“Sect Master Luo, you have a serious inner demon,” Jiang Huai couldn’t help but mutter.
He remembered Chu Xianning mentioning that Luo Yueguan had an inner demon.
Inner demons were actually a part of every cultivator’s journey. Most were related to the cultivator’s own obsessions. During cultivation, there were specific trials for undergoing the minor heavenly tribulation and slaying the inner demon.
Jiang Huai didn’t know much about inner demons, but judging by Luo Yueguan’s self-deprecating tone, her inner demon was undoubtedly tied to these thoughts.
“Chu Xianning knows my weakness. If I were ever possessed by my inner demon, she would personally strike me down,” Luo Yueguan replied indifferently. Jiang Huai, watching her profile from behind, reached out and poked her waist.
“Shouldn’t you be thinking about how to resolve your inner demon?”
“My inner demon is my own affair. If I could resolve it, why would I have kept it until now?”
“Tell me about it.”
“Every cultivator’s inner demon is personal; outsiders cannot interfere. Forcibly interfering with another’s karma will only incur the punishment of the Heavenly Way,” Luo Yueguan glanced at him indifferently. “Even so, do you still want to know?”
Jiang Huai nodded gently, without the slightest hesitation.
Luo Yueguan was suddenly stunned for a moment. Finally, she reached out, gently rubbed Jiang Huai’s head, and chuckled helplessly, “You are truly fearless in your ignorance. When you reach the Seventh or Eighth Realm, you’ll understand how crucial alignment with the Heavenly Way is. My inner demon is my own business, and you can’t help me. There’s no need for you to know. You just need to take good care of Qingyu for me.”
“Thank you for your concern.” Luo Yueguan reached out and gently pinched his face.
“What are you saying? Sect Master Luo treats me like a child…”
“I am six hundred and two years old,” Luo Yueguan chuckled, looking at Jiang Huai playfully. “In my eyes, aren’t you still a child?”
“Then how old is my Master?”
“Six hundred and one years old. She’s a year younger than me.”
This was the first time Jiang Huai had learned his Master’s exact age. He then curiously asked, “Were there any cultivators pursuing my Master before?”
“What do you think?”
“There must have been.”
“The male cultivators who liked your Master back then could form a line from Qingxuan Sect all the way to Tian Xuan Sect. But your Master disdained all men. The colder she was, the more men wanted to conquer that high mountain. Countless men fought bloody battles over her, but Chu Xianning never spared them a glance.”
“Was there no one that Master took a liking to?”
“At that time, your Master was obsessed with the Sword Dao and disdained love.”
“You’re saying… you and my Master have known each other for so long, what type of man do you think my Master would prefer?” Jiang Huai asked nonchalantly, but Luo Yueguan’s smile was particularly playful. “She wouldn’t like little boys, anyway.”
“…” Jiang Huai wanted to hit her.
“Your Master is traditional, especially valuing propriety and ethics. Do you think… you, this little thief who wants to defy his Master, can win her heart just by making her delicious food every day?”
“I already told you I only respect my Master!”
“You can’t even hide anything from your Master, and you think you can hide it from me?”
The information revealed by Luo Yueguan’s words was significant. Jiang Huai blinked at her, and Luo Yueguan blinked back.
Although Jiang Huai had already guessed it, hearing it from Luo Yueguan’s mouth now, he was relieved. His Master definitely knew.
“I advise you to give up on that idea as soon as possible,” Luo Yueguan said coldly. “Did Luo Qingyu do something to you?”
As soon as Luo Qingyu was mentioned, Jiang Huai couldn’t retort. He turned his face away and muttered, “I was just thinking about it…”
“That’s why men are such dogs.”
“Damn it.” Jiang Huai reached out and poked Luo Yueguan’s waist again. “Can’t you say something nice about me? You have forty-nine acupoints now, forty-nine acupoints!”
While forty-nine acupoints might not mean much to cultivators below the Fifth Realm, other than faster cultivation speed, for Luo Yueguan, an early-stage Eighth Realm cultivator, it represented a near-transcendent transformation.
“If you feel I owe you this favor, you can choose to dual cultivate with me, and I will repay this favor.”
“Okay, okay! Let’s do it now then?”
“Alright.” Luo Yueguan turned around and gently tugged at his collar. “Do you want to do it on the flying sword, or should we find a cave?”
Jiang Huai avoided her intense, playful gaze. This woman was certain he had the desire but not the courage. He had wanted to be assertive, but if Chu Xianning found out he had dual cultivated with Luo Yueguan, his best friend and his closest disciple… haha, being expelled from the sect would probably be the least of his worries.
