Shen Jinge had a brain or not, Luo Xing didn’t know. But he did know that if he kept dragging this out, his own brain was going to explode.
He couldn’t understand it. In the original novel, Shen Jinge was cold on the surface, straightforward in personality, and handled everything directly without beating around the bush.
Especially when it came to matters of gratitude and grudges—she was always the type to repay kindness and avenge wrongs without hesitation.
But…
Luo Xing looked at the blunt woman in front of him and couldn’t help but wonder if he’d read a fake book or transmigrated into a fake one.
This was different!
This wasn’t right!
“Senior Wen.” Luo Xing knew Shen Jinge was impossible to reason with, so he pinned his hopes on Wen Zhuo. “Please, Senior, persuade Fellow Cultivator Shen. Make her drop this idea.”
If the disciple had no brains, that was one thing. But surely the master wasn’t brainless too?
Luo Xing’s plea to her was entirely within Wen Zhuo’s expectations.
Having prepared for this, she pursed her lips and chuckled softly, then spoke in a feigned reproachful tone to Shen Jinge. “Jinge, honestly. How can you repay a life-saving favor in such a manner?”
Luo Xing sighed in relief upon hearing that.
At least Wen Zhuo had a brain and a normal sense of morality.
“Your maiden chastity should only be given to your dao companion. Don’t you know that?”
Luo Xing nodded vigorously from the side.
That’s right! Exactly!
“Fellow Luo isn’t your dao companion. How can you hand over your maiden chastity to him?”
Yes, yes…
Yes?
Wait… no?
That’s not the topic?
“But what you said isn’t without merit. A life-saving favor really shouldn’t be repaid so hastily.” Wen Zhuo finally revealed her true intention, shifting her tone with a smile. “How about this, Jinge? You and Fellow Luo become dao companions. That way, you repay the favor and also create a good match. Isn’t that perfect?”
Luo Xing: “…”
Do you even hear what you’re saying?
Was I asking you to persuade her like this?
“Master.” Shen Jinge frowned slightly. “Disciple only wishes to repay Fellow Luo’s life-saving favor. I do not wish to become his dao companion.”
Her mind was solely focused on cultivation; she had no interest in anything else.
After all, every time she thought about still owing someone a favor, it heavily affected her state of mind.
“Sigh, listen to your master first.” Wen Zhuo waved her hand and smiled. “I think Fellow Luo is also someone worth entrusting. The two of you meeting in that place of absolute ice and cold cliffs is a kind of fate. Besides, he saved your life. I find it very fitting for you to become dao companions.”
On the surface, her disciple might seem to be at a loss, but in reality, she was gaining a lot.
First, it would annoy Ye Li and avenge the “revenge of the spanking” she’d suffered back then. Second…
Ye Li was not only a thunderous name in Nanling, but her “Tyrant Sword” was also quite famous in the cultivation world. If Shen Jinge could become her disciple’s wife, it would be beneficial for both her future development in the cultivation world and her personal cultivation—nothing but advantages.
Hearing this, Luo Xing nearly exploded at Wen Zhuo.
What did she mean by “someone worth entrusting”?
As if Wen Zhuo knew him, Luo Xing, well!
Sure, Wen Zhuo was a thigh he wanted to cling to, but this was still worth complaining about.
And so what if meeting in that place of ice cliffs was fate?
What about Hong An, Li Changshou, and Han Feiyu who were also there back then?
Why don’t you go look at them!
It wasn’t that Luo Xing was being pretentious; it was that he genuinely had no intention of finding a dao companion right now.
Besides, Ye Li’s darkness was still an unknown. If he got himself a dao companion now, not only would it give Ye Li a handle to threaten him in the future, but it would also harm that person.
In the original novel, Ye Li’s method of threatening Luo Han started with threatening her only relative, her younger brother Luo Xing.
Luo Xing might not have much of a conscience, but he couldn’t let an innocent person be dragged down by him.
“Fairy Ye, what do you think?” After finishing her speech, Wen Zhuo turned to Ye Li with a smile. “I think these two children are quite fated. Why not make this a good thing?”
Only then did Luo Xing realize that Ye Li had been oddly quiet and unresponsive since just now.
He turned to look—the cold and elegant fairy sat on the recliner, her stunningly beautiful face devoid of any expression, as if everything before her had nothing to do with her.
Hmm…
It really didn’t have anything to do with her.
Ye Li slowly lifted her eyes to Wen Zhuo. “You’re asking this seat for an opinion?”
Wen Zhuo: “…”
Who else would I ask?
You’re Luo Xing’s master. His major life event—shouldn’t you give some input?
“It’s them who want to become dao companions, not this seat.” Ye Li withdrew her gaze and took a nonchalant sip of tea. “What does that have to do with this seat?”
With that, she closed her eyes as if resting, continuing to stay out of it.
Hearing such an indifferent reply, Wen Zhuo found it absurd yet… quite fitting.
What was absurd was that Luo Xing was Ye Li’s personal disciple, and she wouldn’t even bother with such a major life event.
But what was fitting was…
This was Ye Li.
“Ahem… Fellow Luo.” Wen Zhuo turned her gaze back to Luo Xing. “Since your master has said so… what are your thoughts?”
At this point, she felt this must be the “opportunity” the old man from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had mentioned.
If Shen Jinge hadn’t gone to that place of ice cliffs, how would she have met Luo Xing?
If she hadn’t met Luo Xing, how would he have had the chance to save her?
