up and walked towards her room. However, the friction between her skirt and skin as she walked made her body itch as if covered in ants. She closed her room door, sat on a wooden chair, and meditated, but her body couldn’t stop trembling.
Who would have thought that the usually icy fairy Chu Xianning would have such a demeanor at this moment?
Chu Xianning’s body was soon soaked in sweat beads. The room was filled with a rich floral fragrance, which drifted out of the window lattice into the courtyard.
***
Jiang Huai was tossing and turning on his bed.
He thought he had reached a higher realm and could be dispassionate when performing needle insertion on Chu Xianning. But when he thought of Chu Xianning being disturbed by desire at this moment, he couldn’t fall asleep no matter what. Soon, a faint floral fragrance wafted towards him. When he strained his ears to their limit, he seemed to faintly hear a whisper of panting, like a cat in heat crying in agony in spring.
He couldn’t help but roll around on his bed again, but then he suddenly realized that Chu Xianning was not happy at this moment. Perhaps she was in great pain… Master, who cared so much about her appearance and was so cold and pure, was now forced into such a state. She must be extremely wronged in her heart.
Jiang Huai sat up and began to search his storage ring for a pile of spiritual medicines that calmed the mind and soothed the spirit. He fired up his furnace and refined a pill. Since it was an invasion of desire, the general direction of this spiritual medicine was correct. Jiang Huai soon finished refining the medicine. He got up and went to Chu Xianning’s room. After hesitating for a moment, he knocked on the door.
Inside the room, Chu Xianning almost covered her lips instantly. She even bit her tongue, the pain almost bringing tears to her eyes. Jiang Huai’s voice sounded, “If Master is not sleeping well, I’ve refined a calming pill. I’ll just leave it outside the door. I’ll go back to my room. Master, remember to retrieve it later.”
***
When Jiang Huai returned to his room, he strained his ears and finally no longer heard Chu Xianning’s faint panting. He breathed a quiet sigh of relief, and it was at this moment that he finally noticed the system task that had been issued.
[Chu Xianning is currently experiencing an outbreak of desire, which is a great opportunity to take advantage of her. Open Master’s room door, and Chu Xianning, caught in such a shameful state, will undoubtedly become enraged. But the more enraged she becomes, the more her desire will take over her consciousness. At this moment, if you provoke Chu Xianning a little further, she might push you down and use you to relieve her desire.]
Jiang Huai merely glanced at the beastly task before dragging it to the to-do list, not even looking at the rewards. If he had actually done that, it would have been a light punishment to sever their master-disciple relationship tomorrow. Given Chu Xianning’s proud personality, she would definitely do something extreme.
***
In the courtyard’s bathhouse.
Chu Xianning’s body was completely submerged in the bath.
She had already taken the pill. The pill refined by Jiang Huai was very effective. Her loosened desire had now subsided like a receding tide. But in the moment when Jiang Huai’s footsteps sounded outside the door, she was terrified, extremely terrified, afraid that the disobedient disciple would push the door open and walk in… and see her in such an unsightly state. If such a scene had truly occurred, she might have fled Guanxue Mountain the next day and never let him find her again.
Although this guy was a scoundrel, he always seemed to grasp the measure perfectly, just enough to prevent her from completely falling out with him.
The cold water made her feel much better. The bath was large, and many spirit flowers were planted around it. These spirit flowers were all Chu Xianning’s favorites. Jiang Huai had planted many flowers on Guanxue Mountain and tended to them meticulously every day. Each season had various spirit flowers blooming, creating a vibrant spectacle.
Chu Xianning’s heart suddenly moved. Her graceful snow-white body swam like a mermaid in the bath for a while. As she got up, she stood by the edge of the bath, looking at her hazy reflection in the water.
Even now, her body had never been touched by any man other than Jiang Huai.
Chu Xianning had always disliked being touched. Even when Luo Yueguan would occasionally playfully tease her and knead her body, Chu Xianning would greet her with a cold gaze, and gradually Luo Yueguan became aware and stopped teasing her. But in these thirteen years, it seemed her body had been touched by Jiang Huai many times. She suddenly recalled the scene of her little feet being held and kneaded in his hands, and a strange sense of shame and annoyance welled up in her heart. Chu Xianning gently bit her lip, put on her clothes, and returned to her room. She wrapped herself in a small quilt, but her mind couldn’t help but wander.
She was sleepless again. Recently, she had been suffering from insomnia.
Half-asleep, Chu Xianning seemed to have a dream. She dreamed that Jiang Huai was curled up in her arms, nuzzling his cheek against her chest, biting her clothes, his eyes filled with grievance, and said in his usual acting spoiled tone, “Mother, I’m thirsty…”
In her dream, she seemed to have gently pulled open her clothes, but he was persistent, saying, “I want to drink nectar… Mother is the best…”
Chu Xianning jolted awake from the nightmare, gasping for breath. When she came to her senses, her body was covered in cold sweat. She shook her head, reached out to pat her face, got up, tidied her clothes, and then hurried alone towards the secret chamber at the foot of the mountain.