Jiang Huai gave her a long, languid look. “I was just saying.”
“I know you wouldn’t dare,” Luo Yueguan’s eyes held a contemptuous mockery that made Jiang Huai’s teeth itch.
*Ding————*
[You appeased Luo Qingyu for Luo Yueguan, cured her cold toxin, and opened her forty-nine acupoints. Luo Yueguan’s emotions towards you are now complex. Luo Yueguan detests owing favors the most. Therefore, if you were to propose dual cultivation with her now, she would definitely not refuse.]
[Luo Yueguan detests men her entire life, but she doesn’t detest you. However, she only sees you as a boy. Now, let her truly see the prowess of Jiang Xiaohu, ravish her until she’s limp and begs for mercy, forcing her to call you Jiang Huai Gege.]
[Then use a Sound Recording Stone to record this, and threaten her into complying repeatedly in the future.]
[Reward: 10,000,000 points, Thunder Elemental Sword Quenching Stone*1.]
Easy mission, get lost.
Jiang Huai had just dragged the mission to the pending list, but the next second, another *ding* sounded in his ear.
[You are pretending to be virtuous and upright. You are merely afraid of being discovered by Chu Xianning after dual cultivating with Luo Yueguan. But there are more ways than one to toy with Luo Yueguan.]
[Propose that she repay your favor, but in an unconventional way. Luo Yueguan’s ( ) is also excessively sensitive. Humiliate her until she begs for mercy…]
Get lost!
Jiang Huai silently dragged the second brainless mission to the pending list as well.
In an instant, a third mission sounded with a *ding*.
[Sect Master of Qingxuan Sect, Luo Yueguan, has suffered from pain since childhood. She was tormented by her deranged mother when she was young. After arriving at Qingxuan Sect, due to her aversion to men, she resisted her fate as a cauldron, living in fear. Fear enveloped her constantly, driving her to cultivate diligently, but it also twisted her personality to extremes. She has never truly loved anyone and has never believed anyone’s goodwill, isolating herself from the world. Yet, she suffers from loneliness.]
[Her inner demon is a product of her contradictory psychology over the years. Because she has been alone for too long, she yearns for a friend who understands her deeply. Thus, her inner demon appeared. The inner demon is what she desires to become: extremely selfish, completely cutting off emotions and desires. But precisely because of this, the inner demon wants to completely erase her and replace her existence.]
[In Luo Yueguan’s eyes, you are still just a boy. You can heal Luo Yueguan’s body, but can you heal her thousand-wound heart?]
[Conquering one of the two great fairies of the Eastern Region, Luo Yueguan, is the dream of many male cultivators in the Eastern Region. Stop pretending. More than getting her body, what you truly want is her heart.]
[Make Luo Yueguan fall in love with you. When she is no longer lonely, her inner demon will naturally disappear.]
[This is a challenge that is no less difficult than conquering your Master, Chu Xianning. You can take Luo Yueguan’s body, but truly entering her heart is as difficult as reaching the heavens.]
[Reward: Favorability Detection Scroll*2 (Can be used on anyone to view their favorability towards you), Unlock Companion Cultivation Module.]
Jiang Huai was stunned for a moment.
He usually didn’t do system missions, but he did read them. System missions often revealed information he didn’t know, but the information wasn’t always accurate. For instance, when Luo Qingyu first arrived at Tian Xuan Sect, the system said she would wake up in a while, but in reality, Luo Qingyu woke up soon after.
If it weren’t for the fact that this damned system never responded to his questions, Jiang Huai would find it hard not to suspect that this damned system had a mischievous streak.
If the system wasn’t lying this time, Jiang Huai probably understood how Luo Yueguan’s inner demon originated. He pieced everything together based on his understanding of Luo Yueguan. Perhaps it was because he understood Luo Yueguan’s past experiences that he was so tolerant of her.
He definitely wasn’t planning to do the mission, but the mission reward made Jiang Huai ponder for a long time.
Did this broken system actually have a favorability module and a companion cultivation module?
Jiang Huai directly dragged the mission to the pending list, but then he suddenly saw a line of small text.
“As a bonus for this mission, you can check Luo Yueguan’s favorability towards you a total of five times.”
Jiang Huai was taken aback. He was somewhat curious, so he looked at Luo Yueguan and silently thought “Check” in his mind. Immediately, two numbers appeared next to Luo Yueguan.