If he hadn’t saved her…
Meanwhile, Shen Jinge frowned but didn’t speak, because she felt her master’s words actually made some sense.
She truly hadn’t planned to repay the life-saving favor with her body, but since Luo Xing kept refusing, she could only settle for the next best option—becoming his dao companion.
But upon further thought, Luo Xing was also a sword cultivator, and his master was Ice Glass Fairy, who possessed the “Tyrant Sword” sword heart. If she could get even a bit of guidance from her, it would greatly benefit her cultivation.
So now, she felt that becoming Luo Xing’s dao companion would both repay the life-saving favor and serve as a cultivation opportunity.
Luo Xing didn’t directly answer Wen Zhuo’s question. Instead, he looked at Ye Li, who was staying out of things.
Sigh…
Sigh…
What was this woman thinking?
At a time like this, she says it has nothing to do with her?
Luo Xing had reason to suspect Ye Li was setting a trap to mess with him.
Otherwise, with her capabilities, one word would have sent Wen Zhuo and Shen Jinge packing.
But she didn’t. Instead, she left the problem to Luo Xing to solve on his own.
So what was she thinking?
On the other side, while Luo Xing was observing Ye Li, she was also keeping a close eye on her personal disciple from the corner of her eye.
Luo Xing was right. The moment Shen Jinge said she wanted to repay his life-saving favor with her maiden chastity, Ye Li had already thought about tossing these master and disciple out of Xuantian Sect.
Later, when Wen Zhuo suggested Luo Xing and Shen Jinge become dao companions, she even wanted to chop them both down with her Tyrant Sword.
For no other reason—she just didn’t want to see something like that happen.
Ever since she left the Sword Tomb, she no longer needed excuses for her actions, nor did she need to make excuses for herself.
But the reason she didn’t directly interfere was…
‘Would he agree?’
‘Do you want him to agree?’
‘If he becomes someone else’s dao companion…’
‘As his master, you won’t be the first anymore.’
Yes, she wanted to know what Luo Xing would choose if she didn’t step in.
She had observed that Shen Jinge. Her cultivation base was Nascent Soul Realm, and she was probably less than thirty years old.
Moreover, she was Wen Zhuo’s personal first disciple. In terms of talent and status, no male cultivator would have any reason to refuse becoming her dao companion.
She must possess a top-grade spiritual root, or perhaps even a fairy spirit root.
Ye Li’s tea-sipping movements gradually slowed, and her attention increasingly focused on Luo Xing.
‘Will he agree…’
‘Luo Xing…’
Ye Li didn’t know how Luo Xing would choose, but she really didn’t want him to agree to this.
She should step in and put an end to it.
She knew that if she spoke, Luo Xing wouldn’t agree.
‘Is that so…’
‘Would he really not agree?’
‘Is he really that obedient?’
Ye Li’s grip on her teacup tightened, and the tea in her mouth suddenly lost all flavor.
And so, under the watchful eyes of Ye Li, Shen Jinge, and Wen Zhuo, Luo Xing sank into deep thought.
After a long while, a glint of sharpness flashed in Luo Xing’s eyes. Then he cupped his hands to Wen Zhuo. “Thank you, Fairy, for thinking so highly of me…”
Crack!
The moment he said that, a faint, almost inaudible crack came from Ye Li’s teacup, and a few drops of clear tea dripped from the bottom.
‘What is he trying to say…’
‘Is he going to agree…’
‘Is he going to leave…’
“But…” Just when everyone thought Luo Xing was about to accept this marriage, he changed his tone and said bluntly, “Please forgive my rudeness, but I cannot agree to this.”
“Huh?” The smile that had just formed on Wen Zhuo’s face froze instantly. “R… refuse?”
He refused?
She turned to look at her beloved disciple, scrutinizing her from head to toe.
Luo Xing actually refused?
Curvy in the front, perky in the back, stunningly beautiful, gracefully upright, and seductively cold!
On what grounds did he refuse?!
If he refused…
then how could she still annoy Ye Li?
“Wait, Fellow Luo?” Wen Zhuo forced a smile. “Won’t you… reconsider?”
“Fellow Cultivator Shen.” But Luo Xing ignored Wen Zhuo’s persuasion and walked toward Shen Jinge, speaking seriously. “Forgive my frankness. You came here to repay my life-saving favor, correct?”
Shen Jinge didn’t know why he was asking something so obvious, but she still nodded slightly.
“And you believe that if you don’t repay this life-saving favor soon, it will affect your state of mind and hinder your cultivation. Is that right?”
Shen Jinge nodded again.
“Then in that case…” Luo Xing continued. “Fellow Cultivator Shen, can the method of repayment be chosen by me, the one who saved your life?”
Shen Jinge frowned. “Chosen by you?”
“That’s right.” Luo Xing went on. “Fellow Cultivator Shen, since I am your lifesaver, it should be perfectly reasonable for me to ask for something beneficial to me as repayment, shouldn’t it?”
Shen Jinge pondered for a moment, then nodded. “That is true.”
Her maiden chastity was what she herself considered most precious, which was why she wanted to use it to repay Luo Xing’s life-saving favor.
But since Luo Xing said he wanted to exchange it for something beneficial to him…
If Luo Xing chose something like spirit stones, pills, techniques, or artifacts, she would still find it inappropriate.
But it wasn’t impossible.
Wen Zhuo, seeing this, felt a sense of impending doom. She sensed that her “Three-Pronged Plan to Annoy Ye Li” was about to fall through.