Chen Juenian was tied to his own bed by Mu Qiu Ying.
Ever since the wall collapsed, the sense of boundaries between him and Mu Qiu Ying had diminished considerably.
“I’m back.”
After washing up, Mu Qiu Ying immediately returned to her room and found Chen Juenian, still bound to the bed and unable to move.
She sat on the edge of the bed, gently placing her hand on Chen Juenian’s face and stroking it.
“So, that child Xuanyuan Jiong became your mother, Immortal—”
“As you can see, my current bone age is only eighteen, and just over a decade ago…”
Before Chen Juenian could finish explaining, Mu Qiu Ying covered his mouth.
“That’s not what I want to hear. I simply want to be the Immortal’s mother once too.”
“?”
Mu Qiu Ying’s white robe slipped down her curves and fell behind her.
Then, she untied the golden rope restraining Chen Juenian, wrapped her arms around his waist, and pulled him into her embrace.
“Has that child ever done something like this?”
“Qiu Ying, this isn’t right.”
Looking at the twin peaks right before his eyes, Chen Juenian couldn’t help but feel a twinge of fear in his heart.
He had a premonition that Mu Qiu Ying was going to torment him to death.
“Immortal, I just want to hear an answer.”
Feeling the hand supporting the back of his head begin to stir, Chen Juenian, sensing something was off, immediately replied.
“She hasn’t done it— Mph!”
“Good.”
Chen Juenian had been tricked. Even after giving the answer, he still had to endure it.
“…”
“…”
“Elder Li, the Sect Leader has never missed the Grand Competition before. Did something big happen today? This disciple hasn’t seen the Sect Leader patrolling the sect’s perimeter these past few days either…”
Faced with the disciples’ questions, Elder Li didn’t know what to say either.
After all, the Sect Leader hadn’t said what she was doing!
“Why ask such useless questions? You should focus on your cultivation.”
“Oh.”
Elder Li recorded the results of this Grand Competition, distributed the final rewards, and immediately flew back to her own cave dwelling.
She was already just a bag of old bones, and now she had to teach disciples, patrol outside, and fully oversee the Grand Competition.
It was truly exhausting being a workhorse.
Right now, she just wanted to get a good night’s sleep.
But the moment she stepped inside, Elder Li saw someone standing by her bookshelf.
“Sect Leader?”
Elder Li had been following Mu Qiu Ying since the founding of the Thousand Arms Sect, a full six hundred years now.
Their relationship was certainly good; visiting each other’s homes was perfectly normal.
But… had her Sect Leader come to her cave dwelling specifically to read?
Most of Elder Li’s books were related to esoteric arts, after all.
For Martial Techniques, the sect’s own Scripture Pavilion basically had whatever one could want.
So, was Mu Qiu Ying wanting to learn some Extraordinary Arts?
Formation arrays, perhaps?
“I came to read. Is that a problem?”
“Of course not.”
Mu Qiu Ying stood by the bookshelf, talking to Elder Li while looking at the book in her hand.
“Is the Sect Leader interested in formation arrays? Coincidentally, this old woman just learned the basics not long ago…”
Elder Li stepped closer and saw the specific content of that book.
Most of the books were about Extraordinary Arts.
And that small other portion?
Of course, they were her slacking-off novels.
An old woman her age probably just liked reading things like ‘The Great Emperor Falls for Me’ and similar stories.
“Does kissing each other and using your tongue really help with flirting?”
“……”
“Elder Li.”
“It should… probably… be possible.”
Mu Qiu Ying closed the book and returned it to its place.
Learned something new.
Time was tight and the task was heavy.
Chen Juenian certainly didn’t need to learn the Hundred Arms Art anymore, and it wouldn’t be long before Xuanyuan Jiong would come to take Chen Juenian away…
She needed to do everything that needed doing before Xuanyuan Jiong came to take Chen Juenian.
“These kinds of books are quite interesting. Go buy some from the Linlang Pavilion for the disciples who want to read them. Not everyone can accept dealing with weapons all day long.”
“Yes.”
After Mu Qiu Ying left, Elder Li wiped the sweat from her brow.
Was it her imagination?
Her Sect Leader seemed to have become a bit different…
How to put it… compared to before, she felt a bit more… alive.