Chapter 29: Ye Li is Ye Li, Master is Master

In the room, Ye Li was sitting sideways on the windowsill, leaning back against the window frame. Her long, beautiful legs dangled casually in the air, her snow-white toes gently swaying. Her other leg was bent, her bare foot resting on the windowsill. She casually held a wine pot in her hand, her gaze fixed on the distant mountain scenery and clouds...

She didn't have many hobbies in her daily life. The only two were drinking and practicing the sword.

Practicing the sword wasn't done casually either. At her level, the principle of "Heaven rewards diligence" had little effect. So, unless she felt some kind of artistic conception, she wouldn't start practicing. Of course, sparring with Bai Li Qin Mo was an exception.

In comparison, drinking was much simpler. She could do it anytime, anywhere...

Creak~

The bamboo door was gently pushed open. Ye Li tilted her head slightly to look, and couldn't help but frown with a puzzled expression...

Luo Xing?

Shouldn't he be drunkenly hugging his "vase of a sister," crying and complaining, and saying a bunch of things about how his master was abusing him?

Luo Xing walked in, his face flushed red and his eyes bleary with drunkenness. In his hands, he carried a tray with a teapot and several teacups. Although his steps were somewhat unsteady, his hands were remarkably stable...

Ye Li narrowed her phoenix eyes, her gaze carrying a dangerous, cold light...

'Could it be this rebellious disciple was pretending to be drunk to deceive me earlier?'

'Does he have the guts?'

"Heh... hehehe..." Under Ye Li's icy stare, Luo Xing placed the tray on the wooden table, then obediently sat down and grinned foolishly at Ye Li. "Master... tea..."

"Luo Xing..." Ye Li stared at him. "You dare pretend to be drunk to trick me?"

"Huh?" Luo Xing looked dazed for a moment, then shook his head. "No... I... wouldn't trick Master..."

Ye Li stared at Luo Xing for a long time, finally concluding...

This rebellious disciple was truly drunk, but perhaps it wasn't strong liquor, so he wasn't completely wasted...

"Hah..." Ye Li let out a light laugh and stepped down from the windowsill, walking gracefully to the table. "What made you suddenly think of making tea for your master?"

This was the first time she had seen Luo Xing so obedient and well-behaved...

Interesting...

"Because... because Master is good to me..." Luo Xing grinned, using both hands to pour a cup of tea for Ye Li. "So... your disciple also has to be... good to Master..."

Ye Li looked at the tea in the cup. With one sniff, she knew it was the "Heart-Calming Tea" commonly used by cultivators. Drinking this tea could soothe the heart, concentrate the spirit, and aid cultivation.

She picked up the teacup, took a small sip, and a trace of surprise flickered across her calm expression...

This tea...

It wasn't that she had never drunk Heart-Calming Tea before, but the pot Luo Xing made...

Seemed different from what she had drunk before?

It seemed...

The pot Luo Xing made tasted better?

...[Tea Art: 7/10]...

"You made this tea?"

"Hehe... yes... yes..."

"I never thought you had such skill." Ye Li took a second sip. "By the way... don't you always think your master is abusing you?"

If so, why would you think your master is good to you?

"Abuse?" Luo Xing tilted his head, speaking muddledly. "Master, what are you talking about? How could you... how could you abuse me?"

Hearing this, the corner of Ye Li's lips curled into a charming arc...

'At least this rebellious disciple has a bit of a consci...'

"The one abusing me is clearly Ye Li, how could it be Master?"

As these words left his mouth, Ye Li's movement of preparing to drink tea instantly froze...

This rebellious disciple...

What did he just say?

"What did you say?" The smile instantly vanished from Ye Li's face. "Say it again."

"I said..." Luo Xing clearly didn't notice the dangerous signal on Ye Li's face. "The one abusing me is clearly Ye Li, how could it be Master?"

Ye Li smiled...

She was so angry she laughed...

"Luo Xing." Ye Li extended her slender, snow-white jade-like finger and pointed at herself. "Look clearly. Who am I?"

Luo Xing narrowed his eyes, stretched his neck, stared at Ye Li's peerlessly beautiful face for a while, then grinned foolishly. "Hehe... you're Master... Master is so pretty..."

"You still know I'm your master?" Ye Li's expression darkened slightly, her tone carrying a hint of displeasure. "Then why did you say your master abused you?"

"No... when did your disciple ever say... say such a thing?"

"You just said it! Forgot?"

"I said Ye Li..."

Ye Li frowned, looking at Luo Xing, and said in a deep voice, "Luo Xing, who am I?"

Luo Xing also looked at her. "You... you're of course Master..."

"And Ye Li?"

"Ye Li... Ye Li is just Ye Li..."

Ye Li: "..."

'Fine... looks like he's drunk to the point of being incoherent...'

In Luo Xing's eyes at this moment, Ye Li was Ye Li, and Master was Master...

The one who was good to him was Master. The one who was bad to him was Ye Li...

Ye Li rolled her eyes at Luo Xing and picked up her teacup again. "So... why do you think Ye Li abused you..."

"Shh!"

Before she could finish, Luo Xing suddenly raised a finger to his lips, his expression serious. "Master! No... can't say that!"

"Why can't it be said?" Ye Li frowned, looking at this drunken, incoherent disciple. "Afraid she'll hear?"

Luo Xing shook his head, then looked around, his expression extremely serious. "No... if someone secretly says bad things about Ye Li... she'll... whoosh! Just like that, appear behind you!"

As he said this, he was very expressive, gesturing animatedly as if it were a real thing...

After listening to Luo Xing's explanation, Ye Li looked at him with an expression like she was looking at an idiot...

"Who told you all this?"

"I heard it from Luo Xing..."

"...And who did Luo Xing hear it from?"

"He heard it from me!"

Ye Li felt both exasperated and amused. "Enough, just go ahead and say it. With your master here, Ye Li wouldn't dare do anything to you."

He was a bit drunk, but...

He was also amusingly foolish...

"Re... really?"

"What? You don't believe your master?"

"Hehe... of course your disciple believes Master..."

"Then tell me..." Ye Li put down her empty teacup. "How exactly did that Ye Li... abuse you?"

As she spoke, she took out a Shadow-Recording Stone from a place Luo Xing couldn't see...

"Ah... Master..." Luo Xing said while pouring tea for Ye Li. "You have no idea, that Ye Li she..."

Subsequently, Luo Xing recounted everything he had experienced since becoming Ye Li's disciple. This included her abandoning him on Duan Tian Peak to fend for himself for two months, making him live like a savage for two months, eating grilled fish for two months. Then, she used wine to pretend it was Body Tempering Liquid, tricked him into drinking it, causing him to do a series of embarrassing things, and even recorded it all with a Shadow-Recording Stone...

Luo Xing became more and more animated as he spoke, completely failing to notice Ye Li's increasingly gloomy expression...

'Hahaha...'

'So in your eyes, I'm that heinous?'

"Finished?" Seeing Luo Xing stop talking, Ye Li asked with a cold laugh.

Luo Xing shook his head. "Not yet..."

'There's more?'

Ye Li frowned...

'Is this rebellious disciple going to fabricate things I didn't do?'

'If that's the case, I'll definitely kick Luo Xing right off Duan Tian Peak!'

"That... that's not it..." Luo Xing said, swaying his head. "This... this is just now... in the future she... she'll redouble her efforts to... ab... abuse me..."

Hearing this, Ye Li rolled her eyes in exasperation...

No need to guess, it was definitely that "Gou Zhuoze" again...